Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30966312-20180814013025/@comment-38952966-20191008031759

The Blue Cryptid wrote: Rainmain90 wrote: Sketchlooksatwiki wrote: well, DIO did take Jonathan's body in part 1, and The World could be half of Jonathan's stand. So that could mean Jotaro had inherited this attack and learned it during his fight with DIO. I'm not sure if the jonathan theory works as his soul is no longer present in the body. Only Dio's I like to go with the theory that Stand's are the manifestation of Hamon that has infused itself with the Meteor's virus to nullify it when it is within a person with "hamon potential" (awakening in any family members who also have Hamon potential). That's why I personally think it is Jonathan's Stand since vampires like DIO are undead and do not possess Hamon potential.

Steel Ball Run kinda disproves this though, since an alternate universe version of DIO who isn't a vampire appears, and his Stand is still The World.