What if mcgucket and the others didn’t originally blind-eye themselves because they knew things too horrible to bear
What if thEY BLIND-EYED THEMSELVES TO KEEP DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE AWAY FROM BILL
THE THOUGHT DEMON
WHAT IF MAYBE EVEN MCGUCKET INDUCTED THEM AT FIRST WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE
A VIGILANTE CLEAN UP CREW HERO
THAT MAKES THE SOCIETY’S SYMBOL MAKE PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE THE X THROUGH THE EYE THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE BILL’S EYE WOULD BE THE PERFECT SYMBOL FOR KEEPING HIM FROM SEEING THINGS
MCGUCKET WENT DOWN A HERO DOING GOOD WORK, NOT A DISGRACED TORTURED MAN FULL OF REGRET LIKE WE THOUGHT
A lot of the fan response I’m seeing here seems to be based on the assumption that Stanley, as great-uncle Stanford’s brother, must be Mabel and Dipper’s grandfather. But, you know, not necessarily? They could have another brother who is the twins’ grandpa. Having him be their grandfather means you also need to account for their grandmother, and who she is and what became of her, and what she knew, if anything, about Stanley’s disappearance, which, to do it properly, means establishing two new characters instead of one, and unlike Stanley, this putative grandmother has been completely unforeshadowed. That seems like a narrative complication that doesn’t fit the build-up we’ve had.
I just think it’s more likely that Stanley is another grunkle. You’re allowed more than one. A good story with multiple mysterious grunkles is The Haunting by Margaret Mahy. Actually, I think both Dipper and Mabel would really enjoy that book, just from somewhat different angles.
Stan taking the “death” of Wax Stan way too seriously is one of my favorite jokes in the show. In all likelihood, it is just a joke about how egotistical Stanford Pines is.
But, if you want to hate yourself, here’s another way to look at this. Stan has someone (well, something) that looks exactly like him. He watches tv with Wax Stan. He cracks jokes at Wax Stan. He’s got pictures of himself with Wax Stan. Until Wax Stan is murdered, that is. What does Stan do? He buys a coffin. He hosts a memorial service. Perhaps, because this time around, Stan has a body to bury.
Goofy, egotistical old man? Yeah, probably. It’s a silly show after all.
Grieving twin staring into the face of the man who was taken from him thirty years ago? Well, why not?
“Stan having a secret brother was the plan from the very beginning…and I think your mind might be a little blown by just how many clues and hints we planted pointing to this conclusion…Ever wondered why Stan was so distraught at his wax doppelgänger’s “death” in “Headhunters”?” —ALEX HIRSCH
Someone toss me a basketball because I need to celebrate this SLAM DUNK.
I was looking at the journal pages, and here’s something interesting. The Author as a whole writes in a pretty serious, intellectual tone, stuff like this:
It’s hard to believe it’s been six years since I began researching the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon. In all my travels, never have I observed so many curious things! Gravity Falls is indeed a geographical oddity.
But every once in a while there’ll be odd tangents into silliness, like the “ICE ICE, BABY!” code on the cryogenic freezing chamber page. What’s with that?
So Stan, some Stan, had to fake his death by cutting the brakes on his car. No one would believe a man had died if the car was empty, which means there had to be some sort of Stan-place holder in the driver’s seat: an effigy.
Someone else pointed out that Stan might have used the copier from the Double Dipper episode to make a copy of himself. SO MAYBE THATS WHO WAS IN THE CAR WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. A STAN COPY
captocie
rinlockhart
merrigel
airyairyquitecontrary
ingunnsara
phantomrose96
doodlesonly
haikujitsu
nonespark
crispystarreblogs
anneriawings
doafhat
