I don’t know if this was deliberate, but during that shot at the end, where they’re all hugging Clare, then Orla comes up and puts her wings around the whole group, it really put me in mind of the Children of Lir, the Irish myth about the four siblings who are turned into swans by their evil stepmother. Based on the illustrations of the many, many books of Celtic Mythology For The Kiddies I had, it seems like it is/was common to depict them with the sister sheltering her wee brothers with her wings.
And there was that running gag about folks thinking they were dressed up as swans, plus that wee nod to Irish mythology right at the start, with the guy on the radio asking what the ancient Celtic name for Hallowe’en was. So maybe, maybe…
Apart from anything else, the Children of Lir is a story about tragedy, about loss and grief. But it’s also about the passage of time, and political and religious change in Ireland. So whether intended or not, it’s a very apt parallel, and it choked me right up.
context: my boyfriend reads jojolion, I don't. He keeps talking about "maid dress jotaro" and I know that this isn't her but this is what comes to mind