#the murder of wax stan

[xovera-toz]

The Mystery Twins have no fingerprints

They run around with an axe all day, and after like 12 hours of this they check if the axe has any fingerprints (of the culprit) and... nothing

[sage-nebula]

You know, it's never talked about, but Mabel is demonstrably an artistic prodigy.

I think it's a bit of truth in television that her artistic prowess is completely dismissed / undervalued in comparison to the logical intelligence that Dipper presents, but nonetheless, the artistic and crafting feats that Mabel pulls off in the show are nothing short of amazing. Of course, she's not gifted in all areas (her drawings are just okay), but in others?

Mabel hand knits all of her own sweaters, as well as sweaters for other people, animals, and magical beings. She can start and finish a sweater in a single day (perhaps even multiple sweaters, as seen in Weirdmageddon 3). Not only that, but while we mostly see her with balls of yarn, we also know that she can knit using a variety of materials; in the end tag for "Headhunters" when Mabel is trying to choose between two sweaters, she says that the llama sweater (yes, the one that is eventually given to Pacifica) is made from llama hair. Mabel is twelve years old, and she can not only knit sweaters from a standard material at a rate comparable with a machine, but she can also knit llama hair sweaters, too. The girl has a gift.

And speaking of "Headhunters"!

In "Headhunters", we learn that Stan once had a wax museum at the Mystery Shack, and also that his wax statue of Abraham Lincoln melted in the sun. Mabel ends up building a wax figure of Stan out of the melted wax. A couple things of note:

It was old wax that had already melted who knows how long ago, possibly cooled, and then melted again . . . to be fair I know fuck all about working with wax, but I can't imagine that wax was in the best shape.

Even assuming that it was in the best shape, on her very first try Mabel created a wax figure of Stan that was so accurate that he screamed, leaped away from it, and formed an attachment to it, possibly because it reminded him of his twin brother. The murderer in the episode also mistook it for the real Stan.

I repeat: this was Mabel's FIRST TRY, and it was THAT PERFECT.

Mabel is TWELVE.

Mabel is often dismissed, both in the show and out of it, because she's silly, has an active imagination, and is girly and likes girly things. But she has a serious artistic gift. The girl is a prodigy! Sure, she's not a scientific genius, but who needs to be when you can outfit an entire town for funsies in a day and make immaculate sculptures like it's nothing?

What I'm saying is: when Mabel graduates high school, she's going to art school on a full ride scholarship, where she'll hone her craft to have art shows and galleries and make art pieces that'll change the world and stand the test of time.

Or at least, that's the dream . . .

[escharis]

In this house we stan hairy werewolves.

That or the local beauty salon has an influx of male customers lmao. Imagine going there expecting to meet up the girls but you enter and it’s just all very buff dudes which half of them or so you might even remember being heard of being wanted for murder.

#the amount of perfectly waxed male model bodies in this show is staggering

#like with all the supernatural shit happening how do they find the time for all that grooming ?

[incomingalbatross]

Five times Stan saw Ford in Dipper

(and one time he saw somebody else)

To be honest, Stan didn't think there was that much to see, at first. Sure, Shermie had said more than once how much the kids reminded him of Stan and Ford, but Shermie remembered them as a pair of gremlins under his feet. Of course another little pair would bring back those memories. Stan...remembered Ford as his own size, so it didn't work the same way for him. And Dipper, with his snark and his cynicism and his general attitude, was a fun little pain-in-the-neck, but not much like Stan's brother at that age. On the other hand... finding him glued to the Used To Be About History Channel and taking notes within his first few days at the Shack brought back some memories.

Yeah, okay, so Stan felt a little bad brushing off Dipper's rants about wax murderers, or old-timey conspiracies, or living arcade characters, or whatever the kid had tracked down this week. So maybe that burning enthusiasm in his eyes when he tried to convince everyone around him to care about the world's weirdness was a little familiar. It was fine. The kid had Mabel glued to his side (sometimes literally, after crafting accidents). And the kids had friends! Wendy and Soos and... Mabel's girl-posse... and honestly most of Gravity Falls, it seemed like, had their backs. Dipper didn't need his Grunkle's validation.

And then the whole Wendy musical-mind-control debacle came up, and that one Stan did jump into with both feet because hey, that wasn't Gravity Falls-level Weird, right? This was something he could admit he found plausible. Probably. And Mabel was obsessing over her boy band and Soos was out, and he liked Wendy and hated Robbie and somebody had to back Dipper up on this. Even if the kid was wrong, Stan could handle plain old Girl Problems. And... and it was kinda fun, maybe. Backing up the kid on one of his conspiracy projects. It wasn't exactly a Ford thing, because Ford didn't have friends who were girls, let alone get close enough to a girl to have her "stolen" from him. But supporting Dipper through the rejection part, after, reminding him he wasn't alone... that was maybe more familiar than he realized. Until Dipper looked up with a grateful, almost-shy little smile of appreciation at the reassurance, and Stan had to stop for a split second because Oh. Holy Moses. There he could see Sixer.

