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Doppelganger

tags: @dark-lord-of-awesomeness @aroace-get-out-of-my-face

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making myself sick worrying about an important doctors appointment tomorrow so wanted to pop in to ask for some soft headcanons for dr. pine? (maybe post portal? I'm not picky) if you find yourself with some spare time.

if you don't have time no worries :)

My dear friend, I do hope you have found a stable place in your worry, and I hope your day is Infinitely easier and better than you could have imagined it being!

When Dr. Pine gets back to his home dimension after thirty long years, the first thing he does is hug his brother.

The second thing he does is introduce himself to the two puppety child twins in his lab, who he hasn't never met but who he knows already, because he knows many of their multiverse counterparts.

The third thing he does is step back into his, into their house again, and the fourth and the fifth things are all equally mundane and absolutely wonderful at the same time.

But the second time he cries after he got home (the first was in his brother's arms) was when he took a bath.

Water is surprisingly available in the multiverse. Enough water for a puppet to clean dirt out of his fur is about a bucket full, so Dr Pine has had plenty of washes through his thirty years, thank you very much.

But this is the first time he's actually properly soaked himself in a bath for quite a long time, and it's wonderful.

For one thing, puppets don't use shampoo and conditioner, they use something like a mild detergent and fabric softener.

So Dr Pine makes a mental apology to his twin and promptly slathers himself in fabric softener (it smells like coconut) and lets himself float for a long, long while.

The next thing he does, after he gets out and dries himself off (and poofs up to be the size of a cloud, which Mr Mystery laughs at) is cut himself new skin from the family bolt of fabric.

(Some might think cutting yourself a new skin would be...disturbing, but those people are not puppets and do not know the puppet ways. If you really must know an apt comparison, cutting and patching yourself up with magical puppet skin is sort of like taking an incredibly soft blanket out of the dryer and wrapping yourself in it)

Dr Pine then takes another bath, just because he can.

Thoroughly washed and totally whole again (Dr Pine takes the scraps of fabric he had used to patch himself over the years and keeps them safe. He's a sentimental old fool, after all) Dr Pine then proceeds to find his brother, and not leave his side for quite some time.

When it is finally time to sleep again, they, being Dr Pine, Mr Mystery and the children, all hunker down together in a huge fort in the houses living room, because no one is quite ready to split off again for the night. Dr Pine tells stories of his wonderful adventures in the multiverse, talks about the friends he made along the way (and breaks the news to Mr Mystery that there will likely be visitors coming at some point) and the challenges he faced and got through. He keeps telling stories until everyone is so exhausted they can't stay awake any longer, and then all four of them collapse down together in a pile to sleep.

It is very soft, and it is very warm, and Dr Pine has his brother back, his family back, and his home. At the present moment, there is nothing else he could possibly want, and he is utterly content, and indescribably happy.

Mr Mystery grumbles at him to sleep, and Dr Pine laughs very softly and does.

And everything is perfect.

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Say E, @nowimjustastranger here! I had a random question about the puppet Dr. Birch. With him being an important figure in a certain club, I was wondering what he makes of Watchdog?

Also, I'm on the fence about Watchdog either being like Ford and hating Dr. Pines or if he actually likes the puppet. Thoughts?

OKAY well here's the thing (and im sorry this took so long)

Dr Pine is, at his very core, someone who is compassionate and very excited about teaching, and learning. He's essentially Mr Rogers in a puppet body, albeit with a little more snark. He makes a genuine effort to like and get along with everyone, and when people are unkind to him, he still treats them with respect.

All this to say, Dr Pine is very chill, and he tries to be a solid person (puppet) in all things.

I also feel like, he does feel bad for a lot of the Ford's in the multiverse.

Where he comes from, in the puppet universe, he still has his "version" of Stan. He still has a family, he still has relationships, good ones, with the people (puppets) he loves. He's teaching, something he enjoys, Dr Pine has a great life! He just so happened to trust the wrong puppet and get sucked into a portal. It happens.

But. Every other Ford it seems has had something terrible happen to them, or has bad people treat them terribly, and it makes Dr Pine very sad for these alternate versions of himself. It's not quite sympathy or pity, it's empathy.

I think Dr Pine would be very proud of Watchdog Ford, and would certainly say so. He would marvel, say how wonderful it is about how Watchdog loves his brother so much, that he'd save him as many times as he could.

Some might think that because Dr Pine is mostly opposed to violence himself, that he may not like the more...ruthless, Ford's, but that's untrue. Dr Pine understands the need for violence in acts of protest, in protection, and in prevention. And in killing Nazis.

All in all, I think Dr Pine would like Watchdog Ford. And I think, if Watchdog Ford is of the variety that doesn't want to kill Dr Pine on sight, Dr Pine would definitely be one to offer a word of advice, or a helping hand, or even just someone to talk to.

Puppets are very good listeners after all.

