#I miss ATOTS so much every day
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There are a lot of things I'm thinking after watching the Alex Hirsch interview but a lot of it really is how much I appreciate how much I have learned about storytelling and emotion and how much of that was through GF. I'm sure most of the people who were around back in the day aren't here anymore, but there was a theory called Grunk4Gramp that arose in the hiatus after NWHS and before ATOTS. It was essentially that, since we knew Stan had stolen Ford, (god, he was still Stanley at the time)'s identity, that Grunkle Stan was the twins' grandfather. And I don't remember my exact opinion at the time but then when the "Shermie's grandkids" line and the fandom exploded again. I don't remember exactly when I realized that, yeah, that is a bit of a sloppy solution, but emotionally, yeah. It can't be Stan or Ford because that would retroactively make one or both of them really, really bad. It would be heavy and super complicated to cover in half a season. And then hearing Alex literally say that, practically word for word, just makes me really happy.
It makes me think more about just the prevailing attitude of "oh they're geniuses they must have had a plan for everything!" level of deep scrutiny. Which like, honestly? Fair. Most of us were in high school or younger. GF was a show like no other. It encouraged this kind of behavior. In retrospect, the moment that started falling apart for me was when a lot of people were so deeply insistent on the slit pupil maybe-still-possessed-Bipper thing after NWHS that I just... It's like Grunk4Gramp. What kind of storytelling would it be if Dipper wasn't making any of his own decisions? What would we even gain from the story then?
Being a creator is very difficult. Even as creators, we often forget that people who make things are still human and make mistakes. We sometimes forget that things can't be perfect and shiny and are just going to be good enough. We fight for those emotional beats and sometimes it'll make something inconsistent. Or sometimes something will fall a little flat. Or sometimes something will fall really flat. And that it happens to everyone, even creators we really love and respect. The best we can do as people is fight for the story we want to tell, not filling every plot hole and demanding an answer for every little thing. It's fun to be the second -- god, don't I know it. It is SO MUCH FUN overanalyzing things, ask literally any of my friends -- but knowing that something being complicated and intricate doesn't mean its good and vice versa.
Anyway I just really respect the GF crew and how much they put into this show, even now, 12 fucking years later. I really respect and love the fandom and all the wild shit that came out of it. My main creative project right now wouldn't exist if it wasn't for an offshoot fandom of the GF fandom, which is really a weird thing to say out of context. I just miss it.
oh also I found this on my blog while trying to find grunk4gramp things and lmao
8 years ago...
#mary blabs#do i put this in the tag#eh why not#gravity falls#miss ya dreadfully glad we never got more#altho the way alex talked about the stan ford dynamic god i want that spin off he will keep in his back pocket#i am stoked for book of bill#i am an unrepentant bill fan hes the worst i adore him
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I MISS BAD BUDDY SO MUCH LOGAN 🥲🥲🥲 IT WAS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST BLS EVERRRRR i literally just finished their our skyyy ep with atots and it was sooooo good 🥺
(i’m starting only friends after i finish the eclipse 🤭)
RIRI OH NY GOD I’M SO HAPPY YOU ALSO WATCHED BAD BUDDY!!!! ngl if it wasn’t for @akkpipitphattana i would not have watched it, but i’m glad they made me do it because it was one of THE BEST shows i’ve seen
we actually watched their our skyy episode the day of our louis show!!! lots of emotions that day ajsjsjsksksj
also YES PLEASE watch only friends. every fucking episode left me shocked to the core. such a great show imo
enjoy the eclipse!!! also have some tissues at hand because it will make you cry (source: i did)
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Hello My Lovely!
For the Fic Writer Asks -
22. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with your titles?
40. What is your favourite world you've created for a fic?
49. What fic of yours would you say is the best introduction to you as a writer?
Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! 🌻💜
Damn, it took me so long! Thank you for the questions my Dear! <3
22. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with your titles?
Most of the time, I title my fics right at the beginning of writing them. In a few cases the title changes in between and very very rarely I don't have one till the end. If that's good or not for my titles, you have to decide XD
40. What is your favourite world you've created for a fic?
Oh that's easy because it's the Manner of Death/My Engineer crossover I've written It's all about the plants, babe. The mash of those two worlds is still one I miss and also love a lot. Of course, I also love the universe in which Mae gets to be happy with Ter and Phon and all those universes for Shin/Neo/Miw =^^=
49. What fic of yours would you say is the best introduction to you as a writer?
Oof ... THAT is a hard one! ^^° Especially since it depends what kind of genre and style I want to introduce people to.
so, for the "I fixed this out of spite and love it now" type: Another flowerboy (my engineer, First/Bohn)
for the I love them so much I have to explore each and every corner of them: Me and you - both of you (3wbf - tbf I couldn't decide)
for the niches I've made my own: Change of Heart (The Player the series)
for my AUs: Have you ever (atots)
my more plot/action-based (and usually multichapter) fics: Mutual Anything (KinnPorsche)
I know this is technically cheating but I had to XD
Thank you so much for the ask my Dear *clings to you like an octopus* Have a wonderful day! <3
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I also miss atots! I wanna read your ramblings so may I ask what are some of your head canon for phutian whether it’s during the series or post-series.
HI!! You’re so sweet. I am so sorry that I haven’t responded to this sooner! Life got really hectic, and it honestly kind of stole my creativity, to the point where I read this back when you sent it, but I could not think of a single headcanon at all.
But I’m here and I’m going to finally talk about some because I rewatched ATOTS with a friend and it sparked some headcanons in the process!!
1) This is probably my biggest headcanon. Phupha and Tian wrote emails to each other during their two years apart. I’ve seen some people say letters, and of course letters are super cute and classically romantic. Plus they are fitting given that’s how Tian was communicating with Phupha when he returned to Bangkok. But the reasons I like emails for them are:
Getting letters domestically to a rural village is one thing, but getting them internationally without some of them getting lost feels a bit less likely. And I think Tian and Phupha would know that. So emails are a more consistent and reliable form of communication.
Obviously Phupha can’t access the internet from the village, but you know who does have internet? Dr. Nam. I very much love the idea of Phupha strolling into the clinic every so often trying to be all cool and not at all giddy to check for a new email from Tian, and Dr. Nam never, ever letting him use the computer without a lot of proud best friend teasing. Remember when Phupha went to Dr. Nam to ask what a scar on the chest would mean? Yes, just like that, except regularly. (And when Phupha doesn’t go to Dr. Nam’s clinic, he could go to town to check his email too.)
This part doesn’t really fit the canon storyline at all given Phupha was still gazing at the only photo he had taken of Tian two whole years after taking it and also Phupha never told the children where Tian was. BUT think of the photos they could send each other. Tian sending photos of himself in various places in the US, his hand with Phupha’s ring always visible so Phupha can be there with him for every adventure. Phupha sending photos of the kids as they grow, the tea sachet business (or whatever the villagers end up doing with Mr. Sakda gone), the very rare selfie by a rather self-conscious chief... sending physical letters limits the number of printed photos they could send each other. Plus printing photos may be a bit easier for Tian, given he can just print them at a nearby Walgreens or something, or even have them ordered online. But that would be tougher for Phupha, needing to leave the village and find somewhere. So emailing photos back and forth would be easier.
Imagine Tian printing every email sent back and forth and collecting them. Imagine him in the library with the biggest smile on his face, printing out emails to and from his mountain boyfriend back in Thailand and his university friends watching him with the most confused but intrigued eyes. I love it. I love that idea.
I remember there being discussion post-finale about whether Tian and Phupha communicated in that time at all. The discussion revolves especially around how at ease they seemed in their Pha Pun Dao cliff reunion and they didn’t quite act as though they had been fully apart for two whole years. And I fullheartedly believe they had contact, even if very infrequent. I think they found a way. And while I do think letters are incredibly romantic and fitting, I just have this fondness to emails. Maybe it’s a result of watching We Best Love recently. I’m not sure.