Things had gotten better, in some ways, since the zombie thing. He and the kids weren't hiding any of the general weirdness from each other, so he didn't have to pretend not to listen to stories about tiny golf-people or infinite pizza. He could do crazy things with them, even. That was fun! It was refreshing. The family that fights monsters together stays together, or...something. On the other hand, he was still hiding other stuff from the kids, and it got more important every day. And he was pretty sure they were still hiding Other Stuff from him, too. Which made it kind of a race. And it also meant that even while he was seeing more Pines in both kids than ever, in good ways, he was also seeing Dipper staying up all night and muttering into his Journal and wandering around with bags under his eyes that you could use to smuggle contraband. The stubbornness? The refusal to let go? That, Stan could relate to. The obsession and the twitchiness and the occasional haunted look, though... He'd really never wanted to see that Ford when he looked at Dipper.

Good news! Dipper's paranoia and skittishness had, in fact, gone way down since he'd met Ford and heard the full explanation of Stan's secrets. Bad news: It felt like everything Stan saw when he looked at Dipper nowadays was some kind of funhouse mirror of Ford, like all they were was the same person - the science, the schemes, the nerd games, the enthusiasm, just two brains on the same wavelength forever and ever - and that wasn't right, was it? Stan wasn't crazy, right, Dipper hadn't always been a total mini-Ford, so why did it seem that way now? It felt wrong. Felt unfair, somewhere, to somebody. But Stan couldn't pin down anything concrete in Dipper that wasn't in Ford - this Ford, anyway, and this Dipper. Maybe he was going nuts. Or maybe he hadn't known either of them quite as well as he thought he had.

+1:

"Hey, Grunkle Stan?"

"Yeah, what's up, kid?"

Dipper looks hesitant. "I... had a question. But it's okay if you don't remember the answer."

"Eh, lay it on me," Stan shrugs. It's near sunset, out here on the porch. Ford and Mabel are in the kitchen - he might have heard something about refining the Mabel Juice formula, but that's terrifying, so he's not gonna think too hard about it. They'll be out soon anyway, or he and Dipper'll head inside, and then they can check on any potential abominations.

"When... Okay. You know we were in your head, right? Before Gideon took the Shack?"

Stan squints. That was... yeah, that was a weird memory, but it was there. "Yeah."

"Okay, cool! We, uh. Never actually talked about that, so good to know. Anyway." Dipper takes a deep breath. "I sorta saw some memories when we were in there, but obviously you were still hiding some big childhood stuff then, so I was wondering now..." He fidgets. "Were you really a wimp as a little kid before you started boxing? Was all that true?"

Stan looks down at him, blinking. Dipper's head is ducked, face hidden by his cap. This matters to him, for some reason.

"...Well, yeah," he admits. With a laugh, he hurries to add, "I know I seem like I must've been born this awesome, but turns out, no! I was a pretty wimpy little kid to start out. 'Course, then I figured out punching meant I could take out anyone who looked at me and Ford funny - still, took a while to get good at it, even then. So yeah, there's your Grunkle Stan's deep dark secret, kiddo: he started out as a bona fide weakling." He flicks up the kid's hat brim, still a little nervous about why he even cares -

And Dipper looks up, beaming at Stan. He's bright-eyed and happy, and he says quietly, as if he's just been given a present, "Kinda like me."

Oh.

Okay then.

Stan squishes Dipper into his side with one arm before the kid can comment on all the dust that's suddenly in Stan's eyes. "Like you were, maybe," he corrects him gruffly, knuckles rubbing into his hat. "I think you're comin' along pretty good, you know that?"

Dipper, squirming and laughing, shamelessly hugs him back. "I hope so," he says, apparently because this is Honesty Hour. "I guess - I guess if you didn't start out awesome, there's hope for all of us, right?" And it's probably still the laughter that's making the kid's breath hitch but - either way, Stan realizes he means it.

Seeing Ford in Dipper was just a thing that happened. It's probably never gonna stop happening - they're nerds, and they're family, and they're Stan's family, of course he's gonna see when they echo each other. He knows - he's always known - that they're alike, and also that they're two different people, and that he likes them that way.

But it's maybe been a while since he looked head-on at the moments when he can look at Dipper

(snarky, sarcastic, always ready to mouth off, latching on to every friend he made, stubborn, scrappy, insecure, throwing himself like instinct between his family and anyone who looked at them funny)

and see, uh, well. Somebody. Who isn't Ford.

And getting faced with the idea of Dipper apparently... a little bit... looking for himself in that-somebody-who-isn't-Ford?

These kids are gonna give Stan a heart attack in the few days left between now and their birthday. Seriously. It's gonna happen.

"Shut up, squirt," he sniffs for now, and decides to stop pretending this isn't a hug. "Didja not hear me the first time?" Months ago, inside his own head - yeah, okay, so he could probably stand to say it to the kid's face. "I'm already proud of you."

