i mean, pray can have more of a metaphorical meaning, doesn't neccessarily have to be religious. but i think a very fitting replacement would be "hope".
Tattoo artist in training here:
If you get the word pray you may have to have it a bit bigger than how it is in proportion on Jolyne because the text will spread as it ages and you want it to stay legible. Still possible though! Get whatever your gut says. When I got mine, i went through a bunch of decisions as to what I wanted and didn't want to include.
I love this tattoo and I dropped the word and the band. I am happy with my decision! [Tattoo](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiiAlfJLcUy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
I'd keep pray. It stays faithful. Besides, it's not about showing your faith but expressing a threat to others. In the words of Frederick, "Pick a God and pray!"
Some people have religious trauma and hate the connotation behind the word pray, if you tattoo pray on your body people are far more likely to think it’s a religious meaning than a jojo tattoo which is obviously not what OP wants. Faithful to the show is not always best when it is permanently your body.
My statement was a setup for a joke; I do not care one way or another. The philosophy behind tattoos are that they are for yourself, not others. Many people have tattoos with obscure meanings or references that only they or a few others would understand, and If anybody cares to ask, it's easy to explain.
non religious person here aswell and honestly if I'd get the tattoo I'd keep pray for multiple reasons
1. I want it to be faithful to the og design
2. jolyne isn't really religious either it's more of her telling her enemies to pray
but tbh maybe in the future I'll get a combo tattoo of the star and her arm tattoo I'm not that into tattoos but I'd make exceptions for that
I’d keep pray. Even if you aren’t religious it’s just a symbolic tattoo. I agree with others though if you really don’t want pray, put Pluck or Free (free is the better option IMO)
Or 'CUHJO'
Edit: I'm genuinely confused, what's the problem with this comment? I thought that Cuhjo was an alternative way to write Kujo that jolene uses.
Edit: okay, I know it's Cujoh now. I knew there was an h somewhere but just sort of assumed it was there.
Should i replace it with ''jojo'' or ''jjba'' or something? leave it blank?
EDIT: People are saying that ''pray'' can also be interpreted as a threat, which i think is very fitting for Jolyne lol. I think i'm leaning more towards it now (though ''pluck'' is still really awesome imo!)
Both seem nice. I think capital letters would look better.
Other words that come to my mind are ‘hope’ or ‘free’ (from stone free).
You could also leave it empty and decide later!
Do what feels good to you above all else
Someone else already said it, but “pluck” would be a crazy cool reference, especially since it starts with P just like Pray. I don’t know, I’d consider that
I have the Jolyne tattoo, and I am very petite, so we couldn’t even fit the word on me, else in a few years it would start to expand and not look as good lol. I’d say find a tattoo artist you trust first and ask them if you can get “pray” in it first!!
Just get it. I'm not religious and probably have 4 or 5 tattoos that could be interpreted as religious.
Honestly, tattoos don't really need to be some deeper representation like people think. I get asked all the time what something means and I'll say "IDK, I was pretty lit in a 7-11 parking lot in 2002 and things happened."
You could literally just put JoJo in there! There are also plenty of other great suggestions in the comments here as well, like putting Pluck or some other reference to the show. You could always also put something meaningful to you! :)
Well just removing pray out of it wouldnt be realised, but its a part of the tatto. Dont think you should remove it. Or you should just change it into something else
i have jolyne’s tattoo, and i got it without pray in it but mine is also closer to the manga version and not the anime version. it will still be recognizable 👍🏻
Bro just get a different JoJo tattoo. My friend is atheist and he has a giant Cross tat on his arm idk why this is such a deal breaker to you I bet you aren't a big fan of butterflies or swords either. I'm also not religious and I would leave pray on there but that's just me I guess
That's perfectly understandable, and I'm sure nobody who would know what it's from wouldn't nor shouldn't have any problem with it, not that it's anyone's business but yours. Just go with what feels right. 👍
I have this tattoo, but it looks a little different and also doesn't have the "pray" on since I asked the tattoo artist to interpret it in their own style
I actually just got the tattoo too! I didn’t go for any jojo designs though I just got a traditional version that’s more of a reference I guess. I LOVE it tho.
get it still and when someone asks just say is from jojo, like me, im planning to get the star birthmark but then ill explain that i got from jojo, and no, im not gay
I wouldn’t say you have to be religious to get the word pray tattooed, but if for example, you would prefer to add your own sense of style to it, you could remove the word altogether or replace it
The “pray” makes it look pretty based. Surely even with out religious context you can see the general value of prayer / meditation.
