this page from lost legends makes me feel fucking unwell . i have diseases i am SICK AND TWISTED i literally cant even put the emotions it makes me feel into words
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I’ve been itching to redraw this Lost Legends panel, and I finally got around to it! I’m really happy with how it turned out too, and of course I always love Ford being a good brother 🥹💕
(I guess this works for Stanuary and Forduary lol ✨)
Original panel
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Hey guess what? Time for another talk about Stanley Pines. I have not looked to see if anyone else made this connection, so, if I'm just repeating something that's already been established, please disregard 🤣
Anyways, I was thinking about Stan's pet possum, Shanklin, from the 'Lost Legends' graphic novel and how funny it was that he had a possum as a pet, of all things. I also thought it was very interesting how Shanklin is mentioned in the preview of The Book Of Bill (Stan drew a picture of a possum with a knife tied to its back, that has to be a reference to Shanklin). While I was thinking about this, it occurred to me that it's a strange detail for Stan to have a possum as a childhood pet.
Don't get me wrong, having any kind of undomesticated animal as a pet is pretty wild, but I think possums are generally more loathed than other critters? (That's just conjecture since I've heard possums get called ugly while racoons are cute.) Plus, I don't know, that just seemed like a strange choice for Stan.
Myself, I love possums. They're shy, they eat SO MANY TICKS HELL YEAH (fuck ticks, I hate ticks), they're North America's only marsupial which is very neat, they're practically immune to rabies and they do that thing where they play dead.
And who faked their death for thirty years?
Stanley.
When this crossed my mind, I had a moment of like 'hold on a second' because it suddenly struck me that Stanley's possum might be more than just a quirky pet.
Please bear in mind that this is all just speculation on my part 😅
So what kind of guy is Stanley? He's actually not an aggressive person at heart. In Dreamscaperers, when he talks to Soos about what he was like as a kid, he describes himself as weak until boxing lessons toughened him up. Even so, Stanley usually only fights if someone he cares about is in trouble. (We definitely see that repeatedly when it comes to Mabel and Dipper)
When he's on his own however, it seems like his default is to bluff his way out of trouble or run, such as evading the law and Rico, amongst other instances. (I submit his repeated tactic of using smoke bombs as a distraction for his getaway.)
Possums are not aggressive animals. They hiss and growl, but that's more of a defensive display than an actual threat, and again, they play dead as a defense technique.
Now, I wanna bring up the fact that Stan tied a knife to Shanklin's back to make him an 'attack possum'. Doesn't that seem a bit symbolic considering how Stan had to make himself tough?
So, there you have it, I think Shanklin was meant to be a representation of Stanley's character.
If you made it this far, thank you for reading. Here's a meme my friend made after I talked to her about this
(You're the best, S, thank you for listening to me ramble about Stan and his possum)
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Stress doodles of He.
[Image Description: a series of sketches of Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls.
Top left: a detailed, shaded grayscale neck-up portrait of Ford smiling and looking down to the right at someone unseen. He has a large scar tracing across his face and up to his left eye, which is covered by a blacked-out lens of his glasses. He’s saying “I am, as the youth say, awake.” Someone is replying “do u mean ‘woke’”.
Middle left: a colored drawing of Stan and Ford, in their Stan O’ War II outfits. Ford is smiling giddily up at something looming above him and casting a shadow over both him and Stan, with a notebook clutched in his left hand. Stan is a little ways behind him, looking up with a mix of fear and confusion on his face. Both brothers have brown-blue complete heterochromia in opposite eyes.
Bottom left: a warm, flatly colored monochromatic drawing of Ford looking down at something with a happy, excited look on his face. He’s lit by an unseen light source and yelling something in an alien language.
Bottom middle: a grayscale, full-body, top-down sketch of Ford looking up at something angrily. He’s wearing his classing outfit and has a gun clutched in his right fist, and is brightly lit by an unseen light source.
Bottom right: a flatly-colored sketch of Ford sat slightly hunched with one leg crossed over the other and holding a glass of wine in his right hand, posed over his knee. He is wearing a waistcoat over a black shirt and red tie with his golden six-fingered symbol on it. His legs and half of his torso are outside of the drawing.
Top right: a full-body colored and shaded sketch of Ford wearing a girl’s Japanese high school uniform and looking down at himself with his left arm held across his body thinking “this is actually quite comfortable.” He has scattered scars on his left arm and legs, his right arm is out of view.
Middle: a colored chibi drawing of Ford in his classic outfit with the agender flag behind him. The text above reads “his gender is unsafe science”. End description]
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February 15th marks 3 important anniversaries for Gravity Falls…alongside it's conclusion!
On this day 6 years ago, Alex Hirsch revealed the cover to Lost Legends via Puzzling Pines! 11 years ago, Boss Mabel aired, marking the end of the first major hiatus. And 8 years ago, Weirdmageddon 3 aired…ending Gravity Falls & leaving behind one weird but incredible legacy!
Who would've thought the day Gravity Falls came back in 2013 would be the day it ends on 3 years later…and then again 2 years later is the day we learn the name of the then newest content we were getting for it.
Also like every year, I highly recommend watching this incredible GF tribute video by Valkyrie247 In 2017!
We all have our starting point in the Gravity Falls fandom! A bedrock that built our place in it today! This video was my entry into the fandom! It inspired me so much back in 2017 and is the bedrock video that I built my GF fandom adventure on! Please give it some love! I wouldn't do what I do today without creators like Valkyrie247!!
Stay Weird, everyone :P
Long Live Gravity Falls
2012 - 2016
Also…XQWLWOHG WKDWJIIDQ SURMHFW! DQQRXQFHPHQW VRRQ! ;)
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