[cb-works13]

June 7th: Headhunters

I remember watching this episode and being like “wowie zowie! they really upped the stakes in this episode! the wax figures were really trying to murder the kids! Dipper nearly fell off the mystery shack roof! Sherlock Holmes attempted to behead Stan! this episode is CRAZY!”

haha…

anyways…

This episode had so many good lines, I wrote down some of my favorites:

“Good thing I’m an uncle! Avenge me, kids! AVENGE MEEE!”

“You really think you can defeat us?” “It’s worth a shot, I guess.” “I don’t know, I’m not really sure…”

“It’s covered in my blood, sweat, tears, and other fluids!”

“Sorry, but we don’t serve miners.” “AW DANGIT”

While holding an axe: “In my opinion, this is an axe.”

“Quack quack.” [Translated: “Don’t patronize me.”]

“City bOY, city bOY”

“But enough about me… behold: ME!!!”

“Your wife is gonna be beautiful!” “YES! […] but will she love me?!”

While holding back tears: “I hope you’re picking pockets in wax heaven!”

“Do you know any limericks?” “Uh… there once was a dude… from Kentucky-” “NOPE!”

@gravity-falls-daily

[billford-dump]

Stranger Avatar Stan Thoughts

It starts with his first new identity, not long after he was kicked out. He… enjoyed being someone else. He was no longer Stanley Pines, high school dropout, moron who ruined his genius brother's science fair project, the useless kid, the spare. Now he's Stan Pinington, a man who has just barely started existing, who is old enough to hold a proper job, who has never fucked up so badly he got kicked out, who is confident and smart and is going to make millions.

It doesn't turn out like that, of course. He gets fired from his new job after a week, barely earns enough to pay for food and gas. He keeps going, keeps trying, because at least this was better than being Stanley. Eventually he broke one too many laws and was forced to leave Jersey, but that's okay because now he was Leland Oakley, a new face with new opportunities.

And on and on, he became person after person after person. Never caught, never recognized when he didn't want to be.

Then came the day he had to become Stanford Pines. He's not sure how anyone actually believed he was his brother, the hands alone were a dead giveaway, not to mention the sudden lack of nerdiness. But still, he settled into his new role, molded it to fit him better, and eventually "Stanford Pines, the reclusive scientist" became "Stan Pines, the owner of the Murder Hut (later renamed the Mystery Shack)".

---

Stan doesn't even know he's an avatar. He's not a full one, never actually crossed the boundary between human and Not, still stuck between them. There was usually enough fear around to keep him from getting hungry, and the way that he could go weeks without eating if he had to was something he wasn't about to question. The only time he got seriously hungry was after Ford fell through the portal and he spent weeks (it was months, he survived for MONTHS on what little half-rotten food Ford had in his house) before he was so hungry he was forced to go into town.

He felt so much better, once he gave that first tour. He tells himself it's because now he has money, and money always makes him feel better. The townsfolk won't make eye contact with him, but something keeps a few of them coming back.

The Mystery Shack is the way he feeds himself, although he isn't aware of it. That mild fear of the tourists is enough, and at the height of tourist season he doesn't even have to sleep, he can work all night and feel fresh and ready to go in the morning. The off-season is another story, he'll fall asleep and wake up days later, telling himself he just forgot to mark the calendar.

(He knows there's something very, very wrong with him. But if it helps him get his brother back sooner, he will embrace that wrongness completely.)

---

He never closes down his wax museum. See, rather than them just being cursed wax figures, a few months after he stole them they stopped being constrained by their curse and started being animate all the time. And THEY were aware that Stan was nearly an avatar, and they enjoyed hanging out in his house, so they put in the effort to scare the shit out of people to feed him. Like paying rent. When the wax museum stopped pulling in money they got moved to the main area instead of locked up.

That, plus he can supplement his diet with human food.

Occasionally though, when all of that isn't enough, he'll feel… odd. He'll lead tourists through rooms he doesn't remember having and the tourists' expressions will change from that gullible interest he's so used to into fear, then terror, but they just follow him until the end of the tour and then leave immediately without buying anything. (They watch, as the old man acting as their tour guide looks less and less human, leads them past hanging, empty skin and people who aren't people, leads them past puppets and mannequins and people they Do Not Recognize, and the moment they're outside again they flee in terror and never even set foot in Oregon again.)

---

Then came the day he was finally, finally able to bring his brother back…. His brother, who barely recognized him, who treated him like a stranger when he first saw him, who seemed wary and on guard and kept protectively placing himself between Stan and the kids.

(Avatar Ford post here.)

[theboredasexual]

Borace Watched Gravity Falls, Episode 3

Spoilers, duh.

So apparently im like the only person in a fifty mile radius who hasnt seen gravity falls yet and with the release of the new book i figured now is a great time to get into it and it is currently 11pm and i am tired and watching episode 3 so im mkaing a tumblr post about it with no grammar or punctuation if you dont like it take it up with god, idk

anyway WHO KILLED WAX STAN. I LOVED HIM. HOW COULD YOU.

