if this scene seems too pure for Stan just know that irl as here that's an extremely bloody story about Boudicca, warrior queen of the Iceni, which my grandmother read to us anyway.

sunset rainbows are the BEST and I'll never forget this one.

My grandmother chanted this at us to get us to swim on a cold, drizzly day. (no shower meant swimtime was bathtime, weather patterns be damned)

Moon Martians! Flashlight tag plus hide and seek plus minimal adult supervision!

I was That Nerd who made pyramids at the beach and Dipper would be too, Bill connotations or not.

I asked my brother for memories and he said "THE SPIDER WAS OUR WADDLES," I had apparently scabbed over a memory of catching a big ol spider. Very easy to ramp up the Weird for this one.

Ah yes, Pit, the card game inexplicably based on the stock market and beloved by my family. Outsiders be warned, we fight dirty and with no remorse. Ford getcher head in the game.