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wixelt · 1 year

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Was going through some notes I archived on my PC when I got my new phone, & found something I wrote years ago & never got around to sharing.

Basically, many years ago, I wrote the loose outline of a rather grim Gravity Falls AU, & while it’ll likely never go anywhere, i’m impulsively deciding to share what I wrote, now.

Broken Falls AU

Alternately After Falls, Afterword, Afterworld or Gravity World, as I couldn’t make up my mind.

Technically this is a post-show AU, but only by virtue of the time-frame.

The Prologue:

In the final battle with Bill Cipher, he does the 'eenie meenie' murder thing with Dipper & Mabel when he catches them, & settles on Mabel.

Via some means, he's learned Ford - at least in this AU - doesn't actually know how to break the barrier around the town, so he intends to kill Mabel out of spite.

Dipper, in desperation & panic, pleads with Bill, telling him without thinking that he'll take any deal the demon wants to make if he spares his sister & frees everyone.

Unexpectedly, Bill agrees, seemingly concocting a new plan to spread weirdness... via possessing Dipper.

This time, Dipper's soul is sealed away inside his body rather than being forced out, as Bill exists physically, literally fusing his entire being into Dipper.

While this makes Bill physically weaker, it actually makes him even more powerful as a reality warper. Something about the pact involving physical flesh.

Regardless, it also stops Dipper’s ghost form being a nuisance for him.

Bill keeps his word, at least for now. Mabel, Stan & Ford, with everyone freed from the Fearamid’s decor & the Shacktron, flee.

Mabel tries to stay for her brother, but is convinced she won't be any good to him dead, & concedes in fleeing.

The Main AU:

Almost an entire year has now passed since Weirdmageddon began.

Human!Bill has utilized some loophole in how the barrier works via push his powers through his human body, forcing the barrier’s area of effect to gradually increase.

This is gradually spreading weirdness further & further without breaking the region’s weirdness magnetism law. At present, the area's a little over twice its original size.

Bill & his Henchmaniacs mostly ignore the humans inside the barrier now, or don't actively pursue, only occasionally hunting out of boredom or if they run into them.

With the Mystery Shack a wreck & far from where it was originally, Ford's woodland bunker was the next sanctuary for the locals.

However, shortly before the present it was attacked, & while most survivors escaped, they're now on the move constantly.

Ford has considered trying to clear out the UFO under the town & make a base there, as Bill either doesn't know it exists or just can’t touch it.

With a year, an apocalypse & a stubborn grand-niece, Stan & Ford have largely made amends, but still bicker, as siblings do. It... can get heated, at times.

13 (now almost 14) year old Mabel, despite all that life has thrown at her, is still somewhat optimistic, cheerful & determined.

The past year’s given her the experiences & skills -both good & bad - to use her passion for more things.

She’s developed a bit of a dour & cynical streak, though, often seeing the worst case scenario before even getting to a preferred best case.

She wears Dipper's hat constantly, only taking it off to sleep & reacting violently if anyone tries to take it.

She’s also picked up her brother’s habit of chewing pens.

Oh, also, because its me we’re talking about, Mabifica’s a thing, either before or during the AU. The alternative wouldn't work here, anyway.

Due to his deal with Dipper, Bill can't harm Mabel without first releasing his hold on Dipper’s body, nor can anyone knowingly working for him.

There are loopholes he tries to exploit whenever Mabel’s antics irk him, but the key one’s always to get others to go after her without them knowing he's involved.

As Bill had already begun trying to kill Mabel as Dipper stopped him, Mabel was directly exposed to chaotic energies without actually dying.

This manifests by giving her what Ford calls 'Oddsight'. When active (it can be turned off) she's immune to & can ward off some weirdness types.

This is only one among a number of other abilities that develop later.

In this state, Mabel’s right eye turns black with a yellow, elongated iris - a colour flip of the eyes of someone controlled by Bill.

Using this curse often strains her heavily at first, so it comes out rarely.

Wendy, Soos, Candy, Grenda, Pacifica & Gideon all survived, & all but Gid - who left with his surviving bikers - have stuck with Mabel’s group.

No word on anyone else, though. Past me didn’t get that far.

For safety, Ford’s compiled new copies of the journals from a set of backup notes he made just before things went down & stored in a secure locker in his bunker.

He’s also begun writing a 4th journal documenting Weirdmageddon. He still plans to throw them all in the bottomless pit once they get through this, though.

Mabel always has at least one journal on her at all times, most often the 3rd.

And that’s pretty much where past me got up to with this idea. As I said, I probably won’t do anymore with it, but I wanted it to finally see the light of day.

Enjoy! :D

#gravity falls #broken falls au #mabel pines #dipper pines #bill cipher #ford pines #mabifica #pacifica northwest

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roboticspacecase · 4 months

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Writing prompt : Multiple members of the zodiac try too rescue Dipper from the fearamid without Bill knowing they are there. Unfortunately they hear noises and hide In a room that's the worst place to hide: Bill's bedroom. Hiding inside a closet they were able to hear Bill and Dipper talking and to their disgust the two of them start having sex and they have to listen to it

I fear I'm not really into writing voyeur-type stuff, sorry :p

#asks #anon #sorry bro it just ain't my style

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wil-is-done · 2 years

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When You’re A Mystery Kid - Chapter 35: The Witch & the Seeker

Summary: Norman has something important to say to Dipper.

Word Count: 1.292

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a repost.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters featured here.

In the distance, floating high above what used to be central Gravity Falls, composed of dark red-brown stone, with lava-like orange-red glow shining through its cracks, was Bill Cipher’s Fearamid. That’s where Bill and his demon friends reside. That’s where Bill held Ford Pines captive. That’s where the fate of the world will be decided.

For close to a week now, Norman has lived under its shadow. It was the closest thing he’d ever felt to actual Hell, but in only a few minutes, one way or another it will all come to end. Either this crazy plan of launching an all-or-nothing assault on the Fearamid would succeed, and they defeat Bill and save the world, or it won’t.

Nearly everyone had gathered inside the Shack for the final stages of preparation for the assault. Norman was among the last ones to remain outside. Him, and Dipper, who was only a few paces ahead of him, standing at the edge of the Shack’s magical barrier, silently gazing upwards at the distant Fearamid.

Norman drew a deep, nervous, calming breath, and called out, “Dipper.”

Dipper shifted in his stance, like he was startled out of his thoughts. He glanced over his shoulder, caught one look of Norman’s expression, and frowned.

“How long until we go?”

“Five minutes.”

Dipper sighed. He turned his attention back to the Fearamid for a moment, before he turned on his heels, his lips quirked into a dry, humorless smile.

“Well. Now or never,” he spoke. His eyes looked so tired. He’d tried to hide it, but Norman could still see it.

It felt wrong to say nothing at the sight of it, so Norman said, “We can do this, Dipper. We’ll get Ford back, and he’ll know how to beat Bill for good. I know we can win.”

Dipper raised an eyebrow at that. “Weird. I always took you for a realist.”

“If there’s ever a time to be an optimist, it’s now.” Norman hoped he’d said it with enough confidence to at least affect Dipper.

Dipper breathed out the tiniest of laughs. Norman smiled, both in satisfaction and in relief.

