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"Ford doesn't know about 9/11" yes but also consider

Stan forgot about 9/11

Now they're on their boat losing their shit because where the fuck are the towers??

Au where Stanley died after the memory gun and everything from that point forward was bill

Edit: sort of like the still bill au except Stanley is gone

⚠️tw blood⚠️

Drew a scene @fishymom-art 's fic, "Now What?"

Idk man something about the way it was described made me want to draw it

Without blood

I'll color it in the morning maybe idk

hello!! I hope you don’t mind me asking this, but do you have any good gf fic recs? I really like your sister’s one so maybe ones with similar vibes to that? :D

heck yeah! *to the tune of Stunkle Bunkle* East gives Gravity Falls Fic Recs!

idk if i can say for sure what does or doesn't have similar vibes to Pines Paradox, but I can tell you fics I like! Although legally if you like a fic I recommended you have to tell me 'I read that one and liked it' so I can feel like I'm getting a good grade in fics recs. One last thing: I'm not really a shipper so these should all if not mostly be gen. (if you want to see my entire list of bookmarks fics you can check out my ao3

Pines Paradox - BrownieFox

Ford's research is interrupted by his estranged brother showing up on his doorstep with a kid who claims to be time traveller. Meanwhile in the present, Stan and Mabel try to figure out how to get Dipper back to the right time. There will be secrets revealed, old wounds readdressed, and above it all a one-eyed demon watches with interest.

East: the primer. the blueprint. The one I do all the fanart for. Obv you have already read it, but in case this list gets around to other circles outside of my own, I want to put this one up first. Dipper gets stuck in the past BEFORE Not What He Seems.

Adrift - Jamesneatojourney

Stanford wakes up on the deck of the Stan O'War, concussed and alone

East: intense and dramatic - I'm kind of a sucker for Stan whump and that's what it is paired with REALLY good Ford POV

Pines! Pines! Pines! - hellmandraws

A collection of my various Gravity Falls fan comics, previously posted on Tumblr. The main focus tends to be on the Stan twins.

East: MUST READ COMICS. Hops all over the timeline, mostly focusing on Stan and Ford. Explores a bunch of aspects of their relationship, of the years they spend alone. It's the beast stuff out there.

putting the dog to sleep - parsnipit

ford can’t stop thinking about old yeller that night, staring up at the glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceiling. he couldn’t do it, he thinks. he couldn’t ever shoot his own dog, no matter what. “well,” stanley says pragmatically the next morning, pretending like he doesn’t care as much as ford knows he does, “since he was sufferin’ and all, it was really better for him to be dead, wasn’t it? not much point in being alive if your whole life is terrible and you’re a danger to everybody you ever loved.” something cold and sharp takes up residence in ford’s stomach. he doesn’t like hearing stanley say stuff like that. he doesn’t like it at all. “i wouldn’t do it,” ford insists. “no matter what, i wouldn’t. there’s always another way.” “heh. yeah, i bet you’d find another way, brainiac,” stanley teases, reaching over to muss ford’s hair. ford swats him away. stanley can make fun all he wants—ford still spends all night thinking about cures for rabies.

East: OUTRHGDSGD the old yeller analogy that runs through this one shot absolutely kills me - I'm such a sucker for these types of metaphors. It uses quotes from the book to set the stage the the different sections and it drives me crazy in the best ways.

Things You Can't Take Back - thesnadger

It's Nineteen Seventy-Something. Stan is running from his mistakes, when he suddenly encounters the last person he ever thought he'd run into out here. What is he doing in Columbia, so far from Glass Shard Beach?

East: dare I spoil the twist? I won't. Read it. One of my all time faves.

Persist and Dwell - fencesit

Wendy pauses with her hand on the door and then says, "Hey, Soos—you ever notice Stan doesn't really...touch things?" He probably should have seen this coming, but the problem with deliberately not looking at things is that they have lots of chances to blindside you. In hopes of avoiding this conversation, Soos says, "I haven't noticed that." "Okay," Wendy says. "So. I'm going crazy, right?" "Dude, you're too smart to be crazy," Soos says, "but he totally touches things. He handed you money like five minutes ago."

