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I have been consuming your Slumbering Prince Ford content with great delight and now my brain is buzzing abt it :333

How long does Ford stay in the dream?? I mean mostly in reality though how long past the 30 years recreation time in his time??

What happens with the rescue attempt? Is Ford still in the dream when his family comes? Do they find him still just knocked the fuck out and do they take him off like still sleeping? Does he remain in the dream as long as Bill wants him to?? Could be kinda fun if they use the mindscape spell to enter and try and break him out if so or something or other >:33 imagine seeing your whimsical puppet self. Mabel land 2.0….

I really like pissed off ‘awakened’ Ford who’s like. Bitch what. But the fact he’s still in after being awakened does make me curious how he can theoretically get out / what actually is enough to wake him full time.

And the whole throne is in the dream?? That’s so sick. How does one even begin to navigate that?? Seriously so cool hehehe I really like the aesthetic of the whole thing >:33

GLAD YOU LIKE IT im so glad i took the chnace to just be super awesome self indulgent and fun with an au like i should've it's been fun 👍 now let me consult my google doc....

in reality i want to say this takes place when bill would normally be electrocuting ford, so like..... a few hours??? or more??? which is really going to be crazy for him when he proerly wake sup. holy whiplash. 30years fo fake memroies p+ the 30 real ones and layering each one over each other like which parts are common with each other? what seed of truth did bill use to base his lie on? as for in the dream..... well. hehehe. im 8k words into the fic (but have been slacking on it) and i was gonna have him there for a while even after he 'gfains awareness' because. well. he's gotta figure a way to PROPERLY get out, you know? so as of now its up in the airrrr

you're spot on they DO find him passed the fuck out LMAOOOO. and as i said before im still writing a possible fic but it's not like 100% planned so the idea of the having to break in and do a sidequest before saving the waking world for real... shitttt.... you're onto something.... (taking notes). originally i was gonna have ford have to figure a way out himself but this... smiles... this is a good thought. dipper would fight his own puppet-self like how he really hates dippy fresh i think. but the puppet is less like dippy fresh so maybe dipper hates him a little less

(i'm split between wanting to explain and also be like YESSS at these ideas but at the same time im like. does this trechnically count as spoiling my own au??? LMAOOO but no no i do want to talk about it sooo like...)

and tahnk you!!! yes ford is so pissed man. like he's stuck is starry whimsy land while there are real problem's he has to worry about out there AND he can't seem to wake up like usual. let him out!!!as for what it would take to wake him. well. we will have to wait and see :) <- voice of a guy who actually hasn't trhought of it yet. yes im so well planned what are you talking about.

Oh boy that’s gonna be crazy for him 😭😭😭 his whole life and the double and it’s like. Reality from memory?? Sometimes in my dreams my brain will make up fake past memories and I’ll be confused if they actually happened when I wake up. Like… did I go on that trip with my family?! Memory is not such a stable concept as we like to believe and even with no magic it’s very easy to implant fake memories in someone’s mind :,)

Stan standing over Ford like “oh great my brother’s in a fuckass coma and shaking him isn’t working— ISHEDEAD?!?— no okay. Fine I gotta carry him princess style ig >:/“

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Happy to provide my services (asking way too many fuckign quesions)

Bwahaha no worries I shall not ask spoilers if you have a work in progress >:333 I get the want to talk abt it tho bc like… sometimes I’ll get a comment on a fic chapter and be physically fighting back an “WELL INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH—“ HFHDHDJF

Man imagine the world is ending outside and you’re stuck in princess whimsy land 😭😭 does Bill try and get him back ‘asleep’ after he ‘wakes’ within his dream?? Could imagine the puppet town being kinda scary mabel-land core…,.. like a whimsical zombie apocalypse

HDHSJDHDHF rare collectibles 😭😭

YEP YEP YEP memories and dreams man... i was writing for this au and then i had a giggle to myself becsuse like. One brother with false extra memories and one who gets memory wiped. Wow. *flame text* THE MEMORY BROTHERS!!!!

THE MEMORY BROTHERS love that HFHSHDJHDF between them they have 1 (one) coherent understanding of reality but who knows how often it lines up. Ford on the boat like: hey remember when [xyz] happened? And Stan is like: ??? No??? And then they have joy of joys time pondering if that’s an Oopsie on Ford OR Stan’s part.

So many options that can be explored with that 😭😭 like they could have a ‘fight’ in the dream realm when Ford is aware and Bill is trying to unaware him then he gets called back for the Shacktron fight and that leaves Ford going (haunted expression) something just happened.,,.,. (Squints suspiciously) and then he has to wait like. 3 weeks to figure out what (if you include like family/figuring out how to exit time) HFFHDJDHDJF. On the other hand, him just sitting there pissed off for like a month or two in in-dream time going “OH GREAT HE PUTS ME INTO THIS HELL THEN HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE THE DECENCY TO SHOW HIS BITCH ASS” or even like Pines walking in and Bill is like omgggg not now I’m trying to manifest into your Grunkle’s dreams rn he’s being such a bitchhhhh hddhhdhdhfd

There’s so many ways one can commit to the bit and I think that’s beautiful….

AND YES YE SO MANY OPTIONS bill goes "hold on---ugh wait i need to do something" and he just. disapears mid-argument. yeah sorry he's got things to deal with in the waking world. I'VE GOT PLENTY TO WORK WITH FOR HOW I DO THIS GHGHSGHS....

So like when do they arrive in Gravity Falls?? Is it before or after Stan reopens it cause imagine they’re like okay we gotta find dad, enter the Mystery Shack, see Stan and are like ?? DAD ??

And Stan is like fuck did I seriously have a drunken one night stand sometime the last couple decades?? And then sees their hands and is like. DID FORD HAVE A DRUNKEN ONE NIGHT STAND THE LAST COUPLE DECADES?!? IS HE BACK?!?

THEN THEY SEE STAN’S HANDS and it’s like. Hello you are not our father

Anyway assuming they stick around what the hell is that like for Ford he returns from the portal and is just like. Why are my kids here (and still kids?)

HDHSHDJFG there’s so many funny possibilities I’d love to hear more

OMIGOD LITERALLY CHEERED AND CLICKED MY HEELS WHEN I SAW THIS. HI 👋 tsym i love them too i should draw them more and write about them more..... and promote them more so i can be like hiii yes ask about them (even tho i do have older posts on nova squirrelled away here somewhere...

Ford ABSOLUTELY falls into the portal... In fact, he falls in with the impression that his awesome children creaturelings are dead or doomed because bill took custody so. Shhhh.

They arrive in Gravity Falls a few months before canon to get time to acclimatise! I love love love when a character from the past has to get used to all this crazy future stuff (or just our present) and the last time Nik and Nova were humans on earth was in the 80s so rip to them 💔 And YES you were spot on about their reaction to Stan it is genuinely "pa?? *sees hands* NOT PA???"

(Wait i just had a brainwave as I was typing this. Very early original lore Bill and Ford are "dad and pa" but now im considering the angst potential of feeling like your evil father as your alien children refer to you with the same name you did to yours... fuuuuuck.... might have to actually think about the lore significance of this or change it or address it this is a good thinking exercise.)

Stan's reaction I did not consider it this way but honestly?? I have not rewritten Nova's (and now also Nik by proxy's) lore since late 2024. I might have to make this canon thank you so much for this idea its hilarious im shaking your hand

They do stick around!! Haven't thought about it too much (but I should) about how they may alter specific episodes with their presence (or simply might not even be in some to supervise their 12 year old errrr. Relatives. They're not cousins, but it would feel weird to be an aunt/uncle/IDK what they would actually be on the tree, wouldn't it? They're too young for this!!!)

Portal and NWHS ATOTS I HAVE thought about though and yes it was going to be painful. Ford's first thought upon seeing them instead is, "who the fuck are these imposters. This is cruel." Because. Well. A part of him has convinced himself along the 30 years that they're long dead or gone because of Bill now. Because he shouldn't allow himself to hope. But no, they're here now (impostors) so he does the first thing he thinks of and pulls his gun on them. And,"who are you and why are you pretending to be... them. What? Are you the shapeshifter, maybe?"

(A part of me worries about ooc whenever i get too self indulgent as i write and story but. Whatever. Follow your dreams)

So obviously Nova is PISSED AS FUCKKKKKKK

Nik is there too but he has a big heart and a scared face. He was literally so happy a second before like he was expecting a fairytale reunion fuck his stupid chungus life 💔

Nova's like "What the HELL are you on about?"

And Ford's all "My children are dead. Bill Cipher made sure of that a long time ago. The question remains: who are you?"

Every else is live reacting like "what the fuckkkkkkk" lore drop

Nova probably summons flames at some point for the first time in public properly because 1. Gacha/anime/little kid "my powers follow my emotions!!!" And 2. She's been careful not to show off crazy demon powers (of which i ahve not decided the rules of yet. Can't have her too op!) but this is a serious moment.

Anywyas a bunch of other stuff happens... Ford is like "fuckkkk.. theyre real and i fucked up my reunion with them soooo badddd.... i need to hide in the basement and never show my face again....." but they all get along happy times in the end i prommy. GOD i need to get back to their lore... write more oneshots on them as a duo.... there are some old nova comics on here but they are a bit outdate dand before i invented Nik

Awww man 😭😭 Ford thought Bill killed his own children just out of spite bc they were also Ford’s?? That’s messseddd upppp but also it makes sense for what we all know of Bill but OUGHHH that adds like 7 layers to the vendetta hellhole that is their relationship what the heckkkkk??

HDHSJHDF I noticed they called him Pa on the art and I was like *haunted faraway look* hooooohhhh that has complicated emotions attached. I can only imagine for Stan that would also be like the equivalent of throwing a live grenade at him upon meeting. Especially with how he recoils at any comparisons to how he looks like his dad in the show.

