#stan the guard

[tangledbea]

So, I was just reminded about the fact that we never see the interior guard uniform in the series.

Technically, this is the uniform we should see Stan and Pete wearing every time they've got indoor guard duty, not the full armor. I remember the fandom discussing this years ago (exactly when, I can't recall), and I think maybe someone did a fanart/edit of them wearing this instead of the armor?

Does anyone else remember this, and if so, do you know where I can find the fanart? I was going through my tags, trying to find the conversation (at least!), and I got 20 pages deep before I decided to just ask for help lol

[rendellstreet]

Brief character blurbs from the TBEA / TTS Seasons 1 + 2 pitch bible

[tenshichan1013]

tangled the series series bible 2 of 8

[nerdasaurus1200]

Special April Fools Day poll!

[rta-user-2025]

[blabberoo]

ok another doodle of whatever this au is because i am normal about it..

[faceless-aces]

Gravity Falls AUs

What are some of your favorite gravity falls AUs?

I'll go first:

Euclydia Rises by @orxinus (specifically mm!Ford)

Apostle Bill by @fishymom-art (specifically muse!Ford)

Now What by @fishymom-art

Stellar Remnants by @xx-akubara-xx

Blind Eye Ford by @kuj0goth

Rewired by @nostalgink

Star Falls by @fazfuri

Reverse Falls (specifically Stanford Gleeful)

Vampire!Fiddleford and Werewolf!Stanley (Can't find an actual au name for this)

Domesticated Ford by @jellyskink

Bartender Bill by @mahkinarya

Guard Ford by @skeptiql

Feral Stan by @phoenix-art-official

Cat Stan by @dark-lord-of-awesomeness

Gravity Drop by Me! :D

You uh. Notice a pattern yet lmfao? I just love it when nice characters go apeshit. They deserve to be a little mean. As a treat >w< Also just in general toxic yaoi. Love me some toxic yaoi >>>

Let me know any other AUs you like! I always love checking out new ones :)

[breannastewart]

just some vets and their rookie, feat. jewell + nneka + nika 🥹

[tinfoil-jones]

Jerk Ford AU: Silliness V

If you mean Watchdog Ford by @nowimjustastranger, whom is sometimes called "Guard Dog Ford" Those two aren't friends. They just happen to run into each other a statistically impossible amount of times in the multiverse.

Any and all reports that they've saved each other skin at least once, and hang out sometimes are just rumours spread by their mutual ally (ALLY not friend) the Anti-Ford.

If you mean Guard Ford from the AU by @skeptiql... it's their AU, I'm not imposing on it.

If there is a cosmic security guard out there monitoring the Fordverse, considering that all Jerk Ford does in the multiverse is be a total jerk to everyone and cause trouble (and then get banned from dimensions for the two aforementioned reasons), I imagine reactions to him are typically going to be:

He's not heinous, malicious, or evil, he's just a really big jerk for no good reason.

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Me and @nowimjustastranger are in the process of proper crossover, don't worry.

In the meantime...

Pre-Weirdmageddon:

Jerk Ford: Watch, this is Stanley. Stanley, this is Watchdog Ford and Lee.

Watchdog Ford: ...

Lee: ...

Stan: Well heya pal. It's nice to see Stanford's made more friends! I knew he had it in him to be nice and compassionate.

Jerk Ford: Stanley, I swear to God.

Watchdog Ford:...You're-

Lee: You're tall.

Stan: *looks between Watchdog Ford and Jerk Ford in an exaggerated up-and-down to annoy his brother*

Stan: *to Watchdog Ford* So are you.

Lee: *grinning* Oh, we're going to get along just fine. Let's chat.

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Watchdog Ford: You... You aren't suffering?

Stan: If you don't call grading two hundred student assignments without assistance suffering, then sure.

Lee: ...nothings wrong?

Stan: Right now, no. I did miss my brother for the thirty years he was gone. It wasn't easy... the townsfolk truly believed I murdered him, and thought that was a good thing. And then acted like I was wrong for missing him.

Lee: So everything went okay for you?

