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cryptologic) wrote2012-08-03 10:26 pm
cryptologic) wrote2012-08-03 10:26 pm
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Name/Alias: Bayley
Player Journal:dinosaured
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Timezone: MDT
HMD: Right here!
In-Game/Processing: N/A
Character Information
Name/Alias: Dipper Pines
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Canonpoint: 2x11: “Not What He Seems”: just before Ford’s arrival.
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Physical Description: paragon of manliness
Dipper doesn’t have any notable scars, but he does have a peculiar birthmark on his forehead in the shape of the Big Dipper, as seen here.
History: boop
Personality:
Dipper Pines: mystery hunter, conspiracy theorist, monster slayer, BABBA fan, and twelve-year-old boy. Dipper is the logical, intelligent, and more serious half of the Pines twins, and unlike his sister Mabel, Dipper relies on his mind instead of his heart to guide him. Dipper is highly intelligent and demonstrates an understanding of mathematics and physics far beyond his age - after all, he’s able to calculate precisely a timeline among infinite possibilities in which he won’t hit Wendy in the head with a baseball. He’s also logical and deductive, using clues and a mysterious journal to discover the answers to Gravity Fall’s secrets. Dipper trusts his ability to reason and figure his way out of a situation. However, his brain isn’t all there is to him. Dipper is still just a kid, who cares about his friends and family deeply, trying to do what he thinks is right.
Dipper’s logical disposition sets him up as the ideal mystery hunter in a place like Gravity Falls. Dipper wants all the answers, and when he finds a journal detailing the mysterious phenomena accounted in the town, he doesn’t hesitate to use it to uncover the first mystery he encounters - his sister’s new “boyfriend”. Dipper, with the help of Mabel and others, has solved several of Gravity Falls’ mysteries, including the identity of crazy Old Man McGucket, the truth behind the Society of the Blind Eye, the origin of the Gobblewonker, and many others. However, despite his intelligence and reasoning ability, Dipper isn’t exactly rational. He rationalizes things that to many people, seem crazy, and it takes him a bit far sometimes. When Dipper has convinced himself of something, he has a compulsive need to convince others of it as well. This happens repeatedly throughout the series when Dipper makes mysterious discoveries and tries to get others to see it his way, from the very first episode when he tries to convince Mabel that her boyfriend “Norman” is a zombie. Dipper did turn out to be wrong about this, but his obsession with solving the mysteries of Gravity Falls leads him to wrangle others into believing him, going so far as to conjure up zombies to convince government agents that there’s something strange going on in the town.
While Dipper’s obsession with the journal helps him on numerous occasions with saving himself and his friends from supernatural danger, it also leads him to make some questionable decisions at best. When Dipper is attempting to unlock a laptop that could tell him who the author of the journal is, in his frustration and desperation for an answer he makes a contract with Bill Cipher, a notoriously evil triangle dude who previously broke into Grunkle Stan’s mind. This obviously ends up backfiring on him and Dipper isn’t likely to go out seeking the help of greater demons again, but it demonstrates an increasing trend of suspect behavior on Dipper’s part. On multiple occasions, Dipper uses dangerous magic and technology to help himself, whether it’s making clones of himself so he can spend more time with Wendy, or using a magic crystal to make himself taller than his sister.
Despite the fact that his obsession with Gravity Falls' mysteries has pushed him to make some questionable-at-best decisions, Dipper isn’t without compassion and he cares deeply about the people around him. He’s sensitive and in touch with his emotions. He’s willing to do almost anything for Mabel, and on multiple occasions sacrifices what he wants so she can be happy, such as when he loses his job at the pool so Mabel can free Mermando and when he helps Mabel with her sock opera instead of working out the password to the author’s laptop. Dipper has also formed strong bonds with Grunkle Stan, Soos, and Wendy. Though his relationship with Stan has become strained under the realization of the lies Stan has been telling him and Mabel, that betrayal hurts Dipper deeply because he has come to value his relationship with his great uncle a lot. Dipper and Mabel have come to treat Soos like an older brother, and Dipper has built a strong relationship with Wendy beyond the crush he once had on her. He tends to form strong connections with the people around him, especially with people he can identify with. One of Dipper’s strongest connections is with the author of the journal, a mysterious figure that Dipper has only discovered the identity of very recently (his Grunkle Stan’s long-lost twin brother, of course). His relationship with the author is one of his strongest drives; his relationship with Mabel is the other. These two relationships form a point of tension in Dipper’s behavior between his serious side and his childish side.
