Shoudda said Pogüiro but umlauts are illegal ig

"hows about maybe a thanks from saving you from what appears to be. i dont know. some kinda sci fi sideburn dimension?"

he ALWAYS had sideburns. less so as a teen but still. did stan just never like them??? LOL

Maybe because in the Latin-American Spanish dub he calls them "patillas fantásticas" and while, sure, "fantásticas" could mean "from fantasy" like in "criaturas fantásticas", it still mostly means the figurative compliment "fantastic"

And you know who has fantastic sideburns by the end?:

Some more thoughts for the body sharing au/aka 2 Stans for the price of one (body) au

The worse thing about being stuck in one body, the thing ford resents most of all, is they can no longer cuddle or give each other physical affection the way they used to. Sometimes ford would take control of one arm, Stan will take control of the other, and they can give themselves a… kind of hug, even if it’s not exactly the same.

They'd both feel sooo emotionally incapacitated from not being able to show affection like they used to AND sooo touch starved from not getting those pieces of contact they used to get from their twin!

(It takes them back to those first days appart. To that day when Ford got made fun of for his hands as he was leaving school, he was used to that, he wasn't used to his neck and shoulder feeling so cold afterwards. To that time Stan was selling a Sham Total and told a customer she could also use it to strangle her husband. And she laughed. Which is good. Yeah. She she laughed... Why does it feel like the reaction he's missing isn't laughter?)

But then one day Ford is sulking in regret and guilt feeling and thinking of how he aided the arrival of the apocalypse by trusting a demon, how he saw a monster as his muse and built him a portal and pushed his friend away and got a crossbow and got himself so paranoid that-

"NO!"

Ford sobs, " ...what?"

"YOU ARE NOT THE ONE TO BLAME FOR THOSE THINGS! IT WAS THAT DEMON-WHATERVER THAT TRICKED YOU AND HE ALONE IS RESPONSABLE FOR WHAT HE DID TO YOU!"

"But-"

"BUT NOTHING! YOU'RE A VIRTUOUS MAN WHO GOT TARGETED BY A MONSTER WHO WANTED TO USE YOU AND TORMENT YOU. HE WOULD'VE DONE THAT TO ANYONE!! BUT IF YOU ASK ME, I DON'T SEE THE WORLD ENDING! SO THAT MUST BE BECAUSE YOU WERE MORAL AND SMART ENOUGH TO NOT GO THROUGH WITH HIS PLAN!!! YOU SAW THROUGH HIM AND BROKE AWAY FROM HIS TRICKERY! YOU. ARE. WINNING."

Stanley always had a way to comfort him through the impossible,

"you... you really mean it?"

Stan raised their left hand, and Ford swears he could hear those words spoken right next to him:

"High six?"

Ford smiled a little and raised their right hand,

"High six."

🙏

Whatever you do don’t think about that.

Well, what if Stan’s powers are luck that comes across as misfortune?

Him getting stuffed in that trunk under a blazing sun and having to chew his way out? Lucky! In reality, the car burst a tire and they were gonna shoot him in the desert after they made him dig his own grave, so they just left him in there instead.

All those failed prison riots he tried to start? Too many guards on duty, he would’ve been shot, so it only worked the second he would survive.

Ford falling in the portal?

If he hadn’t, Stan would still be homeless, he’d be alone on the streets or dead. Ford falling was Stan’s luck.

Of course, it’d prove helpful sometimes and not as devastating. He dropped his last fifty cents to call his mom? Suddenly he’s finding a $100 bill in a parking lot.

but hear me out tho: what if another reason why the portal turning on was because—had the portal not turned on—one of them would have ended up like, accidentally killing the other had the fight continued. Like, either one of them would have knocked the other over and the other would have hit their head wrong—or Stan would have knocked ford out and then bill would have taken over and killed Stan?

What if Stan’s good luck actually helped keep ford alive on the other side of the portal. What if the luck knew that if ford was truly unable to be recovered, Stan wouldn’t be able to keep going on?

