logicalbookthief:

Anyone ever have those weird/silly ideas they feel the need to share?

So I’m sitting one day thinking, what happened to the Shapeshifter post-Weirdmaggedon? Did it stay frozen in the Bunker for all eternity? Or, what if-

Imagine the Shapeshifter escapes, and, still being a big ball of anger and resentment, goes about enacting its melodramatic revenge against the Pines. To disguise itself, it takes the form of an innocuous animal so it can trek into town undetected, nobody would ever suspect, it’s foolproof – and then, it gets stuck in an animal trap. Plot foiled. Curses.

But lucky for Shifty, it’s found by none other than Gravity Falls’ resident OTP, Blubs & Durland. They free it from the trap and take it back to the station to nurse the creature back to health. Generally by cooing, feeding it copious amounts of food and water, and garbling questionably soothing songs.

Shifty allows the disgustingly frequent displays of affection only because it needs time for its leg to heal. Once it recovers, however, it decides that enough is enough, it really has some very important vengeance to get to.

It morphs into a sweet-looking child, arguably the creepiest of horror movie tropes it knows, and threatens to “melt the flesh off your face” or “throw you into a pit of despair" etc., etc. 

Durland gasps, but instead of being terrified, he’s giddy as could be. “Blub, come quick!” he cries. “We’re parents!”

“What, no-” Shifty tries to look menacing as can be, but now the officers are just discussing whether to call him Daryl Jr, Edwin Jr., or some unholy concoction of their names.

Undeterred, Shifty shifts into all manner of Eldritch monstrosities in an attempt to intimidate them. Blubs and Durland aren’t phased; apparently after witnessing Weirdmaggedon, it takes a lot more than shapeshifting aliens to give you a shock.  

One day, assured of its success, Shifty changes into a perfect replica of Deputy Durland, expecting the doppelganger to traumatize them beyond repair. Instead, his transformation is met by excited squealing from Blubs, who ushers Durland into the room because “look, now there’s two of you to love!”

Shifty keeps trying, of course, but only has so much time once school starts and the dads insist on acquiring an education. And then there’s soccer practice every Thursday. Movie night on Saturday (to be fair, you do miss a lot of good films being trapped underground for 30 years). Funnily enough, it never occurs to Shifty that it has the freedom to leave the whole time.

Occasionally, Shifty tags along on patrols; and once, when confronted with an actually dangerous criminal, took the form of a taser so it could save the Cop Dads from an untimely doom.

Not because Shifty cares about the bumbling duo, no, it’s just that if they weren’t around there would be nobody to tuck it into bed at night, help it with its math homework, watch X-Files with…you know.

TL;DR: Blubs and Durland adopt the Shapeshifter after the finale and raise it as their own.

logicalbookthief:

Anyone ever have those weird/silly ideas they feel the need to share?

So I’m sitting one day thinking, what happened to the Shapeshifter post-Weirdmaggedon? Did it stay frozen in the Bunker for all eternity? Or, what if-

Imagine the Shapeshifter escapes, and, still being a big ball of anger and resentment, goes about enacting its melodramatic revenge against the Pines. To disguise itself, it takes the form of an innocuous animal so it can trek into town undetected, nobody would ever suspect, it’s foolproof – and then, it gets stuck in an animal trap. Plot foiled. Curses.

But lucky for Shifty, it’s found by none other than Gravity Falls’ resident OTP, Blubs & Durland. They free it from the trap and take it back to the station to nurse the creature back to health. Generally by cooing, feeding it copious amounts of food and water, and garbling questionably soothing songs.

Shifty allows the disgustingly frequent displays of affection only because it needs time for its leg to heal. Once it recovers, however, it decides that enough is enough, it really has some very important vengeance to get to.

It morphs into a sweet-looking child, arguably the creepiest of horror movie tropes it knows, and threatens to “melt the flesh off your face” or “throw you into a pit of despair" etc., etc. 

Durland gasps, but instead of being terrified, he’s giddy as could be. “Blub, come quick!” he cries. “We’re parents!”

“What, no-” Shifty tries to look menacing as can be, but now the officers are just discussing whether to call him Daryl Jr, Edwin Jr., or some unholy concoction of their names.

Undeterred, Shifty shifts into all manner of Eldritch monstrosities in an attempt to intimidate them. Blubs and Durland aren’t phased; apparently after witnessing Weirdmaggedon, it takes a lot more than shapeshifting aliens to give you a shock.  

One day, assured of its success, Shifty changes into a perfect replica of Deputy Durland, expecting the doppelganger to traumatize them beyond repair. Instead, his transformation is met by excited squealing from Blubs, who ushers Durland into the room because “look, now there’s two of you to love!”

Shifty keeps trying, of course, but only has so much time once school starts and the dads insist on acquiring an education. And then there’s soccer practice every Thursday. Movie night on Saturday (to be fair, you do miss a lot of good films being trapped underground for 30 years). Funnily enough, it never occurs to Shifty that it has the freedom to leave the whole time.

Occasionally, Shifty tags along on patrols; and once, when confronted with an actually dangerous criminal, took the form of a taser so it could save the Cop Dads from an untimely doom.

Not because Shifty cares about the bumbling duo, no, it’s just that if they weren’t around there would be nobody to tuck it into bed at night, help it with its math homework, watch X-Files with…you know.

TL;DR: Blubs and Durland adopt the Shapeshifter after the finale and raise it as their own.