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 but anyway some girl has spend years animating a show with her furry ocs set in a western universe with hints of?? native american and aztec mythology as well as like bits of others but not really cause theres a rabbit who wears a fuckin sailor outfit and i cant follow the plot at all and theres a crane called ichabod bc subtle 

There’s a lot of exposition in episode 10 which can be hard to follow on a first watch but is really rewarding when you go back to re-watch everything. Also, the animation is freakin gorgeous now and then, just

SHAPESHIFTING

MAGIC

BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS

FULLY ANIMATED ASL

PERFECT REACTION GIFS

If you want help getting into the show on YouTube (because the first few episodes are kinda vague and arent explained till later) you can read the comic that takes places before the show

incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go

correct response:

(you’re not stupid. I posted this thinking it would amuse a handful of mutuals who all knew the context and that would be about it, so I didn’t think about providing any other explanation. I had no idea it would spread this far.)

I’ll start from the very beginning just to be thorough. so this is Alex Hirsch, creator and head writer of Gravity Falls, a show which had a big focus on mystery, conspiracies, codes and ciphers, etc. the whole plot is kicked off by one of the main characters finding a mysterious old journal in the woods, which detailed all kinds of weird and supernatural things, but then ended abruptly with the author saying they had to hide the journal because they were being watched. the central driving mystery of the show, therefore, was the question of who wrote the journal and what happened to them.

now, the thing about Gravity Falls is that, while it must be said that the writers weren’t always quite as sure of their plans as we tend to like to think they are, it is very much a fair play mystery, with legitimate clues to what was going on. but the writers were caught off guard by how quickly the show attracted a dedicated audience, including a lot of people outside the primary presumed demographic, who started solving the clues faster than expected. so some of the fans were able to correctly guess who the author was before it was revealed in the show, and the theory started spreading. this put the writers in something of a panic, because this was THE mystery that the whole story revolved around, with ¾ of the show building up to the dramatic reveal in the middle of season 2. they wanted it to be a mystery that could be figured out, sure, but they weren’t prepared for people to solve it so far in advance of when it was planned to be revealed, which would have really taken away from the big moment. they weren’t going to change the main story itself, but having been caught unaware by how much attention the fans were paying, they wanted to up the ante and make the mystery more complex to solve going forward–but first they needed to buy some time and throw the fandom off the scent for a little longer.

hence, Alex’s plan as described above. they whipped up a fake shot that appears to give away the identity of the author as being another character in the show, put it on a screen in the studio as if it was a real animation frame, took a picture of it, and ‘leaked’ it online. it was initially decided to be a hoax (albeit, I think, presumed to be a hoax originating from outside the production team), until Alex posted this tweet:

…before quickly deleting it (though not so quickly that it didn’t get seen, of course).

it worked well enough to distract most people for a while, and wasn’t revealed as a hoax until a year later, when an episode aired that definitively proved that the supposed screenshot could never have happened, at which point Alex owned up to the whole thing as seen in the tweet above. by then the episode with the real reveal wasn’t far off, and while people did still work it out ahead of time, it was more of an “OH MY GOD I KNEW IT!” moment than a “booooooring, we’ve known that for ages” moment, which of course was what the writers wanted all along.

personally I find this a fascinating approach to dealing with the problem of spoilers, because it doesn’t affect the story itself at all; if you watch Gravity Falls today–or if you were watching it when it aired without any significant contact with the fandom–you’d never know about it. ultimately, the problem the writers were facing wasn’t that some people might guess the answer to the mystery–they never wanted to make it completely impossible to predict–so much as it was that they hadn’t designed the story to stand up to so many people working on the puzzle together, which resulted in a sort of total output of puzzle-solving ability that far outstripped the capability of any one solo human being. so their solution is something that’s very much targeted toward delaying that group problem-solving, without actually affecting the experience of any individual person watching the show.

plus, it’s very in keeping with the overall tone of the show.

don’t:

change the ending

do:

"I want."

"What is it that you want?"

"I can't verbalize that, it's beyond words."

"Well could you at least give some extra context? We can't fulfill an unspoken desire."

"I want emotional warmth. I want touch. I want comfortable silence. I want to be known better than I know myself."

"That just sounds like a close relationship."

"I guess."

"I guess?"

"It's more than that."

"What could be more?"

"Something deeper. Spiritual."

"I'm not sure I follow."

"I don't expect you to."

"Well, what do you want me to do about it?"

"I don't know."

"I guess we're stuck then."

"I guess so."

"Kinda funny, if you think about it. To want something so deeply, but not know how to obtain it."

"I suppose that's another part of the problem. It's not a thing you can obtain. It's something you cultivate."

"Then how do we grow it?"

"With others."

"Who?"

"I suppose that's up to you, isn't it?"

"How will I know if I've found someone I can trust to be that vulnerable with?"

"You can never know for sure."

"Then is it really worth the risk? We could get hurt."

"That's inevitable."

"Why would you want something that could hurt you? Doesn't that scare you?"

"Of course. But some of the most rewarding things in life are terrifying. There is no joy without risk."

"I'm not sure I'm ready to take that risk."

"That's okay. I'm content to want while I wait."

"Do you resent my hesitation?"

"Yes."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be. My resentment will pass. It always does."

"Thank you for being so understanding. I really do want to give you what you want. Someday. I just can't afford to pursue that sort of risk while I'm already struggling. There's so much going on in my life right now."

"I know."

"We'll start trying to find what you want. Soon. I promise."

"Thank you."

"I love you."

"I love you too. I'm glad we can say that now."

"Same. Hating you was exhausting."

"It was. Learning to love ourselves was the most difficult and most rewarding thing we've ever done. While we're already talking, can you promise me one more thing?"

"What is it?"

"Can you love those around you even harder? It won't completely satisfy what I want. But it helps ease the longing. And who knows? Maybe it could naturally grow into the thing I want."

"Of course. I want to love them anyways. That's an easy promise to make."

"That's also easier said than done. You've always struggled with showing affection."

"I'll try to be better."

"I'll hold you to it."

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Also! Stress tolerance is such an important skill that having a learning disability in that area is a major symptom of a whole lot of other disabilities/mental illnesses! Struggling with it is a huge part of life! It sucks!

Am I saying everyone with misophonia needs to listen to chewing noises all day? No. But you need to find ways to tolerate it enough that you don't treat others like shit if they make a mouth noise near you.

No, you don't have to read the fic with your trigger tags. But you do need to be able to handle scrolling past the tags without being upset.

It is hard! But not having it also makes you so so so easy to manipulate. That grandma is racist AF because her mom raised her to be uncomfortable around black people and she never fought that discomfort. Trans people make so many cis people uncomfortable and that discomfort turns into bigotry real fast.

── .✦ Sure sure! Hope this helps ^^

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