Interesting point of fact, but when changing the names of Jojo Stands to avoid copyright (which shouldn't be needed since more often than not they are simple phrases and wouldn't necessarily be direct references in-universe) the names for both Giorno's and Jolyne's Stand match the title of the that Part. Well, this is more blatant than that, since I never change the names of Stands I create. Disclaimer: I don't Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or Evangelion.

Cruel Angel's Thesis Chapter 1: Strength of Human Spirit

The year was 1952. Robert EO Speedwagon was being driven to a meeting in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan that he had been invited to. With him was his old friend Jonathan Joestar, and Jonathan's grandson Joseph Joestar. "This whole thing seems fishy Uncle Speedwagon," Joseph said, "Who even is this Lorenz Keel? And this organization he calls SEELE. They certainly came in out of the blue." Speedwagon stroked his chin. "I'll admit I have some reservations about all this, but Mister Keel said he was bringing in the best and brightest from across the world for the purpose of creating a society for the protection of the human race."

"I somehow doubt what he sees as protection is the same as what we see as protection," Jonathan noted. Speedwagon nodded to his old friend. "Which is why I intend to use this meeting to gauge Keel's true intentions." They pulled up to a small restaurant and Speedwagon got out to enter the door. Inside was a young German man with blonde hair, as well as three other people. "Welcome, Mister Speedwagon," the German said, "I am Lorenz Keel. I hope you will forgive the lackluster welcome, but it is necessary for secrecy." "I got the gist of it from the letter," Speedwagon said, "But surely whatever this great undertaking is that you have in mind, the people deserve to know about it."

He did a good job hiding his disgust. Growing up in London's Ogre Street, he had developed a keen sense for those with ill intentions, and Lorenz reeked of it, even worse than Dio. Dio at least had the excuse of an odious father who did nothing to curb his wicked nature. Speedwagon suspected Lorenz had no such excuse. "This matter is on a scale similar to the Pillar Men you found in Rome," Lorenz explained, "I am sure you are aware we recently requisitioned your friend Jonathan Joestar to help locate the Dead Sea Scrolls." "Ah yes," Speedwagon said, "Perhaps the most important find of his archeological career, after discovering the scabbard of Excalibur of course. But what could religious documents thousands of years old have to do with warriors from another species who were tens of thousands of years old?"

"Well, there's no direct connection between the two," Lorenz admitted, "But the scrolls being religious text is merely a story we fed to the public. In reality, they speak of the origins of human creation. Tell me… Have you ever wondered why humans and Pillar Men split off along different evolutionary paths from the apes?" Speedwagon had to admit, the thought had occurred to him. Wamuu, having been born only twelve thousand years ago, give or take a decade, could offer no insight. Kars and maybe Esidisi might have been able to, but Esidisi was dead, and Kars was floating in suspended animation through the depths of space.

Lorenz smiled as he caught on to Speedwagon's apparent interest. "The scrolls tell everything. How two beings from beyond the stars arrived here, and through currently unknown means directed the course of evolution. One was meant to be here, the other was here by accident. We're still working on the translation, but I believe that with these documents we can successfully unite the entire human race in as few as twenty years!" Speedwagon raised an eyebrow. "And just how do you intend to pull that off?" "All will be explained in time," Lorenz said. He offered Speedwagon a contract to sign.

Speedwagon looked it over and already something seemed off. One of the signers of the contract was Enya Geil, and judging from the penmanship she had also signed on behalf of Dio Brando. The contract was also religious in nature, a charter list of members of SEELE, with Lorenz being leader until the moment of his death. There was also another thing that caught his attention, that SEELE would be working towards something called Instrumentality. Now Speedwagon was no psychic, but he could tell this SEELE was only working for a facade of peace, when in reality all they wanted was power.