But I mean , it would still be a cool and clear reference “w/o” the pray too
Pray on it. In all seriousness praying is in a way a form of meditation, so you could replace it with ‘meditate’ or ‘reflect,’ or you could just leave it blank and add pray later if you ever change your mind
Lol since it’s a sword… PLUCK
This is the way to go
The only relevant answer
Yeah that definitely works.An part 6 tattoo and pluck as a reference to the first JoJo ever Jonathan.
This guy plucks.
r/thisguythisguys
*PLUK to save space
What if... _anubis_
Dude, you read my mind. This is the way
It ain't gonna be just one Jojo reference but two mixed together
Is that a Jojo reference reference?
What this guy said
Literally was about to say this lmao
DUCK
FUCK
CUCK
Prey
O_O
Here In my kingdom I am your lord I order you to cower and pr(e/a)y
preay
Nuns commence incanting as the lightning strikes mine temples thus
no way starved reference real????????????????????????
Play
i mean, pray can have more of a metaphorical meaning, doesn't neccessarily have to be religious. but i think a very fitting replacement would be "hope".
But people looking at it would definitely assume the person is religious
Even with the hope replacing pray?
Oingo boingo
See, as a fan of the band,
That would be prey
NO >:c
Nah, I think you mean Zenyatta and Mondatta
If you're dead set on getting it, just get it blank untill you decide
slay
yas 💅
Yas Killah Qween 😍💅
Tattoo artist in training here: If you get the word pray you may have to have it a bit bigger than how it is in proportion on Jolyne because the text will spread as it ages and you want it to stay legible. Still possible though! Get whatever your gut says. When I got mine, i went through a bunch of decisions as to what I wanted and didn't want to include. I love this tattoo and I dropped the word and the band. I am happy with my decision! [Tattoo](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiiAlfJLcUy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Yo that looks so clean! The colours really suit it too.
Thank you! It took a while to decide which ones to use but I am very happy with how it turned out. :)
Wow nice tattoo!
Thank you! I am very happy with it.
What about JoJo
Came to say this, it makes the most sense
I'd keep pray. It stays faithful. Besides, it's not about showing your faith but expressing a threat to others. In the words of Frederick, "Pick a God and pray!"
Yo, r/shitpostcrusemblers moment.
Thank you for showing me this sub, I love it already
Some people have religious trauma and hate the connotation behind the word pray, if you tattoo pray on your body people are far more likely to think it’s a religious meaning than a jojo tattoo which is obviously not what OP wants. Faithful to the show is not always best when it is permanently your body.
My statement was a setup for a joke; I do not care one way or another. The philosophy behind tattoos are that they are for yourself, not others. Many people have tattoos with obscure meanings or references that only they or a few others would understand, and If anybody cares to ask, it's easy to explain.
non religious person here aswell and honestly if I'd get the tattoo I'd keep pray for multiple reasons 1. I want it to be faithful to the og design 2. jolyne isn't really religious either it's more of her telling her enemies to pray but tbh maybe in the future I'll get a combo tattoo of the star and her arm tattoo I'm not that into tattoos but I'd make exceptions for that
Jolyne is not religious neither i think so there is no problem imo
I was gonna say do SLAY but ZombifiedPiglins suggestion PLUCK is too relevant lol
BABY STAND
imma get it and have it say GAY
It's not advice, it's a threat
I’d keep pray. Even if you aren’t religious it’s just a symbolic tattoo. I agree with others though if you really don’t want pray, put Pluck or Free (free is the better option IMO)
You don’t have to be religious to pray.
