busket:

i’ve talked a lot about reverse portal! stan but not ford

some differences between him and canon ford

• he’s not as beefy or agile, a bit of a wimp
• wears lab coats and button up shirts instead of turtlenecks and trench coats
• he quit his research of monsters and stuff after stan entered the portal
• he has grown to be a little afraid of the things he used to study. the paranoia we saw in canon!ford before he entered the portal never totally left with rp!ford
• constant guilt lol

he is also p sheltering to dipper and mabel. when they eventually show him the journal, he panics and takes it away. but eventually the kids win back his trust and he lets them hold on to it for a little longer, for self defense only