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Now i have a lot of bias because it is my favourite band but we're gonna break it down and me being one of 3 fans of this band im going to try and figure out why Araki chose this name and why its so fitting
In terms of design there's not much to look at he's just a silly little yellow goober not much but in terms of its ability, there's a lot to unpack
Now Survivor gets its name from the american rock band formed in 1978 by 3 people Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan and Dave Bickler.
Now their commercial success early wasn't very good with the first album really only doing good in 1 state but its 2nd album may have not done well but 1 of its singles would catch the attention of the best thing that could happen to the band, Sylvester Stallone.
Now Stallone had heard the band on the radio and after being rejected by Queen to use Another one bites the dust Stallone asked the band if they could make a song for his new movie Rocky III that song would be the smash hit Eye of the Tiger.
Now what does this have to do with its ability well i think Araki was inspired by 2 factors and the first one are the rocky movies and it fits with the arc that survivor makes people angry and yes Survivor may have been inspired by fight club which did come out 2 years earlier but i believe that it that the ability was somewhat inspired by rocky as boxers usually have to anger eachother and get angry before each fight to preform as best as possible, But the other factor that may have played in survivor's ability was the band itself, as after their breakout hit Survivor continued to get more hits under their belt though tensions in the band were extreme with Frankie Sullivan wanting writing credits for songs he barely contributed to and him wanting Jim to change some of the lyrics he wrote to his liking and tried to get one of his friends Tommy Shaw from Styx to try and convince him to do it.
Needless to say tensions were high and they got higher as Bickler left the band as he was losing his voice and was replaced with Jimi Jamison and they debuted their 5th album Vital signs to great success with multiple hits from that album getting onto the top 40 of the billboards and as the years passed tensions only got worse as the 3 members were constantly fighting with eachother slowly disintegrating their relationship with eachother and now Jamison wanted credits for songs he barely contributed to and when their album too hot to sleep flopped the band went into an indefinite hiatus and Jamison went on a solo career and formed another band called Survivor, in which he got sued for which prompted a reunion with the original members including bickler who had recovered and this is basically all of their history up to the point where the stand first debut but there is one thing i forgot to mention as before eye of the tiger Peterik had written a song called Rockin into the night which was fully recorded though the producers thought it was too southern for them and gave it to 38. Special and it became their first hit needles to say Sullivan was extremely bitter about this as Peterik wrote more songs for 38. Special and other artist Sullivan refused to preform this song which may have played into the fact that Guccio isn't Survivor's original stand user and the fact we actually know (kinda) its original user
Welp that all folks if you wanna learn more about the band i recommend watching this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCvr1FCt3s8&t=871s&ab_channel=B-MovieRoll-Out
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So, this is just my opinion, but I wanted to do a list like this and the most powerful is too simple. This is also rather simple, but it requires a bit more thought than 'G.E.R go brr, you ded'
spoiler warning as well.
10: Survivor (Guccio)
The Weakest Stand. Said by DIO himself.
Incredible weak and small, you'll barely realise you stepped in it. Which is exactly what it wants.
Survivor's ability is basically to invoke the bloodlust state into people. In this state, those affected are incredibly violent and strong. But, this doesn't sound too bad. That is, if, A) it affects a bunch of people at once B) it allows those affected to see the enemies weakest points, allowing for murder to ensue. Imagine this: a stadium full to the brim with spectators. Guccio has had enough and activates his Stand. Think of the chaos and bloodshed that would happen. Oh, you just came out the hospital from torso surgery? That just sounds like a place to hit.
9: Purple Haze (Pannacotto Fugo)
Purple Haze is a short range humanoid stand that has little capsules on its knuckles that, once broken, can go around five meters in daylight, infecting all living creatures within this space with an incredibly potent virus that basically melts the victim's body in less than thirty seconds. The virus is airborne and simple going into contact with it will infect you. It's so potent, Fugo can not even control this virus, refusing to use this stand unless he needs to 100%.
and, what's even more fun is that, in darkness, the Stand's virus is even more dangerous, with near nothing to stop it due to light being it's weakness.