Dipper also often falls into playing the role of the hero - sometimes willingly, and sometimes reluctantly. He’s sort of come to accept it as part of his self-appointed duty as the journal’s current keeper, like he owes it to the author to discover the mysteries of Gravity Falls and stop the potential evil and chaos those forces could create. It’s not just the journal, though; Dipper is a good person, and he wants to do the right thing. He wants to protect the people he cares about, he doesn’t want good people to get hurt, and he would do anything for Mabel. Dipper also has a strong sense of justice - and just desserts. When Dipper and Mabel discover that the Northwests were not, in fact, the founders of Gravity Falls, Dipper takes pride in being able to shove that bit of information in Pacifica Northwest’s face. In fact, he remarks that “revenge is underrated. That felt awesome!”
Dipper is paranoid and jumpy, suspicious of just about everyone and everything in Gravity Falls as he takes the journal’s advice to heart - “Trust No One”. In fact, though Dipper’s relationships with Grunkle Stan, Soos, Wendy and even Pacifica are shown to develop deeper, the only person he absolutely trusts is Mabel. Dipper even loses his trust in Grunkle Stan when he and Mabel uncover evidence that Stan is not who he says he is. While Mabel trusts Stan implicitly, Dipper’s doubts and suspicions rob him of his ability to trust his great uncle.
In a lot of ways, Dipper is still just a normal preteen boy. He wants people to take him seriously and treat him like an adult instead of a kid, and he tries to present himself as being older than he actually is. He wants to go to parties with teenagers, impress an older girl, rank high on a manliness test, and roll with the older cool kids. Though he learns the repeated lesson that he should remain true to himself, Dipper still doesn’t like to be perceived as a child. He craves approval from his peers, or from just about anyone, really. Despite the fact that he takes pride in his mystery solving and sharp mind, Dipper doesn’t have the best self-esteem, especially physically. He wants to appear macho and manly, going so far as to train in manliness with a tribe of manotaurs in their "Man Cave".
Dipper has a dry, witty sense of humor, though he’s still susceptible to “kid humor”, too, particularly when he’s around Mabel. Mabel tends to bring out Dipper’s more childlike side, even when he’s reluctant, such as on Summerween. Dipper wants to go to a “cool” party with teenagers, but Mabel wants him to dress up in a matching costume with her, like they always do on Halloween. In many ways, Mabel acts as a foil to Dipper, a sort of checks-and-balances system that keeps him from growing up too fast and becoming too obsessed with the journal. While Dipper tends to be serious and sometimes fatalistic, Mabel tends to be optimistic and cheerful, bringing him back down to earth. And Dipper certainly isn’t all-business, all-journal all the time. He likes to have fun, relax, and joke around with his friends - as long as there isn’t an impending disaster, of course.
Abilities: Dipper is your standard, run-of-the-mill human being (as far as we know anyway, but this is Gravity Falls), and he does not possess any supernatural powers or abilities. His most notable non-magical ability is his mind. Dipper is incredibly intelligent. He is shown to have a deep understanding of scientific fields such as mathematics and physics, and he also has sharp reasoning and deductive skills.
Samples
Dialogue:
[ the following appears as a handwritten note on the bulletin board. the handwriting is hasty and there are several parts scratched out and reworded, though the redacted verbiage is still mostly visible. it's a pretty boring-looking flyer, without any illustrations or flair. that's more mabel's department. ]
Are you tired of things that go bump in the night? Of that shadow you always seem to see over your shoulder?How about that blood in the cafeteria?