Hehehehehe yessss >:3333

Honestly I think calling them Aunt / Uncle would be hilarious for the twins. It does happen sometimes! I have relatives who are siblings and one is like 20+ years older than the other. But I feel like maybe it’s something they could play for the bit 😭😭😂

Awwhhhh 😭😭 I feel so bad for them and their reunion going wrong but plssss kiddos don’t be mad your father has megaparanoia 🥺🥺 he only reacted like that BECAUSE he cares enough about you to think someone would trick him to hurt him.,,.,.. ougghhh

Then there’s the mortifying ordeal of ‘my father has gone through literal hell for 30 years, now he’s very old and also very murderous (possibly, depending on how you write Ford)’ and that’s it’s whole own adaptation.

And yes yes YUEAGHHH i cannot believe i've only considered the implications of that now wat the heck. Man. MAN. Literally had Nova since 2024 and didn't even connect the dots once smh.... but oh well because yay i get to think of it now. Live grenade description is correct I'm giggling,..,., im imagining a world where someday pa turns into 'pops,' or 'my old man' in both an ironic way but also in a really cartoon classic way. Also because my sister says 'pops' sometimes and it makes me laugh. Pops feels so teenage children in a cartoon who are going out to rebel to me

God them being aunts ans uncle would be so funny if teithe rof them were called that it would be like "DONT... THAT MAKES US SOUND SO OLD EW EW EWWWWW" ok remind HOW long you were gone again....

Ans yes the time dilation and their less-than-pleasant first reunion in a long time is so fucked wdym their dad is that old now.... "wdym we missed that much.... MAN. MAN!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOO WE MISSED SO MUCH WE LOST SO MUCH TIME!!! AHHH!!!! And he still has whimsy sure but now. Alsoa haunted look in his eye... what the helly..."

Do you think Ford would mention the whole ‘uh yeah your father told me he fucking killed you both btw so ??? Or is that something they’d have to figure out in their own time later?? What would you even think about that??

Like sure the reunion is rocky but then you learn your dad has been grieving you for 30+ years and you just rocked up in his house directly after the most emotionally loaded 10 minutes of his life HFHDJFHJDG

And it’s like oh great now our father is haunted now [throws hands in the air] and he’s old as fuck!!! Wonder if there’s any magical or science bullshittery they can do to get some more time on that front ?? Hmm.

Okay okay so I’m gonna go feral abt weirdmageddon. On the Ford front - how the hell does this go??

Does Bill still capture him at the start? Are Nova and Nikola with him and Dipper or are they off somewhere ?? Does Ford still trophy him or is he more waxing poetic about family??

I could see Bill going either way on the “proceed as usual, unfreeze the old man when he has use and then try and torture him for the equation” direction - which, lots of potential for the N twins there bc one of your dads is torturing the other one (and where are they? In the fearamid just hanging around? Or does he keep them there in ‘time out’?)

Then I could also see him going the other way and trying to gather the family up and using the twisted concept of a nuclear family image to try and goad Ford into joining him like. Just sitting around a dinner table with one dad chained down like “isn’t this so nice :))) don’t you wanna be a family again” and it could be all sick and all appearances and junk.

I feel like at some point if they sit down about it Ford's gonna be like "yeah.... so I was under that impression because he literally told me so... sigh...." and they will be like WHAT. WHAT. I mean they were alr kind of pissed at him for being both deadbeat and also tormenting the rest of their family but this is the cherry on top i feel. and yes it's a very thousand yard stare moment for them like "oh this is serious..."

On that note my current explanation for how this works right now is that if they appear in a bill-featured episode that lies BEFORRE NWHS, I need a way for them to not immediately be exposed for him being their terrible terrible dad right off the bat because i want to save the reveal. so, my current band-aid solution: he lowkey doesn't recognise them at first if/when they come face to face. The last time he left them in that slowed-time dreamworld they were cutesy little stars, and so when he sees these human teenagers he's like "hm.... I feel like I'm forgetting something... actually I wonder how the kids are doing I forgot to take them out fo 'babysitting time' haha whoops...." Bro 😭If it hits him the second time around then I'm probably going to employ the method of "cartoonishly goofy-yet-convenient ways of shutting him up," hushed conversations in short cutscenes when others are out of earshot, and maybe if at most dire everyone else goes "what was that supposed to mean" and then the two fo them play dumb like "yeah I don't know either... this guy sounds crazy...." They are doing a whole new LEVEL of pretending you don't know your parents because they're embarrassing you. this is "pretending to not know your dad because he's embarrassingly evil" they are JUST like movie lloyd garmadon. almost.

MAGIC OR SCIENCE BULLSHITTERY.... you're onto something there...

WEIRDMAGEDDON!!!! Or, their version of an incredibly terrible horrible no-good family reunion thanksgiving dinner. because Nx2have each other I am more leaning towards wanting to pair them up in some other seperate location to keep things tense... smaller little survival groups scattered throughout yk. bill probably picks up up from there like "heyo, starlings!" and then they yell and complain as he does the equivalent of picking them up by the scruff and putting them in the car

I want to say bill still trophies ford, but with his sales pitch for world domination having a little bit more of a 'family' spin on it. which. actually bill is totally rubbing his hands evilly at this like "oh you care about FAMILY.... then why not have OURS??? like our super cool evil one??? like who cares about the other ones they're boringggggg" and ford goes "you're SICK!!!!!" and bill sighs like "ok fine whatever. i bet the kids will like my idea more hmph!!!" and then chains him up and takes him out of the penthouse suite to bring the kids in instead. because at the end of it all. well. i think bill really really really wants ford to want what he wants and be on his side. but he isn't.

ALSO is this a Ford who comes back from the multiverse heavily scarred?? Is that something the Ns end up seeing and How/When at all and if so… how’s that go for them 😅 Likewise the paternal instinct of “what the fuck do you MEAN he put you in a dream for 30 years” 🤝 Team ‘Father ruined our lives for 3 decades’ highkey

Lloyd Garmadon comparisons are absolute gold btw 😭😭 which I have it on good authority that you should buy… to be fair Bill forgot about them for all of 30 years what’s a couple months more huh. They even look a bit older than before and also like he’s got other things on the mind..,.,,. But oh boy that sims - - ticker just keeps going down 😭😭 the fumbler of all time…

Unrelated Starlings is such a cute nickname 😭😭 I’ve seen some people have Bill refer to Ford as “My Star” and other such things - does Ford get a space nickname or does that only get applied to good scientists who let me into their dimension HFHJDHF

Weirdmaggeddon time is so fun because imagine like awkwardly avoiding your cringe ass dad when he like. Owns the world (highkey) atm. Like oofff that’s so embarrassing. Like they’re getting Scruffed and it’s like guyyssss don’t read into this okayyyy

HDHDHSJHFF okay but imagine from the Kids perspective your evil dad kidnaps you and takes you to the worst house ever (gaudy and 90% of it has no furniture…) and tries to get you on side (no obviously wtf) and then he’s apparently collared and chained your other dad and you’re just side eyeing him like. Okayyy. Well. That. I’m not reading into that.

HDHSJDHF Glad you like the concept eheh <33 the facade of a family moment,,..,., ohhh the symbolism..,.

honestly yeah ford would be scarred the hell up LOOK AT HIM BRO HE WAS A SPACE ADVENTURER!!!! i have an older oneshot of them where nik goes "well, you heard his story. maybe he's a really rugged space pirate now and that's why he was so... yeah." this would just corroborate that for him tbh. but still. man. this feels like what people mean when they say 'dad lore' but to an ultimate degree. "yeah my dad was lost in the multiverse for 30 years what about you." and yes yes ford is so annoyed because wdym he lied and said they were dead, AND was somehow still deadbeat by just leaving them somewhere else for 30 years. like if you're going to steal the kids at least take care of them??? hello???

BUT YES YES BIL IS A #FUMBLER ITS SOMETHING HE'S SO GOOD AT. he just forgor bro. like oh ok you took us just to forget where you left us. ok.

AND TY ON THE NICKNAME FRONT GEWHGEHGEGHJE and while you're mentioning it do not get me STARTED on the "my star" thing. i have a very special place in my heart for ford as his star because historically in past fandoms i have been in i have built up such an attachment to stars as affection and as a signifiant story thing.. guhhhmy irl friends know the context behind this (2 years of pjsk obsession and also other stuff.) BUT BACK TO THE TOPIC. back whern nova was an only child (when i first made her) she was occassionally "baby star" and "supernova" because haha stars.. looking at stars... bill cipher looking at stars... but since i've made both their shapey forms stars bill really just does remember them as little stars. sadly for this reason ford probabaly doesnt get a fun space related nickname but mayb MAYBE "my star" can make it in there in their version of canon... on rare occassions...

AND YES WEIRDMAGEDDON SI HILARIOUS this is their equivalent to like. your parent being a teacher at your school or something. but worse. they never get any normal teenage experiences its just "UGH dad stop trying to take over the world.... it's embarassing!!!" AND THE HOUSE IS TERRIBLE YOU'RE SO RIGHT GHGHGGHHS bill cant get SHIT they dont like his plans and they dont like his house. they win worst family dinner or something

STAN. STANNNNN. oh my goodness. i am very subscribed to the idea that he eventually explains some of it while they're on their sailing trip but then that leaves weirdmageddon... yeha i dont thinhk stan would get that particular tidbit of knowledge uness he really did walk in on the worst family dinner ever. which is hilarious and i will be imagining it. "it's NOT what it looks like" are we sure?