CITY BBOOIIIIIIYYY city bOiiiiiIIIIII

wtf is this show am i high

ITS A MURDER MYSTERY EPISODE WHOO

"In my opinion... this is an ax" thankyou soos i had no idea

thank you grunkle stan for your presons- fuck- rsp- no fuck- responsilble parenting that'll do im too titred to correct my spelling oh cool a nightclub

mabel: *walks past an unconscious, unresponsive body on the ground* he's resting

why is this tiny little man being arrested for the murder let him be - nevermind. he kisses cardboard cutouts. arrest him lock him up do not pass go

WHATHTHEFUCKCKJDGDSHSJKNHSJKKNDS THEYRE ALIVE

i know he killed wax stan but i love him actually sherlock holmes you are perfect

nevermind i hate them put the whites of your eyes away sir

sherlock and dipper are fighting. gay on gay violence

IM SHERLOCK-BLEEDIN-HOLMES. HAVE YOU SEEN MY MAGNIFYING GLASS? ITS ENORMOUS!

oh look a convenient sunrise at 2x speed

*sherlock dies with a string of british profanities*

i knew those policemen were gay but i wasnt ready for them to spew coffee back and forth into each others mouths. that was practiced.

anyways post over that episode was beuatiful and awful which i think its pretty standard for this show

[mallleus]

My Gravity Falls OC, Barbara "Babs" Sanchez-pines & kids

Barbara " Babs" Sanchez-Pines

Has had 3 kids

a homemaker (by choice)

Normally dyes her hair but hasn't gotten around to it

has committed crimes in the PAST, she wants to be seen as a "Good" mom/aunt/grandma/etc. but always kinda relapses sometimes and feels crappy about it afterwards

Likes to dress up and keep her appearance neat

Stan's number one cheerleader but also his " Are you sure?"

(Young)Stan tried breaking up with her one time because he felt like she could do better but she slapped him and kissed him <3 and they've been together for 30+ years now

Does NOT have a good relationship with her family

Adores the one she made/married into

Like Soos does for Abuelita, I'd like to think that he helps her dye her hair too.

She absolutely LOVES cutting fruit for people, her love language fr

same with making stuffed animals outta fabric

loves crocheting, she bonds with mabel over this

tries to get into whatever Dipper is into the best she can

She appreciates every day and everyone a little more especially after the " incident", especially her boys.

Loves her family

Xiomara "Mara" (See-oh-Mah-ra)

is 29 years old

yes, she met Ford BUT at the time she was 5 and taking a nap and chalked up " Second dad" as " Nightmare Dad" because if you remember what Ford looked like at the time then you'd agree with her because Ford looked like he was tweaking and no one explained what a twin was to her.

Is a detective and lets a surprising amount of her parent's crimes slide

She was actually scared to tell her parents she wanted to be a cop because she was literally raised to be a con artist " Mama, papa, I'm... A COP!" Dramatic gasps, Stan is holding his chest hair in the substitution to pearls

Has a crush on Shandra Jimenez and has beef with Toby. Unrelated.

maybe on Manly Dan too idk yet.

she's so stressed her hair is already graying

Had a lot of guilt for not being there when the "incident" took place

and personally oversaw Wax Stan's murder case with Dipper and Mabel.

Alejandro "Ale" (Ah-leh)

Is 29 years old

A mechanic

A father to a wonderful little baby girl ( the mama split after she gave birth)

unproblematic king

No idea how to cook so he's learning from his mama

the amount of times he set the fire alarm off is unreal

A mama's boy but appreciates his papa's teachings (he's the mechanic your dad warned you about)

Drops his baby off at the shack when he goes to work

He tries spending a bit more time with his mom after the " Incident"

Also has a crush on Shandra Jimenez ( have you seen her? who wouldn't, honestly)

Antonio " Tony"

is 29 years old

A nurse

Became a nurse because when he and Ale were 13, Babs had a heart attack and no one knew why she was acting funny until by some stroke of luck a literal doctor walked in and noticed. He felt guilty about not knowing A WOMAN HAVING A HEART ATTACK IS DIFFERENT FROM A MAN (PSA) So he became a nurse. Not a doctor because that was too much work so he became a nurse

Drops by the shack to see his parents often with the excuse " I just love talking to you two" (half true) when in actuality he's scared something might happen to either of them and no one is gonna be there/won't know what to do to help them

That was the incident btw

[when-the-spagheddie-hits-the-fan]

I'm in the BIT Club (IT Book Club)

Each week we read a certain amount of the book and I have thoughts and feelings about IT *Ba Dum Tss*

Warning: There are Spoilers

Week 1

Ch. 1

   I really liked being in Georgie’s perspective, and the whole time he’s describing the basement I kept hearing the Jaws *dun dun* because of future events and just having the knowledge I have from the Miniseries, Movies (and Musical), like, dude, you have no idea how right you are! And that turtle wax made me go, “omg, does Stephen King even realize what he did there?!” and it’s like “yeah, ya goof.”

