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Shermie!
ok but the fact that Shermie was supposed to be born sometime in the 1960s and dipper and mabel were born in 1999
DO YOU REALIZE HOW YOUNG THAT MAKES THEIR GRANDFATHER AND THEIR FATHER-?!?
even if we give the benefit of the doubt and say Shermie was born in 1960 you could say that their dad was born in 1980-2 BUT then that would mean that their dad was a teenager when Dipper and Mabel were born AND that their grandfather was younger than 40
just realizing that logically Shermie HAS to be older than Stan and Ford because we only ever see the baby that is assumed to be Shermie when Stan gets kicked out which would be about 1972 so it’s basically impossible for Shermie to be born in 70 or 71 and then Dipper and Mabel’s dad to be born in the late 80s for them to exist….
even if we go “maybe they had REALLY young parents and grandparents” that would be REALLY young… like born 1971 has a kid at 14 in 1985 and that kid has a kid at 14 in 1999….. (not 100% IMPOSSIBLE but improbable)
so he HAS to be older than Stan and Ford which would mean there’s ANOTHER sibling?!?!
the possibility that this is just a plot hole is probably VERY high
ok but the fact that Shermie was supposed to be born sometime in the 1960s and dipper and mabel were born in 1999
DO YOU REALIZE HOW YOUNG THAT MAKES THEIR GRANDFATHER AND THEIR FATHER-?!?
even if we give the benefit of the doubt and say Shermie was born in 1960 you could say that their dad was born in 1980-2 BUT then that would mean that their dad was a teenager when Dipper and Mabel were born AND that their grandfather was younger than 40
my PERSONAL HEADCANON is that Shermie is an older brother of Stan and Ford and that baby in A Tale of Two Stan’s is just a kid that their mom was babysitting for a friend or something
this is shermie pines
no I will not elaborate. Thank you for coming to my psa
stanley pines deserved to be a dad, it's not even fair 😭
based off this dialogue in the 3ds game
@spirit-of-the-chaos-gospel Found it
So basically, Ford's back, and I've been pretending to be him for the past 30 years, also I faked my death -
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[Image description: digital art of Ford and Stan from Gravity Falls. They're smiling as Ford waves to Dipper and Mabel in an offscreen bus, and Stan wears his goodbye sweater. Stan's smile dissipates as he suddenly says: "Wait..."
Ford turns to look at him, and Stan exclaims: "Shit! We forgot to tell Shermie!" The last panel cuts to Shermie, who has gray hair and a mustache, sitting up in his bed in a dark room. He's holding the phone up to his ear with a weary expression, and his dialogue bubble just has a "..." (ellipsis). End ID.]
Sherman "Shermie" Pines, it took me far too long to make you a proper full body pic. I first had doodled him up in late.. 2016? I believe and he's been a favorite of mine for awhile. Who would have thought I would like a character that's never been seen mentioned like.. Five? Times. And take me nearly a decade to give him a mustache.
Anyway this is my Sherman, the eldest of the Pines boys. War Vet, divorced, and loving Grandpa regardless.
I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE I GOT A SUDDEN INSPIRATION TO DRAW SHERMIE
HE LOOKS SO SOFT
anyway back to sleep now, i might make more doodles of him later
Currently being consumed by an Epic the Musical x Gravity Falls AU send help
Okay but seriously I've got a whole AU mapped out at this point and this would probably be the rough character lineup
Ford - Odysseus
Stanley - Eurylochus
Shermie - Polites (I swear there's a very good and comprehensible explanation for this)
Fiddleford - Perimides AND Elpnor (as per the cut songs)
Bill - Poseidon, and possibly also Zeus
Mabel and Dipper - Telemachus <3
In this au, Filbrick was king of Ithaca and sent his son Stanley off to fight in the Trojan war, but through a series of horrible misunderstandings, all three of the sons, including Shermie, who was next in line for the throne, get sent on the ships. Ford kind of naturally takes charge, because Shermie was never really a leader-y type.
Ten years of war pass, and there's probably a lot of drama and character development [Polites choosing to be kind despite the war and Shermie choosing to be kind too, despite the Vietnam War (in some aus at least) (i love the ex-military Shermie headcanon sm) can be something so special]
Turns out, when Shermie left, his wife was actually pregnant! They had a pair of twins (Dipper and Mabel are Shermie's kids in this AU, for obvious reasons)
Filbrick dies while his sons are at war, and his wife, Caryn, takes over in his stead. Why? Because. Dipper and Mabel are now in line for the throne, which is probably very stressful and makes them both the Telemachus of this au
Stuff happens, Shermie wants to go home and meet his kids after 10 whole years (I might shorten the time they spend at sea to 2 just so Mabel and Dipper are 12), and Shermie... dies.
This obviously drives tension between Ford and Stanley 'Miscommunication' Pines, leading to trust issues down the road. They both just want to get home to see their mom and niece and nephew again.
(This is getting really long jifojgisjjflks and I haven't even mentioned Fiddleford and his parallels with the Lotus, or how Bill would play into the story. This AU is consuming me)
(Would anyone be interested in a Part 2?)
Relativity Falls AU except Shermie is a relevant character and is Ford and Stan's older brother who wanted to spend one last summer with his brothers before going to college
stanley pines deserved to be a dad, it's not even fair 😭
based off this dialogue in the 3ds game
stanley pines deserved to be a dad, it's not even fair 😭
based off this dialogue in the 3ds game
Wow 2 sherm doodles within the week. Anyway I remembered that I did make Sherm a surfer in his youth and he does keep up with it in his older years now. Helps him stay fit.
in my take on Relativity Falls Blendin and Shermie switch cause they’re both kinda time paradox causing (Blendin ofc literally being responsible for the time paradox in The Time Travelers Pig , and Shermie being the reason many Gravity Falls timelines just don’t quite work and the cause of an insane amount of confusion- is he the baby? Is he the babies dad? What the fuck? )
anon, ur a genius. This is a silly enough solution for a gravity falls au that I may just go with an interpretation of this
This is what I’m thinking too!!
Shermie had to be the older brother aka firstborn that moved out and went on his own before the whole drama of Stan getting kicked out of the house. If we take into account the relationship between firstborns and strict parents (especially Filbrick), it would make sense he chose to part ways from the family.
As for the baby their mom was holding, I originally thought that was just another baby she had recently but it makes more sense she would be babysitting for a friend of hers.
my PERSONAL HEADCANON is that Shermie is an older brother of Stan and Ford and that baby in A Tale of Two Stan’s is just a kid that their mom was babysitting for a friend or something