#gravity falls theories

[thepotatowithahat]

Disturbing Hidden Messages on Thisisnotawebsitedotcom

@itsrachnime

If you type in Naitsauf and sign the contract from Bill, then type in Mabel or Dipper's name into the computer and click on the knob, some weird creepy messages start play. I've reversed all these messages and tried my best to find out what they say in this video.

(Skip to 0:45 and 1:28 if you want to hear the messages reversed)

The first message seems to be saying "Someone help, the murderer's name is Bill" though I could be wrong.

The second message, when reversed, might be saying. "I'm tired. Everything is burning. Out of this cabin. You killed us all. Remember us."

I'm surprised not many people are talking about this, but my theory is that the person speaking may be someone from Bill's old dimension (which he destroyed) warning us about Bill. That or maybe they are speaking directly to Bill, tormenting him by reminding him about what he's done, since it's clear Bill feels an immense amount of guilt for destroying his home dimension. I do wonder why the messages change depending on whose name you put in though. Let me know what you guys think.

[cuntnikida]

btw bill canonically has a mother and father and therefore triangles can reproduce (most probably in pairs). that means the triangles canonically have reproductive organ(s). however we do not see any on bill, even though he is mainly naked. except his bow. which means the only sensible conclusion is that his bow hides whatever reproductive organ(s) he posseses.

[coolunspokenforname]

I was watching 'a tale of two Stans' the other day and suddenly realized something. Perpetual motion machines shouldn't have technology making it work. That's, like, the whole point of a perpetual motion machine. To not need machinery to work. Turns out Ford's as much of a scam artist as Stan, he's just better at hiding it.

[luxsitos]

Do You guys noticed how GOOD METHAFORE ITS FIDDLEFORD AND THE MEMORY GUN ABOUT REAL DRUG ADDICTION?

He started using the gun as soon as his life became complicated, and when he saw that it had satisfactory results, he started using it more, to the point that he did it with such excess that it began to affect him in healthily, mentally, socially, as a family, as everything.

And he ends up just being a crazy, lonely old man, without even a home.

Man, Things I didn't realize when we were kids.

[nerdyblog8]

[Date of origin: Oct 6th 2014]

Stan's Twin Theory

Hey, this is a new blog dedicated to Gravity Falls, and specifically to theories about Gravity Falls. We have some interesting (possibly far-fetched) theories. This is one of them.

Stan’s Twin Theory:

Stan has to have a brother (although not necessarily a twin), because he’s Dipper and Mabel’s Great-Uncle, and they all share the same last name, therefore he must have a brother. However, we believe he has a twin. Here’s why:

twins are genetic (and the gene can skip generations) 

There are some pieces of evidence found in the show that supports our claim

We also believe that Stan’s twin may be the Author. Here’s why:                            

1. The Hiding Spot

Look, a hole in the ground

In Tourist Trapped, Dipper found the 3rd book in the forest near the Mystery Shack. This may seem like a stretch, but think about it! where would you hide something important that you might want to access easily? By your house.                                        

Gideon’s factory

In The Hand that Rocks the Mabel it is shown that Gideon’s family factory is located on Gopher Road, the same street as the Mystery Shack. 

The Mystery Shack’s address via the Deed is 618 Gopher Road.

This could explain how Gideon found the 2nd Journal. 

And it’s interesting to note that Gideon was searching for the 1st Journal at the Mystery Shack. 

Possible hiding spots

There are possible hiding spots listed in the 2nd Journal, they seem to be located around a building similar to the Mystery Shack.

2. The Bunker

The Bunker is located underground, in the forest near the Mystery Shack.

There is a sign on the wall of the bunker that says that it is a nuclear fallout shelter. Now, where would you build a fallout shelter? Near your house of course! During times of bomb scares people would build fallout shelters in their backyard.

And since the Author did experiments in the bunker and was observing a shapeshifter, it would be more convenient for him to have the bunker close to the place where he lived. 

3. The Glasses              

In Carpet Diem, a secret room is discovered in the Mystery Shack, and Stan finds a pair of glasses.                                                                  

Stan finds the glasses

Later he is seen staring at the glasses, and he frowns at them in both scenes.

Stan contemplating the glasses

This could possibly represent an old memory of a friend or *cough* brother. It is obvious that someone lived in that room at some point, so why would Stan want to cover it up?

!!!

In Dreamscapers, it is shown in the 2nd Journal that the Author was surprised to see glasses on the Bill Cipher wheel, possibly because those are his glasses.Take a look at the glasses, they are similar to the ones found in the secret room.

We don’t think these are Stan’s glasses because his glasses are square with rims at the bottom, while the glasses found in the room and on the wheel don’t have rims at the bottom and are rounded.

Also in Dreamscapers, is a flash back of Stan when he was just a wee lad.

Notice his glasses are square and have rims at the bottom.

Here is Stan a little bit older. Notice that he still has square rimmed glasses.

