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old man mcgucket stops playing his banjo at 8. nobody really knows why. all they know is that when it’s 8 o clock, he stops playing his banjo and goes inside to work on something else. and when i say “nobody” that includes fiddleford himself. he doesn’t really remember why he can’t play his banjo past 8, but what he does know is that it’s a firm rule. even if there’s nobody there to enforce it, he just knows within himself that he’s not supposed to. so he doesn’t.
sometimes fiddleford looks at his cubix cube. it’s solved, it always is, but something nags at him to check. it feels like it’s supposed to be scrambled, but it’s not. he doesn’t really want to scramble it himself but it’s like a step in the process is gone. he solves it. he leaves it alone. something happens? he comes back to it scrambled. he solves it. but now it just sits off to the side, untouched. it’s confusing.
sometimes fiddleford sees something interesting. he thinks that it would be a perfect gift for someone. but he doesn’t know who that someone is. it’s just a blank where their name should be. but he gets these things anyways. maybe someday he’ll remember who they are and be able to fill in the blanks. give them all of the gifts he’s collected over the years. finally understand who he used to be.
why is it that every time he makes gloves, whether it’s with crochet or leather, they end up with six fingers?
why is it that every time he finds something strange or out of the ordinary, he feels a sense of nostalgia?
why is it that every time he goes exploring into the forest, he feels a sense of something missing?
why is it that he just feels so alone?
the answer is simple.
old man mcgucket is just a crazy hillbilly.
the town kook.
he doesnt know anything.
he can’t be fixed.
just ignore him.
just don’t look at him.
just leave him alone.
shoutout to the user who supplied me the screencap of this scene. he’s sooo joyful and whimsical.
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YAAAAYYY
thank you
guys. i need your help.
i need a screencap of that one scene where ford is happily frolicking through a cave while catching eyebats with a net. pleaaase help
guys. i need your help.
i need a screencap of that one scene where ford is happily frolicking through a cave while catching eyebats with a net. pleaaase help
edit: i got it guys. in case you were also looking for it:
my mother said she liked this one so you guys can also see it
guys i have a whole ass 90 followers on here. isn’t that crazy.
hey. since i talked about stan's cane i'll talk about ford's too. ford isn't as dependent on his cane as stan is, but he still brings it with him everywhere because of how useful it is for non-cane purposes. fiddleford made it personally for him (THEYRE MARRIEEDD!!!!) and it is completely locked and loaded. literally. theres a button on it that when pressed, the handle pops out and deploys a fully loaded gun. not to mention the secret compartments. theres one for snacks (basically always full of jelly beans) theres one for pens, and theres a flashlight installed on it as well. its fully optimized for every situation and ford loves it so so so much. and the handle is SOO comfy in comparison to stan's. specifically crafted to fit his hand so its as easy to hold as possible. so much love and care put into every detail. the tip of the cane can be swapped out for different kinds of terrain, whether he's walking through the forest, a cave, or he's just in the shack. its luxury. stan still brags that his looks cooler though. and is he really wrong?
a traditional ntl
ok another stan headcanon.. that cane with the 8 ball on it? yeah. its a real cane. dipper and mabel both thought it was just a prop for a while (and most tourists also assume this) until one day stan's knee got locked up and he used it while inside the Shack and not just on tours. basically couldn't walk without it at that point. yeah. when his knee started acting up he stole got a cane. and yeah. maybe he did take off the original handle to superglue a really tacky and glossy 8 ball onto it. what are you gonna do about it? call the cops? so what if the lack of grip on it causes his hand to slip off sometimes and he ends up falling over? so what if its top heavy? so what if the spherical shape of it is hard to hold onto in general and feels awkward? it looks great. its part of his brand. almost as iconic as his fez. dont disrespect his cane or he will hit you over the head with it. edit: if you want to know what ford's cane is like.
some traditional fiddler with a side of fiddauthor
“23 1 9 20 9 14 7 6 15 18 19 15 13 5 20 8 9 14 7 9 14 20 5 18 5 19 20 9 14 7 20 15 8 1 16 16 5 14 ?
. . .
