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revols-headcanons · 1 year

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dipper and mabel: piedmont life

also this is borderline a fanfic but i have no motivation or peer pressure to actually write one. also warning there are OC’s in this post. this is potentially part 1 of a series?

both of them are autistic but in different ways. dipper is a “i am so insecure of my place in the world that I can immediately notice when there’s a dip in a conversation because of me” who would rather be alone then face social rejection. mabel is a “i think im really good with people because i am so unaware of social cues that i think everyone is being nice to me” who learned how to tell fake vs true niceness.

neither of them were diagnosed as kids, and how they both figured out was due to mabel helping the disabled classroom at her school and noticing similar habits and thought process from them. then dipper did research and they were like “oh okay that makes sense.”

in their sophomore year of high school, they both had identity crisis’ but in different ways: dipper became an overly cocky ‘too cool for anyone’ loner while mabel had a raging emo phase. both of them became deeply embarrassed of those phases the second they got out of them.

in their 8th grade english class, they did a duo project where they explained their entire summer (the prompt was to tell a fantasy three act story). dipper did the reading while mabel did the visuals (aka one of those pop up books but bigger and with her sound effects). their teacher asked them where their vivid imaginations came from and they told some excuse about being bored all summer.

their parents (who i am naming ingrid and robert) are (rightfully) pissed and confused when their kids start showing major symptoms of ptsd and depression. stan has literally no excuse for it and the twins keep dodging the questions.

ingrid is a anxious, stuck up mother who prioritizes education while robert is the relaxed father who expects the world but refuses to give help or support. let’s just say the twins don’t stay home as much. especially after the disaster the first week at home was when the twins brought waddles home.

after the summer, mabel gets into the trivia club and also tries out the science/engineering/robotics club (she also plays soccer, golf, and volleyball). her arts and crafts skills become incredibly useful when making a wooden structure with the purpose of finding the exact angle and falling distance for a marble. meanwhile dipper decides to try out for both track and football (he’s also in photography club and the school newspaper). dipper is the weakest member on the football team, but he’s the quickest runningback they’ve ever had, so the team doesn’t bully him too much for it. he’s consistently in the top 5 for his school during track.

mabel’s first high school friend is a black girl in her robotics club named aubrey. aubrey has adhd and has basically the same hobbies as mabel (i.e: karaoke, shopping, dancing, art). her second friend she meets at theater auditions (for the school musical, into the woods) where mabel watches her do a 10/10 audition performance and compliments her. she is south asian and named kamini, and her interests consist of theater, soccer, and english. her third friend ends up being the emo loner boy that she talks to on the first day. he’s latino and his name is dante. his hobbies consist of skateboarding, karaoke, and video games.

dipper’s first friend ends up being the younger brother of the football team captain, which is what makes the team stop bullying him. his friend is this kind of egotistical, yet himbo nerd of a dude named ethan— who’s a white boy with blond hair and freckles. ethan is interested in soccer and track as well as trivia, and they met during orientation week when they were the only two kids being ignored for the track club. dipper’s second friend comes from his ap english class, where he watched them cuss out someone for trying to harass a girl in the class. they’re asian and non binary and they go by paine. they like chess, english, and dnd, which is why dipper gets along with them so well.

dipper is able to convince ethan and paine to start a dnd session together, with dipper as dungeon master.

mabel eventually forces dipper into joining the program and dipper agrees to be backstage crew. it works out fine until they realize that their play has an unusually low tryout for men so mabel begs him to tryout for a lead role. he gets it because the programs desperate. he ends up playing either percy or grover in the lightning thief, and mabel gets casted as clarisse/katie/etc.

mabel loves taylor swift (specifically red, 1989, and lover) and also doja cat. she dabbles in ariana grande and marina from time to time as well. dipper has nightmares when he hears mabel, aubrey, and dante singing karaoke for first time.

