GRAVITY FALLS: A Queer Analysis (Video Essay) | aidan elizabeth
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Hello! This week I finally finished my queer analysis of Gravity Falls. Gravity Falls is my favorite TV show, and it had a massive impact on my childhood, so I’m very excited to share my thoughts!
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00:00-01:40 Introduction
01:41-03:22 Family
03:23-05:52 Queer History
05:53-09:06 Queer Characters
09:07-12:18 Dipper Pines
12:19-15:10 Mabel Pines
15:11-17:05 Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland
17:06-17:47 Stanford Pines
17:48-22:04 Why Queer People See Themselves In Cryptids
22:05-22:43 Closing
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I’m emotionally preparing myself for the DipperxBill comments.
#gravityfalls #videoessay #lgbtq
“There’s no solid evidence that Stanford and Fiddleford/Bill Cipher are exes.”
The Book of Bill: Hold my beer…
Never thought of dipper that way before, always read him as a prepubescent boy who was on track to become an incel/very misogynistic "nice guy" but was saved by being surrounded with a lot of emotionally intelligent people. Now I just want to rewatch the show.
This is just one specific interpretation of the character! You’re interpretation is just as valid!
@@aidanelizabeth Oh for sure! I think it's fun to interpret things differently, it's just an interesting way to understand other's ideas
I don’t think I ever saw him as an “incel” or “misogynist” tbh- interesting take though
I’m pretty sure a part of my bi awakening was the fact that 12-year-old me thought Mabel was the most relatable character on the show and I simultaneously shipped her with both Mermando and Pacifica. Apparently I wanted a fishboy to serenade me with a guitar AND I wanted an enemies-to-lovers arc with a secretly nice rich girl and it just flew right over my head.
When you started talking about compulsive heterosexuality, it threw me straight back to when I was fresh out of high school, stuck in a cycle of trying to find a boyfriend, having a knee jerk reaction mentally whenever one attempted to get physical (i.e. kissing, hand holding, hugging), and breaking it off.
Even though I know who I am now when it comes to my identity and sexuality, I still struggle from time to time with that nagging, “You should try dating a guy again, it’ll be different this time,” feeling whenever I happen to meet one that I click with on an emotional level. It can be frustrating.
Awesome analysis as always. Your perspectives are genuinely eye opening.
Awesome video essay!! When I watched Gravity Falls, I was comforted a lot by the characters' acceptance of "others" and how they were always embracing things outside of the norm. Little things like Mabel having artistic and detailed sweaters, or Dipper befriending so many weirdos. I am and always have been "weird," queer, and gender non conforming so seeing these characters and events in a show taking place nearby (I live close to Oregon) was really comforting.
Exactly! I think that's a big reason I liked the show so much (even if I didn't know it yet). Thank you for sharing!!
Something else that's important to discuss. Disneys extremely quick to take credit for representing minorities and/or the LGBTQ+ in their movies and shows despite the fact that they either represent them as villains or cut them all together. All the credit goes to creators like Alex Hurst, and Dana Tarrace, matt Braley (not to mention Rebecca sugar even though she's involved with cartoon network and not disney) who fought tooth and nail in order to get these characters on air. They deserve the entire world
As someone who is a huge fan of this series (having that exact same sweater your wearing 😁) I have kept mostly to myself when it comes to the Fandom. I am aware of the general things. Fan art , some riskyyyyy fanfiction (you know what mean....gross) and updates from Alex H. But I never really looked into this. This is fascinating, and makes wayyyy too much sense honestly. As a newly discovered Pan woman this truly makes my heart happy. Thank you for making this amazing video 😁
Thank you so much for sharing! This is definitely a fandom that I am hesitant to truly dive into, but I used to be big into it when the show was still airing. Back then, it was mostly just conspiracies and fan theories (at least on the side of the internet that I was a part of)
When you talked about the trans Dipper theory/headcanon, something clicked for me. I've always related to Dipper (hell, I even dressed up as him for Halloween this year), and the fact that a lot of his struggles were things that could be read as him being trans makes so much sense. It also makes a lot of sense that I would see myself within those struggles since I'm a trans demiboy.
Btw the rest of the video was really awesome as well! I only recently discovered your channel but all the videos of yours that I've watched have been amazing!
