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Listen, i try to stay biased on my Ford cards, but I have to say this is from one of my favorite fics. This Ford is from The Man Downstairs by @rum-and-shattered-dreams! This card is none other than The Hermit. In the upright, it represents wisdom, solitude, and soul serching. While the reverse symbolizes isolation, misinformation, and paranoia.

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The Man Downstairs Status Report - November 23, 2024

Chapter 83 - Friends - is outlined and partially written. I'm going to take a break from posting, though, to spend some time rereading old chapters, taking notes on what still needs to be addressed (that I'm not already planning things for), and trying to (finally!) answer the lovely, life-sustaining comments (THANK YOU! I appreciate them all!). Also, it's the holidays and there are some real life things I'd like to finish so it may be a few weeks before the next chapter goes up. Overall, it is still very much active and I'm excited to eventually share the ending with everyone! I don't have an exact estimate on how many more chapters are left but it's getting close!

Otherwise, things have been going pretty well aside from *gestures to the state of the world*. But I'm on team "survive out of spite" and "keep doing the best you can" and "be compassionate and cultivate it whenever possible". Still working on burnout recovery and *knock on wood* doing better.

Wishing everyone the best of luck with making it through things and finding relief and rest when it's possible and sending virtual hugs to anyone who wants them!

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The Man Downstairs - Ch 82 - A Hug

"He followed the exercises he knew well to ground himself, focusing on the warmth of their arms around his neck and torso and their hands on his back and the chill of the bars against his cheek. He lifted his own arms through the bars, drawing away three times before finally wrapping one around each of the younger twins and returning their hug.

Tears welled in the corners of his eyes and, despite every part of him willing them to stop, they streaked over his burning cheeks and a hitched sob escaped his lips."

@rum-and-shattered-dreams i loved the latest chapter!! I can't say I'll do this for every chapter or anything, but drawing them is really fun, especially since you write them so well

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Chapter 82 - Fun

Since my dumb ass accidentally deleted the original post, here it is again >_<

ALT

Update - November 2, 2024

Overall synopsis (for anyone who is newly interested):

A Gravity Falls AU idea where, in 1982, Stan threw a rope to Ford as he was being pulled into the portal. He let go of his journal in favor of grabbing the rope and it was lost to Bill’s dimension. Stan had saved him and for that, he was grateful. They talked and forgave each other for the past and all seemed well for as much as a day. That was when Bill’s ruthless anger became apparent and he took full advantage of his deal with Ford. Thirty years later, the demon is still punishing them for their refusal to rebuild the portal.

Chapter Summary:

Fiddleford and his team reach a breakthrough in their project and the Pines put together a small and early celebration for Dipper and Mabel's birthdays in case things get rough by the actual date.

Notes:

~Warnings - Conversation about past suicide attempt, anxiety/panic attack (but more well-managed than past ones), and discussion (nothing graphic) about eye surgery/recovery

~There's some lovely art for chapter 81 by @inkyrainstorms here!

A03 link:

(If anyone is interested in some Fiddauthor art or writing, I just went through a hyperfocus fugue-state and churned some out. Check out the fiddauthor tag on @shattereddreams-gravityfallsfics.)

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The Man Downstairs - Ch 81 - Freedom

"To freedom," Stan said softly, placing his hand on Ford's shoulder and joining him in embracing the rain, drinking in the drops that hit his tongue like part of a toast.

"Freedom," he repeated, breathing in the freshness of the rain and letting the drops hit his tongue as well. "Freedom!" he shouted alongside another rumble of thunder.

@rum-and-shattered-dreams I hope you don't mind the ping! This last chapter nearly brought me to tears over how proud of and happy I am for Ford, so I had to draw something for it. It was also really fun to practice environments, even if it wasn't perfect

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The Man Downstairs Status Report - October 19, 2024

Chapter 82 is coming along slowly. I've just been busy and tired after the hurricanes. Luckily we didn't have any major damage, it's minor and mostly a lot of cleanup. It was a lot to evacuate with all of the cats though, so yeah, tired. But safe and thankful!

Anyway hopefully it'll be ready in the next week or two.

I did take a bit of a detour back into my old fiddauthor obsession because apparently brain needed to hyperfocus for a bit. Its all posted on @shattereddreams-gravityfallsfics under the fiddauthor tag if anyone is interested.

(or there's my old ace fiddauthor stuff here and here)

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Engaging Encounter - Chapter 4 - A Simple Life

Going off schedule to post this now instead of next Friday because there's a hurricane coming and I don't know what next Friday will be like. At least it will already be posted by then this way.

