Star Swap: I might have mentioned this, but I love the idea of Jonathan semi-accidentally rallying the meeker prisoners like Guccio and Atroe, which means a lot given that the prison is largely led by a right-makes-right mentality. Because Jonathan is nice and caring and kind and (with some advice from Gwess and Ermes) not afraid to start punching people if need be. He may not have his old muscles but he still has his boxing skill and maybe his hamon? Can't remember when he was taken. Anyway, he manages to assemble a small following of prisoners, helping them so that they can eventually help themselves.
YESSSSSSSSS
while Jolyne's body may not have the pure muscle and intimidation factor that Jonathan's original one had he's far from helpless. As you mentioned there's the aforementioned Hamon and boxing, plus how Hamon would work really well with The Passion when he gets pricked
and it's definitely an accident at first. Jonathan couldn't help it! He wants to help people, no matter whether or not they can give him anything in return. And while he may not teach them Hamon (he realises pretty early on just how dangerous that could get if he taught others), he can teach them how to defend themselves and get away from danger
For a bit of fun chaos, I like to image there was an instance where two people he taught used the things he learned to pick on others and he marched his way over and started scolding the shit out of them. He gave them a flawless "I'm not mad just disappointed" look and speech like he was their parent or something and he looked to genuine and upset and oh god I feel so bad what the fuck was I thinking-
and just to add a but of extra fun spice to it, maybe one of the two ends up attacking him because You Can't Tell Us What To Do Short Stack only to promptly get their ass handed to them on a silver platter. Maybe even a broken bone or two........ but then when it's over Jonathan completely heals the opponent but leaves himself injured so when the guard shows up it looks like the fight was completely one-sided
was that a bit tricky of him to fool the guard like that? Yes, he feels terrible about it for days afterward and can't get the mental image of Dio out of his head, but he isn't going to just let this person use what he taught them to hurt people that just wouldn't be nice >:(
he doesn't even realise how many people he's befriended until Hermes makes a comment about it and he almost starts crying because he hasn't had this many friends EVER, he's still honestly trying to come to terms with the fact he has friends period
once again, I'm loving the mental image of Hermes and Gwess trying their absolute damnedest to just Keep Jojo Alive. They know he's powerful and that he should theoretically be able to handle himself, and most of the time he's honestly really reliable! He's surprisingly emotionally intelligent and knows just what to say....... but then right after he'll do the stupidest (/aff) shit imaginable and they'll remember "right, this is the same guy who thought the tv was trapping people inside and that blood letting was an acceptable medical treatment"
also, speaking of Atroe, I had a silly idea for how Foo slides into things: I think it would if they're just Body Buddies. That's it. Foo expressed interest in helping out Jonathan for the respect he showed them and Atroe was like "welcome to the club! Jojo's really cool and nice so I can't blame you, why don't you come with :D" and just lets Foo vibe in their body
would this work biologically? I don't think so, but also consider It Would Be Funny For The Sake Of The AU
As mentioned in that one comic, Atroe is absolutely fine with this because body jacking is a kind of kidnapping! She's living the dream.
...I wonder if prolonged exposure to F.F. causes Atroe to develop a stand of her own.
Also, Kenzō tries to make himself seem not as atrocious by comparing himself to Jonathan during his fight with Jonathan's group. This Does Not Work, because forming a group loyal to you by genuinely helping them and leading a suicide cult are two extremely different things.
Yeah :D
Foo and Atroe become such Buddies, but also I absolutely adore the idea of Atroe starting to get a Stand of her own. Maybe the Stand Genes™ end up affecting her and as it enters her body she slowly starts developing her own. Not really sure what exactly it would do but the idea is neat!
and YES with Kenzo, and to make things Even Worse, what if for a few seconds there Jonathan actually slightly believes him. Not about the murder cult or "we're the same" thing, but he starts getting some imposter syndrome a la "am I tricking them into being my friends?"
ofc, Foo, Atroe and Hermes all VERY violently disagree with this fact and make that very clear. They love Jonathan because he's Jonathan, nothing else. He hasn't tricked them in any way and they can and will kill anyone who tries to make him feel like he's not good enough to have friends who care
(also........ completely separate from the friendship aspect but this part of the arc just reminded me of Anasui's existence which is going to be. Interesting but also probably funny as shit)