#and shermie

[artisiumstudios]

Yk what, we always get the dynamic of "what would happen if Ford saw Stan during some of his worse moments and basically rescues him before shit gets worse", but what about HIS PARENTS seeing what happened to Stan. (Also for of these scenarios, Filbrick would be required to have some sort of guilt conscious, SO for this lets just say he does)

They're down in Texas to see some family and Caryn is out buying groceries for the meal she's going to make and all of a sudden he sees her son who she hasn't seen in more than half a decade, bleeding from his mouth, wrists an angry red as if they had been tied together limping his way to a telephone booth. His hands shake as he struggles to find change, inserting them into the slot and punching in a familiar phone number that she herself calls once a month only to hang up with out saying anything? It's like the world flashes before her eyes and before she knows it, she is sitting next to Stanley's bed in the hospital, her husband standing besides her, regret painting his face. A shock considering she hasn't seen him be anything but stotic faced or angry these last few years.

Or filbrick catching glimpses of red El Diablo cars every once in a while, the regret and guilt of kicking out his son always in the back of his head even if he won't admit it. He loves his children despite his hard cold demeanor, but Stanley needed to face the consequences of his actions, thats the way his father taught him and he was a man of strong values. until one day while he's picking up a few new items for the shop he finds the car his son drove off in with the same vanity plates and everything, only to peek inside as see his son hurt, his labored breathing as he clutches miserably at his bloody abdomen, sweating profusely with sickness. He drops the items in shock as he stumbles back in shock.

With these I like to think maybe Filbrick helps Stan a bit, takes him to the hospital, helps him get a job lets him move back in temporarily (he does have to pay rent but not too much), and while he's still no good father, he's trying. He won't "coddle" stan but he's a bit more present after coming to the realization that he almost lost his son.

For the ones where Filbrick doesnt really feel remorse as much, he'd take stanley to the hospital, but wouldn't "waste" a penny on a lowlife junkie like him. He's an adult afterall, he should be able to take care for himself. Caryn doesn't allow this and finally finds the courage to leave Filbrick and opts to stay with Shermie while Stan recovers. She obviously tells ford and begs him to come and see Stan at least once. She doesn't tell stan of the call and afterwards while ford gets there tries to convince him to settle down somewhere with her, he could get a job and she could continue with hers! And while Stan didn't really want to be anywhere near his family (he does, but he didn't want it to be like this) he accepts because his mom already lost everything, at least this way he could make it up to her.

[wolfythewitch]

Shermie!

[dammjamboy]

stanley pines deserved to be a dad, it's not even fair 😭

based off this dialogue in the 3ds game

[gruvu]

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

[paintedcrows]

Had a silly thought about hypothetical cat curse shenanigans with @dark-lord-of-awesomeness's How to Cat Burglar a Family ;)

Bonus doodle!!

[pokimoko]

My brain got absolutely infested with art ideas this last week so now it's ✨sketch dump time✨

[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.]

[ilovelifee]

Gravity falls as onion headlines part II part I part III

[artplecornhusk]

he has degrees

[desnaa]

it might be too soon to joke about this but golbetty did NOT have to make him stand there naked like this. there was absolutely no functional purpose. so i'm just certain this was betty's choice

[viceandmature]

Orochi is Eternal

[cryptic-underground]

Please, Not Him

Watched the mirror scene one night and got possessed to draw this. Hehe, enjoy! :))

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

Family Photos

[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.

[son-flower]

lil comic on pb and immortality

[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.