Here's more of me rambling about Frankenstan aus (and just those where Stan dies and Ford struggles to undo it. The possibilities really are endless here lol) cause they have me in a chokehold.
I'm thinking about the aftermath.. About Ford seeing more clearly than ever that his brother is very vulnerable, that his being alive is anything but a given. And I'm mostly talking about the aus where someone murders Stan or where he ends his own life. Because this would mean that not only would Ford understand that his brother can be harmed, he would also know that there are threats to his brother's life out there, people who want him dead, a world that wouldn't care if he was.
And you know the very much canon part of the brothers' dynamic that defines a lot of who they are and is the reason why their parents are portrayed as neglectful and cold at best, why Shermie is a non-existent character? It's that for the entirety of their childhood they only had each other to rely on. Just the two of them against the world.
And this is what I think would return, especially on Ford's side. Because there he is, constantly around his brother's dead body, breaking every natural law, employing every single possible method that might bring him back. The loneliness and fear creeping in, along with the realization that all of this could've been avoided if he checked on Stanley earlier, reached out, helped him, protected him.
And when Stan's miraculously back, Ford sees it as his second chance that he could never afford to waste. And so he grows protective of him, overly so, ignoring Stan's own thoughts on the matter, because what does it matter when it comes to his safety?So what if this means not letting him go anywhere unsupervised, so that he doesn't get in trouble? So what if neither of them really talk to any other people? There was once a time when they only needed each other to be happy, so what's wrong with bringing that back, right? (A lot. A lot of things are.)
One more thing is their dynamic shifting to be... well, unbalanced, I guess. Because now it's not just two twin brothers, it's Ford who chooses to take care of Stan, has more context of the situation, chose to bring his brother back in the first place, with no consideration of his feelings on the matter. And of course, all of that's out for genuine and incredibly strong love and care, but does it change that his whole behavior is very unfair towards Stan? No it doesn't