Vignettes of Dipper and his Sousaphone, inspired by these three prompts/headcanons:
http://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/141629959993/we-need-dipper-playing-the-devil-went-down-to#notes
http://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/106482322538/summonings-only-work-for-a-limited-time-right#notes
http://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/105883561004/headcanon-that-alcor-will-occasionally-show-up-to#notes
Now that Dipper was a demon, and he had a reputation to maintain, he felt he needed to look and act the part. Dignified, suave, cultured, with a hint of menace and danger.
There was one slight problem with keeping up that facade, however, and it boiled down to this – once a dork, always a dork.
Oh, he could manage it when he was ‘working’, but it shattered soon after getting home, around people he could trust.
And while Dipper loved playing the violin, which could be highly dignified, a respected and cultured instrument, and he enjoyed playing it for his family, well…he also loved his old sousaphone and no amount of faked dignity could hide it.
Luckily, the triplets liked it when their silly uncle got out the ‘big blorty-horn’, as they called it. (They were four. Mabel thought it was adorable, and so did the rest of the family, they just weren’t as vocal about it as she was.)
They loved his violin, too, but most of the time, it was for soothing, for lullabies and nighttime. The sousaphone, on the other hand, was loud, and obnoxious, and perfect for entertaining toddlers.
Dipper was in the middle of giving his stars their own personal sousaphone concert (with Stan providing backup in the form of sarcastic commentary from inside the house each time there was a pause) when he felt the pull of an unavoidable summons.
One Demon Band
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