Ok ok. When I watched gravity falls, I hadn't yet realized I was queer and wasn't really educated on the queer experience, so I never picked up the queer reading of these characters, but now, I'm confused as to how I missed them
That's exactly how I felt! I remember hearing about trans Dipper and thinking "huh, I wonder if I could read any other characters as queer" and here I am hahah
I had never even thought of Dipper in that way but now I love him even more!
Edit: I remember adorable Dipper for breaking gender stereotypes and showing off the dangers of toxic masculinity, but I never saw it as him being trans. But, it definitely makes sense! And that interpretation only makes me respect him more, being able to deny becoming a manly man to those he once looked up to in order to see himself as his own version of a man is pog. I feel really bad for Alex because clearly he wanted representation and was pushed down, I remember when i first saw the storyboard of the elderly lesbians I was so mad at Disney (still am) and owl house being cancelled just makes me even more pissed, we had a taste of what a proper cartoon unafraid to show queer characters was like, and it was swiped from our hands.
Anyway really great video essay, Gravity Falls will always hold a special place in my heart for being the cartoon that introduced me to more shows with overarching stories (excluding adventure time, but jesus is adventure time in it's own boat) and I always love seeing other peoples different perspectives of it, makes me want to rewatch the show all over again.
Unrelated: I will edit this with an actual review of the essay, but I gotta just say this...
Your teeth are like, SUPER CLEAN, like damn son those are some pearly whites. Also, you're really beautiful! Ok now I shall continue watching
I've always read Mabel to be bisexual, but her being a lesbian also makes a lot of sense!
Mabel is bi at best. I could see her not caring and seeing people as just... People. Her whole boy crazy thing seems to really drive home her straightness though.
@Michael Anderson did you even watch the video
Don't necessarily agree, I think she could be pansexual or bisexual, but definitely not a lesbian cause, we see her throughout the show crush on so many boys.
I could 100% see Mabel as a lesbian, but as an asexual who’s desperate for representation, I could also see her as ace. I know on the surface, that sounds silly, but here’s my reasoning: a lot of asexual people might not get crushes, but they feel like they NEED to have crushes to adhere to societal norms, so they’ll choose a crush at random without having any real feelings attached just so that they seem and/or feel normal. That’s where I see it with Mabel cause, like you said, her reasoning for her crushes are always very surface level things. (Heck, she could be BOTH ace and a lesbian and it’d make sense).
Ford is also aroace and no one can tell me otherwise.
I was literally trying to find an analysis just like this! Thank you for creating this video :)
I’m actually disabled and AroAce, and I adore this show with all my heart. I also absolutely love the idea of A-Spec (AroAce/Homoromantic) Ford. I can relate to both the constant prejudice he faced due to his physical differences and the ‘found-family’ aspects/stereotype-defying, queer reading of his character. He viewed the world through his own unique lens and found solidarity in his love for all things Weird.
As a newly discovered trans man, looking back at it now, I've always saw myself in Dipper when I was a kid, heck he was even my favorite character. His weird obsessions with the otherworldly, his fragile insecurities about hinself and his masculinity, and him feeling obligated to fit in with the norms of society. I related to almost all his struggles and even to this day. Thank you so much for shining light onto this topic.
I found your channel last week when UA-cam recommended your Gonzo video (great video btw), so I subscribed. Then I saw your Bear in the Big Blue House when you posted it, which I very much enjoyed. And this video didn't disappoint either. Keep making great content!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy! : )
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite channels
Thank you so much!!
Same
How are you pumping out all of these top tier videos?!?
Let’s just say my sleep schedule is in SHAMBLES hahaha
Ikr
@@aidanelizabeth i will say this is not surprising but please get some sleep dear
@@sarah-hymes This ^^^^^^^^^
I actually noticed a bi flag on Mabel's notebook once
personally im a fan of Ace Mabel
Excited to watch this one! I’m new to your channel and I’m really excited to see it grow. Channels like this are one of my favorites to watch. You go amazingly in depth on topics in your videos, and it’s always super interesting!
I'm so happy people are still talking about this show in 2021. Greatest animated series...ever!
You’ve explained why I always liked villains more than heroes when I watch TV when I was little😅
8:25 I’d love to know more about how these two are queer-coded. Most Disney villains who are in this category are from older, more mainstream pieces of media. I was generally surprised that we still have antagonists/villains like this in modern animation.
