#gravity falls interview

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Okay so. Hirsch did an interview 4 months ago and a lot of stuff he said there REALLY puts into context things that happen in the book of bill—especially this one clip in particular. (Here’s the link if anyone who hasnt yet wants to watch the whole thing on their own)

TRANSCRIPT:

ALEX HIRSCH: —and also, he’s so, y’know, bill’s a trillion years old, so its like Ford disappearing for 30 years is like somebody saying they’re ghosting you and then texting you the next weekend.

INTERVIEWER: (laughing) got it.

AlEX HIRSCH: [slight Bill impression] "Ford’s gonna be back. Oh, oh, oh, we had such a big fight, Ford’s so mad at me, Oh,—" [normal voice] y’know, [continuing impression] "Our will-they-won’t-they-take-over-the-universe relationship— he’s gonna march off and huff, but he’ll be back." Because where is Ford gonna find anyone else in the multiverse who strokes his ego as well as Bill does? Is there anyone else who’s going to make Ford feel as important as Bill? No, of course not. Ford needs validation. And so Bill knows Ford is going to be back eventually.

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This is just like?? Insane?? Like holy shit, he directly quoted the relationship line that would end up being in the book but completely recontextualizes it from a perspective that isn’t Bills. It basically confirms almost every 2018 shipper’s headcanon, which is also really funny. This could also serve as potential setup for any future projects? Like, extremely extremely doubtful it will ever be a season 3, but the way Hirsch speaks about their dynamic is so interesting.

[grunklejam]

Broadcast LIVE on the R/GravityFalls discord server in front of 195 viewers at peak!

On the 2nd of February, 2024, Grunkle Jam (that's me!) and Beni from the R/GravityFalls discord server sat down for an exclusive, live interview with Jason Ritter ("Dipper Pines") - coming to us all the way from Los Angeles.

From over 150 questions submitted to us by our wonderful community, we picked 35 of our favourites (and some very silly ones) to ask Dipper Pines and got some incredible insight into working on Gravity Falls. Some of these stories have never been heard before!

Find out or relive the incredible answers to these long-considered, complex questions:

How did he first learn about Gravity Falls?

What's his favourite episode?

What was the Cipher Hunt like?

What does he think of Dipcifica?

Does he eat mac 'n' cheese with a spoon or a fork?!?!

And many more! After a ton of work creating a ridiculously sleek video by beni2am and with sincere thanks to Pidgewynn and Oblox for assisting in assembling footage. Jason appeared courtesy of the Burstein Company, to whom we're eternally grateful.

While Pidgewynn and Oblox's footage was all we required, we'd still heartily like to thank: Din Elib, Mr. Popcorn Little, Orblington, Muddy Lives, Tragic Comedian, RyanZ Who all contributed their own recordings to help in assembling this video.

[hkthatgffan]

WHY DID ALEX HIRSCH HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS TWEET OF MINE OUT OF ALL OF THEM, LMFAO?!

[abyssalzones]

uhmm. swap carpet stuff.

[dottyistired]

The missing Journal 3 pages in TBOB are so interesting to me in further contextualizing Ford's mindset of shame regarding Bill. We'd gotten a snippet of it in the original J3 release:

But Bill shows us the less pragmatic motivations behind his actions, the mushy feely stuff he was too embarrassed to properly journal, putting certain series events into new context. Particularly this scene where after a whole episode of dancing around it, he finally opens up to Dipper about the nature of their relationship:

"Bill wasn't always my enemy, Dipper. I used to think he was my friend, long long ago..."

But does he really tell the full truth here? The cat's out of the bag, Dipper knows they had a deal, there's no reason not to tell everything. But Ford proceeds to explain his reasoning for summoning Bill as a purely practical, scientifically-driven one.

"I had hit a roadblock on my investigation of Gravity Falls. Until I found some mysterious writing in a cave. Ancient incantations about a being with answers. It warned me not to read them, but I was desperate."

Desperate...for what? Ford would have us believe it was for the sake of knowledge. Yet TBOB shows us that this is the entry immediately preceding his and Bill's first meeting.

Ford isn't some unfeeling robot powered solely by knowledge, he has human needs. He was lonely, lonely enough to summon a demon for companionship. A companionship so intimate, he describes his meeting Bill as the best day of his life, and laments the periods of absence from him.