2) Tian chose to go to the US ultimately on his own. Now, we all know his mother is the one who picked the university for him and “sent him away.” But I do like the idea that, after coming to terms with the fact that maybe running away to Pha Pun Dao immediately wasn’t the best plan, especially if Phupha wanted to forget him, he grew to like the idea of going abroad. It would be his chance to have probably as much freedom as he could get. He wanted to go to the US before he died (episode 3 conversation with Tul). He could take time to himself, without the influence of anyone else, and figure out just what he wanted for his life. And when Phupha showed up at the airport and they got their true feelings out in the open, Tian didn’t feel like his family was pushing him away from the man he loved and the life he wanted; he felt that he had agency in choosing the US and asking Phupha to wait for him, to give him the chance to figure out this new chapter first. I find comfort believing Tian didn’t board that plane feeling resentful but instead feeling hopeful. And when he returned, he wasn’t filled with regrets. He was filled with excitement that he was returning home to Pha Pun Dao and Phupha right on time. (Plus Phupha had more confidence when Tian returned to him that he truly wanted to be there in the village with him, because despite literally traveling the world and seeing so many options available to him for places to build his future, Tian still chose Pha Pun Dao.)
3) The teacher’s house remains Tian’s home too. Hear me out: I don’t mean full time. I’m obviously a massive softie for domestic PhuTian, so I want him to still stay with Phupha. And Phupha probably can’t leave the base permanently, as he’s the chief and needs to be there regularly for his rangers, so the two of them can’t move into the teacher’s house fully either. But Phupha’s room is quite small. I love the idea that Tian still escapes sometimes out to the teacher’s house where it’s quiet and he can still have his own space. A space to lesson plan, to take the students when they need a new environment, to feel connected to his three original months in the village when he fell in love with the people and his person (Phupha). That house was his home, and while Phupha’s place is now also his home, I like the idea that Tian still keeps that house for himself too. At least so long as it isn’t needed by anyone else. (Also, if Phupha and Tian need space, well, there’s no Yod out there to start knocking.)
4) This semi-connects to the last one. When Tian and Phupha finally get married, they have a ceremony in the village and Tian convinces Tul to stay a night in Pha Pun Dao. His parents come to the wedding too, but they stay in a hotel in the city, where Tul stays some nights except for the night Tian gets him to stay with him. Tian and Tul stay in the teacher’s house, and Tian tells him all about his many nights sleeping there. Tul is, well, not convinced of its appeal at first, but watching Tian share his stories with the brightest smile, he decides he can warm up to it a little bit. And after seeing Tian with Phupha, with the kids, and with the rest of the village, and finally understanding how perfectly Tian fits in Pha Pun Dao, it starts to make sense to him why some of the luxuries don’t matter to Tian anymore... will Tul himself ever move to a rural village like that? Absolutely not. He’s not convinced that much. But the joy that village life brings his best friend and the glow he exhibits is enough to leave Tul content for one night on a hard mattress inside a mosquito net in the middle of seemingly nowhere. (No but really, imagine the chaos of Tul trying to live in Pha Pun Dao for a night. I want to watch that so much.)
5) Okay, I hope the couple that got married have a child and that child goes to school under Tian’s teaching. Or someone else in the village has a child. Imagine Tian getting a new student and having to navigate a classroom with early teenagers and a tiny kid. (Headcanon within a headcanon: Tian did a LOT of research during his two years abroad specifically on multi-aged classrooms because he knew he wanted to return to Pha Pun Dao one day and would need the skills.)
6) Longtae and Tian most definitely go on that trip across the border that Longtae wanted (just a couple years late). And they have the best time. Longtae tells Tian about any new stories from university. Tian shares stories about his students and tries not to talk about Phupha too much but occasionally can’t help it, to which Longtae smiles brightly like the cute bestie he is. And the two of them get the CUTEST photos that Longtae prints for Tian immediately when he gets back to the city.
All of these headcanons are for those two years away or after he returns. I’m trying to think of some headcanons for the show prior to ep 10 part 4/4...
6) OH this doesn’t necessarily have to be before ep 10 part 4/4 in the timeline, but Phupha and the rangers apologize to Tian and the villagers for not telling them about Torfun’s death sooner and that burden being left for Tian to carry instead. I just want that settled.
7) HERE’S ONE FOR WITHIN THE SERIES TIMELINE. At the wedding in episode 4, Phupha didn’t deny it when Dr. Nam called Tian Phupha’s guy. So yes, of course Dr. Nam started calling Tian that all of the time, to which Phupha did eventually argue against but he secretly liked hearing it. His guy.
8) I’m back to going outside of the timeline again... all of my headcanons are for after the series it seems. Oops. But Tian most definitely brought the kite to Pha Pun Dao with him, and it hangs very proudly on the wall in their room. Tian tells Phupha about how he had it flying back at his family house in Bangkok, how seeing it blow in the wind brought him comfort when he felt homesick for the village and for Phupha. That knowledge had Phupha smiling for the rest of the week.
I’m running out of ideas. I kind of wanted to hit ten, but I just don’t have ten headcanons off the top of my head. BUT if I think of anymore, I’m sure I’ll post about them somewhere. Maybe I’ll even write a ficlet about some of these... I used to write those here and there, way back when... we’ll see.
Thank you again for your message, anon! You are a wonderful human. I’m sorry for taking so long to respond, but I didn’t forget about your message or ignore it. I just couldn’t get my brain to give me anything to respond with! I hope my rambling was sufficient for you. <3
(Also man, I miss writing about ATOTS so ridiculously much. This felt so familiar and also kind of sad. Phupha, Tian, villagers... come back to us. I miss you.)
#phutian#phupha x tian#a tale of thousand stars#atots#1000 stars#anon#I miss ATOTS so much every day#I just rewatch episodes and EarthMix interviews trying to pretend the show didn’t actually end
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every month of 2021 - most popular sets
post your favourite or most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)
i was tagged by @deokmis, @baek1nho, @moonlightsdream & @dingyuxi! thank u all for the trip down memory lane 💖💖💖 this year i had a lot of fun experimenting more with colours and gradients and i think it’s probably quite obvious from my picks ✨
not sure who’s done this already but tagging: @ahsung @mostlyfate @taeminie @nanons @pranpats @liyazaki @storge @cuddlybitch @orangesyellow @tonyleunq @kaonoppakao @belsmultifandommess 💞💞
january: this run on set about finding a home in each other & seon gyeom sitting cutely (i know i’ve already included this in a few of these tag memes/challenges but idc!! 😌)
february: run on dynamics!! & also this to my star quoteset of all the times jiwoo smiled bc of his cutie sunshine bf
march: it’s atots time! i tried a different style and typography placement with this quoteset and it turned out better than i expected & this quoteset even tho i rarely use song lyrics but this was written for phuphatian i swear
april: this atots phuphatian quoteset too bc it’s just so perfectly them & this vincenzo geumga family colour set bc i love and miss them 😔
may: this ipytm colour quoteset with lyrics from conan’s gray’s astronomy perfectly sums up teh oh aew's relationship in ep. 1 i think
june: and this ipytm ep. 2 one with the fleabag quote.. pain 💔💔💔 & this days one bc i love handholding so much and the colours are so vibrant
july: this young royals x rwrb set is probably one of my favourite things i’ve made. i’m still shocked at how well the quotes fit
august: this d.p. one bc food is the love language!! and i love how the gifs turned out with the noise & this light on me colour set
september: this d.p. one for sure even tho it’s misleading and makes you think it’s a buddy cop comedy 😂
october: nothing particularly exciting this month but probably this kieta hatsukoi one bc people are always saying in the tags that it made them pick up the show so mission accomplished 🥰️
november: this kieta hatsukoi colour set and this one of disaster besties hashimoto & aoki which still makes me laugh
december: this bad buddy blue/white quoteset & not me ep 2 seanwhite colour set bc this is another show where the gifs jusy look so good with noise in them
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#atotsweek2021
day seven: we will never be apart, indefinitely
since I hadn’t been able to take part in the other days this week, I’m going to make this a sort of all-in-one post with some of the things I've wanted to say about the show and what it’s meant to me, personally, so if you want to read that then click the read more I guess?!