My name is Dipper Pines, and I’m sort of a paranormal investigator. Mystery hunter, you could say. I’ve only been here a few days, but it’s pretty clear to me there’s some pretty unusual phenomenons occurring at this school.And I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve gotten pretty good at this whole solving-unsolvable-mysteries thing. I want to document every paranormal occurrence that goes on here. Every door that opens on its own, every chill you feel walking down the halls, even every time you hear the pipes creak in the bathroom. Okay, actually? Don’t tell me about that. Just anything and everything else weird you observe happening. There’s got to be a cause to all this, and I’m going to get to the bottom of it.
My phone number is 5555.Please don't send me anything weird. Except for the kind of weird stuff requested above. Please get in touch ASAP.
Exposition/Introspection:
The second Dipper had heard even a brief mention of the word “library”, he had made a beeline for it as fast as his legs could carry him there. This school was a mystery just aching to be cracked wide open, but he was having a hard time learning anything concrete from the other students, and the teachers were elusive. How was he supposed to gather information on unusual phenomena for his journal if he couldn’t document any eye-witness accounts?
At the library, of course! The library was bound to have loads of useful information. History books, text books, he’d even take a cookbook. It didn’t take him long to find the library doors down one of the school’s corridors – was this hallway even here before? Nevermind, he was probably imagining it. He hurried forward to open the door – except that when he tried to open it, the door didn’t budge.
He screwed his mouth up into a frown. Okay, sure, he didn’t exactly have guns of steel, but he certainly should have been able to manage at least opening a door. That was just a fluke. Definitely. So he tried again, really putted his shoulder into it this time, but no luck. So he tried it again. And again. The door didn’t so much as squeak a millimeter open.
“Of course it isn’t open. I don’t know what I expected,” Dipper sighed, leaning his head against the uncooperative portal. Yet another dead end. He was still determined to find out everything he could about this academy, but circumstances like those were not particularly encouraging. So what was his next move? What questions –
“Gah!” Dipper bolted upright, springing back from the door and looking wildly around him, but no one was in sight. That was strange, he could have sworn he felt someone breathing down his neck…
“Oookay, I’m getting really sick of that.”
Name/Alias: Bayley
Player Journal:
dinosauredContact:
Timezone: MDT
HMD: Right here!
In-Game/Processing: N/A
Character Information
Name/Alias: Dipper Pines
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Canonpoint: 2x11: “Not What He Seems”: just before Ford’s arrival.
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Physical Description: paragon of manliness
Dipper doesn’t have any notable scars, but he does have a peculiar birthmark on his forehead in the shape of the Big Dipper, as seen here.
History: boop
Personality:
Dipper Pines: mystery hunter, conspiracy theorist, monster slayer, BABBA fan, and twelve-year-old boy. Dipper is the logical, intelligent, and more serious half of the Pines twins, and unlike his sister Mabel, Dipper relies on his mind instead of his heart to guide him. Dipper is highly intelligent and demonstrates an understanding of mathematics and physics far beyond his age - after all, he’s able to calculate precisely a timeline among infinite possibilities in which he won’t hit Wendy in the head with a baseball. He’s also logical and deductive, using clues and a mysterious journal to discover the answers to Gravity Fall’s secrets. Dipper trusts his ability to reason and figure his way out of a situation. However, his brain isn’t all there is to him. Dipper is still just a kid, who cares about his friends and family deeply, trying to do what he thinks is right.
