DISCLAIMER: obviously this is just for fun and they are just coincidences
I was searching for symbolic meanings of the willow tree, and I found this, all of you probably know where i’m headed.
“the willow has many healing properties” in this case it’s stated as physical pain, but I interpreted it as a psychlogical way, as we saw in “Labyrinth Runners” Willow helped Gus when he had a mental breakdown and he started to breathe properly thanks to her, and you know who else will probably need her help? Hunter !
“the willow tree may look dainty but, it’s power is not one to be underestimated.” a reference to willow’s past:being called half-a-witch and being underestimated by one of her ex closest friend: Amity, I can say that this is a cute coincidence (or maybe it’s not) Willow is also very feminine (she wears skirts,and is in fact, very dainty) but at the same time she is very strong and resilient, and it doesn’t delete any of her feminine traits.
“The flexible yet resilient willow tree encourages us all throughout life showing us the way to adjust to life’s pressures without ‘snapping’” a reference to not only her determination as we saw in “any sports in a storm” but also in an emotional way, we never saw Willow really angry to Amity,she doesn’t hold too much to past actions but at the same time she doesn’t consider Amity one of her closest friend anymore, she isn’t angry but she knows her value. source: https://tree2mydoor.com/pages/information-trees-celtic-tree-calendar-willow-tree-symbolism
“The willow reminds us to let go and to surrender completely to our innermost selves. And, to gain a deeper understanding of our subconscious”: we know that probably hunter has an identity crisis right now for being a grimwalker, so maybe Willow could help him out discover who he really wants to be and who he really is (similiar to Willow’s character development where she is seen by Amity as her old self, and now she is her true self, as also Gus said) so probably Willow will play a major role
“We can also look at how the willow tree encourages the expression of deep emotions, including grief and sadness through tears and teaching us the value and consequences of love and loss” still another reference to what role Willow may play in Hunter’s life, Hunter is definetely in a bad place right now, so since willow trees can also represent the expression of deep emotions,she could help Hunter to open up to them in order to feel better and letting show his fragile side
“One of the greatest symbolic meanings of the willow tree is that even through great loss we have the ability to grow and there is potential for something new”: can be correleted to both Hunter and Willow, Willow lost Amity and grew mentally becoming her real self, as for Hunter it may symbolize the loss of his uncle and the loss of his admiration towards him, maybe Willow may help him grow mentally by giving him some support :) (together with the squad obviously) source:https://willowplaceforwomen.com/symbolism-of-the-willow-tree/
I FINISHED MY RANTING IF YOU READ THE WHOLE THING THANK YOU,HAVE A COOKIE
While the obvious comparison is Mabel with Stan and dipper with ford both the younger twins and the older ones all share comparisons with each other.
Mabel and stan are both very intelligent when it comes to people, with Mabel that manifests as a bubbly outgoing personality and the ability to make friends with almost anyone and with stan that manifests as an incredible con artist and salesman but they both understand people.
Dipper and ford are both the conventionally intelligent twins who have trouble when it comes to understanding people and both have an innate connection with the abnormal, both with fords sixth finger and dippers birthmark.
But dipper and Stan parallel each other in their love for their family. Stan, a man with no higher education had to teach himself complex physics and mathematics to save his brother after losing him again. Dipper pushed Mabel away by saying he wanted to stay in gravity falls and went to extreme lengths to save her from Mabelland. Not to mention fighting off a massive robot without help from the journal because his sister was in danger.
Mabel and ford in my opinion share a very fatal flaw and that is their trust. Ford trusted bill when he said that he was a friend and that cascaded into all the crazy shit in the show happening. Mabel trusted bill when he was disguised as blendin and gave him the rift, which resulted in weirdmaggedon. Also side note, MABEL DOES NOT DESERVE THAT HATE THAT SHE GETS FOR THAT SHE IS A TWELVE YEAR OLD. Mabel also trusted the unicorns, even though they were a bunch of pricks.
My point is you can’t just say, “Dipper is meant to parallel Ford and Mabel is meant to parallel Stan.” Well you can say that but you’d be missing a pretty big point.
I feel as though that the main parallel isn’t as much with the characters but with their relationships.
The grunkles were best friends their entire lives until one stupid mistake pushed them away forever, even though if it wasn’t for Filbrick Pines they probably would have gotten over it and stayed best friends but that’s besides the point, and they were only reunited because Stan pushed ford in the portal and dedicated his life to bringing him back.
With dipper and Mabel, I think they learn, not just from their grunkles’ mistakes but also their own. We see that Dipper and Mabel are best friends as well but as the show goes on, they don’t become distant but they rely on each other less. Mabel goes to talk with candy and grenda more then she does dipper, but dipper doesn’t rally have the same privilege. This culminates with dipper deciding he wants to stay in gravity falls and him and Mabel falling out, but they eventually make up, just like Stan and ford
I love him so much.
Reverse Flash-Chibi.
HR Wells-Chibi.
Espero y les gusten 😊
Today is my birthday! Yay!
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I’m now declaring “The Square Root of Two” by The Two Man Gentlemen Band as a Fiddlestan theme song
Meeting adjourned
Who else is excited for “The Book of Bill?” 👁️
Doodles of the rat man
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Bonus, my favorite:
Baby boy wip
"Kids, don't rile up your uncle before bed!"
Some semi-feral ford bonding with the kids, he's always happy to play with them.
im so sorry for being so hard on you. you tried to be strong, and you were
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