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I'm imagining young Dr. Pine who's new to the multiverse and doesn't really know what a puppet is yet and comes across some wandering star Mabel and Mabel's like !!!!! Omg you're from Poppy Avenue!!!! And Ford is like 'hello young mammal how do you know where I live' but she's already moved on to show him Her Puppets. Which are made of socks and look horrific in context. And Dr. Pine is like 'that's very creative please tell me they're not alive like that' and is pissing himself for the half hour while Mabel explains muppets before her Ford finds her and lets Dr. Pine hitchhike with them to the next dimension

(Tl;dr - Ford: they put their hand WHERE?!)

Okay this isn't the exact point of your ask, but I absolutely fucking lost it because it had not OCCURRED to me that people would mention Poppy Avenue

Because in the Puppet Dimension, Dr Pine just. Has his own show. Poppy Avenue isn't a production company, its literally just the street he lives on.

Can you IMAGINE.

You go through a multi dimensional portal and have been going through distant and unexplainable worlds, trying to get home and kill god to do it, and suddenly there is a Child (you know it is a Child of the humanoid species, though you are unsure of the exact age, so you default to Kid Politeness on default) and the child walks up to you, goes starry eyed, and very cheerfully says "Oh my gosh, You're Dr Pine! From Poppy Avenue!!"

And you have to stand there and gape for a moment because Why Does This Random Child Out In Space Know My Name And Address. What.

And then it??? KEEPS HAPPENING??? ITS NOT EVEN JUST CHILDREN EITHER. APPARENTLY ITS COMMON IN THE MULTIVERSE TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY JUST YOU BY GOING "oh Dr Pine! I know the street you live on!" IS THAT NORMAL?!?

And no one ever explains it to you, because they assume you already know.

Also just. Dr Pine knows PUPPETS as a concept, even if its a little unnerving (he pokes one of the sock puppets while Mabel isn't looking to make sure its not. Alive) but he's fairly used to it, and i absolutely love that he picks up occasional companions along his trek. I mean, if youre a child alone in the multiverse for whatever reason, and you see a KIDS SHOW CHARACTER you're going to attach yourself. I imagine Dr Pine accidentally becomes a tiny fuzzy beacon for helping random multiverse kids (aka variants of Dipper and Mabel) find good places to land

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tagging a new mutual for the first time lowkey terrifying what if they hate me and spit on me and burn my house down

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hey so, in the same way that most people agree that canon ford has a bunch of scars to go with the silly tattoos, do you think dr. pine has had to give himself patches? emergency fabrics that dont match his own puppet felt but get the job done. a little kaleidoscope of rainbow 'scars'?

Saying "kaleidoscope of rainbow scars" is a MUCH prettier way of saying "Dr Pine is approaching the ship of theseus analogy in puppet form"

You know how fragile fabric is? How something in longtime use fades and rips and needs repair?

Dr Pine is very keen and overwhelmingly CAREFUL about his head, hands and feet, because thats what shows. He wears his original labcoat day in and day out, and long pants and sleeves. That is for a reason.

Underneath, he's not all fur anymore.

Remember how I said puppets are "born" when they pattern pieces are cut from the "family bolt of fabric"? Its a puppet land special. Some might call it ~magical~ fabric, but regardless it's what makes a puppet from the puppet dimension, like. Alive.

Which means that out in the universe, all the patches Dr Pine makes for himself are..well they pale in comparison.

Dr Pine is scared of dogs. Thats his biggest fear. He's frightened of them, and if you ask he'll tell you it's because he "looks like a dog toy" (true) but if you really think about that statement, you can imagine the horror behind it.

Dr Pine can't really REPLACE the pieces if himself that he loses. He can patch himself up with any fabric, really. Fake fur (Green, preferably but he doesn't always have a choice) is the best, but there are some parts of him under the lab coat that are strikingly different to the rest of him, simply because the difference in the types of fabric.

If he got torn into pieces (which has happened) by a dog or similar equivalent, he might lose some pieces. He might just need to re-stuff himself with stuffing, or sew up a tear or reattach an arm, and thats fine, but what happens if he loses a part he can't replace?

So his hands and feet and head are green fur. Its fabric, really, not like skin and hair, and Dr Pine is meticulous about keeping up appearances when it comes to that.

After all, he's very small. He's not all that strong. His greatest weapon wont work on most things in the multiverse. What he has is his kindness, what he has is his mind, and what he relies on is the ability to talk to people, to make friends, and more often than not, to be too cute or too sweet to really do anything to.

And what happens when he does lose a piece thats visible? What happens when the cute identity is harder to maintain? What happens then? Hes already an amalgamation of different fabrics, what happens when that fact becomes impossible to hide?

Well. It'll be fine. He'll get home soon, and in his home dimension He'll get to patch himself up with the correct fabric he needs. It just, It'll take a little while longer, thats all. He just has to hang on for a little while longer, follow through on making sure his dimension is safe, and then he can go back home.