Overall Summary:

In the months following Weirdmageddon, Ford reconciled with Stan while helping him with his lost memories but struggled to really reconnect with Fiddleford until Dipper and Mabel visited for their winter break. When Mabel found out they were once more than friends, she couldn’t help recruiting Stan and Dipper to help her play matchmaker again.

Chapter Summary:

Time marches on (AKA- MONTAGE!) Ford helps Fidds on a sort of day-to-day basis. Fidds helps Ford through a severe flare of his chronic pain/illness. Fiddleford gets creative in helping Ford talk about his good times in the multiverse That, in turn, helps Fidds with his own frustrations. Eventually the two work on forging a future together Also Fiddleford has a bit more success with a political campaign than he ever imagined.

Chapter Notes:

More Smut Supreme because why not.

Also more angst and fluff and sweet, cute stuff because I want them all to be happy, okay? ;)

This one contains a non-graphic depiction of Ford's digestive issues because I'm kind of tired of seeing things like that treated like a joke and wanted to write something that treats it with compassion.

This also includes the idea of Fiddleford becoming president (from the thing where Alex said he did in the GF universe.)

Sorry no art this time. Not sure if there will be but if there ever is, I'll post it on my tumblr

Overall Notes:

More feelings and characterization-heavy smut to follow Embarrassing Encounter

It references events from the Pleasant Encounters series but it isn't necessary to read those to understand this.)

The entirety of this is already written and new chapters will be posted on Friday evenings (EST).

Chapters one and two are Smut Lite (mostly feelings, bonding, and fluff)

Chapters three and four are Smutty Smut Smut.

Ford and Fiddleford do not know what labels they fall under but Stan mentions it might be sex-positive and on the aroace spectrum.

Dipper and Mabel understand sexual topics in this fic. They’re not involved in any but they’re not ignorant to them. It’s mentioned that their parents have already talked to them about it all in an appropriate way. Just sticking that warning here in case it bothers anyone if they understand what’s happening behind closed doors and joke about it in the way that 13-year-olds sometimes do.

(Going to reblog with the link so check the notes for this or just search for Snarkyhermit on AO3.)

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Some post-canon Fiddauthor fluff

Technically a summary of Chapter 3 of Engaging Encounter

And here's one for Chapter 2

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Engaging Encounter - Chapter 3 - Rekindling

Overall Summary:

In the months following Weirdmageddon, Ford reconciled with Stan while helping him with his lost memories but struggled to really reconnect with Fiddleford until Dipper and Mabel visited for their winter break. When Mabel found out they were once more than friends, she couldn’t help recruiting Stan and Dipper to help her play matchmaker again.

Chapter Summary:

Click here for the visual version

Ford helps Fiddleford with a new take on an old invention. They reach a minor breakthrough and celebrate like they did back in college… Except it’s fueled by 30+ years of loneliness that leads to the realization that their time and stress-worn bodies have new limitations. But they’re both pretty good at seeing potential and find ways to make it work.

Chapter Notes:

Welcome to the Smut Ultra chapters.

Also some angst and fluff

This is very much written to include imperfections (some that came with age/stressful lives and neglect) and built on themes of acceptance, understanding, and compassion.

I purposely left the description of music playing in the background semi-vague so you can imagine whatever song(s) you'd like there.

Stay tuned for more Smut Ultra: Kink Edition in chapter 4 (somewhat of an epilogue).

Overall Notes:

More feelings and characterization-heavy smut to follow Embarrassing Encounter

It references events from the Pleasant Encounters series but it isn't necessary to read those to understand this.)

The entirety of this is already written and new chapters will be posted on Friday evenings (EST).

Chapters one and two are Smut Lite (mostly feelings, bonding, and fluff)

Chapters three and four are Smutty Smut Smut.

Ford and Fiddleford do not know what labels they fall under but Stan mentions it might be sex-positive and on the aroace spectrum.

Dipper and Mabel understand sexual topics in this fic. They’re not involved in any but they’re not ignorant to them. It’s mentioned that their parents have already talked to them about it all in an appropriate way. Just sticking that warning here in case it bothers anyone if they understand what’s happening behind closed doors and joke about it in the way that 13-year-olds sometimes do.

(Going to reblog with the link and a link to some art so check the notes for this or just search for Snarkyhermit on AO3.)

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Writing and life updates (October 1, 2024)

Gahhhh why? Here I thought I was done writing stuff for Engaging Encounter but now I have a need to add more chronic pain/illness Ford content…

Guess it’s not actually done until it’s all posted and even then nothing says my questionable inhibitions can stop me from adding more random one shots or something. XD

This won’t change the schedule for it. It’ll just make the word count higher because apparently I have no self-restraint.

