User blog comment:CaveJohnson/Which Pines will die?/@comment-25028958-20151120015844/@comment-4554577-20151120184127

By no means do I think it'd be 'nice' for Stan to die, but it certainly looks like that's the way things are going.

On top of that, Stan has no where to go,

sure, Ford might have a change of heart and let him stay at the shack.

(in fact, he never said he wouldn't let him stay there, just that he wanted his house and name back.)

point being, even if Ford lets him stay there, he's not gonna let him keep his name, and as soon as the police realize they'are two of him, they'll realize this is 'Stanley Pines' who as we know, is a criminal who had to change his name.

so if Stan did make it to a potential Season 3, he'd be stuck in the basement for the rest of his life, similarly to how Ford is now, and I doubt he'd be happy with it.

Sure, you could say Ford could die, but Bill Cipher has already said Ford will die of a heart attack, and i'm not saying it's impossible Bill is lying, this is BILL we're talking about, but Ford also is currently turned to gold, making it hard for him to make a heroic sacrfice right now.

(and if Ford comes back before Bill is defeated, then he can tell Dipper how to defeat him, and we want Dipper to figure that out himself.)

and let's face it, the people turned to gold and/or stone aren't DEAD, that would mean the vast majority of Gravity Falls is 'dead', they're kind of transformed, sorta like 'Discord' from MLP FIM I guess.

another point i'd like to bring up, we still haven't seen Stan's eyes in the end credit images, leading me to believe something might be off about them, perhaps they have an X through them, perhaps they're just closed, whatever the case, I believe it's hinting towards his death.

also, i'm still in the belief there will be a Season 3,

and it's hard to think of a likely way that could happen, other than Ford taking Dipper as his apprentice, but alongside MABEL.

What could lead him to have this change of heart?

perhaps his brother's sacrifice?

perhaps he and his brother reconcile,

which leads to him wanting Mabel near him, as she reminds him of Stan, and it makes him feel close to Stan.