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fernikart57 · 6 years

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Lost Legends Headcannons

After reading Gravity Falls: Lost Legends. I have some headcannons:

Face It!

“Face It”, chronologically must happen between “A Tale Of Two Stans” and “Dungeons, Dungeons And More Dungeons”, Dipper in this chapter finally has the chance of reading the three journals, because in “Dungeons, Dungeons And More Dungeons” he’s reading Journal 2. Also, Ford apparently keeps his part of being away from the kids, save for this trouble, also this seems before Ford accepts Dipper’s friendship, it’s more he’s impressed of what Dipper did.

After “Face It”. Stan is mad at “Mr. What’s It’s Face”, after Dipper, Mabel and Ford tell him what happened, and makes fun of him of being frozen and tells him, that he’s grateful he wasn’t there, because Stan would have beaten the crap of that monster.

Also Stan is highly relieved that Mabel recovered her face and hughs her so tightly and in a sarcastic way asks Dipper and Mabel if they can stop getting in trouble, which obviously they answer that they can’t.

Stan makes fun of Ford, after discovering he dated a siren.

If this episode emited in TV. The Post-credit scenes would show Pacifica standing up to her parents and taking the photo like that ugly and Preston cutting her credit card and she smiling saying “It worth it”. Then it switches to Dipper and Mabel, are reading the magazine and are happy about Pacifica.

If Toby made it to the Crawlspace... how much you bet Stan found the Crawlspace between the 80′s-90′s? Stan’s past has a LOT of mystery.

Imagine Stan accidentally summoned “Mr. What’s It’s Face” by accident in the 80′s-90′s or 2000′s.

Imagine Stan running to look for Ford and also makes fun of him, because Mothman owes him money.

Mabel and Dipper tell Pacifica the FULL tale of the “Ugly Duckling” and tell also what’s the REAL moral of the story.

Comix It Up!

For me this chapter, chronologically happens between: “Dungeons, Dungeons And More Dungeons” and “The Stanchurian Candidate”. I don’t know, but the atmosphere of the episode, seems like... before the end of the world. Also Ford is not paranoid and ready of getting rid of Bill like he was since “The Last Mabelcorn”.

I’m glad to know Ford cares about Stan, even if this tale happens before Weirdmageddon. I wished to see this part of Ford before the finale, when the series was airing back in 2015.

Stan never got rid of “Lil’ Stanley”. I wish to belive, he still keeps it, even in the Shack and after this incident he showed it to Soos, in case, he didn’t keep it. Then it’s surprisinly amazing Stan remembered EVERYTHING of the first chapter of Lil’ Stanley.

Soos is Lil’ Stanley’s #1 Fan and he has one, signed by Stan. It’s his favorite comic.

Like @novantinuum suggested once. I truly love her headcannon of Stan creating Lil’ Stan while he and Ford are in “The Stan O’War II”, receiving help of both Mabel and Soos to publish online.

How much you bet Stan was in the same comics as Ford, Mabel, Soos, Wendy and Dipper early in the story? It’s more I made this post before, alking about it!

Continuing from that @zombieartist8 made a drawing of Stan meeting a guy named “Cash-Senpai”. In my headcannon Stan meets a Lazy Susan-chan, but is grossed, then he meets Cash-Senpai, but this were going well, until Goldie-Senpai appeared and a Love Triangle happened and Stan left both of them behind.

If Stan were in the Indestructibuddies’ comic. His name would be: “Mr. Mystery”, his powers are “Atomic Knuckles” and “Money Beams”, his catchphrase would be: “We put the fun in “No Refunds””. And unlike Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Ford and Wendy. Stan’s role is similiar like Catwoman, I mean, an off and on villain/hero, I mean, he uses his powers to get what he wants and can abuse them, but also Stan means wells and he also uses them to do good. I mean, at times he’s an antagonist and at times he’s a hero.

How much you bet Stan swore before in the previous comics? I headcannon, he swore in them and got lectured by the Dialogue Box.

One of first memories that pops from Stan, when he’s recovering his memories is “Lil’ Stanley” and he remembers how people actually enjoyed it in the end and thanks Soos for that. I mean, I wish Stan and Soos bonded while Stan recovers his memories and much of this could’ve happened.

I headcannon, Ford landed Shmad Shmagazine and crossed again with the Purple Guy and he somehow was defeated by Wendy.

Ford moved the chest to the basement after this accident.

If this episode had a Post-Credit Scene, probably would had been one of The Purple Guy appearing in the reality and causing havoc to Ford and he’s utterly fed up with this asshole. While Stan sees them fighting and is like... “whatever”.

Don’t Dimention It!

If this episode had a post-credits scene, would had been Stan and Ford bonding together while watching movies together.

