[ Standverse AU ] - The Palace is undergoing renovations
Mini essay/lore below on that first image -
Everything GER says here is genuine. Marred with manipulative language and intentions, but they genuinely believe the main point; that Haze is better off without his user, and that they are alike.
Despite the improvements Haze has made, his relationship with his user remained complicated. He’s an out of sync stand, and he can harm his user. The only one who seems to embrace this flaw of his is GER; who doesn’t see it as a flaw at all. So, he lets them into his head.
Even now that he's free, he’s still a stand, he’s still a soldier, and he wants someone to fight for, someone to serve. Considering these qualities, maybe he was more loyal to his master than others gave him credit for.
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Canadian smoke over New York City; June 8, 2023
📸: Arnie Goodman
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Honestly thinking about Fugo drives me up the goddamn wall sometimes like-- Like--
The gang were his family. He was with Buccellati the longest out of anyone, and he loved and admired him, and he helped bring the rest of the gang together, and he was such close friends with Mista and Narancia and they goofed off and did stupid teenage shit and choreographed little dances
And he'd grown so used to A. His boss being generally very sensible and caring for them all and B. His boss coming to him for advice
And then one day someone shows up and just... Takes over leadership basically entirely. Just. Has so much influence over the man who practically raised Fugo. And immediately starts directing him towards what is basically guaranteed death for at least some of them
When Fugo stays behind, digs his heels in and says "No, this is a bad idea, someone's going to get killed" don't you think he thinks, deep down, that Buccellati will listen to him? Will snap out of whatever rose-tinted glasses he's put on and take the advice of the person he's been relying on this whole time?
Because Fugo is smart, Fugo is rational, Fugo advises Buccellati and helps keep everyone safe, just as Buccellati helps Fugo not do anything impulsive out of anger. They know each-other and balance each-other and they TRUST each-other. And Fugo was looking for that trust. In that moment don't you think he expected that Buccellati would trust him?
And instead he gets left behind on the shore basically without a second thought. Just. "Okay. We won't force you. Bye." From his best friends. From the man that has been with him since he was a lost, scared little kid in need of a home. Even the boy he rescued from the goddamn streets leaves him behind, not for a noble cause, but for the sake of a girl they just met.
And Fugo was RIGHT, he was correct, they did die, his best friend died, his father figure died. Only One Of his actual friends survived.
There's no triumph in that though. No I-Told-You-So. It's just guilt because he could've saved them. If he hadn't assumed that they'd listen to him, and cared for his input. If he'd somehow known that he was that dispensable and could be left behind without a second thought. He could've gone with and literally just stood in the same room as Diavolo and killed him. Everyone else could stay outside.
Only one of them really had to die for everything to resolve, and that one was Fugo.
Why do you think he was so eager to go rushing to his death for the sake of what little remains of his family in Purple Haze Feedback.
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[ Standverse AU ] - Requiem Regime
GER with their personal guard, Purple Haze Distortion, and their advisor, Chariot Requiem (who tries to advise them for their own good but is never listed to anyway)
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