😭😭 took the kids full on out of spite. Took them just to neglect them. Fatherhood 100. Ford’s dad lore is insane like sighhh this reminds me of the time I got vivisected :/ and they’re just like WHAT. Or ugh Bill is so evil and obsessive I remember he put a Galaxy up for a bounty on my head :// or even yeah I used to cheat in the gambling dimension for fun then the time cops started trying to murder me on sight so I only went there if I really needed cash after that ://

Can’t even be surprised Bill is a fumbler tbh he literally has no swag the only reason his cringefail self was able to bag a dude like Ford is because he used manipulation tactic 101 and lied a bunch (or maybe got a little TOO truthful) but bro was not ready for fatherhood. Tbh I don’t know if Ford was either. It’s really funny that both of them (and Stan) are associated with the ‘it’s optional to grow up’ phrase canonically and Bill describes Ford’s mind as ‘half that of a genius and the other half is stuck at 18’ and Mabel tells Stan and Ford that they ‘kinda still are kids’. Like. Neither of these men are emotionally mature enough to raise a young life lmfao.

Auuuughhh see space nicknames with Bill hit so hard because it’s the whole Euclydia thing. That he loved the stars so much and wanted to show everyone them so badly that he accidentally killed his entire dimension.,..,..,. Ooougghggh star nicknames from Bill just have 10x impact to me because it’s like on the outside/to observers it’s just like oh yeah cosmic deity star nickname that makes sense but to Bill that’s legit just. The most valuable / treasured thing he can refer to you as. Star shapey forms is so cute 😭😭

Speaking of, how to Nova and Nikola age? At the same rate as humans? Faster? Slower? Are they immortal like dad1, do they live longer/shorter than an ordinary human, or same lifespan as dad2? And how does a family..,.., navigate these differences. I can imagine Weirdmageddon Bill would just be like ‘well it doesn’t matter since I control time itself I can just keep everyone exactly how I want them forever :)’ but like outside of that… man there’s a lot of O-O it’s like poking a nest of hornets bwahahah

Bill is so bad at everything 😭😭😭 does he get a complex about it or go >:( no. It is clearly the family who are wrong….

Do the kids end up getting chained down like their Pa or is Bill like eh they’re not as good at escaping / directly relevant as Ford is. Idgaf.

God imagine Stan walking into the worst family dinner ever though 😭😭 FORD IVE COME TO RESCUE YOU—- / sees his twin brother chained down with just his head in his hands whilst Bill tries to ‘honey, sweetie, darling’ him and two kids are sitting there cringing and it’s like pass the salt please and it’s like. The food is inedible. Probably.

Does Bill consider him and Ford married? I know the ‘from now til the end of time’ thing is kinda. Wedding vows esque. I could see him trying to spin that angle during Weirdmageddon at least. I’m always a fan of ‘married’ Ford getting the double wedding rings since he has 2 ring fingers lmao. Bill just getting up to bullshittery is really funny to me JDHSHF

Either that or Ford is just his ‘baby daddy’ which is an awful phrase to associate with him tbh JFHSHDKHF

And yeah. Your embarassing dads who are like the worst people for this probably </3 not only are they cringe but they are so bad at this. The true tragedy of Nik and Nova </3

AND YES TO THE SPACE THING star/space nicknames wih extra weight behind them.... aughhh. It gets me man. Gutpunch

AGES.... LAUGHS NERVOUSLY.... i considered it ONCE and then decided to shelve it for later because. Wow. How much more am i gonna hurt them??? Imagine they outlive even more of their family and any friends either of them makes... man... MAN...

MOVING ON bill's got the whole family flipping him off but yeah he is really goods at convincing himself of things methinks. "No THEYRE wrong they just dont understand interior design!! Hmph!!" Crossing his arms "why cant we be a nice happy family" you know why.

Now see I wouldnt want to chain up the poor kids... but would bill? Well honestly i like the idea he doesnt take them seriously and just tells the henchies "yo let me know if they wander off" so that when one goes "hey those kids you brought in are trying to escape again" he just teleports there, picks them up, and then does NOT take their attempts all that seriously. "Haha nice try you two! Now back into the penthouse you go!" Nova especially is miffed at this . Like i guess it's a good thing they arent REALLY super trapped but at the same time damn youre not even going to take their escape attempts as serious threats? They worked hard on those!

Bill's doing a terrible 50s surburban family parody with them it's gotta be the most awwkard thing stan has ever seen LMAOOOO. Also remembering that stan didnt even WANT to go back for ford at first so imagine not wanting to go and then being stuck with this scenario </3 Bill doesn't even like the family picturesque scenario I think he's just doing it for the bit 😭

End of time is SO wedding vows esque but also once i again i dont even think bill gives a fuck about family structures or weddings except for maybe the dramatics and just for fun. Because weddings are still parties a little bit. He'll just play into whatever bits he's got and sometimes ya gotta play up the (literal) trophy wife angle... like pspspsps come on say yes... (ford is NOT saying yes bruh)

Eheheh groovy space nonsense my beloved <333 wonder if one can read into the fact that a Supernova is the death of a star,…

Bwahaha I do not see it I am looking away.,,.

I like to imagine both kids use their six fingered hand to do the signature double flip off.

Someone get the fumbler on that one TV show where they interior design shitty houses I feel like the attention is the only way people could get him to let them fix that whole mess. Black walls and black floors makes a space look so much darker and smaller smh.

“Why can’t we be a happy family” -man actively holding said family hostage. HFHSHDJHDF that’s sucks so bad for the kids like he’s not even taking them seriously. He’s just being weird with their other dad. I assume they wouldn’t wanna leave Ford behind? Would Nova (and Nikola?) be able to influence Bill’s magic at all? Since it’s the same stuff would they be able to like. Destroy the chains, or is it the case that like Bill’s is way stronger so on they stay arp.

(Silliness when I read that:

Stan: (breaks down the door)

Bill: oh great it’s the in-laws 🙄 (sitcom laugh track)

Ford: just kill me

Stan: why is there a picket fence house and a HOA in here.

Ford: I don’t even know where he got those guys

HOA: your lawn is too long )

HFHSHDJHDF idk why I felt the need to write that out.

supoernova being a death of a star is GRIM and ironic... guhughgh... my poor twin stars </3 and yeaghhhh they dont wan tto leave ford behind. not when they just all reunited! out fo the two of them nova is better at demon-power-stuffs (a fact she's not entirely fond of considering it makes her moresimilar to their cringefailure world domniator father,) but overall I'm not sure it would be enough to rival bill entirely. rip

I have been consuming your Slumbering Prince Ford content with great delight and now my brain is buzzing abt it :333

How long does Ford stay in the dream?? I mean mostly in reality though how long past the 30 years recreation time in his time??

What happens with the rescue attempt? Is Ford still in the dream when his family comes? Do they find him still just knocked the fuck out and do they take him off like still sleeping? Does he remain in the dream as long as Bill wants him to?? Could be kinda fun if they use the mindscape spell to enter and try and break him out if so or something or other >:33 imagine seeing your whimsical puppet self. Mabel land 2.0….

I really like pissed off ‘awakened’ Ford who’s like. Bitch what. But the fact he’s still in after being awakened does make me curious how he can theoretically get out / what actually is enough to wake him full time.

And the whole throne is in the dream?? That’s so sick. How does one even begin to navigate that?? Seriously so cool hehehe I really like the aesthetic of the whole thing >:33

GLAD YOU LIKE IT im so glad i took the chnace to just be super awesome self indulgent and fun with an au like i should've it's been fun 👍 now let me consult my google doc....

in reality i want to say this takes place when bill would normally be electrocuting ford, so like..... a few hours??? or more??? which is really going to be crazy for him when he proerly wake sup. holy whiplash. 30years fo fake memroies p+ the 30 real ones and layering each one over each other like which parts are common with each other? what seed of truth did bill use to base his lie on? as for in the dream..... well. hehehe. im 8k words into the fic (but have been slacking on it) and i was gonna have him there for a while even after he 'gfains awareness' because. well. he's gotta figure a way to PROPERLY get out, you know? so as of now its up in the airrrr

you're spot on they DO find him passed the fuck out LMAOOOO. and as i said before im still writing a possible fic but it's not like 100% planned so the idea of the having to break in and do a sidequest before saving the waking world for real... shitttt.... you're onto something.... (taking notes). originally i was gonna have ford have to figure a way out himself but this... smiles... this is a good thought. dipper would fight his own puppet-self like how he really hates dippy fresh i think. but the puppet is less like dippy fresh so maybe dipper hates him a little less

(i'm split between wanting to explain and also be like YESSS at these ideas but at the same time im like. does this trechnically count as spoiling my own au??? LMAOOO but no no i do want to talk about it sooo like...)

and tahnk you!!! yes ford is so pissed man. like he's stuck is starry whimsy land while there are real problem's he has to worry about out there AND he can't seem to wake up like usual. let him out!!!as for what it would take to wake him. well. we will have to wait and see :) <- voice of a guy who actually hasn't trhought of it yet. yes im so well planned what are you talking about.

Oh boy that’s gonna be crazy for him 😭😭😭 his whole life and the double and it’s like. Reality from memory?? Sometimes in my dreams my brain will make up fake past memories and I’ll be confused if they actually happened when I wake up. Like… did I go on that trip with my family?! Memory is not such a stable concept as we like to believe and even with no magic it’s very easy to implant fake memories in someone’s mind :,)

Stan standing over Ford like “oh great my brother’s in a fuckass coma and shaking him isn’t working— ISHEDEAD?!?— no okay. Fine I gotta carry him princess style ig >:/“

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Happy to provide my services (asking way too many fuckign quesions)

Bwahaha no worries I shall not ask spoilers if you have a work in progress >:333 I get the want to talk abt it tho bc like… sometimes I’ll get a comment on a fic chapter and be physically fighting back an “WELL INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH—“ HFHDHDJF

Man imagine the world is ending outside and you’re stuck in princess whimsy land 😭😭 does Bill try and get him back ‘asleep’ after he ‘wakes’ within his dream?? Could imagine the puppet town being kinda scary mabel-land core…,.. like a whimsical zombie apocalypse

HDHSJDHDHF rare collectibles 😭😭

YEP YEP YEP memories and dreams man... i was writing for this au and then i had a giggle to myself becsuse like. One brother with false extra memories and one who gets memory wiped. Wow. *flame text* THE MEMORY BROTHERS!!!!