19 15 1 13 9.”
sorry chat. the brainworms got to me.
this is canon.
ok i have another ford headcanon. what? its nwhs birthday still? ohhh. yeaah. this is totally related to that. happy 10 years of ford or whatever. this is definitely for that and i planned this ford pines is a trinket guy. this man has 12 shelves full of just little things. figurines, stickers, posters, prints, pins, magnets, plushies. he has it all. tardis figurines. doctor who posters. star trek posters. mothman plushies. pine trees everywhere. even mcguckets inventions that hes gifted to him (THEYRE MARRIED) are put on display. he loves having stuff to look at. he loves collecting shit. every little gift hes ever received is lovingly placed on a shelf or wall. you cant see out of the back window of that mans car from the amount of stickers and decals (probably to the point where its technically illegal but that never stopped him). you cant trust that man unsupervised in a store because he WILL be making impulsive purchases (or just stealing them. you know his pockets are filled to the brim with random stuff everytime he leaves a place.) he loves it. he loves it so so so so so much. he probably has a fuck ton of piercings and accessories and jewelry too. he loves decorating himself. its so much fun for him are you kidding. stan wears flashy shit for the sake of showing wealth. ford does it for the love of the game.
reblogging for reach because this is very weird and sketchy.
Guys, I noticed someone reposted my art on the clipart website. The problem is that I didn't give permission to do so unless that was a bot. & wasn't even given the credit as well. Not rlly surprised, but I'm pretty much upset at this :(
As I saw, there was someone else's fanart as well, which makes me (& my friend as well) feel like this website was MEANT to post ppl's fanarts/artworks w/o their permission. So please, be aware it could happen to YOUR artwork, at least just in case of
Ofc unfortunately, I cannot prevent it completely, but for non-artists: please, do not repost ppl's artwork w/o their permission &/or credit
ok i have another ford headcanon. what? its nwhs birthday still? ohhh. yeaah. this is totally related to that. happy 10 years of ford or whatever. this is definitely for that and i planned this ford pines is a trinket guy. this man has 12 shelves full of just little things. figurines, stickers, posters, prints, pins, magnets, plushies. he has it all. tardis figurines. doctor who posters. star trek posters. mothman plushies. pine trees everywhere. even mcguckets inventions that hes gifted to him (THEYRE MARRIED) are put on display. he loves having stuff to look at. he loves collecting shit. every little gift hes ever received is lovingly placed on a shelf or wall. you cant see out of the back window of that mans car from the amount of stickers and decals (probably to the point where its technically illegal but that never stopped him). you cant trust that man unsupervised in a store because he WILL be making impulsive purchases (or just stealing them. you know his pockets are filled to the brim with random stuff everytime he leaves a place.) he loves it. he loves it so so so so so much. he probably has a fuck ton of piercings and accessories and jewelry too. he loves decorating himself. its so much fun for him are you kidding. stan wears flashy shit for the sake of showing wealth. ford does it for the love of the game.
happy birthday to nwhs. very cool. very sick
happy women’s. i love women
ok ive been thinking about valentin a lot lately so im just going to infodump what i have right now.
first i should say. i dont plan on giving the guy trauma. i know its a whole thing with ocs and that they always have trauma, but i really dont want to do that with valentin. and i have a reason for this. the whole reason i want stan to have a boyfriend like this in the first place is because he deserves to have some kind of stable figure in his life. someone who can comfort him and be understanding of him without their own issues also weighing down on them. valentin is in a place where he is able to be that kind of person for stan. and thats because hes mentally stable enough to do that. okay now for the actually entertaining stuff. valentin is a very gentle and nice guy despite how big and scary he is (and the fact he kills people..) and is friendly with pretty much everyone in town like stan is.
hes very big into parkour and stuff. before he moved to gravity falls it was more urban parkour, scaling buildings and such, and afterwards he got really interested in exploring the forest and climbing the trees. he sees it like a giant playground. its very fun.
him being into parkour is actually what led to him becoming a hitman. i couldn't for the life of me tell you how exactly he ended up with that job, but it made a decent living and he didn't mind it much. but whatever
he has a few piercings. he has pierced ears (which was in the concept art) and ive decided he can also have snakebites and a nose piercing too, why the hell not. he probably has a few tattoos too, but i havent put enough thought into those yet.
speaking of snakebites. he loves snakes. i think everyone deserves a favorite animal and his is snakes. stan is inexplicably terrified of snakes so whenever theres one in the shack or on the porch then valentin is the one to take care of it.
