Tangy/Ace/Jack (Preferred names but I sometimes go by Kirby or Boyd). 30+, Transmasc Nonbinary. White. He/Him, They/Them. Probably plural/a fictive (Blog background by 2uncute, icon by liliavalley, header by MEEEE) (formerly directium)
I exist to urge people to watch the Ducktales 2017 season 3 episode 6 episode ‘Astro BOYD!’, to talk about Gravity Falls so much that people decide to go rewatch it, to demand respect for the color orange, to joyfully tell people about the creature known as a ruddy shelduck, to try and convince you to ship AceNico, and to Kirby :3 Just a pathetic redhead guy with tacky fashion, here for the ride~!
(Weird request but please do not likespam my old Camp Camp art so much that it clogs my notifications. The fact that this has happened several times over makes me feel like I need to add this here. I don’t mind likespamming/reblogging in general, but I’m talking doing it for HUNDREDS of posts at once across like...several hours. I will block you if you clog my notifications this way.)
Triangulum Archive Blog - @triangulum-fic
Gravity Falls Art Archive Blog - @actualtweenbillcipher
AceNico Blog - @acenico (I know, I can’t believe I snagged it!)
Completely self-indulgent, super long and absolutely ridiculous Bill Cipher music playlist, if you even care
Triangulum - A chapter index to my Gravity Falls fanfiction (Join the discussion community here! Get sneak peeks of future chapters and art, WIP stuff, and more!)
Mina - My Gravity Falls OC and twin sister to Bill Cipher. My beautiful daughter, light of my life, apple of my eye.
Riding the ‘I don’t care if it’s probably a joke, I totally called Bill Cipher being some loser kid’ train all the way to the bank with this one:
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Love Ace Markey and Nico Hakobyan from DRDT and need them to make out a little bit (lotta bit).
Born to be a house husband who can experiment with new hobbies and interests without the stress of having to succeed and be the best all the time, forced to go to college in place of his dead best friend, be stuck in a job he hates, and get sucked into a killing game
90% of age gaps don’t matter when you’re a grown adult as long as you don’t have a repeated pattern of dating people barely legal. I would date someone 30 years older than me if I liked them who gaf
This entire conversation is somehow 90% people infantilizing themselves and 10% actually people talking about the issue of men who never grow out of dating 18/19 year olds. No it is not a big deal when a 25 year old dates a 35 year old please get a grip
Chimes with a thought I've had for a while, actually; sleep deprivation might mean I explain this badly, but:
What a red flag actually means: something here is an indicator of a potential problem (but might be fine with a reasonable explanation)
What people have now decided it means: abuse
I've lost count of the number of times I've now had to read variants of "My partner takes all my money and gives me back an allowance because he says it's a man's job to control finances, but he's racking up gambling debts" being met with "Wow this man is a walking red flag" no Becky that is abuse. That is not an indicator. He is an abuser. Call the police. We have lost the concept of a proxy: a thing that indicates a more important thing. And it's relevant to this conversation because I'm actually going to go out on a limb here:
With the obvious exception of paedophilia, age gaps themselves aren't a problem at all - they are a proxy for the actual harmful phenomenon. Hea me out, let me explain
The reason we don't like age gaps is because of the implied power dynamic. If one partner, usually male, is older than other - particularly if the other is still quite young - the risk is that what we're seeing is a worldly wise predator who is exploiting the lack of life experience of a young beautiful woman by mentally abusing her until she's no longer young and pretty enough to satisfy, at which point he'll move on to the next. There have been enough examples of this in human history. It's unfortunately not an uncommon pattern. Genders can also be diverse in this scenario
We can't necessarily see that dynamic from the outside. But we CAN see an inherent element of it: the ages of the people involved. So age becomes a proxy for the abuse. And, hey, it's often correct.
But here's the thing: the ages themselves are not causing harm.
The power dynamic is. The abuse is.
Plenty of age gap relationships are loving, healthy and steadfast. Two people met and genuinely fell in love regardless of the outer packaging, and have a relationship with all the highs and lows and challenges and rewards as any more traditional pairing. This happens all the time
Is the age gap a red flag? Sure! It indicates a potential issue.
Is it inherently abusive? Absolutely fucking not.
OP is right - we need to stop focusing just on the numbers and twisting the facts to fit by infantilising the younger partners, and start focusing on the actual harms. The DiCaprio Pattern of only dating under 24s repeatedly is itself a proxy, too, actually - but a much stronger one than the simple presence of an age gap.
(Even so, in DiCaprio's case, until any of his former partners come forward and describe him as abusive, actually, even that is up in the air - my personal interpretation, given how strong a pattern it is, is that he's a loser who views women as trophies (consciously or not). If any have come forward and I don't know about it, of course, fair enough. But those women were adults capable of making their own decisions, even if they might later come to regret it. And regretting poor decisions is part of life! That's how it goes, particularly with relationships. As long as they weren't abused, there's no biggie. And just as he was looking for young-and-beautiful, there's no way they weren't, on some level, looking for rich-and-famous; it goes both ways.)
Also, another element of this: I think a lot of modern extreme puritan discourse on this is actually ironically down to the age of those taking part. Up until your late 20s, ten years is actually a huge span of time to you, because in your own life you were in a completely different developmental phase ten years ago (teenager), and a completely different phase again ten years before that (child). That skews your sense of what a ten-year gap means. Whereas once you're in your 30s and beyond, ten years is like. Yeah I was an adult ten years ago, and I still am now. That's two adults. Who cares.
