Hereās my personal interpretation of Dipper in my āThe Summer Projectā AU (loosely based off @urdadsceilingfanās Reverse Portal AU)
Now this post is LONG overdue. As Iāve scoured the few posts Iāve made about my Summer Project AU, I noticed I unintentionally antagonized Dipper as this bad brother whoās too much of a wimp to protect his sister š So Iām gonna try to shed some light on him, not to excuse his actions, but to simply show his side of the story.
Dipper had a rough childhood. He always had his twin sister, Mabel, but besides that, everyone was so mean to him. Some kids could stomach Mabelās fun-loving personality but when it came to him, he was just some stupid nerd. He wasnāt happy with his life. That was until he met the Book Club. Other nerds who had the same interests as him, weirdos who loved the things that people would laugh at him about. And they werenāt shy like Dipper, they were proud of who they were and that inspired Dipper to join them. He tagged Mabel along and everything seemed great. But as Dipper grew older, his relationship with his sister began to change. This was due to the Book Club not being as friendly to Mabel as they were to him. Itās as if their status in school has changed. Now his sister was the weird outcast and he was the lovable dork. His heart ached for his best friend, but at the same timeā¦it felt so good not to be the laughingstock for once. Whenever one of his friends would tease and openly bully Mabel, heād get this tight feeling in his chest. His heart would beat loudly like thunder, and his breathing would quicken. In moments like those, heād squeeze Mabelās hand to provide some sort of comfort. For her, of course! If she was far away, heād squeeze his own hand.
As summer was around the corner, he and his sister started getting into fights over the Book Club. Dipper was put in a rough position. Should he choose the people who made him feel wanted, or the person who made him feel loved? He didnāt get the chance to fully think this through, as his parents told him they were shipping he and Mabel off to Gravity Falls to stay with their Grunkle Ford. The night before they went on that bus, he overheard a conversation between his parents. A conversation he wasnāt supposed to hear. They were getting a divorce. He and Mabel could be separated. He couldnāt bear the thought of a life without his sister. Dipper didnāt get a lot of sleep that night, which resulted in him having an awful migraine the first day they stayed at Grunkle Fordās museum. At night, Mabel brought him a cold glass of water and some pills she found in a cabinet. Dipper took the pills and drank the water. He begged Mabel to stay by his side until he fell asleep, squeezing her hand so tight it mightāve cut off her circulation. She did. He slept well that night.
The rest of the summer from then on was amazing. From crushing on that pretty lumberjack girl Wendy, solving mysteries with his sister, and growing close with his great uncle Ford, everything was great! Dipper never thought heād see the day that he would be truly happy. He hoped the rest of the summer would be as great as this.
But then āNot What She Seemsā rolls around. Dipper and Ford find out that Mabel is hiding something. Sheās trying to bring back this weird demon guy named Bill Cipher. His great uncle Ford claimed the thing to be his biggest enemy. By the way he described their past, Dipper assumed Bill to be some crazy ex (but heād never tell Ford that). He and Ford confront Mabel and she breaks down into tears. Thereās that feeling again. The one that gnaws at his chest. The tightness. The pounding heart. The hyperventilating. No matter how hard he squeezes his own hand, the feeling doesnāt go away. Suddenly, heās in the air and in front of him is the shutdown button for the portal. Ford begs him to turn it off. Mabel doesnāt try to defend herself, she just wonāt stop crying. He canāt move. Why canāt he move? His ears ring. The only sound he can hear is the loud whirring of the portal. His chest feels WAY too tight, as if his lungs were collapsing in on itself. He canāt breathe. He canāt breathe. He canāt breathe. He canāt br-
Suddenly, heās blasted away as the portal activates and he hits the floor with a loud thump. Pain spreads from his spine up to his head. He wakes up surrounded by a pool of something wetā¦he realizes itās blood. His own blood. Dipper panics and pulls himself up, probing a big wound on the back of his head with his hands. Ford runs to him and inspects the wound, his eyes filled with concern and care. Then thereās some footsteps. Dipper and Ford whip their heads towards the sound. Dipper thinks itās Mabel. Itās not.
(design is by the silly @taco-del-taco)
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