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I am listening! I am invested! Please yap about your au idea!!
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ok so, I honestly don’t have much of an idea as to where exactly this would go, but just for the basics (which I’m mostly coming up with on the fly, I’ll be honest) here we go:
(this ended up being quite long so everything else is under the break, sorry!)
obviously, ford and bill were not always… separated, as it were. growing up and into his teens and early twenties it was just stanford pines, no “alter egos” or masks or anything of the sort (much as he would’ve loved to be able to hide who he was).
then, when he moved up to gravity falls and began his research, he began to realize that there were so many things that he wanted to do, couldn’t do, because of his reputation. he needed to keep his record clean because if he didn’t, he could easily have his grant money revoked, and any future opportunities in the pursuit of science dashed due to one small slip up. so, he began to look into, well, changing who he was, splitting himself, so to speak, as to be not one but two at the same time.
eventually, it worked somehow (probably through a potion, as jekyll uses in the original book), and he found himself as not just one, but seemingly two people in one body. there was the stanford pines most people knew, the eccentric, odd mad scientist that lived in the woods at the edge of town, and then there was another, completely new facade. bill cipher, named for his often frustratingly vague double speak and extreme use of overly complicated metaphors (yes I’m giving bill’s name a reason, it sort of annoys me that theres no reasoning for hyde’s name in the book but thats a rant for another day).
to begin with, bill seems content with simply switching back and forth at ford’s will, being the way for ford to kick back and let loose with no fear of the repercussions. at least, until ford begins to have trouble getting back to himself. thats when he begins to doubt the true intent of his other self, of bill. its around this time he calls fiddleford. the man may have studied engineering, but in this world he also knows a little something about psychology, and paired with his brilliant mind, ford’s very precise notes of the situation (ahem the journals ahem), and the fact that hes basically ford’s only friend, it felt like the best course of action.
of course, in actual gravity falls, ford does his best to hide bill from fidds but here bill is exactly why ford called him. anyone else would’ve called him crazy, tried to experiment on him or worse, but fiddeford would never do any of that and ford knows it (just to be clear, I do think that if I ever wrote anything for this au college fiddauthor would be heavily implied here).
fidds does his best to help but when bill goes on a rampage one night, going so far as to kill the heir to the northwest family, preston northwest, he knows ford is beyond fucked (just a heads up, the person bill kills being preston may change but idk, we’ll see if I ever actually come back to this au haha). the reason fiddleford originally makes the memory gun in this au isnt for himself, its actually to try and erase the memories of what bill has down from the townspeople’s minds. the only problem is that the next time they see bill all of the memories return and everyone is back at square one. its just too much for fidds, and he begins to turn the memory gun on himself in an attempt to get rid of the fear, pain, failure, and regret that helping his friend brought him.
ford on the hand is mortified by what hes done. I highly doubt that there would be a confrontation type scene, it would be closer to how the book goes, where ford quickly begins to be unable to switch between stanford pines and bill cipher. the au would probably “end” (as in if I turned this into a fanfic/comic/whatever the story would end there) with ford figuring out where stan is, calling and begging him to come up to gravity falls and help him, before ultimately turning the memory gun on himself and ridding himself of “bill” once and for all.
the only problem is that in order to remove bill, he has to remove stanford pines and all that he is as well. now, we all know how this goes in both the show and most aus; stan or ford or whoever it is that is possessed by bill erases themselves/has someone erase them, is weirdly blank for a bit but ultimately regains their memories. well here it… wouldnt work like that. bill(/hyde) is an integral part of ford(/jekyll), to remove bill(hyde) is to remove stanford pines (jekyll), theres no way around that. so, ford sort of ends up in that “blank slate” state for the rest of his life. he called stan prior to erasing himself because he knew stan would take care of him no matter what, and he was right. for the rest of their lives, stan takes care of his brother to the best of his abilities, and while they never get to sail the seas together, and some nights bring unimaginable sorrow for stan, knowing he’ll never speak to his brother again, despite the fact that very man sleeps just a few doors down the hall, they make it work. ford (or, well, whats left behind when you remove everything that makes a person who they are) sees that his blankness hurt stan but he cant do anything about it, and to begin with almost avoids stan, at least before they finally have a talk in which stan reassures “ford” that he’s sure whatever reason ford may have had for erasing himself, it was worth it.