But, in The Time Traveler's Pig, a younger “Stan” is shown with round glasses without rims at the bottom. His glasses look exactly like the one’s found in the secret room. 

Is this really Stan?

Also, this “Stan” has a cleft chin, whereas we have never ever once seen Stan with a cleft chin (not even in flashbacks). 

4. The Calender

Another small point: the calendar in the secret room has the date July 4, 1982 circled. It can be assumed that 1982 is the year the room was abandoned.

The room definitely looks like it hasn’t been touched since the 80’s

However, in the Author’s bunker, there is a calendar on the wall. Guess what year is on the calendar. 1982.

The calendar in the Mystery Shack and the calendar in the Author’s Bunker are from the same year, 1982. 

This suggests that both the room in the Shack and the Bunker were abandoned around the same time. 

5. Wrestling Match Flashback

In a brief scene in Stan’s flashback in Dreamscapers, we see young Stan at a wrestling match. There is a kid reading a book in the stands that looks very similar to child Stan, he even seems to be wearing the same clothing.

Could this be Stan’s twin?

6. The Swing-set 

In Dreamscapers, Stan’s mindscape is very creepy. One notable object in Stan’s mind is a dilapidated swing-set. This is the stuff of horror movies. 

Good times

Since we can assume everything in the mind is a symbol of a significant part of Stan’s life, then this swing-set is very telling. It likely symbolizes a broken childhood. Since it is a two swing swing-set, it could symbolize another person, likely from Stan’s childhood. A close friend… or sibling…

The fact that only one of the swings is broken is also interesting. In Into the Bunker, the Shapeshifter states that the Author “hasn’t been himself in 30 years” suggesting that he probably went crazy. 

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Are all these merely coincidences? Maybe… But this is Gravity Falls we’re talking about. This show is filled with foreshadowing, plot twists, and secrets. There is just no way that all of this could be a coincidence. 

So, what do you think? Is this a stretch? Or are we on to something? Feel free to comment with your own theories. The more the merrier! :)

[stickycircuits]

What would've happened if they completed the zodiac?

[miss-americanbi]

was chatting with my brother about gravity falls (again) and i said something like “man, can you believe stan waited and worked for 30 years just for the chance to try and bring his brother back?” to which my brother responded, “yeah, it’s nuts when you think about it. i wonder if stan got trapped in the multiverse instead, if ford would do the same.” HELLO???

[eloisyw8]

Waiting Area

[totallyottie99]

This lady’s a victim fr, we know early grey hair and erratic behavior is a side effect of the overuse of the memory gun. since Bud is a member of the society it’s likely he used that gun on her as much as he wanted to. It’s giving Stepford Wives levels of abuse

[xx-sketchy-xx]

I kept thinking about how Mabel said she thought he was dead while being possessed… and it doesn’t take long for blood flow to stop. So I had a thought that none of the injuries caused by bill would truly appear until dipper was back in control. So any fork stabs, bruises, scratches, would only appear when his blood was flowing again.

just a thought

[lynn-the-lynn]

I have a feeling you were 11 years ahead of your time, OP

Website spoilers ahead

When putting in "STOD EHT TCENNOC" Into the website, you get a book all about "BillVille, the first cult in history that was right"

It was started by a man named Silas Birchtree, but specifically his corpse being puppeted by Bill Cipher.

Here's the picture of him in the website

The cane?? The bowtie?? The triangle?!

We also now know that Bill burned his dimension, furthering the fire motif

In one of the choose your own adventure books, Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!, this poem is written

"Sixty degrees that come in threes.

Watches from within birch trees.

Saw his own dimension burn.

Misses home and can't return.

Says he's happy. He's a liar.

Blame the arson for the fire.

If he wants to shirk the blame,

He'll have to invoke my name.

One way to absolve his crime.

A different form, a different time."

Ok the fact that the theraprism was foreshadowed in 2016 will never not be INSANE to me.

Maybe the last name is a coincidence, but the birch tree is definitely a symbol of bill. And maybe it'll be far more important going forward! And the fire thing! Keep an eye on the trees! KEEP AN EYE ON THE TREES! IM GOING INSANE MAN I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS SHOW DOES TO ME,,,

Man, I love gravity falls so much

Bill and Birch Trees

I was re-watching Dreamscapers just now, and I realized something a bit peculiar: there seem to be a lot of birch trees. 

Sure, there are usually pine trees surrounding the mystery shack, so the birch trees seem to be deliberately drawn there at certain times. I feel like they must have something to do with Bill.

Of course, birch trees are seen on Bill’s page in Gideon’s Book…

And they also appear when Bill is being summoned.

So what do they have to do with Bill? 