dipper listens to cavetown and mitski mainly before paine and ethan lightly bully him into listening to the arctic monkeys and gorillaz. he creates aesthetic playlists for when he’s monster/creature hunting. neither of his friends believe him when he describes super natural things until (on two separate occasions) he shows them videos of gravity falls shenanigans and when they run into anomalies in piedmont.

mabel ends up getting a crush on ethan and then dipper has that tragic disaster to deal with.

dipper gets a minor crush on kamini before he learns that she views him as this cute little thing to watch but not dateable.

due to dipper’s boost in confidence, girls notice him and try to ask him out. he gets really flustered and confused, especially when girls who bullied him suddenly want to be with him. he rejects them all.

mabel realizes she’s bisexual when she gets a crush on aubrey and has a mental breakdown about it. she confesses, aubrey says that she doesn’t like the concept of dating at all, mabel takes the rejection decently, and they continue being the best of friends.

mabel gets jokingly asked out by a football boy and then dipper gets so pissed off he punches the dude in the face (mabel had no time to react, because if she did, she would’ve also joined the fight). a fist fight ensues, they both get suspended, and no one messes with mabel ever again.

mabel ends up befriending nearly everyone due to how kind and considerate she is. even girls who hated her from middle school soften because of her. she is a god.

most people are neutral towards dipper due to how he doesn’t really initiate social interactions, but that’s how he likes it.

dipper is an avid buzzfeed unsolved fan while mabel watches danny gonzales, drew goodman, etc.

dipper is trans. he realized he was trans when he was like 8, and he’s been a boy since. he was mainly bullied for being trans, but ever since he got confident, learned how to kick ass, and started taking testosterone, people have left him alone. also his name ‘mason,’ he specifically chose to appease his parents (who wanted two twins with ‘m’ starting names that had 5 letters each), but he goes by dipper because that’s the name he would’ve actually chosen.

the twins have separate rooms at their parents house, but they keep accidentally passing out on each other’s floors (or on mabel’s beanbag, or at dipper’s desk). their parents ask why all of a sudden and the twins say they just got closer over the summer. they would never admit it’s because sleeping in the same room as someone who experienced the same trauma is relieving.

mabel constantly calls grenda and candy, reassuring them that while she also loves aubrey and kamini, that her gravity falls friends will always be her favorites.

robert’s favorite child is mabel because, although he has unfair expectations of them, he gives mabel excuses because she’s more art and people focused, while he’s overly harsh on dipper. ingrid’s favorite is dipper because he also likes puzzles, board games, and higher education, while she looks down upon mabel for being childish and irresponsible.

dipper refuses to give any explanation for having wendy’s hat instead of a normal cap. theories range from ‘he has a girlfriend’ to ‘he murdered a man for it.’ he also cried when a bully threw it in the trash once.

the twins have a bet for whoever becomes the tallest by the time they enter the mystery shack the next summer: whoever’s taller gets to pawn their summer chores off onto the other one for the whole summer. mabel gets at least 8 hours of sleep a night to help herself (though her diet is wack) while dipper eats a lot of height-growing food items to help himself (though he’s never had a consistent sleep schedule in his life).

#gravity falls #gf headcanons #gravity falls headcanons #dipper pines #mabel pines #mystery twins #pines twins #i had to google football terminology for this and ask my boyf a lot of football related questions with 0 explanation #anyways back to my headcanons #bisexual mabel pines #bi mabel #transmasc dipper #bisexual mabel #trans dipper pines #mabel doesn’t have to be pansexual you guys #and if the twins are supposed to be identical #identical twins are impossible for opposite sex #so one of them is trans #and dipper has a lot of sus behavior when in reference to his masculinity #like way more than the average teenage boy #also he’s not a misogynistic prick like irl teen boys #autistic mabel pines #autistic dipper pines #idc if you think im headcanoning every character as autistic #here are some neurotypical ppl: wendy pacifica robbie lazy susan gideon-#just dipper mabel stan ford mcgucket and soos are all autistic

