Tag: transdimensional arc

Alternate Transdementional arc: Alcor pretends to help Bill get a body so that he can beat him into the ground

To be honest, getting him a body isn’t necessary for that last part. And even for an Alcor who has frayed humanity in him, he’d still probably find something wrong with killing an innocent person just because Bill possessed them. Getting Bill into the physical realm with his own body is just redundant at this point. Alcor still ends up beating him into the ground, and is able to kill a normally immortal creature in a fit of pure rage.

HOWEVER, you bring up an interesting thought: and that is, Alcor adopting a villainous role for the long haul in order to exact perfect revenge.

Alcor actually being this horrific new demonic entity that appears to aid Cipher (perhaps for glory, for a stake in the new world order, etc etc etc) in his quest for the endless suffering of mortalkind (because remember, this iteration of Cipher doesn’t just thrive on chaos like in the canon TAU verse,  but actual suffering). What kind of demon wouldn’t like fire and brimstone and a textbook definition of Hell on earth?

So Alcor helps him, lets Bill nurture all the fear and torment upon the people of Gravity Falls, lets him build up to the grand finale that would ultimately make him an absolute ruler of a perfect world that he spent thousands upon thousands of years creating –

And just before that critical moment, snatches it all away.

Bill is a demon plagued with such vanity that this would be the cruelest way to crush him. Dangle the prize above his head and make him watch as it bursts into flames. All his hard work, all the planning, the waiting – for nothing.Then, and only then, would Alcor relish in killing him.It’s a, uh, much darker route for sure. I’m not deeming it canon or anything, but it’s an interesting thought nonetheless.

Three questions: 1) Do Pacifica or Robbie have any reincarnations? 2) Is Toby in the Transdimensional Arc or not? 3) WHY ARE ALL THE AU’S OF THIS AU SO FREAKING DEPRESSING?!

1) We have Atlas, an r!Pacifica, and Atlantica enjoyed a very brief vogue, and once upon a time there was a futuristic soldier r!Robbie drabble which Mod O cannot now find, plus this nameless one, and maybe some others we can’t recall…but otherwise we don’t have much for either Pacificia or Robbie as reincarnations, most likely due to minor-character-syndrome among fic writers. We do welcome more fic about these forgotten ones. 🙂

2) Original Transdimensional arc – no, no Toby there. Original Transdim involves Alcor alone intentionally traversing dimensions for the very important reason of thwarting another, more extreme and vicious Bill Cipher’s plans for the universe. He doesn’t dimension hop much otherwise. 

The Toby variant you have likely seen started out as a vague suggestion: Toby falling through a mysterious dimensional rift by accident, Alcor initially considering just leaving him wherever he ended up (no more Bill soul!) and then just sighing and following him through because no, no he can’t do that. Freaking kid.

It then snowballed somewhat, leading to the idea that the dimension Toby fell into was essentially that of Transdimensional arc, simply for the enjoyment of Toby as well as Alcor interacting with regular Dipper and Mabel and co. with the added bonus of Bill finding out about a very interesting new soul from another universe – a new soul which (kind of, sort of) is his own.

So in a way, we have two Transdimensional arcs, one of which is sort of a Toby AU arc?

And 3) Honestly, TAU itself has its depressing undercurrents tied directly into its core precept (i.e. Dipper becomes an immortal demon), so it’s not too much of a surprise that its AUs would continue that trend if not worsen it in some way or other. But Daemon AU is pretty much fun with fluffy animals added on (and we even went with the variant where Dipper keeps his Daemon instead of destroying it – you’re welcome!), so there’s that at least!

tonight in mod chat

Zony the Poey: transdimensional arc version 2: Bill starts inviting more people to the party and some dude goes “hey what about that Alcor guy” and bill’s all FUCK NO NOT THAT GUY but its too late someone already sent the demon facebook e-vite and in comes alcor who drinks all the time juice then goes drunken bully jock on everyone, crashing their shit and giving them 5-dimensional wedgies. dip and mabel arrive to the castle just as shit is thoroughly wrecked and alcor leaves while flipping the bird and moonwalking out of there

Zony the Poey: alcor nabbing a demon and going STOP HITTING YOURSELF STOP HITTING YOURSELF while completely foregoing the “making them hit themselves” and just punching them in the face

Maddie F: who invited alcor anyway

Zony the Poey: probably Teeth

Zony the Poey: he seems like an incompetent guy

Zony the Poey: “hey saw this cool demon on your suggest list so I invited him too, more demons more party rite?”

