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I’m so glad that someone mentioned the humor in this game because the face of sheer disbelief Ivor makes when you choose to take out the Eversource crown/white pumpkin instead of the ender pearl in the Crown Mesa right before getting apprehended is God-tier comedy

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we all knew it was only a matter of time before this happened

KotLC x Gravity Falls AU! aka Gravity of the Lost Falls

all ideas were in collaboration with @blerpywatermelon and @sophisticated-crow , and you bet you're probably gonna see more of this AU from at least one of us :3

and here is the Pines family crest! i chose to base it off the portal because i couldn't really think of anything else that really symbolized the whole family - pine tree, shooting star, and all the other usual things would be too much to just one of them. i considered making it star shaped or bill cipher based until i had this idea

(the white bits are made of lumenite, so they glow faintly)

Double Dipper, I too am fine!

okay, okay. Imagine you're watching Gravity Falls for the first time. You watch all the episodes in order EXCEPT one of them is mysteriously left out.

spin this wheel to see which one you skipped

reblogs appreciated!

Nearly every time I've rewatched Infinity Train Book 3 since I first saw it in February, I saw more parallels and narrative echos, and infodumping my friends about them isn't enough anymore

I figured I should do a post about this one because I don't think I've seen a post about that specific thing yet, and I love this show's writing, and. idk. I just need to praise it I guess

So, the most obvious part first:

Grace became everything she hated about her parents

When Grace mentions her mother in the Debutante Ball Car, it's made pretty clear she's trying to distance herself from her mother as much as possible, and at this point, we realise retrospectively that Grace's room in the Mall Car in episode one was full of sports clothes - it seems she tries to avoid things reminding her of her life before the train. And of her mother. And yet-

She tries to control everyone and everything around her, and makes people do what she doesn't want to do

And she decides what's cool and what isn't

She makes people kneel in her presence, like her mother towers over her in her mind's eye

Obviously she constantly lies to get what she wants, and her dad does that in her tape

When her younger self looks up, she looks right through adult Grace, and it's actually her parents she's looking at! Her younger self is metaphorically seeing her parents where her adult self is standing!! I still can't get over this shot

Also I feel the need to mention her mother has the same voice actor as her in her tape and even if it might be to cut corners in the budget, that feels significant (and to be fair, sometimes you can cut corners while making meaningful choices at the same time)

Now you might think I'd have nothing to say about Simon on that matter, since we don't see any flashback of his life before the Train, and we know next to nothing about his parents. But I think it's very telling that the only actual backstory we get for him is his backstory with The Cat.

Because-

Simon became everything he hated about The Cat

Ok I never see anyone mentioning this, but hear me out

First, we have no idea if Simon knew The Cat was routinely invading people's privacy through their memory tapes, but he sure has no issue doing the exact same thing

But that doesn't stop there. He also collects things obsessively

And makes kids collect things for him as well, by the way

He thinks he's above others, but he immediately switches to victim mode when it comes back to bite him

HE. ABANDONS. A CHILD. WHO WAS UNDER HIS CARE!!

And. Uh. They both dig their heels instead of trying to change, too

Don't get me wrong, on some level I would have liked to know what Simon's parents were like too. I would have liked that a lot. But there's a good chance it wouldn't change anything, because everything we need to know about his background to understand why he's Like That™ is already in the show

But yeah, Grace and Simon both pretend they found freedom on the Train, and both distance themselves from parental figures who are at the source of their trauma, claiming they're different and better than them - and yet they are both subconsciously repeating patterns that caused at least part of their problems and/or trauma in the first place

And since they decided that making numbers go up was good, as long as they stick to that idea, they are bound to never escape from that self-perpetuating loop of harm and trauma

And I love it

And I hate it

me: quietly posts a fic and hopes that no one I know irl finds it

also me: knows there are two people I know irl who could most definitely find it and this is entirely my fault

me: lives in fear of their judgement (lol, both of them read fanfiction too)

Somebody who has never watched Gravity Falls caption this with what’s happening in this picture

Stan Pines: (has his comic book rejected by publishers because it has too much swearing for kids)

Stan Pines: (runs for Mayor and in an interview states that we should teach kids swears)

Stan Pines: (refuses to swear in front of his 12 year niece and nephew)

posted new Infinity Train fic that's not new because I've been working on it for at least a year: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62476399/chapters/159892666

here's a quote from chapter one: “When you said she was metal, I thought you meant, like . . .” Mr. Cosay struggled for words. “The slang word–cool, rad, all that stuff.”

"Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Cosay?" I tried.

Oh dear

Ohhhhh dear

GF/Avatar crossover where maybe there’s another portal or something, and Dipper and Mabel get taken in by Iroh while Zuko gets taken in by Stan

Iroh: helps Dipper handle his anxiety, teaches him and Mabel meditation techniques and tea, patiently indulges Mabel when she wants to put flowered braids in his hair

Stan: ABSOLUTE CHAOS, totally cool with Zuko stealing stuff, tricks him into turning himself into an attraction with his fire bending, probably teaches him some boxing techniques to become even more dangerous

Meant to post this a while ago but couldn't find it. This was just me messing around (I can draw better than this lol)