as for fidds, well it mostly works out in a similar way to canon, he does eventually regain most memories but of course some bits are still fuzzy. the fuzzy bits are never fully recovered, as the one person who may have been able to fill in the blanks no longer exists, but fidds is still mostly alright.
the journals… sort of exist? but not in the way that they do in the show, and what does exist stan had from the very beginning. ofc the twins still have to deal with monsters and spooks and whatnot in gravity falls, just not anything that has to do with bill (which means that, of course, weirdmageddon physically cannot happen). at some point, dipper begins to insinuate that the weirdness of gravity falls might have something to do with “ford’s”… situation, which is when stan finally fully comes clean with all he knows about the situation. its not until fiddleford begins to regain his memory, however, that any of them learn the truth of what was going on.
oh yikes, I wrote a lot more for this than I meant to, whoops!
oh yeah, I’m naming this au the “Dr. Pines/Mr. Cipher” au for now, but if anyone has any better ideas or if thats already been used for something else, please let me know!
also, @aaabatteryy I LOVE MARINEFLAMES’ CONFRONTATION ANIMATIC, THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WHEN I MENTIONED OTHER ANIMATIONS USING A SIMILAR CONCEPT TO THIS AU
oh, and I just want to say that I’ve never watched the musical so thats why this doesnt (intentionally) incorporate any elements of that.
guys I have an au idea, hear me out on this
a gravity falls au thats a jekyll and hyde type deal, with ford being jekyll and bill being hyde
(I know something similar has probably already been done before and that so many animatics have been made with them and confrontation but LET ME COOK CHAT)
also I may or may not have accidentally developed a little bit of an obsession with the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde so if anyone wants to yap about it with me PLEASE LET ME KNOW I NEED TO YAP ABOUT THIS TO SOMEONE
You hurt me wtf is this
henry jekylls full statement of the case if it was good
I spawned in the year 18— to a large bag, endowed besides with excellent looksmaxxing, inclined by nature to skibidi, fond of the respect of the alpha and beta among my homies, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future. And indeed my biggest skill issue was a certain impatient gaiety of rizz, such as has made the happiness of many, but such as I found it hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my gyatt high, and wear a more than commonly sigmalike countenance before the public.
One of my major pet peeves with Jekyll & Hyde adaptations is that they always give Hyde the Hulk-treatment by turning him into this large, monstrous creature when in the book he actually becomes smaller and younger after his transformation?! No, for real, he SHRINKS. And he's not exactly monstrous or ugly; his vibes are just rotten. People tend to describe an encounter with him as "I cannot put my finger on it but something was just OFF about this guy." Vibe check failed. Imagine this mellow, middle-aged, dad-bod gentleman suddenly turning into a nasty frat boy who just automatically evokes a flight-or-fight response in you. Like, you just take one look and instinctively go "Ew, he looks like a terrifying asshole, I want to deck him in the face." That's Edward Hyde.
I love it when funny little 1800s scientist men go insane and are immoral. Fav genre
For any concerned I’m working on this now
So if I were to do a ‘Jekyll and Hyde daily’ sort of thing. Would anyone subscribe. Asking for a friend.
So if I were to do a ‘Jekyll and Hyde daily’ sort of thing. Would anyone subscribe. Asking for a friend.
imagine jekyll and hyde but werewolf style. with a twist. jekyll is a sheep/ram that transforms into hyde (wolf). something something wolf in sheeps clothing metaphor. is this anything
Okay but consider this, the homoerotic mad scientist is named Henry.
If I had a nickel for every time a mad scientist had a homoerotic relationship with some guy named Henry, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.
when ur great great great great great grandson has flame hair somehow
i'm not sure if you take any romantic requests, but if you do, can you do an audio where jekyll confesses his love for the listener? i'm a huge simp for this man 👉👈
The song can be found here.
Just over 6 minutes of reading Flower Fables and gentle sounds in the background. I hope you enjoy!
Work in progress, eventually more of the chapter will be up on my YouTube page. Thank you for your continued support. 💌
Neoalchemy at its finest: Witch’s cauldron?
(The line with sparkles is nearly quoted from Frankenstein: The New Musical - My Creation)
(I love that musical)
I thought it was funny how Lanyon has so many friends where they just roast each other so I made this chart but then I remembered this quote from the stanley parable and it hit hard🙃
A Day in the Life of Just Two Guys - Modern AU (Pt. 2)
Robert has a car. He's pretty happy with his car. Means he doesn't have to take the bus and he really never wants to take the bus ever again.