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sysig · 3 months

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Spoiled rotten (Patreon)

#Doodles #Villainsona #Just Desserts #Surprise! New Just Desserts lore drop and it's about being sick lol #Luckily I am not sick currently :) Y'know how it is with ideas lol they pop up at random #It'll be useful for any future unfortunates :0 Hopefully not too soon!#So >:3c Onto explanations and terminology hehe #Most types of sickness in Just Desserts are referred to as ''Spoiling'' - it acts like an infection that can affect any part of the body #It usually starts inside since residents are technically endothermic - they have immune and waste systems that self-clean and regulate #But like anything these are fallible! Usually if the system(s) get backed up or overwhelmed - or caught! Spoiling is contagious #It's pretty hard to catch tho unless it progresses to the skin which is pretty rare - or if infected blood gets into an uninfected system #Again! Hard to just accidentally happen! But not impossible #The best thing a Spoiled resident can do is rest - cool down - and eat foods rich in protein :)#Which is like the JD equivalent of bitter medicine lol - the stereotype of ''Ew Broccoli''? Yeah everyone in the JD universe feels that way #Ironic since I love broccoli but it's icky-bitter to JD residents! Haha - candied vegetables are an acquired-enjoyable taste tho :)#And carrots are obviously a very popular ingredient lol #But yeah - a lot of JD things are the opposite of how humans do like staying warm to fight sickness #Staying warm will make Spoiling progress faster and overwhelm a resident's system! The best thing to do is rest somewhere cold #Spoiling is much less common in winter as you can imagine :)#And just like Melting some foods are less prone to Spoiling than others - it's a bit less straightforward than Melting tho lol #Partially because it depends way more on the life habits of the resident rather than their inherent traits #But some foods are unusually delicate! And some keep forever! It's not dependent on ''soft'' foods or even sugar content!#Preservatives aren't really a thing in the JD universe - antibodies? Lol - and all residents are ''fresh'' food because they're regenerative #They're also all adults from the get-go so cell reproduction and body health....It's all a thing it's all a thing lol #The important part is that they can get sick but they can also heal themselves - and when they can't there's medicine and magic! :D #Like when the Candymer got a cut that went down to her air pocket! Candy medicine :)

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zorawitch · 5 months

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THE NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE MUSEUM RE-CLASSIFIED EMPEROR ELAGABALUS AS A TRANS WOMAN I AM SO FULL OF HISTORY NERD JOY

#is this the terminology she would use for herself? no.#but the sentence “call me not lord for i am a lady” gives you a pretty good explanation of where she stands on her gender #emperor elagabalus #elagabalus #there is no good! there is no evil! and there is no divine right of kings!#trans #a.t. shrieking

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mlembug · 6 months

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@canonkalluzeb It's an attempt in mirroring terminology of IRC, which does not necessarily makes sense in context of Discord, and Discord knows this perfectly well because they're both internally, and also among programmers who make Discord bots, called "guilds", not "servers".

Some background: when two computer applications on two separate computers have to communicate, one of them has to first set up the connection, and so the program which listens to connections is often called "server", and the program which attempts to connect is called "client", which is an analogy of how restaurants work.

And of course it's not like two arbitrary programs can understand each other, so when one needs to make two programs communicate with each other, one designs a "protocol", which is a description of the exact rules these two programs are supposed to interact on.

Back in The Old Days (90s to early 00s) the most common protocol for chat-like applications was called IRC (Internet Relay Chat), which does follow the "client-server architecture", where someone (could be anyone, but usually it was universities or ISPs) runs the IRC server application on their computers, and people who want to chat, run IRC client applications which connect to these servers.

