#kingsofgravityfallsau

[triptychcryptid]

Kings of Gravity Falls AU:

13 year old Ford sitting at the kitchen table, chewing agressively on a pencil while he goes over sheets of equations haphazardly spread on the table, save for one spot where a plate waits for lunch. His brow is furrowed in frustration. Stan comes up behind him with a grilled cheese sandwich on a skillet.

"Sixer, lunch!" He says, grappling with the skillet that's now heavier than it should be. He slides the sandwich onto Ford's plate.

"Thanks.." Ford mumbles absently. Stan looks over his shoulder for a minute, studying the numbers in front of him.

"You forgot the Time Dilation formula." Stan says, turning to put the skillet in the sink. Ford stops and sits up, turning to look at Stan "...What?"

"The Time Dilation formula. You need it for time travel. Isn't this a form of time travel?" He asks with a shrug. Ford scowls at him.

"Stanley, there is no way I forgot something as simple as that! That can't be it!" Stan shrugs again.

"Don't believe me? Fine." Stan goes to the kitchen door frame and calls out "Hey, Shermie! Can you come look at something for a minute?"

" What's up?" Sherman asks as he enters the room. Stan points to the paper covered table. "Poindexter's trying to figure out how to get us back to normal. I say he's missing something, but he doesn't believe me. You wanna take a look?" Ford looks offended and disgusted that Stan's now bringing their younger brother in to mock him.

"Okay, this is going too far, Stan-"

"Time Dilation formula." Sherman says after a minute of looking. Ford is at a loss for words. He settles for an eye roll, a half smile and a condescending chuckle.

"Oh Sherman, don't let Stanley rope you into his pranks." Sherman looks up at him.

"Stanford...I work for NASA. I'm a Research Astrophysicist. " At this, Ford shoots up and slams his hands on the table.

"YOU..WHA...N-NASA...?" Stan dons his best Shit-Eating grin and cups a hand to his ear.

"You hear that, Shermie? The stuttering is the soul leaving the body." Suddenly, Ford falls flat on his face on the table with a loud THUD. Sherman and Stan both stare at him.

"What the hell was that?" Sherman asks. Stan picks up Ford's wrist and puts it to his ear.

"He fainted." Stan says and lets Ford's wrist flop back on the table, then puts him back in his chair. Sherman gives him a withered look.

"Oh good, HE'S dramatic too. Fantastic."

[triptychcryptid]

Kings of Gravity Falls Au:

I like to think that the more time the Grunks spend as 13 year olds, the more they start letting loose more and taking it as a chance to kinda have a do over. Ford especially would spend alot of time getting to know Sherman and learning about Stan's exploits, and of course Shermie and the kids would be interested (in D and M's case, RIVETED) by Ford's exploits.

They'd still kinda act and talk like old men, but would also return a bit to the little chaos gremlins they were at that age, which would just fuel Dipper and Mabel's chaotic energy.

So like Sherman would take them all to the arcade and let then run wild for a bit. Stan would be entheusiastically showing Dipper and Mabel how to cheat at Ski-ball, while Ford figured out how to rig the racing games. XD Then Shermie'd get a pizza and sodas and call the kids over, Ford would get hyper off Dr. Pepper and start shooting off rapid-fire questions to Shermie about his work at NASA, his life, his favorite bands and DID HE LIKE THE EURYTHMICS?! PLEASE TELL ME HE LIKED THE EURYTHMICS! Meanwhile, Shermie's getting overwhelmed but also laughing.

When they leave, all of them fall asleep in the car on the way back to the Shack and Shermie's just grinning. Like he's happy they're having fun, but it's SOOOOO funny to see his old man brothers acting like kids.

[triptychcryptid]

Imagine this, okay? Just imagine that the Grunks randomely wake up and they're the same age as Dipper and Mabel. No one knows why or how, but it's DEFINITELY Ford's fault. Now, they don't know right away. All they know at first is that their backs don't hurt. They feel rested. Then, Stan realizes he can see without his glasses. He tries them anyway, and they're blurry as hell. "Ugh, what the fuck?" He grumbles, then stops. His voice is WAY higher than it should be. Come to think of it, everything in the room is TALLER than it should be. He looks down at himself. His shirt's too big and his sweatpants are falling off. He rushes to the full-length mirror on his wall. He catches a full view of the Ghost from Grunkles past. There's a loooong pause, then:

"STANFORD FILBRICK PINES, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!"