   Georgie and Bill’s relationship was so siblings. People don’t always write siblings being assholes to each other while also showing that they care about each other. I think the butthole jokes weirdly show that off the best, and Georgie is so cute about Bill saying “shitty butthole” — very little kid of him.   Also, when Georgie kisses Bill on the cheek and Bill tells Georgie to be careful before leaving, I never thought it was weird while watching the other media, so when it was pointed out how unusual it was it got me thinking about why did they do it that time? Was it the turtle or was it just one of those moments that really stands out to you because it was the last time you saw that person and it ended in tragedy or was it something else completely? 

   Something that really surprised me was that an adult “saw” what happened and actually went to go check on Georgie. Any other time I’ve seen this scene it almost always cuts away right after Georgie is attacked so I had no idea. Plus adults suck, so anytime they aren't it’s always wild to me.

Ch. 2

   This chapter is so brutal, obviously. But like, fuck, dude. What adds to the harshness of it all is like this shit has happened and can still happen. My heart felt so disgusted by what those homophobic pricks were doing. And the hopelessness of Don crying out for anyone to help, and running back to Adrian and not being able to anything was so sad and sickening.

   And with Pennywise showing up to finish off Adrian I find myself thinking, not at the time but looking back on it, Pennywise is not as bad as those jackwagons. Is that weird to think? I mean, Pennywise is a murder-crazed space clown god thing, what are those scum sucking fuckwads excuses?

   Something I found interesting is how kinda neutral the cops were? ACAB and all that, but I thought they were gonna be evil and that’s that. But no. Sure they aren’t supportive of the gays but they didn’t go out of their way to fuck with them, and one stopped the first altercation and told the warthog sniffers to fuck off. Again ACAB and at the end of the day they are, but I was kinda thrown for a loop when they weren’t vile creatures.

   On a happier note; the Elmer Curtie part was really funny. Man has a successful gay bar in a small, homophobic town and it takes him 4yrs, give or take, to realize it. Amazing! And when he figures it out he’s like, “Most of my patrons are polite, I never have to pay for damages because girls aren't an issue, and I’m making money?? I see only positives!” Also, it’s totally canon that he ships Don and Adrian.

Ch. 3

   This was a hefty chapter, and my favorite out of the 3 for this week. For a chapter as a whole; I liked the back and forth of who was narrating for each Loser’s parts (other person, that loser, other person, that loser, other person, that loser), and a thought I’m sure no one has had before; IT should really be a TV Series. Chapter 1 and 2 could easily be their own episode, and each of the Losers’ sections could be their own episode too!

   Stan- Okay, starting off strong and sad. Really surprised that Stan is first, and we’re in Patty’s head. I learned way more about Patty than I ever did with the Miniseries and Movies combined. I mean in total her screen is like what? Over 5mins?

   The people need to know that puzzles are Patty’s thing! I repeat, girl has hobbies away from Staniel!!

   That part about her not being allowed in that high society club dance, describing her beautiful dress that made her look like a mermaid, the sound that her heels made on the gravel when walking back to the car, the laughing she hears and how that will affect her even years from now, that shit is crushing. And her and Stan's relationship is so nice and sweet. She doesn’t always get him, but she loves him so much, and they’re each other's person. He’s gentle with her for their first time. I made an audible “awww” when Patty said, “Don’t hurt me, dear.” and he said, “I will never hurt you.” Then the moment got ruined with remembering what’s gonna happen, but I digress.

  So when Patty goes to check on Stan, again, it’s way longer. The one thing that really stood out to me is that she notices all the unusual things Stan is doing, things that he never really does but it’s nothing that she feels like she needs to bring up with him. And then it’s too late, and those out of place things are just playing over and over again in her head. It got me thinking about Georgie's chapter. The kiss and the concerned warning that the brothers do for the last time they would ever see each other. And how it stands out to them but they say nothing about it, and thoughts of these mistakes and what they should have done will stay with (sadly only) Bill forever. And now with Patty. Fuck.

   Two things I can now confidently say now about Stan is he’s autistic and the man fucks!

   This is such a little piece and I haven’t read the whole book so technically the whole picture isn’t there, but Stan is autistic. The way he talks and interacts with people, he’s logical and doesn’t feel the need to explain himself. ‘Cause why would he? He’s right. Speaking as a person that also falls on the spectrum, reading this little bit about Stan at least makes me go, “Hmmm, gonna file that for later.” Also, and I really wish this wasn’t the case, I really appreciate having Stan not come off as cold and heartless. He jokes around and clearly loves his wife. Almost like he's a person and not some broken robot. What a concept!

   On a hornier note, Stan likes sex. The Miniseries understood that. It’s so great that when they leave the clinic, Stan's first words are, “I never do”, and then clarifies, “Think about procreation during.” Noice. I don’t know; I just really like knowing that the dude fucks and he likes it.

   On a final note; I’m interested in finding out why he remembers more than any other losers. Like, I know but I’m curious to see how the book will explain it.

