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HUMAN STEVE

recap: Pyramid Steve is the main antagonist of FIXINIT2, being our Bill's 'secret second half', completely taking canon Bill's role in the story

Silly mfucker

Fun fact: The three-forked tongue was my school bestie's idea! :D

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what's that necklace that ford wears? the one with the star

A gift from Bill :3

Still gotta work out the details with that one, but I have a general idea

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AFTERNOON TEA

Human! Bill often meets up with Axel – who is the Axolotl themselves, in a human form, to not raise suspicion among townspeople – and chats about his progress / rants about his new body and it's limitations over a warm cup of tea.

After spending centuries at Theraprism, the Axolotl became one of the very few people Bill actually grown to trust.

Someone who provides comfort.

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PYRAMID STEVE

That's right, we ain't excluding him – I need an antagonist

A lot of people portray him as Bill's annoying sibling/cousin. And as much as I adore that portrayal, he will always be walmart Bill to me.

SO! He's exclusive to FIXINIT2, completely replacing canon!Bill

How, exactly? Let's say... When the Axolotl decided to give Bill a second chance, it created a paradox; Since Bill was given a human body, he was stripped away from his original role... And someone had to fill in the empty place.

An anomaly; Pyramid Steve, who's goal is to bring the Oddpocalypse

Fun stuff!!:

For 99% of the time, he's in his triangle form, just like canon!Bill

His human form has one and only purpose; To taunt our Bill with it :)

Technically, he could be counted as Bill's sibling. But not in the traditional way, no; More like, as if canon!Bill was ripped into two parts; our Bill, and Steve

He is, on purpose, eerily similar to my human design for canon!Bill :)

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THE FIXINIT AU

"A different form, A different time"

After Bill Cipher invoked the Axolotl's name, the deity sends him to Theraprism, to go under indefinite karmic rehabilitation.

After hundreds of years of therapy, Bill has lost count. After useless attempts to break free, to resist professional help, to make himself believe that he will be free... Eventually, he gave up. Went along with whatever they wanted. Let them believe that this is actually worth something... He let Theraprism strip him of his own self, let himself become a shell of everything he once was; What's the point, if he will never be the same anyway, he will never be FREE?

This was it, until the Axolotl has made their decision, regarding Bill's case. He was always a special case, after all... And so he got a special chance. To be with a special someone.

Bill Cipher, now transported back to our dimension, wakes up in a human body, in the 1980's... And with a mission, which the Axolotl said to be his final trial;

"Fix his mistakes, before he even made them."

FIXINIT1:

A human Bill Cipher, back in the 80's.

Bill is given a human body, the body of a creature who he always thought to be lowly and pathetic.

But other than that, he is given a mission, or rather, a "list" of the final things Bill has to get done, that would finally put an end to his karmic rehabilitation at Theraprism.

What does that list contain? Only one person knows; And that is Axel; or, rather, the Axolotl themselves, disguised in a human body, to watch and monitor Bill's progress. To finally let him go, and give him a chance at the life he didn't know he want, there are things that need to be done. Just to name a few; "comfort someone", "open up to someone you trust", but most importantly... "Tell Ford the truth".

(That's right, this is just another Billford AU. Sorry if you thought otherwise.)

Ford Pines, as he canonically did in this time period, lives in Gravity Falls, doing research, building the interdimensional portal... Still believing Bill to be his brilliant, all-knowing Muse. So when he finds his so-called Muse, in a human form, all alone in the forest... You could say he's confused, but more importantly, he is overjoyed to welcome his Muse to his own dimension, regardless of why. So he takes him in, much to his own delight... But also to his assistant's dismay.

#FIXINIT1 focuses on the question; Will Bill be able to change the past, or is he doomed to make the same mistakes? Crippling with depression, identity crisis, and a feeling of hollowness after all the centuries spent at Theraprism, sprinkled with the pressure of eventually having to tell the truth, therefore being frustrate to no end with Ford still worshipping him with blind trust and calling him Muse, Bill is forced to confront himself, in order to finally get his second chance at like, and his second chance at getting Ford.

RELATIONSHIPS; There may or may not be a romance sideplot with Fiddleford and eventually Stan.

Setting: Heavy with angst, occasional fluff and overall Mystery Quartet whimsiness.

Main themes: Forgiveness, second chances, identity crisis, survivor's guilt, PTSD, trust issues, body dysphoria, vulnerability.

FIXINIT2:

Gravity Falls; But Bill is not the villain.

Let's jump 30 years ahead, shall we?

Going with the route that Bill reveals the truth about his true self and his lies, and Ford, taking his time to consider it carefully, but ultimately forgives him. And they kiss. And they do more, but let's not get into that.

What does it change, regarding the canon timeline? The portal-test and portal-incident never happen; Ford and Bill managed to find another way to uncover Gravity Falls' weirdness. What's the Mystery Shack in the canon timeline, is now their own, small research center. Given how the portal-test never happens; Fiddleford doesn't go insane. His memory may be a bit messy because of previous uses of the memory gun, but he's in a much better shape, helping Bill and Ford with building their equipment, and also creating and selling his own inventions. Given how the portal-incident never happens either; Stan (having reconciled with Ford in a different way, more on that in FIXINIT1), is in a relationship with Fiddleford, and also runs a smaller, but also (kinda) more real gift shop.