also. remember how i said "dont ask this guy where he was in the mid 80's" on the concept art? well since youre here i might as well give some clarification to that. there were like. "parties" for bears in the 80's in california. he was over there. for completely unrelated reasons. dont worry about it. dipper was one thousand percent convinced valentin was a werewolf when him and mabel first got to the shack. sure, he was really nice to them, but what if it was all a ploy so he could eat them or whatever werewolves do?? plus, he was always running off into the forest to "work out". it was suspicious.. and then he realized valentin was just really active and liked nature. boring.
mabel loovves doing valentin's hair. its so long, the possibilities are endless!! lots of times he ends up just being a model for her, doing different hairstyles or wearing different accessories. its very sweet and wholesome and cool.
soos basically has two dads now. valentin is always there to teach him stuff and give advice. compared to stan he's the voice of reason most of the time. they're very close.
dont think i forgot about wendy! he's close with wendy too! she taught him how to use axes to climb trees more efficiently and other methods of navigating the forest. he taught her how to fire guns. it's great.
and now the best for last. stan.
valentin met stan after moving to gravity falls in order to be more secluded and less likely to be hunted down by cops. this was about 7 years after stan got there, so he was already pretty settled in. they met in greasy's diner and talked for a while, hitting it off. they kept meeting there for lunch and sometimes breakfast, and after a while they grew closer and hung out more often. blah blah blah they start dating its all great. cool!
fun fact. they're unofficially married. they can't legally get married since it was like. the 90's when they started dating and even then the timeline goes up until 2012 where same sex marriage still wasn't legal. but they said "hey even if we can't sign the paperwork (which would be a headache anyways) we can still wear matching rings and live together and basically be husbands but socially instead of legally." and so they're. basically married.
i said in the concept art that valentin is kinda housewife like? yeah. he takes care of the house and stuff while stan goes out and works, and really just. likes baking. it seems out of place considering everything else but he just likes it.
when stan finishes his work day, its immediately to valentin for emotional support and cuddles. theres nothing more relaxing than just sitting back and letting val hold him close. maybe talk about how their days went. domestic bliss and all that.
shockingly valentin is very bad at flirting. but not in the way you're probably thinking. stan will say something like "damn baby youre body is soo beautiful. all of that working out is really paying off huh." and then valentin will reply like "well i think your eyes are pretty and your silver hair brings out the way they shine when you're happy" like how the hell is stan supposed to reply to that. valentin is so stupid /aff
also stan gets flustered very easily around him. no matter how badass you think he looks with his brass knuckles ready to fight, he looks like a pathetic wet cat next to valentin.
ive also had a lot of thoughts about him and ford interacting, but im gonna put that in another post because this alone is already over 900 words and thats too much. so uh. yeahh. hope you like him.
fuck this guy but this palette is pretty cool
RAAHHH!! I CANT HOLD IT IN ANYMORE!1!1!
i like to wear soft clothing (cause it makes me feel like i’m rough, in comparison) is a mabel song
might quit is a stan song
i’m a princess is a ford song
i’m scared is a dipper song
i’ll even throw in an extra for you.
the moon is made of cheese (but i can’t taste it) is a bill cipher song
these are all songs by bill wurtz and you should listen to every single one of his songs because they’re all bangers.
looks like someone learned a new trick!
👌︎🕆︎❄︎ ✋︎ 🕈︎⚐︎☠︎👎︎☜︎☼︎ 🕈︎☟︎⚐︎ ❄︎✌︎🕆︎☝︎☟︎❄︎ ☟︎✋︎💣︎📬︎📬︎✍︎
alright let me take a crack at this
there are a few plot holes that we need to avoid here. and by a few i mean a good amount.
stan’s criminal record. nobody would want to take the identity of someone who still has jail time to serve. so this will have to be an au where a. it takes place before stan turns to crime or b. stan doesn’t commit crime at all. or a secret third option where ford doesn’t even realize how much of a criminal stan is until he’s too far in and has to learn how to run from the cops.
the fingers. nobody in gravity falls ever noticed that ford had 6 fingers, so it was easy for them to just go with a normal guy who had 5. but someone with 5 fingers seeming to randomly grow an extra finger? strange. especially since stan is much more sociable than ford. the guy who’s known for being super talkative and knows everyone in town suddenly locks himself away in his house? also strange.