"I'm sorry gentlemen," Speedwagon said, "But I believe I'm going to have to refuse on moral grounds. There's too much of an evil stink about this place." Lorenz was taken aback. "You can't be serious. You've lived through two World Wars! You've seen the worst of humanity! Surely you must realize that Instrumentality is the only way to end it all!" "Emphasis on 'end'," Speedwagon shot back, "And yes I've seen the worst of humanity, even long before World War I. In fact, growing up on Ogre Street I've seen the worst society can throw at a person. But I've seen the best of humanity as well. Compassion, honor, virtue, nobility, friendship, love, and a strength of will you clearly underestimate."

"But humanity is at an evolutionary dead-end!," Lorenz pointed out, "Something terrible is coming! And we need the power gained from your wife's arrow to face it!" Speedwagon narrowed his eyes. "To be honest, that arrow isn't what you think it is. Yes, it allowed Twilight to gain powers. But they are powers she always had inside her. The arrow merely allowed them to awaken. It didn't work on me when I scratched myself. And my son and granddaughter, not to mention Miss Jackie Applaine, all had these powers from birth without the arrow's influence. Humanity is still evolving, if not their body then definitely their spirit!"

He tipped his hat to the group. "Good day gentlemen. I have other important matters to attend to." And with that, he left. "Well that didn't go so well," an American man said, "Guess we'll have to look elsewhere for our British representative." "You'd think Speedwagon would have been more accommodating," said a Frenchmen, "Perhaps we pegged him wrong." "Should we have him eliminated?," a Russian man chimed in, "He has knowledge of us and what we are planning." "Not just yet," Lorenz said, "To kill him now would only draw unwanted attention. We'll wait a few weeks, then slip him something that will induce a heart attack. No one will suspect us for a natural death."

As it turned out, Lorenz might have been better off killing Speedwagon immediately. By hesitating, Lorenz gave Speedwagon enough time to tell his whole Foundation about SEELE and that they were planning something terrible for humanity. This fact was not forgotten, even when other more immediate threats took center stage. Even after Mario DeBorne, DIO Brando, Yoshikage Kira, Diavolo, Enrico Pucci, Barbro Vaiself, and Honami Sato, the Speedwagon Foundation remembered that Lorenz Keel was still a lingering threat.

In the year 2000, a mysterious object impacted in Antarctica. The object exploded soon after, taking the entire mountain it had impacted with it, to the astonishment of a research team nearby. It would have taken much more, but a young boy named Rusty Dashell, affectionally known as Shining Armor to his friends and family, was able to hold it back when his Stand chose then to awaken. It created an impenetrable energy shield, large enough to contain the blast. Radioactive fallout still leaked through. Fortunately, Shining and his friend Misato Katsuragi were placed in containment before they could absorb too much of the radiation, but the rest of the team was killed.

Since that day Shining called his Stand Radioactive, to remind himself of his only weakness, that he needed to know about something in order to block it. He hadn't know the object would emit radiation when it exploded, so he couldn't block it. It was in 2004 that Lorenz tried to make his move, only for events he hadn't accounted for to interfere. He was able to trick Yui Ikari, a scientist for Speedwagon, into testing the EVA unit that was to be the vanguard against the coming threat. As expected, it had assimilated her, sending her husband Gendo into depression.

Lorenz had expected to use this to tie Gendo to him, using his vain hopes of getting Yui back with his own plans for Third Impact. But at the crucial moment where Gendo was to send his son Shinji away in a misguided attempt to avoid being a bad father, he was stopped by the alien Nu Mikitakazo Nshi, who pointed out he would become the very thing he was hoping to avoid by simply sending his son off without explanation to some apathetic teacher and never really visiting him. Gendo delayed his decision as a result and came to realize that he was making excuses for himself, trying to justify the detachment.

If he went through with his plan, he would no longer be the man Yui had fallen in love with. So he decided to do something else. He chose to send Shinji to his cousin Josuke Higashikata in Morioh. Yui was Tomoko's sister, and Yui would often ask why Tomoko kept pining for Joseph Joestar, who was clearly far older than her and happily married, when there were plenty more eligible bachelors in her hometown. Tomoko would respond that most of them were douchebag assholes. And so it was that Gendo personally traveled with Shinji to Morioh.

