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I was listening to Complicated by Avril Lavigne earlier and I think the song fits Jesse really well. Then I thought about writing a story that’s just canon, but from his perspective. Probably some before and after canon too. Then I thought about doing it for more characters; Tulip definitely, Grace probably, and Ryan and/or Min-Gi. Maybe Simon. Probably not Lake (unfortunately) because she’s the focus of a different one of my stories (We Only Broke The Train A Little Bit (More Than You) ) but I love all these characters and am Not Normal about them.

My brother started playing music and I hear "it's the Holy Ghost Party" and am very confused. But I'm also not, because I know what he listens to. But also. What?

soren- in a cycle of being “abandoned ”” and abandoning that he was put into and keeps perpetuating

ivor- filled with so much bitterness bc ever since a young age he felt like the world is unfair and that there needs to be “fairness

gabriel- keeps the lies going bc he feels like he is giving people someone to look up to and feel protected by, something he didn’t have when he needed it the most during the worst time of his life.

ellegaard- wants to be respected for her own merits and “be the best” but feels that relying on help invalidates what she’s done and that she needs to not be “weak” and do it herself this big grandiose thing, and make up for the lie with said big grandiose thing.

magnus- wants to “free” more than anything and he feels the most trapped in this life he’s in now

I'm a bit of a character outfit/costume nerd and I was wondering if you had anything to share about what went in to making the outfits for The New Order's season 2 outfits? I can tell that Lukas and Petra keep the more "hero" appearance because they are still active adventures, while Axel and Olivia have more casual clothes becuase their focus has shifted from being adventurers to being leaders of Redstonia and Boomtown respectively. (Also whoever decided that Axel should wear a flannel and a skull shirt was so right and deserves cookies.)

The goal for season 2’s costume design were to reflect two things:

1. How things had changed in the characters’ lives since the first season - Lukas is still an adventurer, but a new one focused on stories and exploration, hence his new (frankly, anime-inspired) outfit. Petra is still clinging to the past which is why her armor is still the same one from the portal arc, just endlessly repaired and cobbled back together. Axel and Olivia have traded adventuring for running their towns, so their clothes reflect that… and then of course Ivor is a ninja now. Naturally.

2. How the server/world on the whole had changed and evolved - Something we never got the chance to show is that Beacontown is a hub city connected to every other town by a complex subway and mail tube system. It’s even connected to worlds within the portal network thanks to complicated and well-organized use of the enchanted flint & steel + the atlas of the old builders. This means that people from all over the world(s) are coming together in Beacontown to make it a melting pot of all kinds of styles and appearances. Characters like Radar in his hoodie + tie combo, Jack’s urban pirate look, Stella’s power suit.. these are some of the looks meant to reflect the increasing diversity of Jesse’s world and move the art direction away from some of the semi-medieval/fantasy vibes that were still hanging around.

Wendy even gets a turquoise bandana like thing in the last few episodes, which I thought was funny because it reminded me of Petra

I dunno if this counts as a "confession", but Petra is basically Wendy (Gravity Falls), right?? In a totally good way. I think that's why I vibe with Petra's character so much. I just cannot see them without thinking of the other!

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I understand the instinct to make Modern Odysseus the type of guy who use's his son/wife's name as a password. he's definitely obsessed with them enough

but Odysseus is smart. he would never make his password something easy to guess and his son/wife's name is super easy to guess, especially since he'd talk about them extensively to every single person he met ever

instead I propose his password is something absurd, like 'olive tree' but using 'Penelope' as a cipher

Watching Gravity Falls with siblings is great.

"I didn't think it was possible to be a worse guardian than Stan, but at least he has some idea of child endangerment." - my sister when Ford brought Dipper to the alien ship.

"That's not up to him, that's up to his parents." - my sister on Ford's apprenticeship offer.

"Is she about to get Bill'd?" - my brother when Mabel is in the forest.

"This show took a turn." - my sister in the episode thats name is like Xqthfqx or something.

"It takes a special kind of brain to come up with this." - my brother on the same episode as the previous quote.

I mean my username is sort of a huge inside joke that no one gets. But I DO like cake . . .

Reblog this post to ask mutuals to tell you their weirdest theory about u

There’s too many adults okay with casually drugging children in this series

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I would love to read anything you write about them!

I was going to lament the complete lack of longer fics centered solely on Dipper and Mabel's relationship, before realizing that I have, in fact, read one story like that. However, Dipper was so traumatized he acted pretty different.

This is also the story that convinced me I shouldn't read main character death.