#FIXINIT2; In this fixed timeline, Bill is also like an uncle (Grunkle? Not sure what Bill would count tbh) to Dipper and Mabel, a very fun one at that. A partner-in-crime, if you will; Someone who escorts them on their adventures, provides them with all the information they need, and fiercely protecting them if needed.

But, you might ask... If the canon Bill is now reformed, what's the point? What makes this interesting? Who is the "big threat", if not Bill Cipher?

(First of all, how dare you– I love tooth-rotting fluff and happiness, okay?)

Someone eerily similar to what Bill once was. Someone who might remind him of his journey, and how much of a thin line is keeping him from turning back. Someone who can provide a cruel, twisted mirror, forcing Bill to once again reflect on everything that now would be just brushed off as an inside joke.

That's right. Pyramid Steve. And his goal of bringing the Oddpocalypse.

Setting: At first, lots of fluff, whimsiness and happiness. Just fun! And the second half... Kinda like the canon finale, yknow.

Main themes: Second chances, identity crisis, found family, bits of psychological horror??? Thank that to Steve. (Might add more later, this is the more wip of the two)

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There are hundreds of Bill AUs flying around since the release of TBOB, so I might as well make my own, yknow?

As the name and the unusual amount of happiness (?) suggests, this started out as a redemption/fix-it AU. Why? Because I'm a goddamn pussy and I need my favorite characters to be happy, even if it doesn't make any sense canon-wise.

OR HAVING FUN, I GUESS

So yeah. Into the Cipherverse

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GALLERY

1. human Bill; canon design

2. Overall Bill without clothes (for science)

3. FIXINIT1 Bill; The Twink

4. FIXINIT2 Bill; The Uncle

5. Axel; Axolotl's human form

6. human Bill; secondary reference

7. FORD: Main Reference

8. BILL: Main Reference

9. BILL: Details

10. Pyramid Steve

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HUMAN BILL DRAWINGS

again.

I draw this guy so much, might as well start calling him My Muse (Ford kinnie moment)

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BILL REFERENCE

I KNOW that he has like, 3 references at this point, but I keep forgetting details (plus, hey, let me have fun)

The FIXINIT1 (1980's) version is what I draw most commonly. Some notes;

His turtleneck and pants are borrowed from Ford; the boots (& cane) are his own; the sweater vest (i had to look that shit's name up wth–) was custom-made for him :)

He's completely powerless (therefore pathetic), and usually grumpy like a wet cat

Coordination, balance & back problems

Ford took his iconic triangle earrings away because he thought they were dangerous in his current state

His FIXINIT2 (2013) is what I had looots of fun with. Some notes for this one too;

Married to Ford!! :D Grunkle Bill<3

The Axolotl gave (most of) his powers back, after they were satisfied with his progress–

–Therefore, he doesn't use the cane anymore, because he prefers floating. And he got his earrings back lol (& an eyepatch)

He's not completely immortal anymore, so he does technically age, but slowly and less noticably. This gives him some white streaks

...GASP!! What's this? Some extra details I ALWAYS forget to share??

His tongue stays freaky as always<3

His blood still has a silver-ish color, but it's not toxic anymore

...Technically, he does have a triangle form (which is exclusive to FIXINIT2), BUT; With his powers, he can shapeshift however he wants. Still, his human form is the most stable, and his new favourite. He may switch to his triangle form when he feels like it, but due to it not being his main form anymore, it's a lot weaker and more unstable (It has the crack + dilated pupils + softer edges<3) How will this be important to us? You'll see :)

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FORD REFERENCE

(EDIT: I FUCKED UP "1982" LMAO)

I didn't really change anything about his FIXINIT1 (1980's) design, except for the tiny little star necklace – He got that from Bill :3 (don't ask when or how)

HOWEVER, the FIXINIT2 (2013) design is very different from canon – My guy has a happy goddamn life while also being married to a (retired) chaos god. Good for him, good for him.

He also has Bill's eye all over his clothes & jewellry, so that Bill can always keep an eye on him (to keep him safe. of course.) (inspired by @/moonesaiky's Our World AU)

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wait my dumbass brain cells just realized that the existence of fixin it 2 implies that ford doesn’t hate bill after he confesses welp off to animatic an offering

Yep :)

The "canon ending" for FIXINIT1 is that the truth finally comes out, and Ford forgives Bill (not immediately, though; it's a messy process, but at the end, he won't hate him :3)

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I REALLY like your au,,, also I noticed that Bill's hair, when down, resembles axoltol frills and was wondering if that was on purpose or just a coincidence? Either way super cute <3

Hi there, and thank you! :D

First off, congrats on being the first ask!! (I looove answering stuff, I just never get any lol)

Also... Holy shit you're right!!

It wasn't on purpose (in fact, lots of cool stuff I do is completely on accident), but now that you mention it, it really is an awesome detail... Oh how I love coincidences🔥🔥

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Fanart time!!

Of the 3 Bill AUs who are the biggest inspiration to mine...

...And Canon Bill. He's fine! ^_^

Credits:

Mr Bill Pines AU: @honeqq

Our World AU: @moonesaiky

Handyman Bill AU: @handymanbill

Gotta love the Cipherverse!!

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HUMAN BILL; SECONDARY REFERENCE

Kinda. Doesn't have all the reference-y stuff the other one does, but it has the backwards view + some info.

(The tattoo's supposed to look better but halfway through I realized that I don't know how to make it look like that. Artist struggles)

It mostly applies for FIXINIT1, as my main emphasis in this AU is that half. The only differences between this & the other version would be that FIXINIT2 Bill's a bit more older and whimsical