what does each member of the pines family think of candy corn? typically opinions of candy corn are either black or white
stan thinks it’s fuckin nasty. he’d rather have chocolate coated pretzels or something.
mabel is nuts for it though of course. “how could anybody hate candy corn? it’s like, a halloween STAPLE. candy corn is the physical taste of the holiday. also i can become a candy corn vampire. watch this” and she sticks two pieces of candy corn to her top braces brackets to make them look like fangs “ehh? ehhhh?” “dipper why dontcha go chop some garlic for your sister huh”
dipper doesn’t like the sweetness level of it. he’ll eat like 5 maybe and when he starts to feel the sweaters forming on his teeth he’ll just go “yep! alright i’ve had enough” and nonchalantly give the rest to mabel who plows through the bag
and ford, to much surprise, actually really enjoys it as well. he’s got a sweet tooth like mabel, but is able to control it. mabel might go to ford and say “grunkle ford why do people hate candy corn so much?? they totally ruin the halloween spirit” “i’m not certain my dear, but clearly those people don’t know good taste when they see it…or well, taste it.”
when the kids go back next summer, around summerween mabel asks stan if he could pick up some candy corn to celebrate and he says “i aint havin that candy earwax crap in this house. find somethin else to have for a summerween treat.” mabel looks kind of upset but she then asks ford the same question and before stan knows it they’re already out of the house buying it.
when they get back home mabel says, purposely within stan’s hearing radius, “thank you so much for getting this grunkle ford!! i love you!” not a problem sweetie, and i love you too.“ stan says “where the hell did you two go? i was gonna go out to buy some detergent but the car was missing from the driveway” ford gives stan a look and pulls a bag of candy corn out of the shopping bag. “well today i found the quickest way to our niece’s heart, stanley.”
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ok not to brag but my brain was fucking massive back in 2016 im so glad i never wiped my blog at any point. how was i so damn good at getting the voices of these characters down
Stan hates to start any unnecessary conflict, especially when there’s a very real chance that Ford will be moving to California next year, but he knows deep down that if they don’t talk about this now then he’ll never have the courage to bring it up again.
“Wait,” Stan shouts to Ford, and he stops dead in his tracks.
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Notes: In which one little plot bunny that was preventing me from getting any work done becomes its own rabbit hole.
I genuinely cannot believe that in the six-seven years I’ve been in this fandom, I’ve never tried my hand at the fix-it-fic where Stan and Ford just talk it out as teenagers, just like they should’ve in canon. I’ve seen a lot of different approaches, but I feel like I’ve yet to see one that tackles it from the perspective of Stan’s own battle with his self-worth, rather than the actions he or Ford have already taken.
Waddles is a key element of Gravity Falls, because he is in essence a tangible symbol of the love between Mabel and her family; if Dipper hadn’t expressed his love for Mabel by getting Waddles and Stan hadn’t committed to his love for Mabel by protecting Waddles, then the pig wouldn’t have been there to bring back Stan’s memory in the end. Similarly, Mabel’s loving nature is protected and nourished by her family’s love for her, which enables her to reciprocate even more strongly—so strongly, in the end, that she’s still fighting for Stan’s recovery even after everyone else has given up. In this essay I will
In the week following his ‘death’, Stanley arranged an obituary to accompany the speculative article that had been published in Oregon’s Community Watch. Something sent in by Stanford Pines, sweet and succinct; ‘Stanley Pines, deceased at age thirty. Will be missed. Much love, Stanford Pines’. That would mollify any sympathetic locals.
He considered arranging a funeral after receiving a phone call from his mother. There was no body to bury, of course, so it would only be a gathering to commemorate his death.
At first, the idea had made him giddy; he could cater as if it were a party! Deliberately serve non-kosher food! Play that obnoxious rock music his father hated!
But following these thoughts was the realization neither his mother nor father had made any attempt to broach the subject of a funeral. No extended family had called, either. No family friends had sent their condolences. He hadn’t received as little as an ‘I’m sorry for your loss’ for anyone, either verbally or in the form of a card.
Stanley Pines was dead, and the dead man himself was the only one thinking about arranging a funeral.
As the phone receiver warmed in his lap, The Beatles rattled around his head,
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church And was buried along with her name Nobody came
That would be him, wouldn’t it? Sitting alone at his own funeral while the funeral director addressed the pews as if there were a crowd. ‘We are gathered here today’, he would lie. ‘To celebrate the life and to honor the memory of Stanley Pines.’
So there was no funeral. He allowed Stanley Pines to have a quiet, dignified death, and Stanley didn’t mind. Funerals were drab, anyway. Expensive too. When he finally did die, he would ensure it was long after he had rescued his brother from the portal so there would be at least one person standing by his casket.
After all, when push comes to shove, you only really need one.
Honest to god,this is one of my biggest accomplishment. I started drawing the first epsiode ever since January and finished drawing the last in April.And oh dear i made some other artwork sacrifices just to complete this haha But yes,Other than that,i wanted to draw all of these episodes to show how thankful i am to welcome gravity falls in my life and for thanking Alex Hirsch for making such an amazing show!So thank you very much!
And for the special annoucment,i will release 5 posters of an episode of your choice!For making this possible,you guys can vote 5 of these drawn episodes that you would like to be as a posters!You guys can write down your answers in the tags,if you decide to reblog,or send me a message!
Once i get enough votes,i will be releasing the 5 most popular drawn episodes!
A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic.
Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day.
Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.
Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy. Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour.
Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick. Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.
Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.
So I tried this recipe.
And it is GREAT.
It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.
Life hack: add white chocolate chips and sea salt
I made these today for the equinox with sea salt caramel chips and they are simply amazing. Let’s see how long they last with six people in the house!
Noting for later (as we need more butter for this, and probably won’t do a grocery shopping till the weekend).
The OP version of this has become my go-to cookie for basically all things and I have a whole cohort of friends and colleagues who would murder each other to get them. Haven’t tried any add ons yet, since the base recipe is SO GOOD.
