grunkle stan

I took screenshots of the trailer, and I tried my best to get all the screenshots that were for the new episode (since there was a lot of clips from past episodes)

I don’t know if this one is new or not. It looks like it could be from Weirdmageddon part 1, when Gompers got big, but I’m too lazy to check so I put it here anyway.

This one is defiantly new. Where exactly is he? is this part of Bill’s trap? Also, is it the way I took the screenshot, or does it look like Stan’s head (or his fez rather) is going through the ceiling of this place?

POW! Someone is punching the wall down! Cool! At first I thought this was Stan (cuz come on, does this not seem like something he would do?) but then I realized, this is a four fingered character. Now my guess is it’s either Dipper or Mabel

 This is how I look at candy before I eat it..

For some reason I want to call this screenshot “Bill’s labyrinth of Hell”

Remember that theory that the force field Ford put up still being there, and that’s why the Mystery Shack is a safe area? I can picture this eyeball bat thinking “I wish I could turn them all to stone, Bill would be so proud of me! Curse this stupid force field!”

Look at him, all he needs is a cat to ominously stroke

Normally when I see a new trailer, I want to know the context of every single screenshot…
…
…This is not one of those times

this is gonna become a meme, i know it (and if it doesn’t, I just might make it a meme myself hahaha)

PACIFICA IS WEARING THE LLAMA SWEATER!!!!!!!!!!!111

There’s a fantastic pun I could make for this, I know it, I just can’t figure out what it would be.
Any suggestions?

OO! I predict a kicking Bill’s butt training montage! 

SHUT THE DOOR SHUT THE DOOR SHUT THE DOOR

I can’t think of anything to say about this one

…what exactly am I looking at?

And that’s all the ones that I was able to get.

I took screenshots of the trailer, and I tried my best to get all the screenshots that were for the new episode (since there was a lot of clips from past episodes)

I don’t know if this one is new or not. It looks like it could be from Weirdmageddon part 1, when Gompers got big, but I’m too lazy to check so I put it here anyway.

This one is defiantly new. Where exactly is he? is this part of Bill’s trap? Also, is it the way I took the screenshot, or does it look like Stan’s head (or his fez rather) is going through the ceiling of this place?

POW! Someone is punching the wall down! Cool! At first I thought this was Stan (cuz come on, does this not seem like something he would do?) but then I realized, this is a four fingered character. Now my guess is it’s either Dipper or Mabel

 This is how I look at candy before I eat it..

For some reason I want to call this screenshot “Bill’s labyrinth of Hell”

Remember that theory that the force field Ford put up still being there, and that’s why the Mystery Shack is a safe area? I can picture this eyeball bat thinking “I wish I could turn them all to stone, Bill would be so proud of me! Curse this stupid force field!”

Look at him, all he needs is a cat to ominously stroke

Normally when I see a new trailer, I want to know the context of every single screenshot…
…
…This is not one of those times

this is gonna become a meme, i know it (and if it doesn’t, I just might make it a meme myself hahaha)

PACIFICA IS WEARING THE LLAMA SWEATER!!!!!!!!!!!111

There’s a fantastic pun I could make for this, I know it, I just can’t figure out what it would be.
Any suggestions?

OO! I predict a kicking Bill’s butt training montage! 

SHUT THE DOOR SHUT THE DOOR SHUT THE DOOR

I can’t think of anything to say about this one

…what exactly am I looking at?

And that’s all the ones that I was able to get.

thesnadger:

pinesinthewoods:

logicalbookthief:

pinesinthewoods:

My sister made a good point against a character death because there is literally NO TIME in the episode to deal with the fallout of that… Children will be traumatized if one of their favorite characters just dies with no closure or anything.

That’s a really good point.

I mean, I’m the first to start worrying and speculating, but given the time restraints on the finale alone, and the fact that killing a member of the family would be so monumental (and not fit in with the whole ‘surreal feel of summer’ that seems to be central to the shows theme) I DON’T think they’re going to kill anyone. Permanently. Probably.

*knocks on wood just in case*

Yup. Also it’s just poor storytelling. Imagine if in the very last episode in the last ten minutes, a beloved character dies in a goofy Disney cartoon? Lol remember that entire lesson about family sticking together but then one of them just up and dies… bye kids hope you had a great summer!

Okay guys look LOOK I hate to be Ms. Poops On Parade here, I don’t want Stan to die and I really really hope you’re right, but:

1) Someone is going to die. Alex Hirsch said there’s be a character death in season 2. And I think only deep, profound denial can really make me believe it’s Big Henry or Mayor Befuffleflumpter, his exact words were “at least one character will not survive Season 2. Buckle up.” So it’s almost certainly going to be a character with some degree of significance. That doesn’t mean it will be Stan or a member of the Pines family, but it’s probably going to be someone the audience cares about to some degree.

2) I don’t think I agree that it’d necessarily be bad storytelling, or out of sync with the tone of the show or the theme of family sticking together. The reason there are so many Stan death theories is that his death has been foreshadowed A LOT, not just with visual symbolism like images of him catching fire, but with character development–Stan has shown time and time again that he cares very little for his own safety when his family is on the line. We know he’s willing to sacrifice himself and that despite all he’s done he still has something to prove. He’s also been a fairly morbid character from the start. 

