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does this count as anything ???is this art

[unpeeled-human]

im capping it at 59k notes. thats it. shows over everybody

[nenoname]

It's still interesting that TBoB called more attention to Stan's control over his mindscape (And if you go with the interpretation that the lost pages are partial truths that are heavily influenced by Bill, then he's the one insisting that only someone with training should be able to have that much control over the mind.)

Meanwhile we have a memory!Stan. Someone who apparently knows too much and is rather aware for being a simple memory.

From the Wheel of Shame, we know Bill was able dig up all kinds of dirt on Stan but... that wasn't why he was there in the first place, was it?

Bill couldn't find the code immediately despite a memory of Stan opening the safe being a few hours old at most and decided to have Mabel try find it for him (The original concept of the ep had it far more hidden but this was likely cut because of time constraints)

Ford did experiments on Stan's mind which likely meant using Project Mentem and actually looking around his mindscape, and his only reaction was to comment on his jokes-- despite what little we the audience know being enough to render us sobbing wrecks

(yes I refuse to shut up about this part cos the book's intro is extremely underrated)

Stan was able to replace his memories of Ford with the swingset instead and managed to hide Ford in his Bar Mitzvah memory. And that's not even mentioning the lack of visible Portal and Stan o' War which noticeably show up in Ford's dreamscape (the broken swingset manifesting anyway pains me tho)

He subconsciously has misdirects for his secrets that are both silly and manages to disturb everyone too

And while Bill-as-Soos being bored by the vending machine memory is a joke that's basically the crew's way of going "hey remember the thing way back in the first ep that's going to show up in the next one?" and in-universe appears to be Stan slipping up, it's interesting that they had Stan input the wrong code when it's consistent literally every other time its inputted (especially when it shows up correctly in the very next episode)

It's even possible that the safe code that Bill found could have been a misdirect too but we'll never know since the safe got blown open by dynamite.

Stan was able to buy time by making his mind blank despite being genuinely terrified when Bill enters his mind (to the point that he breaks character and uses his own voice to yell), and could conjure up his living room (in colour opposed to his mind's regular greyscale) to make sure Bill didn't have enough room to flee, slamming the door in his face before the effects of the memory gun kicked in.

(EDIT: Random door analysis here)

And maybe the twins eventually told him that Bill had already been inside his mind after their W3 reunion, but all we know was that his conscious self was left in the dark for ages and wasn't really aware of Bill until Weirdmageddon.

TBoB showing McGucket's dreamscape also brings up the idea of the effects of the memory gun manifesting differently to each person. To Stan's mindscape, the memory wipe manifests as blue flames which immediately brings to mind Bill's powers but it's a far lighter shade (maybe to more closely match the memory gun and its eventual fade to white?)

The end of TBoB and the website poem also firmly reminds us about Stan's connection to fire but there's also the question if Stan himself is actually aware of it...

[saiyanqueenreads]

Gravity Falls Stangst Fanfiction Recommendation Master List

Here are some of my favorite Stangst stories that I’ve read, re-read, and collected over the past few years.  Some are old ‘classics’ while some are new or still updating. They’re listed in alphabetical order by title for easier searching.

The list will be updated periodically as I find great new stuff. Newly added stories are labeled with a ++

***Please read any tags/warnings before reading, as some of these stories may deal with upsetting topics and situations***

Short and sweet (under 10k words):