Since Stan knows about Ford’s criminal status in the Multiverse. Like in “The Last Mabelcorn” with him and Dipper, Ford and Stan decide no longer to have secrets between them and they want to know what crimes each other commited, like Stan telling Ford about the Llamacides, how he even invented new crimes and Ford telling Stan, about how the Infinity-Sided Dice is illegal in 9000 dimentions, how he even has a mugshot/wanted posters in other dimentions and even shows him Journal 3, with a drawing of him and even about how he was banned from Lottocron 9 for counting cards. Without knowing, they end bonding over it.

The other Mabels have tears in their eyes and misses their respective Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford, when they see Stan hugging Mabel, after they defeat Anti-Mabel.

The other versions of Mabel want to have a hug of Stan and Ford, since they miss their respective Grunkles.

Stan actually knows Dipper’s real name, just he doesn’t remember it, since it’s like 2-3 days after Weirdmageddon ended.

Stanbel has Alex Hirsch doing his Grunkle Stan’s voice.

Obviously Anti-Mabel has Kristen Schaal’s voice, but with a german accent.

Stan doesn’t know, but he’s like an idol and hero for other beings in the Multiverse, since he was the man who defeated Bill.

Ford doesn’t say it, but he wanted to see Jheselbraum again, maybe they could have seen her, if it weren’t because they were looking for Mabel.

Stan and Ford’s roles are reversed outside their original dimention. Stanley Pines is now a great hero, the good twin and Stanford Pines is a criminal, the bad twin. Stan asks him once mockingly: “How does it feels being the bad twin?” much for Ford’s annoyance.

The Pines Boys In: The Jersey Devil’s In The Details

If this episode had a Post-Credits scene would be Shmebullock singing: “The Ballad Of The Stan Bros.”

If we had a miniseries/spin-off focusing in Stan and Ford in the Sea, the opening would be “The Ballad Of The Stan Bros”. Please, I wish a miniseries of them in the future.

This is Stan and Ford’s favorite adventure. It’s their fondest memory.

This adventure was only the beginning of Ford and Stan’s adventures in New Jersey going to explore the anomalies of the town, before that fatidical day.

Ford feels so bad and keeps reminding Ascott and Dickie’s words about Stan holding him back, when he loses Stan. Those are some of the toughts that hit Ford, when he’s hugging Stan.

Ford feels horrible when he remembers how he was able to still stick for Stan when they were kids.

When Stan is remembering. He asks Ford if his dad really loved him and still expreses those wishes of being loved by his dad. Ford tells him, that he never worth it and tells Stan that he really loves his twin so much and that maybe it’s time Stan let go those feelings and only focusing in their present, Stan follows Ford’s tip.

Stan and Ford remember the Jersey Devil and revisit him in, when they detour to New Jersey.

Stanley and Stanford have the best happy news, when they discover Dickie and Ascott are in prison.

These are all my headcannons.

#gravity falls: lost legends #gravity falls #gravity falls lost legends spoilers #gf spoilers #headcannons

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Stan and Ford returns to Oregon with tales to tell.

First and foremost, I want to give a shout-out to the wonderful @eregyrn-falls for drawing Maegella and Ford! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! <3

Port of Brookings, Oregon – two days later, Monday

Soos stood at the waiting area, holding up a sign saying “STAN BROS”. He’d been holding up the sign since he arrived at the Port over thirty minutes ago. His arms were aching something fierce, but he didn’t mind. He had to be visible so that the two Mr. Pineses could see him. The large man was practically bouncing with excitement.

The Pines family is returning to Gravity Falls. The summer of 2013 will be AWESOME.

At the moment, only ten people in Gravity Falls know that the two pairs of Pines twins will be spending the summer here. From the Mystery Shack were Soos, Melody and Abuelita. Abuelita had been cleaning the Mystery Shack with the help of Candy Chiu and Grenda Grendinator (Grenda had been a big help in lifting the furniture high enough for the floor under it to be vacuumed) and Melody and Pacifica set to work making banners and blowing up balloons. At the former Northwest Manor, Fiddleford and Tate had prepared the guest rooms for the family. Meanwhile, Wendy went trekking into the forest to prepare its citizens of the family’s arrival.

The tenth person arrived two days ago. This person was another reason why Soos was so excited.

And then he starts bouncing again with more rigor, because he spotted two familiar faces making their way toward him.

“Welcome back, Mister Pineses!” Soos called out as he drops his sign to engulf the two men into a spine-cracking hug.

“Thanks for taking the crick out of my back Soos,” Stan said appreciatively after being placed back on the ground. The younger man just grins at him and picks up their duffel bags. “Haven’t been able to get rid of it since we last made port.”

“How’s things going on, dudes?” Soos asks amiably as he leads the way to the pick-up truck. “Did you find more mysteries out in the ocean?”

Soos didn’t see his former employer-slash-father figure elbow his brother in the ribs.

