What do you think what your version of the stanswap au of
Grunkle Stan wins the football bowl (maybe replace the football bowl with something similar to Nobel prize or something like that)
OKAY SO here's the thing—
The football bowl was a story that Stan was telling, and I don't think Ford would tell a story that was anything like that. I could see him giving a cautionary tale about trusting people, something that's like a REALLY obvious metaphor for what happened between him and Bill. The second option is, I could see him telling a story about an a cryptid encounter that he had and then insisting that it's fake story
As for scary oke, that's where things start to get very tricky! This is mainly because it's affected by bigger things that happened earlier. Especially considering the fact that i DONT think ford would give dipper back the journal, which would stop the whole zombie thing from happening in the first place.
The timeline gets pretty messy here, which is why I've nabbed my awesome friend @blastlight to share custody over this AU with, and to brainstorm together! Prepare for a huge rant post about this AU in the future, costarring them!