   Richie- Richie has ADD/ADHD!

   From the need to play music (the louder the better) to either help him focus or distract him.

All those voices he does, him wanting to please the people he talks to, and not wanting to say or show what he’s actually feeling or thinking? That is so masking!

   I know with every character there are a lot of thoughts going on in their heads, but Richie’s on a different level. Not only does he have a lot of thoughts, but he’s also talking to a lot of people, using multiple voices, and he’s quick on his feet when on the spot. Plus I know he has the gift of gab (aka never shuts the fuck up), he’s moving around a lot, and he’s keeps getting distracted with little things going on around him. His brain is all over the place.

   Imma call it; Richie wasn’t bullied for his glasses (I mean he was but shush); he was bullied because he has ADD/ADHD! Kids don’t need to know what it is to spot it and hate you for it. Talking from experience as an ADD kid (or that weird annoying girl).

   It’s really sad that the main memories that he remembers is the bullying, the names they called him, and getting beat up.

   I’m glad he had friends that loved and cared about him.

   Also, holy crap! Richie said, “You bet your fur” first!

   Ben- …Okay, real talk? Ben’s part was so funny! I already brought up that the amount of times Ricky Lee’s name was so fucking funny to me here, but the waitress, the lemons, and the amount of stress Ben was giving Ricky Lee was really funny.

   Of course I feel bad for Ben but to be in Ricky Lee’s POV is really something special!

   Sorry, not that much to say. I guess something to add is Ben needs therapy (no duh). In this case I’m talking about his body image issues, and for what he put his body through and I bet is still doing to look “perfect.”

   Eddie- I don’t think I have to bring up examples on why Sonia sucks and is a terrible mother; you saw all the words about her.

   Everything that was shown about Eddie wasn’t surprising. I think reading the source really showed me the fights that he has with himself might be his biggest problem (those words come from his mother but you get it) And I really like that you can tell, even through all his fear, that Eddie is a capable person and is very brave.

   Also, I was expecting Eddie to have a long list about everything he takes but, good lord, that list really did go on forever.

   I don’t know how fans feel about this, considering all the fanfics I read I think I’m really in the minority, but I don’t think Myra is abusive?? At worst, I think she kinda manipulates Eddie into feeling bad and getting her way but like I don’t know, it feels like she’s fucked up like Eddie but in a different way, they both seem to be stuck in this life. Even what I said about the worst seems a bit too much. I actually feel bad for her. I’m really surprised because, again, all the fanfics I’ve read, things I’ve seen online talking about her and Sonia’s similarities, and I guess the little snippet from the second movie shaped my original opinion about her.

   And can I just say, I hate how Stephen King describes fat people. He makes it seem like the biggest sin a person can have is being fat. Like, “Of course they're a bad person. Didn’t you see how big they are? I mean how could you not?! Fat people are so gross!” I just — it makes me uncomfortable. Especially ‘cause, oh I don’t know, BEN! Let’s see how that goes.

   Bev- This is really brutal. Besides Bev beating the ever-loving shit out of Tom and scream-laughing like the beautiful mad lady she is when she's outside, my overall favorite part is how Tom is able to sound cruel and vile but also show just how pathetic and dumb he really is.

   He really is a top tier abuser with no skills of his own, and has the mind of a whiny child. I hope his balls exploded into bloody nothings, and the wounds Bev gave him never heal and he’s unable to cover them so he never forgets what happened and his outside matches his insides. (btw scars are cool and okay but fuck this turd)

   I’m glad Bev found her strength again.

   Bill- I learned you can do anything if you have the unjustified confidence of a white man. I wanted to say that college Bill was being really egotistical, but what the fuck do I know? It worked out great for him. 

   Seriously though, I’m trying really hard not to jump the gun but I know that book adult Bill sucks and the live action adult Bills don’t. And overall Bill seems okay in his section buuuut, I don’t know; I’ll keep trying to take in the book without my prior knowledge.

   I like Audra, and finding out how they met. I think it’s sweet that you wouldn’t think they would have ended up together but they really do seem to love each other. And Audra really seems to care about him. What a nice, good lady. Sure would be a shame if Bill became human trash and taints what they have.

[bracketsoffear]

Waxworks (Gravity Falls) "Wax Sherlock Holmes comes from a collection of cursed wax figures that Stan Pines bought. they come alive in the moonlight and typically get up to mischief and hijinks, but after Stan locks them away, they get angry and try to take their revenge by attempting to murder Stan. they also attempt to murder Dipper and Mabel for discovering their secret. Wax figures in general are canonically associated with the strangers, but wax figures that come to life and try to murder people? even better."

Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events) "He’s basically a human not!them. He disguises himself in a terrible costume and EVERYBODY believes him except for a select few. Only an avatar of the Stranger can simply cover their most defining features and pass for another person immediately. He uses that uncanny “everyone believes me” as a way to hunt down the ppl who Know he’s not who he says he is. He's an over the top actor who was also a ringmaster once so we have the Vibes."