Dipper’s logical disposition sets him up as the ideal mystery hunter in a place like Gravity Falls. Dipper wants all the answers, and when he finds a journal detailing the mysterious phenomena accounted in the town, he doesn’t hesitate to use it to uncover the first mystery he encounters - his sister’s new “boyfriend”. Dipper, with the help of Mabel and others, has solved several of Gravity Falls’ mysteries, including the identity of crazy Old Man McGucket, the truth behind the Society of the Blind Eye, the origin of the Gobblewonker, and many others. However, despite his intelligence and reasoning ability, Dipper isn’t exactly rational. He rationalizes things that to many people, seem crazy, and it takes him a bit far sometimes. When Dipper has convinced himself of something, he has a compulsive need to convince others of it as well. This happens repeatedly throughout the series when Dipper makes mysterious discoveries and tries to get others to see it his way, from the very first episode when he tries to convince Mabel that her boyfriend “Norman” is a zombie. Dipper did turn out to be wrong about this, but his obsession with solving the mysteries of Gravity Falls leads him to wrangle others into believing him, going so far as to conjure up zombies to convince government agents that there’s something strange going on in the town.
While Dipper’s obsession with the journal helps him on numerous occasions with saving himself and his friends from supernatural danger, it also leads him to make some questionable decisions at best. When Dipper is attempting to unlock a laptop that could tell him who the author of the journal is, in his frustration and desperation for an answer he makes a contract with Bill Cipher, a notoriously evil triangle dude who previously broke into Grunkle Stan’s mind. This obviously ends up backfiring on him and Dipper isn’t likely to go out seeking the help of greater demons again, but it demonstrates an increasing trend of suspect behavior on Dipper’s part. On multiple occasions, Dipper uses dangerous magic and technology to help himself, whether it’s making clones of himself so he can spend more time with Wendy, or using a magic crystal to make himself taller than his sister.
Despite the fact that his obsession with Gravity Falls' mysteries has pushed him to make some questionable-at-best decisions, Dipper isn’t without compassion and he cares deeply about the people around him. He’s sensitive and in touch with his emotions. He’s willing to do almost anything for Mabel, and on multiple occasions sacrifices what he wants so she can be happy, such as when he loses his job at the pool so Mabel can free Mermando and when he helps Mabel with her sock opera instead of working out the password to the author’s laptop. Dipper has also formed strong bonds with Grunkle Stan, Soos, and Wendy. Though his relationship with Stan has become strained under the realization of the lies Stan has been telling him and Mabel, that betrayal hurts Dipper deeply because he has come to value his relationship with his great uncle a lot. Dipper and Mabel have come to treat Soos like an older brother, and Dipper has built a strong relationship with Wendy beyond the crush he once had on her. He tends to form strong connections with the people around him, especially with people he can identify with. One of Dipper’s strongest connections is with the author of the journal, a mysterious figure that Dipper has only discovered the identity of very recently (his Grunkle Stan’s long-lost twin brother, of course). His relationship with the author is one of his strongest drives; his relationship with Mabel is the other. These two relationships form a point of tension in Dipper’s behavior between his serious side and his childish side.
Dipper also often falls into playing the role of the hero - sometimes willingly, and sometimes reluctantly. He’s sort of come to accept it as part of his self-appointed duty as the journal’s current keeper, like he owes it to the author to discover the mysteries of Gravity Falls and stop the potential evil and chaos those forces could create. It’s not just the journal, though; Dipper is a good person, and he wants to do the right thing. He wants to protect the people he cares about, he doesn’t want good people to get hurt, and he would do anything for Mabel. Dipper also has a strong sense of justice - and just desserts. When Dipper and Mabel discover that the Northwests were not, in fact, the founders of Gravity Falls, Dipper takes pride in being able to shove that bit of information in Pacifica Northwest’s face. In fact, he remarks that “revenge is underrated. That felt awesome!”
Dipper is paranoid and jumpy, suspicious of just about everyone and everything in Gravity Falls as he takes the journal’s advice to heart - “Trust No One”. In fact, though Dipper’s relationships with Grunkle Stan, Soos, Wendy and even Pacifica are shown to develop deeper, the only person he absolutely trusts is Mabel. Dipper even loses his trust in Grunkle Stan when he and Mabel uncover evidence that Stan is not who he says he is. While Mabel trusts Stan implicitly, Dipper’s doubts and suspicions rob him of his ability to trust his great uncle.
