Gravity Falls + other smalltown weirdness fandoms

yeah so i just finished watching gravity falls for the first time, no joke

can't believe i slept on this series for SO LONG and also somehow managed to avoid major spoilers after being on Tumblr while it was airing. wild shit. anyway it was a fantastic experience and i wish i could watch it for the first time again. i also kinda wish i had watched it when it was hype so i can be absolutely normal (see also: foaming at the mouth) about it with folks.

anyway, if you were a fan when it was airing, how was the fandom after that season finale? i cried a lil

i will also take this opportunity to declare my love for night vale and the fact that i actually screamed when i saw cecil baldwin's name in the finale credits. i didn't realize.

I love Gravity Falls, although didn't really interact with the fandom when it released so no idea on how they reacted to the finale. Haven't listened to Night Vale in a while (Cecil's voice is so soothing, I kept falling asleep) but it's really cool too. I'm an avid listener to Cecil's other podcast, Random Number Generator Horror Podcast Number 9, where Cecil and Jeffery Kranor review horror films.

Also if you like some Small Town Weirdness, have you played Night in the Woods? If you haven't you're in for a treat.

BraveCrab wrote:

I love Gravity Falls, although didn't really interact with the fandom when it released so no idea on how they reacted to the finale. Haven't listened to Night Vale in a while (Cecil's voice is so soothing, I kept falling asleep) but it's really cool too. I'm an avid listener to Cecil's other podcast, Random Number Generator Horror Podcast Number 9, where Cecil and Jeffery Kranor review horror films.

oh man im such a scaredycat so i've avoided RNGHP9 but i might give it a pilot listen! i'm always curious about the plot of horror movies but can never watch them.

BraveCrab wrote:

Also if you like some Small Town Weirdness, have you played Night in the Woods? If you haven't you're in for a treat.

Ooh i haven't played that! it looks really good tho that's going on my wishlist for sure.

RNGHP9 started because Jeffrey was scared of horror and Cecil wanted to introduce him to horror films, so it's very scaredy cat friendly.

perhaps this is an ideal venture for me (o´▽`o)

I love gravity falls ! I'm so happy people are still discovering it even 10 after it first aired! I wasn't in the fandom at all, but through director commentary and documentaries i know that people guessed the plot twist/ who the author was like, halfway through season 1! the creator "leaked" a fake image of McGuckett writing in the Journal as a red hearing
If you ever want to listen to the audio commentary, or watch the documentary they're on youtube!
And if you ever want to write in the author's code font or look more closely at the codes from the episodes...
I am very normal about this show

tho, my love for small town weirdness def comes from the Prof Layton games ! highly recommend the first three (curious village, pandora's box and unwound future) as well as the phoenix wright crossover!