Gravity Falls and LGBTQ+ subtext: Decoding the Queercoding | A Video Essay

I have a lot of thoughts on Stanford Pines. And for anyone thinking this video is too long: I agree. U spog U kcuz jvuk huzyo ukp'j cboij vog yhyleopy up Wlchuje Xcrrk uk wce cpz jlcpk, bij eoi spog, yhyleopy up Wlchuje Xcrrk uk wce cpz jlcpk. kolle, u zop'j qcsy jvy liryk. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro and explanation of concept 7:39 - Thematic open and Summary of Gravity Falls 12:51 - Section 1.1a Blubs and Durland 17:21 - Section 1.1b A side note about Grenda and Toby 23:28 - Section 2.1 Wendy Corduroy 29:56 - Section 2.2a Bill Cipher 32:04 - Section 2.2b A history of queer villainy 36:45 - Section 2.3 Stanley Pines 48:57 - Section 3.1 Pacifica Northwest 56:10 - Section 3.2 Dipper Pines 1:01:18 - Section 3.3a Stanford Pines, and a queer analysis of Weirdness 1:05:41 - Section 3.3b Stanford Pines, and a queer analysis of Monsters 1:14:05 - Section 3.3c Stanford Pines calls Fiddleford McGucket 1:27:57 - Section 3.3d Stanford Pines and the nature of aromantic queer analysis 1:36:26 - Section 3.3e Stanford Pines, and a queer analysis of abuse 1:45:23 - Section 3.3f Stanford Pines, Bill's aftermath, and 80s synth pop 1:54:20 - No longer traveling alone (My Journey) 1:56:15 - Conclusion 2:06:13 - Credits and Ending Notes I recently discovered that another YouTuber has covered this topic first!!! Check out their (much more concise) video here: https://youtu.be/8KYYAbxGlEw Referenced videos, resources and podcasts: Disney S&P emails: https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1537314312926003201?s=20&t=VIIMSoERUeyaLCWtoy10eA Mystery Shack Lookback podcast: https://www.pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Kat Blaque’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJjElNPwyw Rowan Ellis’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSoYhy8ccw Matt Baume's: video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWpUSEKSbk Insider’s video: https://www.outube.com/watch?v=CXeG-LGx25Y La'Ron Readus' and Lindsay Ellis' collab videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrVNKEQJA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YesMWAxqJ60 Jessica Kellgren-Fozard’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsO4fZYHQic Comphet Master Doc: https://www.docdroid.net/N46Ea3o/copy-of-am-i-a-lesbian-masterdoc-pdf (^^^SEE DISCLAIMER AT 53:49 - this document may be helpful in some regards, but should be approached with nuance, and with the perspective of trans/pan/bi people in mind) The Queer connection to cryptids: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=undergradawards_2018 https://lgbtq.unc.edu/queer-minicon/what-is-it-with-queer-people-and-cryptids/ The History of queer conversion therapy: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/getting-gay-out https://www.bbc.com/news/education-55263392 Music: All Star cover is an arrangement by williamcreamer3 https://musescore.com/user/8335901 audio is from the PianoMan333 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ylzZeF8170 Song Ol' Shoshone was used with permission. I just… emailed the guy who made it, Chris Remo, and asked if I could use it and he said it was cool. Wild shit. I guess you can do that? Royalty Free Music: Enigmatic by Benjamin Tissot Mysterious Celesta by Ashot Danielyan Scifi - Bensound Consternation at the Disco - Wax Lyricist CallingTheDemon - NewNeko2000 Tic Toc Suspenso - Slicebeats In Search of Solitude - Scott Buckley Gravity - 16047 Cinematic Cello - Lexin Music Scary Forest - Serge Quadrado Gravity Falls related Tweets/Reddit/Streams referenced: https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1292342161099300864 https://twitter.com/_alexhirsch/status/890364163431714818 https://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/315yoy/im_bill_cipher_i_know_lots_of_things_ask_me/ https://twitter.com/_alexhirsch/status/758547032554344448 https://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lY_rVWg_s https://twitter.com/hana_khalyleh/status/1155560984150302720 A lot of clips from the show were sourced from compilations by the channel Dipper and Mabel, and I found that helpful for having footage on hand of specific characters and sequences: https://www.youtube.com/user/badlittletimmy