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Do you think Star Platinum just chills inside Jotaro when he isn't out?
This isn't a counterpoint, it's just not understanding how Stands function. If you want to argue he must be bound to something, that's false, he'd probably demanifest, now, whether or not that affects him, or finally gets him killed, who knows, we can't say, but I'm not here to argue that type of conjecture. I'm just telling you how he works based on what we actually know, and in this case, there's literally nothing saying GE can't transmutate the blade beyond just making stuff up.
Why are you even arguing this? Of course he isn't the snake, he wasn't the sword either, he's simply a bound Stand. It's like saying Ebony Devil is the doll, or Wheel of Fortune is the car, they're not, they simply use a physical object as a conduit and bound to it to express their powers. They aren't that object, they're simply using it as means to an end.
No, he'd probably just like, demanifest, like a Stand usually is, or even how he usually is given he only manifested himself once towards the end of the fight, prior to that, he just wouldn't be bound to anything more, and thus, wouldn't really be able to do anything, much the same way as how WoF doesn't always need to be bound to a car, but when it isn't, it can't do anything.
Except that isn't how Anubis works.
If the object becomes a living thing, we can't assume he can even bind to it anymore. If that's the case, why doesn't he just bind to a host instead? Why bother forcing them to make contact with the sword? It's because that isn't his ability, he binds himself to an object, such as a sword, and then possesses those who touch the sword.
In the same way Wheel of Fortune can't bind to a boat, or Strength can't bind to a car, that isn't its ability. There's rules. If the sword becomes a snake, he won't be bound to it anymore because it's no longer something he can bind to.
Yeah, no, we're not doing this.
You know that isn't how it works, one of many, many, scans has been posted already even, let's not pretend otherwise. Gio's profile will be overhauled when we get there, we're not gonna go and make a whole CRT just to tweak a semantic thing that anyone, including you, knows isn't actually the case, the word inanimate object in the case of the profile, simply means things that aren't alive, that's the intent behind the way it's worded, we're not doing a half-assed CRT just to change a word that conveys what he can and can't do just fine anyhow, we explicitly know he can transmute nonliving flesh, an example has already been posted even. Even further, the japanese uses the word 物質 (ぶっしつ, bussitsu) – "matter" or "substance.", referring to corporal, physical, materials, when discussing what he can transmutate, it has nothing with "can it move", or whatever, even just reading the manga you'd know that isn't true, because he explicitly states as much multiple times.
Don't hide behind semantics when the profile isnt even attempting to say what you're arguing it is.
Stands, are exempt, for the most part, because they're manifestations of life force, seimei, which GE himself also uses, Anubis, is post-mortem, his host is dead.
You're ignoring the why behind it.
This also wouldn't even matter, let's get that out of the way, your argument's very premise falls flat because GE wouldn't be transmutating Anubis - The Stand; he isn't the sword, he's simply bound to it, but the sword isn't a Stand, nor is it him, in fact the sword as mentioned was made by said blacksmith, this fact alone, makes it fair game, no different from say, a bullet used by Mista which we know GE can transmutate, the presence of Stand energy, doesn't make it alive nor a Stand.
Acting like it is, is just ignoring the truth of the matter. There is no "I would argue", it's simply not the case. Half this conversation is pointless as it is, Anubis was never the sword to begin with so GE transmutating the sword was always in the cards because the sword was never a Stand.
Incorrect.
Anubis isn't the sword, direct about what? He simply isn't the sword. There's no debate to be had, there's nothing to be direct about either. Anubis, the Stand, is the jackal-like entity, the sword, is just that, a sword. It isn't the Stand, the Stand came first even. It is, quite literally, no different than how Ebony Devil possesses objects as a conduit, but the doll isn't Ebony Devil.
That weird thing, is the actual Stand.
This is a whole Stand category, they're bound Stands. They're bound to corporal objects, hence why they can be seen and even touched by non-Stands.
Mista's bullets can be turned into things, despite having Stand energy imbued within them, as we see in the Green Day arc. Stand energy, by virtue, is then not something strictly untouched by GE's ability. We know why Stands can't be turned, and we know why living things can't be turned, and we know what he can turn. The rule is simply they can't be alive. Anubis' qualifies, it's just a sword that a Stand happens to be bound to, the sword is a corporal non-living object, when GE turns it into something, he isn't turning Anubis the Stand into something, but rather just the blade.
This is the first time on this forum this has ever been a problem. It shouldn't even be one, you're arguing semantics, not even in regards to JoJo, but semantics regarding the very word itself.