A better nightmare by eeveelotions A Better World by Metaphoricaltigers A Fortunate Stroke of Serendipity by heartfeltword a second twin by anonymous A Trip Down Memory Lane by Deanwinchestersgirl4 …And Count To Ten by impish_nature and you are paranoid in every paragraph by mackdizzy Bacardi by twinkinu Back in Time by mythomagicallydelicious Bad Habits by carbonatedblood Bad Thoughts by Cali_brate Barely Breathing by corvidcall (anathema15) blame me when there’s no one left to blame by anistarrose Bridges Burned by angellteeth Broken hearts, broken minds by Crazycatscarmen Broken Toys by logicalbookthief   Butterfly Effect: Branded by TheAngelofFate Casual affection by laudanum_and_wine Casual Observations by MotherOftheUniverse Change Comes All At Once by IrenkaFeralKitty Change of Heart by LogicalBookThief Choice by FriendlyCybird Dark by EvenAtMyDarkest Deadly Omens by IconicAnemone Death of Me by DarkwoodWolf Die Schatten Werden Länger by emjam Drift Away by Rymdunge Emergency Contact by madwriter223 Ever-newer Waters by dorbee Family Meeting by Windsett Fear of the Dark by Thesnadger feels like we only go backwards by WDW Finding the Right Frequency by impish_nature Five Bells by Spaceless_Sea Ford vs His Family by detectivejigsaw give me some time, I’m living in twilight by Base12 Hate Vs. Anger by MintGreenMare He Himself by asbelow He Let Go by mythomagically-delicious Heaviness of Heart by Leesbian Hello, Nightmares, My Old Friend by artsymeeshee He’s Not Dead by Koraesdoodles Hide and Seek by Crazycatscarmen Hold by MotherOftheUniverse I Imagine He’d Find it Violating by MotherOftheUniverse I Want to Come Home by Angelia Dark If it’s broke, don’t fix it by detectivejigsaw Illusion by anistarrose I’m So Sorry by Keleficent Imaginary Friend by Logicalbookthief Impulsive Acts by BuzzCat  Incandescence by pessimisticvirtuoso Intellectual Adequacy by paperjamBipper It deepens like a costal shelf by howevernot It’s Okay by Halogalopaghost (Lartovio) Just in Time by verysorrytobother Legacy by BethKerring Like Father Like (Adopted) Son by jacky-rubou ++ Limbo by emjam Long-Distance Call by LogicalBookThief Lost and Found by rubyflakes Lost on the Desert to Die by verysorrytobother Make Me Believe Again by fex_libris Maybe Spit Some Blood at the Camera (Just Say Alive) by Voidfish memory smackdown by untrustworthyglitch Mindscape and Memories by RandomNoodleDish molecules wrapped in silk by moroodors More Than Just the Spare by LogicalBookThief Necessity and Desire by mythomagicallydelicious Needing/Getting by GraboidFarmer Nightmare Town by Giroshane  No by Tired TM No Brother of Mine by brook456 No Need for Tending by Cutiebat Not To Be Blamed by ambigiousgelpens Nothing’s Even Wrong and it’s sequel by FriendlyCybird  Of Ending Summers and Endless Stars by EpitheicalPseudonym Oh Brother, My Brother by monkeyihihji On a Small Craft Somewhere Out in the Arctic by thesnadger Oneshots Collection by pessimisticvirtuoso Onyesha by ArtsyMeeShee / pessimisticvirtuoso Pet Humans by thesnadger Photographic Memory by impish_nature Pitt Cola on the Porch by Oh_Mellow Plans made and executed (Only to be foiled) by Crazycatscarmen Playing Pretend by Lizzy322 Pulling My Weight (In Gold) by Cyane putting the dog to sleep by parsnipit Quietus by optimisticvirtuoso Real Men (Don’t) Cry by Nicnac Regrets by AgentPrettyGuy Remorse by RadioactiveDeLorean Salt Water in my Veins by a_solitary_marshmallow Scourge by XxDecipheringGravityFallsxX Self-Starvation by detectivejigsaw Separation Anxiety by factuals-fanfics should’ve just held my tongue by howevernot ++ Shut Up by eeveelotions Siren Song by mythomagically-delicious Sixer by Keleficent Smile Like You Mean It by Logicalbookthief Somehow – Someday by Callipraxia Sooner or Later by twinkinu Spill It by pessimisticvirtuoso ‘Stanford’ Pines by impish_nature Starving Works by PorcelanaRota Stay With Me by Keleficent Stone Cold Crazy by Alverrann Suffocating by CrownedAnxietyAttack  Suffocating Part 1 & Suffocating Part 2 by saddle-up-dipper Ten Years by Runs_With_Wolves1 The Bouncer by sherlockfreak The broken pieces smile by Crazycatscarmen The Defective Twin by Elysianhyena The difference between holding and gripping by detectivejigsaw The Different Path by Bill_Cipher666 The Guttering Candlelight of a Tired Soul by 3HobbitsInATrenchcoat The past and the future by crazycatscarmen The Phoenix in the Birch Trees by anistarrose The Weird Old Man (who kinda looks like dad) by MotherOftheUniverse This Is What Dreams Are Made Of by fordanoia tie a noose around your mind by Word_Adict Tough Love by hattafan2593 Treading Water by phoenix (PrettyRedEyes) Two Sided by littleoptimistme Unless I Be Relieved By Prayer by thesnadger Untitled (sequel to Long Distance Call) by snapback-gravity-falls We Must Not Look at Goblin Men, We Must Not Buy Their Fruit and its continuation Growing Up Is Optional by logicalbookthief ++ Week Two – Travel by FriendlyCybird Wherever We Go… by IncomingAlbatross Wherever We Go by AlexTWDgr01 Who We Are, Who We Want To Be by BadonKaDank Wishful Thinking by Raven Darkwood year of atonement (busywork 1) by transmascdreamxd You’re Home Now by Keleficent You’re (Not) My Dad by MotherOftheUniverse Your Heart’s to Big For Your Body by MotherOftheUniverse

