I Was Thinking That, Because He Would Def Be The Nerd Who Read The Hobbit & Lotr So Hed Be SO EXCITED

I was thinking that, because he would def be the nerd who read the hobbit & lotr so he’d be SO EXCITED that they made them into movies (and he’d cry bc they’re beautiful🥹)!!

Did anyone tell Ford

The Red Circle Pt. 3 (SPOILERS)

*Cutely drops my notes* 

John’s REALLY struggling with the tech. I almost feel bad for the guy (almost).

Aww the episode starts off with John asking the gang (Mariana & Sherlock) if they’re okay after finding a dead body. Always nice he checks in with them!

“The good doctor here” SHERLOCK COMPLIMENTING JOHN

Imani’s back, yay!

Oh no, poor Imani…

This exchange:

Imani: “Sorry about this” (sending another red circle pic)

Mariana: “No no no-don’t be sorry”

Sherlock: “Yes you musn’t it’s fantastic”

John: “Sherlock”

Gregson and Mariana are formerly meeting!

THE MUSIC IN THIS CASE OMG ITS SO GOOD!!!

John, you’re playing Italian Mob style music to “capture the mood”?? What happened to “not wanting to stereotype?!”

JOHN JUST REPLACE THE MIC GODDAMNIT

“Ahh do I have a PTSD friend?” John’s new method to making friends apparently 

Mariana’s right this is stupid just GET A NEW MIC!! You can still keep the old one, John!

I now have a mental image of Sherlock staring wide-eyed at a big tv like he’s in a trance and I LOVE it

Aww possible future movie nights with a new tv!!

DONALD TRUMP JUMPSCARE

Wives of Cheshire comeback HA!!

“Oh you out of your trance are you?” Seriously how mesmerized was Sherlock to the tv for John to make this joke TWICE?!

Mariana discovers the next clue, awesome!

Sherlock: “I don’t seem to have (seat)belt”, Gregson: “What a shame” Gregson you’re such a salty bitch and I love you for it

Poor John trying to get around copyright stuff

“That’s a good start, you did knock and you did say please-“ another sweet moment of Sherlock getting better with social norm stuff

Wow John is REALLY stressed, and Sherlock is NOT helping

Hehe Sherlock is an iPad kid confirmed

I’m starting to love John calling Sherlock ‘Sherls’

“What’s the Site manager like? Is he…she…they?” John says nonbinary rights

John: Ah I’ve stepped in piss”, Sherlock: “Show me the urine”…um what???

You really can’t catch a break your shoes, huh John?

I’m listening to Sherlock and John talk about possibly reaching down into toilets in order to solve the case…man I love this podcast

John: “You’re doing the next one”, Sherlock: *sharp inhale* “fine” tbf Sherlock this was YOUR idea

“The Patreon numbers are gonna collapse” no such thing sir I’ve checked and we’re all here and loving this

Sherlock: “Imani would you perhaps like to have a go?”, Imani: “No”, Sherlock: “Bugger” I love how quickly he says it

Neuralizer mention! I love the Men in Black movies so much

OOOH, John and Sherlock making the realization at the same time!

Sherlock why do you always have a gun??

NOT THE CHIPMUNK VOICES DURING AN EPIC MOMENT

“English pigs, wot?” John sounded so genuinely confused by that

AHHHHHHH CLIFFHANGERS, THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE!!!!!!

Okay as painful as that cliffhanger is, this case is getting GOOD! I’m loving it. It’s definitely jumping up to my top five fave cases from the podcast. I was not expecting the case to be as silly as it is, and I’m absolutely relishing in it. I love the irony of John insisting this case is gonna be a bad one when I’m loving every minute of it! Alright everybody, now we just have to not die from waiting on the last part…see y’all next week!

I saw this one!!

It’s fantastic! It legit felt like a lost episode. From the two different plots happening at once, to making Ford have other character interactions outside of Dipper and Stan (who are having their OWN subplot adventure together!)

I don’t wanna give too much away, but DEFINITELY check it out when possible!

I’m sharing this on here for fans, both new and old out there that haven’t heard of it, but there is a little fan-made episode of Gravity Falls a small group made about a year ago that takes place before Dipper and Mabel vs the Future and it’s so GOOD.