“Oof! Oh! Yes, we came across some interesting places after we dropped you off here last time,” Ford shared while he rubbed the area where Stan elbowed him. “Let’s see: we went to Easter Island for some time off…”

“Turns out all those big-headed statues were kinda alive, and we decided to drop by on the ONE day of the year where they decide to pop outta the ground for a swim,” Stan cut in. They had reached the pick-up truck, where Soos placed their duffel bags in the cab of the truck. Stan immediately calls shotgun while Ford rolls his eyes and takes the seat at the back. Ford waited until Soos hopped into the driver’s seat and fired up the truck before continuing the story.

“First of all, they’re called Moai, Stanley. Secondly…well, you’re right about the swimming. I don’t understand how the locals slept through all that racket. But I figured the Moai didn’t mind when they saw us camping in their meeting spot.”

“I’m just glad they didn’t trample us on the way to the beach,” Stan snorted. “But their beach party sent the Stan O’War out into the middle of the ocean…”

“Now, now: Paro apologized to us about it and pulled the boat back for us,” Ford added.

“Like a dude from Egypt?” Soos asked.

“Paro, not Pharoah, Soos. He’s the biggest of the Moai statues—er—giants,” Ford explained. “And he unmoored the Stan O’War when he cannonballed into the ocean.”

“I still can’t believe no one woke up from that but us!” Stan muttered. “The best one was where we became twenty years old again for a day.”

“Stan, it was a trap,” Ford said in exasperation.

“No way!” Soos breathed out, taking his eyes off the road to look agog at Stan.

“Soos, keep your eyes on the road!” Ford yelped.

“Whoops! Hehehe, got distracted there for a moment,” Soos said nervously as he looked back on the road. “Where’d you two go to get de-oldified?”

“Well, after the Easter Island incident, we decided to head south to check something out in Mexico,” Ford began to share. “Before we passed Ecuador, we came upon this island that wasn’t on any map and decided to investigate. We docked and explored the beach for a while until we found a trail that led to this cove. In the middle was this small, rocky fountain with writing carved into a slab beside it that said, ‘Drink this elixir of life and regain the years passed by.’ Next thing I knew, Stan dunked his head into the water and started drinking from it.”

“Hey, that’s what you do when you find something interesting and get science-crazy,” Stan defended himself. “And the sign was right! Soos, ya should’ve seen Ford’s face when he saw me de-oldifying before his eyes!”

“Like watching a raisin turn back into a grape,” Ford snorted. “After deciding that Stan wasn’t suffering from any ill effects, I took a drink myself and de-aged just like Stan.”

“And then there was a party on the beach!” Stan yelled happily. “Babes and barbeque!”

“Surprisingly, a lot of young people right after we drank that water,” Ford said quietly.

“Hey, don’t you deny you were enjoying yourself out there that night!”

“Probably would have stayed longer if we hadn’t woken up back to our normal age with a raging hangover,” Ford reminded him. “And have you forgotten what we found when we went back to the fountain?”

Stan made a face. “Older people!”

“There were other people on the island?” Soos asked, perplexed.

Ford snorted. “They were the same partygoers we met the previous night. Turns out they’ve been living on the island for decades. The elixir only lasts for twelve hours, and they return to the fountain to rejuvenate the following day. They invited us to stay forever, but…”

“That meant we couldn’t see the kids again,” Stan muttered. “Yeah, it was a trap. They went nuts when we said no and formed an angry mob.”

“Fortunately, only two of them had managed to drink the elixir. Stan knocked those two guys out, and we reached the boat before the rest of them could hobble out of the cove,” Ford finished, trying to repress a grin.

Soos shook his head. “I gotta admit, this is very different from my fanfic of you two. I gotta do some rewrites…”

“I feel a li’l conflicted knocking out two guys who may be a hundred each,” Stan chuckled. “But not too much! And let’s not forget the humongous owl who thought you were her baby!”

“Stan, please don’t…” Ford begged.

“Hey, rescuing you from her perch was the reason I nearly threw my back!” Stan shot back before he started his tale.

Ford just shook his head as he let Stan tell this story. He leaned back on the seat and pulled the neck of his sweater to extract a polished, dark blue stone attached to a necklace. The blue stone was etched with gold symbol that looked like an X fused with a rectangle, with a sort of key-shape protruding from the middle of the X. Ford recently discovered that this was the old Behenian symbol for Deneb Algedi, or “the tail of the goat”, referring to the fish-tail of the celestial sea-goat Capricorn. And just like its fellow sigil, this symbol is shown differently from its Earth counterpart on another dimension, standing on its “tail” with the X raised to the sky.

He rubs the stone with his thumb and tucks it back under his sweater.

(Former) Northwest Manor

Inside a bathroom, Maegella looks at herself in the large oval mirror as she combs her hair. The bags under her eyes were darker since she arrived in this plane of existence. She was unable to recall when she last had a good night’s sleep.

