Ford Being overly Affectionate To Stan Hah

tried my hand on stancest meta but tumblr ate up my draft that was a fullblown essay like the functioning app that it is, so i'm just going to post my twitter screenshots here lmao

I finally figured it out. The reason most fanfics focus on what Stanford wants rather than what Stanley wants is that, when it comes to desire, Stanley is genuinely much more indifferent than Stanford 🤔.

He doesn’t seem to have any strong obsessions (aside from Ford, of course), nor does he appear to be actively chasing anything. Even his pursuit of money feels more like an animal searching for a water source—it’s not about wealth itself, but about securing the resources necessary for survival. He never really seemed to crave a rich lifestyle, and even when he had money, he wasn’t the type to enjoy spending it. He just wanted it.

Strip away everything related to Ford and the ripples caused by Ford’s existence, and Stanley honestly seems like someone who could live just about any kind of life—married or unmarried, doesn’t matter. He likes kids, but the fact that he never had his own doesn’t seem to bother him. His life is, in reality, incredibly restrained. Outside of making money upstairs and fixing the portal downstairs, the only real sources of change or enjoyment in his life are the kids.

That’s what makes these two so fascinating. Stanford plays the role of a detached, rational scientist, supposedly free from worldly desires—when, in truth, he has so many wants, so many pursuits, so much ambition. Meanwhile, Stanley is perfectly content with everyone seeing him as a greedy conman, and he even embraces that image—but in reality, his lifestyle is practically one of self-inflicted asceticism.

STANCEST IS THE BEST SHIP I WILL FIGHT EVERYONE ON THIS

okay this is no shade at all but where is this world that people live in where bottom ford is the main take??? and where can i go to be a part of that world /lh because I've been seeing so many people say bottom stan is unpopular but like...that's literally the more popular dynamic i see on ao3 and tumblr..?

AGAIN ALL PREFERENCES ARE VALID and it really doesn't matter like I'm of the opinion that they switch and I'm happy as long as they're making out sloppy and fucking but like????

i guess im just confused bc literally i feel like the majority of content IS bottom stan. is it because of like...activity? or maybe bottom ford enjoyers are more vocal??? i need to study this

Thought Fiddlestan was a purely comedic ship for a while but now I get it, I see the light. It’s about a man who nurtures and cares for others to the point of heartbreak meeting a man who doesn’t remember what it’s like for anyone to care about him. It’s about them being warm together around the absence of someone they both love. It’s about Fiddleford’s innate domesticity comforting a man whose deepest desire was to come home. It’s about falling in love with the same face again but in a new context that heals your past trauma. It’s about Stan’s unbridled affection finally validating someone who desperately needed the recognition. It’s also about very funny old man yaoi.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

contrast of stan not really getting along with his brother's best friend vs ford not really getting along with his brother's son.....

and the irony of those two becoming good friends

Just remembered someone in the comments was freaking out about how gross it was to find Stancest stuff on Etsy. And I was like—?? Stancest on Etsy?? WHERE?? ‘Cause like, I’m into the ship and I’ve never seen it pop up, but they do?? Mental note: gotta look it up myself later.

Not that anyone cares, but I finally gave in and made this side account because I couldn’t resist interacting with the ships and content I enjoy. That said, I’ll probably stay quiet most of the time (if not always) and just stick to liking or reposting stuff. Part of it is because I’m shy, and the other part is that my English is almost nonexistent without a translator lol. I just wanted to leave this here to mark the start of this profile or something.

perusing my photo edit app in ways it was not meant to

Ford "Icarus didn't flap hard enough" Pines