AN: Hard to believe this is my first single category Gravity Falls fic I've published, especially given how much I love reading fics, writing crossovers, and creating plot bunnies for this show.

The basic idea of this collection is taken from sapphireswimming's Apricity (s / 9611048 / 1 / Apricity) in the Danny Phantom category. Basically, friends and readers (including you guys if you want to drop a review!) give one word prompts that I then write into a story in a single sentence (grammar stretched accordingly but hopefully appropriately). There will be fluff, there will be angst, there may even be some AUs down the line, from alternate endings to some of the big ones, but they should all be something you can enjoy without knowing too much outside of canon (but I will be referencing spoilers from every episode that has aired at time of writing). I've been doing them on my tumblr blog for a couple of weeks, and I'll try to publish a chapter when I have 20 sentences for the same category. I have a bunch of Superfalls so far, but I'm not sure if I'll make a special chapter here or a side story, but I'll let you know in the chapter title if there are crossovers.

Anyway, enough technical ado, let's get on to the sentences! Special thanks to sapphireswimming for not only letting me run with her idea but for graciously providing prompts and love!

Enjoy!


Boscaresque

Picturesque; scenically wooded


1. Passport (Tourist Trapped)

Dipper should've been scared of all of the creatures hiding in the forest after nearly being killed by gnomes, but looking down at his first finished entry in the Journal he couldn't help but that this was his ticket to the perfect summer.

2. United (Not What He Seems)

The Mystery Shack may have fallen apart, he universe may be about to explode, but seeing Stanley before him and that the twins were all right, Stan couldn't help but think that this reunion was entirely worth it.

3. Surname

Dipper had never felt tied to his first name - that's why he never used it - but after the adventures and battles with Mabel and Grunkle Stan the boy was proud to be a Pines: to him, that was the only name that truly mattered.

4. Issue (Boss Mabel)

Mabel really didn't see the problem with their newest employee taking some time off (Wendy certainly did it all the time), but when he started issuing stickers he didn't earn, then the boss took issue.

5. Delay

Bill Cipher focused through his eye in the window of the attic on the young twins within and felt a glimmer that would normally be portrayed by a smirk: after thirty long years, he finally had his puppets and his plans could resume.

6. Signature

Sweeping under the vending machine, Dipper stared down at the piece of paper reading simply "Stanley Pines" before holding it up to the inside cover of the journal and realizing it fit perfectly.

7. Cancel (Fight Fighters)

If there was a giant glowing Start button when he got into this, then why, Dipper thought, couldn't there be a cancel?

8. Amend (Irrational Treasure)

'Impeaching a president is unfounded', they said, 'we can simply undo things four years from now', they planned, but staring down at President Trembley's proposed Constitutional amendments the legislators realize that they had to get rid of him.

9. Death (Scary-oke)

Like all young adventurers, the true dangers of what Dipper and Mabel were doing never occurred to them until they were locked in the attic with Grunkle Stan facing zombies and realizing that they were the ones who should have died several times over.

10. Individual

Sev'ral Timez was used to being treated as a collective group rather than individuals, but that didn't soften the blow of knowing it was because they were clones.

11. Oath (Dipper and Mabel's Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun!)

Staring down at the final page of his paranormal guide, Dipper couldn't remember finishing the certificate, but checking over his work he was proud of what he could do on such little sleep.

12. Valuable

Years of conning taught Stanford Pines how to identify artifacts from forgeries, but flipping through the beat-up journal at the garage sale instantly told him this was in another league.

13. Remote

As soon as the credits of The Duchess Approves ended, Grunkle Stan got up and threw away the remote.

14. Code

Dipper Pines hadn't realized the transition back to Piedmont would be so hard until he was given an F on his first assignment for accidentally slipping into one of the Author's codes.

15. Pencil

After filling up the entire box of broken thinking pens, Dipper decided that maybe it was time to invest in a pencil.

16. Theft (Not What He Seems)

Watching his grandson, Dipper, toss in his sleep made the Author feel guilty as his polydactyl hand rested on 3, but isn't it okay if you're simply reclaiming what's yours?

17. Disturbed (Not What He Seems)

The kids always thought that they were sneaky, but when Grunkle Stan ran into the gift shop to see the vending machine open and a trail of glitter leading inside he knew exactly who had discovered the portal.

18. Expire (Not What He Seems)

Things may have a set expiration date: the headline depicting Stan Pine's death, the day they were set to return home to Piedmont, the timer counting down to the end of the universe, but looking into Grunkle Stan's eyes Mabel knew that trust was something that could not so definitively spoil.

19. Complications (Not What He Seems)

After thirty years of working to bring his brother back, Stanford was proud to see his plan working but furious that this final wrench in his day might cause him to miss it.

20. Destruction (Not What He Seems)

Stanley Pines had long since given up hope of returning to Gravity Falls until it resparked it at the sight of the basement lab, but once he walked outside and saw the damage caused by the portal he knew he was never fated to see the haven he remembered.

20.5 Destruction (AU of Sock Opera) (Bonus: I write these in batches of five on tumblr, and after realizing that every other sentence in the batch was about Not What He Seems I rewrote this sentence. This is the original.)

Bill couldn't imagine a puppet show with a more perfect ending; it was absolutely hilarious how Shooting Star setting off the prop pyrotechnics burned the book Pine Tree tried so hard to protect given that she chose to use it as a prop in the first place.


Feel free to review with thoughts and/or prompts!