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This is a problem we have had for some time, and I think we absolutely need to find a solution to this. I'm not proposing anything, just creating a thread where we can actually discuss this.
Souls, Ghosts and Stands
How do we equalize them? In JoJo, the former two are different from the latter. This is made particularly evident by the fact that ghosts can have Stands, like Yoshihiro Kira, Kira Yoshikage's father, who's a ghost that possesses a Stand, clearly showing that the two of them are different things.
Then that raises the question: WoG states several times that only Stand Users, or those that have the potential to use one but they just didn't awake it yet, can see Stands, and that only Stands can hurt other Stands. As we know that ghosts can affect other ghosts in JoJo, as we see in the alleyway scene with Kira, Reimi and Arnold, does that mean that being able to affect Souls =/= Being able to affect Stands, because, if ghosts could affect Stands, that would break one of the first rules about Stands? Admittedly, it wouldn't be the first time it gets broken (the alleyway hands thing destroyed effortlessly Killer Queen), but it still raises the question if the "only stands can affect stands" rule is respected here or if it's broken.
Funny Valentine and Paradoxes
Funny Valentine's paradox power comes from abusing a concept in the JoJo verse that, if two things from different universe touch or get closed to each other, they get paradoxed out of existence (okay, that's not exactly what happens, but you get the point). How exactly do we treat this power? Do we assume it just doesn't work on characters that have specifically shown to be able to resist getting paradoxed out of existence in a verse with a similar mechanic, have shown to simply be able to interact with parallel versions of themselves, regardless of the verse's rules, or something else entirely?
Souls, Ghosts and Stands
How do we equalize them? In JoJo, the former two are different from the latter. This is made particularly evident by the fact that ghosts can have Stands, like Yoshihiro Kira, Kira Yoshikage's father, who's a ghost that possesses a Stand, clearly showing that the two of them are different things.
Then that raises the question: WoG states several times that only Stand Users, or those that have the potential to use one but they just didn't awake it yet, can see Stands, and that only Stands can hurt other Stands. As we know that ghosts can affect other ghosts in JoJo, as we see in the alleyway scene with Kira, Reimi and Arnold, does that mean that being able to affect Souls =/= Being able to affect Stands, because, if ghosts could affect Stands, that would break one of the first rules about Stands? Admittedly, it wouldn't be the first time it gets broken (the alleyway hands thing destroyed effortlessly Killer Queen), but it still raises the question if the "only stands can affect stands" rule is respected here or if it's broken.
Funny Valentine and Paradoxes
Funny Valentine's paradox power comes from abusing a concept in the JoJo verse that, if two things from different universe touch or get closed to each other, they get paradoxed out of existence (okay, that's not exactly what happens, but you get the point). How exactly do we treat this power? Do we assume it just doesn't work on characters that have specifically shown to be able to resist getting paradoxed out of existence in a verse with a similar mechanic, have shown to simply be able to interact with parallel versions of themselves, regardless of the verse's rules, or something else entirely?
