As of late, Tumblr seems obsessed with Jojo, so I thought it’s about time I made a bizarre theory for it, and as it happens there’s a plot twist on the horizon that I’ve been been dying to talk about. First, let’s talk about stands, specifically those belonging to the Higashikata household in part 8

Norisuke: King Nothing Jobin: Speed King Joshuu: Nut King Call Daiya: California King Bed Tsurugi: Paper Moon King

Notice a trend here? All stands of the Higashikata family have the word “King” in the name. At the moment, Hato and Kaato’s stands are currently unnamed, but at the moment is seems pretty clear that this is a consistent naming theme. There’s only one exception to this rule, and that’s the “youngest” of the Higashikata family, Josuke

Of course, the fact that Soft And Wet doesn’t contain the word “king” doesn’t exactly break the symmetry. In multiple parts we’ve seen heroes and villains alike who managed to “evolve” their stands near the end of the arc, giving them new powers, new appearances and new names to boot. In other words, it’s entirely possible that this trend exists for the purposes of foreshadowing the evolution of Soft and Wet.

If you haven’t figured out the direction I’m going yet, it might be time to look five seconds into the future and take a guess

“Next you’ll say Gappy’s endgame stand is King Crimson”



Gappy’s endgame stand is King Crimson!

Okay, this is quite a whammy of a proposition to pull out of my ass, but believe you me my colon is packed with a veritable cornucopia of freshly picked, organic evidence with no filler or preservatives. I wouldn’t have posted this theory without it.

Now, giving Gappy the most infamously confusing and powerful stand in the series is obviously a huge move for the story, and it’s one that would need to have been foreshadowed before it happens. A single naming convention isn’t enough go off of. Neither is the fact that the stands of every prior big bad has reappeared so far (The World and Killer Queen)

No, before I start claiming this is going to happen I’m going to need need more connections between Gappy and Diavolo/Doppio to go off of.

Now, since this is a theory about stands, I think stands are probably the most obvious place to start, and as it turns out, Soft And Wet and King Crimson are actually a lot more similar in terms of powers than one would initially expect, but that might take some clarification

While King Crimson’s power was notoriously difficult for some people to understand, the basic ideas is that he removes a 5 second period of time from the timeline.

While this may initially seem very different from Soft And Wet’s ability to “steal” things in his bubbles, you have to realize that the word “steal” is very much a quirk of translation. Joskue never steals things in the sense that he gains them himself and gives them to the poor. Rather, he removes them from play temporarily. These things he steals need not be physical objects either; sights, sound, and smells are all fair game, to the extent that stealing “time” honestly isn’t that far a stretch.

Honestly, Soft And Wet isn’t the only one who has a connection here: Killer Queen’s ability to remove anything from existence without leaving a trace is now a part of Soft And Wet, and lest you forget, Killer Queen ended up with the ability to apply that to entire timelines

Even beyond their stands, Gappy and Doppio/Diavolo are basically mirror images in terms of their identities.

Doppio and Diavolo are two individuals, but they share a single body. Similarly Gappy himself is a combination of two individuals merged into one: Josefumi Kujo and Yoshikage Kira.

However, where Diavolo made it his goal to erase his identity from the world around him, Gappy lives the inverse: His entire motivation throughout Jojolion is to find out just who the hell he is.

Okay, we’ve got all the necessary parallels in place. The real question now is how this is all supposed to happen. How would Gappy’s stand evolve into King Crimson?

The Rokakaka fruit is the key

Now, the Rokakaka fruit is a pretty damn amazing mcguffin. While we haven’t seen the full extent of it’s powers, I don’t doubt it could evolve a stand the same way the arrow did in previous parts, but unlike the arrow, the rokakaka has a drawback that could make using it incredibly risky:

Equivalent exchange; in order to gain anything, something of equal value must be lost

If Josuke is going to use the Rokakaka in the future, it could only be in the most dire circumstances, when everything is on the line and he’s left with no other options. So what would the Rokakaka take in exchange for the power to save those he cares about?

The thing Gappy values more than anything else in the world: his memories. Or more specifically his memories of Yasuho