(it is still possible to use IRC today, but a lot of people don't because the newer alternatives provide features which people are used to, like... file upload/storage, persistent chat history, or transport encryption)

On the most basic level, a person that uses an IRC client first makes it connect to an IRC server by typing an address to connect to, and then picks the channels to join there, of which each functions as an independent conversation, in that

your IRC client usually displays the chat messages grouped together by the channel

the clients which joined a channel can send a message to this channel, which server receives...

...and then sends it to every other client which joined such channel

the clients which did not join a channel do not receive messages that are sent to the channel

if your client did not receive a message (due to lost connection, or maybe you were not in the channel in the first place), you will not see this message ever again, as IRC has no mechanisms of providing you a message history, nor retransmission of earlier messages

it may be possible for a regular user to create a channel, depending on how the IRC server is configured

Now here's how Discord works:

you are not supposed to run a Discord server application. Discord (the company) made one, and it is running on their computers (the ones they manage at least), but you can't run it on your computer (for whatever reason you wanted to do so), because they won't give it to you in the first place

the only thing you are supposed to run, is the Discord client application, which they offer to you for free

since no one outside of Discord (the company) is supposed to run Discord servers, the fact you're connecting to them specifically is not supposed to be relevant to the end user

your Discord client maintains a connection to a Discord server, which sends real-time information on stuff like "there is an unread message on guild number 253958353" or "you got pinged in a direct message by user with number 34235936984" to the client

any user can create a "guild", of which the person who created it is marked as a "guild owner", which is highest possible rank and everyone else on the server can only be a granted permission to do a subset of actions a server owner can do.

a guild has a list of channels, a list of users joined it, and a list of roles

roles can be assigned to the user, and apply within a guild only

a role controls the list of possible actions a user can do in the context of the server

a channel functions as a chronologically-sorted list of messages, of which you can retrieve a part of it by clicking on it, and other parts - by scrolling

Now take this into account that what I've just called "Discord server" is usually not something the end user needs to worry about, so it's typically not mentioned at all, and "guild" is called "server" literally everywhere else outside of developer documentation, and you can see why this feels a bit confusing.

#mlem's computing stuff #my apologies to the person I pinged because I think I stopped making this post an explanation towards them in around the middle of it #and made it into a discord terminology rant instead #discord

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zapsoda · 2 months

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What is Ska, though.

really really good imo, originates in jamaica + heavy caribbean influence, i think it predates reggae and you can hear a lotta overlap between them.

i particularly enjoy the offshoots which incorporate punk/rock elements. it got popular in the uk later on which is what i think a lot of people associate it with. like british skinheads and whatnot. thats where, notably, 2 tone, originated. and thats where the black and white checkers motif a lot of people associate with it comes from im pretty sure.

#i mostly listen to 3rd wave punk type bands personally :3 #wasnt sure how to describe the sound itself with any accuracg #im not a fuckin expert i hear music and think “it sounds good” or “it sounds bad”#and all the other explanations used terminology i dont recognize lol #asks

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sandytree1 · 4 months

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First cup goes to the tea pet

In Chinese tea culture, the first cup of tea should be given to a tea pet. This water from the first steep is normally not used anyways. Some people believe that the first time you feed it, that's what gives it its soul.

So they live on the tea table, and you raise them by pouring/feeding them tea. Tea pets should not be soaked in hot water, but drenched in tea water. Gently brush it after washing.

What are tea pets?

A tea pet is a clay figure that sits on your tea table. There's two reasons to use it. First, to get rid of unneded water or tea leftovers in an elegant way. Second, people believe it shares a positive energy to everyone gathered around the tea table. Another practical reason to use it, is that it can help you test the temperature of the water as well.

Tea pets originated as a way to make use of excess clay in potteries in the 13th century. They make great gifts and costs as little as 5-10 USD.

Each tea pet has its own special meaning. It can bring luck, wealth or any kind of auspicious happenings depending on what kind of animal they are.

