Hey, so I started writing these little drabbles because I couldn't settle on an idea for a full oneshot or story, and I really enjoy it. Used the random word generator for these first few sets. I will happily take requests, here or on my tumblr (where I'll post these as well). Send me a word, or a prompt, or both, and hopefully I'll be inspired! (Please also keep in mind I am a college kid, so if they take a while to make I'm sorry.)
The overall format for the drabbles are based on Anoesis by Laora and Apricity by sapphireswimming, though some of mine are more than just one sentence.
Disclaimer: Alex Hirsch owns these wonderful characters, not me.
A Thousand Words
A collection of Gravity Falls drabbles
Forbidden
The idea of the journal and the forest and all the mysteries of Gravity Falls being forbidden makes them all the more enticing.
Hot
It was always so hot in Gravity Falls, but even in sweltering 100-degree heat Mabel was never seen without a sweater – although sometimes she'll relent and shed the sweater, opting to instead tie it around her waist.
Crystal
They find another crystal and restore Soos to his normal size, before destroying that one, too, and destroying as many of them that they can.
Elegant
Pacifica scoffs outwardly at Mabel's sweaters, but on the inside they make her smile. She's also a tad jealous, because she could never look as elegant in a sweater as Mabel does.
Decontamination
Alright, maybe being locked in the closet with Wendy wasn't too bad, but if the only way he was getting out was telling Wendy how he felt – well, he'd really rather not, to be perfectly honest. Then Wendy pulls the switch, they're hosed down, and the true mystery begins.
Blackheart
"With all the temperature extremes we've had a case of blackheart with our crop this year, so I apologize in advance if you find any black spots in these," the salesman says as Stan pays for the potatoes, but all he can think about is how he can break the news to the kids about what he's been doing all this time.
Develop
It takes him years of studying the supernatural phenomena of Gravity Falls to develop even the outlines for the portal device. He knows that it will be a dangerous and risky move, but he's also hoping that it will reveal everything he's yearned to know since day one.
Biggest
If he had to choose, he'd say his biggest regret was not being able to tell the Dipper and Mabel the truth sooner.
Harm
He thought that he could keep the twins out of harm's way if he just pretended like none of this stuff existed, if he told them that it was all part of their imagination. In reality, he did more harm than good.
Ambient
The forest is just there, surrounding the little town of Gravity Falls, quiet and peaceful until one dares to venture into its dark depths.
Powerless
"No muscles, no brains – face it kid, you're nothing without this journal!" Dipper's fists clench. He may not have his journal anymore, but he's not going to let Mabel be taken away by Gideon. He's not powerless. So he makes a leap of faith.
Dead (Transcendence AU)
His parents declare him dead, and he tries so hard to contact them like he can with Mabel, to prove them wrong, but he can't, and so decades in the future when his immediate family is dead and gone the final part of the old Dipper dies, too.
Beaver
Looking back on it, the beavers on the lake were really weird and given this was Gravity Falls and all the other weird stuff that had happened to them this summer there was a 9 out of 10 chance that they were monsters in disguise.
Blunder
He failed to account for the security cameras the waste facility had on the inside (he'd taken care of the ones outside just fine), and it was a mistake that almost cost him everything.
Freedom
When gravity is restored and everything falls back to earth, Gideon Gleeful sees his chance and breaks for freedom – and revenge.
Pity
He feels like a disappointment, like no matter what great thing he does it will never be able to make up for all the things he's done wrong in his life.
Perfect
She has to be perfect, because that is what makes a Northwest a Northwest, and that is the only thing that she can do to please her parents anyway.
Insanity (PermaBipper AU)
He never gets his body back, and slowly, as he watches Mabel age and die and Bill – still so resentful, but he'd adapted to human life eventually – Bill doesn't return after his body dies, and so Dipper is stuck, forever, and when he finally figures out that he's supposed to take Bill's place he lets all the emotions and frustrations he's been bottling up for so long burst out. And he snaps.
Ghostly (PermaBipper AU)
The first few weeks are the worst, because he can't figure out how to get into the mindscape in order to contact Mabel but he can't manifest on the physical plane either. He's stuck as a ghost, caught in between realms, and he hates every second of it.
Hellfire (PermaBipper AU)
He's burning, and yet he's not. The blue flames are growing stronger, faster, higher, and he can't control it anymore – except he is. And he can't stop it. Dipper Pines is burning away.