Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26408630-20150313212317/@comment-27159736-20150330115358

I know this could be an exaggeration but what If Stan is a clone.

The shapeshifter was a key part to formula since it is able take on any form it desires so the brother took a blood sample in order to create a clone of himself in order to protect his family and had sent Stan to travel around the world so he knows how to master Identitys and imitation hence why he has been known by "unknown grifter at large" because he hadn't developed any form of dna yet (i.e finger tips) hence why there is a picture of him but he told nobody about his past or name (because he wasn't given his name yet as the plan hasn't worked)

The brother needed to fake his death in order to cement his disappearance and made his clone take his identity because he knew the family will never know about the secrets.

The brother decided to travel to another dimension to either  persue his research. however there was a fault in the formula and Stan needed to find him order for his brother to fix his formula.

The clone regards his brother as a family relative due to fault in the formula or due to brain damage that resulted in amnesia causing him to believe that he is real and that they are twins which also makes him want to search for the journals in order to find him.