Dipper sighed again, before he began to walk towards the Shack, and towards Norman. “Here’s to the rest of our lives,” he remarked, wearing a familiar dry smile, as he passed by Norman.

Norman’s smile fell as Dipper passed him. There was a reason why Norman approached Dipper while he was all alone. He’d spent damn near a week psyching himself up for this moment. A lot of nervous pacing, a lot of second guessing, and too many worst case scenarios passing his thoughts to count. After all of that, he won’t let this chance slip away so easily.

“Wait.”

Norman reached out and grabbed Dipper’s wrist. Dipper stopped in his step, looked down at Norman’s hand wrapped around his wrist, then up to face Norman eye to eye. Norman’s heart thundered in his ears. He could feel cold sweat running down the back of his neck. This is it. Finally, this is the moment.

Dipper waited with an expectant look. Norman breathed in, and out, and he began.

“N-Not to doubt us or anything, b-but if we end up… you know, not making it? I just want you to know, I’m…”

He faltered. The words were right there, at the tip of his tongue. He was so close to the edge, so ready to risk it all and take the plunge. All he had to do was to say it, right here and now.

“I’m…”

Fear seized his heart. Doubt tied his tongue. Anxiety muddled his thoughts. The words he had so carefully prepared were gone in an instant. The plunge suddenly seemed too dark and deep. The risk felt too much to face.

“I’m…… glad.”

Dipper quirked an eyebrow. Norman kept talking, no matter how hard he tried to stop.

“That we got to meet each other. All of us. Even though we get into more trouble than we should, and even though we ended up stuck in this Hell, I won’t have it any other way. You all made this worth it.”

That was not what he wanted to say. That was not at all what he wanted to say.

“I am more than lucky to have you all as my best friends.”

Dipper smiled. Norman faked a smile.

“Wow, Norman, that was…” Dipper let out an incredulous chuckle. “Well, you’ve always had a way with words.” He rubbed the back of his neck. A soft smile formed on his lips. “I guess I… kinda feel the same way. About this crazy, stupid, amazing team.”

“Y-Yeah.” Norman had kept up the same static smile this entire time. He wondered if Dipper noticed it. “Sorry. For jumping you like that.”

“Hey, it’s fine! I… I needed that. That was nice.” The soft smile Dipper had on his lips then went away. His eyes lit up, his features turning into something much fiercer. He didn’t notice that anything was amiss at all. “Now, come on. Let’s end this.”

Dipper turned around and marched towards the Shack, his hand slipping out of Norman’s fingers. He disappeared under the tarp covering the Shack before Norman could utter another word. Norman’s legs buckled under him and he fell to his knees, his hands hanging limp to his sides. It took everything within him to not cry out in frustration, at his own cowardice, at his own doubts, at the cold that suddenly gripped his heart in an unrelenting vice. His final chance to say what he truly he felt, and he let it slip away, just like that.

He felt his hands slowly turning into fists. The cold despair inside him churned and shifted, rising and warming until it wasn’t despair that he felt anymore. His eyes lit up, and he rose back to his feet. That pathetic, botched attempt at a confession; that might not truly be his final chance.

He just had to make sure everyone made it out of this alive.

He looked over his shoulder, at the Fearamid that hovered far in the distance, looming high over everything in Gravity Falls. A surge of energy trickled down into the tips of his fingers.

Up there, he won’t hesitate.

The countdown ends. The assault shall soon commence.

Happy Halloween! I know this isn’t the most fitting way to celebrate Halloween with, but honestly? I’m just glad I managed to actually do something for Halloween this year. Tried to do a thing last year which didn’t really pan out. Maybe next year I’ll take it a step further and have it be something spooky, eh?

Celebrations aside, now that this chapter’s done, that’s four chapters out of four and eight kids out of eight! And what better way to end it than with some good ol’ Parapines. As always, a fun ship to work with, even though this particular situation is not at all a fun one for them. Personally, I always thought their romance would work best as a slow burn type thing.

Y’all, we are indeed getting very close to the end of this saga! It’s kinda bizarre for me to think that we’ve managed to reach this point, after so long of having this just a fantasy in my head. It’s going to be a long one for sure, which is why I will be splitting it into two parts. Part one will drop sometime in mid-November, and part two will drop at the end of November.

Thank you so much for reading, and see you all in a few weeks for the conclusion of the Weirdmageddon Saga!

#mystery kids #parapines #paranorman #gravity falls #norman babcock #dipper pines #When You're A Mystery Kid

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thesixearedjax · 2 years

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Billtober stuff! (cause I missed alot ima do em now!)

1 deal:

Reyker was considering it. I mean he had nothin to lose since he has been a ghost for a few years now! "Okay it`s a deal!" he said to Bill. "alrighty!!" and they shook hands...

2 inside the fearamid:

Bill decided to play the piano. He played the song "Well Meet Again" by Frank Sinatra. He sang it and just had a grand time! And Jax watched from a hidden portal, and when Bill was done he clapped his hands. "that was awesome!!" Jax said. "Why thank you! Now how long were you there?" Bill asked. "the whole time." Jax replied. "Its rude to spy on people y`know" Bill stated, "I know, sorry" Jax said back.

3 playing chess:

"How do you keep winning??" Marie asked Bill. "I don`t know, I`m just good at this!" Bill replied laughing. he won 5 times in a row! "Man am I just bad at chess?" "nah your fine! now lets continue!"

4 sipping tea:

Bill was just calmly sipping tea when suddenly "Ahhhhh!" Jax fell through a portal into Bill`s place. "Well that was quite the entrance!" Bill said. "ye sorry about dat." Jax said apologetically. "Want some tea?" "Yes please!!"

5 with a frog:

"man your so small!" Bill said to the frog he was holding. the frog was a poisonous frog, a blue poison dart frog to be exact. "hmm I think i`ll just.. *snaps fingers* there ya go!" now the frog was huge.

(my OC`s were used in these)

Pt 2:

#billtober2022 #bill cipher #lol

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alextwdgf01 · 4 years

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Some monster falls I’ve been working on at school. Though, had my friend write the dialogue ‘cause mine sucks.

#Gravity Falls #Monster Falls au #Stanley Pines #Stanford Pines #Bill #Gargoyle!Stan #Sphinx!Ford #inside the Fearamid #poor Ford #Protective!Stan #Bill is such a jerk #chaining and torturing him #and demeaning him by giving him a cat bed and dish like he’s his pet

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thegraftedbranch · 3 years

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Why Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls is Autistic, and Why It Matters

Here’s a meta I consider long overdue; the title says it all. I’ve analyzed Ford and why he resonates with me for over three years and casually lived in his head close to that magic number, six, but I’ve never addressed this fundamental reason. I’m not the only one who reads Ford as autistic, so I figured we deserve a lengthy manifesto. Now more than ever, we need stories of unconditional acceptance instead of voyeuristic awareness; April is the cruelest month.

Normally this is where I’d disclaim I’m no medical professional, but I don’t feel like enforcing normalcy. Autistic people are foremost experts on our own experience, and we don’t need analyses this extensive for permission to see ourselves in fictional characters. This analysis is also not concerned with authorial intent; in fiction as in reality, we’re here whether you want us or not.

