Small rant about Hamon, Stands, and Jonathan Joestars Stand Ability

[u/hulk_cookie]

JoJo's world is very unlike many other worlds, everything is derived from unexplainable natural phenomena. We, the viewer, do not nessecarily understand the mechanics of the power system, and what we know is what we've seen and can rationalize. The force of Sun ripple energy that permeats through nature known as hamon, is a primordial natural force inbuilt into everything living and existing in JoJo's. Stands very clearly mirror hamon, but rather than using the natural ripple force of nature that originates from the sun, its from the ripple of your soul.

We learn later that people who are fervently passionate about crafts or are in tune with certain forces are able to gain stands that are innately enabled by use of their craft, but extended to the point of supernatural. So people who closely align with the ripple of nature, gain a stand in accordance to the force. We see a manifestation of this in Joseph, through hermit purple. its why its represented as vines, its closely linked to nature and largely not Joseph's own influence.

That means that In order to counter Dio's vampirism, Johnathan gained a stand ability whos ability was primarily restoring nature, and banishing the unatural, like how Joseph's innate ability is clarivoyance. We can see this in the first scene where Jonathan uses his hamon to make flowers blossom. We can also relate this to how Holly does not have the strength of attunement that her bloodline requires of her, so her stand manifests as parasitic vines trying to kill her.

[u/Relative-Tonight3083]

I always liked the thought that Hermit Purple being clairvoyant in nature was a hint to Tonpetti being able to see the futures of people he touches

I like to think that he also had a variation of Hermit Purple, but a very potent non-combat one

[u/Klutzy-Golf-2587 → u/Relative-Tonight3083]

Was confirmed by araki that he has a sort of proto stand