I didn't know compulsive heterosexuality existed and I think I just had an epiphany at 2 am.
Being a trans man I obviously was familiar with the dipper theory, but all of the other ones really went over my head when I was watching the show, mostly because I'm really oblivious. I fully accept these as canon tho
I am a straight man and I have no idea how I got here, but I have learned so many terms I have never heard before. I remember watching this show with my sister when we moved to Atlanta. We would pretend to be Mabel and Dipper although we aren’t twins lmao. This show holds a special place in my heart. Thanks for showing me a new lens to see this show through. 🫡
Love this analysis!! I always love seeing queer breakdowns of media, and Gravity Falls is one of my favorite shows!
Thank you! Gravity Falls is my absolute favorite show!
I always thought dipper have bisexual vibes, and it’s hard to tell if Ford would be gay or aro ace, great video all around tho
Honesty l think hes gay and asexual
When i don't know whether to headcanon a character as allo or aroace, I usually sortov combine the two. Like here for example, Ford could be gay aroace, it could either mean he's arospec and acespec and still experience sexual/romantic attraction in some way, or he doesn't experience sexual/romantic attraction but another type of attraction (like platonic, aesthetic etc...) that he deems important enough to include as a label. Idk if i worded that right.
@@kaylabowen6429 he’s neither, he tries flirting with a girl in his teen years but failed and there was a ending scene with him and Stan going after the same girl then getting mad at each other when she walks away
@@youtagames2071 he’s neither
WIsh there was a love button instead of a like one. Never thought of Dipper being trans. It's an interesting look at the character
I get Kaz Rowe vibes from your videos. Excited to see how you grow as a creator !
i personally wouldnt say mabel is lesbian ( although i totally understand your interpretation and it makes sense ), but i think she may be either pan or omni with a preference for men, but thats just me
Omnisexual Mable supremasy
after the gonzo video and now this, it’s safe to say im completely obsessed with your channel.
I never thought of Dipper as trans, for me he is a prepubescent boy who is on a jouney to figure out what are "manly" stereotypes and what is truly manly.
Ok so l think dipper and Mable would like in a family that pushes gender sterotypes on their kids, because Mable like "feminine" things like makeup, pink, and stuff like that. And in the episode where they go to the abandioned store, Dipper puts on his lamb costume and it has a pink bow, something that is "girly" and Mable says something like, " He always wore it when he was a baby" And that might be why he might get really uncomfortable wearing it because its "girly" ldk why l wrote this when you mentioned dipper being trans l thought of it :D
Loved this so much!!! I hope you do more video essays on GF or other cartoons in the future :D
i just found your channel through this video and, safe to say i'll be binging all of them. this was really well structured and i appreciate how you touched on the history of queer coding without implying that it's always negative. also for not arguing too hard as to why characters can be read as queer. cause while i love when people go in-depth as to why characters are queer coded, giving evidence, i also love when queer folk just agree that a character is queer because of vibes. idk it might just be me but i don't love arguing about stuff like that after a few bad experiences that i went into assuming that they were friendly debates so just saying "yh obviously wendy is read as bi, moving on" was great. maybe i should just watch more vids by queer creators. great vid.
love this but
W H A T A B O U T G R E N D A
so relatable and accurate, thanks for the video essay!
this fuckin video made me realize that a third of my life has been filled with compulsory heterosexuality
shoutout to soos
I’m a Dipcifica shipper. If Dipper gets confirmed as trans, would Pacifica still be interested in him?
Dipper being trans doesn’t make him any less of a man, so I don’t see why not
Dipper isn’t trans
It’s funny how most of the queer fandom sees Dipper as transmasc, when I see my own experiences as a transfem person. When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow facial hair or for my voice to drop so that I wouldn’t feel like a failure as a boy anymore…. that if one thing or another happened, I would finally “feel” like enough of a man. Dipper’s insecurities really mirror my own as a trans girl that took 23 years to realise.