I’ve divided this meta between various criteria Ford meets. Overly long post incoming, press j to pay respects.

Motor control issues

Let’s start tenuously before getting into weightier evidence - why suggest that a character who runs and jumps well into his sixties may have motor control issues? Because they can improve with practice, and Ford is markedly unathletic early in life. He’s introduced stumbling from trying to un-board the cave and insisting “I can keep up!” (dogear that). Factor in his D- in gym and the way he reads during boxing lessons intended to protect both boys from bullies, and it seems that Ford only became physically adept when forced to fend for himself without Stan.

Eye contact

Ford frequently averts eye contact during tense moments, which admittedly could indicate typical fraught emotions as much as a breakdown of performance. His deathglare toward Stan and intense gaze talking to Dipper could more strongly indicate that he makes eye contact consciously and counterintuitively, because he sees it as an assertion of power (hence his discomfort under Bill’s gaze). Ford’s shifty eyes post-betrayal, signature surprised owlface, thousand-yard stare thinking of “the dark weird road [he travels]”, and unchanging expression as he hugs Fiddleford and doesn’t register Stan are additional animation tics implying he breaks eye contact easily.

Physical contact

Ford seems to have a complicated relationship with touch like many autistic people. He easily startles at Stan unexpectedly touching his shoulder (as kids, first reunion) or grabbing him (Fearamid fight, end credits). Touch aversion may explain his visceral reaction to Bill violating his personal space with mock affection.

Ford appears more comfortable initiating than receiving touch, especially arms’-length nudges and shoulder touches; the kids’ surprise at his adorable tackle-hug suggests it’s uncharacteristic. He also expects a handshake when Fiddleford goes in for a hug, misreading his body language and cue to “come here.”

Stimming

The animation emphasizes Ford’s hands in all their six-fingered glory, giving him unique repetitive mannerisms that can be interpreted as stimming. These include rapping his fingers nervously over the journal (“The Last Mabelcorn”), rolling the DD&MD die, twirling his gun, and wiggling his fingers (narrating DD&MD, taunting Bill).

Pressure stimming could explain why Ford wears heavy clothes throughout his life. This comes to represent his guardedness, as he wears the fewest layers while content with Stan and Gravity Falls and the most while trusting no one, but it may have literally resulted from PTSD compounding his stimming so that he only feels safe weighted down. In the end he keeps the sweater, unburdened but still holding to that feeling of security. Likewise, Ford’s pattern of puffing his chest (especially in danger) may be a pressure stim to anchor himself, holding back the fear and weightlessness he feels inside.

Comfort objects

Ford has saved his coat and childhood photo of himself and Stan for over 30 years, suggesting a grounding attachment to them. He clearly shows a more-than-professional attachment to his journals, embracing his hands -his identity- through them even literally as he sleeps holding one to his heart (just as Bill starts toying with it). Writing in the journals is Ford’s coping mechanism when “I’m not sure I am who I am” and “I JUST DON’T KNOW ANYMORE”. That panicked “you don’t understand!” is putting it lightly.

Sensory issues

Ford has a pattern of shielding his ears in stressful situations: Bill whispering in his mind, his pre-fight argument with Stan, his nightmares, and his confrontation with Dipper. (“Everyone, plug your ears!” he demonstrates despite knowing the memory gun won’t affect him.) In addition to blocking noise under stress, his hands apparently ground him by clutching his coat, journal, and (during Stan’s amnesia) his neck and wrists stigmatized by the chains.

Contrast Ford fnord playing Bavarian Fire Drill with the agents and his dumbfounded response to the kids crowding him, and it’s clear he gets overwhelmed under pressure; Stan may have steered attention away from him for Ford’s comfort as much as his own. At the kids’ birthday we see that Ford has practice slipping out of crowds, literally relying on Stan for support when all eyes are on him.

Conversely, Ford shares many autistic people’s unusual tolerances or otherwise has difficulty communicating discomfort. Based on “cycloptopus roll” in the journal, Ford has no problem eating something Stan says “smells like if death could barf”. He tolerates heat when shaving with fire and wearing heavy clothes all the time (possibly to prevent sensory overload, as it’s always the same sweater unlike Mabel). Ford also shows only momentary discomfort being shot, knocked unconscious, crushed under rubble, chained, and electrocuted, which... same? “Stop thinking” and “focus on your intellect and control your fear” are exactly the self-regulation measures we develop to tolerate sensory overload.

Executive dysfunction

Autistic people often experience executive dysfunction due to our singlemindedness toward goals, which Ford exhibits in spades. He jumps into major decisions (sending Stan away both times, apprenticeship, quantum destabilizer) without thinking of setbacks or long-term consequences and resists changing plans (frustration at research roadblocks, inability to adjust opinions of Stan). His aggrieved “we just need to lay low and think of a plan” reflects a conscious difficulty with planning that negates his mental health.

Ford evidently subordinates his needs in pursuing goals, his rooms a mess in 1982 and 2012 as he wears out and sleeps in clothes desperately projecting his academic identity. Lighting his face on fire because “it's much faster than shaving” resembles flawed shortcuts we use to maintain hygiene against executive dysfunction.

Meltdowns

Ford’s paranoid breakdown shows signs of involving meltdowns. In addition to his defensive body language, when Stan applies pressure Ford suddenly loses all patience, filter, and ability to articulate what “you don’t understand” (his suffering, what the journal means to him). Meltdowns stem from pain, and he’s “up against [and has] been through” more than enough.

I’ve seen Ford’s confrontation of Dipper interpreted as a panic attack before, and I think it can also read as a meltdown. First we see Ford’s spiraling mile-a-minute thoughts (while asleep), then he’s urgently demanding the rift and yelling defensively (“I was gonna say please, kid!”) -exactly how it feels when the walls close in and our words fall away. In appealing to Dipper’s rationality, Ford talks them both down.

Ford has also hurt himself under stress, punching the blackboard and his head (while cursing his metal plate in the finale).

Difficulty reading social cues

“I haven't been in this dimension for a really long time” = Ford’s A+ excuse for not knowing if it’s “still” normal for kids to say “greetings” or have weapons, when ironically it never was. He also thinks mind control can be used “responsibly”, presumably with consent as Bill normalized to him before.

For all of Ford’s insecurities about how people perceive him, he’s often oblivious to it. He doesn’t register Dipper’s unease at him shaving with fire, being unsure the aliens are dead, or jumping with the magnet gun. He brushes off Stan saying “he’s lost his mind”, then meets his demands for thanks with a blunt “what?” -for once more confused than angry. Based on his awkward laughter before a girl throws punch on him at prom, it seems Ford’s lack of social skills contributed to his difficulty making friends growing up.

Empathy

Autistic people often experience unusually high or low empathy, even fluctuating between both; Ford evidently lacks and/or suppresses empathy in his fight with Stan, the person closest to him. Without intending harm he jumps to conclusions and won’t hear Stan’s side, thinks tactlessly appealing to their sailing dream or giving Stan until the end of the summer will incentivize him leaving, and does not realize Stan is homeless until called on it. Ford often displays the autistic tendency to speak without a filter - he’s right that codependency stifles individuality, but calling it “suffocating”? Blunt as a left-hook. Perhaps Bill ensnared him promising a relationship of shared interests where he’d sooner decode ciphers than emotions.