(Anyway I am hoping and praying I explained that well enough, and also that Tumblr's famous reading comprehension skills are solid enough to follow)
The power dynamic in itself isn't causing harm either. I am BEGGING you people to realise what you're asking for here. Like, what's the alternative? Only date people within your wealth/status bracket? Do you want castes? Because that's how you get castes. By this logic, surgeons shouldn't date waiters, lawyers shouldn't date construction workers, lauded actors shouldn't date lowly techies, and employed people shouldn't date unemployed people. Rich people should only date other rich people, poor people should only date other poor people, and no one should date anyone significantly more or significantly less educated that them.
Does that sound right to you? Do you think it would work, do you think we should try to make it work, and do you think that if it did work, it would magically make abuse disappear? COME ON.
PSA: Just a friendly reminder that whenever you start a creative project, you will invariably hit a phase where the Thing™️ appears horrendous and you start asking existential questions. But if you keep working, it invariably passes and starts to resemble something less like the devil’s vomit. Doesn’t matter if it’s art, writing, or what–this happens repeatedly. Carry on.
[Gif: Colin Mochrie on the set of Whose Line Is It Anyway, shuffling his feet back and forth in a wide raptor-like stance, head bobbing rhythmically with each step. The shot changes between a full body and a medium shot, revealing the arms of Wayne Brady and half of Greg Proops wiggling with him in unison. /end]
STOP JUMPING IN FRONT OF BULLETS FOR TERUKO! STOP TRYING TO 'FIX' A RELATIONSHIP WITH ACE WHEN HE'S JUST BEING AN ASS TO YOU! GET OFF THE FLOOR, FONTANA!
this shit from the comments is unironically so fucking sad to me. this is where we’re at now? “aren’t books supposed to have morals?” genuinely let’s all just pack it in and go home, we tried the whole “experiencing life and art at a greater complexity level than an eight year old can handle” thing and it didn’t work out, somebody break the news to oscar wilde, we’re done here. “books are meant to teach you something.” christ.
That's right, after teasing the idea for ages and ages, I'm pleased to officially announce AceNico Week 2026, taking place from October 25th to October 31st.
Rules and prompts below the cut:
Prompts:
Oct 25th: Talents/First Date
Oct 26th: Smile/Vacation
Oct 27th: Freedom/What Could've Been
Oct 28th: Predator and Prey/Regrets and Apologies
Oct 29th: Orange and Blue/Courage and Fear
Oct 30th: AU of Choice/Free Day
Oct 31st: Ace's Birthday/Halloween
Rules:
This week's all about focusing on the relationship between Ace Markey and Nico Hakobyan. This can be defined however you want; friends, enemies, lovers, enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, enemies to friends to lovers, queerplatonic, or something else entirely! Other characters can also be included so long as the focus is primarily on Ace and Nico.
Any sort of artistic contributions to the week are allowed, be it art or fics or any other creative medium you can think of! Only things not allowed are straight-up plagiarism and AI. I realize it's mildly redundant to mention both (given how most AI in our current day tends to involve plagiarism), but it's worth saying anyway. Also no pre-existing works; only new works will be included in the week's contributions!
Suggestive/NSFW content will be allowed, but please tag accordingly and do not contribute works of that nature if you are not 18+ (we will not reblog anything of the sort if this is not confirmed on your blog somewhere). Darker content including things like blood, violence and similar topics are allowed from people of any age, but please tag everything accordingly! We will be granting the same courtesy and tagging everything as best we can, but also please feel free to let us know if we missed anything and a post needs any specific tags!
The hashtag for the week will be #AceNico Week 2026
Prompts are there to help spark ideas, but honestly, don't feel like you HAVE to stick to them for the week. Let the creativity flow and create whatever you want!
This is less for any participants and more for any sort of ship-haters who might try and pop up during the week to spoil anyone's fun; you will be blocked if you try to start shit with the host or any participants over shipping AceNico. You do not have to like the ship, but nothing gives you any right to go and harass others over a fictional ship that is hurting nobody in real life. We are hosting this event as a means of allowing people who happen to enjoy the dynamic a place to express that enjoyment comfortably and freely, block and move on if it bothers you that badly.
Fun facts about the host:
18+, by a fair number of years.
Goes by Tangy, Jack or Ace (yes, the name came from him).
My birthday's actually during the ship week, so this doubles as a birthday gift to myself! Seven days of art dedicated to my favorite DRDT ship! ...Honestly I'd say that was on purpose, but also I was more focused on setting it to end on Ace's birthday/Halloween. So a funny coincidence more than anything!
I fully expect to be possibly the only one making stuff for the week (at least for the FULL week), with everyone else who participates being a delightful surprise. I don't mind, I just really enjoy Ace and Nico as a dynamic and wanted yet another excuse to make more art of them!
How excited am I for AceNico week? ...I already have one picture done before the announcement post is even public, if that tells you anything.
I couldn't have asked for a better username for this blog.
If you have any questions about the week or just the ship in general, my inbox is always open! If you wanna try and send me hate for enjoying one of the black sheep dynamics of the fandom, I kindly suggest you leave or you will be blocked/ignored ✌️
I hope anyone who participates has a lot of fun with the event! I know I will 🧡🩵!
For as much as I wish there was more eye candy/fanservice in DRDT (they're all adults, so I think if any fangan should do it, it's this one), I will say that I quite enjoy how the few moments we DO get involve men being covered in their own blood (sometimes as a result of jumping in front of someone else to protect them). ...Yes, those count. To me.