So like when do they arrive in Gravity Falls?? Is it before or after Stan reopens it cause imagine they’re like okay we gotta find dad, enter the Mystery Shack, see Stan and are like ?? DAD ??

And Stan is like fuck did I seriously have a drunken one night stand sometime the last couple decades?? And then sees their hands and is like. DID FORD HAVE A DRUNKEN ONE NIGHT STAND THE LAST COUPLE DECADES?!? IS HE BACK?!?

THEN THEY SEE STAN’S HANDS and it’s like. Hello you are not our father

Anyway assuming they stick around what the hell is that like for Ford he returns from the portal and is just like. Why are my kids here (and still kids?)

HDHSHDJFG there’s so many funny possibilities I’d love to hear more

OMIGOD LITERALLY CHEERED AND CLICKED MY HEELS WHEN I SAW THIS. HI 👋 tsym i love them too i should draw them more and write about them more..... and promote them more so i can be like hiii yes ask about them (even tho i do have older posts on nova squirrelled away here somewhere...

Ford ABSOLUTELY falls into the portal... In fact, he falls in with the impression that his awesome children creaturelings are dead or doomed because bill took custody so. Shhhh.

They arrive in Gravity Falls a few months before canon to get time to acclimatise! I love love love when a character from the past has to get used to all this crazy future stuff (or just our present) and the last time Nik and Nova were humans on earth was in the 80s so rip to them 💔 And YES you were spot on about their reaction to Stan it is genuinely "pa?? *sees hands* NOT PA???"

(Wait i just had a brainwave as I was typing this. Very early original lore Bill and Ford are "dad and pa" but now im considering the angst potential of feeling like your evil father as your alien children refer to you with the same name you did to yours... fuuuuuck.... might have to actually think about the lore significance of this or change it or address it this is a good thinking exercise.)

Stan's reaction I did not consider it this way but honestly?? I have not rewritten Nova's (and now also Nik by proxy's) lore since late 2024. I might have to make this canon thank you so much for this idea its hilarious im shaking your hand

They do stick around!! Haven't thought about it too much (but I should) about how they may alter specific episodes with their presence (or simply might not even be in some to supervise their 12 year old errrr. Relatives. They're not cousins, but it would feel weird to be an aunt/uncle/IDK what they would actually be on the tree, wouldn't it? They're too young for this!!!)

Portal and NWHS ATOTS I HAVE thought about though and yes it was going to be painful. Ford's first thought upon seeing them instead is, "who the fuck are these imposters. This is cruel." Because. Well. A part of him has convinced himself along the 30 years that they're long dead or gone because of Bill now. Because he shouldn't allow himself to hope. But no, they're here now (impostors) so he does the first thing he thinks of and pulls his gun on them. And,"who are you and why are you pretending to be... them. What? Are you the shapeshifter, maybe?"

(A part of me worries about ooc whenever i get too self indulgent as i write and story but. Whatever. Follow your dreams)

So obviously Nova is PISSED AS FUCKKKKKKK

Nik is there too but he has a big heart and a scared face. He was literally so happy a second before like he was expecting a fairytale reunion fuck his stupid chungus life 💔

Nova's like "What the HELL are you on about?"

And Ford's all "My children are dead. Bill Cipher made sure of that a long time ago. The question remains: who are you?"

Every else is live reacting like "what the fuckkkkkkk" lore drop

Nova probably summons flames at some point for the first time in public properly because 1. Gacha/anime/little kid "my powers follow my emotions!!!" And 2. She's been careful not to show off crazy demon powers (of which i ahve not decided the rules of yet. Can't have her too op!) but this is a serious moment.

Anywyas a bunch of other stuff happens... Ford is like "fuckkkk.. theyre real and i fucked up my reunion with them soooo badddd.... i need to hide in the basement and never show my face again....." but they all get along happy times in the end i prommy. GOD i need to get back to their lore... write more oneshots on them as a duo.... there are some old nova comics on here but they are a bit outdate dand before i invented Nik

Awww man 😭😭 Ford thought Bill killed his own children just out of spite bc they were also Ford’s?? That’s messseddd upppp but also it makes sense for what we all know of Bill but OUGHHH that adds like 7 layers to the vendetta hellhole that is their relationship what the heckkkkk??

HDHSJHDF I noticed they called him Pa on the art and I was like *haunted faraway look* hooooohhhh that has complicated emotions attached. I can only imagine for Stan that would also be like the equivalent of throwing a live grenade at him upon meeting. Especially with how he recoils at any comparisons to how he looks like his dad in the show.

Hehehehehe yessss >:3333

Honestly I think calling them Aunt / Uncle would be hilarious for the twins. It does happen sometimes! I have relatives who are siblings and one is like 20+ years older than the other. But I feel like maybe it’s something they could play for the bit 😭😭😂

Awwhhhh 😭😭 I feel so bad for them and their reunion going wrong but plssss kiddos don’t be mad your father has megaparanoia 🥺🥺 he only reacted like that BECAUSE he cares enough about you to think someone would trick him to hurt him.,,.,.. ougghhh

Then there’s the mortifying ordeal of ‘my father has gone through literal hell for 30 years, now he’s very old and also very murderous (possibly, depending on how you write Ford)’ and that’s it’s whole own adaptation.

And yes yes YUEAGHHH i cannot believe i've only considered the implications of that now wat the heck. Man. MAN. Literally had Nova since 2024 and didn't even connect the dots once smh.... but oh well because yay i get to think of it now. Live grenade description is correct I'm giggling,..,., im imagining a world where someday pa turns into 'pops,' or 'my old man' in both an ironic way but also in a really cartoon classic way. Also because my sister says 'pops' sometimes and it makes me laugh. Pops feels so teenage children in a cartoon who are going out to rebel to me

God them being aunts ans uncle would be so funny if teithe rof them were called that it would be like "DONT... THAT MAKES US SOUND SO OLD EW EW EWWWWW" ok remind HOW long you were gone again....

Ans yes the time dilation and their less-than-pleasant first reunion in a long time is so fucked wdym their dad is that old now.... "wdym we missed that much.... MAN. MAN!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOO WE MISSED SO MUCH WE LOST SO MUCH TIME!!! AHHH!!!! And he still has whimsy sure but now. Alsoa haunted look in his eye... what the helly..."

Do you think Ford would mention the whole ‘uh yeah your father told me he fucking killed you both btw so ??? Or is that something they’d have to figure out in their own time later?? What would you even think about that??

Like sure the reunion is rocky but then you learn your dad has been grieving you for 30+ years and you just rocked up in his house directly after the most emotionally loaded 10 minutes of his life HFHDJFHJDG

And it’s like oh great now our father is haunted now [throws hands in the air] and he’s old as fuck!!! Wonder if there’s any magical or science bullshittery they can do to get some more time on that front ?? Hmm.

Okay okay so I’m gonna go feral abt weirdmageddon. On the Ford front - how the hell does this go??

Does Bill still capture him at the start? Are Nova and Nikola with him and Dipper or are they off somewhere ?? Does Ford still trophy him or is he more waxing poetic about family??

I could see Bill going either way on the “proceed as usual, unfreeze the old man when he has use and then try and torture him for the equation” direction - which, lots of potential for the N twins there bc one of your dads is torturing the other one (and where are they? In the fearamid just hanging around? Or does he keep them there in ‘time out’?)

Then I could also see him going the other way and trying to gather the family up and using the twisted concept of a nuclear family image to try and goad Ford into joining him like. Just sitting around a dinner table with one dad chained down like “isn’t this so nice :))) don’t you wanna be a family again” and it could be all sick and all appearances and junk.

I feel like at some point if they sit down about it Ford's gonna be like "yeah.... so I was under that impression because he literally told me so... sigh...." and they will be like WHAT. WHAT. I mean they were alr kind of pissed at him for being both deadbeat and also tormenting the rest of their family but this is the cherry on top i feel. and yes it's a very thousand yard stare moment for them like "oh this is serious..."

On that note my current explanation for how this works right now is that if they appear in a bill-featured episode that lies BEFORRE NWHS, I need a way for them to not immediately be exposed for him being their terrible terrible dad right off the bat because i want to save the reveal. so, my current band-aid solution: he lowkey doesn't recognise them at first if/when they come face to face. The last time he left them in that slowed-time dreamworld they were cutesy little stars, and so when he sees these human teenagers he's like "hm.... I feel like I'm forgetting something... actually I wonder how the kids are doing I forgot to take them out fo 'babysitting time' haha whoops...." Bro 😭If it hits him the second time around then I'm probably going to employ the method of "cartoonishly goofy-yet-convenient ways of shutting him up," hushed conversations in short cutscenes when others are out of earshot, and maybe if at most dire everyone else goes "what was that supposed to mean" and then the two fo them play dumb like "yeah I don't know either... this guy sounds crazy...." They are doing a whole new LEVEL of pretending you don't know your parents because they're embarrassing you. this is "pretending to not know your dad because he's embarrassingly evil" they are JUST like movie lloyd garmadon. almost.

MAGIC OR SCIENCE BULLSHITTERY.... you're onto something there...

WEIRDMAGEDDON!!!! Or, their version of an incredibly terrible horrible no-good family reunion thanksgiving dinner. because Nx2have each other I am more leaning towards wanting to pair them up in some other seperate location to keep things tense... smaller little survival groups scattered throughout yk. bill probably picks up up from there like "heyo, starlings!" and then they yell and complain as he does the equivalent of picking them up by the scruff and putting them in the car

I want to say bill still trophies ford, but with his sales pitch for world domination having a little bit more of a 'family' spin on it. which. actually bill is totally rubbing his hands evilly at this like "oh you care about FAMILY.... then why not have OURS??? like our super cool evil one??? like who cares about the other ones they're boringggggg" and ford goes "you're SICK!!!!!" and bill sighs like "ok fine whatever. i bet the kids will like my idea more hmph!!!" and then chains him up and takes him out of the penthouse suite to bring the kids in instead. because at the end of it all. well. i think bill really really really wants ford to want what he wants and be on his side. but he isn't.