East: What if Stan was lowkey-highkey haunting the shack?! THIS IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA. I really wish that there was more for this au or this idea

Deja Vu - interlude

Stan and Ford get stuck in a time loop on the day of the portal incident and are forced to work through some things.

East: Through the lense of a timeloop, watch the brothers have their struggles, and find that with infinite time on their hands there is nothing else for them to do but to eventually work things out (and maybe deal with how to get out of the loop). ITS GOOD SHIT

The Sacrifice of Stanford Pines - Jugare

Instead of sending Stan a postcard, Ford leaves Gravity Falls to find his brother. But to his shock, Stan is not nearly as willing to help as Ford thought. Everything goes south quickly.

East: I love this fic. The act of Ford going and finding Stan rather than having him send a letter gives these characters more time to interact before they arrive at the Shack, changing the course of fate. A top tier fic.

Under The Ice - castielrisingabove

What if that phone call the Bill-possessed Ford made to Stan actually went through?

East: short but to the point. A fun thought experiment and I think does a good job portraying both Stanley and Ford.

Sleight of Hand - impish_nature

Stan the magician!

East: Stan, post weirdmageddon, shows off his sleight of hand and his magic tricks. Ford POV. If you like the idea of the things lost in the cracks of memory after the series finale, or at least while Stan recuperates, you'll like this.

Unexpected but not Unwanted - impish_nature

Ford struggles as Stan remembers.

East: the tentative movements towards being a family, being brothers again, post weirdmageddon. shamelessly soft.

I Am A Selkie On The Sea - scribefindegil

The twins may be able to use the same sealskin, but only the one born with it is the true selkie. At least, that's what Ford's been telling himself for the past 40-odd years.

East: This series in general is really good. I like how the selkie skin is used to unit and to tear apart. My one gripe is I wish we never found out whether the skin belonged to Mabel or Dipper, and it was left for the reader to decide (and to decide if that even matters)

Too Late, Too Soon, Not Enough - IncomingAlbatross

(Another take on the missing scene in the Fearamid, featuring protectiveness, promises, and some long-overdue emotional progress. Also Stan being annoying on purpose.)

East: one of my favorite depictions of this scene. Does a good job with Fords POV and writing Stanley

why can't we just teach kids swears? - untrustworthyglitch

“Anyway, what’s in my kitchen that needs kid proofed? I keep the liquor in the high cabinets, where the kids won’t be able to reach,” Stan says. “Plus, the gun in the breadbox isn’t even loaded. Probably. I think.” Soos sighs. “I have my work cut out for me.” Or, in which Stan's niece and nephew are coming, and it's up to Wendy and Soos to fix Stan's life and habits.

East: A good fic, but more than that I really love this idea of how Soos and Wendy helped Stan get the shack ready for the kids.

Protective Instincts - ShyEye

Stanford decides to do some out of house research one late full moon night. He returns home only to almost instantly be attacked by an unfamiliar monster that maybe isn't as unfamiliar as initially thought.

East: I just love werewolf Stan au okay?

The Other Portal - Haberdasher

AU where, when items are lost in the Bottomless Pit, they come to Ford… regardless of his current location in the multiverse.

East: A good fic, but more than that it's a really fun idea! I wish they had pushed the implications of this even more (especially with the bottomless pit episode)

Off-Season - anistarrose

Winters running the Mystery Shack are difficult, but two unexpected guests improve Stan’s day.

East: cute oneshot. I'm a big fan of timetravel oneshots that are from the pov of the person who ISNT the timetraveler. Dramatic (or in this case tbh just very cute) irony.

In the Shadow of Death - A_Zap

It all started with the grim. Now it seems like every time he turns around, Ford finds yet another death omen hanging around his brother. Seriously, what exactly is going on with his brother that death constantly seems to follow his footsteps? A 5+1 fic of the death omens that adopted Stan and he adopted back.

East: It all comes together in the final chapter, trust me.

Changing Tides - Ariasune

When their dæmons settle, they'll be grown up. At least, that's the general idea.

and

Post-script - Ariasune

Poindexter, your deed is in the safe -- Wendy can open it for you -- don't worry about the mortgage, that's been paid off. Sorry about messing your life up again. Bye. PS - the milk is about to go bad, so you should use that up.