There’s a case for Ford being hyperempathetic with difficulty expressing it. He makes half-steps toward reconciliation that only anger Stan more: offering to share his fun with DD&MD, fixing the lightbulb, giving Dipper the mind control tie to help Stan win the election. One standout response is his sincere laughter at Stan’s “my brain isn’t good for anything”: he knows the feeling, but it sounds absurd coming from a socially adept person he values, so he affirms Stan’s worth by intuitively treating this statement like the joke it is.

Whether sympathy or empathy, Ford’s care for others shines through his concerted effort to seem aloof and cut them off. He repeats “I’m sorry Fiddleford” in his mind nonstop, his tale recounting the insensitive things he said but not how he desperately held Fiddleford in the unfiltered later flashback. He relates to Dipper’s interests, insecurities, and drive enough to hastily propose “a dream come true”. He knows exactly how to reassure Mabel without even knowing how the unicorns affected her, thinking she’ll be fine alone because her “magnetic personality” ranges beyond his weirdness magnetism.

Above all, Ford shows uncommon agape toward anomalies and all mankind. Even after their falling-out, Fiddleford affirms that Ford only wanted to help a world so often unkind to him.

Language

Ford displays many autistic speech patterns, such as declarative statements and an odd mix of formal and colloquial speech (“not with a bang but with a... boop-boop”, “the symbols needn’t all be literal, Dipper. It just has to be someone cool in the face of danger”). We often suspend the point of sentences with context for fear of misunderstanding, sometimes creating more (“when fighting a Gremloblin, use water”, anyone?) Ford shares our related tendency to get overly precise, second-guessing the correctness of everything he says (“or you could just roll an eight”, “floppy disks, and 8-tracks... right?”, “sometimes the strangest things in the world are right under our noses... and our feet, in this particular instance”). In the last example, Ford mixes his metaphor by understanding it better literally.

Ford has a sense of humor familiar to many autistic people, which includes indulging humor to himself (in the journals) instead of strictly sharing it. He shares our penchant for puns (“he’s gourd-geous!”, “one giant headache!”) and double meanings (“someone cool”, “the most peculiar dream”). Ford characteristically makes deadpan remarks (“just going to ignore that”, “so this is an emergency”, “I did mention that the fate of the universe is at stake, didn't I?”, “NLOO PH SOHDVH”) but draws the line at mockery (“he doesn't make fun of me all the time the way you and Grunkle Stan do”) - many of us concur, for hyperempathy or knowing how it feels.

He also invents his own secret languages... nuff said.

Infodumping

Does a whole book of exposition count? “Lost prehistoric life forms!” and “Mesoamerican gold!” and “Pirate ghosts!” are the words of a child with no filter about sharing everything interesting he’s read, and the journals are punctuated with equal enthusiasm. Then there’s his “cutting-edge programs and multi-dimensional paradigm theory!” ramble, DD&MD and magnet gun facts, and hostile takeover of Stan’s role as exposition fairy; Mabel’s unicorn hair quest only happens because Ford goes on a tangent about it.

Infodumping is also the only sensible explanation for why Ford mentions the barrier equation. Besides self-endangerment. Bill got under Ford’s skin not by promising power, but regression to a friendship where he felt safe sharing what he loved.

Literal/logical thinking

Ford emphatically takes things at face value. He feels compelled to defensively answer absurd questions like “Is there an owl in this bag?” and “The world's most confusing game of hopscotch?” Ford is earnest to a fault, walking into Stan’s conversational traps by nerding out about what he loves; like many autistic people, he instinctively says what he means and assumes everyone else works the same way. This makes him terrible at subterfuge: barely tricking the agents under amnesia, blurting out acknowledgment of the kids and barrier equation to Bill, and delivering a stilted “don’t do it, Ford, it’ll destroy the universe!” as “Stan” (who plays him much more convincingly after 30 years’ practice). Correcting Stan’s grammar to get back at him, Ford cannot tolerate incorrectness in language or behavior.

Logical thinking leads Ford to black-and-white views of people and situations - most self-destructively, “TRUST NO ONE”. He assumes malice due to difficulty factoring in others’ emotions or miscommunication. “You did this because you couldn't handle me going to college on my own!″ is a logical statement based on true premises, but assumes that Stan acted rationally to sabotage Ford. Stan tactlessly making it about their sailing dream instead of apologizing only solidifies it. Growing up with someone who means well but can’t say what he means, and no frame of reference for friendship outside codependency, it’s no wonder “a being with answers” worms his way into Ford’s mind and poisons it.

If you’ve followed these autistic heuristics thus far, that brings us to...

Special interests (or, why Ford’s autistic narrative matters)

First, honorable mention to Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons: after 30 years away he drops world-saving work to play it, quotes it from memory, and shares encyclopedic knowledge (“Prime-statistical anomalies over 37 but not exceeding 51!”, “The Impossibeast! Hey, I thought they banned this character!”)

And of course, mocking its fantastical monetary system!!! is a hatecrime unto his soul. (“At least I’m not all keyed up to watch a kids’ show”, he says with no qualms enjoying “Giggle Time Bouncy Boots” and other “childish” things; the threat of infantilization is real so he projects it back.)

Now, the big one: Ford’s singular, intense interest in anomalies drives the development of his career, art, and very identity.

“As if his abnormally high IQ wasn't enough, he also had a rare birth defect: six fingers on each hand. Which might have explained his obsession with sci-fi mystery weirdness.” I have argued that Ford’s ostracism cannot solely explain his patterns of abnormal behavior; now I propose that Ford’s autism and polydactyly are twin anomalies defining his central arc of alienation and belonging. Both constitute an experience unrelatable beyond reference to his peers, beyond words except those he’s internalized as their self-narrating zoo exhibit: “I am a freak.” But when Ford’s mirroring of Stan breaks down, when he accepts he can’t be normal and embraces it, finding a place “where weirdos like me fit in” lights up his eyes and world.

His light only falters knowing that indeed, “his abnormally high IQ wasn’t enough” for most of the world. Like many autistic people, Ford is labeled “gifted”: a state where his passion becomes “our ticket out of this dump”, “I worked so hard!” a basis for worth. “In a place like that, I had to work twice as hard” hits different for all of us who’ve had to be the perfect savant to justify our existence. We get to thinking that we have to save the world, that if people mistreat us it’s because we didn’t perform enough exceptionalism to deserve better. But if someone is dedicated to dehumanizing you, trying to prove them wrong means absorbing the idea they could be right.

It’s in this state that Ford absorbs Bill and vice versa. Bill repeats what everyone says about Ford’s intelligence, but without making him “earn” it until enough frog-boiling that “smart guy” or “IQ” become his identity - for Bill to give as easily as take away. Bill exploits Ford’s need for companionship he shouldn’t have to “earn”, then insidiously reinforces the idea he does. And Bill betrays Ford, Bill abuses Ford, Bill others Ford through the interests he pretended to support, Bill causes Ford to trust no one because Ford can see him in everyone. Autistic people know this demon well, whether it’s a person or our internalizing voice or both, but it’s as inexplicable to the allistic world as the quiet violence we endure every day - voiceless yet present as the journal’s disappearing ink.

