#A GREAT POST

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[devious-buffoon]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

[flame-shadow]

hey did you know??? that if you stop stretching and maintaining mobility in your body then it goes away?? things get tight and you can't move the way that you used to??? and when you decide to try getting a stretch routine going that the first week fucking sucks because you keep going 'damn i used to be able to do this no problem' and then you have to switch gears and be kind to yourself and just focus on getting better from here instead of berating yourself for dropping the good habits in the first place??? and your body never stops aging so you gotta keep taking care of it and sometimes you gotta take care of it extra in certain areas because of things that happened when you were younger and it's boring and sometimes hurts but it's so necessary???

i am yelling this at myself right now i am going through An Experience (trying to get into a routine of body maintenance again for my physical and mental health)

[technovillain]

i come from the universe where everything is the same except disney heroines get like an ounce of their fathers' obviously dominant genes and their clothes are like 80% more historically accurate. it's beautiful here.

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[chatxkilluaxnoir]

My own thoughts about ur post and what you are talking about in general under a "Read more" cut, because of The Book of Bill Spoilers. Might remove the "Read more" cut at some point, after TBOB has been out for awhile, so Spoilers are less of a worry. Anyways, the rest of my reblog under the "Read more" cut.

"I’ve been seeing an interesting divide in the fandom about how they feel about Dipper and Mabel’s parents having marital issues.

"It changes the show a lot, in terms of how the kids act, why they got sent to Gravity Falls, why Dipper was looking for an idol, and why Mabel didn’t want summer to end. I’ve seen some people hate it and some people like it. I am the latter."

I personally love it too (well, as long as no one uses it as an excuse and/or "reason" to hate on Mabel or Dipper or call them selfish and/or etc., because I have seen some of that. Not a lot, but some - hopefully it will stay being very low, if not hopefully become basically zero at some point. A person can hope -, and I don't like it. AT ALL. They are both awesome, and kids, and complex, and flawed, and just dealing with stuff like humans and kids, man), and I find the divide it has caused to be a bit weird (personally, at least).

Like, as u point out, there are signs and stuff about Dipper's dreams/nightmares. Like them both seeking stability, Dipper seeking authority figures, through a possible reason or part of the reason why Dipper and Mabel were sent to Gravity Falls, some of the ways Mabel and Dipper react and behave: Like relying on each other a lot - though, that is partially because they are siblings and twins -, common responses what Dipper's nightmares could imply. I.e. trying to grow up too fast, or never wanting to grow up. Some of the more general ways they behave and/or react. Etc.

Like, I find it very weird people think there was no pssoble signs of this in the show or it makes the ending make less sense and/or etc. (which, I don't agree with. And I think things make even more sense in some ways), when there is.

I am not saying people have to think think/agree with parents having major trouble between them. Because it is very much up to interpretation.

Like, are they just in a rough patch, something worse, something better. If they are in a rough patch, will things get better, worst, something in-between?

What exactly Dipper even heard in the fight in the first place, because we don't even know exactly what Dipper overheard in the fight (what he did hear, got his overthinking mind to get even more paranoid, which caussed reoccuring nightmares though) to get him upset. There are various reasons why his parents sent them away, that don't even mean them having some spusal issues.

It is VERY much up to interpretation (which, I can really like. Also, I am an UT/DR fan, and lot of stuff in UT/DR are up to interpretation. Which I can really like in it/them. And me being an UT/DR fan, me liking interpretation and/or being used used it, is almost a given). People can interpret things in different ways (they like) and in so many ways. So I really don't think it something that should cause so much a divide and/or etc. imo.

(Also, if people really wanted to, u don't' even have to use stuff from The Book of Bill, if the want or pick and choose from it. It is an outside source from the show itself after all. Though, it is quite the good outside source, I think. And/or etc.

(And even the show itself, if u really want to pick or choice or have different interpretations and stuff. U can. Also, there is still like Death of the Author if people want to use that (more). And/or etc.).

(I also think it is good to keep in mind that Bill isn't really a completely reliable narrator either. In various ways and for various reasons).

I also think this makes Dipper and Mabel even more complex, and feel even more real, developed, etc. than before (which was already a lot). And helps expand the (expanded) Pines family even more (while still keeping things a lot up to interpretation and very open. Which I think is very cool).

And I also think expands (/deepens) stuff and etc. in general in a good way. Imo.

Anyways done now.

Great post and take! Just an awesome job with this (ur post).

Book of Bill Spoiler

I wanna talk about this

I’ve been seeing an interesting divide in the fandom about how they feel about Dipper and Mabel’s parents having marital issues.

It changes the show a lot, in terms of how the kids act, why they got sent to Gravity Falls, why Dipper was looking for an idol, and why Mabel didn’t want summer to end. I’ve seen some people hate it and some people like it. I am the latter.

Marriage problems doesn’t always mean a terrible home life, or abuse. Dipper wasn’t supposed to hear it, which means his parents are keeping it behind closed doors and not letting their issues become the twins’.

Which makes me believe this isn’t an abusive situation. Alex will torture the shit out of Stan and Ford (we know this), but Dipper and Mabel are precious to him, I don’t think he would put them in a bad/dangerous home life.

If Dipper’s having nightmares about it, it’s because it’s Dipper. He’s an anxious and paranoid kid, who makes mountains out of molehills and overthinks absolutely everything.

We don’t know the status of Mr and Mrs. Pines’ relationship. For all we know, the summer was just what they needed to patch things up, and everything was fine when the kids came home. But if at the end of the summer they have the oh-so-infamous sit down with the twins about a change in their family, it’s not inherently a bad thing.

Yes. The twins would be devastated if their parents separated.

Dipper would be extra moody and angry and our hopeless romantic Mabel would fall into a depression. I can see them both diving into distractions and finding comfort more with their Gravity Falls family. Keeping up with the Stans, Soos and Melody, Wendy, and Pacifica.

But things would settle down eventually, theyd get into a routine and eventually see how much happier their parents are. I can also see Mabel being excited she gets to decorate two bedrooms for herself, and getting to play matchmaker for her parents. Dipper would learn to live with it eventually, and I’m sure all he wants is to see his parents happy, but I think he’d fight it longer than Mabel does.

But they’d be okay.

This stuff happens, and I honestly love the representation, as a child of divorced parents. I don’t see it very often in children’s media, and I couldn’t relate to characters who had parents who got along with each other when I was a kid. And usually if they had step-parents it was because one of the parents died or something.

This is, classic Alex, left up to interpretation as to what’s happening in the Piedmont Pines’ household.

But whatever it is, our Mystery Twins will go through it together

[reasonsforhope]

If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

[eldritch-elrics]

obsessed with the april fools day joke from the another crab's treasure devs

[stemmmm]

more people gotta try this shit where bill has not improved and will not change but he's just chilling so its fine probably. its great

[lilmagiceverywhere]

via @/_weloveyou__ on tiktok

[boltlightning]

when a brit is playing an american and it's getting really emotional and the actor is holding onto those hard r sounds by their fuckin fingernails

[freshydip]

[ofhoovesandheart]

“midnight blue” sand wash basin stallion 🌪️

[punksalmon]

"it's the date night cologne," buck repeats

[stars-and-birds]

Dana’s last ‘fuck you’ to Disney

He/they collector

Genderqueer/bi-gender papa king

TWO girlfriend kisses

Onscreen mlm kiss

Implied aladarius

a happy ending to the bi/enby couple

A happy ending to the aro/ace character

And

Death to the white Christian puritain

[victusinveritas]

Hunter S. Thompson wrote this a week after 9/11