#irene cujoh

[scootsaboot]

My piece for The Wonderful World zine! (@TWW_Zine on twitter!) I had a lot of fun working on the zine and hope you'll check out everyone's hard work!

edit: the gator is foo fighters lol

[chloesimaginationthings]

What a wonderful world

[sabsins]

What a Wonderful World 🌈💚🦋

[nodutra19]

[lucasdafnee]

[m00dysunflower]

One thing I love, and maybe this is me staring too hard, but Jolyne is such a fascinating character and by far one of the best-written characters in Jojo, it's so much fun watching her learn and progress her skills throughout her part and no one gives her enough credit. Her visual design and the progression of it are just so perfect.

Jolyne's outfit when she was 14 from the carjacking; her hair is worn long and she's wearing orange. This was also clearly the last time she had any faith in her father coming to help her. After this moment she grew to hate Jotaro, we all know this.

But in the timeline reset? Irene is seen in a pretty similar outfit. Her hair is down and her sweater is orange. She's even on her way to visit her dad who she clearly is much closer to since she's planning on getting married and wants him to meet her boyfriend. Orange is also the color of the monarch butterflies at the end of the part.

Another thing I just love though is her name change, yeah it's sad she's "not a Jojo" anymore, but that's the whole point. There was no need for another Jojo because Jotaro killed Dio and that was that. A Jojo is born when there is an evil that needs to be stopped. There was no more Pucci, therefore there was no need for Jotaro to keep his distance from his family; he was there to raise Jolyne, now called Irene of course.

She broke the Joestar curse.

Speaking of those orange monarch butterflies...

Monarch butterflies represent the spiritual evolution and cosmic connection through one’s past lifetimes or the lifetimes of their ancestors.

This could be about her parallels to Jonathan, her great-great-great grandfather. Both are represented by the color blue, have insane resolve, are quick to adapt in a fight, and are more than willing to sacrifice themselves so that their loved ones may carry on and survive. Not to mention the visual parallels between Sono Chi No Sadame and Heaven's Falling Down... but I think enough people analyzed that already.

Jolyne's sacrifice for Emporio's survival is such a fantastic call back to the ending of Phantom Blood. She dies so the world has hope for Pucci's defeat in the future.

Just like how Jonathan sacrifices himself so that Erina can get off the boat and away from danger and carry on the Joestar legacy that will go on to beat Dio for good... and it kind of worked, didn't it?

The story has now come full circle, a roundabout if you will; the Joestars are no longer cursed by Dio. Jolyne was the one to end it for future generations to carry on and was reborn as Irene. The Joestars can be what they want, free of the need to constantly be fighting a greater evil.

Could I have read a little too far into this? Maybe, but these choices, the colors, the butterflies, the sacrifices, the visuals, it felt so purposeful and poignant. Even the lyrics to "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy; singing about hope and a future that's far from today.

Of course people are entitled to their favorite parts and Jojos, but Stone Ocean and Jolyne is where this series has peaked for me. It's the ultimate conclusion, all the loose ends have been tied up; there was no more story left to tell. I have huge respect that Araki was willing to "kill" all of the characters off like this, as sad as it might be to have watched.

Yet despite the sadness, I don't think I'll ever be as satisfied as I was watching the very end credits, hearing "Roundabout" play with the visuals in the credits retelling the story of the Joestar family, and it was such a wonderfully perfect, bizarre adventure.

[peaceloveandinternet]

Some JoJo monthlies of Irene and Jodio from @lousysharkbutt ‘s Patreon!! :D

Here is their incredible Patreon!! 💖

[mildr3d]

"Y regresó,

Y una voz le preguntó "¿Cómo estás?"

Y al mirarla descubrió unos ojos

Azules, como el mar..."

("Un velero llamado Libertad" le queda como anillo al dedo a Jotaro y a todo lo que ha pasado, no tengo pruebas pero tampoco dudas)

[star-crossed-joes]

Irene has a habit of picking up strays that began with animals and then extended to people.

She brings home cats a lot, and of course they seek out the one person in the house who doesn't like them and climb all over him.

[davyjoneslockr]

My piece from The Wonderful World Zine is up on AO3!

Irene helps a family friend go blond, ignores her cousin's haircare advice, and pretends not to recognize the face in the mirror.

[catboymccartney]

something something distant dreamer

[bizarreoil]

[jakemorph-art]

woah did you see they announced the new jojo. so cool irene

[glassesfreekjr]

Wouldn’t the original user of Foo Fighters be alive post-reset?

We don't know where the Stand Disk containing Foo Fighters originally came from before Pucci obtained it and threw it into the sea. Since this new universe is one where this version of Pucci doesn’t exist, maybe the original user of Foo Fighters is still out there somewhere — living a life F.F. could only dream of.

Non-human Stand-users aren't by definition intelligent (like Les Feuilles in Part 8 or Forever in Part 3). So the fact that Foo Fighters' personhood is tied to microscopic plankton means that Foo Fighters had some self-awareness to begin with. And as seen when Emporio's Weather Report takes revenge on Pucci, the will of the Stand IS indeed maintained between iterations. Araki stated that Irene inherited Jolyne's soul, even if her life and memories aren't the same.

Perhaps one day, Irene makes a new friend with a pretty nifty Stand. A Stand which Emporio recognizes, with a spirit and intellect all its own. It may not be the same Foo Fighters, but what matters is that she is happy.

[darkavids]

Una disculpa por la inactividad pero aprovechando el tiempo les dejo una Jolyne (best waifu)

[lucasdafnee]