[triptychcryptid]

Okay, not sure if anyone's done this before, but what if "Kings of Gravity Falls" AU where Ford accidentally somehow manages to make him and Stan like Dipper and Mabel's age, so they've still got all of their old man knowledge, but now they're just small again, and their voices crack sometimes. XD Dipper and Mabel would give them SOOO much shit! XD I just imagine the little Grunks sitting in the kitchen in their now oversized clothes, drinking coffee and waiting for the Mystery twins to come down for breakfast.

They come in and just...STUTTER. For like a full minute. Then Ford diplomatically goes

"Ah, good morning, Children. As you may have noticed, Stan and I look a bit different this morning..."

Stan looks at him "Yeah, no shit, Sherlock!"

"Stanley. Language."

"Don't you 'Stanley Language' me! This is YOUR fault, Poindexter!"

Mabel finally finds her voice "Grunkle Ford, what happened?!"

Ford adjusts his glasses "Well, Sweetie, I was doing an experiment in my lab and...something went wrong. I'm...not quite sure WHAT, exactly. I'll have to run some numbers and see if I can figure it out. In the meantime, I guess we're young again?" He shrugs while Stan crosses his arms and scowls.

"How long're we gonna be stuck like this?" Ford scratches his chin thoughtfully.

"I'm not sure, but if I had to guess....a few months? "

"A few MONTHS?! Sixer, I got a business to run! I can't do the Mystery Shack like this! And more importantly-" gets up and goes to the rack mounted on the ceiling where all his pots and pans are, gets on his tippy toes and reaches for a pot, a good 10 inches between his fingertips and the handle "I CAN'T REACH MY POTS! Geraldine and Donna are going to go to WASTE like this!" Ford gives Mabel and Dipper a quizzical look.

"Geraldine and Donna?"

"Grunkle Stan named all his cooking stuff." Dipper offers with an eyeroll.

"Ah."

"IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM AN IDENTITY, DIPPER! THEY NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE! WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS!" Stan yells from across the room.

[triptychcryptid]

Kings of Gravity Falls Au:

Sherman has to take the newly young again Grunks clothes shopping because none of their stuff fits them now and they've been borrowing Dipper's clothes (who has been DELIGHTED by this development). Sherman takes all the kids as he figures Dipper and Mabel could probably use some new stuff too. Mabel immediately runs off deep into the boys' section with Stan so she can make him over, while Dipper tags along for the entertainment value. Sherman and Ford wander over with Ford turning up his nose at most of the selection.

"What happened to kids clothes? They were so much cooler when I was young! You know, I had this little leather jacket when I was a kid that-"

"Oh, the one with the elbow patches?" Sherman asks. Ford lights up.

"Yes! It was my favorite thing in the world! I wore it everywhere." Sherman smiles at him.

"I did too. Mom gave it to me when I was about 7. I LOVED that thing!" Ford looks up at Sherman, beeming with pride. " Yeah, I gave it to my kids when they were little, and I think I have some pictures of Dipper and Mabel wearing it too somewhere. I'm surprised it held up, honestly." Ford's eyes start to well up and he quickly wipes a tear away before Sherman can see it. He notices, but doesn't say anything. Ford can't help but feel a bit relieved that he hadn't...been forgotten.

Sherman points out some jeans to Ford, then casually wanders over to the outerwear section. He comes back a moment later with a little brown leather jacket. It wasn't quite the same as Ford's old one, but it was pretty close and had the addition of a sherpa lining at the collar.

