Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7673575-20170627191710/@comment-33740183-20171206174806

I always figured that The World was Jonathan's stand, and we know that Stand powers can be shared by family members (i.e. D'arby). Plus, the reason Joseph, Holly, and Jotaro's stands were awakened was because they were the living descendants of Jonathan and Dio/Jonathan got the Arrow. The other "explanation" I thought was that stopping time is clearly the most powerful ability, and it only makes sense that the most powerful stand would have a counterpart to balance out good and evil. IDK