#stan does

[cyberfunsupporter]

i think it’s really fascinating that so many people jump to call mabel selfish when. she’s just being a person? like she’s a really well written character. she’s literally 12, optimistic (sometimes to a fault! and that’s acknowledged!), but incredibly selfless and creatively so, too. everybody is selfish sometimes so of course mabel is too, but she’s also. really selfless? like people often cite the episode about mermando as proof that she’s selfish because she didn’t feel like making everything go right for dipper to get with his crush that’s WAY too old for him and also just not interested in him 😭 but that whole episode was literally her helping mermando find his family?? she was being selfless!!! maybe it didn’t benefit dipper directly but she was BEING SELFLESS. and dipper was honestly the one being selfish bc he was only thinking about what HE wanted — but the thing is, dipper isn’t exactly selfish either. he has selfish tendencies, just like mabel and just like LITERALLY EVERYBODY. every character in the show but ALSO literally every human alive. i’m selfish sometimes. you’re selfish sometimes. it happens. it’s normal. also they’re 12. they are twelve years of age they’re middle schoolers. everyone fucks up and hurts people especially in middle school because ur still growing ur hormones are crazy and ur inexperienced. and yet mabel (and also dipper) are still generally kind people they just also contain MULTITUDES and aren’t PERFECT. so it’s odd to me that people always classify mabel as just ridiculously selfish when really, dipper does the same stuff she does… and it doesn’t make EITHER of them selfish (esp not mabel in this case cause she’s my main point. dipper does the same stuff and gets off scott free which is interesting. its 100% because mabel’s a girl that people suddenly care and think she’s the worst person ever). THEY R HUMANS AND ALSO 12 YEARS OLD AT THAT 😭 LOL

[noodles-and-tea]

Continuation of this

[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

[nenoname]

Stan Pines' drawings

Plus a Stan drawing of debatable canonicity but I love his signature being a dollar sign

[artsymeeshee]

Just a silly idea

[doodleswithangie]

prime time

[Image Description: Comic of Ford and Stan Pines from "Gravity Falls" about Stan's tattoo. Alt text is provided and copied below the cut. End ID]

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Page one: Stan and Ford are sat in the living room watching TV. It blares, "We now return to 'Are You Smarter than a Post-Grad Barista?'"

Stan scratches at his shoulder and says, "Ah, Gravity Falls Public Access TV. Never change."

Page two: Ford glances at Stan's shoulder flashing back to a memory of younger Stan clutching his shoulder.

Stan's dialogue continues and fades out, "You really didn't miss anything. Y'know Rich is still hosting 'Cash Grab?' Met him once. Eh, didn't go so well. And don't get me started on Sassica! Qbza zvtl AC ahsr. Kvu'a ivaoly kljvkpun aopz. Ovwl fvb sprl aopz jvtpj!"

Page three: Ford is lost in the memory of their portal fight and Stan's injury, as Stan drones on, "Anyway I was- Hey! Pointdexter! Are you listing to me? Hey."

Ford snaps back to the present, where Stan's accidental brand mark has healed into his shoulder tattoo. Stan says, “Take a picture. It’ll last longer.”

Page four: After a beat, Ford looks away. They sink back into awkward silence. The TV drones on, "... So sorry! You are not smarter than a post-grad barista!"

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[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

Yeah, I don't know about you, Fidds, but I'd fold at this 🙏

Previous!!

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[urfavoritemistake]

"stan would treat fiddleford so much better than ford, ford is so mean!" are you sure about that

[twoa-plus]

“stan had it worse” “ford had it worse” stan got pushed deeper and deeper into rock bottom until he had to start digging and ford got pushed higher and higher towards the stars until he became an icarus. they are two ends of the same rope, tied to form a circle connected by the knot of a living hell

[theswedishpajas]

I have a lot of stuff I haven’t posted here for a WHILE now, but I am BACK with a BANGER

Full transparent stan without compression and other gunk cus I drew it and don’t wanna waste it

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

My Great Grandma who loved her babies very much

Reference that I used for the face!

[noodles-and-tea]

How does Ford react to Fidds taking Stan with him on a creature hunt? A sea based hunt at that.

He gets a lil jealous

[joicecubes]

the implications of ford pulling this photo out of his trenchcoat in the last episode you guys… THE IMPLICATIONS.

look at the state of this thing!! look at its rips! the stain in the bottom right corner! it’s dog-eared, the color is faded, the paper has browned… he’s kept this photo of them since they were kids. through all the years he stubbornly swore to hold a grudge, all the years he and stan never spoke, he kept this photo.

and we can assume he probably didn’t have it dimension-hopping, since i find it hard to believe he would’ve had it on him when he initially got sucked in, but ford pulling it out of his trenchcoat here!! implies!! that he had been CARRYING IT AROUND WITH HIM for some time after he got back!

imagine if he found it in some of his old stuff the night he returned, after punching and yelling at stan, after being sure to keep as much emotional distance between them as possible, and he finds this photo. would he have stared down at it? for a little while? smoothed the creases out on his desk? thumbed the torn, loved edges while he mourned a simpler time? then pocketed the thing to always have it with him?

i dunno. maybe i’m looking too far into it. but i can’t help but wonder if ford kept it because, against all his big dreams and ambitions, deep down he always wondered what his life might have been like if he sailed away with his brother when they were teenagers. never able to throw it away because doing so would symbolically destroy the last remnants of a childhood fantasy, the last piece of him that remains young and hopeful of a future at his brother’s side.

[multiverse-singularity]

Got two exams this week, drew this when I needed to chillout from studying.

[artsymeeshee]

Random idea I got this morning thinking about how small little things (mostly about missing important moments of the past) make the boys emotional and sorrowful.

[arttsuka]

Perhaps Bill Cipher annoying Stanley or another member of the Pines family. (Or if you feel up to multiple, everyone e within the Pines family. Only if you want to though)

Have you ever seen that one handyman Bill au