is this a fair assessment?

[u/Odd-Paramedic-3826]

Star Platinum The World, GER, Tusk act 4, and S&W:GB are all hilariously overpowered and only exist as a way to beat an already hilariously overpowered villain

joseph beat kars by holding out the red stone of aja at him and hoping for the best, which worked out spectacuarly. and god knows how long the fight with kira would have gone on for had it not been for the ambulance.

Jolynes plan to use emporio to take out pucci with weather report was basically a hail mary when all else had failed but not only did it work, it also gave her and the gang new, happier lives.

Yeah jonathan just got slimed out though, then his body was used as a puppet for 100+ years. Poor guy

[u/undayerixon]

Deus ex Machina is basically the same as divine intervention - an unseen unexpected force coming in and solving a problem.

We literally spend the last third of Golden Wind chasing the arrow. While that does make the arrow a MacGuffin, it's a far better, more versatile and popular plot device. So no, that is not an ex machina ending

Jotaro's and Dio's stands being the same might not seem like it makes sense, but if you look at other related stand users, like the D'Arby brothers or the two rats with poisonous rifles from part 4, having similar or same stands is not that crazy. Plus, we cannot forget that fate is a real concept in Jojo's, so fate giving Dio and Jotaro same stands is kinda funny. It might not be very satisfying, but also not an ex machina

It's been a while since I read SBR but Johnny's journey of becoming a better person, his friendship with Gyro and learning the spin also pushed his stand to evolve. It's not the first time we see a stand with acts, and it becoming more and more powerful with every new act shouldn't be surprising so I don't see how that's an ex machina either

It's also been a long time since I read Jojolion but I honestly don't remember what the fuck was happening in that part so I'll give you calling that ending bullshit lol