If I told them a story could they listen?

llttledipper:

headful-of-feathers:

Why isn’t anyone talking about how strong Dipper got this summer, SO MUCH that he managed to break down a door?

And to think he started like this:

Oh man not only did Dipper manage to break down the door there, he did it while he was still bruised, beaten, exhausted, and probably concussed from the apocalypse. He’s gotten so much stronger over the course of the summer, and I think it’s really neat how the writers have subtly shown that growth happening throughout different episodes

like in Gideon Rises when Dipper beats up Gideon.

Or during Into The Bunker when Dipper swings an axe hard enough to do some serious damage to the Shapeshifter.

Or in Dipper and Mabel vs. The Future when Dipper hangs on to an extremely fast moving alien droid with one arm, disables it, survives the crash and is immediately on his feet again dragging Ford’s unconscious body out of the droid.

Or in Weirdmageddon Part 1 when Dipper survives a really bad car crash that renders Wendy, one of the toughest characters on the show, unconscious and once more immediately forces himself to get moving again despite the obvious pain he’s in.

I thought it was pretty neat how Weirdmageddon also showed off how emotionally strong Dipper is as well. He tries to punch Bill in the eye even after Bill tries to emotionally torment Dipper by bringing up past trauma from Sock Opera. Dipper survives the apocalypse and its horrors on his own convinced his loved ones could all be dead with his sanity still in tact for 3 days. He encourages both Gideon and Mabel to fight back even when they’re incredibly afraid. He and Mabel inspire the survivors in the Mystery Shack to fight against Bill even when it seems impossible.

Ironically, its even Dipper that ultimately has to call out Stan, the man that’s been pushing Dipper to fight back all summer, to stop hiding out in the Shack like a coward and fight back against Bill with the others. 

But between fighting monsters and other bad guys with his sister and Stan forcing Dipper to do all the hard manual labor chores around the Shack, it’s no wonder Dipper’s gotten stronger and tougher over the summer! And to his immense pleasure I’m sure! As Dipper vs. Manliness and Dipper’s pride at finally managing to chop wood in Dreamscapers show, being physically stronger is something Dipper genuinely wants. He wants to be a strong, brave, adventure-seeking hero the likes of Indiana Jones when he’s older, and I have no doubts that he will be. He’s well on his way already.

I’m really proud of Dipper.

(via gravitasfalls)