Ford’s consuming need for people to be what they seem and say what they mean culminates in the dramatic irony that he doesn’t hear Stan (never what he seems) say “I didn’t mean it!” Instead he only hears “it”, one of the worst things an autistic person can hear: he’s not the brother Stan wanted him to be and his “dumb mysteries” -his identity- prevent him from loving his family correctly. For him and so many of us, these are the last words before abjection into nothing.

...until they aren’t. Until Ford returns, driven underground but emerging when Dipper shares his light. Until the dramatic irony that Ford blaming himself for Bill’s abuse and lamenting how “easy” it was absolves him to both characters and audience, who see it for the injustice it is. Until his abuser’s final threat is to violate his mind and weirdness magnetism with it (sound familiar?) and Ford heroically guards both. Until Ford and Stan can finally step into each other’s shoes, finally validate unacknowledged experiences of abuse. That’s when Ford regains trust - when Stan’s actions speak louder than words (from him or his dark mirror, Bill) and Ford finally hears he’s worthy of love without having to give any part of himself in return.

Most importantly: Ford only embraces his special interest, only advocates acceptance of his difference with more dignity as he asks Stan for a second chance they both know he deserves. Ford doesn’t have to change who he is and the narrative rewards him for it. He doesn’t have to be “grateful” as if his life’s worth is a debt; any notion that he “owes” his gifts to anyone burns with the journals. He doesn’t have to fight back even when it seems impossible and do those things the world said he never could (but damn he delivers anyway). He only has to realize he can’t and doesn’t have to expect perfection from anyone, most of all himself, to find belonging.

The Mystery in the Mystery Shack is not a puzzle to be solved. He’s a complexity of infinite sides and infinite outcomes. This reading of his story matters because we matter; his narrative speaks to an unspoken desperation and self-actualization we know ineffably. Like any marginalized group, autistic people deserve better than abjection or exploitation or conditional acceptance based on “respectability” or what we can do for others. We deserve to reclaim the stories where we see the patterns of our lives - whether in the text’s words or 3k of our own. Until the rest of the world does its part in changing for us, we’ll carve out our own belonging wherever weirdness magnetism draws us; we’ll find our own Gravity Falls.

#gravity falls #ford pines #stanford pines #gravity falls meta #actuallyautistic #long post

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agftheorist · 3 years

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Mabel's Bubble Theory

Warning: This post includes spoilers from the movies "Inception" and "Coraline". If you haven't watched those movies and don't want any spoilers, don't read this.

So, let's start the theory.

This theory basically shows the evidences that Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy never managed to left the bubble during the weirdmageddon.

1) The differences

How do you understand that you're dreaming? Probably because there are some stuff against laws of biology and physics. For an example, if you have wings, you're either dreaming or hallucinating. Even with lucid dreaming it is advised to check some stuff so you don't confuse the dream with reality. Inside the bubble, Mabel knows the stuff around her isn't 'real' because there are flying sweaters etc., and she can do probably whatever she wants with clapping her hands. When she 'pops it up' her powers doesn't exist anymore so it's reasonable for them to assume they are in the outside world now. Just like the button eyes of the movie Coraline. But since it is Bill who gave her that power, he can take it back just as easily. And why wouldn't he? This way, he could have them all in a cage, when they don't even know that! Bill says that Mabelland is 'one of the most clever traps he's ever made.' If we assume that this theory is true, then we can agree with Bill. Because if it is true, Mabelland is like an intelligent dream that keeps you asleep by making you think you woke up. Plus, do I need to mention that Bill Cipher is literally labeled as a DREAM DEMON, which means he has a better understanding of our minds and dreams better than anyone else!?

2) The surroundings

If you have watched the movie "Inception" you probably remember one of the most important rules of creating a dream. 'Do not use places from the real world, otherwise you may confuse dreams with reality.' I don't mean the Shack or town in general here, because they already should have been there if Bill wants to make Mabel think she is outside. However, Mabelland also answers Mabel's memories and creativity. With these two pictures, you can have a better understanding of what I mean.

As you see, the shape and locations of trees are almost identical. If we assume these are the same place, still something is not right. Because Mabel ran away from the Shack and couldn't go as far as somewhere near town. In the show, we see the Fearamid rises from somewhere near the town center, because this is where Bill was and it was almost right behind him, and the Pines family was inside it when Bill is 'erased'. (I'll come to that later.) Which means, it is nearly impossible for them to be near the Shack at that moment.

Now let's look at some characters's attitudes before and after the bubble.

Bill Cipher

I mean, after Weirdmageddon, he himself says that he can control time and space now, and proves it by changing Ford's location immediately. So this might be an irrelevant thought but why did he chase after the twins? He could have just snapped his fingers and they would be there? Another thing about Bill is of course Stanley's memories coming back. Because if they're in the bubble, that Stanley is probably not even the real one. The last thing is, of course, how the heck he didn't see the fingers? Stanley in Ford's clothes was wearing gloves so it's understandable but Ford made no attempt to hide his hands so, how?

Preston Northwest

About him, there are two main topics I want to talk about. First one is his face and attitude towards Bill.

In the first picture, he offers Bill his service and has his face 'fixed' according to Bill. After the bubble, his face is somehow normal and more importantly, he, the man who doesn't even talk anyone who is not a millionaire, (and is an asshole) supports Pacifica to hold McGucket's hand. I have a feeling that he would rather death than doing so. Besides, after Weirdmageddon, we see him giving all his money to rebuild of the town, which is again, something he would rather die than to do so.

Stanley Pines

This is not exactly a before after thing but there is something suspicious. In the episode 'Dreamscapers', we see Stan's mind as a labyrinth of doors and memories but when Bill enters there at the finale, there is only one door which means either he is really good at 'clearing his mind' as Bill said, or Ford erased rest of his memories before Bill came back. The second one doesn't make sense that much because that way since he doesn't have many of his memories, Stanley might have ruined the plan. But unlike Ford, Stanley doesn't really understand how minds and memories work, at least not as good as Ford and Bill, and probably Fiddleford. So if they are still in the bubble, it would make more sense. You may think that Mabel didn't know there were such a plan so the bubble wouldn't do that, but it is Bill who is the one really in control there. So if he would want to fake his dead or something like that, Mabel wouldn't know that.

Okay, now let's look at some events that are pretty odd.

The memory gun is first in Soos's bag, but without any other scene we see it move, it is somehow in Ford's lab coat.

It is also possible that there more than one of those memory guns, but as far as we know, there is no other. Plus, even if there was another in his lab coat, it probably would have crushed during Ford's torment by Bill.

This is pretty irrelevant but how did Gideon know that the statutes would turn back to normal if they hold Mayor Taylor. Why would Bill tell him (or anyone else, in case he might've overheard) this?

That 'Dream Boys' of Mabel was still out there even after the bubble was destroyed. You may think this is because they were created by Bill, in a way, so they were a part of the weirdness, but the next title may change your mind.

We have never seen Waddles entering the bubble, and he couldn't have had before Dipper, Wendy and Soos because it was locked. But he was inside the bubble when they were, and he escaped to the outside with them. Plus, he was inside the Shacktron, where no weirdness of Bill can enter. How?