"Hey, Stanford, what do you think of this?" Ford takes it as if it's made of glass and runs his thumb over the material. He can't help but feel a mix of emotions at the jacket. Memories of him and Stan as kids, running amuck at Glass Shard Beach, terrorizing the neighborhood kids with their "Mystery Solving," cool nights spend on their favorite swingset while they ate from their halloween candy pillowcases. He smiles softly as a couple of tears fall. He quickly wipes them with his arm.

"Thank you very much, Sherman. I...I don't know what to say. Thank you. " Sherman wraps an arm around his shoulder and pulls him into a side hug, making a mental note to get Ford another jacket when he goes back to normal.

"Sure thing, KIDDO." Sherman jokes, making Ford laugh, then punch him in the arm.

"I'm still older than you." He puts the jacket on, then goes and finds Stan. "Stanley! Look what Sherman found!"

"Eeeey, lookin' good Sixer! Reminds me of the one you had when we were kids!" Stan comes out from behind a clothes rack. "Now check THIS out! I just got outta the fitting room, and I look amazing!" Stan's wearing dark blue jeans, a black Def Leppard T-shirt (Mabel nabbed it from the men's section) a blue plaid button down, and mustard yellow beanie. Ford laughs.

"Good job, Mabel! You dress him way better than he dresses himself. He doesn't look like a discount Vegas Croupier anymore . "

"Ey! You shut yer mouth, Sixer! I'll have you know that suit was $20 and it's held up! Suits are timeless!" Dipper snorts at him.

"Not you too!"

[triptychcryptid]

Kings of Gravity Falls AU:

Sherman buys a couple of video game consoles and games for the kids to keep at Stan's, and he also REALLY wanted to see his brothers struggle with modern video games.

Dipper and Mable are doing DDR in the living room, Sherman sitting on the couch, watching while he's on his second beer (it's the weekend and he's been dealing with his now-13-year-old gremlin brothers, AND his own grandchildren. HE. NEEDS. THIS.) Their set ends and Mabel gets a B on hard while Dipper gets a C on basic for their last song.

"Yes! Suck it, Dip Dip! Alpha Twin! Alpha Twin!"

"Ugh, why are you so good at this?" Dipper says, punching her in the arm to get her to stop.

" Because I'm the ALPHA TWIN!" Mabel yells, punching Dipper back. Sherman chuckles as he takes another swig of his beer.

"We were summoned by the dulcet sounds of Sibling Rivalry." Stan says as he and Ford walk in. Stan turns to the TV. "What's this? Some sort of Video-whatsamajig?"

"It's Dance Dance Revolution, Grunkle Stan! My favorite game ever!" Mabel exclaims excitedly.

"Huh. Intriguing. How do you play?" Ford asks, watching the screen and rubbing his chin with a finger. The Mystery Twins explain the game and do a round to show them.

"You wanna try?" Dipper asks. He would pay $1,000 to see two old men in teenage bodies try playing DDR.

"I don't see why not! Ain't like we're gonna bust our knees or anything now! Waddya say, Sixer?" Stan elbows him in the ribs.

"Yes, this looks quite fun! I'd like to try." Dipper and Mabel get them set up on Beginner and tell Stan to pick the first song. He cycles through a few, then selects one. The first song goes...about as well as you'd expect. They have trouble keeping up and keep returning to center after every move, which makes them miss arrows. But by the final stage, they manage to mostly hit the arrows. After their set, they high-six.

"That was fun! And a great workout, too! I may have to incorporate this into my exercise routine." Stan rolls his eyes at his twin, then turns to Sherman.

"Yo, Shermie, you wanna play?" Sherman waves his hand dismissively.

"Oh no, I-"

"Stanley, Sherman could hurt himself trying to play this! He's not as young as we are." Ford chastises Stan.

"Oh, yeah, you're right. I'd probably beat his ass because he's too OLD. He'll throw out his back. Bet he's never even played before." Stan replies with a shit-eating grin directed at Sherman.

*Ooooh, THAT'S how you're gonna play this, you little shit? * Sherman thinks as he gets up.

Sherman hands his beer to Dipper, who exchanges a brief grin with his sister. "Here, hold this for Grandpa for a minute, Buddy."

Ford gets off his mat for Sherman, who looks down at it and gingerly steps on. Stan grins at him.

