Thread:Nabukun/@comment-34095945-20171226203242/@comment-34095945-20171226211757

Nabukun wrote: KQ isn't a Requiem Stand because it's not called a Requiem Stand by either the characters, the infobooks, or anything official. Then there's the fact that itself isn't pierced by an Arrow, nor does it truly change its appearance or power. It's a unique case. True, but Requiem stands are very strange and don't seem to follow a set pattern for how a Requiem Stand functions. For example, Silver Chariot was pierced and became a completely automatic stand that is out of Polnareff's control. Gold Experience Requiem also becomes an automatic stand, but remains within Giorno's control just like Killer Queen Bites The Dust.

Secondly, I never thought it was neccessary for a Stand to be called ABC Requiem to be a Requiem stand. The only reason Polnareff called Chariot Requiem a "Requiem" Stand was because it activated AFTER he died and was put in the turtle, as a "Requiem" is a mass for the dead. It was Polnareff's Requiem. So, it isn't even accurate to call Gold Experience Requiem a Requiem because Giorno is alive. Same with Killer Queen Bites The Dust.

Finally, whether the arrow pierces the Stand or the User is irrelevant. A Stand is merely an extension of it's user, and vice versa, a User is merely an extension of it's Stand. We can see this with how Araki treats King Crimson and Diavolo as one and the same. The majority of the time, we see King Crimson alone acting under Diavolo's will. Even when Diavolo leaves his physical body, his stand carrys on with him, almost acting as his body in a way. The User is the Stand, and the Stand is the User. They are one in the same, so it shouldn't matter as to whether the Stand get's pierced or if the User does.