The comedy is top notch, the voice acting is great, the writing for the episode feels like it was from the OG writing team of the show, the storyboarding brought me back to when we used to see those deleted/alternative scenes from the conventions years back. People were even commenting on how this fan episode is what we should have gotten instead of the road-trip episode in S2 and yeah, I agree.

It adds so much character for Ford with the amount of screen time he was given here, exploring his relationships with the other characters, including the much needed exploration of the relationship between him and Mabel, even diving more into his PTSD and how that’s affecting him and his decision making…..I put emphasis on that for a reason and the reason will be revealed in the video itself.

But seriously, check it out when you have the chance.

The Red Circle Pt.2 (SPOILERS)

Part 2 notes, not time to explain let’s GO!!!!

Shoutouts!! (hopefully one day I’ll be a part of these)

“But it means I can stare at them disapprovingly. And tut on occasion” okay Sherlock going into mom mode

Seriously John, just get a new mic! We’re not saying toss the old one; just keep the old one as a trophy and use a new NON-BROKEN one

Lol John is all “I’m not taking on a case that feeds on Italian stereotyping” when that’s just what the whole case is

Idk why but the policeman’s “ok?” is just so funny to me

GREGSON MENTION!! We’re getting Inspector Gregson in this one, yay! And Sherlock asked for him by FIRST name (Tom)

I’ll always be amazed with how quickly Sherlock can pinpoint where someone is in under a minute

The chipmunk voices strike once more

Ooooh, I like Gregson’s voice <3 

I’m sorry, but were Sherlock & John just HIDING in the same bathroom stall??

Oh no…Gregson REALLY hates him in this one…Sherlock, what did you DO??

Hehe jazzy Sinatra-esque music makes brain go brrrrrrrr

Aw, at least Gregson is a little bit nicer to John

HA a rare time when John gives the whole rundown of the case yet Sherlock was more worried about why Gregson hates him

Mariana: “I’m gonna make a cup of tea”, John: “Now you’re talking—that’ll get us thinking straight” ah yes the British approach to solving a problem

And off Sherlock goes to hang upside down! I love how this case is constantly confirming that he does this regularly

More shoutouts! (*cries* one day)

Oh? Lightbulb moment for John??

TWIN TOWNS!! Good catch, John!

Down goes Sherlock lol

Off they go to find Carlo, and accompanied with that great music again!

Oh shit…he’s dead

“He’s been branded….with a red circle” AND THE EPISODE ENDS THERE?!

Okay, now we’re getting into them actually investigating the case! I’m really liking this case so far. I know some people are thrown off by the tech issues, and normally I would be too, but I personally don’t hate it. Yeah the glitching isn’t great at times, but the chipmunk voices are becoming my favorite ongoing joke in this case (alongside Sherlock regularly hanging upside down in the flat). Also interesting twist to make Gregson not like Sherlock. I knew he would be in the case since he was in the acd story case, but I didn’t think Gregson would have some grudge against Sherlock! I like it tho; it’s nice getting some new things for parts in the story that didn’t have much to begin with. Also the MUSIC?! HELLO?? Thank you John for blessing my ears! And now we must wait another week for the next part…

I’ve been BEGGING for a Stan & Ford sea adventures spinoff for YEARS!!!

It would not only be a fun show to watch (with the same GF weirdness/humor), but we’d get to see the Stan twins back in action and working through the 40 years they’ve been apart! And the fact that Alex says he could write so many stories of their adventures is PERFECT for me!!

Alex Hirsch, I try not to ask a lot from you man because I trust your masterful storytelling skills plus you’re feeding the fandom so much good content right now, but this is the ONE thing that I need so badly!!

Do you think Ford will eventually realize that his ego is really a big problem?

I think he does realize it at this point, at least to a certain extent. He knows Bill played him like a pipe both pre-betrayal and even in the Fearamid when Bill was asking how to pop the bubble surrounding Gravity Falls. He definitely knows his actions led to having to erase his brother's memory at point-blank range and we see just how guilty he feels about that in Journal 3. We also know from Book of Bill that he's struggling with an immense amount of shame due to the nature of his relationship with Bill and just how far gone he was (and we do see him regressing a little bit, in the way he hid the book from his family for so long before Mabel found it).

