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6 years ago
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A common joke surrounding the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fandom is to point out that every ridiculous thing from Parts 1-6 is the result of a carriage crashing somewhere in England in 1888. But lately, I've got to wondering: What if that carriage didn't crash.
Spoilers for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure parts 1-6 and possibly 7.
So, had the carriage not crashed, the most immediate effects would be that Jonathan Jostar's mother would still be alive to raise him and George Jostar wouldn't swear a life debt to Dario Brando, thus meaning that his son, Dio Brando wouldn't be raised by the Jostar family. It's very likely he'd still grow up to resent his father, poison him, then take to the streets, doing what he can to survive. Likely, he'd still eventually grow into an alcoholic, which, being a human his whole life (as it's very unlikely he'd come across a Stone Mask), would certainly affect him more. But, he was born with the Devil's Luck, and I believe it's very likely he'd soon establish a horrifically effective criminal empire within London. We'll get back to Dio later.
As for Jonathan Jostar, having not lost his mother in a carriage wreck, his father would be the proper level of strict with him growing up, allowing him to grow into the gentleman he is regardless of Dio's involvement. He'd grow up well with both father and mother, and wouldn't lose his father either in his young adulthood. However, the Stone Masks do still exist, and his family would still have the Stone Mask (it was being taken back to the house during the carriage crash that doesn't happen in this universe). Without someone like Dio Brando around the house, it's very likely the first person to learn they have the Stone Mask would be William A. Zeppeli.
Zeppeli would very much attempt to explain the evils of the Stone Mask to the Jostar family and request it be destroyed. I can't imagine George Jostar being so unreasonable as to not at least sell it to Zeppeli, thus destroying it. From here, you'd think that'd be the end of the Jostar's involvement, but Fate is a very prominent theme in the series, and it seems no matter the universe, the Jostar lineage (from Jonathan downward) are always fated to clash with DIO and his lineage. Besides, I find it likely that Jonathan, perhaps hearing from Zeppeli of vampires and the fact there may possibly be more Stone Masks out there, would be bound by his sense of justice to go off and learn the ways of Hamon. By this point, he'd very likely also be courting and maybe even married to Erina already (given no one would've gotten in the way of their relationship).
This is where Fate comes into play. Perhaps throughout his Hamon training, Jonathan would wind up in London, and learning of the evils Dio's crime syndicate has been wreaking. This being JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the police would probably either be useless, scared by Dio into inaction, or just plain bought-off. Along the way, Jonathan would also convert one of Dio's least loyal underlings, Robert E. O. Speedwagon to his side. And, together, along with Zeppeli, they'd fight off and defeat Dio, likely working to put him behind bars rather than killing him, which would give an opportunity for him to escape and perhaps have to leave the country, and have children who'd have children of their own, starting the Brando lineage that would rival the Jostar lineage.
Jonathan and Erina would wind up getting married and moving to America, with Zeppeli continuing to train Jonathan in Hamon just in case, and this time not dying on the boat to America. Speedwagon, now reformed due to Jonathan's resolve, would become an oil tycoon and eventually fund the Speedwagon Foundation as he does in the manga. Jonathan and Erina would have a son named George Jostar Jr. (after his likely still-living grandfather) and would likely continue in Archaeology along with Hamon training, and pass down both to their son, who'd find a wife (possibly not Lisa Lisa, who would still have both her parents and therefore not the same drive to learn Hamon, though he could still wind up marrying her by sheer chance). They'd have a son named Joeseph Jostar, who would, unfortunately, be a fair bit less charismatic and ungentlemanly, making this the second-worst timeline.
After their son would grow up enough to move out of the house, Jonathan would probably return mostly to Archaeology, occasionally with the aid of Speedwagon, and through the partnership would uncover many, many more Stone Masks, along with The Pillar Men. Even with the interference of the Third Reich, with so many Hamon users (including the still-living Zeppeli lineage, mainly his grandson, Caesar Zeppeli), the Pillar Men would be very quickly and easily dealt with, with minimal casualties along the way. We wouldn't even have Ultimate Kars.
