i think she was right and totally valid to divorce Fiddleford, ngl. The man left her and their kid for his research partner and, regardless of how you feel about their relationship being romantic or platonic, it wasn’t a good look for him. Especially considering that he doesn’t come back to visit very much if at all and the one time we see him go visit, he forgets to get a gift for her when he gave Ford two!

It gets tricky when you consider the memory gun, like it was obviously part of why Fiddleford never left Gravity Falls after quitting the project considering what it did to his mind, but it was his responsibility to take care of his family and he failed to do that even before he lost his mind.

I get sad that she sometimes gets treated as an obstacle for fiddauthor rather than a wife and mother who just wants her husband back, even as someone who likes fiddauthor. I wish there was more exploration of her character and how Fiddleford’s actions hurt her and their son, but she was clearly only created to explain how he had a son from his debut episode. TBoB’s tidbits were great but they weren’t enough i feel.

anyway, those are my thoughts. Emma May deserves better, ngl.

Yeah, i’ve seen them go so far as to say Ford’s the reason for his little “Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!” thing in Greasy’s Diner in an episode and get mad. as if Fiddleford wasn’t capable of turning them down when they were working together. The coffee was just an offer from Ford to help him stay awake while working late hours without real stakes if Fiddleford didn’t accept them, it wasn’t coercive and highkey abusive like the shit Bill pulled with the alcohol.

the fandom has weird priorities with character morality, ngl.

i don’t know, i think i don’t mentally consider that as a regular au since it’s technically canon, if that makes sense? also the way a lot of the fandom interprets it just annoys me too much to really like it outside of some exceptions. like, the common fanon that Stan absolutely died out there with the journal just feels like a way to make one mad at Ford rather than being based on canon fact about that universe. Ford doesn’t mention anything about Stan outside of him probably taking the journal in his entry about it, so he probably didn’t know and didn’t feel like talking about speculations regarding the parallel Stan even if he did wonder about it. He could’ve died, yeah, but it isn’t a fully guaranteed thing, you know? just a headcanon that i’m annoyed by for various reasons

i do, as a strange change of pace for me if you know me at all, kinda like Alex’s thoughts about it where Stan would just be trying to pull money out of Ford for doing his journal business for him haha. such a Stan thing to do honestly. i also like @tazmiilly’s takes on it from what i remember (their art of parallel Ford in a wheelchair/using a cane and Stan coming back to help him out sticks out to me right now), and for the aus where Stan does die, i do like the blood brothers au by my friend @ferretwhomst too (i feel like the au having ford also die and be a ghost in a different dimension helps my liking for it haha. it’s balanced, as all things should be).

as for your next point, i feel like those are less conspiracies and more… headcanons or interpretations, if that makes sense? i dunno, i think it would be interesting to think about Parallel Ford being dead for who knows what reason and Fiddleford covering it up for canon Ford, for sure. it is definitely something to consider if one likes the idea enough, since we’re not given confirmation either way.

anyway, thanks for the ask! it was fun to answer!

I’m not sure, but I think it’s implied that he has an apartment? At least, the room he’s at in the memory gun footage doesn’t match with any room we see in Ford’s cabin, once made into the Shack or otherwise. It might not even be an apartment anyway, but it’s definitely not Ford’s place.

And an apartment feels more likely, since Fiddleford was only planning to be staying in Gravity Falls for the duration of the portal business. Buying a house and dealing with the mortgage instead of simply renting an apartment for however many months this ordeal was feels like a waste. We see moments later in the footage that Fiddleford was living in a hotel of some sort, probably after failing to pay up rent for his apartment or some other reason probably related to his growing insanity and the worsening state of his room. Either way, he wasn’t living in Ford’s home as the change from an apartment to the hotel happened 273 days after the first recorded exposure for this specific memory, likely far after Ford was portaled. And we know Ford’s house wasn’t being lived in by anyone other than Ford when Stan arrived.

anyway, this got long but I hope it was useful. I tried to look for other references to where Fiddleford was going in the journal but I couldn’t find anything (at least not in the regular one, perhaps there’s something in the blacklight one, doubtful but y'know) thanks for asking

i give it a big thumbs up. any kind of relationship between Ford and Fiddleford is beloved to me, romantic or not. so queerplatonic Fiddauthor is fine by me. I, uh, don’t really know what else to say haha.

haha, it’s alright. we all get brain farts sometimes.

I much prefer Fiddauthor when it comes down to it. I know, super cliché or whatever. I just like their dynamic a lot. And art of them is super cute. Old, young, I’m not picky. Though I do have a big soft spot for old Fiddauthor, which I have said here before. Them navigating a relationship after repairing their bond is so awesome to me. I’m okay if others don’t like it for various reasons, like perceiving it as toxic, or the whole Fiddleford being married shtick (which I usually avoid with aus where he got divorced earlier or never got married or whatnot), or headcanoning Ford as aroace (I hc him as gay ace tbf), but [Marge voice] I just think it’s neat.