[dippermabelpines]

Toby Determined, you're under arrest for the murder of the wax body of Grunkle Stan! You have the right to remain impressed with our awesome detective work. Gobbling goose feathers! I don't understand! Then allow me to explain. You were hoping that Grunkle Stan's new attraction would be the story that saved your failing newspaper. But when the show was a flop, you decided to go out and make your own headline. But you were sloppy! And all the clues pointed to a shabby-shoed reporter who was caught left-handed. Toby Determined, you're yesterday's news. Boy, your little knees must be sore from jumping to conclusions! Ha-cha-cha! I had nothing to do with that murder. I knew it! Wait what did you say? Nothing? Huh? What? Huh? He said nothing. Could you repeat... Then where were you the night of the break-in? Um...

GRAVITY FALLS 1.03 - Headhunters

[crappy-homestuck-confessions]

When it comes to Vriska "hate" and discourse, I can't help but feel quite a bit shaken up. Gamzee, who was mind controlled and influenced by an immortal buff green skeleton demon into doing what he did, someone who is incredibly malleable and easy to shape into a pawn, specially after he was given absolutely nothing to latch onto with his religious beliefs deconstructed and absolutely no purpose in life, is treated like he deserves to be stomped into the ground for the shitty things he did in acts 5 & 6, meanwhile Vriska who CHOSE to do the things she did, wasn't mind controlled, yes influenced but not mind controlled, is let off the hook and treated like she deserves to be forgiven and have her actions look past.

The thing about Vriska is yes, she DID become the way she is due to the environment she was raised in and a bit of influence from Scratch, but she CHOSE to do what she did, she omitted details to June in order to give herself a better look, and while I don't TOTALLY doubt she genuinely feels bad for what she did, she kinda skips the detail of her ensuring Bec Noir's existence by ensuring Bec is created in the first place. Why did she do this? Because she has a fucking complex. Instead of making up for what she did by being a better person, she tried to make up for the shitty things she did by creating a monster that threatens the lives of everyone around her, so she could kill said monster and "fix" everything she did. She's a villain who desperately wants to be a hero and takes things way out of proportion. And the end to her arc in act 5 was perfect, she was a well written character, a pretty good antagonist with a hint of tragedy and a fuckton of personality, the consequences of her actions caught up to her in both timelines, one being killed by one of the people she's deeply wronged, and another being shown that her whole plan of forcing a situation where she's the hero was stupid and she was painfully shown that by Jack rejecting her challenge and doing what Terezi said he'd do, blow up the meteor and kill everyone on it, bringing two of the trolls to Vriska to further hammer it home.

She was a bad person who definitely had a reason to end up the way she did who ended up paying for the things she did, she served the story well as an antagonist and was enjoyable while she was onscreen (except the ableism. That part wasn't fun.)

... And then act 6 ruins that! She's revived and SUDDENLY she's amazing at planning, everything she does goes right, and she's never in the wrong, and she gets to be a hero like she always wanted to. This makes NO SENSE, she's suddenly amazing at making plans even though during act 5 every single plan she made blew up in her face, she fixes everything going on in the meteor like she's a master psychologist and relationship fixer even though she's barely got anything together on her own, and overall she's handled horribly. This is why I have a problem with people excusing Vriska's actions with act 6, bc what she does makes NO sense and is just Hussie being fucking weird about Vriska bc she's his pet favorite character that never does anything wrong.

I mentioned Gamzee earlier and part of the reason this all annoys me so much is Vriska stans keep bringing up her past to justify the way she is, while stomping the poor clown into the ground and treating him like he's always been a horrible person, even though before the Meteor Murder Incident he had never been implied to kill anyone or be violent at all, in fact he was just a religious stoner that wanted the best for his friends, until he had his faith ripped away from him by accident and then stumbled upon a puppet that's LITERALLY KNOWN AND STATED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERSONALITY AND MORALITY ON AN INHERENT LEVEL. HE'S MIND CONTROLLED. BY LORD ENGLISH. but do you see anyone waxing poetic about him because of that? Because he's a victim of circumstance that did horrible things as a result? No!!!!! He's just dunked on over and over again specially the longer the story goes on, culminating in his PQ route where they just go "haha murder clown" EVEN THOUGH THAT'S COMPLETELY ASININE AND HE NEVER DISPLAYED ANY OF THOSE TENDENCIES PREVIOUS TO BEING INFLUENCED BY LORD ENGLISH. I'm not saying what he did was JUSTIFIED, no, god no, but the Gamzee we knew from before and during Sgrub is long gone, and in his place is just another pawn to LE like Scratch, Kurloz and Bro. He COULD have ended up better had he not been mind controlled and gotten to improve his mental foundation, same way Vriska could have ended up a good person had she not grown up as a blueblood with a shitty lusus, but does anyone care? NO! NO ONE DOES! BECAUSE IT'S NOT VRISKA!

