Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28702329-20180609141525/@comment-34882417-20181004005003

BaronBlackFalcon wrote: Star Platinum and The World being the same type of Stands gets even more confusing since part 4 retconned The World to be a Stand awaken by the Arrow. Adding to the fact that there exists a theory that since DIO is Jonathan from the neck down, The World was probably product of the Joestar bloodline, which would explain why it's similar to Star Platinum......BUUUUUUT Araki confirmed that Hermit Purple 2 is Jonathan's Stand. So Araki kinda shot himself in the foot. He didn't...? There was never a rule about being unable to inherit Stands from a relative who was pierced by an arrow. Also, The World isn't a byproduct of the Joestar bloodline. It's the reverse. If anything, Star Platinum is probably a byproduct of The World and Jonathan combined. That would honestly make more sense to me, considering Star Platinum looks more like Jonathan than The World does.