Filling my rat nest with trinkets

[Nny's shirt is supposed to say "Ask Me About Sascrotch" but I drew this at a shitty angle.]

So, I recently rewatched an episode of Gravity Falls and noticed Sascrotch, one of Grunkle Stan's fake Mystery Shack attractions...

AND I immediately kicked myself for not remembering the sascrotch when the I wrote the last BS chapter of my JTHM/ Gravity Falls cross over fic... which was fun to write, but I'm sure I was probably the only one who got the big kick out of the chapter as I did.

To summarize the chapter; Stan makes his first fake taxidermy crypted; a female moose centaur creature he names Titty Moose. [She has the body of a moose, a woman's torso for a neck (old sex doll) and the head of a moose on the torso]. Stan is proud of this abomination he made and displays it at the Mystery Hut.

Nny is horrified by this monstrosity. Stan terrorizes Nny for hours with her. Nny, unable to stand the sight of Titty Moose another day, destroys her by blowing her up with fireworks in the street.

Stan punishing Nny by making him sit outside with Sascrotch the next shift SHOULD have been how that chapter ended. Maybe I'll just clean up this sketch later and add it as an ending illustration (finally figured out how to do that on ao3). It's taking me forever to update that fic, so an illustration ending is probably the best option.

Regrets...

Dipper "This question may be too personal, but I have to ask-- How were you NOT compelled to kill grunkle Stan, of all people?"

Nny "I TRIED!! DON'T YOU THINK I TRIED?!!"

[Back in 1990, somewhere in the underground tunnel labrynth between Nny's house and the pawn shop]

Stan "Johnny, open the damn door. Quit screwing around."

Nny "Nope, that's not my last name either."

Stan "The Hell with this! I'm done playing this Rumpelstiltskin game; I'll bust myself out!"

Nny "You can't punch your way out of every situation."

Stan *challenging glare*

Nny "COULD A NOODLE DO THIS?!!"

[Nny made several other attempts. I just have other stuff to work on.]

Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Gravity Falls Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Not a romantic story - Relationship Characters: Johnny "Nny" C., Stan Pines Additional Tags: Crossover Summary:

A JTHM/ Gravity Falls crossover the world never asked for and does not need, but I'm writing it anyways.

Way back in 1990 a 17-year-old orphaned outcast in the onset of insanity named Johnny C starts working at a grubby little pawnshop, "The Mystery Hut." The owner, a grouchy old man of mystery from New Jersey attempts to collect as many strange items as possible for a bigger pet project, the "Mystery Shack". An unlikely frienemy-ship develops. Can these two keep their crazy in check and each other out of trouble? Probably not.

Nny *pained, winded grunt*

Stan "Okay! I'll say it! I cared about you! I never wanted to! I had MY OWN PROBLEMS, but you grew on me!"

Nny "Like HELL!"

Stan "HOLD STILL! I DID care because I DID respect you! You’re smart, you’re resilient, you're creative-- you impressed me! That's not easy!"

Nny *frustrated eldrich horror screech*

Stan "Maybe I was tough on you! Maybe I took the jokes and pranks a little too far, but I never lied to you! Embellish and exaggerate at times, yeah, sure, but I told you the truth about Gravity Falls!

I left to try to make right what I made so wrong… but in the process I wronged you too...

You were the closest thing I had to family at the time, but I didn't treat you like it. You didn't deserve to face this cruel world alone… and that's exactly what I forced you to do. Shit, Johnny, I knocked the fight right out of you. I'm so s-"

Nny “It's easy for you to say sorry NOW!--"

(A breakroom sketch continuation of this dialogue.

Again, no time and energy for a full page. Have to put in the effort for the rest of the dialogue though. Added a second panel before the load gets here.)

Nny "For three brief months out of my miserable life, I had somewhere to go where I felt like I belonged! I felt like a real human being with a real friend... I saw a flicker of light at the end of a looooong, dark tunnel—And you ripped all of that away from me! For what?! To open a shitty tourist trap?!”

Stan “The Mystery Shack didn't matter! It was a cover! I left to find my brother, goddamnit! His lab is in Gravity Falls. I had to fix the machine and bring him home! I couldn’t stay in Cal-"

Nny “SHUT UP!! I didn't fall for that bullshit story then and I won’t fall for it now! I tried SO hard to earn your respect, but all you ever do is mess with my head and belittle me! No more lies! No more tall tales! No more old folksy nuggets of wisdom! I refuse to listen to you! If you're to speak me, let it only be to confess you're a sadistic , greedy bastard! You never once cared about me! You ENJOYED making me miserable! Admit it, goddamn you! Admit it!”

Stan “You're really going to make me say it?!"

[A continuation of this dialogue

Don't have the time or the energy to churn out a full page, but any progress is progress, I guess.