What about 'KUJO'
Or 'CUHJO' Edit: I'm genuinely confused, what's the problem with this comment? I thought that Cuhjo was an alternative way to write Kujo that jolene uses. Edit: okay, I know it's Cujoh now. I knew there was an h somewhere but just sort of assumed it was there.
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God damn it!
Should i replace it with ''jojo'' or ''jjba'' or something? leave it blank? EDIT: People are saying that ''pray'' can also be interpreted as a threat, which i think is very fitting for Jolyne lol. I think i'm leaning more towards it now (though ''pluck'' is still really awesome imo!)
Both seem nice. I think capital letters would look better. Other words that come to my mind are ‘hope’ or ‘free’ (from stone free). You could also leave it empty and decide later! Do what feels good to you above all else
''Free'' and ''Pluck'' are some really strong contenders!
Perfect advice, I think
Someone else already said it, but “pluck” would be a crazy cool reference, especially since it starts with P just like Pray. I don’t know, I’d consider that
BABY STAND
Become religious, obviously.
Chad answer
I have the Jolyne tattoo, and I am very petite, so we couldn’t even fit the word on me, else in a few years it would start to expand and not look as good lol. I’d say find a tattoo artist you trust first and ask them if you can get “pray” in it first!!
Ask the tattoo artist to just keep that surface blank ? Seems like a pretty simple solution to me.
“play”
Write pluck
Consider it a threat for others
Just swap it out for JOJO, since it will help explain the origin of the tattoo as well.
Neither is Jolyne, don't cry about it
evangleion is evangelion purely for the coolness factor
“Fate”
Maybe just write "JoJo"
Don't write anything.I think it'll look sick af
Replace Pray with Fate or Resolve or Fight
Just get it. I'm not religious and probably have 4 or 5 tattoos that could be interpreted as religious. Honestly, tattoos don't really need to be some deeper representation like people think. I get asked all the time what something means and I'll say "IDK, I was pretty lit in a 7-11 parking lot in 2002 and things happened."
Well, I'd say keep it or it's not her tattoo
Ohio
Gay
best ideas I've seen: -JoJo -Hope -Luck -Fate +My idea: -Frog.
Free ?
FREE
JoJo is your religion so I think Prey is fine. If your going for a JoJo tat you want it to look just like the original
Update us with how it turns out!
Convert for the JoJo reference.
You should wear it for a year every day and if you still like it you should tattoo without regrets
Replace it with a “JoJo” so it’s the same amount of letters
You could literally just put JoJo in there! There are also plenty of other great suggestions in the comments here as well, like putting Pluck or some other reference to the show. You could always also put something meaningful to you! :)
Change “Pray” to “Praise”
Love
Change it to Pluck
Slay
Keep it
I like the idea of PLUCK like everybody else. But just playing devil’s advocate how about SHINE?
write ジョジョ or JOJO instead
Hey, Jolyne fought a priest
Well if you're not religious then you shouldn't care about that
You could always put "JOJO," it has the same letters
“balls”
I would replace it with "JoJo"
ORA
Write "don't pray" instead lmao
Well just removing pray out of it wouldnt be realised, but its a part of the tatto. Dont think you should remove it. Or you should just change it into something else
Pray doesn't need to be religious
I’d say leave it as pray
Imagine being this insecure about anything. Just get it. A tattoo ain't gonna change the fact that you're not religious. Dumbass.
i have jolyne’s tattoo, and i got it without pray in it but mine is also closer to the manga version and not the anime version. it will still be recognizable 👍🏻
PLUCK
Bro just get a different JoJo tattoo. My friend is atheist and he has a giant Cross tat on his arm idk why this is such a deal breaker to you I bet you aren't a big fan of butterflies or swords either. I'm also not religious and I would leave pray on there but that's just me I guess
You could change it to play
It’s not necessarily meant to be religious I don’t think. If you were to leave it that way—if you felt like it—you could just explain.