She was delighted when she was reunited with Soos and Wendy the day after she arrived. It seems that her new acquaintance knew the people she was looking for. Between the McGuckets and these young people, it was decided to keep her presence a secret, to surprise the Pines family when they arrive at the mansion.

Maegella agreed.

On the sink in front of her are a pair of scissors she managed to find somewhere. There is also a tattered picture of a blonde girl with a supremely confident look about her that she found in her bedroom. Maegella looks at the girl’s hair before facing the mirror and using the comb to part the hair she is planning to cut.

Author’s note: Oh my goodness, what a dry spell for writing! I got stuck after writing a few paragraphs, but thanks to the abovementioned fanart and a little bit of brainstorming and I manage to churn this out!

The adventures that Ford and Stan shared here was inspired from a post from @fordblogs, a great RP Tumblr account, a post from the famous @moringmark, and a headcanon from @thesnadger.

Here's to hoping I don't wait months before churning out Chapter 3!

#return to rothezar gf #gravity falls #fanfic #au #stanford pines #stanley pines #dimension travel #maegella #wendy corduroy #soos ramirez #fiddleford hadron mcgucket #tate mcgucket #no more writing dry spells #I hope

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howtotrainyournana · 7 years

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Pines Extended Family Roadtrip Shenanigans

So @garrulousgibberish wanted Pines Family roadtrip shenanigans, so here you are Ran! Also, I was blabbering with the lovely @impishnature about all of this as well XD

Despite what anybody else says, WENDY is actually the navigator and is solely responsible for them getting anywhere in any reasonable amount of time without any 'wrong turns' or 'we're just going to see where this thing is i'm sure i can find its' - she puts up with no one's bullshit but will, for the sake of fun, let them go off on adventures that are off the mapped-out route. She's just the one that makes sure that they know how to get BACK on track.

Mabel is queen of the snacks. She has a literal suitcase full of homemade trail mix (complete with brightly colored N&Ns, dried cranberries, and the obligatory glitter), gummi-based snacks, truck-stop candy packages, chocolate, (for some reason prunes????), and of COURSE several gallons of Mabel juice. She also is a QUEEN at roadtrip games and keeps everyone entertained with them.

Dipper is the one in charge of the radio and personally put together a FOUR DAY MIXTAPE so that they would never be without music. To everyone's surprise, it contains a mix of everyone's favorite songs (they were honestly expecting four days of Icelandic Pop music; this was a great relief). There's sea shanties and sad space songs and the whole soundtrack of Secondary School Singing Theater (which gets squeals of delight from Candy, Grenda, Pacifica, and Mabel) along with some indie music, classic rock and roll, and one song that everyone liked but no one could actually remember how it went once it was over (the tape it was on may or may not have disappeared that night; the song had come on when they were driving through a particularly treacherous mountain pass and none of them could particularly remember actually GETTING OUT OF IT but when the song ended they were safely pulling into an RV camping ground at the base of the pass, so none of them were really complaining. Although it was rather strange that they couldn't seem to find the camping ground on the map when they retraced their route later for everyone back home.)

Soos is the one who keeps everybody's spirits up with his undying enthusiasm for the next thing on their list of 'Things To See'. He's also the one who keeps an eye out for Pancake Houses and the signs for cool little cafes and drive-ins to try out. Somehow he ends up finding ALL SIX liminal space restaurants along that particular stretch of highway. Everybody except Ford is a little freaked out by the realization, but after the first few liminal space restaurants end up being really cool and safe and the staff are nice, everyone relaxes. The employees at these places don't seem to mind how obnoxious and frankly ridiculous the Pines Extended family is and they end up being greeted warmly at all the rest of the liminal space stops (all of the liminal spaces for travellers are actually connected, and the employees of each of them call ahead and let each other know who the nice travellers are and who to avoid). Soos gets left at the last liminal space restaurant but thanks to a few kind employees, he's able to make it to a liminal space rest stop ahead of the RV and is waiting for the rest of the family there to pick him up. They do. No one questions it. This is Soos.

Ford and Stan mostly take turns driving, except when Soos and Wendy decided that BOTH of them have reached the Grumpy Old Man Driving quota and are banned from driving for the rest of the day and night. (Wendy has her license by this point and, contrary to popular belief, is actually a very good driver.). Ford is fascinated by every anomaly they encounter but he lets several research opportunities go in favor of perfectly normal roadtrip shenanigans. His family is stranger and more fascinating and endearing than any anomaly he can come across.

Ford also introduces (or re-introduces) everyone to filk, singing a lot himself. Wendy accompanies him on guitar, Pacifica (surprisingly) on harmonica (she and Stan have a bit of a bonding moment over it) and Fiddleford on banjo. Once everyone realizes what filk actually IS, they proceed to spend the rest of the roadtrip off-and-on writing their own roadtrip songs. Since they have no recording equipment other than cell phones, Fiddleford takes it upon himself to invent a recording device that captures video as well and also happens to double as a burglar-safe for the RV.

