Hey would you be interested in the idea of Pucci and Weather being swapped? As in the mother took Enrico instead of Domenico.
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that's honestly a really interesting idea because of how much and how little it might change things because like. This does bring into question how their interests and desires would change what they do and want, not to mention how there were some aspects of the situation that were specific to them
For example, would Pucci still want be a priest? And if he did, would he still end up hearing his "mother" confess her sins in the confessional booth? Would he even take interest in Perla???
And Domenico? What about him? Off the top of my head I can't think of any way to learn the truth of Pucci's relationship, so would he even learn at all? Not to mention, Domenico's style is more to confront things outright, so the racist detective agency likely wouldn't even get involved
Honestly, the only thing that stays somewhat intact is Pucci meeting with Dio and obtaining the Arrow, which leads me to how I think the AU will go
simply put, there is no tragedy. Pucci never crosses paths with Perla and Domenico never learns of Pucci's relation to him.......
or at least at first
let's say Pucci ends up accidentally cuts himself on the arrow one day. After all, he did keep it in his pocket unwrapped, it was only a matter of time for him to accidentally cut himself. He falls ill temporaily, but after a few hours ends up bouncing back and now with the addition of a weird spirit buddy who only he can see
however, unbeknownst to him across town Domenico collapsed at the exact same time, burning up from a fever, and was seemingly miraculously healed hours later also with a weird spirit buddy
and well....... Stand Users are attracted to each other after all
it starts as little things. Passing eachother in the street, going to the same diners at the same times, so on so forth, and it was honestly only a matter of time before it was revealed they both had Stands. Their "friendship" was definitly one that sparked out of nessecity rather then actually having anything in common, but with the both of them desperate for anyone who could prove they weren't crazy, they took it
and honestly, I can see their friendship being more "frenemies" in the begining. They don't hate eachother, but they didn't quite get along. Maybe for some fun :) something that really starts to bring them together is meeting another Stand User who has...... less that pure intentions and almost killed them, and they had to work together to fight them off? But yeah after that, their friendship becomes more..... solid, so to speak
the truth of their relationship is going to be a fun reveal, especially since I doubt Pucci's mother would forget the name of the family whom she stole a whole ass child from, so learning Pucci and the family's remaining son had become close friends? That's going to stress her out immensely, and it does raise the question of whether she tells Pucci vs Pucci finding out
I'll admit, I'm not fully sure how Dio falls into things here. Maybe if things go the route of Pucci Finding Out, it could lead to him running away from home and seeking out Dio? But that might be a bit too much of a reaction, so maybe some added layer of tragedy happens ontop of the reveal too
however, the why and how aside, Domenico is 100% chasing after him, he's not going to let his Bestie go off all by himself
Well if you’re looking for a tragedy…
The woman who stole Weather was canonically dying if I remember correctly. What if Pucci went to do some kind of DNA test to see if there was a chance he could catch the same illness?
But surprise, surprise, he is not a genetic match for his mother at all, which confuses the hell out of him. On top of that, the doctor says he is instead a genetic match for Domencio, since twins have the exact same DNA.
And Pucci would’ve probably heard by now that Domencio had a twin brother who died at birth. So naturally this is incredibly confusing and suspicious.
Maybe Pucci confronts his mother on her deathbed but she refuses to confess out of sheer guilt over her actions. Maybe she admits what she did but dies before she can explain her reasoning and her regret.
Naturally Pucci would be devastated. This woman who raised him, stole him, let another family go through the grief she had experienced for a few brief moments. Why would anyone want to inflict that pain?
This is what causes him to run off and look to Dio for answers and Domencio, learning that Pucci is his brother either because the doctor called the family to tell them his suspicions or because Pucci rambled it at him before announcing his departure, follows without hesitation.
Maybe Perla comes too, wanting to get to know the brother that was taken before she could ever meet him
OOOOOOOOOO I FORGOT THAT'S WHY THE MOM WENT TO THE CONFESSIONAL, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE SUPER USEFUL
Oh I can absolutely see that happening. They'd been mailed the testing results and it was pure chance that led to Pucci reading it first, and it shakes him to his very core
however, I don't think who Pucci was actually related to would be in the initial results. The result? Pucci stewing in this and trying to figure out what the hell this could mean for possible weeks since..... well, we saw from canon, Pucci tends to try and handle things himself from behind the scenes to avoid hurting others
and just...... Pucci slowly investigating and putting together the pieces. His knee jerk reaction was to just waving it off as adoption. It couldn't be that his mom cheated because the results said there was zero biological relation, so maybe she just hid the fact he was adopted? But no matter how much he turns the house upside down, even using Whitesnake to get into the walls and under the floor, he couldn't find any adoption certificates
so he expands his search. Starts considering..... other possibilities. Less documented, less legal possibilities
it was a complete accident he began connecting things to Domenico. Nothing more than a joke between the two because of their shared birthday and hospital, a "oh haha, imagine if I was his supposedly dead twin, how soap opera would that be" comment they'd laugh about
but then Pucci thinks about it for a bit too long. They were born barely a few minutes apart in the same hospital only a few rooms down from each other. Dom had made a few comments about how similar Pucci looked to his own father. How the two of them got their Stands at the exact same time. Pucci's mother's strange discomfort around the Pucci Family
it felt circumstancial. Like the only reason the pieces were fitting together was because that's how he was looking at it
he doesn't believe it, doesn't want to believe it, doesn't want to think his mother would do something so cruel like stealing a baby and replacing it with a dead one
so he asked her on a whim one night, justifying it to himself as confirming this theory is nothing more than stretching the facts to fit and paranoid delusion so he can go back to the drawing board with a fresh start
but that doesn't happen. His mom doesn't laugh it off. Doesn't look at him like he's crazy
Instead she freezes and looks at him with fear in her eyes and that was more than enough confirmation
they fight. It's loud and emotionally charged and above all things desperate as both sides realize the other is slippng through their grasp. But the both of them are stubborn and don't back down and ultimatley becomes their undoing. Pucci refuses to let this be swept under the rug while his mother desperately tries to keep an exposed secret hidden
eventually Pucci leaves. He bolts from the house like a bat out of hell and for a moment ponders going to Domenico, before deciding against it
then he remembers the strange blonde man who first gave him the arrow
also in regards to Perla and Dom, I had a Thought, specificially tying into Pucci's mom's illness. What if sometime after he disappears, she ends up passing but in her will is the secret she's been shouldering for so long, and naturally the Pucci's are told about it. Dom connects the dots and figures that since it's been confirmed Pucci left by his own violition (you never knew with Stands after all) the only place he could've gone was to the weird blone guy who gave him arrow in the first place
Oh No I Thought Of A Thing. Normally a sibling connection wouldn't be enough to trigger getting a stand, not without Twin Shenanigans. But two siblings, that might be enough for a small spark, though not enough for one without will to get a stand. But if one gets that will
I might even be writing a thing hold on. (Also Perla gave Domenico the nickname Dom because I am not typing out Domenico 10+ times. Also also I'm calling Pucci Wes because honestly I have no idea what else to call him since Pucci would be right out.)
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oh my god y e s. I absolutely adore the idea of Perla knowing Something is up, that realizing her brother and his best friend have some kind of secret, and I'm even MORE obsessed with the implications of Perla joining the Crusaders 👀👀👀