Petition to rename the Transcendence the “Weirdmageddon”

It probably went the other way around. A few called it Weirdmageddon early on. Transcendence, it was more generally agreed, sounded less dumb, and therefore caught on, became popularized, and then became official.

Besides, canon GF may or may not be more Transdimensional Arc, given that Bill’s plan in TAU was actually prevented before he could rip holes between dimensions.

In regards to Alcor and world traveling, maybe one time he senses someone carelessly ripping holes in the walls between worlds as they travel from their world to his, and shows up full fire and fury to scare some sense into them… only to be greeted by 18 to 20 year old versions of himself and Mabel, from a world closer to canon, and where there thus was never a Transcendence. 
Alternatively, some other world’s Ford shortly after being shoved through a Portal.

Reverse Transdimensional arc for the Dipper and Mabel version – there’s been speculation, prompts, and even a fic about this in the past.

As for Ford, there is the fic Trust No One, though that was written pre-A Tale of Two Stans and therefore the names of Stan and Ford are reversed, among other details.

In either case, more fic is always welcome. Open season, anyone?

Oops?

I DID THE THING. It’s a little different, but still mostly the thing.

Also I totally chickened out wanted to let you guys think of the end.

Dipper flicked through the channels, pausing whenever his sister commanded him. Mabel was draped over the back of the yellow chair, shoving Laffy Taffy into her mouth and cheering whenever Baby Fights was on.

There was a soft blip from above them.

“Hey Mabel, hey Mini Me!” Alcor chirped. His mouth was stained with something red, and Dipper so did not want to know.

Mabel grinned. “Hey, Aldork! Where were you?”

“Hunting down a giant, two-headed deer,” the demon said flippantly.

Aaaand that was Dipper’s cue to leave. the twelve year old boy stood up and started to walk from the room, until a clawed hand grabbed his arm and tugged him back over to the chair.

“What’s the r͚͚͕̦us̱̼͓͚̱h̨̝, mini me?”

“Yeah Dipper.” Mabel mirrored the expression of his alternate-dimension self (if a bit less… predatory). “What’s the rush?”

Dipper glared at her.

It continued in this fashion for a while, with Dipper trying to leave and the other two preventing it.

Until Alcor lifted his head and glanced around in confusion. “Where’s Stanley?”

It was as if you could see the question marks floating above the twins’ heads. 

Alcor blinked at them, and then clapped a hand over his mouth. “Oops.”

“Oops what?!“ Dipper demanded. 

The dream demon’s wings fluttered sheepishly. "I forgot that you guys didn’t know…”

“Didn’t know what?" This time it was Mabel.

Alcor giggled fakely. "You know, I think I can feel myself being summoned-”

He was gone before the sentence was finished, and before Dipper could point out that he didn’t even have summons in this universe.

Mabel looked at the spot where Alcor had been. “Hmm…”

She grabbed the last of her Laffy Taffy and walked into the kitchen, where Stan was asleep. She whipped out her air horn and blew it into his ear.

Stan yelped and jumped awake. “Mabel, why the fu-heck would you do that?”

The girl ignored him and leaned down.

“Why did Big Dipper call you Stanley?”

Picnic

A little fic featuring Toby in the Transdimensional Arc Dimension:

“Great day for a picnic, right?” Mabel giggled, dangling her feet off the deep canyon and causing Toby to cringe every three seconds.

She was right, for the most part at least. It was a warm day with a cool breeze. You could hear the soft sounds of nature around the trio, and the smell from the pies was intoxicating. Toby looked up at the sky, staring at the dark storm clouds in the distance and praying they would stop slowly inching towards them.

“The breeze is nice.” Toby said, focusing instead on his sandwich. It tasted a bit odd, less processed he assumed. It tasted foreign in his mouth.

“We should hurry before the rain gets here,” Dipper grumbled, biting the end of his sandwich hastily. Toby tensed, seeing the colors of annoyance and worry swirl around the teenager.

“Come on, Dippingsause! We’ve got plenty of time to enjoy ourselves and take in the view!” Mabel laughed, cheerful as always. Toby turned his attention to the large canyon before them. It seemed strange to him. He’d never been to Gravity Falls before, but he was pretty sure he’d never seen or heard up this canyon. It was kind of hard to miss.