Fiddleford knows a scary amount of anime opening theme songs, which he can sing - COMPLETELY IN JAPANESE, WITH A PERFECT ACCENT. No on is actually surprised by this. He also has learned Korean after Candy introduced him to Korean dramas and Manwha, which he now watches with her regularly and they converse about in Korean. (Candy also assisted him in building the recording-device/burglar defense, as she has become his assistant and is learning the finer points of robotics and revenge plotting from him).

Pacifica is the one who makes sure people actually BATHE and change their clothes at the campsites each night, because no way in Weirdmaggedon is she riding in an RV full of smelly, poorly dressed people, no THANK YOU. Especially YOU, DIPPER PINES. She also is the one who ends up covering any unexpected expenses on the trip (her family isn't POOR after Weirdmaggedon; they're still rich, just significantly less so. Also, she's started her own highly successful business, so she's decent off herself).

Candy is the medic on the trip. Which isn't too much of surprise, really, given that she's pretty much the only one other than Ford and Wendy who can maintain a cool head in the face of a cut in need of stitches or a Bee-Bear sting. And it's usually Ford or Wendy she's having to take care of, so it makes sense. Candy is also the one on the one on the roadtrip who has read all of the travel pamplets and acts as the impromptu tour guide for every place they visit (she also assists Wendy in navigation at times; Candy is usually Wendy's co-pilot, while Soos makes sure both of the Stans take a break and/or sleep).

Grenda is the one on the road trip who makes sure everyone's phones are charged and who spends a decent amount of time on the phone herself (mostly with Marius, but occasionally with some of the other folks at home to let them know that yes, they are actually all still alive and doing well). When one of the tires goes out on the RV, Grenda lifts THE ENTIRE RV UP so that Stan and Soos can change the tire. Everyone is impressed, and slightly alarmed. Mabel and Candy high-five each other and scream GIRL POWER! At the top of their lungs. The sight of a teenager lifting up an RV single-handedly causes several drivers to lose control of their cars and crash. The Pines extended family notices none of this and goes on their way.

That’s about all from me! I hope you enjoyed this XD

-Nana Graye

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paganpenpals-blog · 7 years

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Name: Roman

Age: 18

Location: Minneapolis, MN, US

Craft: eclectic, but mainly sea, cosmic, and beauty. totally pro-cursing, also Very hellenic

I’m stellunarian agender and please use it/its pronouns or name only

also I’m a huge lesbian

I love makeup and fashion, and anything beautiful honestly! I’m a devotee of Aphrodite, and I worship some other goddesses as well.

I’m a HUGE Gravity Falls fan, my fave characters being Stanford Pines and Pacifica Northwest.

I also love the first two seasons of RWBY, my faves being Neopolitan and Pyrrha (I’m kin with Roman as well)

I love vintage style and I collect anything from the 1800s to the 1970s. I love astrophysics and science in general, and often mix science into my magic. I sort of approach everything with a theoretical viewpoint until I can feel that it’s worked.

I practice tarot and use astrology strongly in my work, my current fave deck is the Cosmos tarot by Light Grey Art Lab (I’m totally biased bc I live near it).

I’m originally from Detroit, and I still love it. I also have all the qualities of a typical Detroiter. Aka, don’t fuck with me no matter how nice I seem.

I can’t stand anti-feminists, homophobes/transphobes, racists, etc. Basically, if you’re a decent person we’re probably cool?

I’d love a penpal who can teach me about other types of witchcraft such as astral work or green witchcraft since I’m trying to incorporate those into my work! Pop culture witches who work with Gravity Falls or RWBY would also be cool! I’d also love a fellow hellenic so we could talk Theoi! I’d also prefer someone who’s a woman/woman-aligned, lunarian, or nb over men due to trauma.

You can contact me at this blog (beautesorciere) or my aesthetic, @stellunarian

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upontheshelfreviews · 7 years

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If you’re new to the blog or just want to revisit from the beginning, click HERE to read the review for “Tourist Trapped”.

Previously on Gravity Falls: Twelve year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are spending the summer in Gravity Falls, Oregon, a little town where the strange and supernatural are almost everyday occurrences. When Dipper’s not trying to learn the identity of the Author of the enigmatic Journal that’s been aiding him in his adventures, or Mabel isn’t trying to start the perfect summer romance, they’re evading ghosts, monsters, zombies, and attracting the attention of a powerful demon who once sought to wreck their great-uncle’s mind. As of late Mabel’s formed a tentative truce with her former rival and rich bitch Pacifica Northwest after saving her from some murderous mini-golf balls, but things are complicated when it comes to her and Dipper…and they’re about to become even more so…

C-can it be? An episode review perfectly appropriate for Halloween at last? Huzzah!! Come everyone, let us partake in the Dance of Joy!

