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tswwwit · 2 years ago

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So not sure if it was asked before (my apologies if so) but after rereading Faking it I’ve been wondering if what happened to Ford would have happened to Dipper if they were to switch places. Like you mentioned in the fic how Dipper realizes that the main advantage he had and the reason he wasn’t tricked by Bill is that he, as opposed to Ford, knew that Bill was a demon from the beginning. So my question is would Dipper be able to see through the flattery and lies quickly enough on his own or it would be a case of pure luck as it was with Stanford?

This hasn't been asked before, and it's a nice question!

Ford and Dipper are both intelligent. They're both ambitious and clever! But Ford's... a little more full of himself, and less emotionally intelligent. He saw Bill's arrival into his life, took his pleasant polite demeanor at face value, coveted the power and intelligence and thought: Great! This is amazing! With this creature working by my side, I can do amazing things!

Dipper in the same situation would think: Great! This is amazing! ....wait a minute. 'Great' stuff never happens out of nowhere, or at least not for free. What's the catch?

Where Ford's ambition shows him vast opportunity, Dipper's cynical nature outlines all the possible traps. Even if there aren't any there! He'd be much more of a skeptic when it came to great stuff just. Being handed to him.

Overall, Bill could have fooled Dipper - but he would've had a harder time of it.

#answers #Though that's not saying much. I imagine for Bill fooling Ford was a piece of cake #Ford was just too caught up in the enthusiasm of SCIENCE and being GREAT that he was blind to the subtler warning signs #Dipper can be fooled too! But he'd be more of a puzzle #A temptation could work on him as long as he knew what the downside or catch was #Makes it look more realistic and honest #It also gives him a Known Problem to work around and preoccupy himself #Honestly Bill's best tactic to take would be offering all the great stuff he offered Ford #*And* mention he's a demon #Or some other downside like 'once you learn X amount of things I'll own your soul'#Which is a lie but would also get Dipper calculating how *much* he could learn before said soul being taken #Trying to figure that puzzle out would keep him well distracted from a bunch of other stuff #While Bill could then create Other more Sinister problems that Dipper wouldn't think to look for #But if Bill started out with simpering flattery and sweet talking and being Nice (fake) and Polite (fake)#Dipper would have been paranoidly fending him off with a broom within the hour

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