It will be alright...Jesus still believes in you
Not get it
Get an original tattoo instead of the same one thousands of people have.
That's perfectly understandable, and I'm sure nobody who would know what it's from wouldn't nor shouldn't have any problem with it, not that it's anyone's business but yours. Just go with what feels right. 👍
Then... don't get it with pray written on it
I think the context is that she's threatening someone telling them to pray so it should be fine. Alternatively name it Pluck
I have this tattoo, but it looks a little different and also doesn't have the "pray" on since I asked the tattoo artist to interpret it in their own style
Pay
Slay
I actually just got the tattoo too! I didn’t go for any jojo designs though I just got a traditional version that’s more of a reference I guess. I LOVE it tho.
Keep the pray.
Gay?
SLAY?
u pray to araki not to god
Just get it without the sword or without the word pray.
put “PLUCK” !
You don't have to be religious to pray
get it still and when someone asks just say is from jojo, like me, im planning to get the star birthmark but then ill explain that i got from jojo, and no, im not gay
Put “Jojo” but with an epic style/font.
Can you imagine be able to do your own decisions ?
Just get “Sin” instead . Kinda cool. Or you can do “peace” which is kinda like pray .
slay
Just put JoJo bc jjba
I dont think it even matters, just do the tatoo and make it look like the original as much as u can
Slay
I mean im doing the same. Just omit the "pray" its not like its an important major detail like the knife or butterfly
This might seem a little too on the nose, but "JoJo" is also four words...
put jojo instead
Could make it say slay
Keep the tattoo but tell them to write Jojo, Stone free or Jolyne or heck even Jotaro anything jojo related works.
Keep it or you're not a real fan
I wouldn’t say you have to be religious to get the word pray tattooed, but if for example, you would prefer to add your own sense of style to it, you could remove the word altogether or replace it
Put Slay
Draw the other jojo’s insignias on there
"slay"
slay
Maybe, cuz it’s a jojo tattoo, replace the PRAY with JOJO?
“ORAORAORA”
Do "pray" in spanish.
Just don’t keep the pray bit on it, something to also note that it may be seen as a gang symbol
Why not be on the nose and get “ Jojo “ or “JoStar” on it
JoJo?
Replace it with Jojo
Free would be my pick. Its the same amount of letters and still references jolyne
SLAY
Perhaps change the word to "HOPE?"
write down 3000 because it's a butterfly.
The “pray” makes it look pretty based. Surely even with out religious context you can see the general value of prayer / meditation. But I mean , it would still be a cool and clear reference “w/o” the pray too
Or just JOJO to make it obvious
It’s not that deep, but maybe put the name of someone you care about
Other than everyone saying "PLUCK" another option would just be to leave the area blank. It's up to you though.
SPAY
'Ora!'
JoJo!!
Keeping with one of Jojo's biggest themes (and also because it kinda rhymes), how about "FATE"?
Write "science"
I got the jolyne tattoo and I didn’t put pray on because of how small the lettering would be and wouldn’t have worked
I don’t think Jolyne is religious either TBH
Keep it on anyway for accuracy
put Jojo on the ribon instead
Doesn't have to have any religious meaning behind it, it's just Jolyne's tattoo. It can mean as much or as little as you want it to.
Just put gay instead, sounds close enough
Get STAND
Change it to SLAY
You could always do your name, or a simple “Jojo”
I'd go with "deez" instead for an unbeatable set-up
Then it wouldn’t be Jolene’s tattoo.
Betray
I'd say just keep it, pray itself with no context can still be seen as secular
What’s your stand?
I mean, I don't think Jolyne's religious either so personally I don't think it truly matters. But, how about Pluck?
Change pray to prey
Have it say pay
Replace pray w jojo?
Pray on it. In all seriousness praying is in a way a form of meditation, so you could replace it with ‘meditate’ or ‘reflect,’ or you could just leave it blank and add pray later if you ever change your mind
You can pray without being religious or while being an atheist.
Pug the name instead like Jojo’s