"Now don't you worry, son," Gendo said, "I'll be sure to visit every other week, and every holiday. And rest assured, I'll be working to find some way of getting your mother back. Okay?" Shinji was saddened by what happened to his mother, but he nodded. They soon arrived at the Higashikata household, where Gendo rang the doorbell. "Coming," came Tomoko's voice. She opened the door. "Oh Gendo. Been a long time. Where's Yui?" Gendo frowned. "Can we talk inside?" At the table, Tomoko listened to the whole story. "It's hard to believe," Tomoko admitted, "But my son can heal severe injuries and repair broken furniture with just a thought, while his wife is a walking Looney Toon, so I can give the benefit of the doubt."

As if on cue, Josuke and his wife Diane, also known as Pinkie Pie, opened the door. "Yo Mom, we're back from the honeymoon. We wanted to check in on you when we…" He spotted Tomoko's guests. "Uncle Gendo? What's the occasion?" "You'll want to sit down for this, Josuke," Tomoko said, "It's about your Aunt Yui…" When they heard the whole story, Pinkie's jaw literally dropped Tex Avery style, which actually got Shinji laughing. "So long story short," Tomoko said, "You'll be talking care of Shinji. Consider it practice for parenting. And Gendo said he'll be dropping in every two weeks." "We'll hold you to that," Pinkie Pie, "In fact, you have to Pinkie Promise your son here and now." Gendo gave a warm smile. "Very well."

Gendo was true to his promise. Meanwhile, under Josuke's teachings, Shinji felt himself become braver and stronger, as he learned to fight and stand up for himself. He got so skilled, that in 2010 Josuke decided to have Shinji branded with the same mark as the Joestar family, the familiar star. Shinji even noted that the kanji in his name, rather than the normal writing for "Shinji", were a repeating "Jo" and "Jo". "There's one last detail," Josuke said. He brought out his Stand, Crazy Diamond, while Pinkie summoned her Stand, Smile. Shinji narrowed his eyes. "What are those ghosts following you?" "He can see them a little," Pinkie noted, "Looks like Giorno was right."

Josuke smiled and nodded, then got out a stone arrow. "This is one of seven arrows with a special power," he explained, "The Speedwagon Foundation has six of them. For certain people, they can bring out incredible power lying dormant." Pinkie opened her blouse enough to show the scar she got from when she was shot with the arrow. "I was able to survive because of my potential. Though you don't actually need to be shot. A simple scratch will suffice." Shinji nodded and held out his finger, letting Josuke scratch it with the tip of the arrow.

Shinji felt power slowly grow within him, before it exploded in the form of eight white bird wings erupting from his back. They soon pulled away to reveal a mysterious female figure with no definition on its breasts or crotch, and a solemn look on its face, its eyes closed. Electrical energy danced across its palms. He came to call this new Stand, Cruel Angel's Thesis. He came to learn that his Stand could control electrical energy and power machines beyond their normal capacity. This caught Gendo's attention, so he suggested Shinji start training with the EVA to see how his Stand could improve his control over it.

As it happened, Cruel Angel's Thesis wound up turning what should have been a restraining bolt for the organic titan into powered armor, giving the EVA all the strength it could want. To everyone's surprise, after several sessions of training, Shinji emerged with his mother in tow, something that surprised even him. This shifted work on the EVAs drastically, now that it was known that changing the armor's purpose could improve the disposition of the creatures. This was something SEELE did not know was possible. In fact, they still didn't know.

Speedwagon decided to continue improving the EVAs by using corporate sponsorship, gaining more and more money for NERV, the organization being founded to deal with the threat spoke of. This meant they could easily ignore SEELE's offers of financial support, since they were getting all they needed. After all, if Speedwagon said something was important, people listened. Lorenz was not happy that things weren't going his way. Even worse, it turned out his calculations involving the arrival were off by a year, so now even governments were ignoring him.

