Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25285156-20150130030202/@comment-26062541-20150301193221

OnlyOnTuesdays88 wrote: Yoshimickster wrote: OnlyOnTuesdays88 wrote: Yoshimickster wrote: I'm still thinkStanford is Stanley, and Stanley is Stanford, remember when they were in his  mind and he'd only refer to himself as "Stan" no his full name? That makes no sense. THINK ABOUT IT, who was in the shack when the twins went back in time? Not Grunkle Stan, BUT SOMEONE ELSE! What if after the real Stanford disapeared, Stanley took on his identity because the deed was signed out to Stanford Pines not Stanley Pines. First of all I have no clue what you're talking about with the mind thing and secondly there is not the least bit of evidence to suggest that his brother took his place. That would make less sense honestly. Why lie to his own grandkids and say that he's their great uncle instead of their grandfather? In Dreamscaperers, every time he referred to himself he only called himself "Stan". Not Stan-FORD, Stan. I like to interpret that he was sub-consciously protecting his true identity.

And he changed his name so he could have legal claim to the Mystery Shack, the Shack's ded is in "Stanford Pines" name, Stanley Pines has no legal claim to it so he would've had to change his identity. This was probably before he learned that people could just....take deeds like Gideon did, keep in mind he's not a born resident of Gravity Falls. But hey, not the first time he's ignored the law!