God, dear author, I'm so sorry it took me this long to comment on this lovely gift! I really took my time reading it because it was just so right up my alley. Thank you so much for filling my prompt! I'm so happy this idea resonated with you, and I feel so blessed cause you filled it so beautifully!!
Ah, Bill. In his evil, charismatic demonic glory!! I just love this evil triangle for all the manipulation he does to the Pines. The juxtaposition of romance/horror is just SO GOOD!!!
First of all, lovely start with the whole haunted house horror! It reminds me of Victorian ghost stories with haunted mansions and sleepwalking. The historical setting is fantastic and an exact thing I love for AUs like this. I'm so happy you picked it!
This gave me so many nostalgic feelings, like I'm back to 2015/2016 when billdip had been big and that mindfuckery/manipulative relationship was all I could think of. I love how it turns from this creepy possession into a rightful seduction, and despite all the signs, Dipper still falls for it! The way Bill seduces Dipper... Our triangle overlord is such a charmer! Creating roses? Manipulating stars in dreams??? The little triangle bastard really got that romantic lead down to a T, and no wonder Dipper was powerless against him! Is it any wonder that despite Ford's warnings, he *still* falls for the damn triangle? I mean, look at the manipulative bastard being the cosmic overlord he is drinking liquid stars!
He sought Bill out, he was going along with Bill, and because of it, he was able to control the dreams. He was dancing perfectly because Bill knew how, and because Dipper could simply will his body to match his movements without having the real world skill to do so. A partnership, an understanding, a melding of minds, a dance.
I love this quote so much. It really shows how much Bill's tactics are working and how Dipper is falling for him even though it's clear he's being controlled. Love Bill telling a half-truth about this being a partnership rather than what it really is, it embodies what I love about him, how he falls into that weird mixture of good signs and red flags and you just can't be sure where he falls.
Then the implications that Ford knew more than he let on is delightfully foreboding, and Wendy being a maid is really cute??? Stanley's dead in this? :0 I wanna know what exactly happened! Did Ford shoot him in the eye when he was having his paranoid episodes? Did he do this AU's equivalent of pushing him through the portal? And of course Ford knows all about Bill's romantic tricks - he lived through them all! I love Ford's gesture of giving Dipper the necklace, like it's a gesture of penance after what happened to Stan. And it reminds me of how the grunkles would do anything to keep the kids safe in the show. It makes my heart throb for them.
Yes, I am kinda interested about what happens next, but I also think it ended at the perfect place! The mansion burning is really symbolic and the tone is ominous. It's possible Dipper is safe now, but there's also a chance that he won't be! Maybe he will grow up and slip one day, forget to put on the necklace and then bam. Or he or Mabel has kids and the same curse happens to the next generation...
God. I just love this ending so much. Leaves so many dark things to the imagination!
Thank you so much for this. And again apologies for not writing a more expedient comment! I really appreciated and loved this. You did a wonderful job translating my prompt into a story!!! Thank you thank you!! Extra kudos!
What an incredible comment to get on a fic, oh my gosh!!! 😭🥺 this is such an in depth comment thank you SO much for the time you put into writing it!!!! Holy shit!!!!
I'm so so glad you liked it! And I'm glad you liked the historical setting too haha, I knew it was kinda going *out there* for the au xD
Thank you for liking the horror elements, and Bill's manipulation too! It was so fun to write knowing how it would end ehehe 😈 (feeling like 2016 fics is such an awesome compliment omg thank u! 😭 I first got into gf in like 2016 and I enjoyed the ends of billdip era, but never wrote anything till now!)
I wish I could write you as beautiful a reply to live up to the amazing comment you have gifted me but words are kinda failing me aside from THANK YOUUUU AAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SM!!!!!!!!!! So glad you liked the ending and the interactions with Ford and AAAAA!!!!!!!!
In my head I like to imagine dipper goes on the run and Mabel joins him, and then he is hunted by a slightly burned bill-possessed Ford <3 but yes, the ending i think is most fun bc it leaves things up in the air, so it can be whatever you want!! :D Any way it goes I'm sure Dipper will have a terrible time lmao <3
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