I have at least one queer head-canon for most of the Gravity Falls characters lmao-
I love these types of videos! I really like that you do such a deep dive on these videos, and spend so much time researching It. But in this video towards the beginning, you mentioned the Owl House, and how it was able to get past Disney sensors with its queerness. I really would love it if you did a video essay like this one on the Owl House’s queerness. I hope I’m not asking too much because, I don’t know if video essays are hard to make. *BUT* I would really like it if you did, but of course it’s completely up to you.
i love seeing interpretations, whether they be gay, straight, trans, cis, other queer identities ( such as aro / ace ), ect, and whether i have the same interpretations or not, i just loving seeing it and seeing what other people think, and trying to understand why. often times it can even change my opinion, other times not, but either way its so interesting and fun
You would not believe how loud I screeched at 18:53
Wendy is confirmed bi :)
it shocked me to know that dippers real name is mason, like woah dude what??? apparently dipper was just a nickname his parents gave him because of the birthmark
Git 'em! Git 'em!!
Dipper has always been very important to me as a trans man myself who adores thy show. Really epic video!
Thanks for making this
I normally see mabel as pan, but this makes sense too!
Personally, I think that Gruncle Stan is trans. I have no evidence or reasons. I just think hw has the vibes.
Lol so I love Steven Universe and when I found out there was lesbian and gay characters I was nearly crying. Disney and shows in general need to show more LGBTQ+ content so we dont all feel so outed
Recently, whether its a rumour or not, its said that Alex Hirsch tried to make Dipper a trans man but Disney refused it and so was Pacifica. Whether that was his intention or not, it makes me and my trans friends very happy that they’re (intentionally??) trans :))
It’s just a rumor, dipper was never originally trans
Ok, I just got some intel that Alex Hirsch said Dipper is trans. It’s still just a rumor right? I got this intel from some comments from other fans recently but I shouldn’t believe everything that’s read
@@spencerwess5899 it is just a rumor,ppl keep spreading the lie that Alex said that dipper is trans/was originally meant to be trans when it isn’t true,Alex never wrote dipper as trans nor did he intend for him to be preseved as such,he only said that he doesn’t mind ppls HCs but what’s in the show is canon and in the show dipper isn’t trans
@@monkeydluffy7735 Thanks for that
I always thought villains were hot. Now I know why…
Hello Coming back here from TBOB Here to tell you that Billford is Canon
I think I know who the 6 fingered hand symbol is
*insert billdip comment *
21:55 This reminds me of my love for beetlejuice the musical
That’s an amazing musical
love this essay ill write a much too long love comment soon but for now, what are your pronouns? don't need to share ofc, but id like to know just so i can refer to you correctly
684 views aint enough, gang
I haven't seen the video yet but I hope Trans Dipper is talked about.
If they are identical twins but a boy-girl set of twins at the same time then Dipper has to be trans sorry it is canon now I don't make science rules XD
Dipper and Mabel aren’t identical twins, it states that their fraternal twins
I am in fact going to be very angry if Disney doesn't give us a show/movie/short series with a trans main character I know it would be rather unlikely to happen but if it does I'm watching it Immediately because I am highly entertained by media with trans characters either because it's usually just the normal "I'm gonna cut/grow out my hair *hmph*" (which I honestly find slightly funny) or it actually has good representation of being trans like not bucketloads of dysphoria because not all trans people have loads of dysphoria
do you have any advice for writing videos like queer topics i’d like to talk about a cartoon through a queer lens but i’m unsure of how to go about it
OMG SORRY THIS IS MY THIRD COMMENT I KEEP THINKING OF MORE THINGS TO SAY, i think maybe soos? somewhere on the queer spectrum hes got to be
I once saw someone say Stan and ford were aro-allo and allo-ace respectively and that’s my favorite gravity falls queer take
But that doesn’t make any sense since they both go after women
@@monkeydluffy7735 both of those orientations can go after women what’s your point
@@averyscott9467 not if ur gay and ace, Stanford and Stanley r obviously neither of those things but it’s fine to hc what u want, doesn’t mean it’s actually canon to what they r
@@monkeydluffy7735 I never said I thought they were gay, I think they’re straight ace and straight aro. They can still be with women and I know it’s not canon but it’s also not going against canon
@@averyscott9467 I was thinking of another comment when I said gay mb but them being ace doesn’t make sense cuz again we see them both go after relationships since they were teens n Stan had a wife who he admits that he still loves
Hello
Also, Alex Hirsch and Justin Roiland ship Rick and Stan together. Just- Let’s put that one in the ring, for the record, yknow?
Hey what are your pronouns?
I'm convinced Mabel is a lesbian!
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