We begin not with the Pines family but with the Northwests in their resplendent mansion overlooking Gravity Falls. Preston Northwest (Nathan Fillion) and his wife are preparing for a gala event they’re set to host the following evening. Pacifica enters wearing the wrong dress – lake foam green, not sea foam green like her mother requested. Pacifica insists that she likes wearing this dress, but her father rings a tiny bell that silences her protests.

Without warning, the plates, silverware and chairs begin to float around the room and smash themselves. Preston insinuates that this unusual occurrence is a strangely familiar one. With only several hours left to deal with this supernatural problem, the Northwests happen upon the one person who could save their party.

The next afternoon Dipper settles himself in for a nice long marathon of his favorite show “Ghost Harassers”. Too bad for him it’s preempted by Mabel, Candy and Grenda wanting to watch live coverage of the rich and famous arriving at the Northwest Mansion for their annual high-society gala. Only the uppest of the upper-crust are allowed in while the common folk must content themselves by tailgating outside the manor gates.

Dipper shares my thoughts on these kind “news stories”; that it’s pointless celebrity worship that nobody should care about, especially when it’s about the Northwests, who have caused them so much trouble in the past. He even says that he’d tell Pacifica Northwest she’s the worst to her face. Then Pacifica shows up at the door asking for his help. His response?

When Mabel overhears Pacifica telling him to name his price for his aid, she demands Dipper give in so she and her friends can attend the party. Dipper and Pacifica reluctantly agree and she drives them up to the mansion. While Candy, Grenda and Mabel fawn over the fanciness, Preston welcomes Dipper and has Pacifica go dress him in more suitable party attire.

The girls get a sneak peek at the guest list and learn a wealthy young hottie from Austria, Marius Von Hauser, will be attending. As much as they want to pursue him Candy says that chasing someone in that league would only end in disaster and they tentatively agree that he’s off-limits. That doesn’t stop Mabel and Candy from taking turns flirting with him when Grenda’s not around since her outspokenness usually scares guys away. But Grenda finds out, they fight, she tries the whole “your shoe’s untied” trick on Marius to prove a point and I’m just getting this B-plot out of the way rather than cutting back and forth to it so we can focus on the A-plot.

All paranormal activity signs point to a painting of a very manly lumberjack in a room decorated with hunting trophies by Gaston (though there’s a surprising lack of antlers in all of this decorating). Dipper’s not too concerned with dealing with the pesky poltergeist, though. When it comes to the Journal’s ghosts, you’ve got your Caspers, your Slimers, your Pinheads and your Freddys to name a few, and chances are a spirit that pops in and out of pictures and just floats furniture around is gonna be in the first category.

And then Sam Raimi takes over directing duties.

Flesh, skin and clothes appear on the skeleton and it takes the form of a disfigured lumberjack with a beard of hellfire. It declares its thirst for Northwest blood and chases the kids through the manor grounds and back. A quick look through the Journal reveals that ghosts from paintings can be trapped in a silver mirror and Dipper spies one hanging on the wall of the bedroom. But Pacifica refuses to let him fetch it since their muddy shoes would ruin her parents’ favorite carpet and get them angry.

While arguing they fall through a portrait into a secret room where discarded furniture and other things are stored away. The ghost follows them in, ripping dust cloths off old paintings and knocking over boxes of silverware in its haste to kill Pacifica. Dipper finds a silver mirror in one of the boxes and throws it in the ghost’s path before it can finish her off. The impact blasts them out the window into the garden, but the ghost is captured and Pacifica uncharacteristically shows a fair bit gratitude to Dipper for saving her life.

The Northwest family thanks Dipper, none more so than Pacifica, and her parting with Dipper is adorably awkward. He leaves to make sure the ghost is exorcised properly, wondering aloud that maybe Pacifica isn’t as bad as he thought. The ghost laughs ominously, saying Dipper’s naivete reminds him of how he once felt when he was alive, and shares his tale:

Years ago the Northwests asked the lumberjacks of Gravity Falls to build them a mansion with the promise that, upon its completion, they would throw a grand party for the entire town once a year. Many hardworking folk died to ensure the mansion was built, but after years of labor the task was done. Yet the Northwests refused to let the common people who toiled away for them to be a part of their celebration and shut the gates to them permanently. As they trudged off, only the lumberjack remained behind to rail against the Northwests; but the deforestation around the mansion’s hilltop caused a terrible mudslide which resulted in his death. With his last breath the lumberjack cursed the Northwests, vowing to return 150 years to the day should the mansion gates still be closed, and spill the blood of the family who could never keep their promises. And not only did the ghost keep his word, but the Northwests knew he would…somehow.

