Técnicamente curimomos todos bobos. ( Ref ↓)

I really adored @softersynths Stanpiper AU and loved all the cool interpretations people had of Lil!Stanpiper encountering Ford (Here are some of the cool fics folks wrote! >1, 2, 3, 4)

Though it did make me wonder if Lil!Stan would know that the Ford he meets isn't "his" Ford or even understand dimensional travel in the first place.

And thus this idea came about, where after Stanley gets returned to his own dimension he tells Ford about getting kidnapped and taken to the 'future' where there are giant monsters everywhere-but it was fine because future him (who was also a giant) saved him and helped him get back to the past!

been thinking about the lil time jump in tots where stan got the chance to put his beanie away and dump his bag somewhere while ford refuses to tell him anything until stan sees the portal

especially when getting to the portal involves a long awkward elevator ride and going through the rest of the lab to get to the portal room

but also stan managing to see and memorise ford's code to the elevator during that said awkward walk... (which the kids and soos only got because j3 has it on one of ford's last pages)

+ stan's hope for their reunion crumbling as they slowly make their way to the hell basement

it also kills me that stan likely had other clothes in his duffle bag but after the portal incident he wore the same clothes for weeks because he was too depressed to bother and only roughly patched up his jacket so people wouldn't see his brand when he's forced to go outside or starve....

it does make me wonder about an au where stan was more of a hermit and never figured out the mystery shack because the townsfolk were less pushy and susan never brought up the idea of tours, meaning stan wouldn't have that reaon to mask all the time but also missing that sense of success/joy in his life.....

Mostacho. (🔞↓)