u/Gray-Main

Stand Name: Plastic Beach
Stand Ability: Plastic manipulation, specifically microplastic manipulation.
Reference: "Plastic Beach", song and album by Gorillaz, with themes of consumerism and environmental destruction.

Araki has already created alternate versions of stand fights and characters in the past. For example, Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do can be seen as reinterpretations of Cioccolata and Secco. Because of this, I think he could create an alternate version of Risotto and Metallica, more specifically an alternate take on the Risotto vs Doppio fight.

The alternate Stand to Metallica could be called Plastic Beach and instead of manipulating iron like Metallica, Plastic Beach could manipulate plastic, more specifically microplastics. I think this could create a really interesting modern version of the Risotto vs Doppio fight while also allowing Araki to comment on current issues such as plastic pollution and the way modern capitalist society handles environmental problems.

The stand could potentially fight Usagi, who could serve as a possible parallel to Doppio in this scenario. Finally, the fight could also ultimately lead to the first major character death of the part, similar to Abbacchio’s death in part 5.

Thoughts?