Again, to clarify, they're BOTH good characters previous to Act 6, the downhill trend comes in at Game Over, they're both well written and have depth, I DON'T HATE VRISKA, it just severely annoys me seeing what kind of severe double standards this fandom has.

And to cap this off, I'm a polyamorous bi trans woman. So don't you fucking bring the whole "people hate Vriska because she's a woman" shit here.

This was very very long and I'm sorry for that but I HAVE to let this off my chest.

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[thatdudekat]

Season 1 Episode 3: “Headhunters”

omg they were really trying to murder stan

every time i see any piece of media that has to do with wax figures i always just think of the movie “House of Wax” and i’m reminded of the horrors

i love how unlikable the cops are in this show. it’s just so real tbh

[euphoric-ghoul]

I going to fight everyone who says dipper isn't trans masc because it's literally canon, disney is just a bunch of terfs who wouldn't let it happen (episode three: dipper is trying to figure out who murdered wax Stan and he gets misgendered??) (episode something where he literally gets T??? + I'm pretty sure that the mailman thing happened in the episode)

GAY SCENE BEING DIPPER BEING TRANS 😒😒 (also Wendy is canonically bi but yk)

not to mention that dipper isn't even his legal name (chosen name ??? woahh ??)

anyways I never thought I'd be gravity falls posting in 2024 but yk 💔💔

[probably-a-plant-thing]

Oh yes please! Could you do prompts with slasher films like Tcm or Tcm2, House of wax, Behind the mask, the boy, Halloween, Friday the 13th etc basically any slashers will do!! I just need some inspiration I've been in a drawing funk lately and I would appreciate it!!!

Right so I'm basically just gonna ramble out ideas and you can pick out one ya like since this is basically a thrift shop in my mind. Basically just things I kinda wanna see more of.

House of Wax

The brothers being brothers. I fucking love seeing siblings existing happily. The best part with it is that you can literally just draw brothers' vibe with any genre so here's what I've been thinking about doing: (this is just as much for me as for you, lol)

Redraw that one scene Vincent finds Bo post-beating then where he cries out in anguish. In the same vein, there's angst in Lester's reaction to the town burning

So I think Vincent was actually the first one to start the murders, he might have lashed out. Mostly because I hate the "good twin/bad twin" motif in the movie and Vincent being the one that started the killing is fun

idk why but I have the distinct idea of Vincent needing Bo to sit pretty to get an updated mask mold

Again in the same vein, candle Vincent. Mans is dripping wax from his fingertips over a skull/person or some artsy fuckin shit like that.

Behind the Mask

Leslie Vernon is a fucking fanboy. He'd be the equivalent of a Minecraft stan but for Jason Voorhees.

I think he's another artistic type since he had to make that mask and make the clothes convincingly worn out.

It is morally correct to draw him stealing from other slashers.

I can imagine him stalking one of the bigger slashers just so he can figure out how to make them a marketable plushie.

Scream 1996

OK but like. Given the fact they're in high school, Stu probably poked so much fun at Billy for being a virgin.

Stu flirted with everyone's dad but in the "hetero man way."

Ghostface getting their shit handed to them is great inspo

[mysteriesofmarcy]

Maystery Monday #5: Underestimated

So today the queen poems from Star vs came to mind.

We have classics like

Tick tock, the clock talks

But secret are its powers

The only one to break its spell

Was Skywynne, Queen of Hours

Important poems, like

Eclipsa Queen of Mewni

To a Mewman king was wed

But took a monster for her love

And Away from Mewni fled

And new ones, like

The immortal monster

Will long be haunted

By the darkest spell

Of Moon the Undaunted

But I noticed something.

Star's poem says

Star the Underestimated

Was queen for just four days

Her one decision on the throne

To give it all away

And that got me thinking. This wasn't the only time Star was underestimated. From The Banagic Incident:

Marco: Sorry, I underestimated you.

Star: You... underestimated me?

Marco: Ehmmmm, yeah, I did. Sorry. This stuff looks delicious though!

Star pushes the ice cream out of his hands

Marco: Why did you --

Star: There was a fly on it.

She's not the only one either. In the Amphibia episode All In!, Andrias tells Anne that "From the moment you walked into my throne room, I underestimated you."

And there are several points in Gravity Falls where Dipper and Mabel are severely underestimated. Instances that come to mind include

Headhunters, where nobody believes Dipper can solve the case of the murder of Wax Stan

Irrational Treasure, where nobody (including Dipper) believes Mabel can solve the case of the true founder of Gravity Falls

Gideon Rises, where Gideon doesn't believe Dipper can stop him without his journal

And Weirdmageddon III, where Stan doesn't believe the Mystery Shack Gang can (or should) save Ford

I'll also throw in The Stanchurian Candidate where Dipper tells Stan "We don't think you can do it" and he proceeds to (almost) win on his own

So in short: to be a protagonist in a modern cartoon, you must be underestimated.

And I'm sure this trend also shows up in other shows, but these are the only examples I can think of right now.