HellStar

HellStar is the het ship between Constantine and Zari from the Legends of Tomorrow fandom.

Canon
When at first Behrad brings his sister aboard the Waverider, she and John don't interact as John is busy finding a way to save Astra, mostly working with Charlie and Ray in his home in England. Eventually, Zari's allowed to come along on missions and slowly becomes part of the team. Zari and John first meet when Constantine hosts Ray and Nora's wedding at his home, as they both attend the wedding and the party afterwards. After Ray, Behrad, Constantine, Mick and Nate drunkenly fight 16th century Englishmen at the Globe, Shakespeare changes his plays into superhero works. After trying to repair the damage, Shakespeare's funding is retracted and he quits playwriting. Inspired by Ray, Sara makes the Legends perform the original Romeo & Juliet at the theatre, casting Constantine as Romeo and Nate as Juliet. When Nate is overcome with emotion at Ray's departure, Zari comforts him and he leaves, with Zari taking over as Juliet. To everyone's surprise, she's off book and performs eloquently, Constantine also seeming surprised as he was mostly being silly before, but gets into the part with Zari. He climbs the trellis onstage and as he reaches the top he looks at her and his expression changes to a seeming look of surprise. As part of the play they kiss and the audience applauds.

Zari wakes up one morning in Nate's bed and they're informed by Gideon that she sleepwalked there. Nothing happened between them, but Zari is freaked and hastily leaves Nate's room in a nightgown and robe. She happens upon Behrad in the corridor as Nate follows her out and Charlie happens upon the scene. Zari and Nate tell them that nothing happened and then Constantine appears. He comments on the scenery and Zari gets all flustered and speaks in half-sentences until she walks off embarrassed while Constantine looks after her, cackling. While Constantine goes on the hunt for the next Loom piece, Zari goes on a Totem quest to understand the previous timeline and meets Zari 1.0. Meanwhile, Atropos boards the Waverider before Behrad has a chance to wake Zari and she murders him in cold blood, with Zari waking up to see her brother's body on the ground. Zari runs to him and crumbles on the floor in tears. After grieving for a while in the same spot, she gets up, resolute, and walks into the infirmary where Constantine is healing. She tells him that Behrad is dead because of him and that she wants to leave immediately to find the Loom pieces so they can save him. Zari severely informs Constantine that she's not leaving his side until they save her brother and Constantine takes it in, silently.

Fanon
Zari and Constantine shippers gained a bit more traction after Romeo v Juliet: Dawn of Justness. Many fans felt that Matt and Tala have enough chemistry that the two could work as a couple. Although the ship normally also includes Nate or Charlie. Although many believed that the series was pushing Nate and Zari so didn't really believe that the two would become canon.

The ship gained both fans and detractors after The Great British Fake Off where the two interacted more, and were set up to have a romance.

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Media

 * Legends of Tomorrow star Tala Ashe on Zari and Constantine's 'uncomfortable attraction' (EW • APRIL 2020)