They Bond Over This All - Tumblr Posts
fyi the entire pines family is on the aroace spectrum
mabel: - cupioromantic/sexual - no romantic/sexual attraction but fantasies about it - she jumps from crush to crush because of societal expectations of young girls having crushes on boy dipper: - lithoromantic/sexual - loses romatic/sexual attraction for anyone when it's reciprocated - i mean. cmon. he crushed on wendy (totally unattainable) for a whole summer stan: - aromantic bisexual - absolutely just flirts with women because that's whats expected of older men - dont personally see him as acespec ford: - gay grayromantic/sexual - only feels romantic/sexual attraction occasionally - he fucked that research assistant and triangle - the only relationship (i won't count bill) hes had imo
This is honestly exactly how I view them. No questions asked. This is it.
fyi the entire pines family is on the aroace spectrum
mabel: - cupioromantic/sexual - no romantic/sexual attraction but fantasies about it - she jumps from crush to crush because of societal expectations of young girls having crushes on boy dipper: - lithoromantic/sexual - loses romatic/sexual attraction for anyone when it's reciprocated - i mean. cmon. he crushed on wendy (totally unattainable) for a whole summer stan: - aromantic bisexual - absolutely just flirts with women because that's whats expected of older men - dont personally see him as acespec ford: - gay grayromantic/sexual - only feels romantic/sexual attraction occasionally - he fucked that research assistant and triangle - the only relationship (i won't count bill) hes had imo
the funny thing is, in retrospect, the existence and structure of the Journals is actually one of the areas where Ford is more like Mabel than like Dipper. like. you can buy notebooks in the 1970s-80s. he didn't have to make a fancy maroon custom-bound journal with metal insets and a monocle bookmark and gold leaf on the cover in the shape of his handprint. he also didnt have to format most of his "research log" as a diary and tape/paperclip in photos of everything he could. what im saying is, Mabel and Ford scrapbooking together