He keeps his car very, very clean and he takes pride in its cleanliness. On the inside, it's immaculate. Sometimes on the outside it can get a little muddy, but as long as he doesn't touch it, he's okay.
Henry rides beside him in the passengers seat, watching the houses and streets flicker past. Every now and then he'd look up to the sky and point out a bird.
Sometimes they have music on, sometimes they just like the sound of the car engine running. Either way, it's usually peaceful.
Henry lugs his bag over his shoulder, a leather satchel, coming to stand beside Robert before he goes in to set up his class. They hug, sometimes Robert gives Henry a forehead kiss and sometimes Henry plucks up the courage to give Robert a proper kiss back.
Then Henry's away and Robert's headed up to his office.
Usually they don't see each other again until lunchtime. Robert tends to come down to Henry's classroom to eat lunch with him, watching Henry pack away whatever peculiar experiment he had been doing. He'll often help with packing stuff away, though he lets Henry clean things off, he just puts the flasks away.
Sometimes a student will come back in, having left a bag or something else. They'll be surprised to see another person in there, even more so surprised when they see the illusive staff member of Robert Lanyon wandering round, packing up their previous experiment.
Robert will quietly stare at them, as if daring them to say anything. Henry will probably sense something and look up, greeting the student happily and starting a conversation with said student.
Eventually Robert will have to tug Henry away so he can actually eat, but it's nice to see him happy with his students.
Their favourite place to sit in the classroom is in the massive windows. They're warm and have a stunning view, all golden and pretty. When it's raining, they'll put the radiator on under the ledge and let it run on, warming their toes and bodies.
Usually they'll sit face to face, but Henry almost always ends up either leaning on Robert or having Robert lean on him. Henry likes when Robert leans on him, he likes it when he gets to protect Robert instead. He'll gently bring his hand down to Robert's curls and run his fingers through, watching as the other man relaxes into his side.
Sometimes Rachel will come in and see them like this. At first, Robert was very quick to scramble away from Henry's side. Henry wasn't disappointed or upset; he wanted to make sure Robert was comfortable after all. But eventually Robert tests out Rachel's reaction.
She is one of Henry's friends after all. Maybe she won't.. be as hurtful as people before.
And she isn't. She doesn't mind, just keeps having a conversation with them like normal. Because it is normal.
Robert loves Rachel for that. Maybe he'll try this whole friend thing with her too.
Henry Jekyll looks away and his hands behind his back
Lanyon: Henry, as your (boy)friend, I urge you to go to sleep.
Rachel: Dr. J, please go to sleep.
The Lodgers: Jekyll, go to sleep.
Frankenstein: Go to sleep, idiot.
Wilson: As your other boyfriend; Go! To! Sleep!
Jekyll, incredibly sleep deprived, locking his office doors: I hvae… so muhc work… to do… the answre is no, my freinds…
Hyde, just as if not more sleep deprived: We ahre just… tierd creachers… we cainnot chagne this…
Jekyll crossed his arms and looked away
Henry Jekyll stands and reads the book (The Glass Scientists)
there was an attempt at making tgs jekyll in miitopia 😭
(if anyone wants him, my access key is 1FL63TK)
Jekyll & Hyde Diorama
To celebrate the release of The Glass Scientists Volume 1 by @arythusa I finished a hidden diorama for my room.
Here it is as a whole. The base, frame, and staircase are pieces I reused from a mock-up scale model stage set for Jekyll & Hyde: The Gothic Musical Thriller that I could have done better if it hadn't been a school project.
More pictures and info below.
The door on the left was based on the scale of the original stage set, so let's just say it leads to a rather small storage space. A lot of the props are hand made except for the clock, microscope, lantern, and ink pen set on the desk. Regarding the exposed cardboard in the upper right corner, I accidentally glued the back wall upside down and I want to know if anyone thinks I should paint it to look like exposed stone or something.
For these silhouettes at the top, the left side is various Jekylls, while the right is Hydes. Starting from the middle are designs I quickly sketched out to represent the original book. Second we have the designs from the MazM mobile game adaptation. Third is The Glass Scientists. And last but not least is designs from the amazing S. K. Michels' animatics using songs from the musical.
Here's the file I made and traced so it's easier to see
I'll share more images and info later with closeups of the desk and table, where I'll also point out 4 special details/props that correlate with each Jekyll & Hyde paring.