ALSO is this a Ford who comes back from the multiverse heavily scarred?? Is that something the Ns end up seeing and How/When at all and if so… how’s that go for them 😅 Likewise the paternal instinct of “what the fuck do you MEAN he put you in a dream for 30 years” 🤝 Team ‘Father ruined our lives for 3 decades’ highkey

Lloyd Garmadon comparisons are absolute gold btw 😭😭 which I have it on good authority that you should buy… to be fair Bill forgot about them for all of 30 years what’s a couple months more huh. They even look a bit older than before and also like he’s got other things on the mind..,.,,. But oh boy that sims - - ticker just keeps going down 😭😭 the fumbler of all time…

Unrelated Starlings is such a cute nickname 😭😭 I’ve seen some people have Bill refer to Ford as “My Star” and other such things - does Ford get a space nickname or does that only get applied to good scientists who let me into their dimension HFHJDHF

Weirdmaggeddon time is so fun because imagine like awkwardly avoiding your cringe ass dad when he like. Owns the world (highkey) atm. Like oofff that’s so embarrassing. Like they’re getting Scruffed and it’s like guyyssss don’t read into this okayyyy

HDHDHSJHFF okay but imagine from the Kids perspective your evil dad kidnaps you and takes you to the worst house ever (gaudy and 90% of it has no furniture…) and tries to get you on side (no obviously wtf) and then he’s apparently collared and chained your other dad and you’re just side eyeing him like. Okayyy. Well. That. I’m not reading into that.

HDHSJDHF Glad you like the concept eheh <33 the facade of a family moment,,..,., ohhh the symbolism..,.

honestly yeah ford would be scarred the hell up LOOK AT HIM BRO HE WAS A SPACE ADVENTURER!!!! i have an older oneshot of them where nik goes "well, you heard his story. maybe he's a really rugged space pirate now and that's why he was so... yeah." this would just corroborate that for him tbh. but still. man. this feels like what people mean when they say 'dad lore' but to an ultimate degree. "yeah my dad was lost in the multiverse for 30 years what about you." and yes yes ford is so annoyed because wdym he lied and said they were dead, AND was somehow still deadbeat by just leaving them somewhere else for 30 years. like if you're going to steal the kids at least take care of them??? hello???

BUT YES YES BIL IS A #FUMBLER ITS SOMETHING HE'S SO GOOD AT. he just forgor bro. like oh ok you took us just to forget where you left us. ok.

AND TY ON THE NICKNAME FRONT GEWHGEHGEGHJE and while you're mentioning it do not get me STARTED on the "my star" thing. i have a very special place in my heart for ford as his star because historically in past fandoms i have been in i have built up such an attachment to stars as affection and as a signifiant story thing.. guhhhmy irl friends know the context behind this (2 years of pjsk obsession and also other stuff.) BUT BACK TO THE TOPIC. back whern nova was an only child (when i first made her) she was occassionally "baby star" and "supernova" because haha stars.. looking at stars... bill cipher looking at stars... but since i've made both their shapey forms stars bill really just does remember them as little stars. sadly for this reason ford probabaly doesnt get a fun space related nickname but mayb MAYBE "my star" can make it in there in their version of canon... on rare occassions...

AND YES WEIRDMAGEDDON SI HILARIOUS this is their equivalent to like. your parent being a teacher at your school or something. but worse. they never get any normal teenage experiences its just "UGH dad stop trying to take over the world.... it's embarassing!!!" AND THE HOUSE IS TERRIBLE YOU'RE SO RIGHT GHGHGGHHS bill cant get SHIT they dont like his plans and they dont like his house. they win worst family dinner or something

STAN. STANNNNN. oh my goodness. i am very subscribed to the idea that he eventually explains some of it while they're on their sailing trip but then that leaves weirdmageddon... yeha i dont thinhk stan would get that particular tidbit of knowledge uness he really did walk in on the worst family dinner ever. which is hilarious and i will be imagining it. "it's NOT what it looks like" are we sure?

😭😭 took the kids full on out of spite. Took them just to neglect them. Fatherhood 100. Ford’s dad lore is insane like sighhh this reminds me of the time I got vivisected :/ and they’re just like WHAT. Or ugh Bill is so evil and obsessive I remember he put a Galaxy up for a bounty on my head :// or even yeah I used to cheat in the gambling dimension for fun then the time cops started trying to murder me on sight so I only went there if I really needed cash after that ://

Can’t even be surprised Bill is a fumbler tbh he literally has no swag the only reason his cringefail self was able to bag a dude like Ford is because he used manipulation tactic 101 and lied a bunch (or maybe got a little TOO truthful) but bro was not ready for fatherhood. Tbh I don’t know if Ford was either. It’s really funny that both of them (and Stan) are associated with the ‘it’s optional to grow up’ phrase canonically and Bill describes Ford’s mind as ‘half that of a genius and the other half is stuck at 18’ and Mabel tells Stan and Ford that they ‘kinda still are kids’. Like. Neither of these men are emotionally mature enough to raise a young life lmfao.

Auuuughhh see space nicknames with Bill hit so hard because it’s the whole Euclydia thing. That he loved the stars so much and wanted to show everyone them so badly that he accidentally killed his entire dimension.,..,..,. Ooougghggh star nicknames from Bill just have 10x impact to me because it’s like on the outside/to observers it’s just like oh yeah cosmic deity star nickname that makes sense but to Bill that’s legit just. The most valuable / treasured thing he can refer to you as. Star shapey forms is so cute 😭😭

Speaking of, how to Nova and Nikola age? At the same rate as humans? Faster? Slower? Are they immortal like dad1, do they live longer/shorter than an ordinary human, or same lifespan as dad2? And how does a family..,.., navigate these differences. I can imagine Weirdmageddon Bill would just be like ‘well it doesn’t matter since I control time itself I can just keep everyone exactly how I want them forever :)’ but like outside of that… man there’s a lot of O-O it’s like poking a nest of hornets bwahahah

Bill is so bad at everything 😭😭😭 does he get a complex about it or go >:( no. It is clearly the family who are wrong….

Do the kids end up getting chained down like their Pa or is Bill like eh they’re not as good at escaping / directly relevant as Ford is. Idgaf.

God imagine Stan walking into the worst family dinner ever though 😭😭 FORD IVE COME TO RESCUE YOU—- / sees his twin brother chained down with just his head in his hands whilst Bill tries to ‘honey, sweetie, darling’ him and two kids are sitting there cringing and it’s like pass the salt please and it’s like. The food is inedible. Probably.

Does Bill consider him and Ford married? I know the ‘from now til the end of time’ thing is kinda. Wedding vows esque. I could see him trying to spin that angle during Weirdmageddon at least. I’m always a fan of ‘married’ Ford getting the double wedding rings since he has 2 ring fingers lmao. Bill just getting up to bullshittery is really funny to me JDHSHF

Either that or Ford is just his ‘baby daddy’ which is an awful phrase to associate with him tbh JFHSHDKHF

And yeah. Your embarassing dads who are like the worst people for this probably </3 not only are they cringe but they are so bad at this. The true tragedy of Nik and Nova </3

AND YES TO THE SPACE THING star/space nicknames wih extra weight behind them.... aughhh. It gets me man. Gutpunch

AGES.... LAUGHS NERVOUSLY.... i considered it ONCE and then decided to shelve it for later because. Wow. How much more am i gonna hurt them??? Imagine they outlive even more of their family and any friends either of them makes... man... MAN...

MOVING ON bill's got the whole family flipping him off but yeah he is really goods at convincing himself of things methinks. "No THEYRE wrong they just dont understand interior design!! Hmph!!" Crossing his arms "why cant we be a nice happy family" you know why.

Now see I wouldnt want to chain up the poor kids... but would bill? Well honestly i like the idea he doesnt take them seriously and just tells the henchies "yo let me know if they wander off" so that when one goes "hey those kids you brought in are trying to escape again" he just teleports there, picks them up, and then does NOT take their attempts all that seriously. "Haha nice try you two! Now back into the penthouse you go!" Nova especially is miffed at this . Like i guess it's a good thing they arent REALLY super trapped but at the same time damn youre not even going to take their escape attempts as serious threats? They worked hard on those!

Bill's doing a terrible 50s surburban family parody with them it's gotta be the most awwkard thing stan has ever seen LMAOOOO. Also remembering that stan didnt even WANT to go back for ford at first so imagine not wanting to go and then being stuck with this scenario </3 Bill doesn't even like the family picturesque scenario I think he's just doing it for the bit 😭

End of time is SO wedding vows esque but also once i again i dont even think bill gives a fuck about family structures or weddings except for maybe the dramatics and just for fun. Because weddings are still parties a little bit. He'll just play into whatever bits he's got and sometimes ya gotta play up the (literal) trophy wife angle... like pspspsps come on say yes... (ford is NOT saying yes bruh)

So like when do they arrive in Gravity Falls?? Is it before or after Stan reopens it cause imagine they’re like okay we gotta find dad, enter the Mystery Shack, see Stan and are like ?? DAD ??

And Stan is like fuck did I seriously have a drunken one night stand sometime the last couple decades?? And then sees their hands and is like. DID FORD HAVE A DRUNKEN ONE NIGHT STAND THE LAST COUPLE DECADES?!? IS HE BACK?!?

THEN THEY SEE STAN’S HANDS and it’s like. Hello you are not our father

Anyway assuming they stick around what the hell is that like for Ford he returns from the portal and is just like. Why are my kids here (and still kids?)

