Stands

**Stands (スタンド *Sutando*)** are supernatural abilities appearing exclusively in the *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,* Daffy's bizarre adventure *and Laser fraser's bizarre adventure Wiki* universes.

Stands can be thought of as the physical manifestation of one's fighting spirit. They are generated by a **Stand User (スタンド使い *Sutando Tsukai*)**, and usually appear as an avatar behind them, but can also appear only as the abilities of the user.

## **The Rules of Stands:**

* A non-Stand User can acquire a Stand through one of the following ways:
	+ Getting hold of a Stand Stone
	+ Being pierced by the Arrow.
	+ Being given a Stand by Wish You Were Here or The Grim Reaper's Scythe.
	+ Inheriting a Stand from a relative (with very few exceptions).
* By design, a Stand's purpose is to protect its User from all harm. A User's ability to control their Stand is partially instinctual, but requires practice. Daffy did not immediately understand the power of Literally Me when he first obtained his Stand, but eventually learned that it was able to manipulate fortune.
* A Stand and its User are directly tied to each other. Any damage inflicted upon a Stand is shared by the User, and vice versa. If a Stand dies, so does the User. *(An exception of Stands take separate damage from their User, or are specifically triggered when their User dies.)*
* Stands can only be hurt by other Stands, unless explicitly stated otherwise. A majority of Stands are able to directly attack people and not their Stands, with extremely few exceptions.
* Stand Users can see other Stands; Stands and their abilities are invisible to non-Stand Users, unless explicitly stated that they can be seen.
* A Stand User can enhance their Stand to a godlike level of power by either being pierced by the Arrow a second time or using the Dark Side Shard. When a stand itself is pierced by the stand arrow or a stand stone, that stand evolves into a Requiem Stand, which grants the stand user’s what they desire most in that current state but in an over the top and bizarre way, for example The Great Gazoo Requiem wanted the help out Fred Flintstone so he evolved himself in order to create many duplicates of Fred, to help him during his final fight.

## **Stand Parameters:**

There are 6 statistics used to classify the power of Stands. Each stat is graded from A to E, with C being comparable to a human, E being very weak, and A being excellent.

* **Destructive Power:** A Stand's capacity to cause physical injury and/or environmental damage. An A in Destructive Power means the Stand can cause lethal injuries or massive collateral damage, while an E means the Stand would have a hard time swatting an ant off of its User's body. Hank's Propane Nightmare has very excellent Destructive Power.
* **Speed:** A Stand's agility and reflex time. An A in Speed means the Stand is very fast, while an E means the Stand is very slow. George's High Moon has very excellent Speed.
* **Range:** How far a Stand's ability can be influenced or manifested. An A in Range means the Stand could hit someone from a mile away, while an E means the Stand can barely move more than a foot away from its User. Bugs' Albuquerque has very excellent Range.
* **Durability:** A Stand's active persistence. An A in Durability means the Stand can withstand a lot of damage before deactivating, while an E means the Stand is very fragile. Tom's One More Time has very excellent Durability.
* **Precision:** A Stand's accuracy in influencing/effecting specific targets. An A in Precision means the Stand could target a specific individual out of a crowd, while an E means the Stand is indiscriminate or easy to dodge. Johnny's Lovefool has very excellent Precision.
* **Developmental Potential:** A Stand's possible functions, how its abilities are utilized, and its capacity for improvement. An A in Developmental Potential means the Stand has lots of power that the User has yet to utilize or practice, while an E means either the User has honed using the Stand to their full potential or the Stand had little power to utilize in the first place. Daffy's Literally Me has very excellent Developmental Potential.

There are certain Stands where ranking them with certain parameters would not be applicable. For example, Riff Raff's The Time Warp cannot be ranked in Durability because the Stand is more like a performance ritual than a classic punch ghost. There are also Stands that have been enhanced to become so powerful that they have no stats.

## **Stand Types:**

There are many different types of stands. Each stand type is determined by their appearance or lack thereof.

* **Object:** Object Stands are the most common stand. They can appear as inanimate objects such as clothes, weapons and vehicles. Ex: Literally Me
* **Formed:** Formed stands appear as a figure or a reflection in some cases of the user. Formed stands can appear Humanoid, Inhumanoid and Mechanical. Ex: Lord Byron
* **Ability:** Ability stands have no real form and are just powers or abilities of one person. Ex: Mellow Yellow
* **Shared:** Shared stands are stands that more than one person can use at one time. Ex:Low Rider
* **Multi-Staged:** Multi-Staged stands evolve overtime, each time they evolve they get more powerful and get new powers, they evolve when the user grows as a person. Ex: Literally Me
* **Evolved:** Evolved Stands are Stands that don't go through many stages and instead evolve using other methods such as an arrow. Ex: Moonstruck Blossom
* **Automatic:** Automatic stands are stands that work on their own and their user can’t control their actions. Ex: Linkin Park
* **Bound:** Bound stands are bound to physical objects and can change the properties of the object it is bound to. Ex: Smoke On The Cheddar
* **Phenomenon:**: Phenomenon Stands do not take a physical form, instead they are represented by an aura glowing around the user. Ex: Bakamitai

## **Trivia**

* The concept for Stands was inspired by the 'guardian spirit' from the manga "Ushiro no Hyakutarō".
* Another possible inspiration for stands are Shikigami, a symbol of onmyoji's power because the onmyoji can freely use shikigami with magical powers and is connected to the master's spiritual force.