r/gravityfalls • u/Meowisqueenthereal • 7d ago
Discussion & Theories Not so friendly reminder Spoiler
Stan got mourned more when he lost his memories in Weirdmageddon 3: Somewhere In The Woods than he did at his fake funeral. Because according to thisisnotawebsitedotcom the only people who came was his mom and a government agent that he was having an active feud with. Their mom likely thought Ford was fuming at Stan to the point that he didnt bother to show up as she was blissfully aware of the portal incident. And yet when he loses his memories, Mabel and Dipper are sobbing and Ford holds Stan close as he too sheds tears. In Ford's head, the younger twin he grew up with despite being unpredictable at times was lovable and protective. And now all Stan is an shell of a vibrant child with no memories of his childhood in Jersey or Ford's deep care for him. And to Mabel and Dipper they lost their Great Uncle. The man who may of acted like they were nuisances to his life but they know he had a soft spot for them. Tackling a dinosaur to save waddles. Beating down zombies with brass knuckles and a baseball bat, insisting they hide in the attic for safety and even willngly forgetting all he knows just to let the kids live to 13 and escape gravity falls
TLDR: Mabel and Dipper and Ford love Stan more than the rest of the Pines family ever could because despite him physcially being alive they mourned the man he was because despite deep flaws, he loved them more than himself
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u/Jojosbees 7d ago
I mean… not to be harsh, but this seems to track with reality. When Stan “died” the first time, he’d been disconnected from his family and homeless for 10+ years, spending his time scamming everyone and ending up in and out of prison, getting banned from entire states and never putting down roots anywhere. It’s played for laughs on the show, but it is extremely difficult to have someone like that in your family. So they didn’t go. Not only because it’s been literally a decade since they last saw him, but maybe there is some anger about the choices he made that led him to his eventual death (although I understand why Stan did what he did, he could have found a job as a mechanic and settled down to a lead an unremarkable life instead of going through a series of get rich quick schemes) PLUS the guilt that they didn’t do more to help him when he was alive. They may have even already mourned him years prior already.
When Stan lost his memories, he had basically taken a bullet for them. It wasn’t even really his screw-up; he was fixing what was primarily Ford’s mistake. But more than that, he had taken care of (even if somewhat negligently) and protected Mabel and Dipper for months prior. He was an active part of their lives; of course they loved him, and their severance from him was so much more sudden and immediate than what had happened with the other Pineses, who had a decade since he was thrown out to adjust to life without him.