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came to the fucked up realization after finishing gravity falls again last night the parallels of the dream bubble bill made for mabel and the literal state of delusion he keeps himself in.

in the book of bill on the page where bill cipher describes how he figured out a way to manipulate her into giving him the rift, it says:

"Summers ending, my guy. Ending to death, bro. She'd do anything to make it last just a day longer. Probably something RASH and OUT OF CHARACTER, even!"

as we know, mabel cannot handle the fact that she will be growing up. that the relationship with her brother is going to change. she is scared of high school.

bill then says "That was it. She'd never make a deal with me. But she'd make a deal with someone she believed could give her more time. The dream was done. I had her."

bill then creates the dream bubble for mabel, he makes every one of her dreams come true, a place where time is still and she can be a kid forever. a lie so great that she wont have to face the truth.

in journal 3 on one of the pages bill is writing in code, we see this:

[ID: "I ask you, why must[should] time only move forward? Why must cause preceded effect. Who voted on the law of physics."]

my friend helped me break down what bill means by this:

why can we only move forward in the 4th dimension of time. why does something have to make another thing happen, why must cause come before the effect. why cant you move backwards, in the other direction, change the decisions youve made.

how interpret this is bill asking why he is not able to back and stop what he did to his family. he says to ford that he tried and failed to undo the past.** why did him wanting people to acknowledge his advantages instead of suppress him lead to the destruction of his whole dimension?

**(i just want to point out that this is probably the time where bill is the MOST open to anybody, or at least the first. to his henchmaniacs he had been telling them that he liberated his dimension until the oracle discovered the truth. here, to ford, he got so much closer to telling the truth. he SHOWS ford the last atoms of his world. he says that it was destroyed by a monster, not that it was liberated! destroyed)

back to when bill says "I had her" about mabel, he had her cause he knew exactly what needed to happen to trap mabel in a delusion because it is exactly what he is doing to himself. creating a fake narrative of what happened to him, that he was vindicated in killing his whole dimension. only ever doing exactly what he wants because confronting the truth is too scary for him(good fucking lord). the morality page offers good insight into this too.

i am actually just going to quote the whole page and highlight the important part. it speaks for itself really

"THE POINT IS it's[morality] is a very flexible concept! But parents and presidents don't want you to know that, because then you might start asking other questions, like who put them in charge, anyway? So they cram your brain full of guilt and regrets for transgressing the laws that they just made up(the laws that they made to prevent the destruction of their dimension, regardless of if the law + the wrongful medication of a fucking baby triangle did any good to actually prevent it). Wouldn't it be nice if you could put all that baggage down? Quell the shame that follows you everywhere for a lifetime of crimes? MAKE THE SCREAMS FINALLY STOP? The good news is you CAN silence that annoying voice, and here's how!

DENIAL

Works 100% of the time in every situation. What you you mean there are people who disagree? I can confidently say there aren't!

RATIONALIZATION

If you can do it, you can justify it! "Truth" is open-source code and anyone can edit it anytime! Want to be like me? List 3 "evil" things and then 3 "reasons why they're actually good." You'll be rationalizing like Bill in no time!

DETACHMENT

Did you know 100% of your human cells die and are replaced every 7 years? That means that anything you did 7 years ago wasn't even you-it was some dead loser! You can't be held accountable for what a dead person did! What? You think this is just another form of rationalization? I DENY THAT!

THE BILL CIPHER DECISION METHOD!

Working over the eons, the voices in my head teamed up and worked out a foolproof method for making any decision in any situation.

DO WHATEVER I WANT."

ooooooooooooooooooh boy.

he is fully admitting here that he is living in a completely different really in order to justify doing whatever he wants. he gives mabel the tools to deny, to rationalize, to detach herself from the reality of it all. that time has to move forward. and he thinks it will work because it worked on himself.

but it doesn't work on mabel because she understands that she needs other people. shes vunerable, she lets people in, admits when shes wrong. and bill cant do that because it would destroy the fantasy he's created for himself.

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sorry to the people that were here for mob psycho and carmen sandiego lesbians

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fellas is it gay to make a gun that can ONLY be used on your ex boyfriend and then say you have been waiting so long for an opportunity to look to use the gun on said ex boyfriend (who is a triangle. btw thats an important part of this) ?????

