Gravity Falls Agere Headcanons
Ā Regressor!Dipper Headcanons
Tries to pretend heās feeling older than he is (It always backfires)
Age range is usually 2-3, tries to play it off like heās 5-6
Experiences verbal shutdowns, both partial and full blown silence
On multiple occasions heās come sobbing to Grunkle Ford, Grunkle Stan and even sometimes+ Mabel because he regressed too deep to read his mystery novelsĀ
he hates most kids books, theyāre too simple for him and he finds them really boringĀ
Takes Grunkle Fordās sweater everytime he regresses, even when he doesnāt realize heās regressed heāll just go and snatch it compulsively
Often tries to pretend heās not regressed, always fails and is always surprised when others know heās regressed (despite the fact that wearing Fordās sweater is the most obvious tell-tale sign)
Has a meltdown whenever someone takes or he misplaces his hat, he only doesnāt when he takes it off himself or gives the other permission
Often sneaks into Fordās bunker to figure out what Ford is working on (which is much harder when he canāt read), falls asleep halfway through almost every time
One time he drooled on one of the papers and ruined the page of notes then upon discovering this cried so hard he threw up, Ford wasnāt even mad and had copies of that page
Multiple times has run his own āexperimentsā with a complete disregard for his own safety
He takes off his hat and puts on safety goggles, but the safety goggles are a broken kids toy and heās still wearing Fordās sweater which is ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE on his tiny body
He always ends up breaking something or hurting himself (which always results in a lot of tears)
Very sensitive when regressed
Started regressing as a way to cope with his anxiety and paranoia, continued regressing to cope with literally everything that happened to them that summer, good God could you imagine going through that when you were 12???
Like seriously, this kid cannot take care of himself and should not be trusted alone
Constantly sneaks off to prove he can be independent (he always proves he canāt)
Ā Will do anything to avoid talking about his regression outside of it
Regressor!Mabel Headcanons
Is not shy AT ALL about her regression
Never shuts up about being older than Dipper when regressed, he always pretends to not know what sheās talking about (in a multitude of ways)
Just as crafty when regressed as she is when not
Just a bit more clumsy and her crafts turn out a bit messier
She cries when they break
Extremely loud and talkative
No one understands her half the time but everyone always just goes along with it
Will not take no for an answer when she wants to play
Actually very responsible when regressed with full capability to be independent, she just chooses not to be
One time she ate an entire tub of glitter and threw up a literal rainbow of sparkles on Grunkle Stan in the middle of rough housing
One of the few times she actually had a full meltdown over something that wasnāt a craft breaking
Its extremely difficult to actually make her upset (again, besides the crafts thing)
She rarely has tantrums and meltdowns
Stubborn but for the most part a really obedient kid
Started regressing to cope with aging, continued regressing because that fear only strengthened over the summer and also EVERYTHING THEY WENT THROUGH AGAIN OH MY GOD
Thinks Grunkle Stan calls her Pumpkin a lot cause he really likes pumpkins
Everything she gives Stan when regressed has something to do with a pumpkin if not one on it
Stan was actually very indifferent to pumpkins before this started happening
He now actually does really like pumpkins because of Mabel
Considered Waddles her only caregiver before Stan and Ford discovered the twins regress
Dipper used to be her primary caregiver before he started regressing himself which became an issue of if one regressed the other does too
Actually really does love being a big sister and looking after Dipper for Grunkle Stan and Ford for a little bit, even when sheās already regressed herself
She often overhears them discussing both needing to leave but not knowing what to do with Dipper and offers to take care of him
They never ask her to, she always volunteers
Caregiver!Grunkle Stan Headcanons
Approaches being a caregiver the same way he approaches being a Grunkle and guardian
Has a hard time softening himself when the twins are regressed
Which has caused many a problem where Dipper gets so sensitive when regressed
Tends to get a bit hot headed and gives harsher punishments
Often joins in on any chaos being created
More often than not it's joining in on Mabel's nonsense but there has been a few times where he joins in on Dippers experiments (The outcome being the same, something broke or someone got hurt and Dipper cried)
Pretends to be jealous of Waddles ābeing a caregiverā
Is genuinely a little confused by and jealous of Waddles ābeing a caregiverā
Tries to fight with Ford a lot less when he knows the twins are regressed
Itās proven to be incredibly difficult for him
There have been a few times when it proved to be too difficult and he consequently had to spend the rest of the day consoling and apologizing to the twins
Gets really into the games the kids make up, especially when he sees an opportunity to include violence
He WONāT go easy on them or let them win, they have to do so fair and square
This has led to more than one Dipper meltdown. His meltdowns change absolutely nothing about Stanās behavior
The best storyteller ever. He does voices, big crazy hand motions, he puts his own spin on things, you could not ask for someone better
Because of this Dipper has gradually been going to Grunkle Stan a lot more for āDip and Stan timeā as he calls it
Loves doing arts and crafts with the kids, especially if it leads to a new attraction for the shack
More than happy to load the twins up with sugar, conveniently always leaves them in Fordās care before it really kicks in
Goes a little too far with rough housing often, he has been the cause of a need for many bandaids and many comfort cuddles
He genuinely doesnāt realize heās going to far, he just gets really into it when heās playing with Dipper and Mabel
He really does love them so much and wants to go all out for them (Not that heāll ever say that tho)
More than once he has kicked out a customer for saying something rude or snarky about the twins behavior when they were regressed.
Ā One time Stan body slammed a man for calling them freaks (after having spotted them with pacifiers through the door from the shop to the house)
Caregiver!Grunkle Ford Headcanons
Is actually the most experienced with age regression out of all of them (from, yk, not being in that dimension for 30yrs)
Everyone thinks heās the newest one to it out of all of them
Heās actually just that clueless about kids
Is excitedly waiting for the day Dipper actually asks to do an experiment with him
Dipper always does them alone or just observes Ford while he works, which secretly devastates Ford every time
Is a lot more patient and gives very light punishments
Is so much stricter, very worried about health and safety and rule following and will not deviate from the rules he has set in his mind
Comes across colder than he means to sometimes, especially when heās super focused/distracted
Happily lets Dipper take his sweater
He secretly takes pictures every time and keeps one in his wallet
It legit makes him so so happy
Has a harder time playing with the twins
Is very happy to sit and color, read, or watch TV with them tho
Often pulls out board games and puzzles to do with the twins
He gets more into them than the kids do
āAnalyzesā any arts and crafts Dipper and Mabel give him like theyāre science journals or a paranormal anomaly before proudly hanging it on a corkboard in his bunker
Heās had to get 2 more corkboards to fit them all because he refuses to throw out a single one
Was genuinely super distraught when Dipper was so scared Ford would be mad at him for drooling on one of his pages of science notes
āHe was terrified of me, Stanley, petrified! I donāt want him to be scared of me- He was just a little curious and got carried away, why would I be mad at him for that? Stanley, am I doing something wrong??ā
He may or may not of cried a little bit over it
Tends to over explain and complicate answers to questions the kids have
It always leaves them with more questions than answers
He caught a cold once and let the twins take care of him and it was the cutest thing heād ever witnessed
The soup they made him ended up giving him a stomach virus on top of it
It was definitely something Mabel put in
Often tries to coax the twins to regress so he can take care of them
He missed out on a lot of when they were younger, again, yk, after not being in this dimension for 30+ years. He really wants to make up for what heās lost
One time, he passed out in the middle of braiding Mabels hair (They were supposed to be doing makeovers)
