Line #25 YMMV/GravityFallsJournal3


1	* AccidentalInnuendo: The author's descriptions of Bill's scheming can easily drift into this territory.
2	-->''He is taking advantage while I sleep. Please, no!''
3	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
4	** The fact that Fiddleford used the Memory Gun on lumberjacks building the Bunker and possibly Ford puts much of his character into question: Is he a well-meaning but misguided and deeply traumatized man or is he DrunkWithPower and uncaring if someone gets hurt, as long as they forget what Fiddleford wants them to?
5	** 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.
6	* 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 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.
7	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
8	** The Plaidypus quickly became popular for its cute design and has generated a lot of fan art.
9	** Ford's infamous "All-Star" EmbarrassingTattoo became a fan favorite, with a lot of art placing it on his neck.
10	* {{Fanon}}: Some fans have theorized that Ford is an aromantic 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.
11	* GeniusBonus: Ford thought the "Duck-billed Plaidypus" (a platypus with flannel-patterned fur) was a myth until he encountered it himself. The platypus itself was thought to have been a hoax before it turned out to be RealAfterAll.
12	* HilariousInHindsight: [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/58/a0/a358a08b6f1ed2caf4645b888e87172b.png This comic]] managed to predict [[ActorAllusion Ford's opinion on the "Man-Spider" creature]].
13	* IKnewIt: 'Mason' was always one of the most common choices for being Dipper's real name, due to it starting with the same syllable as 'Mabel.' The book confirmed it to be his name.
14	* SalvagedStory:
15	** 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.
16	** 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.
17	** 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.
18	** 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]].
19	** 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]].]]
20	** 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.
21	** 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.
22	** The reason why Ford didn't tell Mabel about the rift was that he was concerned that she would break it due to her breaking snow globes in the Mystery Shack's gift shop.
23	* TheWoobie:
24	** 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.
25	** Ford during his descent into paranoia and near insanity after learning the truth about Bill and the Portal.
26	** 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.''
27	** Blendin, after we learn why he was possessed by Bill in "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future".

Context YMMV / GravityFallsJournal3