what does the show (and the fandom) mean to you?
one of the main reasons that I started watching the show when I did was because of the gifsets here on tumblr (in particular, it was all the sets of the “what did you have for dinner” scene that finally tipped me over the edge, both literally and figuratively lol) and the overall discussion around the show and it’s approach to a genre which tends to be pretty rife with toxicity a lot of the time. I’d been feeling pretty frustrated (and probably slightly traumatised) by some of the shows that I’d been watching up until then, but I really wanted to give atots a chance after I’d seen people talking about it here.
so, of course, when I started watching I tried to go into it with relatively low expectations; I was looking for a distraction, something relatively harmless to occupy myself with for an hour or two every week. and whilst the show wasn’t perfect, it managed to capture so many aspects of life that I have been personally struggling to reconcile: chronic illness and how it can destroy your sense of self; the loneliness of self-isolation as a means of protecting yourself from being hurt by others; feeling like you’re living someone else’s life or living your life out of obligation to other people, and the struggle to understand how and where you fit into the world when you try to break out of that cycle; and, of course, a relationship between two people built on mutual trust that allowed for both of them to learn from each other and grow together as individuals in their own right.
the way the show handled these themes with genuine care and sensitivity had a deep emotional impact on me that I absolutely did not expect and so, once it came to an end, all I wanted to do was talk more about it. and I felt so fortunate that there were other people here who had connected with these things and wanted to talk about them too. honestly, being able to talk about the show with people here has helped me to process some of my own trauma and guilt in a way that I genuinely never thought I’d be able to. I see so much of myself in both phupha and tian’s characters, so seeing how people here empathised with their choices and motivations (as well as the people that didn’t) has honestly helped me to empathise with myself more. I don’t think any other show has had such an effect on me like atots has and, really, I owe a lot of that to the community here on tumblr for persuading me to decide to watch it in the first place.
name some of your favourite blogs/fandom creators?
I’m going to be somewhat biased towards @systoles-lfc here purely for the masterpiece of hyperfixation which is the chronological list of phutian moments that I have been using as a resource for memes like the heathen that I am (also your fic is honestly so beautiful and perfect, I feel like I haven’t raved about it enough and I am sorry for that 😔😔).
but I also want to mention @ataleofthousandstars and @phapundao and @taleofstars and @billkinsdancing for all the amazing edits and gifsets and other great content, and also big thanks to @eyepietime for always validating my ridiculous tag-essays lol 💖💖💖
I know I’ve definitely missed lots of people, but I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for making such amazing content; it has honestly helped keep me sane since the show ended and I was left with an incredibly painful atots-shaped hole in my life.
anyway, here’s to many more #atotsweek’s to come and the definitely inevitable season two that we’re all just patiently waiting to be announced any day now! 🤡🤡
#atots#1000 stars#atotsweek2021#this is about as emotionally available as i'm gonna get because tomorrow i'm posting memes!#god this is such a ramble i'm sorry if any of you actually manage to read it all#but this atotsweek thing has been really cool and you're all stars (ha) for having organised it <3<3<3#personal
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You keep 1000stars tag alive. Thank you! I love reading everything you post.
Wanted to pick your brain a little. I don’t think we talk about Phupha and his parents enough. From the way he wore his mom ring everyday and how he talked about his dad with so much pride, Phupha loved them so much.
I just imagine once a year, Phupha takes Tian into town and they buy some nice flowers and visit his parents resting place. Kinda like how Tian visited Torfun in the series. And maybe the very first time Phupha asks Tian if he wants to come along, he’s a little nervous cause he’s always gone alone and they don’t often talk bout his parents. And how Tian supports him mentally and emotionally whenever Phupha really misses his parents. And how Tian’s parents become such a huge part of Phupha’s life and he gets to be spoiled rotten cause they treat him like their own son.
I’m just talking nonsense cause I love Phupha a lot and I always want him to feel every ounce of love that comes his way. He deserves to be showered with happiness and warmth! But how do you think Phupha and Tian navigate this?
Thank you anon, you are way too sweet! It's a compulsion at this point to try to keep the atots tag alive, thank you for your message it made my night :)
I agree, we definitely do not talk about his parents enough and how their love and their loss shaped Phupha into who he is and informed so much of his character and decisions. The fact that he grew to let go of his resentment over the loss of his father and chose to walk in the same footsteps makes Phupha so interesting. Gosh, your ask made me go into Phupha-related angst (in a good way, thank you, I love angst). Though it looks like Phupha has made his peace with their loss and that it helped him adopt his views on (his own) death, their absence must be a gaping hole for him at times.
I adore your idea of Tian visiting their memorial with him;
Phupha does not voice it out. He does not even know how much he wants Tian with him for this but also, he has been alone for so long he does not know where to begin and how to ask. But Tian notices. On one of those days where Phupha visits their grave, at a time where the grief has been especially rough, he gets up and gets ready as a usual but Tian, who Phupha thought was still asleep, surprises him when he asks if he can come as well.
Tian is steadfast besides him, offering all the support he can. For the first time since he lost his mother, Phupha has someone besides him to go for all the steps. Tian is there walking to the site, he is kneeling next to him, a calming presence as they complete the rituals with a monk and he laces their fingers together as they walk to the pictures of his parents.
Phupha never really talks there. He just lets himself feel the surroundings, feel his loss and ache for a moment. So he is a bit surprised when, as he is done and gets ready to leave with Tian, Tian asks him if he can say something. His throat is suddenly tight so he just nods. Tian addresses them, his hand wrapped on his ring finger with reverence.
He calls them paw and maw. He thanks them for bringing Phupha to this world, for raising him. He says he thinks they can see how Phupha is a good man, dependable, honest and kind and that must make them incredibly proud but mostly, he reassures them that
Phupha is never alone. Finally, Tian promises to take care of Phupha just like Phupha has taken care of him. Phupha, a little bit shocked, a little bit teary eyed, just keeps starring at Tian who is smiling softly at his parents' pictures. From this day, Phupha knows he never has to be alone for this if he does not want to.
And thank you for making me think of Phupha being doted on to heal me from this hurt/comfort!
Tian's dad had deduced how much Phupha cared for his son during one of Phupha's phone call/reports. The fondness was palpable from his voice, a soft chuckle at a thing Tian did, a 'you know how he gets.' And it's another thing witnessing it with his own two eyes. He is so grateful that Tian has a life partner who cherishes him like Phupha does.
But what started out as trust and gratitude to Phupha develops into real love and care. He seeks and values Phupha's opinions, calls him son, hugs him goodbye just as tight whenever they have to leave after a visit.
Phupha has had a lot of positive father figures around him in his life, in his line of work, in the village, and he is grateful for all of them. But it's intensely bittersweet when he starts to get closer to Tian's mom. Once she gets to know him, the floodgates are open!
One time, when they are in Bangkok, she brings a platter of fruits sprinkled with chili powder to Tian's room. Tian groans that he is full already and she retorts 'who says this is for you?'. She noticed Phupha could have eaten more at dinner, brushes his head and asks him to please eat up.
