AU where the Weather Report is part Pillarmen
(okay technically this means Pucci’s part Pillarmen too, but the genes were more present in Weather than him. Not really sure how far back the Pillarmen relation is, but it’s a very persistent gene that’s stuck around for a while)
Why does this AU exist? Simply for the mental image that my friend came up with of Wes realizing he’s growing horns, trying various hats and hairstyles in order to cover it, doing a bunch of research trying to figure out what the hell this is, and generally doing everything in his power to hide them……. only to get his memories yoinked and wake up in prison with horns and go “huh. Wonder what those are. Oh well” and just incorporating it as part of his LookTM
He cuts holes in his hats so the horns can poke through because he doesn’t like how they feel when they’re pushed down, and he’s torn holes in nearly all of his shirts by them getting caught in the fabric, aka the real reason why his outfit has all those heart cutouts
he also has a bunch of other watered down Pillarmen TraitsTM that he keeps discovering over the years but because nobody’s told him exactly what a regular human can and can’t do he just thinks it’s normal. Plus he could just chalk it up to Stand Things because his Stand has horns too
Emporio’s not any better because he only has books and has rarely interacted with other people. He essentially has a “that doesn’t sound right but I don’t know enough about people or the affects of Stands on humans to refute it” thing going on
And Anasui absolutely knows this isn’t at ALL normal but he doesn’t say anything because he thinks this is hilarious
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That opens up..... an ENTIRE set of possibilities. Especially if we go with Pucci being the most human, this will add an extra layer to his protectiveness and care for Perla. He loves her, but he also knows the rest of the world isn’t going to be so kind to her. That their traits, their inhumanity, it’s dangerous to reveal it to those outside the family. He’s been lucky enough that his traits are practically nonexistent, but Perla’s always had to exercise a tad bit more caution. She doesn’t have horns, but there are a few other tells
And of course, there’s also how this is going to affect Wes and Perla’s…… relationship. Specifically, this might make a bit of a disconnect between them. They both have this secret they need to keep at all costs, a secret they’ve been keeping their entire life, and it’s not something easily hidden. While they did love each other, it’s difficult to have a relationship around such enormous secrets
And well, Wes having those enormous horns is probably going to make the lynching soooooo much worse if let’s say...... his hat fell off
And this is going to hurt the both of them so badly
Wes is going to be ashamed of himself. After all, what was he thinking, that a monster like himself could ever find love. Perla was normal and human and more than he could ever hope to be, and yet he selfishly tried to make her love him without even telling her the truth. And now look where it got then, his secret revealed in the middle of an angry mob with her right beside him
But for Perla…… it’s a mix of joy and absolutely CRUSHING grief.
She wasn’t alone. There was at least one other person out there who was strange like she was, who had these traits like she did. And out of everyone in the world it just so happened to be Wes
But on the other hand…… the circumstance which it was revealed. Everything happening before her is exactly what her parents and brother warned her about, EXACTLY what would be done to her if her secret was ever revealed. What’s happening before her eyes is her worst nightmare come to life
and the fact it isn’t she facing the wrath of the mob, but Wes? That makes it so much worse
Maybe this is what pushes her to suicide this time. This cruel, brutal confrontation of how some people will treat people like her. She has her family yes, but now there’s also the added fear of them being hurt in order to protect her which is the last thing she wants
And if she dies now, at least she can reunite with Wes in whatever after life exists
…….but Wes isn’t dead. He’s alive and in pain and shattered. And no matter what he does, his own biology and his newly gained Stand preventing him for joining Perla
and this is when he’s at his lowest. He doesn’t know Perla was part Pillarmen either, doesn’t know that she didn’t hate him. As far as he knows, she died thinking him a monster and without anyone here, he internalizes that. He’s spent his whole life hiding his nature, and now he’s been pushed over the edge. This then just adds more fuel to his rampage through town
They want a monster?
Okay. He’ll give them one
And for the first time in his life, Wes walks around with his horns out