"Dio could quite literally just brute his way through the emeralds like plastic"

He'd get turned into swis cheese

"Space erasing sphere's,"

Kakyoin isnt aware of this ability(and this isnt even anywhere near the expectations of effecting the rules of time tbh)

"open-world body controlling mist (or however the hell Justice's ability works),"

its just fog creating illusion

"reality altering stand that can damage others via dreams, the f*cking Sun, etc."

He doesn't alter reality. It's dreams. Yk, the thing that isn't part of reality. The sun? Yea I still woudnt say that closes the gap of expectations with the rules of time.

Non of these stand abilities really close the gap of expectations between them and effecting the rules of time

"Silent Way, Mandom, Civil War, SM, Tomb of the Boom, CD, CS, CTR (in rain), TB, Etcetera."

If it was a ranged fight with good enviornment, I'd still give it to Kakyoin(he was able to tag DIO via strategy which is something non of these guys would he capable of doing)

But I agree with SM. His travel speed is a bit bs

While I do agree with the idea that DIO honestly could have just busted out TW and knock the emeralds away like mere pongs, within the world of JoJo, you cannot react to attacks you cannot see. DIO might know where some of the emeralds are coming from but if he manages to let even 1 hit, it was checkmate. Especially considering DIO needs blood to regenerate at this point in time(he still not fully accustomed to Jonathan's body) so ofc the only way he could possibly 100% ensure victory was to TS at that moment.

"He'd get turned into swis cheese"

Damn, so that's what happened to Dio's cape (I just assumed he snagged it off mid-fight against Jotaro, mb)

"Kakyoin isnt aware of this ability(and this isnt even anywhere near the expectstions of effecging the rules of time tbh)"

Yeah, I already agreed he didn't have much experience with some of those, but it's definitely some pretty metaphysica shit, like Kakyoin saw a mirror reflecting at the speed of light and still denied the idea of a mirror world being a thing (that's on him, even Iggy would acknowledge the possibilities, let alone even a glimpse of it in action)

"its just fog creating illusion"

Yeah, but that was defiinitely not something tame seeing the world look like an entirely different projection of the environment, with a bunch of ghost, and puppetry-zombie sh*t going on.

"He doesn't alter reality. It's dreams. Yk, the thing that isn't part of reality. The sun? Yea I still woudnt sy that closes the gap of expectations with the rules of time."

What happens to you in the dreams happens to you in real life (come on man, this is a common factor on why D13 is so overhyped nowadays, it"s the Freddy Krueger shenanigans).

"Damn, so that's what happened to Dio's cape"

"What happens to you in the dreams happens to you in real life"

In terms of injuries yea

It's not like if Kakyoin gets turned into a donut(an actual donut), he'll get turned into a donut irl

But ye, non of the stands you mentioned close the gap of ruling time itself

Its far outstretched

Forgot to mention this too but I don't think Death 13 can effect the victim themselves

We see it effect Jotaros chain, Joseph's prosthetic hand, Polnareff's hair.

He seems to have a limit on what he can and can't effect.

Hence why its only injuries and emotion that are reflected back into the real world

Because that's the only think D13 can do to the victims.

"If it was a ranged fight with good enviornment, I'd still give it to Kakyoin(he was able to tag DIO via strategy which is something non of these guys would he capable of doing)

Tagging Dio isn't so much of a feat at this point, he's a cocky, demented lunatic in a real combat scenario, you just need to give the right first impressions to inflate his ego (until he's caught off guard by the obvious notions)

" which is something non of these guys would he capable of doing)"

Ringo is pretty collected and strategic, and seeing how Kakyoin is a teenager with no sense of coordination with RR's logic, I doubt it'd be much of a toss-up seeing how he gets caught lacking by Geb (f*cking water btw).

Mike O isn't some random scrub who makes pet balloon animals for the president, he's regarded as "The Presidents Right Hand Man" for a reason, TB's is very underrated, the killer swans will fumble Kak's set up in a heartbeat, and the TB's are practically traps whether you try to destroy them or not (unless you have some bullsh*t regen or body-alteration ability like Cream Starter, you're practically f*cked (M.O always has some arrangement of Tubular Bells around, I doubt he'd fumble 50/50 if we're talking about prep-time on Kakyoin's half).

While you have a point on some of these, like Blackmore's slow and intricate set-up and the Boom Boom Family (yes, I know the family-name sounds dumb to say) Etc.

Would definitely say Sandman (Soundman) has a good shot at catching Kak on the ropes in the same manner he did Johnny, but honestly I feel like Sandman is overlooked wrongly aswell, like the dude can out-manuever point blank obstacles and outrun horses that run at 60MPH for over 25-26 days or so on pace, and he honestly could've outplayed Johnny if he didn't clutch it through with the golden ratio tbh.

"It's not like if Kakyoin gets turned into a donut(an actual donut), he'll get turned into a donut irl"

Currently from the scans so far, but nothing states otherwise, like he healed Kakyoin's wounds, and when Kakyoin was choking on eyeballs in the dream sequence, he seeminly started choking irl, so it could just be physically coerced effects, rather than the physically impossible ones.

(And don't NLF me, I didn't add any suggestions otherwise, just observing the logic going on there...)

"But ye, non of the stands you mentioned close the gap of ruling time itself

Its far outstretched" It really isn't, the concept of environment and metaphysical projections that may or may not effect you is still is a risky gamble, honestly, it's not like he's pulling out some time-capsule bs against them it's obvious that he stopping time rather than teleporting seeing the distance and environment act to the effects after a couple of times in plain-sight use, if even Nukesaku's ugly a** knew of it (he wasn't even told btw), then I'm rather certain he could believe and live with the idea of stands having other conceptual abilities, I feel as if you made up a headcanon here, like I'm sure Kakyoin acknowledgec it, and took it in at that point...

"He'd get turned into swis cheese"

I will never understand the "AP=Durability" logic in JJBA, likehe deflects said emeralds with his finger in the first encounter now suddenly it's more worth the evasion than an actual bullet?!

Nah, that's just inconsistency for a plot-hole, no statements of any amp of sorts.