Wow oh wow!! Thank you so much for answering my question and sharing it. I can perfectly imagen that plot and all the shenanigans. I feel like a ball of emotions after reading that ending. Its far more beautiful and fulfilling than what I could have imagined. Its like saying good bye to an old friend, but in a happy complete way. I don't think words can describe my gratitude. Thank you so much for everything. I genuinely wish you the best<3
Iām so glad you feel that way, and thank you again for gracing my ask box! ššš
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I know you have moved on to other Fandoms and more than likely will not update dbc (which is perfectly fine). Would it be possible that you spoil what you had planned for the last 9chs? I've been a fan of dbc since 2016, and it is honestly one of the best works I've read. Even though I've moved on in my life from Fanfiction, this is the one work I cant seem to let go (1)
Wow, thank you so much for sending me this message, it means so much to me. Iāve been wanting to make a post about DBC for ages, but itās hard admitting youāre giving up on something to the people whoāve been supporting you for so long, even if you know theyād be understanding. As hard as that is, though, it isnāt right of me to ghost you guys, and Iām sorry for putting this off for so long. You guys deserve better. Iād be happy to share the outline of the remaining chapters with you, and I thank you for giving me this opportunity
So! The remainder of the story was going to focus on Dipper and Bill and their burgeoning romantic relationship. Dipper realized when he was at the convention that he was missing Bill in a āmore than best friendsā kind of way, and that all comes to a head. One of the chapters was going to be them going on a treasure hunt using the map Bill gave to Dipper for his birthday, and that was going to be their first date. The conflict would be Bill trying to rush the sexual aspect of their relationship, eager to experiment, but Dipper would set down some boundaries and theyād have a good talk about all that. Fun fact; this was the second āprophecyā from the possessed psychic in chapter 7, āYou will go seeking in the woods, but will not be sought.ā Calling out Bill's relationship troubles half a year in advance, ouch.
Eventually, Mabel would sit the boys down and say she wants to go back to California and go to school for an art degree. We tried to sprinkle this through the fic, but for the most part, Mabelās felt sheās been missing out on a sociable school experience and networking opportunities, as the only reason she went with Dipper to the Mystery Shack was because she was afraid of them being separated. We had a good few chapters dedicated to this big āhaunted museum Halloween arcā bit with Mabel and Bill while Dipper was still at the convention, and it picked at a lot of her insecurities (namely those flared by Mirror Mabel), and she decides she wants to give her career a proper shot.
Bill is reeling, as Mabel leaving would be the biggest, permanent change heād experienced since getting his body. Thereās a bit here where he has an amiable chat with the Mirror Bill through the mirror in the woods, and finds out the Mirror Twins are back with Mirror Stan and seem to have turned a new leaf. Call backs!
As Billās working through everything, with Dipperās help, he has a dream. At first, itās about anxieties of what the future holds. But then it changes. Billās been found by Her. She gives him a warning, that itās only a matter of time before she finds his body. Bill wakes up, and heās distraught. Heās been caught.
Her; or more properly, the Collection, is an eldritch horror whoās obsessed with gathering unique baubles from across dimensions. The more unique, the better. Back when Bill was still in his own dimension, he approached the Collection and said heād work for her, gathering her objects of interest, in exchange for power. What objects of interest, exactly? Souls! āGreatā souls, to be more specific. Bill had a great knack for finding them, and would hop from dimension to dimension and take the souls of people that would someday enact great change, but only before they did so. These were the Collectionās favorite trophies, and Bill was very good about delivering them. Until, one time, he tried to break out on his own. If he could get his pet project off the ground, Weirdmaggedon, then heād be beyond the Collectionās influence. However, the Collection found him out, and put a stop to it. This is why in DBC, thereās the canon divergence of Bill never appearing again after Sock Opera.
The Collection was furious, and Bill felt it was only a matter of time before she punished him properly, thus he sought out the Pine twins for refuge. But thereās a catch as to why he sought out the twins. One of them was a great soul, and he was hoping if worse came to worst, he could offer one of them up to the Collection as a bargain in the event that she found him.
Present day, however, Bill pretty much accepts that heās done for. The Collection is going to pluck him up eventually and thatāll be the end of it, soe tries to enjoy the unknown amount of time he has left. One chapter was going to be the Thanksgiving party with everyone coming by; Stan, Ford, Pacifica, Wendy, Dipper and Mabelās parents, and all the interactions around that. Pacifica and Bill bicker affectionately (these two were really my favorite part of writing DBC) and Ford would discover that Dipper and Bill would be dating, and weād deal with the drama of all that. Warm and funny and wholesome all around, though the calm before the storm.
So itās properly winter now, and Bill and Mabel are chopping fire wood. Billās showing off how much better heās gotten at it when the spectral form of the Collection appears. She takes Mabel, whoās revealed to be the great soul, and leaves. She could have taken Bill, but she chose not to probably due to sheer lack of interest, which must mean that Bill is off the hook. Bill is horrified.