Well, I figured they may be the “eyes” Bill uses to watch them with. Let’s get real, the bark clearly looks like eyes. But I am sure there is more to it. So I did a little research…

(And I do mean LITTLE research. I seriously looked at the first two websites that popped up on my search engine…)

Birch trees have a unique connection with fire, which interests me as Bill likes to shoot flames at people. Birches can quickly repopulate areas damaged by wild fires, and birch makes great kindling as it will ignite even when damp! Birch is also a solar emblem. In alchemy the sun is the symbol for the MIND and INTELLECT. Hmmm….I wonder how that connects…BILL CAN INVADE MINDS! And Ancient Chinese cultures personified the sun as a COSMIC EYE-LIKE BILL’S EYE!!!

Sooooo this is me just really freaking out. I don’t know everything about alchemy and sun symbols, so I am sure I am missing some major things here. I am just so so so excited about how creative Alex Hirsch is with all of this. I am going to continue my research (and look at older episodes for signs of birch trees), but for now-look at these birch trees at the end credits!!!!!

[lilacthebooklover]

my ten-year-old sister has been infected with toxic old man yaoi disease specifically of the billford variety. unfortunately, she considers it strange that bill is a triangle & ford is a human. her solution? make ford into a shape too. squares, ovals, oddly shaped blobs. forget humanizing bill– 2D ford is the way of the future <3

[eggsistential-breakdown]

[time-woods]

some bill interactions forfuns

ft @/ spoonyspinee @/ auminiii and @/ mugztwoo bills

[nenoname]

It's still interesting that TBoB called more attention to Stan's control over his mindscape (And if you go with the interpretation that the lost pages are partial truths that are heavily influenced by Bill, then he's the one insisting that only someone with training should be able to have that much control over the mind.)

Meanwhile we have a memory!Stan. Someone who apparently knows too much and is rather aware for being a simple memory.

From the Wheel of Shame, we know Bill was able dig up all kinds of dirt on Stan but... that wasn't why he was there in the first place, was it?

Bill couldn't find the code immediately despite a memory of Stan opening the safe being a few hours old at most and decided to have Mabel try find it for him (The original concept of the ep had it far more hidden but this was likely cut because of time constraints)

Ford did experiments on Stan's mind which likely meant using Project Mentem and actually looking around his mindscape, and his only reaction was to comment on his jokes-- despite what little we the audience know being enough to render us sobbing wrecks

(yes I refuse to shut up about this part cos the book's intro is extremely underrated)

Stan was able to replace his memories of Ford with the swingset instead and managed to hide Ford in his Bar Mitzvah memory. And that's not even mentioning the lack of visible Portal and Stan o' War which noticeably show up in Ford's dreamscape (the broken swingset manifesting anyway pains me tho)

He subconsciously has misdirects for his secrets that are both silly and manages to disturb everyone too

And while Bill-as-Soos being bored by the vending machine memory is a joke that's basically the crew's way of going "hey remember the thing way back in the first ep that's going to show up in the next one?" and in-universe appears to be Stan slipping up, it's interesting that they had Stan input the wrong code when it's consistent literally every other time its inputted (especially when it shows up correctly in the very next episode)

It's even possible that the safe code that Bill found could have been a misdirect too but we'll never know since the safe got blown open by dynamite.

Stan was able to buy time by making his mind blank despite being genuinely terrified when Bill enters his mind (to the point that he breaks character and uses his own voice to yell), and could conjure up his living room (in colour opposed to his mind's regular greyscale) to make sure Bill didn't have enough room to flee, slamming the door in his face before the effects of the memory gun kicked in.

(EDIT: Random door analysis here)

And maybe the twins eventually told him that Bill had already been inside his mind after their W3 reunion, but all we know was that his conscious self was left in the dark for ages and wasn't really aware of Bill until Weirdmageddon.

TBoB showing McGucket's dreamscape also brings up the idea of the effects of the memory gun manifesting differently to each person. To Stan's mindscape, the memory wipe manifests as blue flames which immediately brings to mind Bill's powers but it's a far lighter shade (maybe to more closely match the memory gun and its eventual fade to white?)

The end of TBoB and the website poem also firmly reminds us about Stan's connection to fire but there's also the question if Stan himself is actually aware of it...

[brainrotworks]

omg but there was a commentary on ford’s lore where stanley reveals that they do switch places time to time to pretend to be each other so ford can get girls so i did think maybe the memory of stanley looking nerdy was actually him pretending to be ford—

link to the Land Before Swine Commentary (by Stan)

HEADCANON TIME

In the episode Dreamscapers, Stan tells Soos a story about how he grew up and he claims he treats Dipper harshly so he wouldn’t be the same.

Stan: “The kid’s a loser. He’s weak. I just want to get rid of him. Yeah, those are all things people said about me when I was a kid.”

It then shows a series of flashbacks we learn to be false, including Stan throwing a left hook at a purse thief, his appearance resembling a stereotypical nerd (thus why we know it’s a fake memory, as Stan’s appearance didn’t look like that at that age in A Tale of Two Stans).

While the rest of Stan’s reason for going hard on Dipper can be supported (just wanting to give Dipper a backbone because Stan himself was pushed around)—what if it was more than that?

Like, maybe sometimes, he saw Ford in Dipper and let his grudge get the better of him?