I would kind of love to give some Gravity Falls Fic Recs, simply because they are awesome and deserve more attention than they get!
I always win, kid by telekinesiskid
Set somewhere around the first season with Dipper still crushing on Wendy. The portrayal of characters feels very natural in a “can hear the voices in my head” natural. The plot is very simple and easy to follow and albeit the WenDip is strong with this one I would call it anything but romantic or shipping.
Tick Tock by TiniBopper
I just got around to read this entire thing within the last two days and the setup for this is really interesting and very very intense. Dipper is experiencing a kind of ‘Groundhog Day’ phenomen, an endless loop of waking up from Nightmares that seamlessly bleed into his reality. It’s a good thing I started reading this so late, or else the wait for the next update would be even longer xD
Deerperfalls by TheGhostofSherlockHolmes and lucilequiquempois
Just effin DEERPERFALLS. Let me tell you that I usually am no person for AUs - I’m too narrowminded and canonloving for that. But these two fellows made an AU OF AN AU and began posting teasers with artwork that got me hooked and curious for the actual fic itself. It’s based on the “Monsterfalls” premise in which all the Gravity Falls characters are morphed into mythological counterparts of their personality via a magic river by Dippers fault. Let’s just say that this premise is his attempt to ‘fix’ things and the results break your heart in all the right ways.
That’s it for now, I might give more fic recs at some later time, but these are my currently running Top 3 =)
Sadly all of these are still ongoing, but at least the authors convinced me to trust them with their work as far as for me to recommend these while they are not done yet - and given my pickiness that is saying a lot xD