I Also Want To Wish You A Speedy Burst Of Inspiration And Well-being!

I also want to wish you a speedy burst of inspiration and well-being!

This is not a suggestion, but rather an ordinary question. I'm still obsessed with your Author!Stan and I really need to know something. I'm writing the second chapter of "pen pals" (I don't know if you remember it or not. Au in au) And I ran into some problems regarding Ford's fake funeral. This will take up a very small part of the chapter, but that's what I had to rewrite a lot of times.

If you don't mind, may I ask:

1)If there is no government that forbids opening the coffin, would it be okay if Sherman performed this role?

2)Is there even a small chance that their mom would give in? This would simplify the task, but if the answer is negative, I also know what can be done (the main thing is to be canonical)

3)Besides Ma, did anyone want to see Ford's body? Or was it just her? It seems to me that Stan probably didn't want this, but I could be wrong.

To be honest, the line with their mom touches me to the core. It’s so good 😊❤️❤️

Ooh, excited to know you're still writing!

Stan and Ford did canonically grow up in a Jewish family, and I'm by no means an expert but I try to do my research when writing on an unfamiliar topic. Here's what I gathered when trying to figure out the "funeral" for myself.

As I've understood it in simplified terms (if I've got anything wrong please do let me know!) the custom for Jewish funerals is that someone is supposed to be with the body at all times from the moment of death until burial, the body is supposed to be buried as soon as possible, and the body should be washed. In the story both these things become impossible because there is no actual body to speak of, and that's one of the things that upsets their mom. I also think you generally don't display the body like how in other cultures one might have an open casket at the wake.

I don't see why the brother of the deceased wouldn't be able to be the one who does what needs to be done with the body. Maybe Sherman is able to convince Ma to let him because he wants to save her the emotional pain, and she's willing to concede because—while she wants to do it herself—Sherman is someone she trusts enough to let take that responsibility instead. Or maybe it's just a matter of practicality, if the crash happened on route to California where Sherman lives he might be the closest relative and so they leave him to take charge?

I think with Stan it could go either way. Either he'd be extremely persistent and refuse to accept that Ford is gone unless he can see for himself and have that closure, or he'd be too depressed to push much and doesn't want to know because he doesn't want to face the fact.

Hi! I'm kinda new to your page and your art is amazing! But I didn't really understand what exactly the pirate au is. If it won't be a problem, can you summarize it briefly? Thank you so much.

There's a fic I'm working on here, but it's far from finished. The 'short' version though is that...

Stan and Ford were born sometime in the 1650's (rather than 1950's). They have their falling out with Stan being sent away. Stan ends up working crappy jobs on several different ships (some legitimate and some not) while Ford goes off to join a research expedition.

Ford's ship is attacked by pirates lead by Bill (check out the comic here), which culminates in Ford being kidnapped and supposedly murdered. When the news eventually make their way back to Stan, he steals a ship and declares himself captain with the goal of tracking Bill down and getting revenge. Gravity Falls was attacked by Bill sometime after Ford's disappearance, and there are plenty of people there willing to join Stan's cause.

Mabel and Dipper join the story around thirty years later in 1712. They've lost their family and end up stowing away on a merchant ship where they too are attacked by Bill's crew. Dipper is left behind on an abandoned island where he's found by Stan whom he convinces to save Mabel. They don't realise they're family. Mabel warms up to the crew quickly but Dipper is far more suspicious.

That's about as far as we've gotten yet. I've got the rest of the story all planned out, now I just have to get around to writing it...

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for all the kind words about my plushies. It means a lot to me when someone takes the time comment on my work!

I also want to say that I love your pirate AU and how you draw the characters! I can't draw anything on the computer so I really appreciate your talent 💖

You're very welcome! That sort of handicraft is super impressive, i know how to draw but I can't do anything more than basic sewing (and even then I usually need dad to help). I'd definitely buy some merch plushies if you were in charge of the designs. 😊

And thank you! I tend to get stuck in one project at a time and right now pirates is where I'm at.

For some reason tumblr is really buggy with writing atm, so a bunch of the words in the description/tags for the last drawing wound up scrambled?

Let me know if you notice anything odd!

Captain, first mate, second mate.

Wanted to challenge myself to make some more dynamic poses to revisit these designs. I was still happy with Pyronica and Bill, but let's face it; Kryptos needed a complete overhaul. Is this better? 🤔

Kind of artblocked, does anyone have any sketch suggestions?