Sources

Crystal Lim-Lange

Color changing: Swan

Temperature gauging: 001

Visual pun: Rat next to money for counting

#tea culture #Chinese culture #Chinese tea culture #gongfucha #gift ideas #tea ceremony #tea pets #terminology #favorites #explanation #definition #cultural concepts #tangible culture

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byanyan · 9 months

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🔎 - Their last 3 search terms

data leakㅤㅤ∘ ˚ ( accepting )

"nighttime selfie tips" "can i make my hair grow faster" "can vampires smoke weed" "can irl vampires smoke weed"

#gnarledbite #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ANSWERED: IC ⋮ I AM A VULTURE THAT FEEDS ON PAIN.#━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ VERSE: FLEDGLING.#u get a bonus bc one was a correction in an effort to find non-fictional results lmao #i've actually been thinking about how byan has ABSOLUTELY tried googling vamp terminology in an effort to get explanations #so u get a verse specific answer #ofc they come up empty-handed with every search #or only get like. fictional content.#but it doesn't stop them from trying clearly #weed cw

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the-nerdy-fangirl · 1 year

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In case this doesn’t make sense, I’m thinking of songs like Your Turn To Roll that have a chord that builds up piece by piece

Feel free to include more examples in the tags

#i wanna know if people spontaneously singing in groups build balanced chords #or if they dip for the next note and end up almost all on the same note #music #tumblr polls #polls #would love lots of opinions/musical terminology corrections bc im tired as shit nd dont wanna google any more than Ive already tired #critical roll #nix explanation #also tada my first poll

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amtrak-official · 1 year

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I'm dumb what's the difference between light rail and heavy rail? is the LIRR light rail or heavy rail?

Lightrail is usually smaller, cheaper, and can carry less people typically. Lightrail is typically similar to a tram but faster and more often grade separated. The advantage of heavy rail is how it is faster than light rail, and can carry more people farther. Basically Light rail is better for a close but not dense area while Heavy is better for more dense larger areas. Examples of Heavy rail would be the New York Subway, Chicago L, and yeah the LIRR, while light rail would be thing like the SLC metro, Milan Metro and the Seattle Link.

On the left is the Seattle Link and on the right is the Chicago L

#trains #asks #terminology explanations

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un-pearable · 1 year

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the horrors of hands strike again (on top of the perennial struggle of the artist. i have A Presentation to make about the hand bones)

#carpals are my worst enemy. i hate this i am so bad at understanding these texts despite the terminology being clearly defined #i am just SHIT at visualizing these things. :(((((((((((((#someone beam the understanding of how to side metacarpals directly into my brain bc i cannot understand this explanation for the life of me #hate that this teacher is outsourcing all the presentations on the bones to students to do bc now im having a breakdown over bullshit that #she could have explained in five minutes with visuals

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decayedgender · 1 year

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Can I ask what TransID and TransX are? Ive been trying to find info on them but its all buried. Is it similar to terfs or truscum/transmeds? /genq

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〜 Sure allow the storyteller to explain . . . People that are ; transage / transrace / transabled / etc . . . Basically where one believes they were meant to be [ thing ] ,, this is highly harmful for multiple different reasons !!

〜 Examples ; someone who is transabled can use disabled resources from those who are actually disabled ,, transage people can claim to be an age younger then they actually are which can lead to child endangerment . . . There's a bunch more reasons on why this is extremely horrible -- the storyteller has also seen people who want certain things like trauma / eating disorders / etc which is incredibly messed up and triggering for those who have said things . . .

[ pt start / Sure allow me to explain... People that are: transage/transrace/transabled/etc. Basically where one believes they were meant to be a certain thing, this is highly harmful for multiple different reasons! Examples: someone who is transabled can use disabled resources from those who are actually disabled, transage people can claim to be an age younger then they actually are which can lead to child endangerment... There's a bunch more reasons on why this is extremely horrible- I have also seen people who want certain things like trauma/eating disorders/etc which is incredibly messed up and triggering for those who have said things. / pt end ]

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