So, the people asked for more "what if" videos, and those are fun.
The thing is, I didn't see anything in specific with firm support asked.
Which if you all do want a what if, make sure to comment or upvote ones you want to see.
But with that covered, I wanted to go over a scenario that had somewhat wild potential.
But, when you go through all the parts and see the type of stuff that happens, I think
wild is a given.
So, this is "what if la Squadra won?"
While this concept is different and interesting to me, the idea itself is odd (for the lack
of a better word) when you consider what it truly means.
Here's how I'm picturing it.
Imagine if every member of La Squadra was to win their fight against every member of
Bruno's team.
First, well, it can't exactly happen because the first fights are so vital to the grand
scheme of things to where the objective finishes faster than you think.
The main idea is, let's get them to win.
No questions asked.
Second, it's sad.
As much as I like la Squadra, I like Bruno's group so much more.
And it sucks that they're an obstacle here, but it's how it is.
Now, as for how we're doing this.
Let's take it from the top with Narancia and Formaggio.
With Formaggio winning this fight, this means he now knows where to locate Trish.
So, he's already familiar with Bruno's group, at least before Giorno.
He doesn't plan on going in because he knows he's clearly outnumbered.
Instead of going in, he notifies the other members and posts up outside of the home to
where he can stake-out.
With this information, one of the best moves that the group can do is designate whose built
for this type of matchup.
As for Bruno's group, he's getting notified to go to Pompeii.
Narancia hasn't come back, so I doubt that Bruno would want to stay around with only
Mista to defend Trish.
So, they're all going to Pompeii.
But, now it's not only Illuso waiting for them.
Formaggio is following behind, and most likely two to three more members.
I think they'll give Formaggio credit for taking out Narancia even though they probably
think Narancia should've been somewhat easy because of his intelligence.
So, we have two members coming to help.
I'll say Prosciutto and Pesci, since most likely in proximity, and Prosciutto is a great
leader figure to take care of everything.
The room for screwing things up is a lot smaller now, too, since Illuso has someone guiding
him.
Now the plan is in motion.
Bruno's group shows up, Mista, Bruno, and Trish stay in the car.
The trio of Fugo, Abbacchio, and Giorno continue.
Fugo gets pulled into the Mirror World.
I imagine Abbacchio is still trying to get the key at Cave Canem, which is an ideal situation
for la Squadra.
Illuso screams out something like, "Pesci!
Here!".
Abbacchio's plan of using Moody Blues as a decoy falls apart as Pesci uses Beach Boy
on his actual body.
It's a 2v1 here, and Abbacchio dies swinging.
Prosciutto is on the sidelines, trying to gauge the situation at hand with Giorno and
Purple Haze.
Formaggio is falling back at the moment until Prosciutto gives the go.
Right now, he's just monitoring members of Bruno's group that stayed in the car.
The trio of Trish, Mista, and Bruno are still in the car.
Now, Purple Haze is a problem, so Prosciutto tells Illuso to take care of Fugo.
He does.
Fugo dies, and Purple Haze disappears.
Giorno recognizes the situation and gets out of there while he can.
Prosciutto lets Giorno escape because he's not really getting away.
They drive off to go figure something out.
Formaggio is following behind them, or he's inside of the car with them, either or.
The main idea is they don't know he's following them.
So, Prosciutto reads the key, see the information, and takes it upon himself and Pesci to get
the turtle.
Everyone in La Squadra gets the news, and Risotto makes a plan to meet with Prosciutto
and Pesci but directs everyone else to take care of Bruno's team and to get Trish.
The thing here is that Trish is what's critical here.
La Squadra can't get to Bruno's emails, and even if they could, Abbacchio is dead, so
there's no way to get Pericolo's last message.
Getting Coco Jumbo is cool and all, but there's no way for them to get to the next step in
the mission.
So, onto the next phase.
Formaggio is still on stake-out.
After seeing that they can't do anything with Coco Jumbo, Risotto tells everyone to take
care of Bruno's group.
This fight is the final step.
They have to rest somewhere, and once they find a place, the game is over.
Or well, they don't have to find a place.
The Grateful Dead fight and the White Album show they can work with a moving environment.
Now, they can do so much here.
My idea is that they have Melone's Babyface or Formaggio get Trish out first, and then
they wipe out everyone else.
Either way, they're done.
Now, for the next phase.
Trish giving them information.
She has no real reason not to give up her dad.
If she tells them, she avoids potential torture.
She's most likely somewhat traumatized from seeing all this and wants to get out of this
situation entirely.
Trish then tells them about Sardegna, and Risotto sets up Trish's plan to try to go
back to somewhere.
Home isn't an option, but I'll be getting to that later.
Now, it's La Squadra to Sardegna.
The problem here is that Abbacchio is crucial here.