What if Stan’s good luck helped keep the kids and soos safe too? They got into so many dangerous situations that summer, and yet, they always came out, well, not unscathed, but alive.

GOD.

The idea of that alone is horrifying. And the best part is, Stan having that luck makes it impossible for them to know of that possibility. Stan goes through life not knowing his life is supposed to go a certain way. He thinks he’s down on his luck and suffering through everything and in reality he’s just really lucky.

But, let’s say Ford finds out about this luck when they’re sailing together. There’s so many “he should’ve died” moments and Stan is essentially getting smacked around by a kraken but he’s not dying.

Ford does tests and asks Stan questions.

⚠️ Tw for suicide attempts, scroll down⚠️

Stan admits to trying to kill himself multiple times but says “I can’t even do THAT right.”

Gun always jammed, rope always snapped or the car always broke down, blades were too dull and he couldn’t keep down large amounts of pills. Literally NOTHING worked.

It’s why Stan always engaged in riskier and riskier behavior because he was just hoping SOMETHING would kill him.

🎉OKAY YOU’RE SAFE NOW🎉

Ford is both in awe and horrified. He does tests and yeah, Stan’s luck keeps him from dying. He shows Stan his findings like he’s discovered that Stan has a superpower and Stan doesn’t react the way Ford thinks he would.

Stan just looks at him and goes, “so…my life wasn’t meant to be this bad? It was luck?”

Ford tries to explain it, tries to say anything to make it sound better, but we all know Ford, he isn’t wired to make scientific findings sound good, he plainly states that it’s extraordinary and that every time he tried to push Stan over the railing of the boat that he couldn’t.

Stan is both betrayed, angry and sad, because WHAT THE FUCK??? He doesn’t feel lucky! He feels completely worn down from living a rough life, he looks back on his life and sees misery and pain and getting his ass kicked by men stronger than him, failing at everything time and time again. How is that luck?

They fight for the first time since they were in gravity falls, since Bill was destroyed and he got his mind erased.

Ford tries to reason with Stan, but Stan just doesn’t budge. And now there’s no space to be had when they’re stuck on a little ship in the middle of the ocean.

Ford expects a reunion, after all, he gave Stan a chance to undo his mistake and he actually achieved it! Ford can finally forgive him and make amends! But Stan has spent the last year letting Ford's sleep-deprived, contextless and resentful words sit on his brain and rot. Stan is here for a goodbye, he's officially done with the impossible task of belonging to this family again, a sunk coast fallacy got him through a decade of homelessness, through a year of sailing the seas to do the first worthwhile thing in his life, and maybe through the front door of this cabin, but this is it! He'll finish the job but he will not feign any closeness when addressing Dr. Pines...

"Funny" story under the cut xD

Okey,, well, alrighty. So, Stan’s soul is anchored to ford’s body—he can leave it for short periods of time but he needs to be near ford—goes too far away and he’s tugged back. Most of the time he just stays in Ford’s body tho

When Stan’s soul is in ford’s body, they can sorta feel/sense each other’s emotions. Like, they sort of leak over a bit.

Ok, so, what is Stan's reaction when Ford manages to link his soul to his body? Was his ghost around when Ford was doing all those failed experiments or was he more in a non-existent state? What was the first thing he did when suddenly waking up in Ford's body? What was the second? Does Ford get to sleep when Stan is in his body?(like, without the fear of Bill possessing him) and if yes, what was Ford's reaction to actually waking up more renewed than he left off for the first time in weeks? Does Stan establish standards for how Ford needs to keep his their body? Omg, do they call it "their" body now? Does Ford eventually need to demand standards as well?⁽ʷᵗᶠ ᵈᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵐᵉᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᶜʰᵃᶦⁿˢᵐᵒᵏᶦⁿᵍ⁾ Can they lie to each other (like, with the telepathy and all)? Does Ford ever explain to Stan what he called him for in the first place?