East: DAEMON AU DAEMON AU I'm such a sucker for these kinds of aus. Changing Tides focuses on canon, flipping between when the Stans were kids and the time of the show. Post Script naturally happens after the show. They're both good and dramatic.

Raising Stakes - Mary P Sue

East: heck, my copy and paste stopped working for some reason, so no summary for you. This is a vampire au and it's good! Create characterization, pretty clearly written either while Mystery Trio was a big thing or inspired by it. Carla fans get your juice.

🫶Stan twins and their love lives,,,, much to think about🫶

I love gravity falls because none of the characters are perfect, that all have qualities that could make them dislikable but the fandom loves them anyways

Stan says tax evasion (ft bill cipher)

I will literally learn to animate for this reason only

I need someone to animate Stanley with this sound,,,,,

Creds: Terminally Silly — Tiktok

Mr. and Mrs. Spankoffski are both played by Joey Richter

If I had a nickel for every time Joey Richter sang to Curt Mega menacingly from atop a staircase (about silicon) I'd have 2 nickels.

Adding onto that, if I had a nickel for every time Joey Richter was held at gunpoint by a lover I'd also have 2 nickels.

Finally, if I had a nickel for every time Joey Richter had a scene in a Starkid musical (specifically a hatchetfield musical) that was extremely similar to a scene he did in a TinCanBros musical (specifically Spies are Forever) I'd also have 2 nickels.

2 nickels isn't a lot but it's weird that these things have all happened twice.

I don't have a cold just a bad case of not knowing how to shut the fuck up

Ted was supposed to be watching his little brother but he didn't feel like it so he called Paul

I found this theory on Pinterest and for the life of me I cannot find the original post

I was listening to various Starkid songs on my flight earlier and whenever inevitable and let it out came on I was thinking of it

So let's start with my thought in let it out.

Yall know that one line people have been talking about in "love is an open door" from frozen? When Hans says "you" and Anna says "and I" meaning he was only using Anna or something (I can't remember) but I know that choice of wording had a meaning. When Paul was fighting against the infection he says "is this me?" And the infected side replies "or is this you?" And the wording made it sound like infected Paul was calling himself Paul if that makes any sense (I'm running on like 3 hours of sleep bear with me here)

In Inevitable, I noticed that every song in the play had a little snippet in the finale except La Dee Dah Day and Let It Out. My thoughts were that these songs weren't in the finale because he hadn't yet visited his boss's office in La Dee dah and he was fighting the finality of the infection in let it out

I could sound like a mad man right now but yk

Edit: I forgot about America is great again pls I have no explanation for that one

I keep seeing these cute edits that have the quote “some friendships are so strong they can even transcend lifetimes” or whatever the actual quote is. So it shows a picture of aang and zuko then a picture of korra and zuko and aang and katara and korra and katara and aang and iroh then korra and iroh and it’s cute yk i like it but then they show a picture of toph and aang then instead of korra and toph they show a picture of liN AND TENZIN?? THATS GENERATIONS NOT LIFETIMES?? IT MAKES ME SO MAD EVERY TIME

My friends and I were discussing different swimming techniques and we started talking about scissor kicks. Everyone was evaluating themselves on how good they were at scissor kicks and I gave my personal evaluation

me: I think I’m pretty good at scissor kicks

Friend: of course you are

I stared at him for a good 30 seconds before I realized

I’m a lesbian

me, whenever there’s a conversation even remotely related to the subject:

if you puncture the lungs a body won’t float.

Are you guys ok tf??

Every single odd number has an “e” in it.

The hook brothers are so weird because number 1. how are they both missing a limb like was that child abuse or some really fucked up genes ?? Number 2. the fact that they both had dreams that specifically required the limb they were missing is kinda silly too (foot= dancing hand= playing piano) and they look almost nothing alike like???

One time my band teacher was out so she left us work to do and my friends and I said “fuck it” so we studied for our Shakespeare test the next period. Our “retired” social studies teacher from the previous year was our sub. We were tryna hide the papers because she was super strict and demanding when she was our teacher but when she came over and saw the papers she helped us study, yapping about “Shakespeare is always so unnecessarily hard” and I found that really funny