First and foremost, Stands usually obey their users' command without question. Since a Stand is the form of its user's psyche, they share an intimate psychic bond. Inversely, some Stands can survive beyond their users through exceptional abilities like Notorious B.I.G. However, a user can survive with their Stand destroyed if the Stand is automatic or depending on the level of the user's injury. If a Stand suffers so much damage they are destroyed, the user dies as well. Exceptions to this rule include automatic Stands and bound Stands, which usually do not reflect the damage into the user, or special abilities like Silver Chariot's armor.Įxcept for rare occasions, when a Stand user dies, their Stand disappears with them. In that case, any damage the Stand sustains results in an equivalent injury on the user's body and vice-versa. Unless bound to a specific object or automatic, Stands are attached to their user's body.
The user then gives their Stand a name and uses it for various purposes.Ī Stand and the user usually share wounds That individual is referred to as the Stand user. The Stand is created from someone's psyche, which includes not only humans but also other living creatures. It is explained that the virus can infect people and for the most part kills them, but the few who survive are granted a Stand ability. Stands are also connected to an alien virus contained in the rock of a meteorite that fell in Cape York, Greenland. These abilities are said to be one of the potential stepping stones towards developing a Stand, which some Stands are an example of. Stands and other supernatural abilities, like the Ripple, the Spin and the powers given by the Stone Mask, are all somehow linked in nature. Towards the end of Stardust Crusaders and in all subsequent story arcs, Stand names are references to musicians, bands, albums, and songs from American, Australian, British, and European music scenes only one Stand's name has ever referenced Japanese music.
When Stands were first introduced in Stardust Crusaders, they were named after Major Arcana of the Tarot and then Ancient Egyptian deities, with their designs often featuring motifs of those cards or mythological figures.
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