Sometimes killing a beloved character is great storytelling. I grew up on Don Bluth movies like The Secret of NIMH and The Land Before Time, and both of those movies kill off a mentor-like figure in an incredibly memorable moment. You could pick apart why it’s different in those movies than it would be in Gravity Falls, but ultimately I don’t think it’s beyond the GF writers’ ability to make it a well done, dramatic, emotional moment that suits the show’s larger narrative. Closure can happen in just a few scenes, after all.

Right now, Stan’s prospects don’t seem very happy. He’s spent most of his life trying to reconnect with a brother who now wants nothing to do with him. At the end of the summer he’s going to lose his home, the business he’s devoted 30 years to, and his identity. There’s a good chance that means he’ll lose contact with his family as well. 

Ford told Stan he wanted his house and his name back. Well, if Stan died he’d get his house and name back in the most bitter way possible. He’d be made to realize that he had his priorities backwards, that he should have reconnected with his brother when he had the chance. The Stans would serve as a negative example for the twins, (as they have done since ATOTS.) 

And if Stan dies heroically saving the world from Bill, well…we all know Stan feels he has something to prove. He’s proven himself to be a hero already to the town, the twins…to pretty much everybody except the one person who he most feels the need to prove himself to, the one person he believes he’s been trying to catch up to all his life. Maybe it would take something as drastic and dramatic as dying to stop Bill to make Ford see that Stan’s love for his family is what makes him a hero.

Now I’m not saying that any of this means that Stan is going to die. Just that I don’t think it would necessarily be bad storytelling or out of sync with the show in general if he did.

Besides. If you think Alex Hirsch has a problem with traumatizing children…

Well, I’ve got a couple of Stan-Vacs to sell you.

Thank you for this. I’m always so confused when people say Stan dying would be “bad story telling” I don’t see how that’s bad story telling. Frankly I think it’s good story telling. Isn’t foreshadowing a very important part of good story telling? And Stan’s death has certainly been foreshadowed.
The only thing that gives me hope for Stan is the whole “there’s not enough time” thing. But even that shouldn’t give me confidence, after I wasn’t sure if there was enough time in season two to finish the story, but yet, they made it work and were able to finish the story in two seasons.
The writers know they’re doing, whatever they want to happen, they will make it work.

thesnadger:

pinesinthewoods:

logicalbookthief:

pinesinthewoods:

My sister made a good point against a character death because there is literally NO TIME in the episode to deal with the fallout of that… Children will be traumatized if one of their favorite characters just dies with no closure or anything.

That’s a really good point.

I mean, I’m the first to start worrying and speculating, but given the time restraints on the finale alone, and the fact that killing a member of the family would be so monumental (and not fit in with the whole ‘surreal feel of summer’ that seems to be central to the shows theme) I DON’T think they’re going to kill anyone. Permanently. Probably.

*knocks on wood just in case*

Yup. Also it’s just poor storytelling. Imagine if in the very last episode in the last ten minutes, a beloved character dies in a goofy Disney cartoon? Lol remember that entire lesson about family sticking together but then one of them just up and dies… bye kids hope you had a great summer!

Okay guys look LOOK I hate to be Ms. Poops On Parade here, I don’t want Stan to die and I really really hope you’re right, but:

1) Someone is going to die. Alex Hirsch said there’s be a character death in season 2. And I think only deep, profound denial can really make me believe it’s Big Henry or Mayor Befuffleflumpter, his exact words were “at least one character will not survive Season 2. Buckle up.” So it’s almost certainly going to be a character with some degree of significance. That doesn’t mean it will be Stan or a member of the Pines family, but it’s probably going to be someone the audience cares about to some degree.

2) I don’t think I agree that it’d necessarily be bad storytelling, or out of sync with the tone of the show or the theme of family sticking together. The reason there are so many Stan death theories is that his death has been foreshadowed A LOT, not just with visual symbolism like images of him catching fire, but with character development–Stan has shown time and time again that he cares very little for his own safety when his family is on the line. We know he’s willing to sacrifice himself and that despite all he’s done he still has something to prove. He’s also been a fairly morbid character from the start. 

Sometimes killing a beloved character is great storytelling. I grew up on Don Bluth movies like The Secret of NIMH and The Land Before Time, and both of those movies kill off a mentor-like figure in an incredibly memorable moment. You could pick apart why it’s different in those movies than it would be in Gravity Falls, but ultimately I don’t think it’s beyond the GF writers’ ability to make it a well done, dramatic, emotional moment that suits the show’s larger narrative. Closure can happen in just a few scenes, after all.

Right now, Stan’s prospects don’t seem very happy. He’s spent most of his life trying to reconnect with a brother who now wants nothing to do with him. At the end of the summer he’s going to lose his home, the business he’s devoted 30 years to, and his identity. There’s a good chance that means he’ll lose contact with his family as well. 

Ford told Stan he wanted his house and his name back. Well, if Stan died he’d get his house and name back in the most bitter way possible. He’d be made to realize that he had his priorities backwards, that he should have reconnected with his brother when he had the chance. The Stans would serve as a negative example for the twins, (as they have done since ATOTS.) 

