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It's officially May! And with that, it's time once again for The Month of May-bel!

Like Stanuary, this month is dedicated to Mabel. And as we know, Mabel has had a pretty tumultuous relationship with the fandom in the past. While nowadays, that's more so a thing of the past, I still feel that each May we should take the time to show our favourite pig and sweater loving girl that we do care.

This year, to mark the resurgence of popularity Gravity Falls has had thanks to The Book of Bill, I figured we'd mark the month with GF books as the focus of May-bel Month. So, each week of May, we will have a different theme related to a GF book that you can partake in!

You can make fanart, write a story, cosplay, DIY, make an edit, etc. Whatever you choose, be sure to follow the theme of that week and the rules, stay SFW, and of course, have fun. Be sure to tag your post with #MonthOfMaybel2025 so that others can see it (and optionally, tag me too). You can make as many contributions a week as you please. Remember his is not a contest, it’s all for fun, so do the best you can.

With that said, here are the themes for this year!

Week 1 is about Lost Legends! Show Mabel in whatever way you want in relation to the book. Be it a story within it, an art style you like, a fanfic, etc.

Week 2, in celebration of its re-release this month on May 6th, is all about Gravity Falls' Coloring Book! So, remake or create something related to the coloring book however you please! If you don't have a copy, now you can finally buy one again and just in time for week 2, lol.

Week 3, is about Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure; the most underrated Gravity Falls book! Just like with Lost Legends, show Mabel in whatever way you want in relation to stuff in that book.

Finally, Week 4 is all about either Journal 3 or The Book of Bill. Due to the more limited original content in both books about Mabel, this one gives you the choice of either or both. Just like the other weeks, do whatever you want, so long as it's in relation to them.

Let’s show Mabel that this fandom still very much cares for her! Week 1 starts on May 4th. Good luck :)

no you have to contribute to your fandom if you don't want it to die. most fandoms die because people say 'it's so sad watching the fandom die when the hype dies' without doing anything about it. I'm not saying you have to push out 100k word slow-burn fic, I'm not saying you have to make fan art or gif sets or edits or anything. I'm just saying we as a community should contribute to our fandom if we don't want it to die, and by contributing, I'm talking about giving kudos, commenting on your favorite fics, reblogging your favorite art and just talking about your favorite characters. that's enough to keep a fandom alive. that's the most effective way to keep a fandom alive in my humble opinion.

fandoms die because people stop talking about it, fandoms die because people stop engaging with fan content once the hype is gone. what I'm saying is, mainstream media's hype may be gone, but our fandom can stay alive and thriving if us as a community don't let it die.

GUYS IM SO HYPE FOR TJE FUCKING REPRISE IM SO SO EXCITED I CANNOT WAIT I CANNOT WAIT DUDE IM GONNA EXPLODE IM EXPLODING BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM SORRY YOUR STRANGE APOCALYPSE SITUATIONSHIP DIED EMMA, HE GETS FIVE BIG BOOMS 💥💥💥💥💥

the kids are alright.

the she-ra reboot makes this video relevant again which means we are in the best timeline

I'm apart of a production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile and EINSTEIN REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF FORD I CANT LIKE HIS ACTOR HAS THE SAME HAIR AND THEYVE GOT HIM IN A YELLOW SHIRT AND A LIGHT BROWN JACKET I MEAN COME ON

Ok point taken (fuckin chemists)

I love nerdy prudes must die because no one wins.

Everyone loses something, whether it's something they've worked their whole life to protect, someone they care deeply about, or even their own life.

No one wins.

I feel so shaky posting this LMFAO

ANYWHO OLD THING I FELT BAD FOR LEAVING IN THE DARK!

Unfinished Gravity falls animatic to Just a Man from Epic: The Musical

Why do the randomest of shitposts from my blog get more attention than my actual art 😔

I first joined tumblr with the intention to consume STARKID media and liked a post about a gf-starkid au and it caused gf to show up more than starkid and seeing all of it sparked my old liking of the show and now I'm a little obsessed :3

tumblr's algorithm is so funny to me, i liked maybe 2 posts about the tumblrsexyman poll killing pope francis and now i'm absolutely inundated with stanley pines fanart. i have never watched a single episode of gravity falls.

Doof: "You see Perry The Platypus, about a few weeks ago I entered The Tumblr Sexyman Showdown. It's a contest for only the sexiest of men-- now now, Perry the Platypus, before you roll your eyes at me, it's not the conventional kind of sexy, no, no! It's the pathetic, the silly, the unconventional! Only for the acquired tastes. Like me~!! So I joined in, and you wouldn't believe it! I plowed through the competition! Bracket after bracket, I dominated the votes. That is, until the final round... when I was put up against Stanley Pines of someplace called 'Gravity Falls'-- for some reason, even though he claimed to come from a place called Gravity Falls and I come from the Tri-State Area, the competition listed me to come from someplace called 'Phineas and Ferb', and I have no idea where that is or who those people are--I was kicked to the curb! He won by a landslide! Well, not literally though, that's a metaphor--that's how Bill Cipher won against Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians, and I KNOW that place doesn't exist--b-but anyway, Stanley won and I only got second. And it doesn't make any sense! Sure, Stanley is similar to what the true Sexyman is, but he's not the greatest! For one thing, he's not that pathetic--jeez, if anyone is the most pathetic here, it's me! He's not that tragic-backstory-able, or anything, he--and worse yet, he's HOT! I mean, he's not that much of an acquired taste! Sure, he's older, but that's it!! Clearly, the people are biased! Which is why I made...THIS!"

