#I hate filbrick pines

[madbard]

Thinking about how the Stan twins were both taught from a young age that life is a matter of transactions. How they were valued only for the money they could bring their family, and how this shaped their lives in such different ways.

Ford was the intelligent one, and this made him valuable. He knew what he had to offer. He knew he was important. (He had to be. Experience had shown him that love was conditional. He had to earn it. He had to be enough.) When Bill Cipher approached him, he confirmed everything Ford wanted so desperately to believe about himself. Imagine that sense of excitement, of accomplishment, of pride and power and relief. Imagine having that final, unshakeable source of external validation - that this being that knew everything and could have chosen anyone, chose you. Imagine knowing exactly what you could do to please this being and, with the understanding that love is conditional, knowing that you could fulfill the requirements for that love. Imagine knowing exactly how to ensure you would be loved, not just by that being but by the family you uplifted and the future you created. All you had to do was satisfy your own curiosity… all you had to do was build a portal. Is it any wonder that Ford fell for Bill’s tricks?

Then we have Stan, the failure. If love was transactional, he could never pay the fee. He knew people only helped you if you had something to offer. And he had nothing to offer, so why would anyone ever help him? Why would anyone care? Of course he didn��t fall for Bill. He couldn’t. When Bill promised gifts and power and happiness, how could Stan believe a word he said? In a world without altruism, such promises could never be trusted. There was always a price to be paid - and Stan had never been able to pay it.

And so the end of the world was triggered and then averted, all because one brother thought he could earn the world’s love, while the other knew he would never earn anything good.

A+ parenting, Filbrick. Truly.

[donothello]

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and they'll be together forever! :]

foreshadowing

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

Family Photos

[tigitaldurtle]

YOU WERE JUST A KID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[itwouldeatyoualive]

we need to kill filbrick pines

[a--messy--blog]

when you're having a good day and it hits you that stanley probably used to promise himself all the time that he would never become his father and he still unintentionally ended up somewhat looking like and acting like his father, filbrick's suit which was never meant to be his was his signature outfit and everyone had perceived him as a greedy grumpy old man who loves money for most of his life

[dreamanddraw]

[dojelofj]

I'll protect you, Stanford.

guys does anyone like petrigrof guysuygasdhfja WHEN DOOMED + DOOMED COMBINED U HAVE DOOMED

so the idea behind this is that fiddleford is protecting ford from bill (who is golb in this case) and eventually fiddleford would have to merge with golb HAHHAHA very funny right

[introvert-slushie]

Currently saw a few people joke about how Ford should take ALL the suffering from Fiddleford and Stanley. I’m keeping my mouth shut, but I can’t take it. Why do we keep blaming the victims? Some of you guys are dense, not to be mean though.

Bill Cipher deserves all the suffering he put Stanford, Fiddleford, Dipper, Mabel, and Stanley though. Filbrick deserves the suffering too of course. Please, get it in your head that victims deal with so much that they deserve to heal.

This is why Alex put Bill in Theraprism, to think about his own actions beyond after death. This is why Alex Hirsch wrote near the end of the book that Ford reconnects with his family and Fiddleford to heal himself.

The difference in their fates is interesting in the end.

I’ll be honest though, I did not like Ford either when I was younger. Once I read Journal 3 and the Book of Bill now that I’m older. I understand and love his character. People act as if they’re mature for siding with Stanley. When really you should side with Stanley and Stanford. We can argue for hours how “bad” either of them are. Really, I think after 10 years since the show ended, Alex gave us Journal 3 and the Book of Bill to wrap it up. Give us an insight of Ford and Bill, along with others.

It’s a good ending to a great show. And I love these characters and their complexities from what we were shown.

[azelmaandeponine]

I love how the Gravity Falls fandom has more sympathy for the abusers (Bill and Filbrick) than the victims (Ford and Stan).

Yeah. I totally LOVE how they'll bend over backwards to excuse and woobify the literal abusers, then victim blame and demonize the victims. /s

This fandom hates abuse victims SO MUCH.

[rainy-matcha]

I NEED TO SAY. Ford I think is still a good person at his core despite his many mistakes and more narcissistic tendencies. I could never hate him

[asiuapng]

Alexa, play Like Him on repeat

[inkyrainstorms]

Guilt

[bisexual-baybie]

Caryn Pines I love you so much thank you for giving me the loves of my life Stanford Pines and Stanley Pines.

Filbrick Pines, kill yourself. And if you don’t I will do it for you.

I will illegally buy an untraceable shotgun, kidnap you, tie you up to a chair with zip ties, shoot your kneecaps and wait hours before finally putting you out of your misery.

I love to think that you’ll be in pain before you die, and the way I finally put you out of your misery is I will put the shotgun barrel in your mouth and make you pull the trigger with your toes. I don’t care if they hurt. I hate you Filbrick.

[oleandrings]

Stupid idiot baby who I love

[egginfroggin]

*yeets this and runs*

My hand regrets my decision to try for more realistic wings, frankly

Transcriptions:

Mabel Pines - Steller's Jay

Dipper Pines - Blue Jay

fledglings

can't quite fly yet

wing's aren't adult-sized yet

Dipper often forgets to preen

Mabel likes to put glitter in her wings (and Dipper's, when possible)

Dipper collects his primaries to make quill pens

Mabel collects their feathers for crafting

Yeah so I'm just gonna drop this here and uhhhhh run, thanks for checking this, and I hope you have a good day

(program: krita; time taken: about 1 hr 45 minutes)