As for Fiddlestan, it… never really made sense to me…? I mean, I’m all for rarepairs and whatnot (stares at my Henry Stickmin phase) but they hardly interacted at all in canon, and when they did Fidds had already went insane so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯. I genuinely tried to ship it for a bit to see how it felt, but I never felt the same spark as I did with Fiddauthor. It just doesn’t click.

controversial opinion that’s gonna get me fried alert, but it’s hard for me to look at Fiddlestan and not see it as an intentional slight at Ford. “two characters wronged by this character get shipped together to spite him because he’s horrible and doesn’t deserve that guy.” I don’t know how else to explain it but I just get that vibe whenever it crosses my dash. And I know that’s probably not the intention of any Fiddlestan shipper out there and I’m a weirdo projecting my protective nature surrounding Ford onto it for no good reason but it just rubs me the wrong way.

kdjdndndd sorry for the rant/ramble, I got carried away like usual. I’m not against others shipping Fiddlestan, do whatever the hell you wanna do with it I say, it’s just really not my cup of tea. And I’m aware Fiddauthor isn’t the best ship out there, but I’m still gonna ship it anyway.

bottled up feelings aside, thanks for the question.

What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

In Gravity Falls, a rarepair OTP I’ve been seeing around on Tumblr because of friends and such is FiddleStan. No hate at all and im sorry to those friends if y'all see it, I even genuinely tried to see if i could ship it by trying to think of how i feel with them together and all but it just does not click in my mind at all. And this isn’t even me not liking it because it’s rare (or at least rarer than most), as that would make me a hypocrite if you’ve seen what I’ve shipped in my past fandoms. I gave it a chance like i did with my previous rarepairs but i find that im the more mainline FiddAuthor trash through and through. If it has something to do with me liking Ford more than Stan i wouldn’t be surprised.

That was a paragraph and a half, let’s move on to the next question i suppose.

Have you received anon hate? What about?

If i did, i don’t remember. The only anon hate i specifically remember seeing was to that of my friends and people I follow. Not saying what those were about as they are not me.

Oh man, I ship it so hard it hurts. Probably my OTP of the GF fandom.

1. I think I started shipping it when I saw a bunch of fanart of it after I finished watching the show and just… felt something inside that opened my heart to it hardcore.
2. Oh where do I START? I love how it just adds another layer to their relationship and how they get to be back together and happy after everything. Plus the angst is exquisite if you’re looking at it that way, and y'all know I love angst.
3. I’m not usually a person to go to for unpopular opinions, but I guess the most I could say in this regard is that I kinda like old Fiddauthor more? I love both old and young Fiddauthor, don’t get me wrong, but something about the two figuring out their relationship and healing after everything that had happened between them is so sweet to me and I can’t get enough of it.

can you tell I love this ship or what /lh

thanks for the ask and I’m always down for more!

how dare you make me rank my babies?!?!

okay here’s the list in no real order:

He’s Going Away Tonight (And I Can’t Do Anything) [Suicide/Violence/Gore Warning]

I think this one is heartbreaking in a perfect way. I love how i switched up the common, ‘Ford shoots Stan with a crossbow and he becomes a ghost’ trope that had been common when i wrote it and made it a tragedy more than just supernatural.

An Eye For Detail

i find it a really neat idea for Ford to have a prosthetic eye and i love how my inspiration in a comic gave me so much to say about it haha. Especially with Stan not knowing about it until Ford cleaned the thing in front of him and all that. Turned out really sweet in the end i feel.

A Vivisection Of Me (Done By God For All To See) [Gore Warning]

I love a lot of my April Whump fics i did in place of Forduary but this is one of the ones i love the most. I love getting all gory and i love exploring the possiblity that Ford could’ve gotten vivisected by aliens out there in the multiverse.

And Now I Want Brimstone In My Garden

this one is really about Ford’s trauma responses in regards to his life in the portal and how it could’ve seriously hurt his family in the wrong circumstances. i love how i portrayed the fear from Ford and the anger from Stan and even Dipper. I love how it ended up taking a while for Ford to be brought down from his panic attack and everything.

Everyone Knows I’m In Over My Head [Gore Warning]

The april fic i was most excited to write and share honestly. Just Mystery Trio trying to help Ford heal from his injuries and it’s so good. i love how i did Stan cleaning Ford’s wounds and how painful it was for Ford and how awful Bill is.

now it’s raining in my head nearly all the time [Suicide Warning]

The tragedy in this fic is so fucking sad and i adore how i handled it. i love how Stan struggled so hard with losing Ford on their boat to the point of nearly following him but ended up in a place of moving on with the help of the rest of his family… it makes me wanna bite things.

Misunderstandings (And How To Cure Them With A Sweater And A Chat)

This one’s interesting because of the conflict i feel. wanted to flesh out a comic i saw where mabel got upset that Stan’s mind was the one that was erased and didn’t understand why he was chosen for it. Really wanted to dive into the guilt a question like that would inflict on Ford and the emotional turmoil Mabel would be going through with that premise and i think i did alright with that.

Waiting For The End To Come

really wanted to see how i could make the trip to Crash SIte Omega tragic using the april whump prompt i was given. Having Ford be crushed in an unstable room after fleeing the security drones is certainly really tragic… especially Dipper’s vain attempts at saving him… i’m proud of it.

I’m Stuck In Here Just Counting All These Stars [Self Harm/Suicidal Thoughts Warning]

The pain in this one is visceral. sometimes you just wanna bite your fingers off. That’s the end of the paragraph.

So I Don’t Slip Away, I Stay Awake

i love how i really captured the feeling of being so incredibly exhausted and sleep deprived to the point of hallucination in this one. i’ve been told it really feels like you’re there in Ford’s shoes and i agree.

anyway, honorable mentions to the rest of the april whump fics honestly. it was hard to pick from among them. also if anyone wants to read the fics listed, please take care to read the warnings both here and on the fics themselves before indulging, because a few of these get real dark and potentially triggering.

thanks for the opportunity to talk about my fics! i hope you like my answer even if it’s been a minute since you sent this ask haha.