How fun
8: Killer Queen (both) (Yoshikage Kira/YoJo)
Both of the Stand's main ability in to create a bomb in anything it touches to completely atomise the target. What else to you need?
how about the ability to create a mini tank that track the nearest heat source and blows up depending how hot it is. It can break the guard of STAR PLATINUM FROM A SIMPLE FIRE!
But wait! There's more! That's only the tank of Yoshikage Kira's KQ. YoJo's Killer Queen can create a bunch of explosives bubbles that are just bombs which to can be forced into a victims face of KQ gets a bit on its target (like creating bubbles IN someone's face from one punch). And it also has its own mini tank. Haha. Sorry. tankS! This KQ can create a bunch of these mini tanks that a) can become so small that they can enter bloodstreams and b) are completely controlled by YoJo. No simple programming here.
it honestly depends what sort to chaos you want to cause.
silent? Original Killer Queen
Absolute? Alternate Killer Queen
7: Green Day (Cioccolata) & Oasis (Secco)
let's start with the sadist first.
Wait.
Okay, let's start with the doctor.
Cioccolata's stand is Green Tea. A stand that has the ability that allows it to produce an airborne mold virus that infects people simply when they go down in any way.
Went to pick something up? Say bye to your hand.
Tripped. Prepare to disintegrate into mold and die near instantly.
Also, the more people infected and killed by this mold, the further it spreads, to the point all of Rome was in danger.
And that's not taking about how the users partner in literal crime Secco has a stand that's works perfectly with this ability.
Secco's stand, Oasis is the second wearable stand in the series.
It's ability in to basically turn its nearby surroundings into a mud like substance, thus MAKING LIVING BEINGS AFFECTED GO DOWN (or drown). You accidentally trip because of this? Say hello to Cell in Hell for me.
It can also melt people sooooooo......
6: Cream (Vanilla Ice) (I had to use this picture)
This Stand has a pretty terrible weakness. While using it's main ability to its full potential, the user is blind and can only fight by relying in instinct.
However, while using this ability, Vanilla Ice is invincible and unbeatable.
inside Cream's mouth is an infinite void that disintegrates anything that goes inside it. The user can go inside his Stand with no problem, and, once making the stand eat itself, is and invisible, invincible void of nothingness that can not be stopped!
5: C-Moon (Enrico Pucci: Awaiting New Moon)
C-Moon
C-Moon
Is she...
Ah, the gravitational wonder that is C-Moon.
this one is a humanoid stand that has the ability to manipulate gravity.
One way is making its user the centre of all gravity in a multi mile radius. This means it can topple cities with ease, destroy towns like it is nothing.
A second way is to invert anything it's fists touch. For example, if C-Moon punches you in the chest, say hello to your heart and organs, because you're gonna see them. This ability is so powerful, C-Moon's physical destructive power can't be measured, like a certain Requiem stand.
4: Scary Monsters (Dr. Ferdinand/Diego Brando)
We've already discussed virus' here. But not one this dangerous, and that's saying something.
Scary Monsters gives the user the ability to turn almost anything into dinosaurs, Which is a pretty cool ability, honestly.
The stand can make dino furniture!
and turn people into dinosaurs, not just the user, but anyone the user uses the stand on.
Those affected turned into a dino by the user are under the control of the user.
But, what makes this stand so dangerous?
Well, as I said earlier, it's basically a virus. Those turned into dinos can also turn other people into dinosaurs by scratching them for the user to control, and, when insects can be turned into dinosaurs, if this stand is left out of control, t would cause absolute disaster and destruction.
3: Weather Report (Weather Report/Wes Bluemarine)
Ah, the weather.....
An incredibly dangerous and powerful force. And this stand takes advantage of that. The user can create massive tornadoes, affect the atmosphere and even increase the amount of pure oxygen in around you. and that kills you. Lose control of this stand and cities are doomed. You can't exactly fight the weather. But, plot twist, something worse happens when you loose control of the stand than large city level destruction. And, what happens is a 'heavy weather '.
2.5: Heavy Weather (Domenico Pucci)
The True ability of Weather Report.
Heavy Weather.
It creates rainbows that, once seen, make you believe you are a snail. Not only this, but you are TURNED INTO A SNAIL. And anyone who touches these snails also turn into a snail.
