Talk:The World/@comment-32198720-20181207002432/@comment-38207903-20190118020504

I just started reading and I truly believe that DIO's ability is to copy stand abilities. I agree with the ability to copy only awakened abilities as well, however I do agree with it just being the Joestar Family abilities. I am currently reading Steel Ball Run, and I noticed that Diego still gets to use "half" of scary monsters even after the minor villain died. I believe that Araki tweaked The World a little bit in part 7 to copy any ability. I think that the eye awakened a fragment of The World's ability, like the arm and backbone did for Johnny. "Act" Stands should be interpreted as incomplete stands as they can always evolve. And so like how Tusk has 4 acts, The World was on some level of act as well. Then once DIO awakened his next act, The World appears, and the most ultimate ability, "Stopping Time," is chosen by Diego. He is still also able to use Scary Monsters because that is what he is familiar with. Diego can only stop time for 5 seconds at first, but with some practice he could go back to his alternate timeline DIO's prime at 9 seconds.