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Something about the "don't come back until you've made millions" and Ford's resentment.

There's no way Stan could actually make millions by himself. Ford knows this, because it's, well... obvious. The way he sees it, their father kicked Stan so he'd learn to "get it together" and fend for himself.

What Ford fails to understand (and will not understand until they're sailing together) is that 1. Filbrick wasn't teaching Stan any lesson, he simply wanted to get rid of a child he didn't deem worthy of his family; and 2. Stan DID take the "making millions" part literally.

So Ford goes on with his life telling himself that Stan will be fine, because this warning is enough for him to get it together and grow up. He's charming, he's resourceful, he's good with people. He'll find a job in no time. He might not get rich, but he'll finally become an adult and stop acting like a selfish kid. Maybe he'll even reflect on what he did and will finally stop making excuses. He'll apologize, and maybe then Ford will forgive him.

So when Stan shows up at his cabin all dirty and unkempt, Ford is decidedly disappointed: his brother didn't even bother trying bettering himself! And now that he has the chance of doing something good, he's still being selfish!

Meanwhile, Stan, who's given up on "making millions" and is just trying to survive with his guilt and the decisions he made to try and make it up to his family, is furious. Ford knew from the start that Stan would never make it, and yet he sided with their dad! And he didn't even fucking miss him!

Something about the many layers of miscommunication and misunderstanding these two had between them. It wasn't just "you were being selfish/you betrayed me/you left me". Things are never that simple.

Also I want to kick Filbrick with a steel chair.

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"All right, boys! We'll get to Cape Suzette and back before anyone realizes we're gone!"

"She found the rocket and decided to go on a little test run in orbit."

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I took a nap and forgot Belphegor existed, so when I woke up and saw this thing it jump-scared me

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Can you draw Mordecai Heller from the Lackadaisy comics? He's the tuxedo cat with the brooding stare

He's also ace btw ;)

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The Heller siblings again ! Because I missed drawing kittens so much <3

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Are there any popular Gravity Falls AUs that you are personally indifferent to in some way, in that you either find them off-putting, don't understand their appeal, or just at minimum have the least regard for compared to other AUs that you're fonder of? For me at least, I don't care that much for Reverse Falls/Reverse Pines, Monster Falls, or 1920's Gangster/Mobster AUs.

THANK YOU! ME TOO!

I pretty much feel the same about the AU's you listed. I've never really liked Reverse Falls. In fact in some ways I hate it. Quite frankly, I think it's an overrated and super outdated AU. I mean, the whole AU idea is that it reverses the roles of the characters. But it was made back when the characters to reverse the roles of were Dipper and Mabel with Gideon (and later Pacifica). And since then, there have been far more interesting concepts that better fit the name. Relativity Falls is honestly what Reverse Falls SHOULD be; ACTUALLY reversing the roles by having Dipper and Mabel be Stan and Ford and vice versa. I just feel like it's an AU fans have just been trying to patch up and keep intact after all these years like some lemon car that really just needs to be scrapped. Maybe it made sense in 2012 when first made, but it's an AU that's showing its age and should swap names at this point with Relativity Falls.

I'll never get either how this AU out of the others got so big. I mean, it's so huge an AU now that Will Cipher as a character basically is as known as Bill Cipher. I even years back when I was new in the fandom assumed he was a real character in show I missed. I get maybe it's cause the AU seemed cool and unique, but even so, there are so many better ideas IMO that could've and should've gotten the spotlight like Drifting Stars, Immortal Pines, Reunion Falls, etc.

That said, I do have some soft spot for RF, in that finding the original creator of the AU in 2018 was a fun project and the first GF lost media search I got to be a part of back before I even made proper YouTube videos on that stuff (given the blog post is on GF Amino, lmao). Also no, I'm never making a video on that. It was years ago, I never archived all the stuff for that search properly and overall, IDC about that AU enough to spend many sleepless nights editing a video for it, lol. Art below of the gif from that post by Cherryviolets.

Monster Falls I similarly don't get. I mean, Dipper as a deer and Mabel as a mermaid? Who TF came up with that and how did the whole fandom agree on it? It's another AU that makes no sense though admittedly is a lot less outdated a concept than Reverse Falls.

IDK much about that mobster AU tbh. I've seen art for it but I think the OG artist behind it is gone so IDK much on what it was about or why or if it was popular.

Should also stress, I'm not trying to say these AU's are bad or that fans should stop making content for them. Like headcanons, AU's are a way for fans to express and make new content for the show and is an outlet for creativity. I don't like these AUs but others do and they by all means should enjoy making content for them. I'm not a big AU person myself besides the AU's I mentioned above I more so prefer (as well as working on the Adoption AU fanfics in 2018 with marehami), however, I get the value and love that fans have for them. Like headcanons, AU's are things every fan can enjoy or dislike as they please without judgement or being told they're wrong. These are just my opinions and solely my own. So, if you love Reverse Falls, enjoy it. I may not get it, but if it brings joy to you to make Reverse Falls art, then that's all that matters and more to you for that :)

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Me going to ao3 with a thirst for angst

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BEST JOKE DWAMPY

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Crossover

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both yangchen and roku acted as parental figures for kyoshi and aang, comforting and hugging them and giving them similar advice on a situation that only they can truly understand as past avatars. they let them be vulnerable and emotional with no judgment, and just let them be the kids that they still were despite having the entire weight of the world on their shoulders. this sort of relationship is something aang and kyoshi needed, and roku and yangchen so naturally provided it.

excerpts are from the end of shadow of kyoshi, and the rift part 3.

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spy's moving castle 👒

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Happy Birthday, Stan and Ford! Never drew them in their kid clothes (weird, I know), and thought it would be a nice occasion to do so at last.

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a puppet and his puppeteer.

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Random idea that I have very little backstory for. It was along the lines of Stan and Dipper having a pretty bad argument and having Dipper being in danger and Stan going out of his way to save Dipper. And despite Dipper still being a little upset with Stan, he still cares. A lot.

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Thinking about the photograph Ford had on him the whole time he was in the portal and realized he had it on him beforehand when Stan arrived. Which then made me headcanon Ford would look at it as a means to anchor himself when his paranoia spiked.

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I can’t understand why anyone would ever want to live in the Star Wars universe

I really can’t

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wendy and stan working together to help soos with his birthday is so sweet, but also i can't stop thinking about stan attempting to get rid of the day entirely.... did a part of him want to get rid of his own birthday but never actually tried because it wasn't only his?

but also stan still wanting to have fun even if no one knows...