This is cruel but strangely liberating. Assuming it happens after the project or the 10 years, this would be the final nail in Stan's coffin of hope of getting his family back, which would usually lead him to end it all. But at the same time, it would free him from the chains of the million dollars (he no longer has any chance of getting his family back, so why kill himself trying to get more money?). This would lead him to decide to leave that whole life and those ideals behind and start living for himself, even if he has to learn. This would be in the best-case scenario. Stan would take a not-so-illegal and simple job where he finally lives and earns a good living. Little by little, his life improves; he already feels better about himself and no longer feels so guilty for his existence. And in the case of after the portal, it would be more of the same, although more apathetic about Ford and happier about being able to start a new life with the twins, Wendy, and Soos, leaving Ford and everything else behind...
You know, I think the one who would suffer the most here would be Ford, since he not only resents Stanley "betraying" him, but now he suffers seeing how indifferent Stanley is, which is a much more direct blow.
F: "You ruined my life and my future? And you don't even care one bit?! I want to destroy him, and he barely thinks about me? What an idiot!"
Even though Ford acts with anger, the truth is that what hurts him the most is seeing how easily Stanley surpassed him, making him ruder and even more aggressive with him just to at least get some kind of reaction, but nothing. This is even more destructive, since the worst thing about someone showing anger is their complete lack of interest, striking at Ford's ego and heart. (The worst part is that Ford's actions would only confirm Stan's desperation at seeing that his brother shows absolutely no interest in fixing things.)
The most interesting thing would be how the scenes would change. Ford would see Stan actively distancing himself from him. In the portal, when Stan returns, he doesn't even try to hug him, just a simple "hello." Even when Ford asks him about it, he says he brought him back simply because it was what he had to do, but that's it: no love, no desire to get his brother back, nothing sentimental. In the scene where Ford tells Stan to leave at the end of the summer, he simply accepts, curtly and without further ado, and goes to his room, leaving Ford completely sad and angry that his brother doesn't even show him hatred. However, on the bright side, maybe the zodiac thing could work (assuming it does, and there isn't a high price to pay for it), finally making Ford happy. He wanted to save the world, but in the end, he felt bad because now he doesn't have a purpose (or at least he doesn't feel like he does anymore), and the worst part is feeling how empty his house is now (knowing that Dipper preferred to live with Mabel). The worst part was that Stanley didn't even say goodbye; he waited until the kids had left and then immediately left and went on with his life as if nothing had happened, living in his trailer and maintaining his showman lifestyle and doing taxidermy work on demand and other strange things, even when Ford told him he could stay, but Stan refused. This was the hardest blow because now he sees that Stanley really has no desire to rebuild his friendship with Ford.
Although, as the icing on the cake, it would be to see Ford sincerely trying to convince Stan to stay in the cabin or talk about the boat project, but Stan refuses, not out of hatred, nor contempt, nor depression; but because all the emotions and desires to live that dream vanished.
Y la verdad es que, para Stan, esos son solo sueños infantiles, sin importancia, y no tiene ningún deseo de vivirlos. (Al final, el barco y viajar por el mundo no eran lo que atraía a Ford y Stan; era la idea de vivir con su mejor amigo y la gente que amaba en el mundo, algo que Stan perdió hace mucho tiempo, pero Ford no, y ahora sufre por no poder cumplirlo).
However, on a more optimistic note, Stan accepts the boat offer just to see what happens and to please Ford, even though he doesn't understand why. And although at first Stan seems incredibly bored and uninterested (since he's really just waiting to see if Ford will get tired of it and simply want to leave, or if Stan will leave), little by little he begins to enjoy it and regains hope and love for this dream, slowly showing a side of himself that Ford thought he'd lost long ago (though with a new fear of losing it, since he still feels Ford will tire of it).
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