Even without Joeseph having met Suzie Q, he still likely would've found a wife anyways and had a daughter, who would've run off to Japan and married a man by the name of Kujo. The two of them would've had a son named Jotaro, but this is somewhat of a non-sequitur at this point. Unless one of Dio's descendants became head of the Yakuza, Jotaro would have nothing major going on in his life. And, without Jonathan Jostar's body to gain a Stand from, the Jostar family would not gain Stands (though around this time Stands would exist, as Diavolo would still find 5 Stand arrows out in the desert, and Joseph being a Hamon user would probably still have Hermit Purple).
That said, perhaps one of Dio's descendants would become the head of the Yakuza, perhaps even with a Stand gained from the arrow. Then, as Fate dictates, and perhaps with a bit of nudging from his grandfather, Jotaro would work to take down said Yakuza boss, perhaps after gaining his own Stand through the power of the arrow. This would be a vastly different series and require more thought than I'm already putting into this.
Part 4 likely wouldn't even happen. Joeseph Jostar being raised to be a better man would mean he wouldn't likely cheat on his wife, and DIO not being a vampire who could infect people with Flesh Buds means that Keicho Nijimura wouldn't even have a Stand arrow, let alone have any reason to use it. That said, Yoshikage Kira would probably still be a Stand user and would terrorize Morioh unopposed until his quiet death by old age.
Part 5 would, strangely, be unchanged for the most part. Giorno Giovanna would likely still be born, and perhaps guided by his destiny of being a direct descendant of Dio Brando (and maybe even inheriting Stand Power from whoever his father is), would attempt to become the head of Passione to stop their selling of drugs to minors. Likely, just about everything would go the same, possibly with Polnareff's involvement being altered, given Polnareff either wouldn't be involved in the events of this universe's Part 3 or would but in a vastly different way.
Part 6 just straight-up would not happen, which is convenient because I've never read Part 6.
Spoilers for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure parts 1-6 and possibly 7.
So, had the carriage not crashed, the most immediate effects would be that Jonathan Jostar's mother would still be alive to raise him and George Jostar wouldn't swear a life debt to Dario Brando, thus meaning that his son, Dio Brando wouldn't be raised by the Jostar family. It's very likely he'd still grow up to resent his father, poison him, then take to the streets, doing what he can to survive. Likely, he'd still eventually grow into an alcoholic, which, being a human his whole life (as it's very unlikely he'd come across a Stone Mask), would certainly affect him more. But, he was born with the Devil's Luck, and I believe it's very likely he'd soon establish a horrifically effective criminal empire within London. We'll get back to Dio later.
As for Jonathan Jostar, having not lost his mother in a carriage wreck, his father would be the proper level of strict with him growing up, allowing him to grow into the gentleman he is regardless of Dio's involvement. He'd grow up well with both father and mother, and wouldn't lose his father either in his young adulthood. However, the Stone Masks do still exist, and his family would still have the Stone Mask (it was being taken back to the house during the carriage crash that doesn't happen in this universe). Without someone like Dio Brando around the house, it's very likely the first person to learn they have the Stone Mask would be William A. Zeppeli.
Zeppeli would very much attempt to explain the evils of the Stone Mask to the Jostar family and request it be destroyed. I can't imagine George Jostar being so unreasonable as to not at least sell it to Zeppeli, thus destroying it. From here, you'd think that'd be the end of the Jostar's involvement, but Fate is a very prominent theme in the series, and it seems no matter the universe, the Jostar lineage (from Jonathan downward) are always fated to clash with DIO and his lineage. Besides, I find it likely that Jonathan, perhaps hearing from Zeppeli of vampires and the fact there may possibly be more Stone Masks out there, would be bound by his sense of justice to go off and learn the ways of Hamon. By this point, he'd very likely also be courting and maybe even married to Erina already (given no one would've gotten in the way of their relationship).
