#both in the portal betrayal and the conclusion of Weirdmageddon

[lou-is-here-and-queer]

Idk if you guys even care but it's actually so important to ME that Ford decides to leaves his toxic triangle ex bf on read, that he chooses to leave him where He's at instead of hunting him down bc now he's got better, He's got people who love him and he doesn't need to be chosen by a god to worship or to destroy him.

But it's also important to me that he still read! The! Book! He is not 100% detached from him and it makes sense! Bill used to be everything to Ford, he gave this relationship turned divorce 30 years of his life! Of course it leaves a mark! It can't be fully erased, he calls the looking back during the funeral bittersweet (a funeral is hosted at all!)

But he knows it wasn't good for him he knows better, he has better and he is healing. So he feels the itch to take a peek sometimes but he isn't going back.

[chromatic-demon-blog]

Mental Disorder Headcannons for the Pines family.

Dipper Pines- PDD and minor to moderate anxiety.

 Dipper strikes me as someone with a disorder called Pervasive Developmental Disorder or PDD which is a form of autism that cannot be pinned down to an exact location on the spectrum and as someone who has PDD myself I notice many similarities between Dipper’s behavior and my own at his age like the abnormal intelligence but somewhat slower processing speed especially when Mabel was able to come to a conclusion on something faster than Dipper with Dipper technically being the brainy one. His social skills are also a little lack luster which is also something PDD effects which is often depicted in the show when he tries to talk to the opposite gender which most will say is merely an age thing but I disagree seeing as Mabel can confidently talk to boys being the same age as Dipper. He also seems uncomfortable in some social situations like with Wendy and her friends where Mabel was able to easily mingle with them. He also strikes me as someone with minor to moderate anxiety seeing he often questions things a lot and often looks nervous in certain situations often concerning things with Ford’s journals while Mabel often seems at ease or reasonably concerned. One major scene where I see his possible anxiety get the best of him is the portal scene where he is more adamant about shutting the portal down than trusting Stan and by extension his own sister.

 Mabel Pines- ADHD

 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder seems to be the only problem I can see in Mabel mentally because dear god the energy this child produces is unreal and again speaking from the viewpoint of someone diagnosed with ADHD I was damn near the same as her at twelve only difference is she acts like me without any medication which is to say hyper and practically bouncing off the walls which makes me think Mabel may not have any detrimental problems that associate with her ADHD to warrant medication such as a stimulant which also leads me to believe her ADHD makes her oblivious to how her Mabel Juice reacts with others seeing as Stan describes it as “if nightmares and coffee had a baby” and we all know coffee is stimulant and if any of you know anything about ADHD stimulants have little effect on people plagued by this disorder so where Mabel Juice may wire someone up it may be used by Mabel herself to calm her down or keep her at an even energy level.

 Stanley Pines- Bipolar Disorder, slight Kleptomania and Depression

 Okay so Stan was a little harder to come to a conclusion to what was wrong with him but I have deduced he is quite possibly bipolar to some extent. Reason being his moods in the show often changed rapidly sometimes without reason and can often appear happy or sour for no specific reason or rather odd reasons seeing as with my bipolar I often get confused why I feel a certain way at a certain time. Since bipolar disorder was not made an actual diagnosis until 1980 chances are Stan would have never gotten tested or even cared to be in any case seeing as he would probably add it to his list of flaws making his low self-esteem worse. His next mental problem stems mainly from a survival habit which in my opinion is a slight Kleptomania or uncontrollable need to steal because let’s be honest Stan probably stole a lot of shit to survive in the beginning since he was out on his ass at seventeen or eighteen years old and I bet if you look at his criminal record you’re gonna find theft or theft related crimes on there. I mean hell he even stole from a witch in the show and lost his hands over some damn chintzy watch this right there shows minor kleptomania seeing as he didn’t need it he just wanted it. Also Ford even says in Journal 3 that the golf cart we constantly see in the show is stolen too! Finally a huge thing with Stan is depression caused by multiple factors like his low self-esteem, his feeling of inferiority compared to his brother, the science experiment accident and everything leading up to and after the portal incident. However I think after the show Ford would have helped him with his kleptomania or helped him control it or utilize it to benefit them seeing as Ford is far from an honest saint the fandom seems to paint him to be and Stan would have all but managed his depression now that he had his brother back and helping him build his confidence and self-esteem as well as making an effort to make up for the past.

 Stanford Pines- PDD, slight Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Insomnia and PTSD.

 Okay finally onto Ford who I can honestly say is the worst of the Pines family when it comes to being screwed in the head. Now like Dipper I believe he also has Pervasive Developmental Disorder and could very well be the one Dipper inherited from seeing as Dipper and him share a lot of behavioral characteristics and I can honestly say Ford and I both being adults share minor behavioral characteristics such as savant like intelligence in certain areas and lack luster social skills like when talking to or romanticizing with the opposite gender which can contribute to why some people with my disorder feel better being around, talking with or romanticizing the same gender (I mean there are literally no straight ships for this poor owl [i.e. Stancest, Billford, Fiddauthor, RICKFORD…need I go on.]) Ford would not have been diagnosed much like Stan’s bipolar due to the fact it was not a diagnosis until 1980 also and like Stan I doubt he would have cared seeing as he was a freaking genius and by then cared more about his work than his social skills past present his findings to important people in the future. His slight Body Dysmorphic Disorder I can see stemming from his negative focus on his sixth finger which in my opinion is pretty cool and I would say that right to his face but with this disorder he cannot accept this is just part of his features and often has nothing positive to think about the extra digit leading it to be a psychological detriment due to the excessive bullying it brought upon him. Now the insomnia is a newer disorder that is brought upon him post Bill’s betrayal when he was desperately trying to stay awake in order to dodge Bill’s possession and could have quite possibly trained his body to not need as much sleep as a normal human thus developing insomnia where sometimes he won’t sleep at all. Another play on his insomnia could be his mind associating sleep with danger even though Bill can’t actually possess Ford after he returns home to his dimension. Finally his PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could have happened after coming back from his thirty yearlong portal excursion where he could have seen things that mentally scarred him or post Weirdmageddon after Bill tortured him and turned Gravity Falls into a reasonable depiction of Hell.

 All in all this is my headcannons for mental disorders for the Pines family which I think adds more character and depth to each Pines and what may honestly make them tick and act the way they do. And yes some of this is written from personal knowledge since I have PDD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression and have had a klepto habit when I was younger on top of knowing people personally who are insomniacs to an extent and people with anxiety. I also know a lot of military people with PTSD. I am not an expert with Body Dysmorphic Disorder but in my days in the psych ward I have developed enough of an understanding to understand that Ford is definitely a poster child for this disorder. These are mere headcannons but I just can’t ignore some of the signs in each of the Pines family that resonate with me and some of my personal experiences.