"This is unacceptable," he said to his fellow members of the inner circle. They had indeed found a more willing British representative. "We still have our resources," said agent pointed out, "If we work on subtly sabotaging NERVs resources, we can force them to join our cause." The others agreed the situation was salvageable. "Very well," Lorenz said, "But we'll need new agents. It seems someone working for Speedwagon has found Tabris, and convinced him to join their organization. There's also the matter of the Joestar clan. They always seem to have a habit of butting in where they're not wanted."

"My company has already gathered sixteen willing subjects," the Russian agent noted, "We have been studying Stand power for sometime, and we believe we can bring out that potential in just about anyone. I know what Speedwagon said sixty years ago, but we all know human spirit cannot change so easily. The powers I have given these agents should be sufficient." "And I have located each of the main Joestar family members," the French agent noted, "I have sent anonymous letters to each of them, warning of a dangerous threat. Perhaps your agents can overwhelm them." Lorenz smiled. Things were looking up.

Turns out it wasn't as easy as expected. While SEELE made the smart decision to lure in each Joestar individually and have their agents attack as one, only Joseph, arguably the weakest of the group, was captured. That said, SEELE had lured the Joestars to an artificial island constructed to house the remains of the object that created Second Impact. And right now the island was in lockdown in preparation for the coming threat. Unfortunately, SEELE didn't account for several major Speedwagon agents being there. This included Shining and his wife, Cadence Dashell.

"The remains of the object is sending out a signal," Cadence noted. The year was now 2016, and after so many years the remains of the object were finally starting to stir. And it wasn't only one. The mysterious titan sealed under the island was also sending out signals. Shining narrowed his eyes. "Adam and Lilith are awake. Inform NERV. It's finally time to get the team together. Have we found any leads on Joseph Joestar's location." "Almost," Cadence said, "We know someone who's seen the inner workings of SEELE and would have an idea on where he might be."

Shining nodded. "Five young people, trained to fight using the most advanced weapons ever created. And a member of the Joestar clan to lead them. Well, he doesn't have the Joestar blood. But I've seen his eyes. They held the same sense of justice I saw in George's eyes when he went to deal with Barbro. He definitely has the heart of a true Jojo." Cadence smiled. "Though I do find one thing weird. Why did Toei insist on having the armor designs be based on their latest Super Sentai?" Shining raised at eyebrow at his wife in confusion.

2016 was the year Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger debuted, and since this part takes place in the same year I thought it nice to get back into the Super Sentai shout-outs. Also, I intend to have Cadence and maybe Shining have more of a presence than Starlight and Trixie got, so that this can still be called a true crossover. Speaking of Shining, here's the deal with his Stand. And Shinji's too.

Radioactive (Song by Imagine Dragons)
User: Rusty "Shining Armor" Dashell
Ability: Shining can create powerful energy shields capable of blocking anything he wants it to, though some things can leak through if he doesn't know about them. The shields can be as big as necessary, and be projected as far away as Shining can see, even farther if he is looking at a live video feed. The shields are stationary and cannot be moved, even by Shining.
Power: E
Speed: E
Range: C
Durability: A
Precision: B
Potential: D

Cruel Angel's Thesis (Theme Song of Neon Genesis Evangelion)
User: Shinji Ikari
Ability: Taking the form of a female angel statue, this Stand can control electrical energy and use it to manipulate any machine that uses such energy, often boosting it far beyond its normal capacity and in some cases altering its usage. The energy can also be used offensively, either for close range strikes or long range blasts. It also renders Shinji immune to electricity. The Stand is also capable of sustained flight, and is far more durable than its slender frame and porcelain appearance would suggest, its composition being closer to concrete.
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: B
Durability: B
Precision: B
Potential: C

Though to be honest this part is gonna be dialing back the Stands a little, with only a handful being shown. This is to put more emphasis on other supernatural powers and make the team more diverse. Read and review.