"Only stands can beat other stands."
This statement is something that you might have become familiar within JoJo's Bizarre
Adventure, but given the scenarios we've seen, this is true, but it also isn't.
Since I did a video recently that warranted the conversation, let's go over this statement.
"Only stands can beat other stands."
Let's look at what we know in JoJo.
Stands are the only things that can make contact with other stands.
Yes, that is usually true?
Stands that can be bound to physical objects find themselves being the exceptions.
There are many questions too, when you bring the Ghost Alley into the mix, but since the
alley isn't something well enough explained or quantified for me to bring this in, I'll
hold off.
Are physical beings able to make contact with stands?
No, for the most part, that's not happening.
Whether spectral/ethereal type characters can, asks a different question.
Now while we call "stands" "fighting spirits, " they aren't ghosts.
If anything, they're psychic abilities visualized by others within the same realm.
As they're a visualization of our psyche, and
most "stands" go out when you do.
But just because you have psychic abilities, doesn't mean you have a "stands", as it is
now, "stands" are their little bracket of fiction within itself.
So, we double up on the rule that "stands" can only make contact with "stands," with
our few exceptions.
Ok, that's perfectly fine.
But defeating a "stand" is a different story.
Let me explain.
Let's use a primary "stand" for this example, Star Platinum, before "time stop.
" Now Star Platinum is a very tough cookie and has fought many strong enemies to warrant
the power in its name alone.
How can you go about beating Star Platinum?
In the Dio fight, Dio used his "stand," "The World," to match Star Platinum and Jotaro
punch for punch.
If Dio truly had the stronger or faster "stand," he would've been able to defeat Star Platinum
off of raw strength alone.
So, that's an answer.
But, how are you able to defeat Star Platinum with no "stand"?
In theory and potentially practice, you do it the same way.
Star Platinum will try to defend Jotaro as best as it can, but what can it do when the
thing that it's fighting against is stronger or faster than it?
We saw what happened with the road roller.
That is a physical object, not a stand.
And if Star Platinum was a good bit weaker, the combination of the road roller and Dio
punching with The World would be enough to do it.
If you can output a force stronger and or faster than the "stand" in question, you should
be able to take it out.
That's why when I say that something can outpunch Star Platinum, it isn't about making contact
with Star Platinum.
It's about Jotaro's protection and the set durability in Star Platinum that barriers
Jotaro from life or death.
And if there's too much power for Star Platinum, then the force opposing will be able to get
through.
Once that gets through, that means that Jotaro is next.
I can try to make a easier to understand example.
So, there's you, an enemy, and your intangible wall.
Your invisible wall can take up to level 3 damage, so levels 1-3 can't hit you past the
invisible wall.
If your enemy is capable of level 4 damage, your invisible wall can't protect you anymore
as the damage is outside of its range.
Now your enemy breaks past your intangible defense without intentionally going after
it and can directly damage you as you are now defenseless.
They never made contact with the wall or tried to make contact with the wall.
The wall itself was just not able to match the damage they were outputting.
That's why it's possible for a physical being to beat Star Platinum without ever making
contact with it.
That's why you can defeat certain "stands" without having one.
Now, this doesn't mean that "stands" are just "free game," there's still speed and the abilities
they're capable of, and that's always on the table.
Context matters extremely.
If you want to see something on the channel, you can leave a comment or join my discord
and put it in the video-ideas chat.
I've been told to look into more JoJo vs. other series stuff and analyze characters'
strength from series like Hunter or JJK.
So I just might.
This video is a short one, so I hope to have something else out soon.
Thank you all for watching, and hopefully, I'll see you all in the next one.
Until then, peace out, and godspeed.