Gravity Falls Meta
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A big misunderstanding going on in this fandom is the idea that Stan was the one yearning for Ford while Ford was too busy hating Stan (at worst) or at least thinking he hated Stan (at best), too focused on his research and academic accomplishments to pay his repressed/heavily denied love for Stan any mind, up until Stan’s sacrifice in Weirdmageddon. Ambitious, self-centered Ford, who would be shocked at the preposterous idea that he still loved Stan deep down if, say, his post-Weirdmageddon future self revealed it to him. “I thought I hated you, but I was wrong,” old Ford says to Stan, remorseful... and painfully out-of-character!
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A canon analysis dedicated to proving that Ford has always known he loved Stan, valued Stan over the greater good, and missed Stan just as much as Stan missed him. With pics!
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- Part 1 of Gravity Falls Meta
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Was Caryn Pines a good or a bad mom to the Stan twins? by padmerry
Fandoms: Gravity Falls
01 Jun 2025
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Stan introduces us to Caryn’s character by describing her in the following words: “Mom was a pathological liar, which served her well as a phone psychic.” She is also, canonically, a kleptomaniac. “Pathological liar” and “kleptomaniac” aren’t the first terms you think of when you picture a stereotypical housewife back in the day, are they? So that’s already proof she can’t be put in a box together with the “women of her time.”
Let’s get this out of the way: she does not fear Filbrick and people should stop using that as an excuse for her actions (or lack thereof). But she isn’t totally uncaring, either. I present you a canon analysis of the relationship between Caryn and her kids!***
A meta dedicated to analyzing Caryn’s role in the Pines family, mostly as Stan and Ford’s mother but also as Filbrick’s wife.
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- Part 2 of Gravity Falls Meta