>>88001648>>88001733Okay, hear me out.
The World can't stop time.
Remember when Dio was inexplicably using Hermit Purple to fuck with Joseph? And how The World being awoken caused the entire Joestar line to develop stands? Well, what's a more fitting psychic manifestation of a bloodsucking parasite (both literally AND figuratively) than Dio?
The World channels the power of the stands belonging to the Joestar bloodline. It can stop time literally because Star Platinum can; Dio just got the ability working before Jotaro did.
Which means that, had Dio been alive post-SC, he could channel Crazy Diamond, Stone Free... and Gold Experience Requiem.