This is a classic Gravity Falls ship, everyone had that billdip phase. But shipping culture seems to be more discourse-y lately so here's a clear cut poll.
I personally find teen-Bill Cypher funny af, used to ship when I was young but I think nowadays I ship him Ford.
I saw that you shipped Billdip ! I didn't even know such a ship existed ! But it interests me after thinking about it ! Do you have any artists to recommend to me or fanfictions to introduce me a little to this ship ?
So first things first. Before reading said fanfiction I recommend looking at this beautiful video essay that explains the ship and why people love it:
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Now on to the fanfiction( some of favorites):
Conspiratheory by LCypherED
Stability is Relative by Eiris
Life is a Fairytale by LanxBorealis
I've Made Mistakes in My Mind by Biscoote, BumblyBea
Devil with a Silver Compass by Biscoote, interstellareloquence
And the last one a recent favorite
All of these are on ao3.
Now my favorite fan art:
Lastly some amazing billdip YouTube videos if you want to watch:
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The second YouTube I recommend watching all their billdip videos. So good.
I just finished watching Gravity Falls for the first time and going to ao3 I saw that the most popular ship is Bill Cipher x Dipper. I kinda figured they were shipped cause of Bill's popularity, but I was also 99.8% sure that there would be problems with the age difference, which made me read their shipping wiki to clear some.
*Let it be clear I'm strictly referring to an aged up Dipper when talking about this ship as pointed out by the wiki that most content is with older Dipper and Human Bill and I hope that ya'll's opinions make mention of this*
Ive now seen some of the content and read some fics, im kinda neutral of them but also on edge.
So,
Now my question is. What are yall's thoughts on them?
Dipper Pines works for The Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (DRCMC). He is assigned to travel to London to capture and destroy an unknown entity that calls itself a “Dream Demon.”
OR
Dipper is Newt Scamander and Bill is a menace to Wizarding society.
Extra:
- Dipper is less interested in killing Bill, and more interested in studying him.
- When Dipper reaches an endpoint, he goes to the one who inspired him to work for The DRCMC, Ford Pines, who, when asked about Bill, seems to be hiding something.
- I want Ford and Bill to have the same backstory as they do with the show.
All of my excitement for The Book of Bill has been channeled into rewatching Gravity Falls over and over again hehe
My favorite episode is very obviously Sock Opera IM SORRY I JUST LOVE BIPPER (the character) HES REALLY FUN TO DRAW, Mabel is my favorite character tho I lob her X)
EDIT: I FUCKING FORGOT DIPS BIRTHMARK PRETEND ITS ON HIS BIG BIG FOREHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does everyone draw human Bill with an eyepatch? Idunno but imo his human form wouldn't stick to the one-eye rule, nor would his hair be multi-colored naturally... Then again, I need to rewatch the show, but if I were to design a human form it'd look more natural with the slightest bits of resemblance, for example, cat-like pupils, long lashes and teeth that kinda look like a brick wall (idunno if that makes any sense)