That desire for intimacy is ultimately what drove him, and even with all his dirty laundry laid out he can't admit that part to Dipper. Maybe he doesn't even realize it himself, at least not until the post-Weirdmaggedon sections of TBOB:

Under the shame of unleashing Bill Cipher's destruction on the world, there's a much deeper shame: that Stanford Pines is not a lone-wolf, unfeeling sci-fi hero, but a fallible human being, capable of illogical sentimentality and longing for approval and (in)human connection. The exact nature of this sentimentality and longing is left to interpretation, but the efforts he goes to to conceal it make me lean towards something beyond platonic. Alex Hirsch seems to agree:

"I think he is deeply, deeply hiding from his real feelings about things, because at some point early on, he decided that he could run from hurt by achievement and by creation, and has dug that hole so deep that he has no relationships. He doesn't have friendships, he doesn't have romantic relationships, he is someone trapped in a tower of his own mind and estranged. Ford shows none of that. He has sublimated himself romantically so, so deeply. (…) I really thought of Ford kind of like Tesla in that realm.”

TL;DR Ford is up in his feelings about Bill and repressing hard. This is also eerily reminiscent of the self-blame abuse survivors engage in, the hesitance to tell others, and shame over persisting feelings for their abuser.

[ooliecat]

i got the book of bill

EDIT: added two slides sorry

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[videogamelover99]

Alex Hirsch going "I'd be interested in exploring Bill confronting all of his lies" during the Seattle book signing and him going "This is my child. Please be kind to him. He doesn't deserve it though." during the San Diego book signing...

It makes me incredibly happy that he's just as obsessed with this problem triangle as we are.

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[leftrightwrong]

“college is about finding yourself” WRONG! college is about finding every other gay and autistic person on campus and forcing your special interest onto them.

[grunklejam]

Last night I had the utter pleasure of speaking to Richmond Parakhen and Susa Jean of Studio Bad Egg about their AMAZING Cipher Cult Kickstarter - a huge campaign for the coolest Bill Cipher Merchandise in history.

They gave us huge insight into toy production, exclusive packaging previews, never-before-seen concept art and more, and hinted at some future stretch goals.

If you want to view the presentation and its contents in real time with the video, just pop over to it here - some of this stuff hasn't been seen elsewhere, and let's face it, it's SO cool!

Don't forget to back the campaign - there's 17 days to go and you're already guaranteed some really nifty merch. If the campaign manages to raise another £28,000, you'll unlock this AMAZING GIGANTIC FORD PIN! FORD MERCH FORD MERCH FORD MERCH

I've been speaking to Richmond and Susa about some amazing stuff they're working on RIGHT NOW to add to the campaign and you guys are not prepared for the sheer cool that it will involve. This design lead, fanciful merch is the perfect tribute to our triangular tormentor and Alex has had a hand in all of it. It's so cool!

Even if you just buy a lower-priced charm or hat-lifting Bill pin, you'll be contributing to bring the fandom even more amazing goodies!

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[hkthatgffan]

OUT NOW!!

AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX HIRSCH!!

Join me and @fordtato as we had the once in a lifetime chance to interview the creator of Gravity Falls himself and ask our most burning questions!!

My video

Hana's video

Hana, I cannot thank you enough for all your help, support and being an incredible partner and friend on this crazy project. I hope we can have the chance to collaborate again in the future on another project. I'll never forget this experience. Getting to meet and talk to Alex Hirsch was a dream come true and one I will never, EVER forget. I hope you all enjoy what we've both created here and managed to ask him. Long Live Gravity Falls!!

Thank you again to @stephreynaart for the amazing thumbnails for our videos, @brightdrawings for the 3d Render on our teaser trailer and to Hana and their friends Rev, Lee and Reuben for making the transcript.

You can find that over here!

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[monstrousmuse]

These are some of my favourite excerpts from the recent Alex Hirsch interview. They are…well…

“Whatever connection that Bill was able to create with Ford where he was able to ring him up at a moment’s notice - pop up in his dream, pop up in his thoughts, possess him, to take over his body to do work - whatever that connection was, was somehow severed or nullified by Ford’s falling into the Nightmare Realm and getting lost.”

…

“Ford disappearing for thirty years is like somebody saying they’re ghosting you and then texting you the next weekend.”

…

“‘Ford’s gonna be back. (…) Oh, we had such a big fight. Oh, Ford’s so mad at me, oohhh…’ (…) A will-they-won’t-they take over the universe relationship. He’s gonna-he’s gonna march off in a huff and he’ll be back, ‘cause we’re- is Ford gonna find anyone else in the Multiverse that strokes his ego as well as Bill does? Is there anybody else that’s gonna make Ford feel aa important as Bill- no, of course not. Ford needs validation, and so Bill knows Ford’s gonna be back eventually. (…) I don’t think that hunt was too aggressive, between Bill and Ford.”

-Alex Hirsch, 2023

…

part two

[stephreynaart]

THANK YOU to @hkthatgffan and @fordtato for including me in on this awesome project! It was lots of fun to doodle up the guy!

It has been my favorite thing!

P1 https://youtu.be/KwmqxAdxUKg?si=xlo9nFzuvgAP4DiZ

P2 https://youtu.be/Slg-lwF23hU?si=t5Iz9iZ8yis47pRB