He tells Dipper what happened and his whole history with the Collection. Dipper is furious that Bill had been lying to them this whole time and that he had always intended on throwing them into danger. Bill has no excuse, but says heās still going to try and rescue Mabel. He doesnāt know how, but he needs to try something. They perform a ritual and enter the Collectionās domain together.
Bill offers up his journals and himself. The idea is, is that the Collection prizes unique things, and Bill argues that the journals are an account of an eldritch horror forgetting themselves and finding humanity, and that thereās nothing else like that anywhere. The Collection accepts his offer and takes his journals (his last remaining memory of his past self) and the last piece of his old soul, taking with it the last of his power. This is signified by his now having two eyes. Bill is now entirely human. (The third of the possessed psychicās prophecy: āYou will see the end of your troubles, but you will not make it out in one piece.)
There would be an epilogue a few months later and theyād be celebrating Billās first birthday. Billās memory of his past self had almost been completely erased; he just knows that it happened vaguely as a fact. Heās still working to repair his relationship with the twins and living with Dipper at the Shack. He looks forward to the remainder of his life.
Hey in case tumblr does down the drain is there any other platform where people could go to reinforce their belief in dbc getting an update?
Sorry it took me so long to get to this. Since I donāt post too often these days to the tumblr, I donāt think crafting an entirely new page is necessary. If things pick up now that Iām starting things up again, maybe Iāll go to Twitter, but for now the tumblrĀ page will continue to be the main source for DBC related news.
Ha, itās been like 3 1/2 years since Iāve read this fic... Iāve currently committed myself to re-reading it allllll in like the next 2 days P.s. also redrawing fanart is going to be a thing now :P
Oh god it's been like three years, hasn't it?
I could probably do with a reread of the damn thing myself, honestly, who knows what plot threads I left lying around to pick up that I've forgotten about lmao
Hi! I just read all the available chapters š But I noticed it's been a while since you've updated. Do you still plan on continuing with this story? I hope so š¤š¤
the spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised
I don't really have an excuse for the delays, but just know that I do want to finish DBC someday. You deserve it, I deserve it, we all deserve it. It's just a matter of me telling myself to get back to writing and actually sticking to it which is ... incredibly difficult. But thankfully not impossible.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, however! No matter what happens, I'm always going to be proud of what we've accomplished thus far.
what song would you say best fits DBC? like if you had to watch a vid of DBC in like montage format where it had art from each chapter with like a song playing over it, what would it be? tooootallynohiddenagendahereimjustacuriousfan
oh gosh, thatās a hard one, thereās so much that happens in dbcĀ you can approach from any angle. maybe Infinitesimal by Mother Mother, since the basic foundationĀ of the story is Bill becoming mortal and coping with that.
I just binged dbc & boi that was one great fic!! you should absolutely be on the first page for most hits (from memory i think you were the first result on pg 2). but anyway super good fic i loved every moment of it especially the bill & pacifia eventual kinda-friendship and also bill at the mall!! is my life force!!
oh man, i miss writing bill and pacifica snarking each other, one of my favorite things iveĀ ever written
by the way, ive resumed work on the 19th chapter to DBC. i did that thing again where i thought if i ignored it hard enough it would write itself haha. itās gonna be a real short one though and imĀ about halfway through
itās so strange that when i was first writing DBC 2019 seemed like such a far off and futuristic year, and now itās only in a few months! canāt believe itās been three and a half years already ...
toby fox dropped a surprise sequel to Undertale!!!
itās free and imĀ not sure if itās a demo or not, imĀ about two hours in but itās very good! itās got the same charm from the original game but with a completely new cast of characters (only a handful of original characters have appeared thus far) and a new battle system. i have no idea what to expect (what can you expect in a sequel to a game like undertale?) but imĀ eager to find out!
I understand it came from a place of legitimate frustration towards Hollywood's white washing, but tumblr celebrating that the full metal alchemist movie was going to be all Japanese like 2 years ago was, uh ... pretty stupid
the greatest mystery is how atlus is able to make a battle theme thatās badass and catchy but also bland enough you canĀ listen to it for about 100 hours without getting sick of it
how tf is attack on titan season 3 already out, I barely even realized s2 had come out smh how did THE MOST popular thing in 2013whatever fall so completely out of the public eye like a rock strapped to another rock thrown in a lake
just wanted to tell you i just read all of dbc in about two days or so and i canāt wait for the next update, but no pressure, love <3 your writing is amazing and i donāt want to rush it! i love the creativity in the story (the mirror arc really freaked me out and kept me hooked in the best way! great contrast to the lower-stakes beach house arc, i thought. and fordās reaction to bill makes me Feel Things, and i LOVE when fics make me feel things!) anyway, good luck on life and writing!!
Wow, I love the specifics, thank you so much! Thatās such an interesting observation about the contrast, I didnāt really pick up on that myself. It was a lot of fun writing the mirror twins, though, those evil bastards lol