And, more importantly, do they get to talk things out? Do they get to make up? Because if they can't lie to each other then Ford believing that Stan breaking the project was an accident isn't really "believing his brother", he just has to, and Stan will never know if Ford would've believed him for real ever... But if they CAN lie to each other then there would probably be some nagging part of Stan's brain going "does he actually believe me? or is he just being nice out of guilt?", in fact, there could probably be some part of Ford's brain that doesn't fully believe it but feels like he owes Stan forgiveness, right?

(Ok, wait, i trailed off, feel free to save some parts for when you feel like writing, if you want to)

Haven’t really decided if Stan was a ghost while ford was trying to bring him back or if his soul was just sorta in stasis, like a long dreamless sleep.

Anyway, the first thing Stan does when getting out in ford’s body is probably freak out. Both because 1. He doesn’t know what the hell is going on and 2. Ford is clearly, very unwell

Anyway once Stan is done freaking out (and figures out how to give ford control of the body back) he probably just kinda. Exists in ford’s body for a while he processes things. Just like. Responds to ford when he talks to him but otherwise just sorta exists and thinks and lets ford take the reins. Until the realization kicks in about how badly ford is still taking care of himself and how badly the house has fallen into disarray. Then he takes control again to force ford to do things like eat sleep and shower, and to clean up all the biohazards lying around.

Not really sure what happens with bill, but it would be kinda funny if having 2 souls in his body was able to just kinda. Cancel out bill possession. Like if bill tries to take control Stan can kinda just force him out. Not the perfect solution and is kinda hard to maintain forever but at least gives them enough time that they’re able to prevent any more damage from bill in the time it takes to figure out a more permanent solution like unicorn hair.

Anyway, yes, they do make up, but there’s still issues in their relationship. Namely because of their trauma. Ford’s trauma at killing Stan means he’s full of guilt but also now is kind of… overprotective. Ford’s initial attempts at making Stan a body (after Stan had first died) failed because of how sleep deprived and, well, unwell he was (mentally physically and emotionally) he was. Probably for the best he tethered Stan’s soul to his body since existing as a ghost for too long can cause one to lose oneself/the longer you wait the harder it is to retrieve a soul— but the longer Stan’s soul stays tethered to his body, the harder it is to consider Stan “leaving” him. (Making a body for Stan and figuring out how to tether his soul to it would still be a hard process regardless, one that would take months if not years) but it would still be possible. But having Stan with him always is comforting and… the thought of being along in his own head again, of Stan being away from him, of being out of reach, out of sight where anything could happen to him and what if he loses him again— well. Not a good thought

Okey,, well, alrighty. So, Stan’s soul is anchored to ford’s body—he can leave it for short periods of time but he needs to be near ford—goes too far away and he’s tugged back. Most of the time he just stays in Ford’s body tho

When Stan’s soul is in ford’s body, they can sorta feel/sense each other’s emotions. Like, they sort of leak over a bit.

Ok, so, what is Stan's reaction when Ford manages to link his soul to his body? Was his ghost around when Ford was doing all those failed experiments or was he more in a non-existent state? What was the first thing he did when suddenly waking up in Ford's body? What was the second? Does Ford get to sleep when Stan is in his body?(like, without the fear of Bill possessing him) and if yes, what was Ford's reaction to actually waking up more renewed than he left off for the first time in weeks? Does Stan establish standards for how Ford needs to keep his their body? Omg, do they call it "their" body now? Does Ford eventually need to demand standards as well?⁽ʷᵗᶠ ᵈᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵐᵉᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᶜʰᵃᶦⁿˢᵐᵒᵏᶦⁿᵍ⁾ Can they lie to each other (like, with the telepathy and all)? Does Ford ever explain to Stan what he called him for in the first place?

And, more importantly, do they get to talk things out? Do they get to make up? Because if they can't lie to each other then Ford believing that Stan breaking the project was an accident isn't really "believing his brother", he just has to, and Stan will never know if Ford would've believed him for real ever... But if they CAN lie to each other then there would probably be some nagging part of Stan's brain going "does he actually believe me? or is he just being nice out of guilt?", in fact, there could probably be some part of Ford's brain that doesn't fully believe it but feels like he owes Stan forgiveness, right?

