#(as mundane as fighting deadly monsters every day for thirty years can be mundane at least)

[jacky-rubou]

a scenario I had that's been running in my head the past couple days is Ford coming out of the portal totally blind. like his eyes had been damaged some way or another sometime in his travels and he just made do until the portal sucked him back into his home dimension... then Stan runs over and hugs him before Ford asks who he is cuz he can't see him and Stan at first thinks he forgot who he was before Ford clarified that he's blind... the anguish that must cause Stan... that his twin is blind after being sucked into the portal... before Ford slaps him because of course he's still angry at him, blind or not.

also an idea of him wearing special sunglasses he invented with help that transcribe what he's looking at through them directly to his mind via alien tech he stole. but it's rather rudimentary for alien standards and just gives basic info, like that there's a human in front of him, not who they are, which is why he couldn't recognize Stan until he spoke. Also the sunglasses are why Stan didn't immediately recognize that he's blind, because his eyes are milky and obviously damaged. He just thought it was a weird fashion sense he picked up or something.

anyway, just thinking about Ford adjusting to life back at his house with a family he can't see, only feel and hear and learning to trust them enough to help him and I feel soft. dunno how I'd write it though, if I ever do.

why am I always inflicting Ford with these kinds of things? because I don't know.