Another day, Phupha receives a phone call at the base. It's Tian's mom. He tells her Tian's not here today but she already knew that; turns out Tian phoned her while in Chiang Mai and mentioned that Phupha was sick a lot these days. As soon as her call with Tian ended, she immediately phoned the base despite previous warnings that phoning the base is for emergencies only. But honestly, if Phupha being sick and still forcing himself to work isn't an emergency, then what is? Phupha gets a loving earful and a list of things he should do to drive his flu away and smiles the whole time.
Honestly, I could go on and on but this is getting way too long. Thank you for this and making me think of Phupha on this fine weekend and thank you for picking my brains, feel free to do so any time :)
#atots#1000 stars#ask#how to tag this?#head-canon?#atots fic#?#thank you once again dear anon#your message was a big coincidence
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Hello unfamiliar person, questions: 7, 12, & 23. Also 34 (👀)
I can't believe they have wifi in turbo hell too 😩😩
7. Which character you’d like to be friends with
Tian and not because he's so pretty, okay that too but hear me out. I think I can be supportive and give good advice sometimes SO I JUST WANT TO TELL HIM THAT HE IS WORTHY AND THAT HE IS ENOUGH, is that too much to ask for 😩. Other than Tian I feel like I'd get along with Tul very well too. We both have the same chaotic vibes djdjjdjd
12.Favorite Phutian moment (Or the moment that made you SCREAM saying they invented love)
I'll change the answer in other asks just because i CAN jdjdjdj but for now I'm thinking it's the pinky touching under the blanket in ep3. That was the exact moment that made me fall for this show. I've said this before ig but I dont watch a lot of shows and I'm very very selective before watching anything. So when i first started watching atots (i waited until ep3 was out and then binge watched them) I already liked it from the opening line "I always thought that life was like a game". But that pibky touching scene was the EXACT moment that made me go this is it! This is the love of my life now. And I remember replaying that part and crying for 3/4 hours straight 😩😩 I even cried when I was binge watching the eps before ep9.
23.The moment you hated the most
Cheating Nam 😩 Basically that WHOLE bar scene. It was so unnecessary and I hated every second of it.
34.Who is someone you got to know because of the show or someone whose posts/works you enjoyed seeing in the tags
Jdjdjdjdj I literally included this question for me. I wanted to show some love and appreciation so this was an excuse to do it. Oh boy this is gonna be long.
@phapundao Do I know you? 🧐 Why is your name here? Jdjdjdj Okay I'm gonna "try" and be nice but no promises 😩. Nuria, we were actually mutuals for a long time and you were one of my favorite persons in the 2g circus. Even after the hype died down, I knew I could always count on you to keep 2g alive in the dash and I really did (and still do) appreciate all your lovely content. I'm glad we got closer in this atots circus cause it wouldn’t have been this much for without you. Even though I bully you,block you,yeet you on a daily basis I really do love you and your evil,overthinking and phupha simping brain and I wouldn’t trade it for the world 💕💕 okay yuck this is too cheesy have fun in ppd river can't say I'll miss you and your evil ass 🥱🥱
@billkinsdancing Wanna know a secret? I actually wanted to be friends with you ever since I noticed us becoming mutuals cause you seemed chaotic LIKE ME and then you sent me that tuty homophobic ask and the rest is history dkkdkdk Thank you for starting the protection squid and being the 2nd most chaotic person (next to me ofc). I love your rambles and your clownery and I will never forget us screaming in eo's asks after an ep quoting phutian 24/7. Thank you for existing and being your chaotic self 💕 I hope one day you'll get your tagging right 🥴
@atotsphutian LARA 😭😭😭 THE LITERAL LOVE OF MY LIFE 😭😭 I'm not lying when I say that you’re the sunshine of the fandom. THANK YOU SM FOR YOUR SMILING tian and phupha content,your torfun content and happy phutian sets!! On behalf of the yeeters, I'm sorry to have you make up for all the angst with happy sets djdjkdj BUT I KNOW THAT I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU TO MAKE ME SMILE. I'm really really really grateful to have gotten to know you because of atots cause you’re literally the kindest and sweetest person ever!!
@kaonoppakao SAM I'm gonna miss your atots bingos so so much. I always looked forward to them ever since you started and I appreciate you sending them to me,they really made my day. Even though you're now no.1 on the yeet list after you started making more angsty sets to get away from me in ppd bottom 😩 I appreciate all your content, your parallels, sometimes crack and memes. I'll miss talking about predictions with you too 🥺. Ily thank you for everything 💖💖
@serannes (was tempted to tag the dragon blog just so you didnt have to see this 🙄) ELLIS you art thief 😤 jk jk still can't believe that was how we first interacted dkkdkdkd I had a lot of fun terrorizing everyone with our yeet party and I'm glad to get to know you bcuz of atots. Thank you for your lovely content and for being your chaotic evil self. But most importantly thank you for introducing us to dreaz14 even tho they eloped with sakda 😩😩
@systoles-lfc Nads!! I've said this before but I appreciate each and every one of your metas,analysis™,theories, memes and even sad horny phutian posts!! Ily this fandom wouldn’t have been this much fun wo you!! Thank you for everything 💖
@sexyglances MARIA The real crackhead of the fandom!! I had the time of my life reading your metas,your tags AND YOUR MEMES OH GAWDD THE MEMES. Thank you for always taking the time to send me your atots bingos too and clown me in my inbox rdghdddtgg You made this 10 times more fun for me and I'm so grateful you exist 💖💖
@mixxiw FANZY!! Quan said you were a mix fansite and WHERE IS THE LIE!! Thank you for all your updates and content! I really really really appreciate them. You're a blessing to this site 💖
@faandomcentral I associate you with cats more than I associate you with atots but I love you and yes our souls are made of the same thing whatever that is (insult)
@tianphu KIT!!! Love all your content and I hope we can continue to be friends and bond over our shared love for both 2g and atots!!
@thebadmoonsrising hello i love you and your fics even tho I've said this a million times already jsjdkdkd
@viriyanon-guntithanon i love your metas!! I loved seeing them everytime after an ep when i went to the tags. Thank you so much for those 💖💖💖
@nct-oli ik we've been mutuals for like 17 hours but I love you with all my heart and I'm gonna miss reading your metas SO SO SO MUCH. They were one of my favorite things in the atots tag
Also @seetian (my url twin) and @ionlydidthisforatots aside from the fact that you two have the best urls here djjdjdj i love your blogs 💖💖💖 they're wonderful 💖💖💖
Also shoutout to every single content creator who I'm not gonna name cause I'm shy™. I appreciate each and every one of your content, thank you so much for sharing them with us.
#asks#atots#atots ask game#nuria ✨#phapundao#this feels like a follow forever but whateva i love yall and im so so grateful for all of you#i havent had this much fun in tumblr#thank you for making me feel like i belong#💖💖💖💖#a tale of thousand stars
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EVERY MONTH OF 2021 - most favorite/popular sets
post your favorite or most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)
tagged by: mari ( @nanons ) & jey ( @dramaism ) thank u my loves!!! 💖
jan: starting off with this set of my favorite thai actresses!! i enjoyed making this one and the list has remained the same til this day (i have some new faves too) 🥰
feb: my very first atots set. it was truly a tale of thousand stares. i miss them so much. 💚😫 and also my bday set for win. it was so much fun to make as well. and it turned out really colorful. 😍
march: this set inspired by tkg. when i tell u i screamed when i saw the name of the poem. it’s very sarawatine. i rmr making it with all the hype of the movie coming out and then the movie never happened til november :((( but anyways i enjoyed making it. and i couldn’t post my favorite creations of march without including another set inspired by tkg with my other favorite couple. 💜 i miss wangxian so much :(
april: this set of atots parallels!! airport scene my beloved. 💘 also this set of itsay + the civil wars (i love the coloring!! maybe if i had learned to blend by then this would’ve been even better.. but i was so lazy djjdjsjs)
may: this set of tiffy outfits. miss zorzo really did that for us. 😍 and this set from last twilight in phuket. >>>>>>> ipytm tbh (i love the yellows and b&w 💛💛💛 ) and finally, this picset (my very first one i made) i like that i had no idea what was gonna happen.. i was so naive..
