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Honestly I think you're overcomplicating it a bit.

Every creature in the Jojo universe follows a fate. Epitaph allows Diavolo to see that fate, even his own, for up to 10 seconds. King Crimson allows Diavolo to erase up to 10 seconds of time, during which Diavolo and only Diavolo becomes exempt from fate. Everyone else must follow fate as Epitaph shows.

The major thing here is that Diavolo can only defy fate for himself, no one else. That's why he can't interact with anyone during erased time. If someone, Bruno for example, were fated to by punched by King Crimson, and Diavolo erases that time, Bruno would still receive the damage, but now there would be no cause. It simply happened because fate dictated it. Diavolo, however, IS exempt from fate, hence why all attacks simply pass through him. After 10 seconds, that period of time is erased from existence, with only Diavolo remembering because only Diavolo existed outside of it.

I mainly agree with your ascertation that King Crimson and Epitaph are sub par individually, though.