Dipper is furious that the Northwests used him to avoid responsibility. Preston is welcoming guests, including Gravity Falls reclusive and ancient Mayor Befufftlefumpter, when Dipper storms back in. Pacifica is happy he returned but he tells her to can it and accuses them of not breaking the curse when they knew how to do it themselves all along and making him put his life on the line. Preston gloats that there’s no way he could hold a party for the richest, most powerful people in the world and have “his kind” mingle among them. Pacifica tries to apologize that she couldn’t tell him the truth but her father rings the bell again and she instantly shuts up.

This convinces Dipper that Pacifica is as terrible as her whole line and declines the invitation to stay at the party to finish exorcising the ghost. The lumberjack tells him that if he sets him free instead, they can both take revenge on the Northwests and their kind; but Dipper refuses only because Mabel is still at the party and he doesn’t want anything to befall her. He does however give in to the ghost’s final request to take one last look at the forest. Unsurprisingly, it’s a trick to get Dipper to drop the mirror. Once broken, the lumberjack is freed and it flies back to the mansion with Dipper in hot pursuit. He brings the taxidermied animals to life and begins turning all the terrified guests into wood.

Overhearing the lumberjack proclaim the only way to reverse the spell is for a Northwest to open the gates, Dipper searches the mansion for Pacifica and finds her in the hidden room in one of the most striking visuals of the episode.

In an episode that features some of the darkest imagery so far in the series, these are a few brief seconds that have resonated heavily with fans. Here we have Pacifica, raised from birth to act like an adult shown as what she really is – a lonely, scared, sad child.

Pacifica shows Dipper the reason why she’s so down and out with her flashlight. Surrounding her are portraits of every deceitful selfish act committed by her bloodline, things long covered up that she once believed were lies, now sneering down on her.

You wanna know why this room was locked up? This is what I found in here – a painted record of every horrible thing my family’s ever done. Lying, cheating, and then there’s me. I lied to you just ‘cuz I’m too scared to talk to my stupid parents. You were right about me. I AM just another link in the world’s worst chain.

Dipper promises her that it doesn’t have to be this way and they rush back to the great hall, which has become a forest of humans (even Mabel isn’t saved). Dipper confronts the ghost but it turns on him and leaves Dipper screaming for his life as he is transformed into wood.

“The last form you will ever take.”

For the coup de grace, the ghost begins to set the mansion aflame with the intention of burning everyone inside. Pacifica distracts him by promising to open the gates but the ghost calls her bluff. As she reaches for the lever, her parents pop up from a hidden shelter demanding she think of their reputation. Pacifica hesitates, but presses forward.

Then her father brings out the bell.

The tiny ringing drives Pacifica crazy, though to Preston’s annoyance she won’t give in.

And finally she jams down on the lever.

As the plebs pour in, the satisfied spirit gratefully tells Pacifica she is not like her family, lifts his curse and moves on to the afterlife. Preston is helpless as the masses turn his soiree into a uncouth but lively shendig. Even Pacifica and Dipper get in on the fun, messing up the carpet without a care. Pacifica thanks Dipper for believing in her. As for the girls, Mabel and Candy apologize to Grenda and the three reaffirm their friendship. Marius then approaches Grenda, confesses he’s taken by her boldness and gives her his phone number. Everything is going perfectly for nearly everyone…

…until Dipper bumps into Old Man McGucket, who’s been looking for him. He just finished fixing the laptop and wants to warn Dipper that something crazy is about to happen soon, something that could very well mean the end of the world. Dipper’s not in the mood to worry about that kind of thing, however, and he goes back to the party, leaving the inventor to fret over their swiftly impending doom.

This episode is easily among my top ten favorites. “Northwest Mansion Mystery” did to Pacifica what “Society of the Blind Eye” did to Old Man McGucket, taking a character we didn’t think could be capable of such depth and shining a light on them, with the added bonus that “The Golf War” helped foreshadow that. I’ve made no secret in the past that I wasn’t a fan of the one-dimensional valley girl bitch stereotype that Pacifica was in Season One – a sentiment shared by fans and the creators alike – so seeing her do a complete 180 while providing a peek at just why she turned out the way she did was certainly welcome. Those scenes with the bell, while not delved into, are pretty uncomfortable to watch; that on top of Pacifica’s repeated “You wouldn’t understand!” when Dipper asks why she’s so afraid of upsetting her parents brings up some unfortunate implications.

Speaking of Dipper and Pacifica, I never really took the fans shipping them seriously until this episode. In fact…it kind of made me ship them too. Their banter is fun to listen to, there’s some good chemistry, and they end up bringing out the best in one another. Sadly this is as far as a possible romance gets between the two of them, but you need only look as far as the internet if you’re not fully satisfied (just be careful when you do).