june: this gifset from hell. (but ok i admit it was fun making it yes i’ve lost my mind) and this one of wangxian 💖💖💖 i love love the coloring and fun fact the last gif took me about 1 hour to color (cql is sooo tough to color in general imo) i also really like this picset i made for atots week. it was so much fun to make (this was my picset era maybe i will make a comeback soon…) and of course it wouldn’t be june without a respective PRIDE set 🌈🥰 and a bi tine set of course.
july: i’m gonna say my first light on me gifset ever which was episode 4. that was the moment i was like wow i really love this drama. and got really hooked. also this soljiwan set makes me so happy idk why its so colorful and love is stored in the parallels… & for sure i enjoyed making this set of lwj/shinwoo parallels. i debated whether or not to add text on the gifs but then i realized it’s all about the body language. they’re my babies 💖. i also love this sarawatine gifset (inspired by the wonderful vikki @seanswhite)
aug: this was a hard month cause (together with july) it was my light on me era so i made so many gifsets of it. but i loved this one especially bc it was the finale. i felt like it turned out really good for closure. and of course!! my shinwoo is bad at feelings gifset 🥺🥺🥺 i miss him so muchhhh. & to conclude this month i really loved the combinations of pinks and b&w in this gifset.
sept: hands down, this taemin set. i was on a taemin marathon and missing him so much that i decided to watch all his mv’s and my brain did a thing.. like wait a minute. he’s an actual genius. he’s perfect. i also like this set of a first love story. it was sooo short but it was adorable and i’m glad we got a part 2. (I’m a huge fan of adding b&w gifs in the middle of a gifset as u can tell)
oct: this set of the tasty florida. i feel like the drama was so short lived but i really did enjoy it for the time it lasted. it was cute. 🥺💜
nov: this patpran gifset that ruined my life (it’s their song… it really is..) and this bad buddy recap gifset. i was really happy with the coloring (& blending)
dec: this danyok set. i really love the coloring and it’s my first ever gifset of them (and of many more i asume) so i feel like when we’re on the last few episodes and they’re all lovey dovey i’m gonna be looking back at the memories of yok simping for half the face of a stranger <3 also this bad buddy recap set is my favorite that i’ve done so far. i really like the blending and the coloring. 💛
tagging: @alienwlw @becomeundone @yesdramas @dramaism @dingyuxi @earthfluuke @gunsatthaphan @pranpats @seanswhite @mrdumpling @jaehwany @jendeuke only if u want to of course 🥺 & happy new year !!! 💜
#tag game#ask tag#text#i agree this was fun!!#i encourage everyone to do it 🥰#and to look back and reminisce about all their creations and content#i truly had forgotten about some#lmao#i make too much stuff for this hell site like someone give me a job or smth
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The Good and Bad of A Tale of A Thousand Stars (ATOTS)
SPOILER WARNING.
The Good:
Mix is the best rookie actor I've seen in 2021. While he clearly has things to work on (crying in particular), he made me believe in Tian's humanitarianism and sense of justice--both of which are at the heart of Tian's character
EarthMix have unmistakeable chemistry. From the moment Phupha and Tian met, you knew they had a thing for each other
Like I mentioned in my Good and Bad of Until We Meet Again, A Tale of A Thousand Stars takes a fresh approach to the BL genre. However, from the setting to the character roles/occupations/lifestyles all the way to the actual story conflict, I find ATOTS a cut above UWMA in the creativity arena
Tian is one of the best written protagonists in a Thai BL thus far. He's quite complex despite having a fairly straightforward motive. He wants to be good but often goes about it in the wrong ways (because he doesn't know how to go about it). He's a charismatic and lovable character all the while having some character traits that could definitely be considered negative/annoying. On top of that, Tian wasn't just some giggling naive schoolboy but a hard-headed, determined person. He knew exactly what he wanted and wasn't shy about going for it. But at the end of the day, it's the way that he actually cares about something outside of his romance plot, openly addresses and accepts the fact that he's gay, and has actual personal growth that gets me
Speaking of good character writing, Tul is such a nice side-character that you appreciate him when he's there but he doesn't overpower our main. Tul's words of encouragement during Tian's coming out was extremely progressive for a Thai BL--especially one produced by GMMTV
The character of Khama was such a unique character in Thai BL. He played an almost sensei-esque role dropping wisdom whenever he was on camera. His character added a level-headedness and nuance to the story that is often missing in BL
Death in this show has actual consequences. When Torfun dies, it's felt at every level through every person and is, in fact, the reason the plot even happens. This is an important point because it helps give a story stakes. I appreciated that they had her death not be in vain. However, this may have actually ended up being more of a con than a pro by the end of the story (see "The Bad" section for more)
Tian uses his engineering education! And he does it in novel ways that not only serves his character arc but also doesn't serve the romance plot! A good example would be helping to build the bridal chair for the wedding
A main character was shot nearly fatally. Don't think I've ever seen that in a BL. I love high stakes stories so seeing that on screen made the story much more interesting to me
The sets and production value were a cut above your average BL. It felt like this series actually had a budget
Normally lack of physical intimacy would bother me and even almost seem queerbait-y at times, but in this case, I thought it was well-played. Earth and Mix's chemistry creates a sense of been-there done-that that doesn't necessarily require physical touch and their individual characters don't strike me as overly interested in that sort of thing anyway. However, I do still have some gripes with this I'll address in "The Bad"
The Bad:
Earth's acting was...how do I put it? Not great... It was decent enough and I definitely believed he was an officer and interested in Tian, but his dialogue delivery is so awkward at times. He always does this thing where he moves his body slightly or huffs before he speaks and it's not natural at all lol
I don't know how they did it but they managed to make me dislike a character who died within the first 30 minutes of a nearly 10 hour series lmao. Torfun isn't the worst character in the show (that's Chief Phupha 🙃) but her impact on the story is so great that it's almost annoying how much she's brought up. I get having a character's death be important, but having it be so important that it's mentioned by every character in (nearly?) every episode multiple times for no other reason than to demotivate our protagonist is ridiculous. That's not to mention the fact that Tian is blamed for her death (and actually feels responsible for it) despite the fact that it was her dumb ass that decided midnight in the middle of the street was the perfect time to fantasize about Phupha
Tian's health was literally a joke lol. This man nearly DIES, claims to be shaken by the experience and that he wants to live well now that he has a new heart, but then does everything in his power to cause the new heart to fail. Wtf lmao
Every villager character outside of Khama and Longtae (including the students) was annoying, unreasonable, and unlikable
The tendrils of colorism sting even in a setting where many of the characters are darker-skinned. Again, we have darker-skinned characters playing evil people who want to traffic contraband. It's like this show took one step forward in actually casting darker-skinned actors and two steps back in how those actors were used
The twist at the end was so convoluted and only existed to force separation between Phupha and Tian. Having it so that Phupha was working with Tian's father all along is one of the most idiotic plot points I could have imagined for this story. Don't get me wrong I definitely think it had been hinted at that Phupha knew more than he was letting on but it still somehow didn't make sense at the end and seemed so left of center
Would've loved more from Tian's short arc where he was trying to connect with the villagers and ended up informing them of the fact that they were being scammed. It was a missed opportunity on the part of the writers as we could've shown more of Tian's actual character flaws (hard-headed, impulsive, selfless to a fault, etc.) which would have, ironically, helped to justify the villagers' villainization of him. Showing him as someone who doesn't think before he acts all because of his sense of justice would have made him a bit morally gray and almost Batman-esque in that regard. It's a polarizing character trait that makes characters more compelling and justifies the villager's reactions to Tian
