Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26303790-20150909012141/@comment-4854965-20150913185553

AnonymousDuckLover wrote: My first instinct on who it would be was Gideon, but after thinking about it for a few minutes, I thought it could be Stan, as it seems Alex has made it a point not to make Stan know about Bill. In Dreamscapers, Stan was asleep during the entire plot of the episode. In Sock Opera, Bill possessed Dipper, and Stan only thought of Bipper and Mabel's fight as a fight between Dipper and Mabel. In A Tale of Two Stans, Ford never explicitly mentions Bill. And in The Last Mabelcorn, Stan is absent during the family meeting. I just find it strange that Stan hasn't once seen Bill, and a page about Bill even seems absent from Journal 1, the journal Stan has had, and possibly the only one he has read all the way through, trying to find a way to save his brother.

Stan is also obviously very upset with Ford for not thanking him for saving him. He obviously doesn't understand the risks of the portal, and doesn't even know about the interdimensional rift. It would be far too easy for Bill to be able to manipulate Stan because of his ignorance, and I believe it will be Stan's ignorance that causes the apocalypse, or whatever Bill has planned.

Also, who cares if the Mystery Shack is protected by Bill, Stan's mind isn't, nor is Mabel's, and I don't believe even Dipper's mind is fully protected. All we can really say is the only person who it won't be is Ford, who is in the Mystery Shack 24/7, and has his brain protected by the metal plate embedded in his head.

Update: After a little more research, I am even more convinced it will be Stan, considering the cryptogram at the end of the Last Mabelcorn stating "A simple man with eager ears may trust the whispers that he hears." At first, I shrugged, and thought it was referring to Ford, and his past friendship with Bill, but then I remembered a quote from Bud in the Stanchurin Candidate, "Your face is more ears than it is face." At the time, that seemed like just an insult, but then you realize, Stan's face is more ears than it is face, and those ears are eager for a thanks from his brother. Going with that theory/idea: In Dreamscaperers, when Gideon said he wanted something that "Stanford" had. Gideon was referring to Stanley although he had/has no clue about the twin situation, but Bill obviously knows the difference between the two. (Besides his interaction with Ford in The Last Mabelcorn, another piece of evidence for his knowledge is that the symbol that got burned onto Stanley was flashed Bill was thinking "Stan Pines" in Dreamscaperers. He seemed very pleased to have the opportunity to go into Stanley's mind.