In a lot of ways, Dipper is still just a normal preteen boy. He wants people to take him seriously and treat him like an adult instead of a kid, and he tries to present himself as being older than he actually is. He wants to go to parties with teenagers, impress an older girl, rank high on a manliness test, and roll with the older cool kids. Though he learns the repeated lesson that he should remain true to himself, Dipper still doesn’t like to be perceived as a child. He craves approval from his peers, or from just about anyone, really. Despite the fact that he takes pride in his mystery solving and sharp mind, Dipper doesn’t have the best self-esteem, especially physically. He wants to appear macho and manly, going so far as to train in manliness with a tribe of manotaurs in their "Man Cave".
Dipper has a dry, witty sense of humor, though he’s still susceptible to “kid humor”, too, particularly when he’s around Mabel. Mabel tends to bring out Dipper’s more childlike side, even when he’s reluctant, such as on Summerween. Dipper wants to go to a “cool” party with teenagers, but Mabel wants him to dress up in a matching costume with her, like they always do on Halloween. In many ways, Mabel acts as a foil to Dipper, a sort of checks-and-balances system that keeps him from growing up too fast and becoming too obsessed with the journal. While Dipper tends to be serious and sometimes fatalistic, Mabel tends to be optimistic and cheerful, bringing him back down to earth. And Dipper certainly isn’t all-business, all-journal all the time. He likes to have fun, relax, and joke around with his friends - as long as there isn’t an impending disaster, of course.
Abilities: Dipper is your standard, run-of-the-mill human being (as far as we know anyway, but this is Gravity Falls), and he does not possess any supernatural powers or abilities. His most notable non-magical ability is his mind. Dipper is incredibly intelligent. He is shown to have a deep understanding of scientific fields such as mathematics and physics, and he also has sharp reasoning and deductive skills.
Samples
Dialogue:
[ the following appears as a handwritten note on the bulletin board. the handwriting is hasty and there are several parts scratched out and reworded, though the redacted verbiage is still mostly visible. it's a pretty boring-looking flyer, without any illustrations or flair. that's more mabel's department. ]
Are you tired of things that go bump in the night? Of that shadow you always seem to see over your shoulder?
My name is Dipper Pines, and I’m sort of a paranormal investigator. Mystery hunter, you could say. I’ve only been here a few days, but it’s pretty clear to me there’s some pretty unusual phenomenons occurring at this school.
My phone number is 5555.
Exposition/Introspection:
The second Dipper had heard even a brief mention of the word “library”, he had made a beeline for it as fast as his legs could carry him there. This school was a mystery just aching to be cracked wide open, but he was having a hard time learning anything concrete from the other students, and the teachers were elusive. How was he supposed to gather information on unusual phenomena for his journal if he couldn’t document any eye-witness accounts?
At the library, of course! The library was bound to have loads of useful information. History books, text books, he’d even take a cookbook. It didn’t take him long to find the library doors down one of the school’s corridors – was this hallway even here before? Nevermind, he was probably imagining it. He hurried forward to open the door – except that when he tried to open it, the door didn’t budge.
He screwed his mouth up into a frown. Okay, sure, he didn’t exactly have guns of steel, but he certainly should have been able to manage at least opening a door. That was just a fluke. Definitely. So he tried again, really putted his shoulder into it this time, but no luck. So he tried it again. And again. The door didn’t so much as squeak a millimeter open.
“Of course it isn’t open. I don’t know what I expected,” Dipper sighed, leaning his head against the uncooperative portal. Yet another dead end. He was still determined to find out everything he could about this academy, but circumstances like those were not particularly encouraging. So what was his next move? What questions –
“Gah!” Dipper bolted upright, springing back from the door and looking wildly around him, but no one was in sight. That was strange, he could have sworn he felt someone breathing down his neck…
“Oookay, I’m getting really sick of that.”