YMMV / Swooning Over Stans: A Grunkle Dating Simulator

• Awesome Art: The art in this is very well made, especially Tumblr user sovonight’s pieces.
  • The sprites by Tumblr user kiki-kit have been praised for their cute but also show accurate design.
• Heartwarming Moments: Two of the dates with Ford are playing Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons with Dipper and baking cupcakes with Mabel. Seeing him bond with his grandnephew and grandniece are adorable.
  • Mabel’s determination to find happiness for her grunkles is incredibly touching.
  • The Best Endings of both routes are sweet, especially Stan’s.
• Tear Jerker: In Ford’s route, the scene in the pool where he opens up to the player about his life is pretty sad. Even after a year, he’s still scarred by the events of Weirdmageddon.
  • Stan’s own scene of telling the player his past is also sad. In addition, a conversation with Mabel implies that he’s been unlucky with love for quite some time.
  • In the bad ending of Stan’s route, when they’re saying their goodbyes, Stan tries to assure the player that things will be fine and that it’s for the best. But he’s clearly heartbroken...