stanley needs to be out of the picture one way or another. probably not dead?
ford needs a motive. this has two parts two it. a. he needs a reason to leave his old identity behind and b. he needs a reason to take stan’s identity specifically.
so with all of this in mind. i give you this.
stan gets to gravity falls before ford does. thinks “hey this place isn’t on any maps. no cops will find me here!”
settles in. makes a good living off of being a tourist trap.
he uses the bill summoning thing as another attraction. Very Stupid Idea.
bill comes to make a deal with stan. thinks “hey look there’s a guy i can con.”
stan gets approached by bill for a deal. thinks “hey look there’s a guy i can con.”
stan goes missing
ford arrives to gravity falls.
ford does not have grant money. people don’t believe in his weirdness theory because they think he’s just talking about the tourist trap that used to be there for a while.
finds an old abandoned shack.
investigates old abandoned shack.
“hey wait a minute. not only are there scraps of proof for my theory, but these are stan’s belongings!”
ford thinks. nobody takes him seriously. people don’t seem to take stan’s disappearance seriously either.
“hey! what if i took on his identity, reopened the tourist trap, and used this footing for money and such while i look for stan?”
and thus. ford takes stan’s identity, runs the tourist trap and tries to look for his brother.
the excuse for the fingers is that he had a run in with some kind of magical creature. it gifted him with extra dexterity in the form of extra fingers. everyone loves it.
ford learns to run from the cops. something he never thought he would have to do.
You know what? We have Stanley pretending to be Stanford for a long ass time
Now give me an AU where Stanford pretends to be Stanley. I don't know man, like he wasn't anyone you could even pretend to be. Stanley is a nobody. Basically.
So this AU would be where he is someone somewhere and Stanford has to pretend to be him. Why? I don't know, figure it out.
so i drew up a little concept for him..
do not ask this man where he was in the mid 80’s…
this design is subject to changes so don’t get too attached to everything. don’t be fooled by his appearance he is fucking huge. like bud gleeful huge.
so i drew up a little concept for him..
do not ask this man where he was in the mid 80’s…
this design is subject to changes so don’t get too attached to everything. don’t be fooled by his appearance he is fucking huge. like bud gleeful huge.
SPLEEEEEEENS!!! I LOVE SPLEENS I SAW YOU IN MY RECOMMENDED AND LOST MY BEANSTALKS! I HAVE A CAT IN REAL LIFE THAT LOOKS LIKE REAL LIFE SPLEENS! AHHH!!!
yippeee!!!
i too have a calico cat but she doesn’t look that much like spleens. i have the plush though so its good
guys im gonna be very open and vulnerable with you right now. okay? dont make fun of me. im very, very, VERY tempted to make an oc for the simple purpose of shipping them with stan because i think he deserves to have a big bear boyfriend who loves him and they'd get married (for tax benefits of course) and be happy. too many people ship him with twinks. his boyfriend should completely tower over him. idk thats just what im thinking right now. edit: i gave in
even MORE stan twin headcanons so we all know from the charity stream that ford is very oblivious to people flirting with him. haha! very funny! very silly! so when he goes out to bars with stan he usually doesnt understand when people are flirting with him (and if they're stupidly obvious with it, then he turns them down because hes married to mcgucket and YOU CANT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME-) and stan flirts with people in bars a lot. you know. as he does. whenever someone comes up to flirt with him or whatever, ford will look away and pretend not to listen.. and then turn back around when he realizes that stan is just as, if not, more dense and clueless than he is. and he doesn't even realize he's being flirted with?? he's just?? casually talking to this person who's clearly interested????? like it's taking him forever to realize?? when he does realize, though, he immediately starts flirting back and ford turns back around again. whether it's just an internal doubt where he doesn't think anybody would be interested in him, and just takes it as them being nice, or he's just really that clueless, ford doesn't really know. but he's started to put on a stopwatch to see just how long it would take for him to flirt back. the longest it's taken so far is 15 minutes and 34 seconds.
i’m gonna boost this video of mine because 1. it looks cool 2. youtube destroyed the quality on it and 3. it got copyrighted so that’s. not good for reach.
here. you can have it.