So, I was wondering if this universe had an afterlife, I mean I know about the whole reincarnation thing, but I’m sure some souls choose not to, and if so is there somewhere they could go, or would they just die? Also, if so, what if Mizar or someone else precious to Alcor decided not to return, would Alcor ever try to visit them or convince them to return, or has he read too many legends and myths where someone tries to go there and everything end up terribly for them?

There’s not a strict…afterlife, really, but there is a place where souls can go between incarnations. It’s closed off to any being not purely a soul, which means it’s inaccessible to Alcor. If a soul decided to stay in that other realm for any amount of time, he’d be unable to do anything about it. If Mizar did it, he would probably spiral a bit–even if he shouldn’t depend so much on her existence, he does it anyways.

In terms of length of stay in that other place, it varies. Souls typically don’t stay forever; some souls bounce back for a short while and then get out to go live life again, some souls take a bit longer, others take ages, and then maybe there are souls that stick around to only occasionally live.

When it comes to true names, do they last through reincarnation? Or does every person get a new true name when they’re born?

A new one when they’re born; they’re new people now!

I may have found an explanation for the Pines’ personal belongings becoming powerful weapons. Ever heard of tsukumogami? It’s an Asian myth that states if an item is cherished for a long period of time, it may develop a soul and become self-aware. I could see such things as being quite powerful if cherished enough.

I’ve been browsing through the many pages of this AU and upon seeing that the Mystery Shack eventually becomes sentient, the first thing that popped into my head was an actual tourist trap in Santa Fe called Meow Wolf. After the transcendence, do places like that stay popular or do they become mundane as the weird becomes more commonplace? Would they start to incorporate magic or would they become controversial because of their “weirdness?”

Hmmm, that’s a good question!

So on one hand, one reason the Shack transitions from tourist trap to library is because Stan loses a bunch of business after the Transcendence. What’s the point of going to see weird supernatural stuff in a hut when the entire world is full of weird supernatural stuff?

On the other hand, that’s just Stan’s business and situation. Other business thrive because of the Transcendence- perhaps they’re able to successfully drop the veil-oh no laddie everything in here really is real. Or they shift towards a more educational bent (same weird shit, more interpretive panels.)

Ultimately it probably depends on the business owner and the reputation of the business within the local community and in the wider tourist world.

What happens when demons are summoned to assist in wars/ terrorist attacks/ etc.

Bad things.

No, not to be facetious, but Mod S imagines that world powers quickly figure out that demons take wars to the level of Mutually Assured Destruction. Pulling out a demon is like pulling out a nuke.

And that’s if you can manage to not only figure out a sacrifice big enough to keep a demon bound, but also can create a deal airtight enough that the demon wont take your country down as well.

Omniprompt: The famous pre-transcendence “Schrödinger’s Cat” experiment is attempted at some point. The results are classified seven times over for reasons undisclosed. The researchers’ only comment was “it was a mistake”.

it took seven months to clean up the aftermath

In relation to the Henry’s Broom post. You have to wonder how many of the Pines family’s personal objects have become items of great power. you have the obvious stuff like Mizars bat and Don Pines cane all the way to the random stuff like the family frying pan or something.

If you ask Dipper or Ford the reason why, they’d give you a four hour answer about the intricate nature of various magical systems, the power of belief, and the driving forces of the universe.

If you were to ask Stan the reason why, he’d just laugh and say that the Pines family always had big personalities.

So if its so well documented after centuries that Alcor hates human sacrifice, why is it still used to contact him?

Any number of reasons, even without considering the concept of documentation being lost to time here and there. People not doing their research and making assumptions about what all demons want. People doing their research but discounting or disbelieving what is written in that regard. People doing their research and not disbelieving it, but thinking that surely their very special case, and very special sacrifice, and very special protection circles and cleverness and safeguards and so on will make them an exception somehow. People deciding on their own definitions of “human” and tricking themselves into thinking that their definition is somehow the default.

It probably isn’t used very often, all told; fics just typically focus on the times that it does, because that tends to make a story.

I have a question about the Sight. I was wondering if a person is more likely to have it if their previous incarnation of their soul had it? Or is it tied to the body that they currently had and the soul has no bearing on if you have the Sight? Sorry if this has been asked before but I could not find the answer.

Mod S thinks it’s more tied to the body rather than the soul, like a switch in the brain that most people have flipped off but some people have flipped on.

does the sight follow souls or is it just a person to person thing?

It’s a person thing! Though some souls can start following trends of being more susceptible to being born in bodies with certain genetics, as well as magical aptitude. If someone has the Sight, there’s generally a better chance they’ll be reincarnated with a similar ability, compared to someone without. But it’s not a steadfast rule!