Stan: I don't know what to tell you, pal- excluding not having Stanford in my life for thirty years and the issues that comes with that, things are going fine. If I'm having trouble I can just ask someone for help, and if I have problems emotionally I have friends and family that would lend me an ear or two. Also, I am medicated and seeing a therapist for stuff.

Lee: ...

Meanwhile Jerk Ford is in the corner sipping from his #1 Big Brother mug, and Watchdog Ford gets suspiciously misty eyed.

[Dialogue primarily by @tearosepedall]

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It's a misconception at that Jerk Ford does not experience empathy (or at least not any for anyone besides his twin brother). This misconception is one of the reasons why The Ford Hate Club is always tripped up by him - they don't understand him. They think he's unfeeling with little to no emotional intelligence.

He has a surprising amount of empathy, you can see in this post he even says that most other Fords do not hate their Stanley, what they really have is resentment.

Jerk Ford just uses that empathy to know how to get under peoples skin and really hurt their feelings. Can't hurt feelings very well if you don't know what they are or how they work!

What he does lack is compassion, as in he doesn't help, support, or uplift people. That's a Stanley thing.

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Jerk Ford: Your attack misses.

Dipper: Misses?! With my bonuses I had a total of twenty-three to hit!

Jerk Ford: That doesn't even touch the monsters THAC0.

Dipper: THAC0? Great Uncle Ford, 3.5 Edition is over! It's armour class now!

Jerk Ford: I'm the DM, and I rule your attack misses.

Dipper: *flips the battlemap, forgetting that the infinity dice is there*

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Jerk Ford had such a bad habit of getting engrossed into his research and study that he would overlook things like finances (and showering). Stanley managed the finances between himself and and his brother, and he did send money back to the family, not millions but it was something.

Jerk Ford also had most of the money because he had his grant, and also a few patents, but Jerk Ford only cared about anamolies and terrorizing humanity so money wasn't something he thought about very much as long as their basic needs were being met.

When he lived back in Glass Shard Beach with his family, however...

"We should go graffiti Pines Pawns."

"Hell no, dude."

"What, you scared of Old Man Pines?"

"Forget Old Man Pines, don't know know what his son did to Crampelter? We don't need to be on his sh*t list."

[blorbologist]

FIRST THING Erathis asks, "My child, is she cross with me?"

not 'hey how's the plan going,' 'i'm glad you guys got in okay', but 'IS MY GIRLFRIEND ANGRY :C'

and the answer. "you made. her. sad."

The immediate justification she launches into is very interesting, and as our first introduction to Erathis herself - our first meeting with her - I think it's very fitting and very open to nuance. Justice is not necessarily good, befitting a lawful neutral god.

And yet...

"I... would do anything for her. that which is within my power to do, I will."

[tangledbea]

Favorite Stan and Pete scene?

Hmmm, good question! Possibly them arguing in "In Like Flynn." X3

[rendellstreet]

Don’t know if I mentioned this before but, Stan the Guard is low-key a character foil to the Captain of the Guard, or at least, some kind of mirror opposite going on.

For example, Stan is well aware of Cassandra’s ambitions to be a royal guard in season one and as far as “Great Expotations” shows, he’s actively helping her. In contrast, Captain is well aware but is actively dissuading her, with the whole “I don’t think you’re ready to be a guard” + Cass being like “my dad’s standards and expectations for me are higher than for anyone else”

Another example is that while still being a royal guard, Stan will kind of... look the other way when the main cast break rules and protocol, even if it effects him negatively. He’s flexible. Meanwhile Captain is rigid. Everything has to have a procedure and whatnot. Stan is sociable and is likable to the main cast vs Captain being standoffish and well, not unlikeable to the main cast but he comes up as a wall in their plot path several times.

[tenshichan1013]

tangled the series series bible 5 of 8

[nerdasaurus1200]

Some little details about this that I love

Hector petting his rhino

Ruddiger almost laying his head on Varian

Catalina and Angry holding hands

Lance reaching out for the girl

Everyone else laying down like an angry cat

[rta-user-2025]

Pete and Stan

[p-p-panda]

[OC: Furcas] He’s been waiting