To piggyback off the previous point...the way Tian was made out to be the villain at the climax of the story was completely unnecessary and made me hate the villagers even more. Once again, we were never shown the villagers' perspectives and, having only seen maybe one or two occasions of Tian actually bringing them harm while having seen numerous instances of him helping them makes it difficult to see how they could react so cruelly to him. Not only that but: 1) it was sort of out of character to have Tian claim responsibility for Torfun's death, 2) NO ONE gave him a chance to explain what actually happened with Torfun, 3) EVERYONE blamed him for not telling them about her death despite the fact that it wasn't even his responsibility in the first place to tell them, 4) technically Tian shouldn't even KNOW about her death, 5) Phupha and Longtae were snooping in TIAN'S room to find out about his connection with Torfun, 6) the doc was also snooping on Tian to find that info which is completely unethical and inappropriate, 7) the doc TOLD Phupha which again is unethical, 8) Phupha is a complete asshole who blew up at Tian for "lying" (even though he never did) all the while lying to Tian himself. What kind of shit is that? Everyone acted an ass here and poor Tian shouldn't have taken the blame for something he knew he didn't do. That's just bad writing
#atots a tale of a thousand stars#a tale of 1000 stars phuphatian#earthmix#earth pirapat mix sahaphap#khaotung thanawat white nawat
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💛✨ This is an Amazing Creator simping Award! Your creations simping is insufferable, and they light up curse every dashboard they land on. Pass this on to eight of your favorite creators simps to show your appreciation disapproval and let them know their art simping is loved hated! ✨💛 Please task someone to delete you and nuria's chat if either of you d words cause i dont even wanna know what goes on there Kay byeee. (Also i loveeee your wonderful content and omg your coloring is so pretty and distinguishable I guess you have one(1) right 💕💕💕)
OMGDMFJDJ ORTHY!!! You’re so funny omg, I just woke up and read this and I almost chocked on my cappuccino SJDJDJ 😂😂😂
What goes on in me and @phapundao chat: EMBARASSING. 😳😳we basically rant about how good atots was and how we miss it and we are constantly sending each other earth pics and crying over them. Ok , fine we mostly thirst over them but we cry too!! Love that for us!! It’s okay to cry if we cry over earth’s beauty!
You giving me one right? So used to give and now I get to receive!!! 🥺✊🏻Thank you so much baby I’ll be sure to keep cursing your dashboard for a long long time!!! 😂 I LOFF YOU BABY!!! I hope you have a good day/night take care!!
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i just really miss tian y’know, i know atots ended like 3 days ago but i just miss him so much :( that’s the ask sorry
No no, same, anon. I literally will just get a random thought about atots at any given moment during the day and have this rush of sadness. I AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS.
And it’s sad because even if it hadn’t ended yet, we’d still be waiting for the next episode right now, so it’s not like we’d have more Tian content on a Monday like this anyways. But at the same time, it’s the not having an episode preview to theorize over and knowing that we won’t see any more Tian or Phupha or the villagers or the rangers or Dr. Nam or Torfun or Tul or even Tian’s parents. I’m just... so sad.
I remember once seeing something about how our brain can’t really distinguish fictional characters from irl people, so when we lose a fictional character that we have an emotional bond to, it feels as though we have lost a friend or something. Like, our brain just doesn’t have the ability to differentiate them, and we respond emotionally similar.
I don’t know how true that is, but I always think about it when I finish a tv show that I’m this attached to (which isn’t often given I’m very attached to ATOTS), because gosh, I really do feel like someone is gone from my life suddenly. Anything can remind me of the show and get me emotional. I was listening to ASTRO’s new album earlier, and the song Stardust made me cry just from hearing the word “star.” Welp.
Anyways, I really miss Tian too, so ridiculously much. We were all rooting for him and his character growth, and it was so satisfying to see him find his purpose and confidence throughout this beautiful story. But man... once those final end credits came on screen, it suddenly all felt like it happened so fast. I’m not ready to say goodbye to Pha Pun Dao and the family of villagers, rangers, and Tian who live there. Rewind rewind rewind. Let’s go back to ep 1.
Our wonderful, determined engineer-turned-teacher has a heart of gold and the best spirit, and I’m going to miss cheering him on and seeing him grow every week... and occasionally getting mad at him for almost dying again.
Come back to us, ATOTS. :( we miss you!
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After The Portal (2/2)
After Ford realizes that the world he’s in is not what it initially seemed, he and Stan talk things over... eventually.
Inspired by the epilogue of @thelastspeecher‘s In Another World, and in turn by some old fan theories from shortly after AToTS.
Part 1 / Part 2
on AO3
also on ff.net (no link because filter)
Ford tried his best to ignore the newfound realization that this dimension- the one on the other end of the portal that had disrupted his fateful fight with Bill; the one in which he was now stuck, seemingly for good- was not his own. Ford threw himself into his work with vigor, focusing on saving this world rather than dwelling upon another. And there was much for him to do, much that had to be done if Bill was to be kept at bay, and so his mind was kept busy with the details of that plan all too easily. There were times that he forgot that this dimension wasn’t actually his home, that, much as the rest of the family embraced his presence, he did not truly belong there.
But when he overheard Stan telling the kids that the big party he’d thrown back on June 15th had been for his birthday all along, Ford couldn’t help himself.
He waited until Dipper and Mabel were gone, off on some errand that he was half-convinced Stan had invented on the spot, before speaking up.
“Stanley, you do know our birthday’s on the eighteenth of June, don’t you?”
Stan spun around to face Ford, who stood awkwardly in the doorway, unsure whether to step forward.
“No, it’s the fifteenth- Ford, don’t tell me you forgot your own birthday!”
Ford folded his arms against his chest. “I most certainly did not. Our birthday’s on the eighteenth, and I know that for a fact.”
“Well, I know I didn’t forget our birthday, and clearly one of us must have, so-”
“Not necessarily.”
Ford hadn’t meant for the comment to come out as more than a murmur, hadn’t meant for Stan to overhear- and yet his speech came out loud enough that Stan paused mid-sentence, staring at him skeptically.
“Not necessarily? What the hell does that mean?”
Ford paused, hesitated, let his arms fall to his sides and felt his hands tremble. “N-nothing.”
“You’re a terrible liar, Ford. Just spit it out.”
Ford took a deep breath, weighed his thoughts before continuing- but the stony gaze Stanley was shooting him made it all too clear that he had to continue, one way or another. “Your-” He pointed one arm in Stan’s direction, made vague circles in the air. “-birthday might be the fifteenth, but mine-” He pointed at himself, feeling a bit foolish. “-is definitely on the eighteenth.”
“Wha- we were born fifteen minutes apart, Ford, not three days- and you’re older than me, anyway.”
Another difference there, fifteen minutes apart instead of thirteen, and Ford thought about arguing the point but instead sighed as he prepared to explain himself further. “In this world-” More circles in the air, wide circles only broadly pointed in Stanley’s direction. “-in your world, we might have been born on the fifteenth. But in my world, in my home dimension, we both were born on the eighteenth.”
Stan opened his mouth, closed it, then opened it again after a long moment of silence.
“You’re saying you’re not from here.”
Ford rubbed one hand against his temple. “Yes.”
“But the portal- I-”
“You searched for a Stanford Pines, and you got one. Just not the one you were after.”
“But- this is crazy- should I- should I send you... home, then?”
Ford broke into a laugh at that one, loud harsh laughter echoing through the room. “Oh yes, let’s rip a second hole in the fabric of the universe, splendid idea there Stanley, surprised I didn’t think of that myself.”
