#Chariot Requiem

[edgy-ella]

For as hit-or-miss of an arc as Chariot Requiem is, I’m so glad that Araki didn’t go with the “woah, I’m a girl now! Time to masturbate” approach with the Mista/Trish bodyswap. It definitely leans into that trope, but it all still comes across as Mista being shocked and struggling to adjust to his new body rather than him being horny and taking advantage of the situation. The comedy comes from Trish (in Mista’s body) assuming that shitty trope is in play instead of just playing it straight.

[rosabienfuerte]

[pansexualtimcurryvampireelf]

Chariot Requiem's got hella cake, just sayin'. 👀

[rinko-fujinami]

spotted this pol and chariot requiem mini-figure duo on ebay. they’re cool and their display stands are joined together....

...but they also can be broken apart. 🙁

[thetrueoverlordbear]

pop culture is basically chariot requiem

not as new as we tend to think

cool but creepy plastic thing of darkness

definitely the shadow of one’s own soul

well-meaning but dumb

powered by user’s wishes, but user can’t control it

forces everyone to go to sleep and become someone else

efficiently turns everyone into eldritch abominations with no sense of human identity and personality

thinks turning people unstable is “empowerment”

can control all life on earth if not stopped

usually has no effs to give, but follows “eye for an eye” very hard against anyone near its treasures

will run with killing intent towards you if it finds you situated near one of its treasures

will even trigger suicidal tendencies within anyone destroying its treasures

you need to be fully aware of your soul and properly lay down your life as you face it to truly defeat it

[woofmeyers]

I actually love Chariot Requiem 😅

[drfunk98]

Drew a Chariot Requiem! Please reblog if you can!

[remasteredstandstats]

Silver Chariot Requiem - Remastered Stand Stats

Also known as Chariot Requiem, but I prefer Silver Chariot Requiem, it’s cleaner. 

Biography: The Stand of Jean Pierre Polnareff after Silver Chariot was pierced with a Stand granting arrow. This is the first Requiem Stand in the series if you exclude Killer Queen - Bites the Dust as a Requiem Stand. Although Silver Chariot Requiem is Polnareff’s Stand, he has no control of it and is considered a berserk Stand but will carry out its user’s dying wish to protect the Stand arrow. Despite being upgraded, Silver Chariot Requiem has much less power and speed compared to its regular form, but it makes up for this with plenty of abilities. Silver Chariot Requiem has control over souls; when it is first brought out, every living creature in an unspecified area, most likely the area of an entire city, will be put into a deep sleep and when they awaken, their souls will be swapped with the closest creature at the time they fell asleep to. This will cause a lot of chaos for all those affected, since babies will swap their bodies with their parents, pets with their owners or even police with criminals. Any Stand user who swapped bodies will retain their Stands and have a significant boost in power and speed as Silver Chariot Requiem bestows power to people’s souls and as Stands are part of a person’s soul, they become stronger. Interestingly, people with split personality disorder will have two souls, while one personality will swap with the one closest, the subconscious personality will be given to another person affected by the swap, though that person won’t be affected by the mental disease. Anybody who dies while swapped in another body will be the ones to die and not the owner of the swapped body; if the body is restored to a liveable condition, the body’s original owner will be able to go back to their own body, while the body they were in will be lifeless. Silver Chariot Requiem is both visible to humans and cannot be killed directly, regenerating any damage it may sustain. It’s only task is to guard the arrow, so it will wander on its own, carrying the arrow. Anybody who targets the arrow will be attacked by Silver Chariot Requiem, to get the arrow back or prevent it from falling into anybody else’s hands. It does not see anybody who doesn’t target the arrow as targets. If a Stand user tries to go for the arrow, their Stand will act against them, attacking them with blind fury until they stop going for the arrow; this is presumed to be against the Stand’s will as sentient Stands attack without knowing what they’re doing. Non-Stand users can grab the arrow without retaliation, as can Stand users with Stands that have no power or speed, like Mr President, but regardless, they will be attacked by Silver Chariot Requiem. After a while, Silver Chariot Requiem will then start to change the bodies of everyone in its range into grotesque, otherworldly monsters. This ability and the soul swap will be reverted upon Silver Chariot Requiem’s destruction. As it cannot be destroyed and has superior regeneration, there is only one way to kill Silver Chariot Requiem. Its shadow will always be facing away from the current viewer, regardless of other light sources like the sun. Each person will see Silver Chariot Requiem’s shadow differently depending where they are located. This is because Silver Chariot Requiem exists in the shadows and is the reflection of people’s souls. Stands were able to attack their user because any attack on Silver Chariot Requiem will be the same as attacking their own soul. Stand users will be able to notice a psychic light source floating at the back of their heads, sort of like a miniature sun, which casts the shadow in which Silver Chariot Requiem exists. Attacking this light source will severely damage Silver Chariot Requiem and destroying it will destroy the Stand. After destruction, the souls of those swapped will be returned to their original bodies and any mutations caused will reverse.

