#delicious-trash-tree

(the ask game in question)

I'm gonna do these for gravity falls!

12. the unpopular character that you actually like

I feel like people have died down on hating on the characters more these days, but I'll say Gideon. I think he's a good antagonist in that he acts as a foil for both Dipper and Mabel in different ways, plus Stan's rivalry with a ten-year-old boy is objectively hilarious. That or Mabel.

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

Okay this is gonna put me on somebody's shit list but I don't really care about the Stan twins' childhood beyond its use as Tragic Backstory (tm)

1. the character everyone gets wrong

What is something in the Transcendence AU that's a must read?

Omg hi! I don't really ship much for GF but here's some of my favorite fics!

Changing Tides by Ariasune: Gravity Falls but with daemons! Honestly the character work in this one is just superb. It's really interesting to see how much the AU changes and how much stays the same.

Hive by MaryPSue: EXCELLENT plotty monster-of-the-week style fic. The tension goes so hard, the mystery is super well done, and the monster is genuinely scary.

putting the dog to sleep by parsnipit: A really well done character study of the Stan twins, complete with baby Stans and Old Yeller required readings. It's hard to describe this one, so I'm just gonna say it honestly made me cry.

And finally! My Transcendence AU must read:

Return, Rewind, Rewrite by MaryPSue: This one's an oldie but a goodie -- if you read nothing else from TAU, you should read this one. It's got worldbuilding, it's got intrigue, it's got demonic skeletons in the closet. I'm gonna paste the official summary below because I can't do it justice.

Hi thanks for the ask <3

👛 - favorite rare pair

Ooh for Gravity Falls that would probably be either Candip or Mabifica. For DC, I'd say probably Steph Brown/Cassie Sandsmark or Cassie/Cissie King Jones (idk if they have a ship name)

♟️ - a character you feel is overrated?

Oof this one's hard, because most characters in the media I watch/read are actually pretty decent. For GF I'm going to poke the bear and say Bill, because while he's a cool villain, I do think he's a bit oversaturated, at least in fandom. For DC I'll say Shazam (sorry billy stans)

🌸 - a ship others dislike but you don't?

With Gravity Falls, people seem to hate on BillFord a lot bc it's abusive, but I think if handled correctly, it's a really interesting exploration of a toxic dynamic. For DC though... Timber (timbern? Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd? idk which name is correct). Honestly, like, it's a little bland and underdeveloped, and yeah, maybe nobody's cloning anyone to bring them back from the dead, but I've seen some fun fics for them

♠️ - favorite protagonist?