I had thoughts help.
So. Magical Girl AU. 2 ideas. First one is one I've touched upon very briefly before, but I love the idea of Weather's initial rage not simply being darkness but instead an overwhelming light, that relentlessly burns and destroys/ensnails anything near him. The darkness that overtook him actually calmed him, sealing that destructive light away. (Also maybe the dark was tied to Perla somehow idk.)
Then Pucci showed up and misread the situation completely. So now not only is Weather devoid of dark, he also is lacking in light as well, since that's still sealed away.
And when some light enters him again, and weakens that seal... well. Nobody liked what happened after that.
2nd idea: Perhaps those possessed by darkness look a little... off. Unless their modus operandi depends on going unnoticed, like Kira, they have some feature that twists their appearance, different for each person, and growing more pronounced the longer their body remains darkened. I imagine this would make the part 5 and 6 designs very interesting. :)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
tbh, this AU is rotating really hard in my head and this is P E R F E C T
for the first part, I had an idea to both make it better and worse :>
so as I mentioned before, humans and most Earth Creatures in this are naturally born as beings of Light. However, what if while they can be corrupted by outside sources of Darkness, it's also somewhat..... natural, so to speak. Pain, fear, anger, even apathy, those feelings all make it a bit easier for Darkness to be inside them, but in healthy small amounts. Light meanwhile has more to do with emotions like happiness, determination, justice and can drive it back.........
so what if before his memories were taken, Weather completely gave into his newly unlocked Light. His Light that was once righteous and warm because burning and scalding, driving away the Darkness that would've been the balm to soothe his grief
Pucci (albeit accidentally and unintentionally) giving him this all powerful Light in the middle of his grief took away his ability to process his feelings and what had happened with Perla. These feelings toward tragedy are natural, healthy even, and necessary for the healing process. Instead, Weather got a bright, powerful but uncontrollable Light forced upon him that he didn't know how to use. He was a Magical Girl yes, and he wasn't necessarily a corrupted one, but that's simply because the Light burned too strong and bright to let it
The Light wanted justice, and in this case it was very close to vengeance. Perla was innocent and kind, and these people were hardly good. Perhaps they themselves were corrupted with Darkness, and Weather's own Light reacted to fight back, to protect, to try so desperately to keep him and what little he had left safe. The Light made him tunnel vision so much he didn't notice those getting caught in the crossfire nor the way his own body was slowly burning inside out. Didn't notice how his grief and anger and sadness where suddenly nonexistent beyond the desire to Do Good And Help By Getting Rid Of The Threat
Pucci awakening his power nearly spelt the end for Weather's life, had it gone for a few more hours
maybe that's also why Pucci brought him to Green Dolphin, hoping that the oppressive and constant Darkness will keep the seals firmly shut
this also raises the fun possibility of Jolyne And Co healing him not with Light like they usually have but with Darkness. Maybe Emporio could help here since he's been exposed to so much that it's basically a permanent part of him now, and in the process it helps balance himself out. They almost swap the excess power they have and finally get to be at peace
(also, I think for this bit I had a fun idea for the rain imagery. This whole time Weather is practically glowing, radiating Light constantly and the longer it goes one the more he begins to burn. His skin begins to crack in places, his eyes lighten to white, his hair begins to grow black at the tips and curl like it's been set on fire
((Actually hey what if Weather's hair is white because the overwhelming light from that one time basically bleached his hair))
but then....... when it's finally over. When they manage to douse the flames the overwhelming Light has brought, to give him Darkness to let him finally feel........ it gets cloudy and rains and finally Weather gets the chance to cry)
And shifting gears for the second idea, OF COURSE
Limbs and nails and teeth that are a bit too long or numerous, eyes that are a bit too vivid or have colored sclera, patches of skin that don't look quite right like instead they're scaled or leathery or just the completely wrong color, hair that seems to defy physics or sway in a nonexistent wind or not be completely made of hair at all, voices that have strange qualities and echoes to them, etc etc :)
Giorno and Emporio both grow up surrounded by those traits 24/7 and kinda got desensitized to it all. If anything, this is how people look and are supposed to be. To them, if someone looks normal they're an even bigger threat because that means either a) they're a trap and trying to get you to lower your guard and/or b) they're powerful enough to hide
Oh man this is making me think about some of the corrupted humans. Like, Anasui! Imagine it, you're just some normal guy hanging out with your girlfriend who you love very much. You step out to get some groceries, and some shadowy jackass kidnaps you. You fall unconscious.
The next time you wake up, you feel... Different. Angry in a way you can't quite make out. You see some lights coming towards you and you reel back, hissing. 'Threat', a voice that isn't yours echoes inside your mind. 'Attack. Destroy.'
Some small part of you hopes that the lights are able to defeat you. But they can't. They're sloppy and disorganized and one keeps trying to attack you, recklessly. Annoyingly.
You grab it by the throat and squeeze. You ignore its wheezing and screaming and pleading. You squeeze from the outside and the inside.
It's only when the warmth from the light fades that the fog from your mind does. You aren't holding a light, you're holding a magical girl.
You look at the magical girl's face and see your beloved girlfriend, the one you had a ring picked out for back home, staring back at you lifelessly.
This time you don't fall into the darkness of unconsciousness. You dive in.
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YESYESYESYESYESYESYES
okay okay hear me out for the angst:
what if Anasui knew his girlfriend was a Magical Girl
they'd been dating for years, so of course she'd told him. MG identities are kept secret, but there's always the risk of being in a relationship with someone who had a secret identity and regularly fought evil
they thought they knew the risks. Anasui thought he'd accepted what it meant, to be a weak spot, to be targeted, to possibly be used against her
he'd always believed she'd be strong enough though. She had a good group to work with, and sure they were young and a bit inexperienced and made mistakes but at the end of the day they got the job done
he never thought how the one they fought being someone they knew would make things harder. Never thought how much him being their enemy would throw them off
and in the end that was their downfall, and he could only bury himself in the Darkness since at least then it drowned out the memories
at least, until years later when he's locked up behind bars with others like him and he suddenly one day gets dragged out of that dark pit kicking and screaming into a warm, beautiful Light and the first thing he sees is a woman's face. She doesn't look like his girlfriend in the slightest, angry determination but also soft kindness in the place of tearful panic and terror, a bright blue and neon green outfit with jagged lines and spiderwebbed patterns instead of fluffy frilly pinks and purples and yellows fading away to gray
and Anasui finally breathes
(also, this might just be personal preference, but I can see Anasui's interest in Jolyne being less romantic here. He's still absolutely obsessed with her and sees her as this paragon of goodness, but the grief and pain from his girlfriend are honestly still a bit too fresh. He's only just now able to process his grief and work through it, and to him it's too soon to want another relationship. He's still practically falling over himself to be near her and help her with what she needs tho)
Oooooooooooo that's a fun idea
maybe the whole "theme" of her group's powers and villains had to do with animals in general, and for the cruel irony of it all that's why Anasui became what he did
and I'll admit, I do want to give him something related to Diver Down's abilities, so what if his "power" is related to diving into and out of Shadows. Like a predator creeping through the dark
of course, he can't do this while imprisoned. There's likely a bunch of security measures and anti-magic stuff (or maybe instead anti-Dark since then that could be why Jolyne is still able to heal stuff with her Light) to prevent the prisoners from just....... breaking out
I love the mental image of Anasui looking like a really fucked up werewolf, like. I wanna take the canon design and throw it even further :)
