#Mable PInes

[mrscaracal]

Yes to this!

But my headcanon is that everyone else's memories would be just that: memories, like a film that you simply walk through, unable to interact with anything or anyone and them being unaware (meanwhile in Stan's memory both Soos and Stan - not only Stan -were aware that Dipper was there).

Stanley is one of the very few beings in the multiverse who has so much control on his mindscape. AND he is able to keep it while Bill Chiper is in his mind! AND, even more impressive, he's able to cede his control on his own mindscape to someone else! (In my headcanon, that's the most awe-inspiring part. That Mabel, Soos, and Dipper were able to control someone else's mindscape to such degree to be able to stand against Bill.

It would be so funny also if he manipulated the "secret" hatch with Mr.Tummy (it was something related to Ford) and the door opening into the bottomless pit right when Bill lost possession of the safe code. He was also being a little shit with the "whatever is that, it's gone forever" and sassily shut the door in Gideon and Bill's face. It's just too funny!

I also headcanon that the kids winning against Bill was also his mind "helping", and this is why, when Bill was being blasted out of Stanley's mind, he had to "teleport" them all in a completely neutral space.

More headcanon: Bill had to shift in Soos' form and follow the kids or he would have been booted out of Stan's mind/not being able to move forward, because Stan recognized him as a malevolent entity, like an immunity system recognize a virus.

Evidence of my headcanons: Ford, who arguably has years of experiences in the mindscape, could not manipulate HIS OWN MINDSCAPE to such a degree. He didn't recognize Bill until he laughed, and did not try and summon a gun/bat/shotgun to blast him away. He was powerless. In his own mindscape, where he, if we follow Stan's logic, should have been all-powerful.

does anyone else have the headcanon that the level of control we see stan having over his mindscape (stan being able to talk to dipper in a memory, stan being able to make his memories into a giant labyrinth and seemingly able to perfectly hide most of the ford memories from everyone else) is, like, exclusive to him?

of course ford would know how to control and shape his own mindscape thanks to previous coaching from his Muse, but, like, stan has had to live a billion lives as fake identities. i headcanon that the mental discipline required to keep his story straight that many times allowed him to build a really thorough and hard-to-navigate mindscape, as well as suppress it all near-instantly in weirdmageddon 3 in order to trick bill

all this to say. i think if you went in soos or wendy’s mindscape and tried to do the same thing dipper did by talking to their memories, their memories would probably start screaming hysterically about being told they’re a memory and the gang would realize that stan is an outlier.

[meme-junkyard]

When you nefariously plan for decades only to be thwarted by a bunch of tweenagers that barely even know what they’re doing

[paranormal-kids-ask-blog]

What relations do your have with mabel and dipper grunkles?

[will-2-69]

[author-of-oddities]

The Fall of the House of Pines

Gravity Falls AU based off the Fall of the House of Usher!

After college, Ford and Fiddleford move out to Gravity Falls together to pursue their research. Just as they start to gain traction, Stanley contacts them, deciding to ask for their help when his 'traveling con-artist' scheme doesn't go as planned (for the 50th time). However, they hit a roadblock, and with an additional person under their roof, their funds start to dwindle much sooner than they expected.

During a night out in the town, the Pines twins encounter a mysterious man who speaks of fortune and fame, promising them that they'd face no legal repercussions for it either. Stan could become quite the successful business man, or Ford could become a renowned scientist. Or both, if that's what they desired. This wealth would trickle onto future generations of the Pines family- chosen or through blood. And, to sweeten the deal, the price id deferred, to be footed by the future generations. Just before Ford would die, the rest of the Pines bloodline- along with anyone close enough to be considered family- would die with him. When asked, Bill explains that he's a creature of curiosity, and yearns to see what a family would do if given this much power.

They agree, considering that, at their current state the only people they'd rope into this are Shermie and Fiddleford. However, time marches on, and Bill has proven to stick to his word. Stan becomes the founder of StanCo, which has opened headquarters around the world. He sold off the company, but continues to ear revenue from it, which is more than enough to aid in funding Ford's research. He's published several scientific papers in various journals, written textbooks, and aided in jumpstarting Fiddleford Computermajigs.

Together, the three of them are able to reach every aspiration they'd ever had professionally, finding themselves conveniently devoid of legal backlash from inventions and claims that didn't work as expected.

It's not until a young Soos stumbles into their lives that they realize the potential impact of their deal. Eager to follow in Fiddleford's footsteps, he's taken in as an apprentice, but also finds a fatherly figure in Stan, who, despite claiming not to care, makes sure Soos has everything he needs to succeed.

In his spare time, Stan decides to launch his next greatest idea: a tourist trap in the middle of nowhere. The Mystery Shack. One day, a newly-teenage Wendy walks in, hoping to find a job. With her gusto, fueled by her need for independence from her family, she's just the type of kid Stan hopes to hire. With their rural upbringings in common, Wendy finds comfort in Fiddleford, who, in time, begins to see her as something of a daughter.

Two years pass, and soon enough, Dipper and Mable are on their doorstep. The boy, who was astounded to learn that his Great Uncle was the Stanford Pines, is quickly swept into research, experiments, and fieldwork with his idol. Mable, who had always been more of a free spirit, is fueled by Stan's generosity towards her. If she has an idea, he's right there, with funding and words of encouragement to back it. Although her human-sized hamster balls didn't rock the marker like she'd intended, Fiddleford and Soos were happy to make her a prototype that she could roll around town in with pride.