Abbacchio has been essential at two significant points in the story, and I think people don't
usually think about it.
Like, imagine this.
They get to Sardegna, "Let's go!"
And it's like, "Ok, but where?"
Plus, Diavolo doesn't even have to bother with involving himself because there's nothing
they'd be able to find or do when they go over there.
He could go there just to scope out the situation to see if they're progressing, but when he
sees them stumped, he'll retreat for now.
He probably sends an Elite Guard like Carne to shake them up, but that's it, everyone
is resetting.
Well, what's the move now?
The search for Diavolo can't stop here, and it won't.
Along with that, Diavolo most likely has to go for his second-best option in taking Trish
out just in case someone like Abbacchio rises.
So, Trish is in some form of witness protection because there might be a need for her one
day, and Diavolo most likely has a hit out on the hitman team.
That sounds fun.
So, we have to continue with the premise of the video, having them win.
We were already using headcanon made from what we could piece up, but now we have to
push even further.
Now, if the team searches throughout Passione's members, they'd sooner or later find a stand
user to help their plans.
The character here has to exist for the sake of the plot, but I believe they can integrate
well into the group.
Here's what I wanted to propose for a character.
They're new to Passione and wanted to join in the interrogation and research sub-divisions
of the group.
Their stand and person, I'll leave it to you all for design and name, but the ability I
want is similar to Abbacchio's to an extent.
The ability is called "Memory bank."
If the user of the stand makes contact with someone or something, they can portray the
past of the character for everyone (stand users) to see.
The page I made for the ability will be on-screen for you all to see.
Since the group has that new member now, they can go to Sardegna again!
They go to Sardegna, the new member recreates the scene, and Risotto recreates the face
of who Diavolo and Doppio were before the split.
At this point, we're at "Pronto!
On the Line Part 2", in terms of plot.
To be specific, we're at the point where Polnareff hits up the team.
La Squadra is heading to Rome.
Now, Diavolo is confused, so he sends out more guards and gets himself involved too.
Too much is going on, but what's the main idea here?
La Squadra must win.
So, let's say they get to Rome ahead of Diavolo by a lot because they've taken care of the
Elite Guards.
Polnareff talks to Risotto, he's most likely extremely shakey on doing even helping them,
but someone needs to stop Diavolo.
Polnareff doesn't know that he has created hell on earth in that one decision.
I don't want to worry too much about the specifics of Metallica Requiem at the moment, but let's
just say that the combination of that plus la Squadra is more than enough to take out
Diavolo and all his guards.
Finally, Risotto is at the top with his team.
Wow.
Imagine that.
La Squadra is finally at the top of Passione.
Now, here's why I wanted to get to this part so bad.
Everything can go wrong.
Easily.
Let's begin this with how it affects Passione.
Remember, la Squadra isn't anything like Bruno's group.
They couldn't be bothered to care about how drugs are affecting the country.
The real focus is that the change in power brings a lot of talk to the table.
Once everyone gets news that la Squadra of all people has taken over Passione, that can
inspire a bunch of other members to try their hand too.
That's not the trouble that worries me.
What's truly scary is if Risotto wants to make the changes that he would've liked to
have seen for himself.
He can put money into the elite groups of Passione.
There's nothing wrong with that.
But, to get that money, he's most likely making some cuts on crucial parts of the organization.
What if he takes money out of groups that functioned like Bruno, or the pushers, or
the politicians he has on payroll.
It's possible that his plan can take a plummet for the… worse.
I wanted to end that in a P, there's nothing that worked there.
But what could happen if they were to do that?
Let's consider the politicians they have on payroll.
By cutting down the money paid to officials, they may feel inclined to stop doing what
Passione wants.
If they stop, Passione can take them out and replace them.
If they start taking officials out and replacing them, the original officials might wage war
against Passione to save themselves from any potential danger.
Now, let's considered the lower-tiered members.
A lot can happen if their wages are cut and put only into the elite divisions since the
lower-tier members usually account for the highest percentage of Passione members.
The lower stand users could fight their way up.
Word on the murder of Polpo gets out, and people can get the idea that killing each
other is enough to help someone rise through the ranks.
As for the non-stand users, they also could start going for higher-tiered stand users
so they could see better compensation.
I can propose an even more ridiculous situation.
If the non-stand users get news of stands, they can take the means of trying to become
stand users to take rank or prove their worth by being a non-stand user that assassinates
stand users.
Now that sounds ridiculous, but anything is on the table here.
One of the more practical things that I could see happening is people singling off la Squadra
members to try to pick them off and gain power in the group.
That doesn't seem as far off.
But yeah!
I could continue elaborating on this situation to talk about specific talking points here,
like what would happen if the country was to wage war on Passione, but that'll be for
a different video.
So, what would happen if La Squadra won?
The short answer?
It gets bad to worse.
Long answer?
This whole video.
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