#stan is an opossum and seagull wizard

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

au where ford is an interdimensional slightly radioactive owl and seagull wizard

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

elaboration on another au while i work on some stuff for the celestial one (and also a fic au i really need to get that done soon)

i mentioned an au where ford is an interdimensional somewhat radioactive owl and seagull wizard

it’s now spiraled out of control and become an actual au so let’s talk about it (this one is less story-driven than the celestial au, but there is still a lot going on)

so something relatively important to get out of the way first. these are not your typical wizards. these are wizards combined with ideas pulled from various other things. so expect some overlap in concepts

in this au, all of the pines family (as well as all of gravity falls’ inhabitants) are wizards. each person is associated with at least one animal and one neat interest and/or skill. some examples:

-ford gets an owl, a seagull, and oddities, stan gets an opossum, a seagull, and transmutation

-dipper gets a deer and investigation, mabel gets a pig and art (you cannot convince me that sewing and knitting and crocheting aren’t art forms)

-fiddleford gets a hog, a raccoon, and engineering

the animals are essentially familiars. the first is generally inherited, gifted, or found. the second familiar is created by the wizard. they live as long as their friend does (it is not unheard of for a familiar to disappear if they don’t like their wizard. this is why preston and priscilla northwest, as well as bud gleeful, do not have familiars. they used to)

ford and stan got their first familiars via a fourth method that no one knew could actually happen at the time. that being that the familiars found them. these were the seagulls. the owl and the opossum were both created during times of high stress and, as such, are both sources of comfort for the duo

mabel was technically gifted waddles, but she considers him a find. dipper found his deer

soos got a rare case of having two gifted familiars (it’s currently unknown if he would be able to create a third one because of this). the first was a lizard gifted by his abuelita after his birthday gone wrong, the second was a goat gifted by stan

the story of this au primarily focuses around ford and mabel because if canon won’t give us sweater twins i will simply make them myself

see, ford has a problem. one of his familiars also has the same problem. i can’t really get into what exactly that is right now because i’m still considering writing this. mabel gets to know about the problem before anyone else does (this hinges on a headcanon i have which i’ll put in a separate post) and promises not to tell stan or dipper on one condition: she gets to accompany him in looking for a solution. he agrees to let her come along and so the real story begins

this post is getting a little long, so i’ll leave it there. as a final note- i do have a mental list of probably too many characters and what their familiars and interests/skills are (including future familiars :]). if you’re curious about a certain character don’t be afraid to ask about them (i might even have some extra story info about them)