shortly after the transcendence, to ease tensions between magical creatures and human’s, science has discovered several magical items and remedies that actually cure diseases and conditions once thought uncurable, such as a root that had properties that cured ebola, and a potion once used for trolls footaches now can reverse polio and a magical mushroom once thought useless by gnomes can help those with lupus. these are thought as gifts from the trancendence, and people thank are glad for it

Does the body-swap rug work on dipper, and if so, if he keeps his demon powers, can he still shapeshift in the other body and would the shapeshifting wear of when the bodys original owner returns to it?

The Pines family has never tried to body-swap with Dipper using the rug. They’re kind of afraid to try. Dipper’s body is a construct sustained by his magic; if a soul other than his resided in it then theoretically it would crumble away…so he’d be in the other person’s body, but where would that leave their soul?

For those who have lived through the transcendence, there is a dark joke, to give those who lived through it to point out that before, our fear was actually silly to compare the transcendence to the apocalypse: “We believed the end of days was to be filled with judgement and fire and brimstone,…we had no idea how wrong we were, the apocalypse came with a welcoming arm, with fairies and talking trees…we were afraid of nothing”

Imagine the chaos if Bentley’s father found Twinny.

Phillip knows of this priceless relic: to any in the field, this artifact is at least interesting. To hold it is an experience! Phillip was only supposed to keep it for the weekend before submitting it to Special Resources in the college Library. He’d already sent the email, and was quite happy to give it a new home. 

He should have known better than to let Alcor and Bentley know he had it, that summer Bentley was home between Freshman and Sophomore year. In fact, the only reason that ‘Twinny’ made it whole, if a little more hoarse-voiced than usual, to the SR Department that following Monday was because he’d pulled in Torako to help fend them both off.

Torako’s biggest observation was, ‘holy shit they’re frightening together.’