HDHSHDJFG there’s so many funny possibilities I’d love to hear more

OMIGOD LITERALLY CHEERED AND CLICKED MY HEELS WHEN I SAW THIS. HI 👋 tsym i love them too i should draw them more and write about them more..... and promote them more so i can be like hiii yes ask about them (even tho i do have older posts on nova squirrelled away here somewhere...

Ford ABSOLUTELY falls into the portal... In fact, he falls in with the impression that his awesome children creaturelings are dead or doomed because bill took custody so. Shhhh.

They arrive in Gravity Falls a few months before canon to get time to acclimatise! I love love love when a character from the past has to get used to all this crazy future stuff (or just our present) and the last time Nik and Nova were humans on earth was in the 80s so rip to them 💔 And YES you were spot on about their reaction to Stan it is genuinely "pa?? *sees hands* NOT PA???"

(Wait i just had a brainwave as I was typing this. Very early original lore Bill and Ford are "dad and pa" but now im considering the angst potential of feeling like your evil father as your alien children refer to you with the same name you did to yours... fuuuuuck.... might have to actually think about the lore significance of this or change it or address it this is a good thinking exercise.)

Stan's reaction I did not consider it this way but honestly?? I have not rewritten Nova's (and now also Nik by proxy's) lore since late 2024. I might have to make this canon thank you so much for this idea its hilarious im shaking your hand

They do stick around!! Haven't thought about it too much (but I should) about how they may alter specific episodes with their presence (or simply might not even be in some to supervise their 12 year old errrr. Relatives. They're not cousins, but it would feel weird to be an aunt/uncle/IDK what they would actually be on the tree, wouldn't it? They're too young for this!!!)

Portal and NWHS ATOTS I HAVE thought about though and yes it was going to be painful. Ford's first thought upon seeing them instead is, "who the fuck are these imposters. This is cruel." Because. Well. A part of him has convinced himself along the 30 years that they're long dead or gone because of Bill now. Because he shouldn't allow himself to hope. But no, they're here now (impostors) so he does the first thing he thinks of and pulls his gun on them. And,"who are you and why are you pretending to be... them. What? Are you the shapeshifter, maybe?"

(A part of me worries about ooc whenever i get too self indulgent as i write and story but. Whatever. Follow your dreams)

So obviously Nova is PISSED AS FUCKKKKKKK

Nik is there too but he has a big heart and a scared face. He was literally so happy a second before like he was expecting a fairytale reunion fuck his stupid chungus life 💔

Nova's like "What the HELL are you on about?"

And Ford's all "My children are dead. Bill Cipher made sure of that a long time ago. The question remains: who are you?"

Every else is live reacting like "what the fuckkkkkkk" lore drop

Nova probably summons flames at some point for the first time in public properly because 1. Gacha/anime/little kid "my powers follow my emotions!!!" And 2. She's been careful not to show off crazy demon powers (of which i ahve not decided the rules of yet. Can't have her too op!) but this is a serious moment.

Anywyas a bunch of other stuff happens... Ford is like "fuckkkk.. theyre real and i fucked up my reunion with them soooo badddd.... i need to hide in the basement and never show my face again....." but they all get along happy times in the end i prommy. GOD i need to get back to their lore... write more oneshots on them as a duo.... there are some old nova comics on here but they are a bit outdate dand before i invented Nik

Awww man 😭😭 Ford thought Bill killed his own children just out of spite bc they were also Ford’s?? That’s messseddd upppp but also it makes sense for what we all know of Bill but OUGHHH that adds like 7 layers to the vendetta hellhole that is their relationship what the heckkkkk??

HDHSJHDF I noticed they called him Pa on the art and I was like *haunted faraway look* hooooohhhh that has complicated emotions attached. I can only imagine for Stan that would also be like the equivalent of throwing a live grenade at him upon meeting. Especially with how he recoils at any comparisons to how he looks like his dad in the show.

Hehehehehe yessss >:3333

Honestly I think calling them Aunt / Uncle would be hilarious for the twins. It does happen sometimes! I have relatives who are siblings and one is like 20+ years older than the other. But I feel like maybe it’s something they could play for the bit 😭😭😂

Awwhhhh 😭😭 I feel so bad for them and their reunion going wrong but plssss kiddos don’t be mad your father has megaparanoia 🥺🥺 he only reacted like that BECAUSE he cares enough about you to think someone would trick him to hurt him.,,.,.. ougghhh

Then there’s the mortifying ordeal of ‘my father has gone through literal hell for 30 years, now he’s very old and also very murderous (possibly, depending on how you write Ford)’ and that’s it’s whole own adaptation.

And yes yes YUEAGHHH i cannot believe i've only considered the implications of that now wat the heck. Man. MAN. Literally had Nova since 2024 and didn't even connect the dots once smh.... but oh well because yay i get to think of it now. Live grenade description is correct I'm giggling,..,., im imagining a world where someday pa turns into 'pops,' or 'my old man' in both an ironic way but also in a really cartoon classic way. Also because my sister says 'pops' sometimes and it makes me laugh. Pops feels so teenage children in a cartoon who are going out to rebel to me

God them being aunts ans uncle would be so funny if teithe rof them were called that it would be like "DONT... THAT MAKES US SOUND SO OLD EW EW EWWWWW" ok remind HOW long you were gone again....

Ans yes the time dilation and their less-than-pleasant first reunion in a long time is so fucked wdym their dad is that old now.... "wdym we missed that much.... MAN. MAN!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOO WE MISSED SO MUCH WE LOST SO MUCH TIME!!! AHHH!!!! And he still has whimsy sure but now. Alsoa haunted look in his eye... what the helly..."

Do you think Ford would mention the whole ‘uh yeah your father told me he fucking killed you both btw so ??? Or is that something they’d have to figure out in their own time later?? What would you even think about that??

Like sure the reunion is rocky but then you learn your dad has been grieving you for 30+ years and you just rocked up in his house directly after the most emotionally loaded 10 minutes of his life HFHDJFHJDG

And it’s like oh great now our father is haunted now [throws hands in the air] and he’s old as fuck!!! Wonder if there’s any magical or science bullshittery they can do to get some more time on that front ?? Hmm.

Okay okay so I’m gonna go feral abt weirdmageddon. On the Ford front - how the hell does this go??

Does Bill still capture him at the start? Are Nova and Nikola with him and Dipper or are they off somewhere ?? Does Ford still trophy him or is he more waxing poetic about family??

I could see Bill going either way on the “proceed as usual, unfreeze the old man when he has use and then try and torture him for the equation” direction - which, lots of potential for the N twins there bc one of your dads is torturing the other one (and where are they? In the fearamid just hanging around? Or does he keep them there in ‘time out’?)

Then I could also see him going the other way and trying to gather the family up and using the twisted concept of a nuclear family image to try and goad Ford into joining him like. Just sitting around a dinner table with one dad chained down like “isn’t this so nice :))) don’t you wanna be a family again” and it could be all sick and all appearances and junk.

I feel like at some point if they sit down about it Ford's gonna be like "yeah.... so I was under that impression because he literally told me so... sigh...." and they will be like WHAT. WHAT. I mean they were alr kind of pissed at him for being both deadbeat and also tormenting the rest of their family but this is the cherry on top i feel. and yes it's a very thousand yard stare moment for them like "oh this is serious..."

On that note my current explanation for how this works right now is that if they appear in a bill-featured episode that lies BEFORRE NWHS, I need a way for them to not immediately be exposed for him being their terrible terrible dad right off the bat because i want to save the reveal. so, my current band-aid solution: he lowkey doesn't recognise them at first if/when they come face to face. The last time he left them in that slowed-time dreamworld they were cutesy little stars, and so when he sees these human teenagers he's like "hm.... I feel like I'm forgetting something... actually I wonder how the kids are doing I forgot to take them out fo 'babysitting time' haha whoops...." Bro 😭If it hits him the second time around then I'm probably going to employ the method of "cartoonishly goofy-yet-convenient ways of shutting him up," hushed conversations in short cutscenes when others are out of earshot, and maybe if at most dire everyone else goes "what was that supposed to mean" and then the two fo them play dumb like "yeah I don't know either... this guy sounds crazy...." They are doing a whole new LEVEL of pretending you don't know your parents because they're embarrassing you. this is "pretending to not know your dad because he's embarrassingly evil" they are JUST like movie lloyd garmadon. almost.

MAGIC OR SCIENCE BULLSHITTERY.... you're onto something there...

WEIRDMAGEDDON!!!! Or, their version of an incredibly terrible horrible no-good family reunion thanksgiving dinner. because Nx2have each other I am more leaning towards wanting to pair them up in some other seperate location to keep things tense... smaller little survival groups scattered throughout yk. bill probably picks up up from there like "heyo, starlings!" and then they yell and complain as he does the equivalent of picking them up by the scruff and putting them in the car

I want to say bill still trophies ford, but with his sales pitch for world domination having a little bit more of a 'family' spin on it. which. actually bill is totally rubbing his hands evilly at this like "oh you care about FAMILY.... then why not have OURS??? like our super cool evil one??? like who cares about the other ones they're boringggggg" and ford goes "you're SICK!!!!!" and bill sighs like "ok fine whatever. i bet the kids will like my idea more hmph!!!" and then chains him up and takes him out of the penthouse suite to bring the kids in instead. because at the end of it all. well. i think bill really really really wants ford to want what he wants and be on his side. but he isn't.