Toby swallowed. “Yeah, nice view.”

The canyon bothered him for some reason. Like, an annoying itch. It nagged at him through the meal, always at the back of his mind. It was just a canyon, but absurd questions would pop into his mind. Where did it come from? Why wasn’t there a canyon like it, or even a river, in the Gravity Falls he knew? What was the story behind it?

Toby gripped his sandwich tighter. He wanted to ask, but he didn’t want to bother them. Besides, he couldn’t imagine if someone asked him where the Grand Canyon came from. It was a silly question.

Next to him, Dipper sighed.

“Hey, Toby,” Dipper called. The blonde looked up quickly, trying to mutter out a response before the teen began to talk once more. “What is the Gravity Falls in your dimension like?”

“Well…” Toby peered down the canyon, making himself a bit dizzy before straightening back up. “I’m pretty sure there’s not a giant canyon in the middle of it.”

Dipper laughed, “I guess that makes sense.”

“And it’s a really big city, you know, because it’s where the Transcendence started,” Toby said, then cursed himself for mentioning the Transcendence. They didn’t know much about it, so he should really stop bringing it up.

“What about the mystery shack?” Mabel asked. “Is it still there?”

“I don’t really know. But…well…” Toby shrugged, looking at the canyon. “Where did this canyon come from?”

Dipper’s eyes seemed to darken.

“It’s actually pretty new,” Dipper said. Toby wasn’t expecting that. “I mean, it’s been here for like three years, but it’s not a natural canyon.”

“It’s not?” Toby asked.

“It’s like a scar,” Dipper sighed. “You said that in your dimension Bill Cipher caused this thing called the Transcendence?”

Toby nodded calmly, though he gripped the tablecloth tightly beneath him.

“In this dimension, another demon came and stopped him,” Dipper said.

“A demon?” Toby asked.

“But not just any demon!” Mabel interjected. Dipper gave her a look and she shrugged. “It’s hard to explain, but let’s just say this demon was special. He had a reason to stop Bill.”

“Yes. They fought here. The demon defeated Bill and saved us. He fixed everything Bill destroyed.” Dipper gestures to the canyon. “And their battle left this scar.”

“So, this demon killed Bill?” Toby asked slowly.

“We don’t really remember much of it,” Mabel admitted.

“Wait, you two were there?” Toby exclaimed.

“Yeah, Bill almost killed us!” Mabel said.

“Bill Cipher terrorized us all summer. It was supposed to be just a stupid vacation. That demon destroyed our home, killed our friends, nearly destroyed the world,” Dipper grimaced, looking into the canyon. “It was chaos here. We had to make weapons and protective spells. You know, just crazy stuff you only read about in books but never think you’ll have to do. Do you think we’d ever faced anything like that demon before? There was no way we could have been prepared.”

“It was pretty scary,” Mabel said. They were both staring at the canyon now. “Dipper still gets nightmares about it.”

“Don’t pretend like you don’t get the nightmares too. We had to fight for our lives. Then, he just disappears telling us he’d return soon. I was always on edge. And then, that other demon showed us.”

“You know, if it weren’t for that ‘demon’, we’d be dead or worse,” Mabel said quietly.

“Yeah,” Dipper sighed again. “I’m just glad it’s over now.”

“Me too,” Mabel agreed. She looked over at Toby to see his eyes were red, tears forming. “Oh, Toby! Don’t cry! It’s fine now! Look, we’re fine!”

“I-I’m….I’m so sorry!” he stammered out, tears threatening to spill out of his eyes.

“It’s okay! It’s not your fault!” Dipper said.

“But…Bill,” Toby was crying now, Mabel trying to calm him down.

“Hey, hey, it’s okay. Bill was awful, but he’s gone now and he’s never coming back. He can’t hurt us anymore!” Mabel told him. Toby nodded, trying to get a hold of himself. He took a deep breath.

“That’s right,” Toby said, shuddering from holding back sobs. “I’ll make sure Bill doesn’t hurt you guys anymore.”

Toby stood up shakily, wiping his eyes. “Those storm clouds are almost here. We should be heading back now.”

Dipper looked at the sky and nodded, “You’re right, let’s get back home.”

Mabel looked sad, “Okay, Toby. Let’s go home. And don’t worry about us so much Toby. It’s not your fault.”

Toby smiled at her, eye still red, thinking to himself:

But it is.