#no promises tho if mcr does anything fr i will

[switchbladefightz]

reverse portal au has been living in my mind rent free for the past week, and what hits me the most about it is just how different i think ford would be in this au. in canon he is hardened by his time travelling the dimensions, and we see this hypercompetent, a little weird, somewhat paranoid guy dipper idolizes. ford is also put in contrast to stan's more comic relief-y character. i think in this au ford is a lot softer, mellowed out over thirty years after abandoning his research (which is what made him paranoid in the first place), and wrecked by guilt at the same time. he would be entirely different from canon ford. and while canon ford didn't exactly have the best time, i think reverse portal ford may be having a worse one