This is where Fate comes into play. Perhaps throughout his Hamon training, Jonathan would wind up in London, and learning of the evils Dio's crime syndicate has been wreaking. This being JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the police would probably either be useless, scared by Dio into inaction, or just plain bought-off. Along the way, Jonathan would also convert one of Dio's least loyal underlings, Robert E. O. Speedwagon to his side. And, together, along with Zeppeli, they'd fight off and defeat Dio, likely working to put him behind bars rather than killing him, which would give an opportunity for him to escape and perhaps have to leave the country, and have children who'd have children of their own, starting the Brando lineage that would rival the Jostar lineage.
Jonathan and Erina would wind up getting married and moving to America, with Zeppeli continuing to train Jonathan in Hamon just in case, and this time not dying on the boat to America. Speedwagon, now reformed due to Jonathan's resolve, would become an oil tycoon and eventually fund the Speedwagon Foundation as he does in the manga. Jonathan and Erina would have a son named George Jostar Jr. (after his likely still-living grandfather) and would likely continue in Archaeology along with Hamon training, and pass down both to their son, who'd find a wife (possibly not Lisa Lisa, who would still have both her parents and therefore not the same drive to learn Hamon, though he could still wind up marrying her by sheer chance). They'd have a son named Joeseph Jostar, who would, unfortunately, be a fair bit less charismatic and ungentlemanly, making this the second-worst timeline.
After their son would grow up enough to move out of the house, Jonathan would probably return mostly to Archaeology, occasionally with the aid of Speedwagon, and through the partnership would uncover many, many more Stone Masks, along with The Pillar Men. Even with the interference of the Third Reich, with so many Hamon users (including the still-living Zeppeli lineage, mainly his grandson, Caesar Zeppeli), the Pillar Men would be very quickly and easily dealt with, with minimal casualties along the way. We wouldn't even have Ultimate Kars.
Even without Joeseph having met Suzie Q, he still likely would've found a wife anyways and had a daughter, who would've run off to Japan and married a man by the name of Kujo. The two of them would've had a son named Jotaro, but this is somewhat of a non-sequitur at this point. Unless one of Dio's descendants became head of the Yakuza, Jotaro would have nothing major going on in his life. And, without Jonathan Jostar's body to gain a Stand from, the Jostar family would not gain Stands (though around this time Stands would exist, as Diavolo would still find 5 Stand arrows out in the desert, and Joseph being a Hamon user would probably still have Hermit Purple).
That said, perhaps one of Dio's descendants would become the head of the Yakuza, perhaps even with a Stand gained from the arrow. Then, as Fate dictates, and perhaps with a bit of nudging from his grandfather, Jotaro would work to take down said Yakuza boss, perhaps after gaining his own Stand through the power of the arrow. This would be a vastly different series and require more thought than I'm already putting into this.
Part 4 likely wouldn't even happen. Joeseph Jostar being raised to be a better man would mean he wouldn't likely cheat on his wife, and DIO not being a vampire who could infect people with Flesh Buds means that Keicho Nijimura wouldn't even have a Stand arrow, let alone have any reason to use it. That said, Yoshikage Kira would probably still be a Stand user and would terrorize Morioh unopposed until his quiet death by old age.
Part 5 would, strangely, be unchanged for the most part. Giorno Giovanna would likely still be born, and perhaps guided by his destiny of being a direct descendant of Dio Brando (and maybe even inheriting Stand Power from whoever his father is), would attempt to become the head of Passione to stop their selling of drugs to minors. Likely, just about everything would go the same, possibly with Polnareff's involvement being altered, given Polnareff either wouldn't be involved in the events of this universe's Part 3 or would but in a vastly different way.
Part 6 just straight-up would not happen, which is convenient because I've never read Part 6.