And if Stan dies heroically saving the world from Bill, well…we all know Stan feels he has something to prove. He’s proven himself to be a hero already to the town, the twins…to pretty much everybody except the one person who he most feels the need to prove himself to, the one person he believes he’s been trying to catch up to all his life. Maybe it would take something as drastic and dramatic as dying to stop Bill to make Ford see that Stan’s love for his family is what makes him a hero.

Now I’m not saying that any of this means that Stan is going to die. Just that I don’t think it would necessarily be bad storytelling or out of sync with the show in general if he did.

Besides. If you think Alex Hirsch has a problem with traumatizing children…

Well, I’ve got a couple of Stan-Vacs to sell you.

Thank you for this. I’m always so confused when people say Stan dying would be “bad story telling” I don’t see how that’s bad story telling. Frankly I think it’s good story telling. Isn’t foreshadowing a very important part of good story telling? And Stan’s death has certainly been foreshadowed.
The only thing that gives me hope for Stan is the whole “there’s not enough time” thing. But even that shouldn’t give me confidence, after I wasn’t sure if there was enough time in season two to finish the story, but yet, they made it work and were able to finish the story in two seasons.
The writers know they’re doing, whatever they want to happen, they will make it work.

QUESTIONS!!!:

1. In the first picture, whose hands are those? One character has five fingers, the other appears to have four. The one with four figures looks like they’re wearing Mabel’s llama sweater. So most likely that would be either Mabel or Pacifica, (although neither of them are wearing that sweater in any other point in the trailer so??) but whose the other hand?

2. Why are these hands glowing when they touch????

3. Why is Mabel looking at that light like it’s important? Like it means something when it’s on? Does it mean something? (This question is the most insignificant, it’s the next question I’m worried about)

4. In that last picture, why don’t I see Stan anywhere???? Is he there and I just can’t find him? Or is he really not there?? If he’s not there…well why isn’t he there? Did anyone else notice that many of the images in this trailer were from the first two parts of Weirdmageddon, and that Stan wasn’t in any of the images that were from part 3? Should we be worried about this or am I over reacting?

QUESTIONS!!!:

1. In the first picture, whose hands are those? One character has five fingers, the other appears to have four. The one with four figures looks like they’re wearing Mabel’s llama sweater. So most likely that would be either Mabel or Pacifica, (although neither of them are wearing that sweater in any other point in the trailer so??) but whose the other hand?

2. Why are these hands glowing when they touch????

3. Why is Mabel looking at that light like it’s important? Like it means something when it’s on? Does it mean something? (This question is the most insignificant, it’s the next question I’m worried about)

4. In that last picture, why don’t I see Stan anywhere???? Is he there and I just can’t find him? Or is he really not there?? If he’s not there…well why isn’t he there? Did anyone else notice that many of the images in this trailer were from the first two parts of Weirdmageddon, and that Stan wasn’t in any of the images that were from part 3? Should we be worried about this or am I over reacting?

Head canon where Teen Ford is visited by Mabel months before the science fair. She then shows him everything that happens to Stan ten years from now if he lets his anger towards his broken project get the better of him. Ford is confused as to what is going on, he cant believe anything, then he accepts who Mabel is and she’s telling the truth and then he’s horrified with himself and at what he might have done. He goes to find Stan, clings to him and cries, glad to see this Stan is still his Stan.

AAAAWWWWWWWWEEE!!!!! i love this!!!!!

Head canon where Teen Ford is visited by Mabel months before the science fair. She then shows him everything that happens to Stan ten years from now if he lets his anger towards his broken project get the better of him. Ford is confused as to what is going on, he cant believe anything, then he accepts who Mabel is and she’s telling the truth and then he’s horrified with himself and at what he might have done. He goes to find Stan, clings to him and cries, glad to see this Stan is still his Stan.

AAAAWWWWWWWWEEE!!!!! i love this!!!!!

Hey I’m sorry your having a bad birthday. 😞

But I made these for you in hopes that they cheer you up even a little. The first one is you with Stanley and Stanford, their trying to make you feel better. And the second one is me hugging you. Also trying to make you feel better. 😄

I don’t know what you look like so I just kinda went with the Anonymous theme. I hope you don’t mind. 😅 anyway I hope your birthday gets better.

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Thanks! This is really nice and cute! I saw this at the perfect time too, I’ve been switching between sad, annoyed, and happy all day, and I just so happened to look and see this right as I was the saddest I’ve gotten all day. Thank you!  

Hey I’m sorry your having a bad birthday. 😞

But I made these for you in hopes that they cheer you up even a little. The first one is you with Stanley and Stanford, their trying to make you feel better. And the second one is me hugging you. Also trying to make you feel better. 😄

I don’t know what you look like so I just kinda went with the Anonymous theme. I hope you don’t mind. 😅 anyway I hope your birthday gets better.

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Thanks! This is really nice and cute! I saw this at the perfect time too, I’ve been switching between sad, annoyed, and happy all day, and I just so happened to look and see this right as I was the saddest I’ve gotten all day. Thank you!