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[the-muse-of-animation]

The Magic of Animation~Scenery Seen through Gravity Falls

[rhadko]

little does bill know, mr. tummy has a twin brother named mr. yummy

[rurumustbedone]

A moment from Journal 3 where Ford ended up in a universe where Stan agreed to hide the journal and leave. I don't think things went well there (at least for Stan. I don't think he would've just blinked and mysteriously driven off with the journal like some anime hero. Honestly, in my mind, it ended really badly for Stan)

Anyway. Here's the comics

[yardsards]

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

[fizzlepop-frog]

“but I stay silly!”

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog you stay silly

[weaselle]

on it boss

[yes-asil]

Do you guys ever think about how sleep-deprived Stan was to keep up with his Mr. Mystery work by day and portal work at night and considered that the twin's mannerisms sometimes overlapped Ford so hard it must have freaked him out and also that he wasn't sure if his brother was alive on the other side?

Because I think about it all the time, still

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[sugarcoatednightshade]

Holy shit

[guinueosk5]

Can you draw Stangst? Any type

This is my excuse to draw dialogue from my favorite fanfic (Phone Calls - hattafan2593), I really recommend it, it's actually one part of 3 (please read them), but it's discontinued so... :(

Link:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11042892/chapters/24615843

[stephreynaart]

He’s not happy rn

[sealbatross]

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Was talking to a coworker today who explained that her grandfather was like Snow White “but Californian. And an old man.” in that the creatures of the forest would follow him around and presumably duet with him.

“When he died the ravens sat in the trees outside for a week, watching. Taking turns. A horde of raccoons tried to break into the house every night, tearing at the siding. Eventually they gave up, but it was unsettling.”

“Aww. They were checking on him!” I said, like a normal person. Internally, I thought “Maybe you could do the thing you do with dead pets, where you show them to the living pets so the living pet understands they’re gone. But I guess if you did that to a bunch of scavenging species, they’d be like “Well, that’s very sad but he IS food now.” So what you’d need, for human sensibilities, is some sort of transparent corpse barrier. Like a see-through coffin oh that’s what the dwarves were doing! You’ve stopped paying attention to this conversation about the loss of a beloved family member you gotta phase back in.”

