At least Journal 3 still exists on Stan's computer

well the end credits of the show show Dipper 3 and four in the forest wearing rain ponchos and dipper 4 is intently reading a book also there's a code that suggests that they are plotting their revenge so yeah probably.

I’m not sure how much I believe this theory, but I will offer an additional example that may lend some more evidence.

In Episode 3 Zooble has a conversation with Caine and tells him to “forget it” which he takes literally unbeknownst to her. She gave him an order and immediately complied, forgetting the conversation completely.

You gotta figure out how to "accidentally" show him this picture and throw him off course.

SHHHHHHH DON'T TELL HIM!

Interesting, show him this post when he finds out, or maybe not if you aren't comfortable showing your account to him.

I love talking about the old theory that Gideon was a vampire! Was super fun and much better than the people who just theorize him as an old man in disguise lol... (hate that theory with a burning passion btw)

The reasonings for the theory I have seen are

• white hair.. vampires are old

• pale skin

• his cape he has on in the start of his performance in ep4 had those vampire-like collars on it (dunno what theyre called)

• a lot of people thought it totally wouldve been a twist alex would have done since mabel wanted a vampire bf so badly

• credit scenes of the summerween episode, it shows those weird halloween show things, one of them is called "the widdlest wampire" and of course gideon is the only character who has used the word widdle to describe himself.

Off the top my head McGucket being the author of the journals and Tad Strange being Bill’s brother who is a square instead of a triangle. Both of these were encouraged by Alex Hirsch which is kinda funny in retrospect.

If you want to learn more there’s probably tons of old YouTube videos going over the popular theories from back in the day.

There was this one about Mabel having a secret second twin named Lebam. She was supposedly the Llama on Bill’s wheel. Hilarious to look back on.

You might like this video! I wasn’t on tumblr or any social media when it was originally airing so I missed all the theories and stuff, but watching this gave me a sense of what it was like back then lol

https://youtu.be/D98kY0ZSTMY?si=qCfXyiWzWPc2RJ5O

Robbie died of heart failure a few years before the show and his parents brought him back as a zombie. The hoody he always wears is apparently to remind him of how he died

Wendy is actually a mermaid, the mud on the bottom of her boots is from climbing out of the water

Stanley is actually the kids grandfather and Carla was their grandmother. Stan went to Columbia to steal a diamond for a ring to propose to her. But when he got arrested she did not wait for him

An alternate theory is that Carla is Gideon's mom and that Bud gleeful was the Hippy who she dumped Stan for. Bud apparently says "I've always loved you Carla" in a commercial for Gideon's psychic act

Old Man Mcgucket was widely thought to have written the journals. I also remember some people thinking that Lazy Susan was Mcgucket's ex wife, because she was tall and saggy kinda like Tate.

Before "A Tale of Two Stans" a lot of the fandom believed that Stan had originally moved to Gravity Falls with Ford, to act as his and Mcgucket's muscle/body guard. There was a lot of cool fan art and fics of "The mystery Trio." and some questions about how Stan felt watching Mcguckets mind go and become like a stranger to him

Once Stan was confirmed to not have been part of the trio, some people wondered if Ford had had a girlfriend, Mcgucket's wife had made visits, or could Bill have taken a solid form back then?... there were a lot of still unanswered questions on how Ford found out 3 part harmony could shatter a zombie's skull

Crampelter (Stan and Ford's old Bully) is Soos's grandfather. Soos is confirmed to by Alex to be half white, and according to Soos's Abuelita grandpa is in Hell... so...

Thompson, Grenda, and Gordy are sibling because they all have similar complexions and builds (I think I only was this one once, and I am not sure how serious it was)

Dipper is autistic and Mabel is ADHD,

Lastly a lot of peopletheorized/wanted the cartoon to end with the revial that Dipper and Mable's parents were hoping to move to Gravity Falls and sent them there for the summer to see how the twin liked it.

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the “gideons a vampire” one

Old Man Mcgucket wrote the journals. Yes, I hated that I fell for that one.

I was three in 2012, damn is Gravity Falls really 10 years old?

I found a Tumblr blog a few years ago full of fan theories from 2012. Here's a few of the interesting/poorly aged ones that were on it...

• There are 6 journals for each finger on it.
• Stan is Not What He Seems has no meaning.
• Soos wrote a journal and there's multiple authors.
• Stan is a freemason.
• Dipper activated all the weirdness in the town when he found Journal 3.
• Grunkle Stan is an older Dipper.
• An older Dipper wrote the journals and sent them back in time for his younger version to find them.
• The Twin's parents know about the town's weirdness.
• Soos is Bigfoot.
• Dipper and Mabel are actually dead and GF is some afterlife.
• Grunkle Stan fakes the town's weirdness to make the Mystery Shack seem more legit.
• The GF crew purposefully threw out many bogus theories to throw fans off (this blog was pre McGucket hoax btw).
• Robbie is a zombie.
• Jeff the gnome and Gideon will battle for Mabel (I swear this one really was left on the blog, lmao).
• Gideon was dating Mabel not because he really liked her but because he already knew Dipper had J3 and wanted to get it.
• Slenderman will have importance in the show (2012 level 100).
• There's a secret society that Stan and other members of the town are part of (they were right, minus the Stan being in it part).

And most infamously of all...

• Bill Cipher has no meaning or importance to the show whatsoever!

I didn't start watching this show until after it ended. Watching it while it was airing and hearing these theories was probably a whole other experience.

2012 fan theories are something else. So few blogs still survive out there where people left these theories and finding a new one is always a lot fun.

I once saw a theory thing where they thought Blendin was Morty from Rick and Morty

I like the fact that the actual explanation is way more ridiculous.

They’ve said already they will not be doing any variety of “it was all a dream.” This falls into that category.

Right? Like, I dont want that to be the ending. However, I can't ignore the connection, ya know?

Tbh I personally considered the “dnd” connections to just be how the kids understood it. They related it to something they understood which is something people just do naturally with things they don’t understand. That said, I’ve seen the show a huge times but I’m not a huge fan who pays attention to super tiny details and stuff just a casual viewer so i could be wrong bit so far thats my interpretation

Several people have thought up this ending too. I don't think it would work for many reasons, mainly because if they flashed back to the night they played the game, knowing what they know now, what would they do to prevent The Upside Down from opening? And what about El? Nobody would believe them that there was a psychic girl locked up in Hawkins Lab and some government project trying to cover up something that happened in the 1950s

No, they're not stupid enough to let anyone know even if they did! I'm ready to be let down like I was with LOST after 6 years! This has been almost a decade!

There a ton but i havent been reading much of it since i perfer more short story then full on S3 material atleast right now.

There's a ton of fan fics out there. One of the best is Anyway, I've Been There by u/Caleb_Nova. It's leans into Dipcifica pretty far, but it also manages to be so much more than that. It truly does feel like another few seasons of the show.

I do a Dipcifica/continuation fic series myself that delves into the town's lore, introduces a ton of new monsters and, in my readers' opinions, is intensely compliant with the events of the show. It also has plenty of comic strips, artwork, faux issues of the Gravity Falls Gossiper, etc...

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1764109