It's only as the summer comes to an end that Stan and Ford realize the depth of their deal from years ago. Without even trying, Wendy and Soos had made their way into the brother's hearts, earning themselves the family status. And even if Dipper and Mable hadn't stayed for the summer, they were Shermie's grandkids by blood. Inadvertently, they had put an early cap on these four innocent lives.

There's two ways this AU could 'conclude', so to speak. Both would take place when the Pines Twins enter their early twenties and Stan falls ill, making the older twins realize the clock is ticking a little too quickly.

More tragic and akin to The Fall of the House of Usher. Despite Stan and Ford's attempts at bargaining, Bill stands firm in his position. There was no telling that they'd have, or get attached to this new generation of the family, but nothing guaranteed that they wouldn't, either. However, Bill opts to take pity on them, realizing that none of the younger Pines are as greedy or selfish as the older ones had proved themselves to be. No passing would be overly brutal, and each one would go doing something they loved.

Follows the Gravity Falls canon more closely. Stan and Ford track down Bill, demanding that the deal be called off. They both offer anything and everything, but he doesn't budge. It isn't until Ford offers him a spot in the human world, permanently, that he considers. Ford would give up his body, swapping places with Bill and living the rest of his life in the mindscape. Eventually, Bill agrees to this, and gives him a week to get his affairs in order before they swap. The next week, Stan and Ford arrive with a plan. Bill enters Ford's mind, only to discover that it's not really Ford's at all. It's then that Ford pulls the trigger of the memory gun, erasing Bill from Stan's mind, and therefore existence. However, with Bill gone, the protection and promises he offered also vanished. The older Pines begin to swim in lawsuits and repercussions. Thankfully, Mable's go-getter attitude has allowed her to build a small fortune of her own, which is just enough to keep her Grunkles afloat as their companies collapse and debts are repaid

[tearosepedall]

EDIT : THIS IS A MEME DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY (and seriously just don’t be Rude????? Like wtf lol)

[time-woods]

they wer having a twins race

[friskdaferret]

"Did you hear what they said? I think Grunkle Ford said they're gonna get us puppies made of ice cream. Might be wishful thinking though."

Hey so you know how in this scene, we've all kind of agreed that Mabel is lying to protect Dipper's feelings about the author and all since what she was listening to was Stan and Ford fighting.

Makes a bit more sense now huh

[drizzledrawings]

I love you gravity falls

[ovisghost]

this one did numbers on tiktok

[tyrannosarahsrex8]

Welcome to the “whoops! I accidentally started got manipulated into starting the apocalypse!” Club. Members being Jonathan Sims and Mable Pines. They’re both ✨traumatised✨

Bonus comic

[squidflavoredsoup]

stupid thing i did

[1spooky2me]

Tests and Tension

Let’s see if I actually finish the story before the fandom dies again.

Part 1

[stompandhollar]

Honestly the most revolutionary thing about Gravity Falls to me is its commitment to sincerity.

I’ve been listening to Alex’s podcast where he goes into the details of each episode with different storyboard artists and writers who worked on the show, and it just baffles me how… cared for the story is. Right now in media there’s been an uptick in satire, and shows making fun of themselves for existing, or taking the piss at their own content to “win” fans to their side. It’s like whimsy is gone from so many pieces of media. But Gravity Falls just doesn’t… do that. It completely embraces itself. Weirdness and all. And so does the team behind it. I’m not used to something I care about being so cared about by everyone surrounding it.

Here’s this cartoon, written and illustrated by an entire team of people saying, “no, we’re serious. we mean this. we made this on purpose and we made it important.”

Throughout the podcast, Alex discusses little ins and outs of each character, offering so much deep internal struggles and enriching the story even farther. And listening to him unpack it with the utmost sincerity just warms my heart. Each character is so dynamic because they were cared for by people who imbued them with sincerity.

That’s exactly why we get quotes like “Shame is powerful, but it grows in the dark,” as Ford realizes the trauma he’s hidden for so long is being embraced by his family, diminishing it’s weight on him through their immediate support.

It’s why we get Alex describing Stanley with quotes like; “I always in my gut thought of him as somebody with a huge well of sadness, a loss of human connection. And that need to please? That need to get laughs from the crowd, and putting on a big show? He’s trying to get from them the affection he never got from his family, and that he lost with his brother.”

Or detailing how Mabel might be a goof… but half the time she’s doing a bit, because she’s really more mature than her brother and doesn’t want him to grow up too fast. She’s trying to help ground him and bring lightheartedness into his life. Because she knows otherwise, he’ll become too self isolated.

And those two mini character studies he dropped so casually in these podcast episodes just… color the show. It’s why the show survived so well even after ten years. It’s gruff-old Stan always calling his niece “Pumpkin” and “Honey”. It’s the family always holding hands without it behind laced with a joke, and falling asleep on one another in the car. It’s Alex explaining that people toyed with other endings, other plot lines, other twists, but it was always going to end with Stan and Ford mending the family tie they severed thirty years ago. Because that was their story. Messes and family and care.

Ten years ago, watching it for the first time as it came out, I felt all that. But now, as an adult, knowing that all the other adults who made it felt the exact same way? :,) What a special story we all got to grow up with, and get to continue being apart of.

[mrshka]

[b1p0]

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