#mystery trio

ideal canon-compliant-ish mystery trio dynamic

I have two last requests, before I walk away from Tumblr (and Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, all that good stuff).

Please don’t respond using Tumblr notes/PMs unless you’re really fast about it, because after the midnight where May 19th becomes May 20th, I won’t see them. My email address is cordyceps DOT tickles AT gmail DOT com. Please send anything to do with these requests/comments there.

So.

My time in the Gravity Falls fandom was magical, to me. Never have I been surrounded by such vibrant, clever, funny people, on the other side of my computer screen.

I remember skipping my partner and I’s anniversary, because the final Weirdmageddon episode ended up airing that day. (He understood.)

Tracking the scavenger hunt progress, awash with secondhand anxiety and excitement.

Donating ridiculous amounts of the money I made from my government job I had back then to LGBTQ+ support organizations, in return for asking Alex Hirsch and Dana Terrace to draw my weird little Fiddleford x Shapeshifter ship, twice.

Meeting Alex, who sent me on one last hunt to find the Axolotl, and who gave me the name of the dimension where Shapefiddler was canon.

I leave the Internet with my happy memories trailing out behind me.

BUT.

There’s two regrets I have. Things that I missed out on, or lost, that I would like to have in my life, if possible. If I don’t hear from anyone about these two things, no worries– I will head offline with an unburdened heart, knowing that these were just the two things that got away from me. Life is full of those, and I remain all flavors of grateful.

One is a copy of “Summer Memories,” an art zine hosted years and years ago by @gfzine . I happened to be in rehab and away from any Internet access the whole time preorders were being taken, and I wish I could’ve seen all the amazing art people were posting to Tumblr afterwards, collected in one print copy. I will pay ridiculous amounts of money for this zine. I’m serious when I say, name a price that strikes you as a reasonable amount for someone’s heart’s desire, and I will probably be able to pay it.

The other is an audio file– the “lost episode” of the Mystery Trio radio podcast, which I believe was started by @mtanimate , put on entirely by fans of the show. I was beyond honored when they reached out to me, offering me a copy of the file where they read one of my 18+ fanfics as Stan, Ford, and Fiddleford, which I was delighted by, because it was a very silly fic, and I welcomed someone making light of it. Alas, the phone that contained that sole copy of the file soon took an unexpected tumble through a washing machine, destroying everything on it. Try as I might, I can’t seem to track down the folks who sent it to me. So, I’m trying one last time.

[flips through my cue cards] …and I think that’s it! :3

Hey guys! Me and @literal-antique-trash are starting a Mystery Trio RP, and we’re looking for our Ford! If you’re interested, message either one of us!