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my favorite moment in the mob psycho fandom so far is an argument starting after i posted my art in a server which prompted someone to make an inappropriate comment which started an all out war. i was at work so i had to read through the whole thing and it somehow ending in arguing the optics of making fun of 9/11???

the outcome of this is the funniest screenshot i have

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BILLFORD ARTISTS!!! draw them like this (specifically yall w long hair bill designs…)

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i will never ever stop thinking about the disability allegories in gravity falls. i cant ever stop thinking about disability allegories in other media and gravity falls is no different. im feeling chatty today, so lets see if i can articulate all my feelings on the matter.

the most interesting thing that stuck out to me with thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com was this snippet on fords medical paper:

we hear about this kind of attitude towards disabilities often, maybe you have heard about autism being referred to as the "next evolutionary change in humans." we can especially see this when a person has a disability, but is also very capable in other fields. there are so many cases in the medical or educational field of a child having specific needs, yet they are ignored due to them being "gifted".

in a vacuum, ford's extra finger may not be considered a disability, the sixth finger allows him more movement and dexterity, and ontop of that, he's a genius. its just an extra finger right? its not like it hurts him. but it does hurt him. he is a child living with a limb difference, he is constantly ridiculed by his peers. they call him a freak and physically harass him.

this is where we dip into the social model of disability here. i know sometimes that can cause a little bit of discourse, but i think its interesting to note here! please if you have a limb difference feel free to add your perspective or correct me where you see fit. if you don't know what the social model of disability is, its the perspective that disabled people would not be as limited in their abilities if it wasn't for the oppressive society that they lived in(think people in wheelchairs could do more things if infrastructure had disabled people in mind). ford wouldn't be experiencing abliesm in his life if limb differences were something people were educated about. then we get to bill cipher. in theory, his ability to see the 3rd dimension is almost a super power. but in the book of bill its literally stated that it is illegal for anyone to mention the possibility of "up". he is forced into abusive medical practices where he is being drugged to suppress his ability. no one in his dimension has the same perspective of him, he is completely alone, and even worse, the people who should be protecting him like his parents and doctors are abusing him(not that his parents are evil for this obviously. they don't have a choice and i assume they want what is best for him, what were they supposed to do? yet it still had this horrible impact on bill).

this social model can be applied to bill cipher. he has this ability that in a vacuum would be considered amazing, but he lives in a society(rip) that oppresses this. they have to, because bill trying to let his dimension see the stars killed every last person. which makes me think that whoever was in power here probably knew this would happen. its unsure if bill cipher knew the true extent of his damage would be, but i am of the belief that he didn't know how bad it would really be.

i just find all of this very interesting. i really love when a story tackles a topic such as disability. its so obvious this is what alex hirsch is going for and its such a unique take that i don't see often in media, as a disabled person myself. feel free to lmk your thoughts :)

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i really do love how the sheer amount of toxic old man yaoi has got tumblr users coming out of the woodwork to write essays on it. paragraphs upon paragraphs of people analyzing book of bill. its so beautiful and keep doing it

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why havent people drawn fanart of tad strange and the woodpecker guy making out. why have i not seen this yet. hop to it people

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farcille college au where falin and marcille are roommates. marcille is an ex morman and falin offers her the joint

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hey guys, gonna be vulnerable for a second.

on the 16th, i was in a rough accident with my partner where we t-boned a truck. this resulted in my partner sustaining multiple injuries(broken ankle/back), myself sustaining injuries(causing me to miss days of work and school) and my car being totaled. my partner was in the hospital for a week and is in a rehab facility right now. soon, my partner will be moving in with my family, due to my partner being unhoused and needing a more stable place to stay while it is healing. my belongings that were in my car were thrown away before i could retrieve them, resulting in about 300$ worth of loss.

funds for my gfm go to replacing my lost items, gas money for the trip to visit my partner in rehab and putting in money for a new car, as well as moving my partner into my place.

thank you all for your time. i ofc understand if you cant donate, if it is possible for you to share it that would be amazing. i hope you are all having a good new year

https://gofund.me/0131ffbb

[marlshroom]

walk into my job working with kids first day i see him here. dipper!!! what are you doing here

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my friend was talking about how bill was misogynistic probably a just as a joke and im like ACTUALLY he isn't. feminist bill cipher was not something that i expected

why is nobody talking about the fact that bill literally saved the women in salem by giving them actual powers to defend themselves against their attackers… and there wasnt even a catch!! he just genuinely helped them!! he taught them how to love themselves as women and taught them how to laugh!! this moved me so much actually, i dont get why nobody else is talking about it

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i performed an experiment with some friends regarding the book of bill. i had each of them silently read the page where bill and ford are doing drunk karaoke and i told them to think about what they think happened with these 2 guys and keep that answer in their head until the other one was finished reading. I asked them to then tell me what they think happened, and both of them said, "he fucked that triangle."

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while working on a comic based on the moment where the mystery twins ask an 8-ball if they should stay with stan or not, i had an evil thought

thinking about if that 8-ball was fords and bill had a link to it so ford could easily ask him questions…. i might try to draw some things for it if i have time.

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putting carmen sandiego, stanley pines and reigen arataka all in the same room together would be so funny cause they have the same shit going on (borderline personality disorder) yet it manifests itself in completely different ways and also their personality is so different. i just wonder what the fuck would happen

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im soos if he were a butch lesbian

sup sooses