Nny "The ship hovers right over my neighborhood every Tuesday night. It keeps flying closer and closer to my house-"

Stan "Johnny... I only have so many healthy decades left to live. If you want a night off, just be a man and ask me. Don't waste 40 minutes of my time babbling about ufo bullshit. "

Nny "I'm not making this up, boss-"

Stan "You can't even get girls to smile at you. Why would an advanced alien lifeform from distant galaxy travel AAAAALL the way to EARTH, the Alabama of the universe, I assume, to observe your sad ass?"

Nny "... Fuck you."

Stan "You know it's true.

Nny "It's real, ok? You can see the ship from my roof.. I'm not crazy and I'll prove it to you."

Stan "The aliens could drop you off right in front of this shop, beam me up and take me to a planet of green strippers, and I would still think you're crazy."

Nny "Can I have Tuesday night off or not?"

Stan "Yeah, sure, as long as you shut up and grab those vintage movie posters out from storage I told you to hang up. Tell you what, I'll close early and stop by your place with Pizza. Maybe we can flag down your aliens and they'll join us."

Nny "Sounds like a party."

Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Gravity Falls Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Not a romantic story - Relationship Characters: Johnny "Nny" C., Stan Pines Additional Tags: Crossover Summary:

A JTHM/ Gravity Falls crossover the world never asked for and does not need, but I'm writing it anyways.

Way back in 1990 a 17-year-old orphaned outcast in the onset of insanity named Johnny C starts working at a grubby little pawnshop, "The Mystery Hut." The owner, a grouchy old man of mystery from New Jersey attempts to collect as many strange items as possible for a bigger pet project, the "Mystery Shack". An unlikely frienemy-ship develops. Can these two keep their crazy in check and each other out of trouble? Probably not.

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Gravity Falls Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Not a romantic story - Relationship Characters: Johnny "Nny" C., Stan Pines Additional Tags: Crossover Summary:

A JTHM/ Gravity Falls crossover the world never asked for and does not need, but I'm writing it anyways.

Way back in 1990 a 17-year-old orphaned outcast in the onset of insanity named Johnny C starts working at a grubby little pawnshop, "The Mystery Hut." The owner, a grouchy old man of mystery from New Jersey attempts to collect as many strange items as possible for a bigger pet project, the "Mystery Shack". An unlikely frienemy-ship develops. Can these two keep their crazy in check and each other out of trouble? Probably not.

Stan "Johnny...Johnny?... JOHNNY! Wake up!"

Nny "WHU-?! What's-?"

Stan "Get out. I want to lock the doors."

Nny "I fell asleep?!"

Stan "Uh... yeah."

Nny "WHEN?!"

Stan "Hours ago. 10 minutes into your 15."

Nny "OH SHIT! Shit shit shit shit--

Why didn't you try to wake me up?!"

Stan "I did, but you were down for the count. Seeing you passed out was starting to make people uncomfortable so I just threw this tapestry over you."

Nny "The FUCK?!"

Stan "Relax, I'll still count this as a full day's work. I told this one kooky "spiritualist" lady the chair put you under a healing trance. She bought that ugly heap for 600 bucks! You made your biggest sale since you started, kid!"

Nny "You.. mendacious intestinal parasite camouflaged in human flesh!! Never let me fall asleep again! Why would you do that to me, asshole?!"

Stan "I was trying to do you a favor. Every day you walk in looking like you have one foot the grave and other on a banana peel. Thought you could use the rest."

Nny "You were wrong!!"

Stan "Are you okay, kid?"

Nny "NO!! My head is cloudy AND I'm pissed off at you! Did I go to school today?"

Stan "How the hell should I know?"

Nny "Fuck.... I can't remember. This always happens! I always lose something EVERY TIME! Goddamn it, boss! Why did you let me fall asleep?! YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN! PROMISE ME!"

Stan "Johnny...You should go home and get more s-"

Nny "NO!! I DON'T sleep! I don't NEED sleep!"

Stan "Everyone needs sleep, kid. It's good for your body. It's good for your brain."

Nny "Gee, THANKS, dad!!"

Stan "YUCK. Don't call me "dad", EVER. If you were MY child, you'd be an abortion."

Nny "Now I kind of wish you were my dad."

Stan "Go home, Johnny."

Nny "Wait! I don't want to go back that house right now. I don't want to be alone."

Stan "Why? What's wrong?"

Nny "It's... it's hard to explain. And I don't WANT to explain AND I don't HAVE to explain it! Your rule on day one!"

Stan "Okay, then go anywhere else; I don't give a shit. Once the Hut's closed you're society's problem, not mine."

Nny "Can I just draw or watch tv in the breakroom for a few hours until my head clears?"

Stan "No. Fuck off. I'm busy."

Nny " Please...?"

Stan "...Damn you, kid. Just don't bother me."

Nny *sniffs* "I won't. "

Stan "That means stay away from office and the knife display. I already set up the booby trap for your shift tomorrow while you were napping. If I have to set up two traps in one night, I'm going to be pissed."

Nny "Thank you."

Stan "You're welcome, kid. Now get out of my face. You're starting to bother me."