(I seriously wish I was better at art-ing because I have some ideas for companion art for this that just... Won't come out >_<).

Also still working on The Man Downstairs. I'm just trying to sort out something in the next chapter but it's getting there.

Personal/life blather under the cut:

Regarding the hurricane, firstly, I'm sorry if I come off as callous about them sometimes. I've just lived with them for so long that I'm tired. Yeah it's important to prepare for them and be cautious about them and I am but after going through so many times of packing things up, evacuating, putting up the shutters, thinking everything may not be there anymore in a few days, etc, it's hard to not just be tired when another one threatens your area.

For this one, my family and I are incredibly lucky to be okay. Just got a bit of easily fixable wind damage (so easy that it's already fixed). But ten minutes down the road, the storm surge destroyed the homes of friends and businesses that have been part of the community for decades. And I mean the little shops where you knew the owner and they'd been around seemingly forever, building character over the decades. One shop had been there since the 50's accumulating writing on its walls from customers since then. One shopping center of mostly small businesses had been there for so long that it looked like it had been built out of things that washed ashore over decades of collecting it and piecing it together. Another had a collection of decades worth of frog collectibles brought in by regular customers. And those are just a few examples. Heck, my old middle school from nearly 30 years ago with a mural I helped paint on one of its walls was under water.

Yeah it can be rebuilt but that is so much character and history just gone. Some places may not rebuild or reopen because the owners see it as a sign to retire.

So anyway, while I do feel incredibly fortunate to not be in a circumstance like the woman I just talked to who lost the lease on her house because "an act of god" nullified it with two feet of water, I feel horrible for everyone who was affected and definitely feel the loss of community spaces that have been part of people's lives here for as long as they can remember.

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Some Fiddauthror fluff - Gentle hands comforting old scars

(Sort of an illustration for Engaging Encounter - chapter 2 AKA the fluffy one.)

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Engaging Encounter - Chapter 2 - Panic and Plans

HEY! I finally have something to post for Fiddleford Friday!

Overall Summary:

Let's fucking goooo!

This was going to be some fairly straightforward old/post canon Fiddauthor smut but apparently I fell into a hyperfocus state resulting in 22,000-ish words of fluff, musings, and smut and now I am absolutely going to make that everyone else's problem:

In the months following Weirdmageddon, Ford reconciled with Stan while helping him with his lost memories but struggled to really reconnect with Fiddleford until Dipper and Mabel visited for their winter break. When Mabel found out they were once more than friends, she couldn’t help recruiting Stan and Dipper to help her play matchmaker again.

Chapter Summary:

Mabel recruits Dipper and Stan to help her in her matchmaking mission but their plan goes sideways almost immediately.

Chapter Notes:

This chapter is mostly Ford and Fidds dealing with their baggage and multiple little snippets of characters bonding. This one only has a few suggestive lines so it's Smut: Extra Lite. Stay tuned for Smut Ultra next week. Warnings for panic attacks and PTSD

Overall Notes:

*More feelings and characterization-heavy smut to follow Embarrassing Encounter

*It references events from the Pleasant Encounters series but it isn't necessary to read those to understand this.)

*The entirety of this is already written and new chapters will be posted on Friday evenings (EST).

*Chapters one and two are Smut Lite (mostly feelings, bonding, and fluff)

*Chapters three and four are Smutty Smut Smut.

*Ford and Fiddleford do not know what labels they fall under but Stan mentions it might be sex-positive and on the aroace spectrum.

*Dipper and Mabel understand sexual topics in this fic. They’re not involved in any but they’re not ignorant to them. It’s mentioned that their parents have already talked to them about it all in an appropriate way. Just sticking that warning here in case it bothers anyone if they understand what’s happening behind closed doors and joke about it in the way that 13-year-olds sometimes do.

(Going to reblog with the link and a link to some art so check the notes for this or just search for Snarkyhermit on AO3.)

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This is so dumb but I'm stupidly excited to post the next chapter of Engaging Encounter because it's the one that really got away on me with character stuff XD

Sorry to everyone who came for the smut. It will happen soon. I just really needed these guys to have some moments of dealing with their shit first.

(Apparently I had a mighty need for chronic pain Ford who often uses mobility aids and Fidds who uses leg and back braces to mitigate the pain of his posture, too.)

Anyway, there's a chance I might post this one on Thursday because there's a hurricane scheduled for Friday (which is sad because I might have finally had a thing to post for Fiddleford Friday!) and I'd rather post it early instead of late in case the power and internet go down.

It's all completely written though so I'll also be getting back to The Man Downstairs next!

