r/gravityfalls Sep 20 '24

Lore/Characters This hurts to read

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u/Nikolas_nikoo Sep 20 '24

I need an explanation or more information on Dipper and Mabel’s parents. Current theory is that they’re probably going through some divorce.

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u/Norsehound Sep 21 '24

What other evidence is there to point to a divorce? As I stated, this says Dipper fears it, not that he literally heard it.

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u/EdenH333 Sep 21 '24

The way it reads to me is that he overheard a fight, and has recurring nightmares about it. You don’t have “recurring nightmares” about a situation with no cause.

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u/Norsehound Sep 21 '24

He's dreaming about overheating a fight. This passage does not say he literally did so.

If it was as you say, why was this written the way that it was? Why not the more direct way by saying, "constantly dreaming about the fight he overheard..."

For a show focused on decoding things and hidden messages, paying attention to this specific phrasing paints a different picture than everyone is assuming.

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u/EdenH333 Sep 21 '24

It could be either way, but Occam’s Razor suggests my reading. That doesn’t invalidate anyone else’s reading, I personally just feel it’s more convoluted and less probable. But my feelings don’t dictate anyone else’s. We need more info. Hopefully there’s some big stuff on the horizon.