[@lukadayo03 , Thank you for the suggestion. Johnny and Stan antics are a guilty pleasure of mine. Hope you liked this dialogue. ^^]

When I get out of work in the morning, which character interactions/ dialogue should I try to sketch to?

Dib and Zim

Zim and Oc (s)

Dib and Dipper+ Pines family

Johnny C and Stan (or other character(s)?)

Squee and Pepito

Irken ocs?

Any other suggestions or requests?

Stan "I ordered takeout. The delivery guy will be here in 10 minutes. You want Pinhead or Swamp Thing?"

Nny "Hey, Boss, do you wear a toupee?"

Stan "Na, kid. This mess is all mine."

Nny "Ha! I William Told your ass!

What do you know? You were telling the truth. First time for everything right?...

AHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Stan "Get over here, you little shyster!!"

A continuation of this. Have to write out this scene, but I also want to sketch it out too. This was as far as I got in the break room :[

Better get this shift over with.

Decided to sketch out more the scene waiting for my ride home.

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Gravity Falls Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Not a romantic story - Relationship Characters: Johnny "Nny" C., Stan Pines Additional Tags: Crossover Summary:

A JTHM/ Gravity Falls crossover the world never asked for and does not need, but I'm writing it anyways.

Way back in 1990 a 17-year-old orphaned outcast in the onset of insanity named Johnny C starts working at a grubby little pawnshop, "The Mystery Hut." The owner, a grouchy old man of mystery from New Jersey attempts to collect as many strange items as possible for a bigger pet project, the "Mystery Shack". An unlikely frienemy-ship develops. Can these two keep their crazy in check and each other out of trouble? Probably not.

Nny (teen) bored at work, playing with a butterfly knife. For a small scene I plan to write later.

5 minute breakroom sketch. I have tonight off; hoping to stay motivated to finish a few drawings and write.

Stan (in a thought bubble) “Oh SHIT. Oh shit oh shit oh shit. I hate heights. I hate heights so much. This is such a tall ladder. What is that kid going on about? Of all the days for him to decide to be chatty. The fuck, Johnny?

Why is the ceiling so high in this dump? I’m going to fall and break my neck; end up a fucking vegetable right in front of Sad Clown down there. No you won’t, Stanly! You're not going out like that. Just be a man and patch the goddamn leak! Then you can return to the nice safe floo—”

Stan “JOHNNY!! You fucking space case! Why am I wobbling!?!!”

Nny “Sorry,I-”

Stan "What are you whining about NOW??!!”

Nny “Nothing. I was just-"

Stan “Whatever it is, I don't give a rat's ass!”

Nny “I-"

Stan “SHUT UP, JOHNNY!! I’m trying to fix something! For once in your pitiful existence on this giant clot of dirt and shit MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL and KEEP THE GODDAMN LADDER STEADY!!”

Nny “Fuck, man, I'm holding it .”

Stan “Ok, great kid! But do it BETTER. Are you sure you can handle that?!”

Nny “okay…”

Stan “THANKS!”

Johnny “May I take my 15?”

Stan “By all means; I'm sick of looking at you. Empty the buckets first. After your break, meet me on the roof. Don’t say a word to me until we’re on the ground again. I mean it!”

Nny “I will! Jeez!"

(End of flashback

Years later, during the seance;)

Nny “I worked for your grunkle for almost three months and in that span of time he never once made me cry silently for fifteen minutes into my knees.”

Dipper “Same.”

[The continuation of this dialogue

Stan (to himself) "Goddamn donkey dick!"

Nny “Boss…? I know I give you a lot of shit every day. That's because…I HATE you… for SOoo many reasons, but, in spite of this, I have a lot of respect for you.

You do what you want however you want to and you're unapologetically you at all times. You don't take shit. You don't let anyone intimidate you. Or at least you never show it. You make your own opportunities. AND despite my best efforts, you REFUSE to say die. It's very admirable. I hope I’m half the man you are when I'm old and decrepit…”

[In a lot of pain. Distracted myself on lunch sketching to some dialogue for my Forgotten Memories au I had typed out for later. Now I want to illustrate the whole conversation. Should have waited until I got home. Eventually I'll redraw this/ finish illustrating the full conversation.]

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Stan "I wasn't trying to break you down, kid! I was trying to build you up!

If you ever grew a thicker layer of skin and dropped your whiney woe-as-me bullshit maybe you'd realize-- I was kind to you, you PUTZ!!"

Nny "The FUCK you were! Any act of decency or kindness you ever showed was only meant to trick me into giving you my loyalty!... And I was so desperate to believe SOMEONE in this world actually CARED about me-- I FELL FOR IT!!"

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(For context, Nny and Stan have crossed paths in the afterlife, unearthing memories of the events of my forgotten memories au/ fanfic.

In which 17-year old Nny worked for Stan in 1990)

Should have done anything else this morning, but at least this is out of head. Page 3 coming eventually.

Hate this free drawing app on my tablet but I'm cheap. Nny's enraged nightmare form is based off the design in issue 4. Stan takes the form of a golem.