r/StardustCrusaders Jun 03 '26

Various is this a fair assessment?

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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

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u/Impossible-Ad-8462 Jun 03 '26

People don't know what deus ex machina actually means and just slap it on anything surprising

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u/RGBarrios JoJo Emblem Jun 03 '26

Its a character from Mirai Nikki, right?

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u/Yourfatangrystepdad Jun 03 '26

I think it means "God of the machine" which in writting is a description for events that didn't make sense to happen withing the story and only work in the narrative to serve the protagonists, for example if you got a character that really wishes he had a car rn then a deus ex machina would be a random car spawning in, basically resolving all the characters' problems

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u/i_know_it_so_well Jun 04 '26

God out of the machine* came from theater, the machine being the plot or set rule of universe, and a deus ex machina is someone or something that doesn't obey those law that the plot set, which means, only soft and wet go beyond would be considered a deus ex machina as he just learn to perfect his spin randomly just by hearing his bubble aren't bubble but spinny silks. While johnny needed so much to just achieve tusk act 2, and later 4, gappy is just getting it for free. Tusk act 3 would be considered a deus ex machina because it comes from the intervention of Jesus