Line #14 Webcomic/Deal


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4	%% * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fan-comic ''Webcomic/{{Deal}}'':
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7	!! This page covers a short work set after the events of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. Therefore, spoilers for this work and its source material are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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11	->''"I just want to know the truth."''
12	-->-- '''Gwen Pines'''
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14	''Deal'' is a short webcomic by fan-artist TurquoiseSpace35, set thirty years after the events of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
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16	The tale starts with a young teen, Gwen, desperate for answers. Bill Cipher, eager to make a deal, offers her the answers to all her questions in exchange for something only she can provide. At the last moment, Dipper appears, demanding Gwen to leave. Though struggling to get through to her, his intervention sparks Bill to attack, leaving Gwen to take the deal out of fear. Getting what he wants, Bill shows Gwen the twisted nature of her upbringing, and all that entails.
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18	A few years after the comic ended, the creator did a reboot of the world that turns it into a light hearted SliceOfLife series, making dramatic changes.
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20	Story starts [[https://www.deviantart.com/turquoisespace35/gallery/69543018/deal here]].
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22	!!This work contains examples of:
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24	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Dipper and Pacifica become a couple sometime after the events of ''Gravity Falls'' and have children together. Gideon and Mabel are also implied to be couple, as Mabel now lives in the Gleeful's house with a sign out front welcoming the newest Gleeful.
25	* AdaptationalSympathy: Preston Northwest maintains his worst traits from canon, wishing to see an end to the Pines family, raise "the perfect child he never had", and staying as greedy as ever. However, being forced to work with Bill clearly takes a toll on the man, and he at least shows enough care for his daughter to ask Bill not to hurt her anymore.
26	* BrokenPedestal: Gwen initially worships Dipper..until she learns the truth about her brother and how Dipper covered it up.
27	* DaddysGirl: Side comics show that Gwen has a strong bond with her father, Dipper. They’re also alike in personality.
28	* DeadFic: The comic ends on a cliffhanger and a few years later, the author did a ContinuityReboot of the universe into a LighterAndSofter slice of life story.
29	* DemonicPossession: After showing Gwen the truth about her brother's existence, supernatural being Bill Cipher proceeds to possess her, needing her as a host to bring about Weirdmageddon once more.
30	* DistantSequel: ''Deal'' is set thirty years after ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', showing a world where Dipper and Pacifica have children and Bill Cipher returns with a vengeance.
31	* GoryDiscretionShot: When Pacifica strikes [[spoiler:Dustin with a golf club]], the frame goes to red and black, only showing a silhouette of the blow.
32	* KilledOffscreen: Stan and Ford died around the time Mabel’s daughter Sara was born and Dipper’s children were born, respectively. While it’s not stated how Stan died, Ford [[spoiler: died from a long term illness he contracted in his travels across TheMultiverse.]]
33	* MonochromaticImpactShot: In the scene where Pacifica kills [[spoiler:Dustin,]] the frame of the fatal blow is depicted as a black silhouette on a red background.
34	* MoodWhiplash: The flashbacks of Pacifica, baby Gwen and [[spoiler: baby Dustin]] are adorable with Pacifica being affectionate and cute babies…until Pacifica falls asleep.
35	* OffingTheOffspring: The AwfulTruth in a nutshell: [[spoiler: Bill got into an unprotected Pacifica’s mind while she fell asleep watching baby Gwen and Dustin. He made her hallucinate monsters attacking her children, resulting in her beating her son to death with a golf club. By the time she came to her senses, it was too late.]]
36	* OneWordTitle: ''Deal'''s title refers to the deal Bill forces on Gwen, wherein she learns the truth about her brother in exchange for her role in bringing back Weirdmageddon.
37	* ParentsAsPeople: Dipper loves Gwen and Pacifica, but did terrible things in order to keep them happy and safe.
38	* StepfordSmiler: Dipper is a depressed male example, hiding [[spoiler: his grief for his son and the burden of being the only one who remembers Dustin existed (or so he believes)]] under a dorky and cheerful façade.
39	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Gwen is a dead ringer for her mother, Pacifica. Gwen's model is almost identical to her mothers' at the same age, save for her outfit and darker, messier hair.
40	* {{Unperson}}: To relieve Pacifica's devastation after [[spoiler: the death of their son, Dipper erases all evidence of the child's existence and does a mass brain-wipe, essentially retconning Dustin's existence]] away to anyone besides Dipper.
41	* WouldHurtAChild: Though working indirectly, Bill is not above tricking Pacifica into [[spoiler:killing her infant son through blunt force.]]
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43	->''"WHAT'S WRONG PINE TREE? AREN'T YOU GONNA HUG YOUR BELOVED DAUGHTER?"''

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