(Also, I apologize for having these on different AO3 accounts. I'm trying to consolidate those two sides of myself into a whole but it feels like my existence has always been multiple very different people trying to occupy one space while being fully aware of each other and still sharing thoughts like a weird hive mind or something. So it just helps to sort things out and actually do something with too many thoughts all at once if I can organize them like this.)

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This is so dumb but I'm stupidly excited to post the next chapter of Engaging Encounter because it's the one that really got away on me with character stuff XD

Sorry to everyone who came for the smut. It will happen soon. I just really needed these guys to have some moments of dealing with their shit first.

(Apparently I had a mighty need for chronic pain Ford who often uses mobility aids and Fidds who uses leg and back braces to mitigate the pain of his posture, too.)

Anyway, there's a chance I might post this one on Thursday because there's a hurricane scheduled for Friday (which is sad because I might have finally had a thing to post for Fiddleford Friday!) and I'd rather post it early instead of late in case the power and internet go down.

It's all completely written though so I'll also be getting back to The Man Downstairs next!

(Also, I apologize for having these on different AO3 accounts. I'm trying to consolidate those two sides of myself into a whole but it feels like my existence has always been multiple very different people trying to occupy one space while being fully aware of each other and still sharing thoughts like a weird hive mind or something. So it just helps to sort things out and actually do something with too many thoughts all at once if I can organize them like this.)

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This is so dumb but I'm stupidly excited to post the next chapter of Engaging Encounter because it's the one that really got away on me with character stuff XD

Sorry to everyone who came for the smut. It will happen soon. I just really needed these guys to have some moments of dealing with their shit first.

(Apparently I had a mighty need for chronic pain Ford who often uses mobility aids and Fidds who uses leg and back braces to mitigate the pain of his posture, too.)

Anyway, there's a chance I might post this one on Thursday because there's a hurricane scheduled for Friday (which is sad because I might have finally had a thing to post for Fiddleford Friday!) and I'd rather post it early instead of late in case the power and internet go down.

It's all completely written though so I'll also be getting back to The Man Downstairs next!

(Also, I apologize for having these on different AO3 accounts. I'm trying to consolidate those two sides of myself into a whole but it feels like my existence has always been multiple very different people trying to occupy one space while being fully aware of each other and still sharing thoughts like a weird hive mind or something. So it just helps to sort things out and actually do something with too many thoughts all at once if I can organize them like this.)

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Engaging Encounter

Summary:

Let's fucking goooo!

This was going to be some fairly straightforward old/post canon Fiddauthor smut but apparently I fell into a hyperfocus state resulting in 22,000-ish words of fluff, musings, and smut and now I am absolutely going to make that everyone else's problem:

In the months following Weirdmageddon, Ford reconciled with Stan while helping him with his lost memories but struggled to really reconnect with Fiddleford until Dipper and Mabel visited for their winter break. When Mabel found out they were once more than friends, she couldn’t help recruiting Stan and Dipper to help her play matchmaker again.

Notes:

*More feelings and characterization-heavy smut to follow Embarrassing Encounter

*It references events from the Pleasant Encounters series but it isn't necessary to read those to understand this.)

*The entirety of this is already written and new chapters will be posted on Friday evenings (EST).

*Chapters one and two are Smut Lite (mostly feelings, bonding, and fluff)

*Chapters three and four are Smutty Smut Smut.

*Ford and Fiddleford do not know what labels they fall under but Stan mentions it might be sex-positive and on the aroace spectrum.

*Dipper and Mabel understand sexual topics in this fic. They’re not involved in any but they’re not ignorant to them. It’s mentioned that their parents have already talked to them about it all in an appropriate way. Just sticking that warning here in case it bothers anyone if they understand what’s happening behind closed doors and joke about it in the way that 13-year-olds sometimes do.

(Going to reblog with the link so check the notes for it or just search for Snarkyhermit on AO3.)

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Thanks so much for the feedback about the Fiddauthor smut fic, everyone! I really appreciate it! It's posted now!

Embarrassing Encounter

Summary:

Ford struggles with his insecurities, especially after accidentally finding a certain object in Fiddleford's possessions and learning why he had it. His issues only escalate as he confronts his own sexuality and the feelings for his roommate that he struggled to hide. He wouldn't have let himself believe Fiddleford was pining for a Pines until an embarrassing encounter took a turn for the best.

Notes:

This is partially a character study of Ford's insecurities/sexuality and partly an excuse to explore some Fiddauthor smut in response to them.

I think tumblr might still be keeping things with external links banned from tag searches? So I’m going to reblog this with the link. Please check the notes for it or just search “snarkyhermit” on AO3 and you’ll find it.