Doof: "BEHOLD! THE UNHANDSOME-INATOR!!!!"

Doof: "With this, I can make anyone ugly--so ugly that their ugliness is JUUUST too ugly to be a Tumblr Sexyman! But too handsome to be truly ugly...and I can also tweak it to make myself just a little more handsome, hehe! With this, I will make the ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA Sexyman ugly, and shoot myself so I will be the most acquired-taste-handsome out of all of them, winning the love of all of the TRI-STATE AREA, AND ENACTING MY REVENGE AGAINST THE TUMBLR SEXYMAN CONTEST!!!"

Doof: "--Or wait, come to think of it, this isn't really revenge, I mean, the contest's over and it won't come back until next year so this scheme prooobably should've been postponed until then... not to mention this inator isn't exactly that tweaked, it's a rushed job and has some...ahaha...side effects...unless I CRANK UP THE RANGE OF THE INATOR!"

Doof: "Yes, Perry The Platypus, I will become the most tumblr-sexyman handsome by proxy in all of the tri-state area AND GRAVITY FALLS, OREGON!!!"

| Meanwhile In Gravity Falls |

*Stan, reading the paper, suddenly looks up.*

Stan: "Something just happened."

*beat*

Stan: "...Eh. Who cares. Worse has happened in this town. It's probably the heebie jeebies from that German guy from a couple days ago, eugh."

Stan: "Worth it for the prize money, though. I'm still the sexiest man on all of Tumblr! Ahaha!"

*beat*

Stan, still grinning: "...whatever that is."

*A beat. Then the door to the Mystery Shack slams open. It's Ford.*

Ford: "Stanley! I'm back!"

Stanley: "Hey, sixer. Back from another one of your little adventures?"

Ford: "I suppose you could call it that! Ever been to the tri-state area? There are hundreds of anomalies there! Did you know that all the platypuses are teal there?"

Stanley: "Yeah, yeah...well, make sure to tell me later. I'm reading the paper."

Ford: "Well, don't get too absorbed. We're going to Italy tomorrow, remember? We're visiting the Vatican! Lots of great things to explore there! We might even see the pope!"

I've made 8 (now 9) original posts tonight this'll be the only time in a long time I post more than once or twice a month

here’s what i drew for the gfpostfinalecomicbook back in 2016; it’s been a long while now and i can see everything i could’ve done better/differently!

It's 1 in the morning and I'm tearing up over the finale of a show that aired almost a decade ago that I've watched thrice within the last 2 months I'm crashing out this road trip is making me go crazy

IM STILL SO MAD THAT THE SHACKTRON FIGHT MUSIC ISNT ON APPLE MUSIC IM SO UPSET ITS LIKE THE INTRO BUT 200% COOLER AND I LOVE IT AND I WANT IT IN MY PLAYLIST AND AGEHSBDJEBRWH

Shoutout to the random agent who took the extra second to close the basement door

Reasons I adore northwest mansion mystery!!!

1- Pacifica

2- shows us more of what dipper is capable of, from that one newspaper clipping to the entire ghost situation

3- the entire ghost situation, it would be absolutely horrifying if not a child's cartoon (and even then it's still pretty scary imo)

4- the tiny scraps of Fiddleford mcgucket we get at the end

5- dipcifica

(Edit)6- ain't-afraid-of-no-ghostus

Wow this is like my third post today??? That's bananas

Edit: it was my 5th post

Has anyone noticed Stan leaning against and closing the vending machine (not the door to the basement, like, the literal vending machine) before confiscating the agents' card in Scareoke, like, is this important? When was it opened? Theres never a point made of someone opening it but they make a point of Stan closing it?? Does it mean anything? Is it foreshadowing??? What's going on 😔

I love nerdy prudes must die because no one wins.

Everyone loses something, whether it's something they've worked their whole life to protect, someone they care deeply about, or even their own life.

No one wins.

Well now that I've said this I'm extra curious

At first I was like "oh I gotta find a time to sit down and watch the Stolas animation!" Then I saw a clip (that was blurred, mind you) and I no longer want to watch the Stolas animation

At first I was like "oh I gotta find a time to sit down and watch the Stolas animation!" Then I saw a clip (that was blurred, mind you) and I no longer want to watch the Stolas animation

STOP SCROLLING!

Oka, I plan on following everyone on tumblr

literally everyone

Please reblog so I can make this happen

I have ..... uh

380 tabs open

A lot of random Ao3 and miscellaneous YouTube tabs from before I had an account on both sites

Whoopsies

Uh uh mutuals uh @thenoellebird @tinfoil-jones do this if you wanna (I hope it's ok I tagged yall😔)

Does anyone want to play a little game?

It's called "how many open tabs do you have on your phone"

I'm gonna start: 393 tabs in chrome...

Most of it are Ao3 tabs and Tumblr Masters-Posts to various intriguing/ interesting AUs

I'm gonna tag someone bc I want to, but anyone feel free to reblog and play along...

or ignore it... @majoringinfanfiction ...?

I think it'd be super funny if Eda won tumblr sexywoman

Do people care if u get inspired by other polls.... Anyway the red/blue poll I see going around is nice but I found that I associate my friends with all sorts of colors so. here

Dance break! Then it's mystery time!

With Stan winning the title of tumblr sexyman I think it's a good time to share this magnet I found in Florida

hahahahahhhh

She's so pretty and beautiful and her awakened design is gorgeous and her regular design is gorgeous and she's so pretty and she's so cool and I love her I love her I love her

Madame Mystery