(Ok, wait, i trailed off, feel free to save some parts for when you feel like writing, if you want to)

Haven’t really decided if Stan was a ghost while ford was trying to bring him back or if his soul was just sorta in stasis, like a long dreamless sleep.

Anyway, the first thing Stan does when getting out in ford’s body is probably freak out. Both because 1. He doesn’t know what the hell is going on and 2. Ford is clearly, very unwell

Anyway once Stan is done freaking out (and figures out how to give ford control of the body back) he probably just kinda. Exists in ford’s body for a while he processes things. Just like. Responds to ford when he talks to him but otherwise just sorta exists and thinks and lets ford take the reins. Until the realization kicks in about how badly ford is still taking care of himself and how badly the house has fallen into disarray. Then he takes control again to force ford to do things like eat sleep and shower, and to clean up all the biohazards lying around.

Not really sure what happens with bill, but it would be kinda funny if having 2 souls in his body was able to just kinda. Cancel out bill possession. Like if bill tries to take control Stan can kinda just force him out. Not the perfect solution and is kinda hard to maintain forever but at least gives them enough time that they’re able to prevent any more damage from bill in the time it takes to figure out a more permanent solution like unicorn hair.

Anyway, yes, they do make up, but there’s still issues in their relationship. Namely because of their trauma. Ford’s trauma at killing Stan means he’s full of guilt but also now is kind of… overprotective. Ford’s initial attempts at making Stan a body (after Stan had first died) failed because of how sleep deprived and, well, unwell he was (mentally physically and emotionally) he was. Probably for the best he tethered Stan’s soul to his body since existing as a ghost for too long can cause one to lose oneself/the longer you wait the harder it is to retrieve a soul— but the longer Stan’s soul stays tethered to his body, the harder it is to consider Stan “leaving” him. (Making a body for Stan and figuring out how to tether his soul to it would still be a hard process regardless, one that would take months if not years) but it would still be possible. But having Stan with him always is comforting and… the thought of being along in his own head again, of Stan being away from him, of being out of reach, out of sight where anything could happen to him and what if he loses him again— well. Not a good thought

Okey,, well, alrighty. So, Stan’s soul is anchored to ford’s body—he can leave it for short periods of time but he needs to be near ford—goes too far away and he’s tugged back. Most of the time he just stays in Ford’s body tho

When Stan’s soul is in ford’s body, they can sorta feel/sense each other’s emotions. Like, they sort of leak over a bit.

Ok, so, what is Stan's reaction when Ford manages to link his soul to his body? Was his ghost around when Ford was doing all those failed experiments or was he more in a non-existent state? What was the first thing he did when suddenly waking up in Ford's body? What was the second? Does Ford get to sleep when Stan is in his body?(like, without the fear of Bill possessing him) and if yes, what was Ford's reaction to actually waking up more renewed than he left off for the first time in weeks? Does Stan establish standards for how Ford needs to keep his their body? Omg, do they call it "their" body now? Does Ford eventually need to demand standards as well?⁽ʷᵗᶠ ᵈᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵐᵉᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᶜʰᵃᶦⁿˢᵐᵒᵏᶦⁿᵍ⁾ Can they lie to each other (like, with the telepathy and all)? Does Ford ever explain to Stan what he called him for in the first place?

And, more importantly, do they get to talk things out? Do they get to make up? Because if they can't lie to each other then Ford believing that Stan breaking the project was an accident isn't really "believing his brother", he just has to, and Stan will never know if Ford would've believed him for real ever... But if they CAN lie to each other then there would probably be some nagging part of Stan's brain going "does he actually believe me? or is he just being nice out of guilt?", in fact, there could probably be some part of Ford's brain that doesn't fully believe it but feels like he owes Stan forgiveness, right?

(Ok, wait, i trailed off, feel free to save some parts for when you feel like writing, if you want to)