Power: Upgrade from E to C. While we haven’t seen it physically attack someone, we can safely assume if it did, it would be regular human level. None of its abilities are harmful either.

Speed: Upgrade from E to C. Quite a step down from its faster than the eye can see speed that it was before. Now it just lazily waltzes around and dashes at enemies trying to get the arrow with barely any speed feats to show.

Range: Same at A. It wanders the world on its own without Polnareff’s input.

Durability: Same at A. It cannot be killed except attacking the light source at the back of one’s head, something very few would notice.

Precision: Upgrade from E to D. It cannot distinguish between friend and enemy and everyone in its range will be affected by its power.

Development potential: Same at A. It has a lot of potential being a Requiem Stand. With control over souls and the ability to evolve its abilities further to reshape mankind, who knows what abilities Silver Chariot Requiem would bring to the table if left to wander?

[bigslappin]

Mindless.

[grooseman]

Silver Chariot: I’m cool and I stab the bad guys. I can move so fast with my armor off that it looks like you’re seeing 8 of me but I always forget about that. I also can launch my rapier as a projectile. I was even badass as a kid!!!

Chariot Requiem: YOU PUNKS STAY AWAY FROM MY ARROW!!!!!! I’ll force you to go to sleep and swap your souls. Also don’t even think about touching that arrow after waking up! I’ll make your stands turn against you!!! i also may or may not supercharge your stands Then to top things off, I’ll start replacing everybody’s entire being with COMPLETELY UNKNOWN creatures. Oh, did I mention I manifest a sun orb behind the soul of every living thing in the area? please don’t punch that. I AM THE SHADOW OF THE SOUL!!!!!!!

[rinko-fujinami]

[occasional-crimson-king]

We know how much you must despise GER, but do you have any hard feelings for Chariot Requiem?

I feel indifferent, I suppose?

[marsti]

The Requiem plays quietly

♥ Commission me ! ♥

[jojostandopinions]

Requiem Stands

Okay, technically these are different forms of two earlier stands, but their very existence is a major spoiler, so I still had to make a different entry to reflect that. Anyway, here are the Requiem stands. I’ll be treating them as two seperate stands with their own seperate reviews, just in the same post. Consider this a Christmas gift to everyone for putting up with this blog for so long.

I’ll be starting off with the one I dislike more, Gold Experience Requiem. It doesn’t change anything that made me rate GE so low, and it added a lot more nonsense. But at the same time, it has an interesting charm the original did not. Maybe it’s the creepy, bugged-out eyes, which are pretty much unique to GER, or maybe it’s the shadowy, unsettling way the stand is presented in the manga. It’s still a mess of contrasting textures and ideas, but I like it more than Gold Experience. Maybe it’s the colors. This scheme works well with GER. I hope it’s what’s used in the anime, whenever that’s coming out. 

Still not my thing at all, but I can see the virtue in it’s overwhelming gaudiness. 

Anyway, I definitely prefer Chariot Requiem. It’s a striking design, with the dark colors and mysterious look. I love the hat, as well as the minimalist belt. Not too fond of the ring-like shoulder pads, but they don’t look too bad. It’s simple, very simple, but it has a strong atmosphere. And according to Araki himself, it was based on the legend of an androgynous figure, cloaked in black, who commissioned Wolfgang Mozart to write his Requiem. It was most likely just a myth, but what a thing to base a stand on. It even influenced how much I liked the end of Vento Aureo, which is a big thing. 

Between the strong aesthetic and the incredible inspiration, I have a lot of reasons to love Chariot Requiem. It’s awesome. 

[grooseman]

Polnareff Requiem