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Whitesnake

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Whitesnake (ホワイトスネイク, Howaitosuneiku) is the primary Stand of Enrico Pucci, featured in Stone Ocean.

Appearance/ Personality

Whitesnake is a humanoid Stand of a height and build similar to Pucci's. It is sparsely clothed in black, with a mask covering its face to the bottom of where its nose would be, in a piece that rises above its head by half its height in a row of peaks, like a crown. It's attire is based on Araki's image of an executioner.[1]Its light skin is marked by horizontal stripes of roughly an inch's height, with "GΔCT" (after the four nucleobases of DNA) repeatedly written on every other stripe.

Whitesnake is sentient, with a cold, scornful and hating personality.

Abilities

Despite its extended range (about 20 meters[2]), Whitesnake displays strength similar to that of close-range Stands; capable of stabbing Diver Down and Foo Fighters with its hands.

Disc Creation: Whitesnake's primary ability is to transform either parts or the whole psyche their Stand (spirit) into humanly tangible Discs. To do so, Whitesnake must touch his its victim and take the effort to "extract" the disc from them. These Discs may be inserted into other people, allowing them to either read memories or use Stands stored there. The Discs are perennial, existing even long after Whitesnake doesn't exist; the only way of destroying them is to insert them into a dying person in which case the Disc disappears forever.

Memory disc contain a person's memory. Whenever they are inserted into someone, the person can freely consult the memories inside. Anyone can push a memory disc in his head.

Stand Discs contain a person's Stand. When inserted into someone, the host becomes able to use the Stand like the original user. A Stand Disc may reject hosts (such as Star Platinum's did Jolyne), thus Pucci seeks out compatible people.

It also shows the ability to insert and extract miscellaneous Discs. Discs can contain instructions the host will instinctively obey even without knowing why, and enable him to do seemingly impossible feats like exploding, showcasing the power of suggestion over a physical body. Pucci also inserted a music CD into Guccio's head, causing him to function like a music player. During the Heavy Weather story arc, Whitesnake is shown to be able to extract senses, depriving Pucci of his sight for instance.

Mind Control: Whitesnake is able to control people's mind directly by inserting its hand into the victim's head. The victim then willingly obeys Pucci's orders.

Digestive Mist: Whitesnake can produce a mist that slowly digests objects like stomach acid. While dissolving, targets of this attack are distracted in a delusional dream-state. Whitesnake may also create sophisticated illusions with this mist, such as impersonating others, for a limited time. A person trapped in the dream may wake up from it by notcing discrepancies between the dream and established reality.

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Trivia

  • The delta (Δ) sign that replaces Adenine in the pattern on Whitesnake's body may hint at a "missing gene", or Whitesnake's incompleteness, as foreshadowing to C-Moon and Made in Heaven.

References

  1. ↑ JOJOVELLER: STANDS - Comments by Hirohiko Araki[1]
  2. ↑ SO Chapter 50: Flash Flood Warning (3)

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