#Sherman Pines

[wolfythewitch]

Shermie!

[gruvu]

They are siblings. And Sherm needs to be caught up on all the shenanigans.

[csodaturmix]

So basically, Ford's back, and I've been pretending to be him for the past 30 years, also I faked my death -

[ID under cut]

[Image description: digital art of Ford and Stan from Gravity Falls. They're smiling as Ford waves to Dipper and Mabel in an offscreen bus, and Stan wears his goodbye sweater. Stan's smile dissipates as he suddenly says: "Wait..."

Ford turns to look at him, and Stan exclaims: "Shit! We forgot to tell Shermie!" The last panel cuts to Shermie, who has gray hair and a mustache, sitting up in his bed in a dark room. He's holding the phone up to his ear with a weary expression, and his dialogue bubble just has a "..." (ellipsis). End ID.]

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

Family Photos

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Here's a thought to fuck y'all up

Did Mabel and Dipper's dad even know about Stan? Did Shermie? And I don't mean Stanford I mean Stanley

Did Shermie know he had another brother? Did Mabel and Dipper's dad know he had another uncle?

Did Shermie ever think it's weird that his brother that he was probably told has twelve fingers and then when he meets him he only has ten? Did Shermy ever think it's weird that his super smart brother isn't actually as smart as his parents said?

Can you imagine how painful that would be for Stan? Sure it's easy to pretend to be somebody you're not in front of people you don't know especially if you're a con man like Stan

But in front of your family? To pretend to be your twin brother that's stuck in another dimension because of a fight that you two had and now you have to assume his identity and act like you never existed because your parents didn't think you were worthy to be mentioned because they saw you as some big screw up who will never amount to anything?

That's really fucking depressing man

[whateverthought]

I know there's a lot of debate about the Stans' age, and personally I've calculated it as 62, so Shermie would have had to have His Son(Dip+Mab Dad) at 16 and then the twins were born when their parents were 18 or vice versa. To me, I like the thought that Shermie didn't escape Filbrick's bad parenting and got a girl pregnant as a teenager and his son only managed to be slightly better and married the mother of his children only for their marriage to not work out. Bill Cipher referencing Dipper hearing his parents fighting.

It's the consequences of Bad Parenting and Abuse afflicted by this man that's haunting the narrative.

[gampix]

The Pines (1972)

[the-shy-lonely-weirdo]

Shermie Pines

This man will talk at length about the history and varieties of paper.

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

Thinking about Stan faking his death again. He canonically was there for the birth of the twins and that leaves me with so many questions. Did he hide his hands the whole time? Did he just pretend to be Ford and hoped no one would notice the lack of extra fingers? Did he even bother pretending at all? Did he just hope that his entire family mixed up which Stan Twin died? Was anyone fooled by this? If Sherman was the baby in A Tale Of Two Stans then he would've been super young by the time the both of them left, it's at least an 18 year age difference, so it's not like he would notice a personality change. But he must've seen pictures. Did he notice and choose to not say anything? I honestly could totally believe that Stan just bullshitted his way through the whole event, both of the twins were so thoroughly isolated since they left home, and neither of them ever went back for visits or anything. None of their family would've actually known who they were as adults. God the Pines family makes me so sad

[a1m3v------two]

I know the implications of Sherman Pines and his son, Mr. Pines, being teen dads were unintended by the writers of gravity falls, but i think it is an interesting idea

it could be a factor as to why Dipper and Mabel’s parents have been fighting a lot recently, as implied by the Book of Bill. maybe Mr and Mrs. Pines got married as soon as possible after the twins were born, which is a rocky way to start a marriage, and could lead to it falling apart

[holycrimin]

Making Sense Of Shermie's Age

Ok so you know how the whole fandom is like boggling their minds over Shermie's age?

well atleast from what I've seen lol

Let's say that when Stan gets kicked out, he's arund 17-19 (we're going with 17 for this one), and with Shermie being just a wee baby in A Tale Of Two Stans, it's a little problematic when realising his age when he had a kid

but since both the twins (Stan and Ford) are "pushing 70" that would mean they're around their mid-to-late 60's

And if we were to assume that Stan was 17 when he got kicked out, and once again assuming that the twins are 65 at their youngest, then that would make Shermie 48.

If both generations had their kids at 18, then that'd make sense with the timeline, but that's assuming that's the twins at their youngest

If it were 19 and 69, Shermie would be 50

Making either one generation have kids at 20 while one has one at 18, or both generations having kids at 19

At worst,

19 and 65, Shermie would be 46.

Which would make both generations 17 when they had kid/s

anyway thats it, thanks for reading my hopefully comprehensible ramblings about Shermie's age LMAOO

[weezey-1]

I need more fics of the Stan twins trying to explain everything to Shermie. PLEASE!!!

I need Shermie involved more in fics, in general. I love family dynamics and the Pines family just has so much to it. I need more! Please and thank you!

[gruvu]

Sherman "Shermie" Pines, it took me far too long to make you a proper full body pic. I first had doodled him up in late.. 2016? I believe and he's been a favorite of mine for awhile. Who would have thought I would like a character that's never been seen mentioned like.. Five? Times. And take me nearly a decade to give him a mustache.

Anyway this is my Sherman, the eldest of the Pines boys. War Vet, divorced, and loving Grandpa regardless.

[csodaturmix]

get Shermed idiot

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

Dipper and Mabel’s parents should count themselves lucky it took 40 years for these two losers to reconcile

[chakkia-v]

As promised, a bit of fluff and brotherly love to make up for the previous post 🌻