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Go little twink go 🙏💖

haven't drawn in a month so take harvey sketch and flat colors (i will start rendering tonight perhaps)

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fiddlestan comm i did for my best friend @socks-nb a couple months ago :]

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"Twin!Delusion AU" by me and @ridokichan (from our previous post)

(their dynamic in nutshell, basically.)

Besides them being "isolation-induced hallucinations" - This is also partially based on bereavement hallucinations disorder (it is not nessesary for a person to be "passed" to fall under such diagnosis. but considering how on other side of the portal Stan didn't even knew if his brother is alive in there - name still works.)

Realistically speaking - those kind of hallucinations are a response to an overwhelming emotions, a coping mechanism & form of isolation formed desperation.

Stan is so desperate to fix the portal, to get his brother back/fix this mistake that mind will willingly make it seem like everything is alright.

You supress your emotions because you got more important things to focus on? Oh trust me they will find the way out.

Now a question: then why are they in a form of children?

Childhood represents innocence, unconditional love, and a time when they were truly happy together. Subconscious will always choose this form because it literally offers protection, allowing to mentally escape into the past rather than face the unbearable present. After all, Stans character is about partially clinging to the past while Ford was one that wanted to move forward. (i am not talking about Ford holding grudges from the past like a dead dog he is, no)

Seeking comfort in purest and safest version of your brother, one that never looked at you wrong, one that never pulled the curtains on you when you asked for help....... Sounds right to me.

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recently saw this quote again:

"stan has no idea, but he did it. he saved the world. he saved me. you’re our hero, stanley."

and i just. i can’t stop thinking about ford saying “stan has no idea.” because stan getting his mind, his memory, his SELF erased as a sacrifice for the people he loves most in the world is something ford never could have done, and it’s what ultimately makes him admire stan so much more than he ever did. ford, who has always been so obsessed with being a hero and a visionary, could ironically never have been the one to throw away his knowledge of the sacrifice he’s making. his arrogance and craving for validation is exactly WHY he could never have truly been the hero. it had to be stan.

because stan did it for all the right reasons. there was a part of him that always wanted to do something great like ford, who desperately wanted to be more than just a “screw-up,” but when it came down to this moment, he wasn’t sacrificing himself to prove anything. he says “guess i was good for something after all,” as he holds a photo of his niece and nephew, because he does it for them. not for validation. not for fame. not for any sort of reputation. and he wakes up having no clue what he even did. and this, to ford, is the most noble thing he could have ever done. it’s better than any scientific achievement, any of his 12 phds, his decades of research. it’s why he ultimately resigns himself to not be the hero, but to be a “hero’s brother.” and for the first time in his life, he’s perfectly content with stepping off his pedestal.

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Thinking about the idea I had a LONG time ago about Mabel sending motivational and complimenting stickers for the boys and Ford saving a “write your own message” one just for Stan and had to draw it.

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S: "Why are we dressed like this?"

F: "Not quite sure what happened," Ford examines his outfit, "but I like this trench coat, not bad, not bad…"

S: "...Wait, is this suit pa's???"

[ID: art of Stan and Ford from Gravity Falls, seen as teens but wearing their clothes from adulthood. Stan's in his suit and fez, resting his chin in his hand and frowning at the viewer, while Ford's in his trench coat and sweater, smiling. They're both in their socks, and the caption reads: "In Big Boy Suit!" End ID.]

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Day 2 — Protect

"Hey, when did it turn the other way around, huh?"

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If Ford didn't got into the portal..

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Had a sudden need to draw Protective Ford

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@stanuary week two: Wanted

A family of criminals...

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Hi!!!!! I love your lil ghost dude au.

he is very little

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Post Revival, Sleep

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Misc again more under cut ✨

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My personal version of the FrankenStan AU :)

CW: blood, eye gore

I think we as a fandom could do a lot more with the “ZomBills” page of The Book Of Bill TBH.

Thinking of making a part 2 that shows a little more of how ford brings him back to life and also all the silly goofy fun ways that bill used Stan’s lifeless body to torture Ford over the span of a few days.

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doodles of Ford being a good big brother (because he is)

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Shitty Grunkles