WINGS

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### Namesake

BTS's second studio album "WINGS" and its songs "Blood Sweat and Tears" and "WINGS: Interlude". BTS's repackaged album "You Never Walk Alone" and its song "WINGS:Outro"

### Stand Type

Close Range

WINGS is the Stand of Taehyung Pescatore in Fate of Zephyr.

## Appearance

When not in use, WINGS appears as a pair of scars on Taehyung's back, resembling areas where a pair of wings would have been surgically removed. When appearing, WINGS is a pair of black wings that can vary from small appendages to full on wing-spans. The black feathers appear glossy under the light and are soft to touch, resembing one of a black crow.

Bodily liquids that come out of the user and WINGS resemble colorful watercolors, usually in shades of green and blue, from their eyes, mouth, and mouth, or openings caused by injuries. Stigmata will also appear on the body if WINGS is intensely used and liquids would seep out of there too.

## Personality

WINGS shows to have no distinct personality but serves as a representation of Taehyung's emotional state, as it can be seen growing and appearing based on the intensity of his emotions. As another appendage, WINGS large appearance can cause issues with mobility and also be used by Taehyung to express himself. An example is when Taehyung was surprised, causing WINGS to quiver and retract. WINGS will also activate itself if Taehyung feels any discomfort, oftentimes without much though.

WINGS also has no disregard of its environment, as it can easily rip through clothes if covered, knock objects down, and its liquids can stain its surroundings despite evaporating minutes later. The ripping causes Taehyung to wear clothes that expose his back to minimize clothing damage and have easier access to his Stand when needed. Like regular birds, WINGS does lose feathers when stressed or injured, although no one except for Stand users will be able to see it. The feathers can be visible to non-Stand users, although they are indistinguisable from a regular crow's feathers.

When using his Stand, Taehyung will use his Stand Cry "총, 조준, 발사! (Chong, jojun, balsa!)" ("Ready, aim, fire!" in Korean).

## Ability

WINGS serves mostly as a pair of wings that are attached to Taehyung's back.

### Outro

When activated, Outro provides Taehyung with a pair of wings that serve as additional appendages for defense and attack. The wings itself are based on the user's emotional state, where bigger wings mean more overwhelming emotions are being felt. When grown to full wing-span, Outro allows its user to fly as physically possible, sometimes able to reach high elevations if the human body allows it to. Oftentimes, Taehyung would grab enemies to fly as high as possible and drop them to their deaths.

Outro also doubles as an additional appendage that is nearly impenetrable and can withstand direct damage. Taehyung would often use it as an additional body part to help him fight in physical combat or as defense to shield himself or others behind him.

### BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS

When used on the user, the body is forced to create and expel high levels of hormones that would numb the user from feeling anything, especially physical and emotional pain. This puts the user in a high, nearly hallucinating state that rivals even the most addicting substances available to use, and causes colorful, watercolor-like liquids to appear out of the mouth, nose, eyes, and stigmata to appear if used intensely. It will also appear out of any opening caused by injury.

Alternatively, Taehyung can use it on others. By touching a person, their bodies will also be forced to create and expel high levels of hormones for numbing purposes and experience bodily fluids expelling out of their openings until Taehyung stops touching them. However, any pain or discomfort felt by the person will be transferred to the user instead, oftentimes causing him great pain. This can go on until Taehyung stops using it, causing the pain and discomfort to be transferred back to the user.

The longer the ability is used on either the user or the person having their pain transferred, the harder the withdrawal. BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS is equally addicting and causes memory loss or confusion to those who use it too much.

## Trivia

* WINGS, like Taehyung, came from a redesign of an original character Carri "Uccelli" Osei.
	+ There is not a lot of major difference between Uccelli and Taehyung's shared Stand. However, Uccelli has an additional ability that is caused by even more excessive use where she would be put in a comatose state and sent to a different plane of existence, also known as SEA. Taehyung does not have this ability.
* The design of WINGS comes from BTS's frequent motifs involving birds and flight, which is most apparent in their WINGS album. The pair of wings is heavily referenced on V out of all the other members, either as wings coming out of him or torn from his back.
	+ Like Taehyung, WINGS is mostly inspired by V's role in the era. V represents both the apparent "fallen angel" and his song "STIGMA" also plays into BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS regarding stigmata and wanting to bear suffering for someone else.
	+ Birds have been a common motif throughout BTS's works and songs, with its presence being most prominent in WINGS.
* WINGS takes in references from both HYYH and YNWA era, as the series are referenced in the WINGS era.
	+ This is referenced through BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS' side effect of excessive use, as Taehyung constantly gives conflicting stories of his past and constantly relies on using the ability as a coping mechanism to deliberately do so.
	+ References to the members being held in mental institutions and experiencing mental breakdowns, mainly Jimin and J-Hope, in all three eras also inspired the use of BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS as both a way to forget past memories but also react against confronting them.

## References

* *WINGS* tracklist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJD1u8faTqrQVy8pJ6wwD5FprVCPwXbiX
* *YOU NEVER WALK ALONE* tracklist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGCPHF2Aagvhft\_FoaMQid2YBc\_GYac5

"WINGS" album cover art.From " LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR Trailer", as reference to how WINGS can expand.