Character Development

We are introduced to Bill Seacaster almost immediately, and immediately know what he's about. He's an infamous pirate known around the world for his awful deeds. He's filthy rich and most importantly, he LOVES his son.

We are introduced to Pok Gukgak only in passing. A small note of riz's long-dead father. And he's left as that for a while, because why would he be anything more. But then he is more, he's so much more. He's a badass and a spy.

Almost immediately we learn that Bill Seacaster is widely known for horrible things, and eventually we learn that Pok Gukgak was never known for all he gave.

With learning about Pok Gukgak comes learning about his death, which as all things involving Riz are, is a mystery. Riz slowly uncovers the pieces to a long warn-out fuzzy picture and even when he thinks he has it all there's always more. He was sick, no he died in a shipwreck, no he was eaten by a dragon, his partner lured him there. Pok Gukgak's death is avenged because of course it is. Riz's goal is to be like him and if he was a hero it's what he would've wanted, it's what he would've done.

Bill Seacaster's death is no mystery. Fabian is intimately familiar with the details. He was right there, he made it happen. Resurrection and incredible feats of healing are very possible in Solace. If Fabian hadn't stabbed him and Bill hadn't blown up, it was very possible that he would've survived. But he didn't survive because Fabian killed him because that's what his dad wanted, that's what he would've done.

Fabian Seacaster has to live up to his father's legacy. Even as he haunts the fiery levels of hell, his memory is still very much alive. Fabian has to live up to his father's legacy, something so very hard to do when his father's name is so boldly written upon the face of the world. The best thing Fabian can do is write his own as a footnote.

Riz Gukgak has to live up to his father's memory. He was a great man who did great things. Right? Riz Gukgak has to live up to his father's memory, a task so impossible as his very name was practically forgotten in the flaming belly of a dragon. Maybe his dad is in hell, maybe he deserves to be there. Why would Riz know? Why would he know anything?

He's nothing like him. He's nothing like him. How can you be like a man who seemingly everyone knows? How can you be like a man you barely knew?

He's nothing like him, but he's like himself. His friends don't need his dad to help save their lives, the world doesn't need his dad to protect it.

They're nothing like their dads but everything like them at the same time. They are notorious and unknown, heroes who do some unsavory things. Their dads are gone but they're right here.

My oil painting of Wine and Dino Nuggs

(I made this wayyyyy back before roadside attraction but since the series is almost over I figured I’d finally post it)

i was rewatching the pok gukgak scenes and this moment was so cute i love them

Only day you can reblog this

i just noticed something: take a look at this gif from gravity falls for a minute.

this gif is taken from when Bill says, “Everyone loves puppets!”

now pay attention to his pupil

notice how his pupil doesn’t keep concentrating on dipper; it moves towards the camera.

There’s a frog in that backpack wearing a tiny little backpack🐸🎒

if Bill ever got outta Theraprism and got back into the stone body he left behind in Gravity Falls it wouldn't have the blue crack/scar because Bill had to shed the body to get into Stan's head so it was never punched.

and that's fucked up

his literal soul carries a wound that will never fully disappear but it isn't visible on his physical body. there's a line left across him marking his own death but when he looks in the mirror even he can't see it. he'll always know where it is, though, just beneath the surface

something something metaphors for trauma

buncha goldies

(as always, the character design and concept belongs to @ckret2, check out their wonderful fic where things are ramping up)