I’m So Glad That Someone Mentioned The Humor In This Game Because The Face Of Sheer Disbelief Ivor

Introductory post that's actually mostly so I don't forget what tags I've used

Hi! Welcome to my blog... thing. I'm cakeiscool. Or cake. Or Cake_Is_Cool on Ao3.

I actually don't know what to put here because this is mostly so I remember the various tags I use to organize things. These tags, currently, are:

cake rambles < when I write something really long

Half Reversed Reunion AU < My Gravity Falls AU that's me smashing Reverse Falls and Reunion Falls together, except Dipper and Pacifica are reversed but Mabel and Pacifica aren't. Dipper ends up raised by the Gleefuls while Mabel becomes BFFs with Pacifica.

A Place To Call Home Series < I actually don't remember if I wrote "series" or "AU" but it was probably series. Anyway, this is my Infinity Train series following Lake after she got off the train and also a couple of original characters, Kaya and Evie.

There are probably more but I don't remember them right now. I'll add more as I think of them.

Feel free to ask stuff as long as you keep it PG and polite, and I'll probably answer, but there's some stuff I won't answer. Hence the "ask me (almost) anything".

"And Dipper learned the best place for romance is in a burlap sack."

That quote haunts me daily.

. . . therefore I had to draw them. Though I might go back and edit it some more. (The drawing only took the top half of the page so I drew a different frame of Lost Legends on the bottom but it's unfinished. Also, I misspelled top as otp which I think is funny.)

Posting on AO3 is like, I'm doing this for myself, but also immediately refreshing the page every 5 seconds to see if you get any hits comments or kudos. But totally only writing for me.

I have to reblog this because it's funny. Funny because it's true

For a fandom surrounding a story about friendship and forgiveness, we sure have an issue with those concepts sometimes.

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This is amazing.

My first entry at Month Of Maybel 2025!

Week 1.

Lost Legends

What if...Mabel can detach her face at will after she got kidnapped by Mr. What's-His-Face?

Infinity Train is wild. Like, you can either face your insecurities or start a cult.

Btw I was planning on putting Will above them but I forgot because I don’t care about him much and haven’t quite worked out how he fits into the story. Also, I want to punch Gideon with that expression. I considered changing it but . . . It does make me feel an emotion sooo

[Image description: a hatless Dipper in a blue shirt with a black tie and pants stands with his arms crossed next to Gideon, who is wearing a suit similar to what he he wore in the show. On Dipper's other side are the words, "hates the tie and convinced them to let him get a black one instead of matching with Gideon." Above him are the words "Reverse Dipper." Above Gideon are the words "Canon Adjacent Gideon."]

It's more of my Reverse x Reunion Falls, which I have decided to name the "Half Reversed Reunion AU" which is literally just me saying what AUs it is - since it's half of Reverse Falls mixed with Reunion Falls.

Lore dump! Dipper is so done with the Tent of Telepathy shows but he does them anyway because he doesn't really have a choice. He was raised by the Gleefuls and is closer to Mrs. Gleeful (I don't think there's a canon first name for her so I'm going to call her Valerie in this AU) which Gideon is jealous of. I have several scenes of this AU planned and I think I can connect them into a story.

One thing I don't really see anyone talking about with regards to Gravity Falls is the parallel's between Ford's apprenticeship and Mabeland. Many, many times, the question has been raised 'should Dipper have accepted Ford's apprenticeship', but no-one ever argues 'should Mabel have stayed in Mabeland', for obvious reasons, the show portrays one as a no-brainer and the other as a complex decision. But I think the two situations parallel one another nicely.

For Dipper, taking Ford's apprenticeship is definitely the more attractive option. He doesn't appear to have a lot of friends in Piedmont, has been historically bullied and may still be, and Dipper generally doesn't want to deal with the trials of growing up. Ford meanwhile, basically treats Dipper like an equal, not like a kid, encourages Dipper, and allows Dipper to pursue his interests to the fullest. However, to take the apprenticeship, Dipper will be cloistering himself in an environment in which he never has to do the things he's scared of, he avoids confronting the realities that he doesn't want to deal with, and he'll miss out on going through life with his sister.

For Mabel, staying in Mabeland is the more attractive option. There's an apocalypse raging outside, her brother is growing away from her, she's going to have to leave friends that it's implied are the best she's ever had, and we know that she too, has been bullied in the past, and may still be, and Wendy's well and truly terrified her about the concept of growing up. In Mabeland however, Mabel can continue to live in a charmed reality, surrounded by the things she's interested in and in an environment where she's constantly being enabled, and any dissenters are ejected. However, to remain in Mabeland, Mabel is cloistering herself in an environment where she never has to do the things she's scared of, she avoids confronting the realities she doesn't want to deal with, and she's pushed away one of the most important parts of her life: her brother.

During Dipper's trial, we as viewers see Mabel's change of heart as Dipper shows her that despite the trials the real world has thrown at both of them, that they've always had each others backs, and Dipper realises that too (there was a really good essay on this a while back by @cryoalliums ). Even though they're both scared, and both wanting to avoid the reality of adolescence and high school and unpredictability, they both realise through Dipper's trial that by burying themselves in their respective fantasies, they'll lose the one person who's always had their back: each other. Whether or not it's bullies or a giant robot, the twins have always had each other as a support system, and an ally, and they both realise during the trial that they'd rather fight by one another's side than hide from their problems.

So sure, Dipper could have taken the apprenticeship. He could have chosen to take the tailor-made, one-on-one advanced education that allowed him to pursue his interests to the fullest. But Mabel could also have chosen to stay in the world surrounded by her interests, where she was safe from the things she wanted to avoid. I think it's interesting that these two situations are so paralleled, and yet it's rarely discussed.

I love forcing my friends to play minecraft story mode with me ❤️

do y’all remember before direct messages tumblr had a dumbass ask limit of 10 per hour and communication was impossible until they introduced dumbass fan mail and we were basically sending telegraphs back in forth trying to communicate those were…dark times