If you still think this may have something to do with Bill's anomalies, I need to show you this picture, which proves something from the "Nightmare Realm" can still stay after the Weirdmageddon. But according to Ford, everything that came with Bill was supposed to be gone?

Also, I need to add that everything, literally everything after the Weirdmageddon happened the way exactly Mabel would like them to have. Dipper came with her to Piedmont, Candy and Grenda stayed at her birthday even though they said they couldn't have, well, maybe Stan letting her to use the Shack to party would eventually happen but again, Preston giving/losing his money, Pacifica and Gideon trying to be normal children. For the last thing, Soos was inside the bubble with them, we know one of the things Soos wants the most is being mr. Mystery one day and he gets it. Just a little too much coincidence, in my opinion

Now here is why this theory is probably one of the creepiest theories of Gravity Falls. First of all, there is no way to prove if someone can actually manage to get out of the bubble or not once they get in, just like the famous "what if Coraline never left the other world" theory.

Second, if they've never got out of the bubble, this means everyone in the town, and maybe even in the world, might be dead, if Ford gave him the equation. If not, Bill probably kept torturing him until he died, but since he can control time, he can raise him until forever!

This theory had been long enough so I'm leaving it here. If you have any opinion about all those, feel free to write them please.

#gravity falls #bill cipher #gravity falls theory #gravityfalls #theory #stanford pines #stanley pines #rift #Weirdmageddon #dipper and mabel #dipper pines #mabel pines #bubble #reality #coraline #inception #pines twins #my post #my theory

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ckret2 · 11 months

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Do you think bill would like dreamcore/weirdcore aesthetics/music? also I feel like the chaotic nature of the everywhere at the end of time soundtrack would suit him well. What do you think?

Commenting generally on dreamcore/weirdcore as a person who is aware of what they are and what their goals are but who doesn't personally regularly consume them and so is currently skimming a lot of pictures & playlists to compare to What I Think Bill's Tastes Are:

Look at a bunch of weirdcore and it's pictures of very mundane things in very mundane places, feels kind of like an old Polaroid, but framed (and sometimes added to in photoshop) in such a way to make it seem unsettling or eerie—to humans. Dreamcore is pretty similar except with less unsettling vibes, and more photoshopping of impossible things (ex: skies for floors), to evoke the sense of being in a dream. To humans, weirdcore is Very Strange And Threatening and dreamcore is Very Strange But Nonthreatening. To Bill? I think it would just hit him as "pictures of very mundane things." The things that make these aesthetics eerie and otherworldly to us are just part of his regular life. On a weirdness scale of 1 to 10, Bill considers Earth to be a 2, would probably consider weirdcore/dreamcore a 3, and he starts having fun at a 5.

He's a dream demon, he spends a lot of time inside humans' dreams, he probably sees forty liminal spaces with unseeable doorways that recede into the shadows each week.

To humans, places like that are barely-remembered phantom realms we only experience while vividly hallucinating in the dark at night, and in the waking world we use dreamcore to recapture that sense of unreality and weirdcore to sprinkle on a little dread. But to Bill, that's like, where he does his business transactions with humans. That's his workplace. That's like going to the office. Dreamcore is like human tourists visiting him at work and then going home and trying to make badly-remembered fanart of his office.

I feel like we get a pretty good glimpse of his preferred aesthetics during Weirdmageddon, with the Fearamid, the penthouse, and that ridiculous car—not to mention the mess he made of the town. As far as his aesthetic/artistic preferences go, the vibe I get off him is like... 20% Lisa Frank meets Clive Barker, 30% Hollywood Regency, and 50% the way a teenage boy in the 1990s would decorate his room if he was given a million dollars and no rules. The majority of dreamcore/weirdcore is too subdued, understate, desolate, and beige/pastel to reach his standards.

I can understand the instinct to tack that on him, though. I think weirdcore would love Bill. C'mon, try it out.

It works! It works.

I just don't think Bill would love weirdcore back.

Same goes for the music; to be incredibly reductive of a very loose umbrella term, most dreamcore music sounds like soothing relaxing 60s/70s music, played slow, with some static and an echo effect, and occasionally throw in some vaporwave or retrowave for variety. Weirdcore, pretty similar from what I can tell, but with more electronica and less of the 60s/70s music. Some of the most experimental least-conventionally-musical music might start to edge into "yeah this hits the same as listening to Shepard tones for five hours straight" but I think most of it only sounds like "weird music" to humans, and to Bill would sound like "human music." Nothing we've seen about his musical tastes so far suggest to me that his preferences are "dreamy" rather than, say, "party."

About Everywhere at the End of Time specifically: this thing is six and a half hours long, and I'm not gonna sit and dedicate my full attention to six and a half hours of concept-driven experimental music to figure out whether I think Bill would be into it, so unfortunately I'm only able to give a half-ass answer to this question with a subpar understanding of the thing I'm being asked to comment on.

Based on what Wikipedia tells me the albums are about, I think he'd respect the artistic ambition because he strikes me as the kind of guy who likes to think he's sophisticated as heck and able to Appreciate things that are Deep; and then he'd probably try to comment on how accurate it is—because like, hey, dream demon, he's probably been in and out of the heads of people with Alzheimer's. "He'd respect the artistic ambition" isn't necessarily the same as "he'd like it." I fully think he'd sing the praises of something he hates and/or that bores him to death if he thinks sophisticated people like it. (Alternatively, if he hates something he thinks people think is deep, he might go "it's pretentious and overhyped and if you were HALF as sophisticated as I am you'd be able to see that too." There's no room in his world for admitting "I think it's sophisticated but I don't personally like it.)

Listening to little fifteen-second chunks of the soundtrack on youtube while randomly skipping over several minutes at a time, I think that he'd think the first few stages just sound like normal human music (even as, from our perspective, they get even more staticky & distorted), and wouldn't fully appreciate the way the sound/memory progressively declines in those sections just because he's a little too alien to fully grasp the "wrongness" of it. From stage 4 on it starts to sound like the kind of "noise" I think Bill might register as "good music", a la Shepard tones or tornado sirens; but I'm not about to dedicate enough specific listening to pick out any sections that REALLY strike me as "yeah this is what I think Bill thinks music is," so that's just a preliminary answer. the Caretaker's attempts to represent the melancholy, depression, and confusion of having your mind and memories shut down on you might accidentally sound like a bop to Bill's alien tastes.

#idedinsed #ask #(this answer is long because if somebody goes 'do you think X?' and my answer is 'no' i feel like an asshole if i don't give my reasons why #(... also because all my answers are long let's be real)#about my writing #bill goldilocks cipher

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pine-tree-of-wisdom · 2 years

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A New Timeline

[Dipper opened his eyes to find himself sleeping on the attic's bed, covered with a blanket. He saw Mabel sleeping on a bed next to his as he looked at his left. Seeing his sister again after the events of Weirdmageddon felt almost impossible to believe. He wanted to go there and hug her. He wanted to tell her how much he had missed her. How great it was to have her back... But he contained himself. He knew that Mabel probably didn't know anything about what had happened, and if she knew, it probably had been like a dream to her.

He turned his head towards the window and gazed into the night. It was... different. It was better. No fire, no monsters... He started crying the moment he realized what this meant.]

