#why do i stan???

[razzafrazzle]

I think that I've only drawn Ford like. 3 times in my entire life. so here's some Fordsy (and some Fiddsy. and a Bill I guess)

[image description: a page of drawings of ford, mcgucket, and bill cipher from gravity falls. near the top are two portraits of ford, one in the gravity falls style and the other in a more realistic style. next to that is a simple doodle of ford and mcgucket smiling and embracing with the caption "old man yaoi!" beneath them. in the bottom left is a simple drawing of a younger ford, and next to that is a drawing of bill with a speech bubble saying "i'm here too! also i'm hatless for spacing reasons". next to that is bill's hat, as well as mcgucket in an orange and brown 70s-style outfit and a braided beard, and he is sitting on the ground, lost in thought. end id]

[urdadsceilingfan]

Monster falls anyone?? Anyone?? No .. okay

[eggofthefish]

my wife btw

(incoming oc to sweep him off his feet 😍)

[mi-spark]

what’s up, party girl!!! 🪩🌈✨

[totally-toaster-nuggets]

grumpy kyle supremacy

[nouearth]

wake up, new logan lerman photos dropped!!!

[bubbarnes]

“... i generally think discomfort is a good thing when it comes to anything artistic because it means you have a place to go to, you can change, you can learn something, you can grow.”

[tamprongs-and-padsfoot]

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE?? LOOK AT THIS FACE HES ADORABLE” -probably Steve

[chaos0pikachu]

I was scrolling through twitter reactions to the newest chapter of One Piece and all the zoro fanboys were creaming themselves like he's the goat, pouring honey on him, he's yonko level and then one stan was like "luffy's got nothing on zoro he'd get bodied in a second" and I swear it was like a swarm of bees on this man all these zoro stans flew upon this dude like locusts saying the same variation of "what are you talking about zoro would suck luffy's dick anytime any place" "how fucking dare you that's his captain bro" these dudes are just one tumblr blog away from writing 10k fanfic on ao3 bet we just gotta open their third eye y'all

[spirited-splashes]

Just watched a Matt Rose video and saw this tweet and realized I had to—

[sylveon-and-velveon]

Best fucking screenshot from Tale of Two Stans 😭🤚

So much hope in his eyes, and then just a fucking fist-

[mortalfaerie]

i can flesh this out with a longer post later but watching gravity falls as an adult, with the knowledge of ford and stan's history from the get go, it just hits different.

like, i'm jewish. i also come from a immigrant, slavic, ashkenazi family with plenty of just-below-the-surface inter generational conflict. you can really read ford and stan's stories as being different ways children (and especially, in immigrant families) react to that conflict and pressure. ford is a compulsive overachiever meant to be his family's "ticket out" of poverty. stan can't live up to his family's expectations and becomes estranged, perpetually running to and from something. bill is the promise of something better that ends up being too good to be true and ruining ford's relationships with everyone. (read that as alcohol, drugs, what have you) he is the literal manifestation of that trauma.

dipper and mabel are several generations removed but still wary of that conflict that looms over them like a specter. but they break the cycle of trauma by learning to trust in eachother, and help their family to heal. the literal manifestation of inter generational trauma is defeated when the family is reconciled and works together. they are stronger together than they are apart.

and in the end it's not too late for stan and ford. it's not too late to heal, to grow, to start again. it's never too late. there's still time.

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

Listen, I love Fiddlestan as much as the next guy, but where did we start getting the idea Ford was cold and dismissive towards Fidds during their time working on the portal???

I could totally be wrong because I haven't read every single GF related thing (hell, my journals aren't decoded because I'm a slacker), but like??? The first time he saw him, he bought him his favorite snacks *and* a whole ass banjo and said he'd make it his mission that Fiddleford would be comfortable in his home.

They go adventuring together and talk about things like fashion trends and the future and go stargazing.

Ford is *so* happy when Fiddleford returns that he hugs him immediately. Abd then he feels bad that Fiddleford feels bad about his failing marriage that he throws him a holiday party even though he doesn't celebrate and hates the holidays honestly. And he put on Fiddlefords favorite song (which he despises and honestly? ME TOO FORD. I HAVE BEEF WITH THAT SONG) and drank seemingly spiked eggnog with him despite not usually liking to drink. So that he could make Fiddleford feel better.

He also just openly adores everything Fiddleford does. Maybe it's only in his journals. You could argue he doesn't say it out loud but, like, he exclusively describes him as impressive all of the time-

And I get where it's coming from in like a "oh he's a workaholic who has the pressure of Bill breathing down his neck that he has to be working on the portal 24/7." And like yeah, but in the pages he's a workaholic he's a workaholic practically begging Fiddleford to stay up with him because he loves working along side him. Fiddleford and him work *together.*

Like the page where they're sorta fighting with each other because Ford wants to work more its not "leave me alone Fiddleford, I have to do this" it's "hey! How come you won't stay up with me! Ugh this is so unfair that you're going to bed even though you know I plan to continue working for another hour."

I'm just saying if Fiddleford wanted to cuddle, I imagine Ford's response would be "Oh! Awesome, I love spending time with him 🥰🥰🥰" but he'd just end up using Fidds' back as a table for his studies. Or they'd do that thing where one of them is working on a desk and they sit on one chair in each other's arms.

And, while we're here, realistically? Emotionally stunted, slapped by more women than He's dated, "I can't cry in front of people, and the only thing I'm good for is my fists." Stanley Pines??? He's not cuddling shit. He's got that toxic masculinity ingrained into him. It doesn't matter how incredibly touch starved he is, cuddling is too emotionally intimate and "girly" for him. Honestly if Fiddleford tried to cuddle him he'd probably throw him in a headlock because he's also been on the streets for years now with people constantly trying to attack him.

And I'm not saying this to diss on Fiddlestan. Again, I *like* Fiddlestan! But when I read "Ford could never appreciate him like Stan could" I don't understand it.

They so clearly bonded well together, and if Ford truly was being an asshole (or not an asshole, but just generally unpleasant even when he wasn't possessed) the whole time, I doubt Fiddleford would've stayed. Nostalgia and physical attraction can only get you so far, and Fidds is already facing the horrors in Gravity Falls, Stanford has to be a hell of an amazing person to make someone want to stay. Like, he's a grown adult. Sure he really wanted to impress Ford and allotted himself to be "the tech guy to Ford's smarts" but if he wanted to leave, he could've. And there didn't seem to much keeping him there. Especially when he was having doubts on the portal.

[frootbyethefoot]

stay curious, stay weird, stay kind

[ID: a digital lineless drawing of mabel pines, dipper pines, stan pines, and ford pines from gravity falls in a pink, blue, and white color palette, all with happy expressions on their faces. the background is pure black with a rainbow in the background. END ID/]

individual characters under the read more! happy pride!

[hkthatgffan]

ALEX HIRSCH JUST POSTED THIS ON HIS INSTAGRAM STORIES, OMG!!

HE ATE HIMSELF FOR HIS BIRTHDAY ;-;

RIP, Alex Hirsch

Cause of Death: Eaten by Alex Hirsch

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

The Reverse Grunkles + Bill