This is actually one of the very few episodes where Mabel’s subplot doesn’t really hold my attention; when it goes back to the girls arguing over pursuing Marius I just patiently wait for the scene to end so we’ll return to Dipper and Pacifica. Kevin Michael Richardson does a menacing turn as the lumberjack ghost, though there’s not much of a difference between his voice and the one he does for Sheriff Blubs. And I don’t know what it is about Nathan Fillion and douchebags but he plays them so well. As for the rest of the episode, there’s a lot of great spooky atmosphere, from the colors and strong shadows to the ghost’s haunting, which like I said is very reminiscent of Evil Dead. Much like the episode itself it manages to be both funny and scary, and like the best Gravity Falls’ adventures, is tied together with a lot of heart. And of course, there’s that ending which hints at greater and more terrifying things to come…

And the Internet Went:

End Credits Craziness: In the midst of the ghost’s chaos, a couple hides inside a closet. That couple is none other than… Agents Powers and Trigger in disguise! Powers reports that the bureau is detecting increasing readings from the Mystery Shack, and it’s time for them to act. Then they bicker like a married couple over where Trigger put his cell phone before Tambry stumbles upon them and makes things even more awkward.

Callbacks: Now that the Society of the Blind Eye is no longer a thing, supernatural happenings are gaining more attention as seen by the newspaper in the opening. That same giant vampire bat was featured in the Journal in the very first episode. Mabel and Pacifica are still on good terms after the events of “The Golf War”. Dipper casually rubs in the fact that Pacifica’s family lied about being the town founders as discovered in “Irrational Treasure”. McGucket has kept his word to look into his past and fix the laptop as a result of “Society of the Blind Eye”, though he keeps up the kooky old hillbilly act to throw off suspicion.

And then there’s the way Dipper is frozen into wood, as prophesized by the Shapeshifter from “Into the Bunker”…

There’s also the matter of a book I’ve failed in my duties as a Gravity Falls aficionado to mention, a large oversight considering I own a copy signed by Alex Hirsch (yes, really.) It’s called “Dipper & Mabel’s Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun!”, and it’s a cute little book full of activities and jokes aimed mostly for kids. Why I bring this up, however, is the inclusion of hidden messages sprinkled throughout that foreshadow certain events that were brought to light in this episode: Grenda will marry rich, the mayor of Gravity Falls is not long for this world, and the end of the world will come quicker than the end of summer…

Crowning Line of Hilawesomness: In an episode so full of good ones it’s hard once again to choose, but I think I’ll go with a tie between Pacifica’s confession and what she says to Dipper once she breaks her cute-awkward thank you hug –

“…Can I pay you to pretend that never happened?”

Mabel SWatch (Sweater Watch): Mustard yellow with a cartoon moose and hot pink pine tree border on the sleeves and hem. The pink dress she wears to the party just barely counts as a sweater since she knitted it herself.

Dear Princess Celestabelleabethabelle: Our family’s past and upbringing are not what make us, it’s what we choose to do in spite of it.

Have You Seen the Agents?

“…We really should have picked a better place to hide.”

Where’s that wacky triangle at?

Next time on Gravity Falls –

Hey, I just realized Grunkle Stan wasn’t in this episode. I wonder where he could be…

“Hey Shelf, you finish the review yet?”

(gasp) Kitty!

“Ugh, it’s me, Cynicism. I’m trying out my Halloween costume. I’m going as Optimism. What do you think?”

Wow, I didn’t even recognize you. Nice work.

“Yeah, yeah, save it for the actual holiday. Are you done yet or not?”

Just finished.

“You made any progress with the…you know…”

I wish I could say I did but –

“Oh come ON! It’s been a month since we last talked and you did NOTHING to get ready like you told us?!”

Don’t blame me, I’ve got a life outside this blog you know.

“Yeah, some life. Some life that isn’t even gonna exist with the rest of us if you make one more slip-up. But hey, what do I know? You’re the one sitting around working on your dumb little picture books while ordering everyone else to prepare for the -“

All right, all right, I’ll see what I can do for November!

“You’d better. I know we don’t have that many readers but there’s a fair few who’ve been looking forward to what you’ve had planned since last year.”

You think I don’t know that? You think this is the first time I’ve let my readers down? Listen to me you adorable little abomination, I may be stuck right now when it comes to doing movie reviews, but no matter how long it takes, I always finish what I start.

“Good. Now quit yappin’ and get crackin’.”

I will.

But you know, since I’ll most likely be too busy to go out on Halloween, I might be more motivated to finish quicker if someone were to bring me back some candy…

“…Fine. But I’m gonna throw out the junky ones so it can form into a giant child-eating monster.”

I wouldn’t have it any other way. Gravity Falls Review: “Northwest Mansion Mystery” (S02E10) If you're new to the blog or just want to revisit from the beginning, click HERE…

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