King Crimson is not a Time Manipulation stand, it's a Fate Manipulation one.
Epitaph can see into the flow of destiny, and once KC proper is activated, Diavolo is free to act outside of it.
It's that simple.

you're 26 years too late to make this thread

>>280872937 (OP)
Overrated asf album, Discipline is much better

>>280872937 (OP)
>implying those are different things
time = causality = flow of fortune/misfortune = mechanisms = gravity = fate

>>280872937 (OP)
It just does whatever the writer wants like every other power.