"Wanna make this interesting, Sherm? You beat me at this game I just barely learned and I'll give you 100 bucks."

Ford scoffed from the sidelines "Oh Stanley, be nice!"

"No, it's okay, Stanford. I've been dealing with Stan being an ass for a VERY long time. " Sherman turns to Stan. "I'll take that bet. I hope I don't hurt myself playing this newfangled video game." Sherman proceeds to select one of the japanese songs, and before Stan can even register what's happened, Sherman sets himself to Expert and starts the stage.

"Yeah, go Grandpa!" Dipper and Mabel cheer Sherman on as Ford desperately tries to hide his laughter, watching Stan get his ass handed to him by a man who is physically more than twice their age.

Stan doesn't even make it through the stage. Sherman finishes and dons the same Shit-Eating grin Stan had before.

Ford finally stops trying to hide his laughter. "Fucked around and found out, didn't you Stanley?"

"Can it, Ford!" Stan says while Sherman gets his beer back from Dipper.

"Pay up, Wiseass." Sherman says, holding out his hand. Stan grumbles, but pulls his wallet out of his back pocket and hands Sherman a $100 bill.

"Smug bastard." He says, then grins "Gotta hand it to ya though, that was a good hustle." Sherman pockets the money.

"Yeah, well I learned from the best."

[triptychcryptid]

Randomely Young Grunks on Halloween:

Mabel would convince them to do themed costumes with her and Dipper, who would find it hilarious to go as like a Stranger Things group or something, but only tell them minimal details about their characters and the show. So people would be complimenting their costumes, and they'd just be like "...uh huh..." xD Then Stan would steal a bunch of candy from one of those "Take one!" Outside bowls, with Ford running after him yelling "Hey! Don't take all the good stuff for yourself, Jackass!" And the people who own the house would come out, VERY displeased at the Steve Harrington who just stole a bunch of candy, so Mabel, dressed as Eleven would apologize and give them some of HER candy, as would Dipper.

"Sorry about our Gru-uh...cousins. They haven't trick or treated in a long time. They're very excited. Here! Have some eggos! And some of my candy!" And she'd also give them a box of frozen Eggos.

Then all the kids would put themselves into a sugar coma while watching the first episode of Stranger Things, since the Grunks would demand to know what they dressed up as. Spoiler alert: they are now obsessed. XD

[triptychcryptid]

Grunkles are randomely young again, PT 2:

After the initial shock, Stan would wreak SO MUCH HAVOC. He would use all his knowledge of manipulation, but he'd be even better at it because he'd pretend to be sad and lost or something so people would feel bad for him and buy him things. But he and Ford would also still act like old men. I.E, calling Dipper and Mabel "Kid." Ford would still call Stan Stanley. Dipper and Mabel wouldn't respect them as much because they're the same age now, so they'd get in an argument and Stan would be like "Hey,I'm still older than you, kid!" And Mabel would say "Psssh, by like 3 months!"

And Ford would pipe up with "That still counts! Listen to your uncle!"

And Dipper would fire back with "What can you even do if we don't?" But the Grunks still know how to scrap and wrestle/box, so they'd get one in a headlock and one in a full Nelson or something until they relented, then take away their tv and ice cream priveledges for the night. The Grunks would then hi-six while eating out of two separate ice cream tubs in front of the tv. XD

[triptychcryptid]

Kings of Gravity Falls AU-

Sherman sitting at the kitchen table at like 10 p.m, drinking a coffee and working on his laptop. Ford comes in for a snack and sees Sherman.

"Oh, hello Sherman!" Sherman looks up

"Hey, Stanford." Ford grabs some dinner leftovers and sits down at the table across from Sherman. Sherman looks at his plate.

"You're not gonna heat that up?" He asks. Ford shrugs.

"There are very few microwaves in the multiverse. You get used to eating things as-is once you've been on the run for 30 years." Cuts into his steak and starts eating it.

"Fair." Sherman says, eyes travelling back down to his computer. Ford points his fork in the computer's direction.