Just a little while longer.

Hold on Theseus.

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OKAY I AM QUITE LITERALLY SHAKING WITH EXCITEMENT TO SHARE THIS. @aroace-get-out-of-my-face your hunger games au and specifically Darlene wormed their way into my brain until I couldn't NOT make a video about it. I hope you and everyone else who has contributed their thoughts and writing and art to your various AUs enjoys watching!! I had an absolute BLAST making it!!

Mind the warnings! There is violence, blood, and death (as one might expect from a hunger games au), as well as a bit of flashing at the end!

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So in your Multiverse Dr. Pine AU, does Dr. Pine have a brother? Is there a puppet version of Stan trying to fix the portal to bring him back? Does he also teach science?

Yes!

Meet Mr. Pine! (Everyone calls him Mr Mystery in case of any confusion)

Mr Mystery is Dr Pine’s twin brother! (Although in the Puppet Dimension, Everton just says they were cut from the same fur) Mr Mystery doesn’t teach kids science, instead he helps kids learn about ‘mysterious’ things they may encounter in life, like taxes and credit cards. He’s basically an economics teacher, and he helps takes the Mystery out of Money! His area is mostly focused with slightly older kids, although his motto is that you can never be too young to learn (a sentient shared by his brother) so he has some lessons geared towards younger kids too.

‘When Dr Pine went through the portal in order to defeat Will Cryptogram, Mr Mystery stayed behind and donned the lab coat. In secret, he pulls double shifts as both Econ teacher and Science teacher, all while working to bring Dr Pine back. Like most Stan twins, they do eventually reunite!

(It’s all very emotional, but Mr Mystery does get to tell at his brother for forcing him to teacher BABIES. Utterly out of his area of expertise)

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So in your Multiverse Dr. Pine AU, does Dr. Pine have a brother? Is there a puppet version of Stan trying to fix the portal to bring him back? Does he also teach science?

Yes!

Meet Mr. Pine! (Everyone calls him Mr Mystery in case of any confusion)

Mr Mystery is Dr Pine’s twin brother! (Although in the Puppet Dimension, Everton just says they were cut from the same fur) Mr Mystery doesn’t teach kids science, instead he helps kids learn about ‘mysterious’ things they may encounter in life, like taxes and credit cards. He’s basically an economics teacher, and he helps takes the Mystery out of Money! His area is mostly focused with slightly older kids, although his motto is that you can never be too young to learn (a sentient shared by his brother) so he has some lessons geared towards younger kids too.

‘When Dr Pine went through the portal in order to defeat Will Cryptogram, Mr Mystery stayed behind and donned the lab coat. In secret, he pulls double shifts as both Econ teacher and Science teacher, all while working to bring Dr Pine back. Like most Stan twins, they do eventually reunite!

(It’s all very emotional, but Mr Mystery does get to tell at his brother for forcing him to teacher BABIES. Utterly out of his area of expertise)

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saw you had an ask for comfort/fluff/good vibes and 🥺 cat!stan doing biscuits when he's comfortable even when he's in his human form is perfect!! super curious if you had any soft headcanons for BW!ford & stan? (they make me very sad sometimes ngl)

Always :)

First of all, this Stan also makes biscuits no question. Just want to get that out of the way, that man gets sleepy or takes too much cat drugs and he's drooling on a blanket and making enough dough to feed an army. Very cute except for when he's digging his much sharper nails into people's legs

Second, after a year or so, when Ford has recovered more and Stan's more comfortable as his status as a cat man, he makes it his full job to help Ford feel relaxed as Fords emotional support cat brother. He doesn't do much at home or when Fords working, as Ford is fine when Stans in sight or in a secure location, but when they're in public Ford gets more anxious about crowds and being watched, and so stan takes a more active role in keeping Ford calm so he doesn't whip out his arsenal and start shooting people.

Through trial and error he makes a system and has an internal color code. Green means Fords fine, and Stan can wander within sight. Yellow Fords starting to stress so Stan sticks within arms reach, orange Fords scanning for threats ans Stan holds Fords hand, red means Ford is tensing and looking for escape routes and targets, so Stan pulls Ford away from whatever they're doing and finds somewhere more secure so Ford can calm down .

Purple is critical, and Fords either attacked someone already or tried to, and Stan needs to remove him from a situation. Then he'll find a secluded location and put on his full cat charm, shoving his head into Fords chest and purring. Full snuggle happening while Stan chatters and smack talks people, using his full weight to pin Ford in place so he can't rampage.

Stan also does full body snuggles when he's on cat drugs or late at night when he has a nightmare. Just sneaks into Fords bed, threatens to kill him if he speaks of this, then crushes Ford and purrs while Ford scratches his car fur patches and rubs Stan's ears. Ford has never told anyone but that doenst mean people don't sneak a peek and see them after hearing Stan sprint across the room to make sure Fords not up to secret weapon making (again).