Board Thread:Fanmade/@comment-31598739-20180516065943

I don't even want to discuss how much I hate it when someone creates a stand, and fails to give it the proper name. A lot of people seem to mistake how Araki references names; he doesn't just look at the name of a song and make the ability around that name.

Take Speed King for example. The name would imply something to do with speed, but instead is heat. A more extreme example would be Tusk. Tusk is a way to describe Johnny's bullets, but that's not it. The song is a marching band song, an ironic joke considering Johnny is a paraplegic. This signifies what Tusk will be to Johnny. It will be his ticket to being able to walk again. Another example is Stone Free. Jimi Hendrix wrote the song as a commentary on the public, and their judgements, opinions, and treatment towards him. The song declares that Hendrix will not be held back by the public, and will be "stone free, to do what I please". Jolyne names it for the same reason, she decides she will call it Stone Free because it will "free her from this stone ocean". The stone ocean is of course, Green Dolphin Street Prison, but also the enemy stand users that will come to face her.

A lot of people seem to mistake this, and reference stuff just based off the name. Speed King equals movement acceleration, Tusk equals walrus transformation, and Stone Free equals mineral repulsion. Other examples would be:

(I didn't look to see if these exist, I was just coming up with them on the spot. They took me 3 minutes to come up with, so that just shows the effort some people could put into the thought process.)

We Will Rock You  =  turn people into rocks

Gorillaz  =  gorilla minions

21 Guns  =  twenty one gun clones

Motorhead  =  make body parts become machinery

etc.....

People also seem to reference other stuff, which does to a degree make sense. After all, Part 3's stands were almost completely made up of names from tarot cards and egyptian gods/goddesses. Stuff like mythology, real life figures, locations, and such can work. However, still please make sure to actually reference the origin just like how Araki does so.

And as for those that don't even make a reference, why? I've heard that it "keeps them original". Yes, creating your own character nonsensically is original, but not even close to acceptable. More often than not, the names are edgy and don't have any special ties to it's ability or user. Chances are, the most connections you'll get are miniscule.

TL;DR, just be sure to make your stand name make actual sense, and not just be a quick thought. This isn't forced, I just want to show those willing to make the best stands possible to be able to know some key parts to it. 