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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#13901: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:19:20 PM

[up][up]Probably treat him like any other cosmic menace in the DC universe.

Pearl's reaction to Bill would definitely be the same as to Uncle Grandpa. Though considering who Bill is, it would NOT be Played for Laughs.

edited 29th Mar '16 7:20:06 PM by superboy313

Murataku Don't Feed The Plant from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Don't Feed The Plant
#13902: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:20:08 PM

I still wonder about Q, from Star Trek. He's...stronger than Bill, if anything.

You need blood and he's got more than enough!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#13903: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:22:59 PM

Q would just blink and make Bill stop existing.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#13904: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:25:40 PM

Eh, Bill is one of those characters where it's really hard to calculate how powerful he really is. Some people say he's only town level like Discord, but some evidence points he may be potentially multiversal in terms of power. (Such as the Time Baby stating that his rift could destroy all of existence.)

Murataku Don't Feed The Plant from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Don't Feed The Plant
#13905: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:26:03 PM

[up] [up] Yeah, probably. Which wouldn't be particularly interesting to watch...

[up]Thing is, Q is really powerful. As in, if he felt like turning every being in the universe into chickens, he could probably do it. He just doesn't, because messing with bald starship captains is more fun. It's not exactly easy to see what his limits are either.

edited 29th Mar '16 7:28:42 PM by Murataku

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Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#13906: Mar 29th 2016 at 7:44:36 PM

What about Sauron? Or even more interestingly, Melkor?

Pyrarson Everybody's dead, Dave. from NaN Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Everybody's dead, Dave.
#13907: Mar 29th 2016 at 9:57:24 PM

What's The Beast?

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ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#13908: Mar 29th 2016 at 9:59:26 PM

[up][up][up]And Q isn't even alone. He's a member of an entire species, all of which are truly omnipotent.

If the Continuum decided to kick Bill out of the universe, they'd kick him out of the universe.

honeyishrunkmyself Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#13909: Mar 29th 2016 at 10:34:22 PM

[up][up]The main villain of Over The Garden Wall, saying more will be spoilers.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#13910: Mar 30th 2016 at 5:11:28 AM

@Cailleach: Well, on one hand, Melkor is basically the devil, and the most powerful being in the universe save for Eru, who created the place to begin with. On the other hand, due to his evil Melkor's power level isn't exactly consistent and a sufficiently powerful elf could fight him in single combat at one point. I guess it would depend on exactly when he faced off with Bill.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#13911: Mar 30th 2016 at 6:58:38 AM

And where, Eru might sit back and let the Mortals deal with their own issues, but an outside force like Bill messing around could bring down his wrath. Bill versus Morgoth might work, but Eru Illuvatar is literally God.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#13912: Mar 30th 2016 at 7:13:06 AM

Yeah, if Eru himself brought down the hammer, Bill would be hilariously screwed.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#13913: Mar 30th 2016 at 7:47:44 AM

Part of the problem is that we simply never see Bill operating at full power at any point in the show. First he's relegated to dreams, and then there's the "reality bubble" of sorts which keeps him grounded to Gravity Falls in the Weirdmageddon Trilogy. Time Baby implies (and Bill himself says more or less the same to Ford later on) that if he trespassed the bubble, he'd pretty much be able to undo the fabric of existence if he so desired.

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#13914: Mar 30th 2016 at 8:49:05 AM

[up]QFT. To me, Bill is one of those characters in the "Unknown" power tier. But if you ask me, he would defeat Discord pretty easily.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#13915: Mar 30th 2016 at 8:50:53 AM

I thought Bill was already killing the universe just by doing his thing in Gravity Falls. As in, Bill is stuck within the barrier, but the rest of the universe is still feeling the effects. Bill's in a race against time to get as much fun as he can before our universe dies.

Fiona-Rose General Toffee Of Septarsis from Mewni Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
General Toffee Of Septarsis
#13916: Mar 30th 2016 at 8:52:29 AM

Yeah. I can definitely see Bill beating Discord. Discord is all chaotic but fluffy and soft hearted at times. Bill is a phsycopath who will destroy anything at will.

"Have you learned nothing?..."
Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#13917: Mar 30th 2016 at 8:53:36 AM

Except that wasn't because of Bill himself, it was because of the giant gaping hole in reality.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#13918: Mar 30th 2016 at 9:05:00 AM

The main difference between Discord and Bill is that Discord is just selfish; he does things for his own amusement and doesn't care how it effects others, but he doesn't go out of his way to be evil unless he needs to (i.e. in his debut episodes his attempts to break the main cast were mainly so that they couldn't use the Orbital Friendship Cannon against him) and he is capable (though reluctantly) of empathy.

Bill, on the other hand, is outright sadistic and deliberately goes out of his way to cause pain even when there's no real reason to do so other than he likes doing it.

The other thing is that Discord's power seems to be confined to a local somewhat terrestrial level, whereas Bill would clearly have power on a cosmic scale if his plans succeeded.

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Fiona-Rose General Toffee Of Septarsis from Mewni Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#13919: Mar 30th 2016 at 9:16:02 AM

Very interesting. ;) [up]

"Have you learned nothing?..."
superboy313 Since: May, 2015
Brahian1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
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#13921: Mar 31st 2016 at 1:49:07 PM

ey fiona, just a tip, try adding [= =] around your title so it doesnt end up linking to a page that doesnt exist

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#13922: Mar 31st 2016 at 5:02:34 PM

I still think the kids will go around in a mystery van uncovering fake mysteries with the help of their pig.

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#13923: Apr 1st 2016 at 7:23:12 AM

I can see it.

  • Scooby = Waddles
  • Shaggy = Mabel
  • Velma = Dipper
  • Fred = Wendy
  • Daphne = Soos

Maybe throw Gompers in there to be Scrappy?

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#13925: Apr 1st 2016 at 4:10:22 PM

If this is Mystery Incorporated we're taking about, these would be the villain comparisons:

  • Gideon = Professor Pericles
  • Bud Gleeful = Mr. E
  • Bill Cipher = The Evil Entity


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