Seeing The Way Stanley Thinks And Handles Himself (with Fears, Shame, And Everything Else) I Still Don't

Stanford finally returned to his home dimension and was content to see everything looked exactly as it was before he was pushed in- Granted, it is much cleaner and the piles of research he had arranged on the walls and any other surface was messed up but at least it wasn't turned into...some Stan Mystery Shack or something. Stanford chuckled at the silly idea.

He didn't really understand why the familiarity of his lab and home made him uncomfortable-

Then he saw it.

Mabel had been running around, being creative and happened to grab one of Ford's many books for reference. When she put it back all tilted and on the place it had not been previously (someone had arranged them by alphabetical order of the title- it annoyed Ford a little as he would have done it by writer), Stanley seemed to be summoned out of no where and put the book in his rightful place.

The uncomfortable feeling returned and Stanford finally understood why.

Thirty years. Thirty years living here and the place wasn't lived in.

(Or: Stanley never really changed anything about Ford's lab, always believing he'd come back and afraid to mess things further)

So this is the second time that this happens and I'm just thinking that Tumblr may actually have a curse in it, or just enough bad luck to have these two coincidences

so @skittlestew​ brought up an ‘angsty stans clothes swap scene, but with the tattoos’, and i had to see this idea through

The master post for Instinct is finally here! Sorry it took me a bit to get to it but it's here nonetheless. Thank you all again for the support and enjoy! Split it up in arcs as well to make it hopefully easier.

(1st arc) pg.1/pg.2/pg.3/pg.4/pg.5/pg.6/pg.7/pg.8/pg.9/pg.10/pg.11/pg.12/pg.13/pg.14/pg.15/pg.16/pg.17/pg.18/pg.19/pg.20/pg.21

(2nd arc Ford POV) pg.22,pg.23/pg.24/pg.25,pg.26/pg.27,pg.28/pg.29/pg.30

(3rd arc Stan POV/warehouse) pg.31,pg.32/pg.33,pg.34.pg.35/pg.36,pg.37,pg.38

(4th arc Ford POV) pg.39/pg.40/pg.41

(5th arc Rescue) pg.42/pg.43/pg.44/pg.45/pg.46/pg.47/pg.48/pg.49/pg.50/pg.51/pg.52,pg.53/pg.54/pg.55,pg.56/pg.57/pg.58/pg.59/pg.60/pg.61/pg.62,pg.63,pg.64

(Final arc Hurt/Comic) pg.65,pg.66/pg.67/pg.68/pg.69/pg.70,pg.71/pg.72/pg.73/pg.74/pg.75/pg.76/pg.77,pg.78/pg.79/pg.80

coming back w/ new stancest art from magma!

ummm weirdos...... 👇 /j

translation: i'm with [absolutely any name] (not gay).

poor kid :с

Forgot to post this!!

Ford overestimated his brother's social skills and charisma, thinking that this alone would allow Stan to survive on his own out there. Also, Stan screamed that he didn't need Ford or anyone when he was driving away from home and Ford probably believed that Stan was cutting him from his life by saying that. And the fact that, from Ford's perspective, Stan never tried to contact him again (we know that this is not true but Ford don't) just made this seem true.

Also, if someone didn't desevered Stan was Filbrick. Stan spent over ten years homeless, in poverty, going in and out of prison and getting into trouble with bad groups of people because of Filbrick's decision of kicking him out of home. Stan could have easily died or been seriously hurt in that span of time, under those conditions and that would be Filbrick's fault not Ford's fault.

Yes, tbh. On both accounts.

Ford probably did think Stan'd be fine because of his social skills and charisma. And with caller ID not being a thing, Ford would have no idea Stan did call him during that time, but hung up without saying anything.

And yes, Ford is not the villain here. Filbrick is.