[sun-ni-day]

oh that's what the dwarves were doing

[aroace-get-out-of-my-face]

People do not account for the weird ass situational dynamics the Fresh-Out-Of-The-Portal-Ford got dropped into. And I'm not talking about Mabel and Dipper staying at the Shack, or the Shack being a tourist attraction itself.

I would like to, at some point, explore the idea of what the hell Ford would do if Stan was out of commission when he got back.

Not dead, to be clear. Just. Unconscious. Sick or something. Maybe he hit his head during the Portal's activation and is out for the count.

Because I think without Stan mediating, Ford would have VERY LITTLE idea what the hell is going on.

Ford gets back to his home dimension, and there are two children (twins, he can tell right off the bat. Chubby cheeked and they look familiar, painfully like the twins in the picture Ford carries in his pocket) and another man that looks like a large hairless gopher. The twins are Mabel and Dipper, and the man is Soos.

All together they drive off the federal agents that were apparently after his brother, for some reason And manage to settle the sick/injured/otherwise unconscious Stan up in the Shack, sleeping peacefully.

Uh. Now what.

At some point during all this another girl shows up brandishing an axe at Ford and being threatening despite the fact she can't be more than fifteen.

Ford does a head count.

Himself, (traveled in the multiverse for 30 years and has no concept of contect for this world, arguably the most responsible. Cannot cook)

Mabel and Dipper (twelve, staying over in Gravity Falls for the summer at their parents wishes, full of questions, cannot cook.)

Soos (Twenty One and very nice, unknown relation but knows the answer every question regarding the Shack or Stans medical care, including medication he has to take which no one else knew about. Can cook)

And Wendy (fifteen, suspicious and protective, unknown relation. Second in terms of knowing things about Stan. Can cook a little)

And Ford takes all of this information, mulls it over, does the math, thinks it through and decides "Ah. Stan has had children since I've been gone. Checks out."

(He probably gains the nerve to ask Wendy where her mother is, thinking Stan's...wife? Is probably out of town or something, but Wendy shoots him a mean look and says "she's dead, actually." And Ford panics so hard about the social blunder he never asks another question)

So for. However long it takes Stan to wake up, Ford is operating on the idea that, in the three decades he's been gone, Stan has built a family (tragic, about his wife. When he asks Mabel though she mentions a divorce, so maybe its not so tragic-?) And a business (which all the kids (soos included) demand stays running even while Stan is recovering because Stan would hate to see it closed) and a happy life.

So, Ford decides he must be a Good Uncle, and steps up. He's proud of Stan, even if his twin did technically steal his identity. He's still mad, a little, but Ford's heart is very quickly melted by Stan's kids.

And they ARE Stan's kids. Ford can absolutely tell.

Mabel and Dipper, despite being a neice and nephew, remind Ford of Stan a lot. The adventures, their personalities, their...inclination towards committing crime with very little hesitation

Seriously Stan, what are you teaching your children?

Soos is, of course, Soos, who is very concerned about Stan's safety and also the rest of the kids, and he takes to his temporary job as head of the Mystery Shack like a duck to water. He reminds Ford of a younger Stanley, eager to please and strong willed, determined to get things done.

Wendy is a wild card in that Ford doesn’t know exactly how best to connect with her, but Soos assures him thats just how Wendy is. Wendy has all the snark and the spark that Stan had in their youth, and Ford sees that right off the bat (its funny because she swings a bat at him at least once)

All in all, by the time Stan is awake again and back in the game, Ford is undeniably smitten with this ragtag bunch of kids Stan has. He's proud of how Stan raised them, proud of Stan for being the father they didn't get.

Stan, fresh out of a sickness/concussion/whatever based coma, looks his brother dead in the eye and says "Stanford. What the fuck are you talking about?"

[gilf-connoisseur]

They were forced to dress up nicely for the special occasion. Stanford didn't really notice the difference, but Stacy fucking HATES long skirts. She can tolerate medium and short skirts, wearing them, she doesn't keep tripping and falling, at least.

[doberart]

Steam Punk Grunks.

[Outfit Meme]