So, yes, Ford's on the path to recovery. This isn't to say that recovery is linear (it never is), and I remember this quote from the Alex Hirsch interview a few months ago:

"Those [Stan and Ford] characters at sea- it was so rich. They're really really funny, because they both have major major blind spots. -I can kinda write stories about them as a duo forever, because you can always excuse them both getting hyped on a bad idea for their own reasons, and then you can always come up with a reason for them to disagree about it, and it's always sweet to see them come together again, because they're so full of themselves, but they are also both so damaged they desperately need each other."

They're both going to regress at some point, meaning Ford's ego is going to rear its ugly head again. Maybe with not the same catastrophic consequences like coming close to ending the world and almost becoming a god-king of your shattered dimension with your triangular boyfriend who is reenacting his own trauma with you - but Ford's going to have to deal with it. Luckily, this time he has Stan around to keep him in check.

But I do also think Ford is due for some big realizations as they prep for their trip at sea and just how deep his, as he puts it in BoB, "monomaniacal ambition" runs and just how far the blast zone of collateral damage from his actions really extended.

(Side note? Going back to the interview with Alex, the way he's talking about the adventures and Ford and Stan at sea...I don't want to get anyone's hopes up but, oh boy, does it sound like something we might get down the road, if we are all very, VERY lucky).

The Three Students Pt. 2 (SPOILERS)

Pt. 2 notes, let’s go!!

Starting off with John being the disaster drunk that he is…I’m not surprised John would be the ‘I lOvE yOu GuYs So MuCh” drunk

I forget John is a snorer (worth noting that Sherlock HATES people making noises in their sleep INCLUDING snorers, but somehow doesn’t have any problem with John’s snoring)

Mariana and Kayleigh bonding over Taylor Swift was sweet (not a Swiftie myself, but still sweet)

At least John isn’t the only one that ‘overdid it’ while at Oxford. Sherlock honey you were up until 5am, GO TO SLEEP!

‘Sleeping Beauty’ - hehe John’s our Sleeping Beauty (as he looks like shit, I imagine)

Poor John is gonna be SUFFERING through that hangover

Oh?? John’s drunken adventures gave them a clue? Good for him, I suppose?

Oh God, I just KNOW the speech is gonna SUCK

John, stop losing your shoes!! 

‘A very particular shoe’…hmm 

Prometheus mention? Must be to make up for them changing from the original Greek exam in the og story! Really good connection between the myth and the current case

Ew shut up Miles, that isn’t ‘speaking your mind’, that’s just being an arrogant prick. Humble this piece of shit, Sherlock!

Sherlock: “Oopsy, there’s a lie”, YES SHERLOCK get his ass!

It’s the moment we’ve all been expected: the big speech! Poor Sherlock, he’s so nervous

Good on him for switching over to something he’s more confident in: the current case!

Yes Sherlock, get in your element! It’s so sweet hearing him get so into the case and explaining his deductions, and I LOVE all Sherlock Holmes deduction scenes where he explains his thinking!

Personally I think Sherlock would also make for a GREAT professor (ironic considering a certain professor becomes a problem later on…)

Sherlock: “Oh deary deary”, stop being so cute, Sherlock!

Hehe yes Sherlock, make that SMALL MAN admit his real height! (He’s not even that short, but he deserves to be bullied)

Nice callback to Sherlock looking for ‘a very particular shoe’ while getting shoes for John! Knew that was gonna come back up later

Kayleigh, You did all this in order to go to a TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT?! I will say, Swifties are committed

“Only through a Doctor from Swindon and an Accountant from Sociedad have my studies in the human condition had become all the more enlightening” d’awwww Sherlock you love them!!

Oh God oh no Sherlock no don’t read that IT’S THE BAD SPEECH AHHHH THE SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT

HA Sherlock still being the snack thief he is!

Aaaaand that’s it for the Three Students case! This was a fun one. Not in my top three for the podcast’s cases, but definitely a fun one. 

I don’t know if alcoholism is thought of differently in the UK (especially when it comes to UK university norms) but even as an American I can tell that alcohol is becoming far more relevant to John than him just ‘partying like a student’. Reminder that he was drinking a beer in the middle of the day during pt. 1, and this was BEFORE they stepped foot at Oxford! Personally…I hope the podcast recognizes this as a real problem; same goes for Sherlock’s drug addiction. I really don’t want these things to just be running jokes. I’m not asking for full episodes of rehab or whatever, I just want them to ACKNOWLEDGE that these are problems. 

Anyway, great case and now it’s just waiting for the next one. Fingers crossed we start getting to the meatier cases soon!