2: Bohemian Rhapsody (Ungalo)
God.
you want destruction?
you want chaos?
this is the stand you need.
BR can turn fiction into reality. Kenshiro from FoTNS? ATATATA! He's real.
Spiderman? Boom, real. Lord Frieza? Hohohoho. He's real.
I'm surprised the world wasn't destroyed during the Bohemian Rhapsody Arc.
and what's even more fun is that, if you encounter a character you recognise, you soul gets split from your body and you turn into them. Y'know what THIS means!? Whatever fate they had, you have. I don't care if he was revived, you met Krillin? BOOM!
and this stand is even affects the entire Earth.
the massive weakness that this stand has however is that, if you create a character who specifically gets rid of the ability of Bohemian Rhapsody, it can never activate again.
that's why it's not in the number 1 place, but number 2 ain't bad.and
(Its kinda toe to toe with the number one spot)
honourable mention:
- Under World (Donetello Versus)
- Maiden Heaven
- Enigma (depends how you use it)
- The Hand
- Cheap Trick
- Grateful Dead
- Jail House Lock
- D4C
1: Wonder Of U (Tooru) & Chariot Requiem (Nobody)
Honestly, these two stands may as well be Alternate Universe Equivalents.
They both just slowly walk in the opposite direction.
They both user their ability to protect someone or something.
They are both near unlikable and immortal, except for using a very specific orb.
They both live on without their user.
They both break almost every stand rule there is.
Of course, I'm talking about the stand of the Head Rock Human and Commander of the Rokakaka Organisation, Wonder Of U, and the ex-stand of one of the final Crusaders who died protecting everything, Chariot Requiem.
Now, let's go through them 1 by 1.
Firstly, Chariot.
Chariot can switch the souls of all the people in its area of effect. This being around, the entirety of Rome!
From birds and dogs to adults and babys. You have a soul, it gets switched.
This is just the beserk period. Once this period is over, all affected will then get their body's and souls fused with being a from other worlds and dimensions, slowly turning them into mindless beings.
all of this, to protect the stand arrow.
and, if a stand user tries to take the arrow from Chariot, their very own stands attack them.
and the only way to kill it, is to destroy a light behind your head, One that you can't even see unless you can see in third person, which means killing yourself. Man, this a terrifying stand.
of course, he's best friends with: Wonder Of U
Wonder Of U is probably the second most powerful stand in Jojo, behind the Action Reverter.
the ability of this terrifying stand, is the manipulation of the flow of calamity. Anyone who pursues this stand, or even thinks about the stand/user, will have the flow of all calamity go towards them. Basically, the world is literally against them. Even after the user dies, the stand keeps going, being a physical embodiment of calamity. The only way to truly fight the stand is to defy and go beyond logic itself.
needless to say, in my opinion, Chariot Requiem and Wonder Of U are the most dangerous stands in JoJo (with Bohemian Rhapsody being an incredibly close second, that may as well be first as well.
Adieu
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1 its my favorite band
2 imagine a scenario where survivor gets deployed into battle he makes everyone angry the user only has to hide so then everyone on the battle field dies except one then OMG IS THAT GIORNO he uses ger oh but what is that something falling from the sky? Giorno dodges it and is hits survivor turns out it was the REQUIEM ARROW???? survivor absorbs it becoming requiem oh Sh*t giorno's ability doesn't work HMMMMM? TURNS OUT SURVIVOR HAS ABSORBED GER AND WILL KNOW USE IT AGAINST GIORNO AS GIO TRIES TO GET AWAY BAM! SURVIVOR USES THE GERMAN SUPLEX BAM SURVIVOR USES THE ROCK BOTTOM AND THEN SURVIVOR FINISHES WITH STONE COLD STUNNER ON GIO BAM GIO IS KNOCKED OUT COLD HE'S BEEN PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT AND IS NOW IN A COMA WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF WAKING as survivor leave he looks back using the rock eyebrow raise knowing he is now the ultimate being
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In the description of the Survivor stand, it states that the ability of it increases the affacteds Fighting Spirit.
So, Since stands are manifestations of ones fighting spirit, does that mean Survivor can actually awaken stands in people who's stand hasn't awoken before hand? Or am I over thinking this?
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