What does substitute mean?

Basic explanation

1. [substitute; replacement; standing]: When the script requires stunts and the actor himself does not have them, a person who is similar to the actor and can perform outstandingly in his place people.

2. [substitute]: A person who does something for someone else.

3. [scapegoat]: A person who suffers on behalf of others; a scapegoat. [1]

Citation and explanation

Refers to a person who replaces others. Often refers to a person who suffers on behalf of others.

Ming Lucai's "The Story of the Pearl: Turmoil": "You gave me a hundred thousand yuan, just to be my substitute."

Chapter 17 of "A Dream of Red Mansions": " Because she had been sick since she was a child, she bought many substitutes, but none of them worked. In the end, this girl got better after entering Buddhism, so she took her to practice. "

Liang Bin's "Red Flag Book" 20: " I am old, I am grinding rice and cooking, and I don’t have a substitute.”[1]

Comic art term

Source

In the comic works of Hirohiko Araki. In "JoJo Adventure" and "Steel Ball Run", the concept of "stand-in" was proposed. The original name was "Stand", which came from "StandByMe".

Features

1. The avatar is like a guardian spirit, integrated with the original body (the person who owns the avatar).

2. The avatar can be freely controlled by the will of the main body and has special abilities.

3. If the substitute is injured, the body will also suffer the same injury.

4. Ordinary people cannot see the substitute. Only the Stand User (the person with the Stand) can see the Stand, and only the Stand can defeat the Stand!

Since the concept of stand-in was proposed earlier, Hirohiko Araki made many corrections privately in the later period. In the later stages of the comics, a stand-in messenger can have more than one stand-in, and some stand-ins have their own thinking abilities.

Early on, the following points were proposed to represent the strength of a substitute:

Destructive power, growth, precision, sustainability, attack distance, and speed.

Just as Araki Hirohiko said in the book through the mouth of a comic character, "There is no strongest substitute" (although this sentence may have been used by Zulu Zuban in the fifth part) Na overturned)

But even the above seven points still cannot rank the strength of the substitute, because the substitute needs a substitute to use it, and the substitute’s own mental power, judgment, intelligence, endurance, Calmness, etc. also become an important factor in stand-in combat, and the surrounding environment must also be considered. Therefore, there is no absolute strength or weakness in the battle of the stand-in.

In addition to fighting avatars, there are also many avatars with special avatar abilities. These avatars are not very strong in fighting, but they can still use their avatar abilities to bring them many benefits. And even a very weak avatar can be terrifying if it attacks at the right time and at the right place.

The above six points are an objective evaluation of the stand-in’s ability. But the most important thing about a stand-in is the stand-in ability. Different stand-ins have different stand-in abilities, which refers to another point besides the six points mentioned above.