#The Stanchurian Candidate

[coolunspokenforname]

Turns out the most unbelievable part of Gravity Falls' "The Stanchurian Candidate" is that Stan loses the election because of his criminal record.

[tinfoil-jones]

Imagine if Stan actually died in The Stanchurian Candidate - either because the pile of seeds wasn't close enough for him to land on, or it wasn't enough to break his fall. And Ford, who finally got the house to himself that day, see's the whole thing on TV.

So Ford watches his brother, who he assumes the worst about all of the time and was about to kick out back into homelessness at the end of the summer, literally give his life for Dipper and Mabel. Stan wasn't even unaware of the likelihood of death, he told the kids as much; so there's no way he did this thinking he'd be okay in the end.

Does Ford feel bad? Does he get angry? Does he convince himself that Stan deserved it? Does he go into denial thinking that this is just some long-con Stanley is pulling to make him say 'thank you'?

And a freshly traumatized Dipper has to slap some sense into Ford telling him that this isn't about him. That it's about Grunkle Stan, and he's dead. He's gone.

It was so easy to be angry and bitter towards Stanley before - because he was suffocating, because of the broken project, because of the portal incident-.

But all of those times Stanley was *there*, no matter where he was or what he was doing, he would find a way to survive one way or another. Even on the other side of portal, Ford knew that if he was still alive amongst aliens, demons, and monsters, there'd be no reason Stanley wouldn't also still be alive in their normal dimension.

It's easy to be mad at someone when you know they're there. When you assume they're always going to be there.

It isn't easy when the person is gone.

It's even harder when you realize that your relationship can never be fixed.

It's impossible when it dawns on you that you never even tried to fix it. That you never got to know them again. That you'll never get to know them again. That you had that chance, but you rejected it and now it's too late.

Like would that be messed up or what.

[catsandbats13]

could we maybe get some stan in his stanchurian candidate outfit (or double dipper, you decide!!) with that classic unbuttoned shirt look of his??? 👀 i absolutely love the way you draw him 🤤

YE S YES YES!! I had to go with the Stanchurian Candidate outfit, it’s just too iconic 😍

Ahh thank you so much, I’m really trying to figure out how to draw him consistently so this has been great practice, plus I just love that sexy old man

Anyways here it is, I added a lil bonus doodle too lol hope you like it! 😊💜

[magnetic-maverick]

You know Gravity Falls is fictional when a criminal isn’t allowed to run for mayor or be mayor.

[violetheart77]

Weird Little Town stans Fight: TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: August 24…

Stan, in hopes of earning respect, decides to run for mayor when the current mayor dies and both Dipper and Mabel try to make Stan look electable and prevent him from being open-minded. “The Stanchurian Candidate” premiered on this day, 9 Years Ago.

[rgu-episodes-bracket]

Round 1 - Poll 7

[hkthatgffan]

Am I too late?

Here we go, the new Bingo card for “The Stanchurian Candidate”!! 

[atalana]

but seriously i do find it so funny that ford was like OH GOD MY PRECIOUS REPUTATION after bill possessed him around other people for all of one night

and then he gets back to this dimension after thirty years and this is now the photo the press associates with his name

[blu-engineer]

favorite stan twins characterization is that they're both equally insane. stanley just gets more air time to show it off. loosely inspired by a post i read earlier but here's some absolutely insane things both of them have done

stanley:

drugged a person and turned them into an exhibit in the mystery shack

had a vegas wedding to a prospector-themed novelty dispenser

gave mabel a grappling hook

failed to steal an animatronic badger

chewed his way out of the trunk of a car

punched at least three bald eagles

is multiply divorced, possibly even with the novelty dispenser

committed premeditated murder on a llama

faked a heart attack to get on Wheel of Fortune

took his clothes off in front of a live studio audience on Wheel of Fortune

has a rivalry with a fifth grader, a grandmother, and a man who exclusively dresses like a corn cob

stanford:

pulled a gun on a bus driver when he wouldn't let a pig on board

directly assisted in mind-controlling ronald reagan during his election in 1980

gave mabel a crossbow

got bitten by a vampire bat and subsequently began sampling human blood

owns contraband outlawed in 9000 dimensions; keeps it in an extremely flimsy plastic case

"accidentally" set a hawk on fire

has exes ranging from as normal as his old college buddy to as weird as a triangle and an alien with 7 eyes who put a metal plate in his head

wears turtlenecks because he's hiding multiple tattoos he regrets, including one themed around "all star" by smash mouth

is an Extremely wanted criminal across hundreds of dimensions; was completely kicked out of one for card counting

is, bizarrely, super into the band Eurythmics

can see shrimp colors

[s0dabeach]

BABYGIRL STAN ATTACK!!!!

[meatgrinder-0]

ford and mabel shouldve had an episode where they attempt to make the most caffeinated drink humanly possible

[kipkiphoorayy]

i love stan because it’s usually “he can do no wrong” with characters but no. he can do all the wrong he wants and i’ll still be cheering him on. i actually encourage it, please continue to commit tax fraud and make vaguely threatening hand gestures at cops. smuggle pugs or whatever your crusty heart desires.

[cravingpepsimax]

summary of atots in the standere au

[f-imaginings]

I finally finished the chapter 🥳🥳🥳 it's like 81 pages long haha so I'm going to take the next two days to proofread the heck out of it so it'll be ready for folks. I am very happy with lots of the jokes in it so hopefully it'll give y'all a giggle.