Imagine being me
Imagine you live in a country where popular american cartoon show gravity falls was not even heard of
Imagine growing up a little and going on the internet, and finding out about this show
Imagine seeing fanart on pinterest, of a boy in a pine hat and a girl in a shooting star sweater and two similar looking old men and a one eyed triangle
imagine seeing fanart of the fucking triangle being kissy kissy and tender with one of the old men/the boy with the pine hat/the girl with the shooting star
Imagine seeing the triangle looking over the boy reading a book/the girl knitting/anyone doing literally anything in the fanart
Imagine thinking the triangle must be a tinkerbell-type side character
Now imagine seeing the show for the first time
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Alternate Universes to the Shapes and Pines au by @void-dude
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DISCLAIMER!!! These are by no means canon to Shapes and Pines!!! These are alts of that au!!!
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I did a thing
1. Shapes and Strange Ciphers(SaSC): Human Tad and Bill, Euclydian Stan and Ford.
Tad ⇄ Stan , Bill ⇄ Ford
I already have a 22-page google doc with a summary of The Twins and Shapes bgs, plus a slightly more detailed looks at what each did before reuniting/meeting(plus lore comments). It stops at Tad and Stan meeting.
It's a bit of a mess and has some clunky moments, but I need to share it before I explode 😭
(I also have no clue how Dipper and Mabel or a lot of other characters would fit in this so it's literally just to play around with the shape fuckers dynamics 😅)
4/8 posted
1: Stan and Ford - Twins
2: Tad - Brothers, Loneliest Number
3: Bill - Brothers, Space Oddity
4: Bill and Ford - Need a hand? Pt. 1
5: Bill and Ford - Need a hand? Pt. 2
6: Bill and Tad - From States Away
7: Tad - To Worlds Apart
8: Tad and Stan - Need a friend?
2. Swapped!Shapes and Pines: Everyone swaps roles but not personalities. There are slight changes to mold the role around the character or mold the character to fit the role, but I tried to keep things mostly the same(biggest changes are in Tad and Bill).
Stan ⇄ Ford , Tad ⇄ Bill , Fiddleford ⇄ Preston , Mabel ⇄ Dipper , Pacifica ⇄ Tate , etc.
This one's a lot less put together(3 pages) and is just tables, bullet points, and lore comments. It's also not done, stopping after Ford meets Bill.
Depending on how long I decide it takes Ford, Fidd, and Bill to fix the portal, Mabel and Dipper may or may not be in it. Kind of leaning towards keeping it 30 years with the excuse that Stan doesn't leave notes like canon Ford does.
I like coming up with dumb little backstories explaining how characters ended up how they are and how their personalities slightly adapt to or change their role.
(Please ignore how I miss spelled 'role' as 'roll' I was hungry)
This au can also be changed to fit more to the og canon by swapping Tad out for an in universe character(also changing Stan's relationship with the big bad) and getting rid of Bills role.
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Also, huge thanks to the explosion of the Gravity Falls Fandom and the amazing creators who inspired me out of my art block prison.
Specifically, @/void-dude! Their Bill in therapy with static Ford gave me the kick I needed to start drawing again. Their Tad also infected me with the need to make a Euclydian oc who, I just realized, I never posted on here. Whoops.
Anywho, these past few weeks have been awesome for my creativity and horrible for my school work.
Gonna drop the Shapes and Strange Ciphers in peaces(plus lore screenshots) because I don't know what the text limit on tumblr is, and I want to keep some parts to their own post.
I will also drop bits of the swapped au as I work on it(warning that things will definitely be changed along the way and the label 'canon' is used very loosely) and it's possible that I will come up with or be inspired to make another au and get swept away in that.
If you got this far, thanks for reading my rambles, your reward is below 👇
Sad Tad
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I love the analysis you did about Filbrick. The only thing that I disagree with is "Filbrick is not a bad father, because he kicked Stan out" because I do think that part of what makes him a bad father is that he kicked Stan out, that was a cruel thing to do.
Awww, thanks for reading my analysis!
Well, your point is extremely good. And yes, kicking Stanley out wasn't a great move coming from Filbrick.
What I wanted to point out by talking about that part, was that Filbrick's decision of kicking Stanley out was the result of a sudden spur of rage, mixed with the need to protect the other son. From his point of view, Stanley just admitted "Yes, I sabotaged my brother because I want to keep him stuck with me forever". Of course kicking him out wasn't the best solution, but it was the most instinctual one: your son is hurting the other? Separate them, before more harm is done.
But please, do not misinterpret my words: by saying that Filbrick acted out of a spur of rage (because that's what he does and it's clearly said in Lost Legends), I don't mean "Filbrick is a great dad". And by pointing out the reasoning behind it, I don't mean that he's Father of the Year and all fathers should be like him.
What I wanted to do was explain the reasoning behind his actions and how, according to him (and in a non-affective way), Filbrick was doing what he thought was the best for his sons and family.
Did he do it in the wrong way? Sure. Could he have done it better? Of course. Was it cruel? Sure it was, even though he thought it was the right thing to do.
Again: understanding doesn't imply accepting. I can get the reasoning, but that doesn't mean I endorse it. However, since it's interesting and it portrays a character more multifaceted than just "evil cardboard figurine no. 11", I wanted to show this to others too, so they can also realize that wow, even a background character can be compelling and interesting with some good writing.
(And nooo, this isn't a reference to another father we just found out he exists (existed?) and no I am definitely not writing one trillion posts regarding a certain someone what makes you think that)
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What does Susie think of Barney?
Hey, who says that they have Barney in the Deltarune universe? Maybe there the popular children's character is a big green Apatosaurus named Stanley. No relation to what Susie looks like!
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