History YMMV / GravityFallsJournal3

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The entry on "The Love God" emphasises that the love potion's effects are temporary and if Robbie and Tambry hadn't had any legitimate attraction to each other they'd have broken up after it wore off.
** Many fans [[HesJustHiding never bought .GIFfany's "death"]] based on the simple scientific fact that she was in a form of electrical energy at the time and energy can ''not'' be destroyed under any circumstance. And sure enough, the entry on [=.GIFfany=] reveals that she was just trapped in the arcade forever by the burning of her disc rather than killed.
** In the series, useful artifacts like the President's key and Soos's infinite pizza are completely forgotten about. The journal explains why. The key only works on locks that existed when it was made, so (among other things) it couldn't possibly unlock Mabel's trap in "Weirdmageddon 2." The infinite pizza works only for Soos, so all it really does is save him money.
** Some fans thought that [[spoiler: Stan getting his memories back happened too fast and was an AssPull to give the story a happy ending]]. The journal reveals that we saw a sped up version of events and that it took a ''full week'' to [[spoiler: restore his memories, and involved a lot more stimulus than just showing him Mabel's scrapbook]].
** A secret message found within the journal explains why Blendin Blandin didn't try to help Dipper and Mabel during Weirdmageddon. [[spoiler: It was due to Blendin being deemed a criminal for being responsible for the death of Time Baby. [[MisplacedRetribution Despite that it was Bill Cipher who killed Time Baby in the first place]]. As well as [[TrappedInThePast getting stuck in the 1800s]].]]
** One of the more common criticisms of Mabel that makes her such a large BaseBreakingCharacter is the fact that Mabel never straightforwardly apologizes to Dipper for how her actions have negatively impacted him throughout the series, nor is she shown on-screen to care much about how she affects others. In Journal 3 Mabel reads the passage regarding the events of ''Sock Opera'' and adds to the page a very sweet apology for Dipper.
** To resolve the ContinuitySnarl issue from "Roadside Attraction", it's revealed that it did take place after Ford's return: the rift's container was beginning to crack, so Ford had Stan take Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Candy and Grenda on the trip while he worked on a plan.
** The reason why Ford didn't tell Mabel about the rift was that he was concerned that Mabel would break it due to her breaking snow globes in the Mystery Shack's gift shop.
** It's revealed Ford had torn out many pages of the Journal, and that they were restored when Weirdmageddon was reversed. This means the audience could get a more enjoyable, in-depth, and accurate view of Ford's research, while also not creating a PlotHole as to how Dipper was unaware of certain things (such as Ford once believing Bill to be a muse).

* {{Fanon}}: Some fans have theorized that Ford is an aromatic asexual due to his explaining to Fiddleford (upon suggesting that he start a family after publishing his research) that he finds romance "One of the strangest things in the universe", the fact that he CannotTalkToWomen despite being about thirty years old, and that the Better World version of him doesn't have a romantic partner, despite the fact that things are nicer for him there.

** Is The Better World Dimension ''really'' better? While Ford didn’t end up going through the Portal, became famous and Fiddleford kept his sanity, that’s really all we see: Stan is missing (possibly '''dead'''), Fiddleford’s family isn’t around and the fates of Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Wendy and Gravity Falls in general are unknown. Depending on how the reader perceives it, it could be closer to a CrapsaccharineWorld.

** Some fans thought that [[spoiler: Stan getting his memories back happened too fast and was an AssPull to give the story a happy ending.]] The journal reveals that we saw a sped up version of events and that it took a ''full week'' to [[spoiler: restore his memories, and involved a lot more stimulus than just showing him Mabel's scrapbook.]]
** A secret message found within the journal explains why Blendin Blandin didn't try to help Dipper and Mabel during Weirdmageddon. [[spoiler: It was due to Blendin being deemed a criminal for being responsible for the death of Time Baby. [[MisplacedRetribution Despite that it was Bill Cipher who killed Time Baby in the first place]]. As well as [[TrappedInThePast getting stuck in the 1800s]]]].

** To resolve the ContinuitySnarl issue from "Roadside Attraction", it’s revealed that it did take place after Ford’s return: The Rift’s container was beginning to crack, so Ford had Stan take Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Candy and Grenda on the trip while he worked on a plan.
** The reason why Ford didn’t tell Mabel about The Rift was that he was concerned that Mabel would break it due to her breaking snow globes in the Mystery Shack’s gift shop.

** Ford’s infamous "All-Star" EmbarrassingTattoo became a fan favorite, with a lot of art placing it on his neck.

** Remember at the end of ''Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future'' where we see that Blendin Blandin was [[DemonicPossession possessed by Bill Cipher]]. Well in Blendin's secret message, [[spoiler: it revealed that he made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Bill]] to stop Time Baby and the Time Police from teasing him]].