ALSO is this a Ford who comes back from the multiverse heavily scarred?? Is that something the Ns end up seeing and How/When at all and if so… how’s that go for them 😅 Likewise the paternal instinct of “what the fuck do you MEAN he put you in a dream for 30 years” 🤝 Team ‘Father ruined our lives for 3 decades’ highkey

Lloyd Garmadon comparisons are absolute gold btw 😭😭 which I have it on good authority that you should buy… to be fair Bill forgot about them for all of 30 years what’s a couple months more huh. They even look a bit older than before and also like he’s got other things on the mind..,.,,. But oh boy that sims - - ticker just keeps going down 😭😭 the fumbler of all time…

Unrelated Starlings is such a cute nickname 😭😭 I’ve seen some people have Bill refer to Ford as “My Star” and other such things - does Ford get a space nickname or does that only get applied to good scientists who let me into their dimension HFHJDHF

Weirdmaggeddon time is so fun because imagine like awkwardly avoiding your cringe ass dad when he like. Owns the world (highkey) atm. Like oofff that’s so embarrassing. Like they’re getting Scruffed and it’s like guyyssss don’t read into this okayyyy

HDHDHSJHFF okay but imagine from the Kids perspective your evil dad kidnaps you and takes you to the worst house ever (gaudy and 90% of it has no furniture…) and tries to get you on side (no obviously wtf) and then he’s apparently collared and chained your other dad and you’re just side eyeing him like. Okayyy. Well. That. I’m not reading into that.

HDHSJDHF Glad you like the concept eheh <33 the facade of a family moment,,..,., ohhh the symbolism..,.

honestly yeah ford would be scarred the hell up LOOK AT HIM BRO HE WAS A SPACE ADVENTURER!!!! i have an older oneshot of them where nik goes "well, you heard his story. maybe he's a really rugged space pirate now and that's why he was so... yeah." this would just corroborate that for him tbh. but still. man. this feels like what people mean when they say 'dad lore' but to an ultimate degree. "yeah my dad was lost in the multiverse for 30 years what about you." and yes yes ford is so annoyed because wdym he lied and said they were dead, AND was somehow still deadbeat by just leaving them somewhere else for 30 years. like if you're going to steal the kids at least take care of them??? hello???

BUT YES YES BIL IS A #FUMBLER ITS SOMETHING HE'S SO GOOD AT. he just forgor bro. like oh ok you took us just to forget where you left us. ok.

AND TY ON THE NICKNAME FRONT GEWHGEHGEGHJE and while you're mentioning it do not get me STARTED on the "my star" thing. i have a very special place in my heart for ford as his star because historically in past fandoms i have been in i have built up such an attachment to stars as affection and as a signifiant story thing.. guhhhmy irl friends know the context behind this (2 years of pjsk obsession and also other stuff.) BUT BACK TO THE TOPIC. back whern nova was an only child (when i first made her) she was occassionally "baby star" and "supernova" because haha stars.. looking at stars... bill cipher looking at stars... but since i've made both their shapey forms stars bill really just does remember them as little stars. sadly for this reason ford probabaly doesnt get a fun space related nickname but mayb MAYBE "my star" can make it in there in their version of canon... on rare occassions...

AND YES WEIRDMAGEDDON SI HILARIOUS this is their equivalent to like. your parent being a teacher at your school or something. but worse. they never get any normal teenage experiences its just "UGH dad stop trying to take over the world.... it's embarassing!!!" AND THE HOUSE IS TERRIBLE YOU'RE SO RIGHT GHGHGGHHS bill cant get SHIT they dont like his plans and they dont like his house. they win worst family dinner or something

STAN. STANNNNN. oh my goodness. i am very subscribed to the idea that he eventually explains some of it while they're on their sailing trip but then that leaves weirdmageddon... yeha i dont thinhk stan would get that particular tidbit of knowledge uness he really did walk in on the worst family dinner ever. which is hilarious and i will be imagining it. "it's NOT what it looks like" are we sure?

So like when do they arrive in Gravity Falls?? Is it before or after Stan reopens it cause imagine they’re like okay we gotta find dad, enter the Mystery Shack, see Stan and are like ?? DAD ??

And Stan is like fuck did I seriously have a drunken one night stand sometime the last couple decades?? And then sees their hands and is like. DID FORD HAVE A DRUNKEN ONE NIGHT STAND THE LAST COUPLE DECADES?!? IS HE BACK?!?

THEN THEY SEE STAN’S HANDS and it’s like. Hello you are not our father

Anyway assuming they stick around what the hell is that like for Ford he returns from the portal and is just like. Why are my kids here (and still kids?)

HDHSHDJFG there’s so many funny possibilities I’d love to hear more

OMIGOD LITERALLY CHEERED AND CLICKED MY HEELS WHEN I SAW THIS. HI 👋 tsym i love them too i should draw them more and write about them more..... and promote them more so i can be like hiii yes ask about them (even tho i do have older posts on nova squirrelled away here somewhere...

Ford ABSOLUTELY falls into the portal... In fact, he falls in with the impression that his awesome children creaturelings are dead or doomed because bill took custody so. Shhhh.

They arrive in Gravity Falls a few months before canon to get time to acclimatise! I love love love when a character from the past has to get used to all this crazy future stuff (or just our present) and the last time Nik and Nova were humans on earth was in the 80s so rip to them 💔 And YES you were spot on about their reaction to Stan it is genuinely "pa?? *sees hands* NOT PA???"

(Wait i just had a brainwave as I was typing this. Very early original lore Bill and Ford are "dad and pa" but now im considering the angst potential of feeling like your evil father as your alien children refer to you with the same name you did to yours... fuuuuuck.... might have to actually think about the lore significance of this or change it or address it this is a good thinking exercise.)

Stan's reaction I did not consider it this way but honestly?? I have not rewritten Nova's (and now also Nik by proxy's) lore since late 2024. I might have to make this canon thank you so much for this idea its hilarious im shaking your hand

They do stick around!! Haven't thought about it too much (but I should) about how they may alter specific episodes with their presence (or simply might not even be in some to supervise their 12 year old errrr. Relatives. They're not cousins, but it would feel weird to be an aunt/uncle/IDK what they would actually be on the tree, wouldn't it? They're too young for this!!!)

Portal and NWHS ATOTS I HAVE thought about though and yes it was going to be painful. Ford's first thought upon seeing them instead is, "who the fuck are these imposters. This is cruel." Because. Well. A part of him has convinced himself along the 30 years that they're long dead or gone because of Bill now. Because he shouldn't allow himself to hope. But no, they're here now (impostors) so he does the first thing he thinks of and pulls his gun on them. And,"who are you and why are you pretending to be... them. What? Are you the shapeshifter, maybe?"

(A part of me worries about ooc whenever i get too self indulgent as i write and story but. Whatever. Follow your dreams)

So obviously Nova is PISSED AS FUCKKKKKKK

Nik is there too but he has a big heart and a scared face. He was literally so happy a second before like he was expecting a fairytale reunion fuck his stupid chungus life 💔

Nova's like "What the HELL are you on about?"

And Ford's all "My children are dead. Bill Cipher made sure of that a long time ago. The question remains: who are you?"

Every else is live reacting like "what the fuckkkkkkk" lore drop

Nova probably summons flames at some point for the first time in public properly because 1. Gacha/anime/little kid "my powers follow my emotions!!!" And 2. She's been careful not to show off crazy demon powers (of which i ahve not decided the rules of yet. Can't have her too op!) but this is a serious moment.

Anywyas a bunch of other stuff happens... Ford is like "fuckkkk.. theyre real and i fucked up my reunion with them soooo badddd.... i need to hide in the basement and never show my face again....." but they all get along happy times in the end i prommy. GOD i need to get back to their lore... write more oneshots on them as a duo.... there are some old nova comics on here but they are a bit outdate dand before i invented Nik

Awww man 😭😭 Ford thought Bill killed his own children just out of spite bc they were also Ford’s?? That’s messseddd upppp but also it makes sense for what we all know of Bill but OUGHHH that adds like 7 layers to the vendetta hellhole that is their relationship what the heckkkkk??

HDHSJHDF I noticed they called him Pa on the art and I was like *haunted faraway look* hooooohhhh that has complicated emotions attached. I can only imagine for Stan that would also be like the equivalent of throwing a live grenade at him upon meeting. Especially with how he recoils at any comparisons to how he looks like his dad in the show.

Hehehehehe yessss >:3333

Honestly I think calling them Aunt / Uncle would be hilarious for the twins. It does happen sometimes! I have relatives who are siblings and one is like 20+ years older than the other. But I feel like maybe it’s something they could play for the bit 😭😭😂

Awwhhhh 😭😭 I feel so bad for them and their reunion going wrong but plssss kiddos don’t be mad your father has megaparanoia 🥺🥺 he only reacted like that BECAUSE he cares enough about you to think someone would trick him to hurt him.,,.,.. ougghhh

Then there’s the mortifying ordeal of ‘my father has gone through literal hell for 30 years, now he’s very old and also very murderous (possibly, depending on how you write Ford)’ and that’s it’s whole own adaptation.

And yes yes YUEAGHHH i cannot believe i've only considered the implications of that now wat the heck. Man. MAN. Literally had Nova since 2024 and didn't even connect the dots once smh.... but oh well because yay i get to think of it now. Live grenade description is correct I'm giggling,..,., im imagining a world where someday pa turns into 'pops,' or 'my old man' in both an ironic way but also in a really cartoon classic way. Also because my sister says 'pops' sometimes and it makes me laugh. Pops feels so teenage children in a cartoon who are going out to rebel to me

God them being aunts ans uncle would be so funny if teithe rof them were called that it would be like "DONT... THAT MAKES US SOUND SO OLD EW EW EWWWWW" ok remind HOW long you were gone again....

Ans yes the time dilation and their less-than-pleasant first reunion in a long time is so fucked wdym their dad is that old now.... "wdym we missed that much.... MAN. MAN!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOO WE MISSED SO MUCH WE LOST SO MUCH TIME!!! AHHH!!!! And he still has whimsy sure but now. Alsoa haunted look in his eye... what the helly..."

Do you think Ford would mention the whole ‘uh yeah your father told me he fucking killed you both btw so ??? Or is that something they’d have to figure out in their own time later?? What would you even think about that??