"What are you working on, Sherman?" He asked, interest piqued.

"Oh, I have a project for work and I have to do a virtual presentation next week, so I'm getting the powerpoint together. I'm pulling an all-nighter because I didn't get alot of work done earlier." All Ford gets out of this is that it's work stuff. He nods in understanding.

"Oh, I meant to apologize to you." Sherman gives him a small grin.

"Oh, you mean for earlier when Stan told me about your kissing robot from high school, you punched him and you both started yelling and fighting so loudly that you drove me nuts and I kicked you out of the room?" Ford looked away as he chewed thoughtfully.

"Well yes, that. But also for...not being there for you when you were younger. " He looks at Sherman, catching his carefully placid face. "I...was a very selfish man in a lot of ways in my youth. I wasted a lot of time feeding my ego and being angry at people who didn't deserve it and not being there for the people I cared about. I think you are a very cool, wonderful person, and I have truly enjoyed spending time with you and learning about you this past month."

Sherman smiles at him.

"Well thank you, Stanford, I appreciate that. I don't remember much of you from when I was a kid, but It seems like you've grown a lot after dimension hopping for 30 years. Stan actually kindof stepped up. A lot. Knowing what I know now, I think he felt a lot of guilt about what happened to you and didn't want to lose his other brother. Suddenly, my mysterious brother Stanford was sending me letters and calling every couple of weeks. Sending me hannukah and later on, Christmas presents. He was there when my kid and grandkids were born, he was one of the groomsmen at my wedding...don't get me wrong, he drives me insane, but I love him to death. "

Ford smiles a bittersweet smile at his plate. "I'm glad to hear it, Sherman. It sounds like in some ways, he's really grown up as well. " Sherman studies him for a minute.

"You know, I wasn't sure what to expect when the kids told me about ..your whole deal. But I've had a lot of fun getting to know you too, Stanford. You're very interesting, your stories are as good as Stan's, the kids ADORE you, and since you've been 13 again, I'm starting to see a bit of the little Gremlin streak that Stan has coming out in you. You seem to be having fun. Is this what you two were like as kids?"

Ford laughs "Oh god, we were worse! We were little terrors as children. We once hunted the Jersey Devil and had a rivalry with two kids who fancied themselves the Hardy Boys." Sherman laughs.

"Yeah, that tracks. Oh, and you don't have to be so formal with me. You can call me Shermie if you want." Ford smiles fondly at him.

"And you can call me Ford."

[triptychcryptid]

One of these days, I may actually draw some art of my Kings of Gravity Falls AU. XD

[triptychcryptid]

More Kings of Gravity Falls AU:

Shermie's wife in this Au's name is Linda. She's like...a Husky and a Golden Retriever mixed together. XD Hear me out:

She used to model while going to school for Aerospace Engineering, Planetary Physics and Business. She's a quadruple threat. They met in college because a lot of their classes overlapped. She's incredibly smart, exhuberant, eager to learn everything about anything she can, which has resulted in her knowing a LOT about carpentry, Art, History, she knows like 8 languages, and she can learn just about anything she wants to.

She's also VERY loud. Alot like Mabel. She's always excitedly yelling about something. She's basically set for life moneywise with all her skills, and she also chooses to use them for the best pranks. Mainly aimed at her siblings and Stan, who she considers another brother. They'd get along really well.

She stays in shape and dresses nicely, like think nice sweaters in the fall with a wool skirt, black tights, ankle boots and beanies. But also a lot of pink, gold and sequins. She and Shermie run marathons together. And she's also the SWEETEST human you'll ever meet. She's the one that insists on making cookies for the entire neighborhood AND her department at work for the holidays.

She got Shermie into video games and REALLY wants Stan and Ford to play SSBM because she'd think it was hilarious. She's also very up on the world's goings-on and technology like Sherman. I think Ford would take an instant liking to her.

She would lose her absolute shit seeing Stan as a 13-year old. Like pinch his cheeks and go "YOU'RE SO WIDDLES!" While he's like "yeah, yeah! Get off, Lin!" And she lets go, cackling.