* {{Fanon}}: Some fans have theorized that Ford is an aromatic asexual due to his explaining to Fiddleford (upon suggesting that he start a family after publishing his research) that he finds romance "One of the strangest things in the universe", the fact that he CannotTalkToWomen despite being about thirty years old, and that the Better World version of him doesn’t have a romantic partner, despite the fact that things are nicer for him there.
* TheScrappy: Out of the various places Ford traveled to, the Better World Dimension is the least liked by fans, due to that world’s Ford not having improved as a person, and Stan presumably still being in his miserable vagabond lifestyle, if not outright [[DrivenToSuicide dead of suicide]].

** Better World!Stan, as his life stayed the same awful path despite the fact that Ford didn’t get sucked into the Portal. In fact, there’s a possibility he’s ''dead.''
** Blendin, after we learn why he was possessed by Bill in "Dipper and Mabel vs. The Future".

* TheScrappy: Out of the various places Ford traveled to, the Better World Dimension is the least liked by fans, due to that world’s Ford not having improved as a person, and Stan presumably still being in his miserable vagabond lifestyle.

* TheWoobie: We already knew that F, better known as [[spoiler:Old Man [=McGucket=]]] within the show, had a tragic backstory, but what we didn't get were descriptions of his anxiety when dealing with supernatural phenomena.

* TheScrappy: Out of the various places Ford traveled to, the Better World Dimension is the least liked by fans, due that world’s Ford not having improved as a person, and Stan presumably still being in his miserable vagabond lifestyle.

* TheScrappy: Out of the various places Ford traveled to, the Better World Dimension is the least liked by fans, due to Stan’s UncertainDoom and the fact that the world’s Ford hasn’t improved as a person.

** It's revealed Ford had torn out many pages of the Journal, and that they were restored when Weirdmageddon reversed. This means the audience could get a more enjoyable, in-depth, and accurate view of Ford's research, while also not creating a PlotHole as to how Dipper was unaware of certain things (such as Ford once believing Bill to be a muse).

** AssPull: Apparently, the reversal of Weirdmageddon also reversed the destruction of the Journals. This rather ginormous detail was somehow never mentioned in the show, and it's relatively obvious the reason why it was included was to answer how a {{Defictionalization}} of the Journal could exist after Bill burned it, and so the book could have a proper conclusion.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Plaidypus quickly became popular for its cute design and has generated a lot of fan art.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have theorized that Ford is an aromatic asexual due to his explaining to Fiddleford (upon suggesting that he start a family after publishing his research) that he finds romance "One of the strangest things in the universe", the fact that he CannotTalkToWomen despite being about thirty years old, and that the Better World version of him doesn’t have a romantic partner, despite the fact that things are nicer for him there.

* TheScrappy: Out of the various places Ford traveled to, the Better World Dimension is the least liked by fans, due to Stan’s UncertainDoom and the fact that world’s Ford hasn’t improved as a person.

* WritersCannotDoMath: In his youth, Ford met both Preston Northwest and Manly Dan Corduroy when they were younger, and his drawing of Preston makes him look around twelve years old. But in the present day, Dan and Preston look remarkably young to both have been in Ford’s life and be the fathers of teenagers.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have theorized that Ford is an aromatic asexual due to his explaining to Fiddleford (upon suggesting that he start a family after publishing his research) that he finds romance "One of the strangest things in the universe", the fact that he CannotTalkToWomen despite being about thirty years old and that the Better World version of him doesn’t have a romantic partner, despite the fact that things are nicer for him there.

** The fact that Fiddleford used the Memory Gun on lumberjacks building the Bunker and possibly Ford does put much of his character into question: Is he a well meaning but misguided traumatized man or DrunkWithPower and uncaring if someone gets hurt, as long as they forget what Fiddleford wants them to?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: There’s no entry from anyone about the events of "Roadside Attraction", so it’s still unknown where it stands in the show’s timeline. (The episode aired after Ford’s return, but it’s the only one where he’s not seen or mentioned at all.)

** A secret message found within the journal explains why Blendin Blandin didn't try to help Dipper and Mabel during Weirdmageddon. [[spoiler: It was due to Blendin being deemed a criminal for being responsible for the death of Time Baby. [[MisplacedRetribution Despite that it was Bill Cipher that killed Time Baby in the first place]]. As well as [[TrappedInThePast getting stuck in the 1800s]]]].

** One of the more common criticisms of Mabel that makes her such a large BaseBreakingCharacter is the fact that Mabel never straightforwardly apologizes to Dipper for her part in any conflict in the series, nor is she shown on-screen to care much about how she affects others. In Journal 3 Mabel reads the passage regarding the events of ''Sock Opera'' and adds to the page a very sweet apology for Dipper.

** One of the more common criticisms of Mabel that made her such a large BaseBreakingCharacter is the fact that Mabel never straightforwardly apologizes to Dipper for her part in any conflict in the series, nor is she shown to care much about how she affected others. In Journal 3 Mabel reads the pages regarding the events of ''Sock Opera'' and writes a very sweet apology in for Dipper.

** A secret message found within the journal explains why Blendin Blandin didn't try to help Dipper and Mabel during Weirdmageddon. [[spoiler: It was due to Blendin being deemed a criminal for being responsible for the death of Time Baby. [[MisplacedRetribution Despite that it was Bill Cipher that killed Time Baby in the first place]]]].