“Wait, what-”
Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of two sets of rapidly approaching footsteps, Dipper and Mabel evidently having finished the chores that Stan had so haphazardly assigned.
“We’ll talk about this more tomorrow, got it?”
Ford nodded tersely in agreement. He wouldn’t be looking forward to it, but he had to admit that, now that the secret was out, there was more that he would have to discuss with Stan.
And Ford intended to have that conversation the next day, he really did. And maybe he would have if that day wasn’t the day-
or days, really, because what happened then went on for several days, perhaps for weeks even, not that he could keep track when he spent most of it either unconscious or going through seemingly-endless torture sessions in the Fearamid-
or not a day at all, really, because once it was all over it was as if no time had passed in the outside world, as if nothing had happened and it had all been just a bad dream, though the residents of Gravity Falls knew better-
If that day wasn’t the time, then, when the rift had broken open.
If that day wasn’t when Bill had tried to take the universe by force, stopped only by a fluke of nature and a missing equation.
If that day wasn’t when Ford had had to type his brother’s name into a memory gun, his shaking hands holding the gun to Stanley’s head and pulling the trigger.
If that day wasn’t when Stanley Pines, as the world knew him, briefly ceased to exist.
His memory came back. Somehow, miraculously, Stan’s memory came back, even when it should have been totally erased, even when Stan Pines should have been gone from the world for good. But he remembered things piecemeal as they combed through Mabel’s scrapbook and whatever other artifacts they could find to jog his memory- Ford remembered owning some old home videos of them as kids, found them exactly where he remembered putting them.
And as Stanley’s memory returned over time, Ford tried to forget that the man next to him wasn’t really his brother, that there should have been a different Stanford by his side helping him through this. He really, really tried.
But every time he started to feel lulled back into complacency, something would turn up to remind Ford that this world was not his own. The home videos that he retrieved, like the journals that he had perused before Bill had turned them into dust and ashes, felt right in some places, but entirely wrong in others. Sometimes it was minor things, a quote gone awry or a gesture that didn’t fit what Ford remembered from the same scene. Often it was the total absence of their brother, Shermie- Ford knew him as their older brother, a grounding presence in many childhood scenes, but in this dimension Shermie was not only younger than them, but so much younger that Stanley had left home before Shermie had learned to walk. Ford studied these videos, these artifacts from another Stanford’s childhood, looking not for what would bring back a memory like Stanley did, but for what didn’t bring back memories, what didn’t fit into what Ford remembered from way back when.
Sometimes the way Stan’s memories came back seemed logical enough, a picture or video triggering reminders of the time they depicted, but sometimes it was more haphazard, Stan remembering something new in the middle of dinner or when drifting off to sleep. Stan remembered Dipper and Mabel and even Soos well before he remembered Ford, and part of Ford felt as though he should have been insulted by this, but all things considered it was only natural, given that the man Stanley had pushed into the portal thirty years ago was a different man from Ford in more ways than one.
Four days after the world nearly ended, Ford, who had managed to fall asleep on the couch in the room that had once been his (or, not his his, but- but the couch frame still sagged in that old familiar way, from many long nights spent reading until his eyes glazed over, many long nights where he fell asleep without meaning to and cursed the sunlight when it trickled in through the window), was roughly awoken by someone pounding on the door.
Even before he opened the door, even before he heard the voice coming from the other side, Ford knew it was Stan standing there, could guess at least generally what he was so urgently needed for.
“Ford, we need to talk, goddammit!”
Ford opened the door. Stan was in his boxers, and there were bags under his eyes. A quick glance at the window showed that what sunlight was coming through was still dim and muted, a sunrise only just beginning.
“I imagine whatever you remembered didn’t include that there are children in this house, and that you therefore should avoid yelling swear words at the top of your lungs around dawn?”
Stan snorted. “That’s not yelling at the top of my lungs. You should hear me yelling at the top of my lungs.”
“No, I really shouldn’t. Especially not this early in the morning.”
“Fair ‘nuff.”
“So, what did you remember this time?” Ford gestured so as to invite Stan inside, then gently shut the door behind them as Stan promptly plopped down in the nearest chair.
“I remembered that we were having a- a fucking conversation that we were going to finish before this whole-” Stan rested one hand against his temple, fingernails digging into his scalp. “-this whole Weirdmageddon bullshit got in the way. So let’s get back to that.”
It took a moment for Ford to realize what Stan was referring to.
“Stanley, I really don’t think now is the time to discuss that, you’re still recovering-”
“Don’t.” Stan held up one hand. “Just... just don’t.”
Ford sighed, his body visibly deflating as he let out his breath.
“So... you’re from another world, huh?”
“...yes.”
Stan’s gaze lingered on Ford, and Ford couldn’t quite make out Stan’s expression. “But you still saved this one.”
Ford spoke up immediately. “I saved the world? Stanley, you-”
“Can it, poindexter. You pulled the trigger. You erased him from my mind. Everybody’s acting like I’m the only hero here, but we both know that’s a damn lie.”
“I...” Ford’s legs felt shaky, and he retrieved a chair for himself and rested one arm against it before continuing. “I didn’t save anyone. I’m the reason he was here in the first place, I can’t-”
“Were you the reason he was here? Or was that the other Ford?”
Ford took a deep breath, then let it out as he collapsed onto the chair. “...the other Ford, I suppose, but I still endangered my own world, and I- I can’t make up for that, now, can I?”
“Does it matter?”
The question lingered in the air for a long moment, Ford struggling in vain to put his racing thoughts into words, before Stan added, “Could he have sent you back?”
“Sent me back?”
“To your- home world, or whatever. Fixed what I fucked up for you.”
Ford opened his mouth, closed it again, then repeated the process before finally saying in a voice that came out more softly than he had intended, “The thought had not even crossed my mind.”
“Huh. How ‘bout that.”
Stan and Ford looked at one another, silence lingering in the air once more.
Once again, Stan was the first to speak up as Ford grappled with what to say. “You know, maybe this whole mix-up was really a good thing. The Ford I remember could be a real jerk sometimes.”
Ford gave a quick, dark laugh before responding. “I can’t promise to be any better.”
“I’m not asking you to.”
Ford hesitated for a moment before replying, “Well, I don’t think the Stanley I knew would have spent three decades working to get me back, either. So it goes both ways, I suppose.”
Stan laughed. “That’s the spirit. And hey, about the whole birthday mix-up- maybe we can have two separate birthday parties, one on the fifteenth and one on the eighteenth. You always wanted to try that, didn’t you?”
Ford nodded silently as Stan pressed on.
“Or, hell, take it one step further and just celebrate for four days in a row, make it a real birthday extravaganza- I bet Mabel would love that.”
Mabel.
How had he not thought about Mabel?
Would she and her brother accept him if they knew-
Even before his mind could finish formulating the question, Ford knew the answer, though some dark part of him wanted to believe otherwise.
They wouldn’t care. Stan was right- to them, it would likely be a good excuse to throw bigger parties, nothing more. Besides, this world’s Ford had been gone well before they had been born, so they had no one to compare him to, no reason to reject him in favor of someone they had never met.
Ford wondered if, back in the universe where he had begun life, events had played out just as they had here so as to unite the twins’ parents, to ensure that Mabel and Dipper Pines came into being.
Ford decided that if they didn’t, that that other universe was far worse off for their absence.
“I- I never told them. You’re the only one who knows.”
“Well, do you want them to know? ‘Cause I’ve kept secrets for decades on end now, I can keep this one under wraps too.”
A flicker of doubt flared up in Ford’s mind, but he extinguished it before responding. “They should know, yes. They deserve to know.”