<<Bill did it.>>

[Careful to not wake anyone up, he left his bed and walked downstairs to find everything how it was before. Guided by the weak moonlight and his own guess, he headed to the outside of the shack and sat down, glancing to the night. What before was a blood-red sky that opened the gate between worlds and gave a destroyed landscape to see behind a Fearamid covered in flames had now got replaced by a beautiful black sky covered in thousands of shining stars. He didn't move for a while. Just stared at the sky, lost in his own thoughts.

He finally headed towards the woods for a walk. He couldn't stop comparing the calm and beautiful place Gravity Falls was now with the messed up thing that they had turned it to in Weirdmageddon. What before was fire had got replaced by green, fresh grass. All the monsters were gone and, after all that had happened, that felt like the most calm night in years. So calm... that it almost felt like a dream. He kept walking, distracted by the landscaped and thoughts that filled his head when something crossed his path. He turned to himself, glanced down to see what had stopped him and gasped as he saw a the statue of a familiar triangle at his feet. Seeing Bill like that was... certainly different. Then, he remembered that he had to summon him. Before doing anything, he just stood there, staring at the statue of the being who had once ruled the world at his side. Staring at his stone prison. Who would have known this was going to happen? Who would have thought that with all his power, with everything that he had achieved... He'd still give it up for Dipper to be happy?

He tapped on his vest until he found something inside one of his pockets. A paper with the steps to bring his friend back. Bill had probably given it to him when he changed the timeline for the very last time. Dipper read it with attention. It was pretty similar to how Gideon did it, except that this time, it wasn't for a deal. He let out a grumble when he saw that he needed candles— he hadn't brought anything with him. Dipper tried snapping his fingers to make them appear, then reminded himself that he didn't have powers anymore. He sighed. He would have to return to the shack and get some if he wanted to free Bill from his prison.]

<<I'll be back.>>

[He made his way towards the shack, looking around all the time. Comparing every single detail that had changed. Admiring it. He stood in front of the shack for some seconds when he arrived, then got in. He headed to the living room. Surely there would be something in there? He opened the wooden chest of drawers that held the aquarium. Bingo! Three boxes of candles for him to take. Every one of them stored four candles of the eight he needed. He felt bad by taking so many- it felt like he was stealing from his Grunkle. Actually, wasn't he? He grabbed two boxes and held them with both of his hands.] <<Man... they really are heavy!>> [The upper drawer stored many things. Mostly magazines he tried to keep out of his sight. There were also more useful things like pens, rulers, and, what he was interested in, a matchbox. He put it on the top of the candle box pile he held and made his way back to the forest.]

...

[He stared at the statue of Bill for a moment. Deep down inside... He was doubting. Was that a good idea? A cool breeze raised some leaves near the statue and made the treetops shake with the wind. Dipper shook the doubt out of his head and, with decision, put the boxes down and drew the Bill Cipher Wheel with a stick in front of the statue. Then, he opened the candle boxes and placed them one by one around the wheel. Finally, he lit them with a match and pronounced the words the paper told him to.]

<<Please... work.>>

#rp #the deal au #a new timeline #Bill Cipher

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uneq-apol--arts · 4 years

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The Amulet AU

I think this one is wholly my own. If not, let me know and tell me where to find it!

Basically: Ford falls under the influence of the mystical amulet and calls Stan for help. Bill doesn't exist so there's no portal but Ford does get stuck in the amulet for thirty years instead.

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So we know Ford wrote about the mystical amulet in Journal 2. Some fics (mostly Reverse Portal and/or Reverse Falls) discuss that the amulet has major negative effects on a person's mind and body. My idea was that instead of hiding the amulet after discovering its uses, Ford instead keeps it locked up in the house somewhere. Over time, the amulet begins to call to him. He gives in.

In only a couple months, his hair is snow white, his irises are silver and his pupils, slitted. His hands and feet are slowly blackening and spreading up his arms and legs.

Ford realizes kind of quickly that he's becoming more dangerous and that he seems to be falling apart. In a brief moment of clarity, Ford sends the postcard to Stan. Stan is shaken with what he discovers when he arrives. The two still bicker constantly while also trying to figure out a way to destroy the amulet. Luckily when Ford is under the influence of the amulet, Stan can still hold him down until the influence clears. They work for a long, long time to try and figure out the amulet. As time goes on, Ford gets more and more sick from the effects of their experiments. They tried locking the amulet away but it just broke out. They tried shattering it but it just reformed.

They're working in the basement lab one night when suddenly Ford just keels over, amulet glowing brightly. Then suddenly, he's gone. All that's left is the amulet lying on the floor. Instead of opening the Mystery Shack, Stan compiles Ford's designated data into reports and keeps the money coming.

In 2012 our favourite pair of twins show up. The events play out pretty similarly except Mabel finds the 3rd Journal up in the rafters of the attic and Stan is actually Stan. Fast forward to the end of Northwest Mansion Mystery and Dipper and Mabel come home to find Stan gone. All in all, not that weird so they go to bed. He's still not around when the twins get up or when Wendy and Soos get there (they help Stan around the house sometimes; Soos repairs stuff and watches the twins when Stan's busy, Wendy does the lawn and hauls firewood in).

They hang out most of the day which isn't very busy. They have an all-for-one water balloon fight. By the end of the day, Soos suggests they all look for clues as to where Stan could've gone. They find the IDs and crap and the book to pull in the bookcase that'll lead into the basement. Stan is indeed in the basement, having drunk himself to sleep. Next to him is the amulet emitting a soft, otherworldly glow. On one of the work desks is the other journals and Dipper does his whole freak-out thing. The blacklight gives pretty much the same world-ending messages. Dipper runs for the amulet and grabs it, waking up Stan. The amulet gets tossed about, eventually landing at Mabel's feet. She picks it up, ready to smash it. She can feel the vibrations of the thing and she glances at it, seeing a miniature face. Mabel looks up at Stan. "I trust you." The amulet heats up in her hand and she has to drop it. Stan screams and lunges to catch it but before he can, white light fills the room.

In the space where the amulet landed is Ford, curled in on himself. Stan instantly crawls towards him. Ford's hair is just as white, eyes just as silver. The blackening has reached his elbows and knees and his skin is a pale, sickly blue. He's nearly as wrinkled as Stan is and he struggles to move after being trapped for so long.

The rest of the show goes pretty much the same up until, you guessed it, Weirdmageddon. Ford's darker side eventually takes control, the light side unable to keep it at bay any longer. Ford is who they now must defeat. Except he's just as powerful as Bill now. Ford splits himself in two, Ford and Not-Ford. Ford gets locked in a cage without any kind of magic while Not-Ford floats off, morphing his clothes into that of a king. He also destroys Time-Baby just like Bill.

Since the zodiac can't be utilized, the zodiac members work together to modify the memory gun. They reinforce it with powerful magical ingredients (leftover unicorn hair among these) and work with the paranormal creatures to infiltrate Not-Ford's castle. Inside the castle they find their lovable nerd caged up, much like in the Fearamid. But, floating around above them is Not-Ford wearing a flamboyant outfit of blue, yellow, white, and black. The zodiac members become banners and Stan and Ford are trapped while Not-Ford holds Mabel and Dipper at his mercy, waiting for the equation from Ford.