Like sure the reunion is rocky but then you learn your dad has been grieving you for 30+ years and you just rocked up in his house directly after the most emotionally loaded 10 minutes of his life HFHDJFHJDG

And it’s like oh great now our father is haunted now [throws hands in the air] and he’s old as fuck!!! Wonder if there’s any magical or science bullshittery they can do to get some more time on that front ?? Hmm.

Okay okay so I’m gonna go feral abt weirdmageddon. On the Ford front - how the hell does this go??

Does Bill still capture him at the start? Are Nova and Nikola with him and Dipper or are they off somewhere ?? Does Ford still trophy him or is he more waxing poetic about family??

I could see Bill going either way on the “proceed as usual, unfreeze the old man when he has use and then try and torture him for the equation” direction - which, lots of potential for the N twins there bc one of your dads is torturing the other one (and where are they? In the fearamid just hanging around? Or does he keep them there in ‘time out’?)

Then I could also see him going the other way and trying to gather the family up and using the twisted concept of a nuclear family image to try and goad Ford into joining him like. Just sitting around a dinner table with one dad chained down like “isn’t this so nice :))) don’t you wanna be a family again” and it could be all sick and all appearances and junk.

I feel like at some point if they sit down about it Ford's gonna be like "yeah.... so I was under that impression because he literally told me so... sigh...." and they will be like WHAT. WHAT. I mean they were alr kind of pissed at him for being both deadbeat and also tormenting the rest of their family but this is the cherry on top i feel. and yes it's a very thousand yard stare moment for them like "oh this is serious..."

On that note my current explanation for how this works right now is that if they appear in a bill-featured episode that lies BEFORRE NWHS, I need a way for them to not immediately be exposed for him being their terrible terrible dad right off the bat because i want to save the reveal. so, my current band-aid solution: he lowkey doesn't recognise them at first if/when they come face to face. The last time he left them in that slowed-time dreamworld they were cutesy little stars, and so when he sees these human teenagers he's like "hm.... I feel like I'm forgetting something... actually I wonder how the kids are doing I forgot to take them out fo 'babysitting time' haha whoops...." Bro 😭If it hits him the second time around then I'm probably going to employ the method of "cartoonishly goofy-yet-convenient ways of shutting him up," hushed conversations in short cutscenes when others are out of earshot, and maybe if at most dire everyone else goes "what was that supposed to mean" and then the two fo them play dumb like "yeah I don't know either... this guy sounds crazy...." They are doing a whole new LEVEL of pretending you don't know your parents because they're embarrassing you. this is "pretending to not know your dad because he's embarrassingly evil" they are JUST like movie lloyd garmadon. almost.

MAGIC OR SCIENCE BULLSHITTERY.... you're onto something there...

WEIRDMAGEDDON!!!! Or, their version of an incredibly terrible horrible no-good family reunion thanksgiving dinner. because Nx2have each other I am more leaning towards wanting to pair them up in some other seperate location to keep things tense... smaller little survival groups scattered throughout yk. bill probably picks up up from there like "heyo, starlings!" and then they yell and complain as he does the equivalent of picking them up by the scruff and putting them in the car

I want to say bill still trophies ford, but with his sales pitch for world domination having a little bit more of a 'family' spin on it. which. actually bill is totally rubbing his hands evilly at this like "oh you care about FAMILY.... then why not have OURS??? like our super cool evil one??? like who cares about the other ones they're boringggggg" and ford goes "you're SICK!!!!!" and bill sighs like "ok fine whatever. i bet the kids will like my idea more hmph!!!" and then chains him up and takes him out of the penthouse suite to bring the kids in instead. because at the end of it all. well. i think bill really really really wants ford to want what he wants and be on his side. but he isn't.

So like when do they arrive in Gravity Falls?? Is it before or after Stan reopens it cause imagine they’re like okay we gotta find dad, enter the Mystery Shack, see Stan and are like ?? DAD ??

And Stan is like fuck did I seriously have a drunken one night stand sometime the last couple decades?? And then sees their hands and is like. DID FORD HAVE A DRUNKEN ONE NIGHT STAND THE LAST COUPLE DECADES?!? IS HE BACK?!?

THEN THEY SEE STAN’S HANDS and it’s like. Hello you are not our father

Anyway assuming they stick around what the hell is that like for Ford he returns from the portal and is just like. Why are my kids here (and still kids?)

HDHSHDJFG there’s so many funny possibilities I’d love to hear more

OMIGOD LITERALLY CHEERED AND CLICKED MY HEELS WHEN I SAW THIS. HI 👋 tsym i love them too i should draw them more and write about them more..... and promote them more so i can be like hiii yes ask about them (even tho i do have older posts on nova squirrelled away here somewhere...

Ford ABSOLUTELY falls into the portal... In fact, he falls in with the impression that his awesome children creaturelings are dead or doomed because bill took custody so. Shhhh.

They arrive in Gravity Falls a few months before canon to get time to acclimatise! I love love love when a character from the past has to get used to all this crazy future stuff (or just our present) and the last time Nik and Nova were humans on earth was in the 80s so rip to them 💔 And YES you were spot on about their reaction to Stan it is genuinely "pa?? *sees hands* NOT PA???"

(Wait i just had a brainwave as I was typing this. Very early original lore Bill and Ford are "dad and pa" but now im considering the angst potential of feeling like your evil father as your alien children refer to you with the same name you did to yours... fuuuuuck.... might have to actually think about the lore significance of this or change it or address it this is a good thinking exercise.)

Stan's reaction I did not consider it this way but honestly?? I have not rewritten Nova's (and now also Nik by proxy's) lore since late 2024. I might have to make this canon thank you so much for this idea its hilarious im shaking your hand

They do stick around!! Haven't thought about it too much (but I should) about how they may alter specific episodes with their presence (or simply might not even be in some to supervise their 12 year old errrr. Relatives. They're not cousins, but it would feel weird to be an aunt/uncle/IDK what they would actually be on the tree, wouldn't it? They're too young for this!!!)

Portal and NWHS ATOTS I HAVE thought about though and yes it was going to be painful. Ford's first thought upon seeing them instead is, "who the fuck are these imposters. This is cruel." Because. Well. A part of him has convinced himself along the 30 years that they're long dead or gone because of Bill now. Because he shouldn't allow himself to hope. But no, they're here now (impostors) so he does the first thing he thinks of and pulls his gun on them. And,"who are you and why are you pretending to be... them. What? Are you the shapeshifter, maybe?"

(A part of me worries about ooc whenever i get too self indulgent as i write and story but. Whatever. Follow your dreams)

So obviously Nova is PISSED AS FUCKKKKKKK

Nik is there too but he has a big heart and a scared face. He was literally so happy a second before like he was expecting a fairytale reunion fuck his stupid chungus life 💔

Nova's like "What the HELL are you on about?"

And Ford's all "My children are dead. Bill Cipher made sure of that a long time ago. The question remains: who are you?"

Every else is live reacting like "what the fuckkkkkkk" lore drop

Nova probably summons flames at some point for the first time in public properly because 1. Gacha/anime/little kid "my powers follow my emotions!!!" And 2. She's been careful not to show off crazy demon powers (of which i ahve not decided the rules of yet. Can't have her too op!) but this is a serious moment.

Anywyas a bunch of other stuff happens... Ford is like "fuckkkk.. theyre real and i fucked up my reunion with them soooo badddd.... i need to hide in the basement and never show my face again....." but they all get along happy times in the end i prommy. GOD i need to get back to their lore... write more oneshots on them as a duo.... there are some old nova comics on here but they are a bit outdate dand before i invented Nik

Awww man 😭😭 Ford thought Bill killed his own children just out of spite bc they were also Ford’s?? That’s messseddd upppp but also it makes sense for what we all know of Bill but OUGHHH that adds like 7 layers to the vendetta hellhole that is their relationship what the heckkkkk??

HDHSJHDF I noticed they called him Pa on the art and I was like *haunted faraway look* hooooohhhh that has complicated emotions attached. I can only imagine for Stan that would also be like the equivalent of throwing a live grenade at him upon meeting. Especially with how he recoils at any comparisons to how he looks like his dad in the show.

Hehehehehe yessss >:3333

Honestly I think calling them Aunt / Uncle would be hilarious for the twins. It does happen sometimes! I have relatives who are siblings and one is like 20+ years older than the other. But I feel like maybe it’s something they could play for the bit 😭😭😂

Awwhhhh 😭😭 I feel so bad for them and their reunion going wrong but plssss kiddos don’t be mad your father has megaparanoia 🥺🥺 he only reacted like that BECAUSE he cares enough about you to think someone would trick him to hurt him.,,.,.. ougghhh

Then there’s the mortifying ordeal of ‘my father has gone through literal hell for 30 years, now he’s very old and also very murderous (possibly, depending on how you write Ford)’ and that’s it’s whole own adaptation.

And yes yes YUEAGHHH i cannot believe i've only considered the implications of that now wat the heck. Man. MAN. Literally had Nova since 2024 and didn't even connect the dots once smh.... but oh well because yay i get to think of it now. Live grenade description is correct I'm giggling,..,., im imagining a world where someday pa turns into 'pops,' or 'my old man' in both an ironic way but also in a really cartoon classic way. Also because my sister says 'pops' sometimes and it makes me laugh. Pops feels so teenage children in a cartoon who are going out to rebel to me

God them being aunts ans uncle would be so funny if teithe rof them were called that it would be like "DONT... THAT MAKES US SOUND SO OLD EW EW EWWWWW" ok remind HOW long you were gone again....

Ans yes the time dilation and their less-than-pleasant first reunion in a long time is so fucked wdym their dad is that old now.... "wdym we missed that much.... MAN. MAN!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOO WE MISSED SO MUCH WE LOST SO MUCH TIME!!! AHHH!!!! And he still has whimsy sure but now. Alsoa haunted look in his eye... what the helly..."

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