“Well...” Stan coughed and looked away from Ford. Ford’s gaze wandered as well, a quick glance at the window revealing that what had been a dim trickle of light from the start of dawn was now something resembling full-blown daylight. “They’ll probably be up soon, so if you want to, er...”
Ford picked up where his brother had trailed off, a tight smile on his face. “I’ll tell them while you make breakfast.”
“Makes sense. Better to do it and be done with it already.” After a slight pause, Stan added, “Guess you won’t have trouble making conversation at breakfast today, huh?”
Stan barked out a laugh as he finished speaking, and Ford joined in, his own laughter soft and shaky but still there.
“No, I suppose we won’t.”
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Could you tell me your headcanons for some GF characters? Like, the small ones that don't really matter much but are still important to you? :O
OH BOY COULD I
someone of them will probably (or have already) come out in the fanfic, but let’s see:
I like to think Stan is more of a nerd than he lets on to anyone, probably including himself.
I also have a theory about Stan’s glasses that’s quite frankly more nitpicky than it probably needs to be, but given the way we see Stan alternate between wearing glasses and not wearing them during various flashbacks, I think it may have been more than just “Stan didn’t wear glasses because he thought he looked dorky.” It kinda got touched on in HPIB, but basically I think that, given the kind of things we saw the boys get into, Stan probably broke his glasses a lot and either Filbrick got mad and stopped buying them for him, or Stan deliberately stopped wearing them most of the time to avoid getting in trouble. I also think he might have covered for Ford when he broke his glasses, something Journal 3 tells us he’s in the habit of doing. When we see him as a teen during that one flashback, he’s going to a movie; i.e., something he would probably want to be able to see enough to wear his glasses when he normally wouldn’t. After getting kicked out, he probably couldn’t afford good ones (and prescription glasses are kind of a hard thing to steal) but he might have picked up cheaper ones at various points and had to switch in and out of wearing them as he shuffled identities. (Notice he was wearing them in prison but not later on when he showed up to see Ford.)
I think Stan knew something was up in Carpet Diem and was trolling the kids the whole time. He might not have known exactly what had happened, but I think he’s got a good enough eye for body language and mannerisms to figure out that the twins have started acting like each other, and savvy enough about Gravity Falls to figure most of the rest of it out.
While I’m sure some/a lot of it is just Stan, I kinda like to think that part of the reason Stan is so obvious about a lot of his conning is that he gets frustrated with how gullible the people in Gravity Falls are. Like, c’mon, people, there’s no fun in this if there’s no challenge.
There are probably more half-presidents than Quentin Trembley, but no one (or almost no one) knows this because they’re all being hidden by different people.
Ford had the mother of all nerd freakouts when he finally got a chance to catch up on all the stuff that happened while he was gone. (He missed ST: TNG by five years, Wrath of Khan by a few months, Return of the Jedi by a year, every Doctor after Davison by two years and counting…I mean this could go on for a while but the point is he missed a heck of a lot of classic sci-fi, some of it by a really narrow margin.)
Not to be too sad but he probably also had a real bad day when he found out that Carl Sagan had died while he was gone.
Ford would definitely pester every popular scientist figure he could over Twitter, if he ever figured out the internet well enough. Neil deGrasse Tyson would be in for a trip.
Somewhat self-indulgent, but I think that Ford would be a Tom Lehrer fan, and I also kinda like to think Fiddleford was an R.E.M. fan in college. I dunno, he seems the type.
I did have a theory that Backupsmore was somewhere flat and grainy in the Midwest, hence the wheat field that shows up in Ford’s mindscape (which doesn’t fit with either of the other two locations we know of that were central to his life before the portal)…but then I needed it to be somewhere on the east coast for HPIB so I, uh, kinda threw that one under the bus. But it it did lead to a replacement theory that Backupsmore is actually super old and the reason it’s on the east coast is because it was founded as a fallback to the Colonial Colleges.
I’m pretty sure Dipper has anxiety problems (quite possibly GAD). I also definitely believe that Ford and Stan both suffer from anxiety and depression (probably more anxiety for Ford and depression for Stan but some of both for both), but that’s getting away from ‘small headcanon that’s not really important to me’ and more into ‘I would arm-wrestle Alex Hirsch over this’ territory, so.
also, if you’ll allow for some shameless reblogging of my own stuff:
I think that Mabel and Dipper mostly made up the story about the Truth Teeth.
Stan can seriously move it when the need arises.
Little Gift Shop of Horrors reveals some things about Stan’s character. Also, he timed the trip in Roadside Attraction when he did for a reason.
Ford might have freaked out because he thought Stan was from the Society of the Blind Eye.
The events in The Stanchurian Candidate may have wound up influencing some of Stan’s actions during Weirdmageddon.
There was a real interesting couple of minutes that we didn’t see in AToTS.
This, which…the only excuse I have for that one is that it was one in the morning at the time.
Stan totally crashed Ford’s car.
anyway, hope that’s satisfactory! :D
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tagged by @billkinsdancing 🥰 @atotsphutian 😘 and @metawin 😍
1. why did you choose your url? I wanted a temporary atots related url while the show was airing as it was consuming my life. everything else was taken, but by some miracle this one was available 🥰🥰 i love it so much that it’s now pretty much my permanent URL, i don’t think i’ll let go of it anytime soon.
2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them. It’s not a sideblog, but I made a secondary account for spn/destiel ( @dstiel) 🤡 i was posting about it so much that it was pretty much overtaking the whole blog. So i thought it would be better to make a whole other account to reblog and make as much content as I wanted without alienating everyone else. I’m not really as active now, but at least it’s there whenever I miss that stupid show.
3. how long have you been on tumblr? since 2011
4. do you have a queue tag? ‘#queue’ super original, i know <3
5. why did you start your blog in the first place? the first half of glee’s season one had finished airing and I was experiencing withdrawal from the show. i came across a blogger that posted glee content, news etc, and I just remember her being extremely lovely and imformative. So I signed up just so I could follow her and not miss out on her posts. Then during that time, I started watching Supernatural during the school holidays, became completely addicted and needed spn content 24/7. And thus, I became stuck in his hellhole (affectionate), never to leave again.
6. why did you choose your icon/pfp? phutian supremacy 😔✊ this is one of my favourite shots of them.
7. why did you choose your header? DAYS has taken over my life and I needed them as my header. But I suck at headers, so I decided to make it as simple as possible.
8. whats your post with the most notes? this spn gif that has 125k notes.
9. how many mutuals do you have? i’m not sure 🤔🤔 i’ve never really checked.
10. how many followers do you have? i’m not comfortable sharing, but i’m super grateful for every single person <33 thank you for putting up with my dumbassery ♥
11. how many people do you follow? 192
12. have you ever made a shitpost? i’m neither original nor funny enough to shitpost 😅😅
13. how often do you use tumblr each day? i’ve been trying to cut down the time i spend here because of work, etc, but i try to post as much as I can during the week and have a break on the weekends.
14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who one? if i don’t like someone i’ll just unfollow.
15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts? very gult trippy, very unnecessary. I don’t think it’s fair to force people to engage in any posts they might not have the mental capacity to deal with in that moment, or simply because they don’t want to reblog it for whatever reason.
16. do you like tag games? I do! I love them to bits and thank you for always tagging me <3 I always forget to take part bc I hardly check my mentions, or sometimes forget to like the post to bookmark it 🥺🥺 but thank you babies, i’ll try to take part in it more often.
17. do you like ask games? yes!!
18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? all of you are tumblr famous in my heart 😘😘 but idk tbh. like ali said, anyone that makes posts for multiple fandoms will have a more diverse and bigger following.
19. do you have a crush on a mutual? i have people i want to be best friends with forever, if that counts?
20. tags? i think quan tagged everyone <3. going to spam my beautiful bonnie again @ronenrubinstein 💛💛
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