In the end, Ford and Not-Ford both get erased. Not-Ford reforms back into the amulet which they lock away and throw into the ocean later. Ford still looks like he's under the amulet's effect. He also doesn't regain his memories but deep, deep down in the crevices of his mind, the feelings he felt for Stan and the children still linger. Stan is completely heartbroken that so much of his brother is gone but he is glad to be by his side again. Ford as an amulet ruined Stan those thirty years. At least Ford could talk now, even though it's not quite the same.

#gravity falls #gravity falls au #stanford pines #ford pines #stanley pines #stan pines #mabel pines #dipper pines #amulet au

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thedarkangelpuppet · 4 years

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finally finished the family tree

also infos:

- Teen Morty is stressed and has to go to therapy for all the abuse and disturbing things he saw and experienced he got the hoodie as a present from dipper he refuses to take it off. He also refuses to be in alone in a room with Rick.

- Beth has memories of Stanley taking care of her as a child. Through it was only after she was shown pictures she actually remembered.

- Rick and Stan been on the news to much they are now called the crime grandpas. They are collecting the newspapers that have them inside.

- Mabel likes knitting things because her grandma has taught her.

- Pacifica refuses to talk to her parents and works at the dinner. She serves food on skates.(it was Mabels Idea)

- Daria is a changeling just some elf baby that was abandoned by her real parents so Mabel and Pacifica took her in. She shapeshifts to look like their child.

- The Royal Order is a Cult workshopping the Axolotl.

- Dipper and Bill are soulmates because of the Axolotl they had a hard time actually admit their feelings. But they have been through a lot.

- The Shack is officially owed by Soos and Melody. Ford moved in with Mcgucket and Pacifica and Mabel into the Northwest Mansion. Bill and Dipper live in a copy of the fearamid and Stan moved in with Rick.

- Beth has divorced with Jerry finally.

- While Bill hardly recalls his parents Mabel drew pictures from his descriptions of them. These drawings hang in the Shack together with all other family pictures.

- Family meetups happen in the Shack. The barrier got taken down.

#rick and morty #gravity falls #stanchez #billdip #mabifica #Interdimensional Affairs AU #interspecies romance #merak cipher #Dubhe Pines #Phecda Pines #alcor pines #Megrez Cipher Pines #Alkaid Cipher #alcor cipherpines #Mizar Cipher Pines #melodysoos #Fiddauthor

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do either amos or beta get overstimulated? what do they enjoy sensory wise vs not enjoy?

(long one)

((Yeah, sometimes. Beta’s often aware of when it happens (but doesn’t connect it to ASD or anything like it), but Amos isn’t really. Both will seek alone time when it’s Too Much. The thing is, both actually like being in highly stimulating situations such as parties, but not as much as they think? Beta will happily take part in a high energy environment with a lot going on, and if it gets too much, they take a minute to step away, and then go back-- or go home if necessary. They’re aware of being drained or overwhelmed sometimes, even if they don’t know why. I think they think it has something to do with just not existing for very long yet. They feel kind of guilty about it sometimes.

Amos on the other hand is under the impression that they are a big extrovert. Not quite true, they are more of an ambivert, but they were led to believe that their instinct to retreat sometimes was due to other feelings, not overstimulation. Continuing to use a party as our example of an overstimulating situation, imagine the following scenario: it’s been a few days and the giant bash in the Fearamid is *still* going. They’ve talked to a lot of people. It’s not that they don’t like the music, the drink, or the company, but they’ve got a creeping tension inside that they can’t identify. They never had the tools. It’s getting harder to be witty and attentive in conversation, as much as they love talking. One of two things might happen next:

A) They manage to stuff that feeling down and put on their best game face for the rest of the event, still managing okay with socializing and navigating the event even though it’s taking a lot more energy than usual. (In the ASD community, this behavior is called masking.) They may seek a consumable stimulant to help them out. After the party, they make it back to their own place and their good mood entirely falls apart and they don’t know why.

B) They fail to keep it together, and depart, or try to. On their way out, their friends give them a bit of a hard time about it, saying “There goes Morpho, deciding they’re too good to stay and hang around the rest of us, again.” or “Hey Morph, are you seriously slinking off to get back to work?” or “Yeah, this party’s deadly dull, isn’t it? We’re still on for later, aren’t we? You’d better be there.” And they still don’t know what the actual cause is, so they just... let the others think what they will. And usually Amos will believe it, too. Tell a person what they are thinking often enough, and that person will soon believe you.

Sensory stuff! That’s not complicated really, Amos and Beta are both fidgeters, and they pace, too. They don’t get that most people put on music and then decide they want to dance, in their minds it’s more like, ‘oh I want to dance, I should put on music then!”

I know more about Amos’s sensory likes and dislikes than I do about Beta’s. Amos is very easily captivated by glowing things, especially if they have moving parts. Iridescent or holographic materials are also very stimmy for them. Favorite sounds including humming, chimes, synths (which influences their favorite music). Favorite textures are spongy, gummy and slimy, or silky, or ‘hard light’ which isn’t really a texture, exactly. Morpho’s favorite taste is well known: citrus, especially lemon. It’s both a taste and a texture to them.

Beta I know likes plush and soft things, and I think they also get stims from watching food being prepared? Beta is not into slimy things the way Amos sometimes is. A favorite sound they share is chiptune! Beta also likes humming sounds as well.

Both of them really like big weighted soft things on top of them. Z is happy to help in that area, although Beta has been known to turn back into their caterpillar self and crawl under a beanbag chair. Amos is particular is... really touch starved, which is why they have Z around them so much, even to the point of wearing him like a big heavy shawl. (I may have mentioned before that their relationship is weird.) Z is the only enclosed space Amos can really handle, because their claustrophobia is that bad. (Since Beta was not trapped in the 4th dimension for more than a minute, they don’t have this phobia beyond what any other person does-- but they do have the *potential* to have claustrophobic attacks as bad as Morpho’s.)

Their sensory dislikes include fluorescent lights (Amos more than Beta) and Amos has a thing about overcast skies, to them, that kind of sky feels similar to a fluorescent light. Neither of them enjoy large, excessively bright spaces-- like a pure white void? Noooooo. Styrofoam = yuck. Extremely high pitched noises. (Very low noises on the other hand are soothing to them.) Beta dislikes ‘house of mirrors’ type place because that’s too similar to the normal condition their physical form is already in, so walking into a house of mirrors or standing between two mirrors adds a load of mental noise into their head, even to the point of nausea.

Both of them do hand movements, but neither are really aware of it. Stuff like, tracing the outsides of objects and space in the air, with the back of your hand, or touching a thing again because you “touched it the wrong way”, or putting your hand in front of your face like there’s something tangible there. Morpho and Beta both think that this is normal for everybody. Morpho understands it as things and spaces having invisible and intangible aspects of themselves that can be perceived by most anybody, which influences our interactions with them even in an involuntary way. The funny thing is that they even experience this in the Mindscape, where if you think a thing is there, then it *is* there, and they don’t know that they are the one causing that plane to validate the sensations in their head! Beta thinks the sensations are related to their time travel and teleportation powers. But that’s only when either of them do notice-- a lot of the time, they do the hand things without really thinking about it.))

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