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Transdimensional Arc

2025-03-05T22:33:13Z

TriangulumEntagulum95: /* Aftermath */

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The [[{{PAGENAME}}]] is an [[arc]] where [[Dipper Pines]] discovers an alternate dimension that is hundreds/thousands of years behind most other dimensions, and thus is inhabited by pre-[[Transcendence]] versions of his family and friends. The alternate dimension also has a [[Bill Cipher]] that is much more sadistic and violent than the one Dipper remembers, and Dipper takes it upon himself to save the alternate dimension from Bill's plans.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|A long-winded summary of a canon arc in which and older Alcor...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111449597718/a-long-winded-summary-of-a-canon-arc-in-which-and}}</ref>

== Summary ==
A few hundred, if not thousands of years into the future, Dipper finally begins to take peeks into alternate dimensions that closely neighbor his own. He keeps this hobby down to a bare minimum, as he’s always inherently afraid that he could become distraught over what he sees - or even too happy, and leave his own world for one where Mabel is still alive.

But one day, he senses something far too sinister to ignore, and looks into a parallel world with his third eye. Most things are the same, but something is terribly off. The timeline is kinked and fractured, leaving it many years behind most neighboring worlds… and there’s an imminent doom that makes his stomach twist into knots.

That universe homes an alternate version of Bill that is far from simply chaotic. He’s sadistic, ruthless, mad to the point of wishing not just chaos, but ''torment'' upon the world. If this Bill’s plans come to fruition, earth would become a literal ''Hell'' in which all lives are kept in a boundless, infinite loop of suffering.

There’s no way he can’t do something. Even if they’re alternate versions of the ones he knows, souls of his family and friends reside there. He’d never be able to live with himself knowing he simply looked the other way and now they’re stuck in a world far worse than the Transcendence ever hoped to accomplish.

=== Homecoming ===
Alcor ends up forcing his way through a tear in space-time, coming out on the other side of that world’s portal that still sits under the Mystery Shack. It only takes him a moment to realize the set of four wide eyes watching his entrance are painfully familiar - Stan, Ford, Mabel, and himself. From that first summer they spent in Gravity Falls.

He retreats quickly, leaving Ford to gape at the power levels that spiked and nearly destroyed the portal. With terror, they realize the demon that just forced its way into their world was more powerful than Cipher, the threat that has already left Gravity Falls in post-apocalyptic shambles in preparation for their own Transcendence. Half the town is destroyed from rampaging supernatural creatures that boast a bloodlust for humans, and the Mystery Shack is one of the few safe havens that sit beneath a powerful magical barrier. A magical barrier that seems entirely ineffective against the demon shrouded in shadows that gave them only a passing glance.

Over the next few days, Alcor hides mostly in the mindscape, searching for Bill and sorting the information that’s given to him and that he personally uncovers in this different world. Though he does his best to stay hidden, Stan, Ford, and the kids (among others) keep catching glimpses of him, and at one point, actually manage to lure and trap him inside a barrier that was originally constructed to slow Bill down. They interrogate him, thinking they’ve got him vulnerable.

At this point, Alcor goes against his better judgement, and interacts with them. With a menacing grin, Alcor laughs and says, “S͝i͘nc͟e͝ ͠y͜oú alļ ̸w̕ant͜ ͘ans̨w҉er̕s so badly, why̶ ̸n̛ot ͢m͟a̶k͝e ͝ţhi͞s a little ̸ga͏me?”

He gives them exactly one week to guess and offer either his true name or his oldest nickname. He’ll stay around Gravity Falls, and frequent the physical plane. Every time they’re able to find him, he’ll offer them a hint to who he is and what his plans are. If they can’t offer his true name or oldest nickname by week’s end, he’ll claim ownership of one of their souls.

He disappears in a blaze of blue fire, leaving the unnerving scent of fear and brimstone.

Over the course of the first few days, Dipper and Mabel (along with their friends because hardly anyone roams the town alone these days) use a spell that tracks demonic energy to find Alcor. Each time they catch him, he seems to grin and congratulate them before offering his promised hint.

They’re always very cryptic, and generally unsettling. Piece by piece, they learn that Alcor is in fact more powerful than Cipher - and in his words, both an enemy and a friend. That he’s both of this world, and not. He desires both destruction and protection, and that he has been slighted by Bill Cipher personally.

As they get closer to the end of the week, Alcor’s hints get more... out there. He talks of Bill Cipher already being dead, something they all know is far from the truth, and makes correlations between stars and pine trees (which they all take as meaning Mabel and Dipper). It’s only near the very end that Dipper figures out that the “star” could in fact mean Alcor, due to his name - but this only serves to confuse them more.

When the sun begins to set on the final day, Alcor approaches them on the lawn of the Mystery Shack, within the barrier they thought impenetrable. With obvious enjoyment, he offers them one final hint: a poem in which he refers to himself as a bear with fur of red, blue, and white.

''“I am the bear whose colors shine bright''

''A coat of red, blue, and white.''

''Corrupted by a common foe''

''An enemy whose name you well know''

''Watch the twin stars in the sky''

''Tell me now, “Who am I?”'' <ref>https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/127163787103/i-am-the-bear-whose-colors-shine-bright-a-coat</ref>

It’s only when the sun sinks halfway into the horizon, that Dipper realizes with a racing heart that Alcor is speaking of Ursa Major, using the color of the stars as his fur. And what nickname the constellation has.

Horror in his voice, Dipper whispers, “You’re ''me''.”

Alcor grins and bows, letting the black exterior of his demonic form dissolve. In his more human form, regardless of his still very demonic appearance, the resemblance is unmistakable. In the confusion that follows, Alcor offers them a much clearer story - explaining the world he came from, and how he’s here to take control of Gravity Falls (which is of course, taken the wrong way).

Just as it all starts to sink in, Alcor announces that the sun has set, and they failed the test. When everyone starts to speak up, arguing that they guessed his name, the demon grins and says that no one actually said either "Mason Pines" nor “Dipper Pines." They concluded his identity, but didn’t actually offer his full name, or even his old nickname.

Terror overcomes them, even as they ready their weapons, willing to fight - but Alcor just laughs and feigns dramatic surprise, saying how he ''already'' owns one of their souls. Apparently a soul shackled to a demon transcends dimensions, and he’s possessed Mabel’s soul for hundreds of years now. Dipper immediately becomes indignant, insisting that he’d ''never'' do something so ''horrible'' to his sister.

For the first time, the smile Alcor offers is a bit softer. He asks if Dipper would consider such a thing if it meant ''saving Mabel’s life.''

Giving them little time to process that, Alcor sits back in midair and insists he has no idea what they’re all so worked up about. He gave them a test he ''knew'' was rigged in their favor, he helped give them more info about Bill Cipher, and no harm was done. Unfortunately, at a minimum of a few hundred years old, Alcor has become more out of touch with his human self, and failed to see that he still ''tormented them for an entire week, making them fear for their very lives.'' Obviously, they don’t warm up to him.

However, during the week prior, Alcor learned that Cipher was sleeping far beneath the town, and would only rise at the end of summer. Until then, he couldn’t destroy him. So he’s stuck there for another month or so.

Needless to say, Alcor very conveniently ''forgets'' how he’s on bad terms with… well, ''everyone''. He ends up in the Shack more often than any of them would like, ganking food or watching their goddamn TV, or just generally pestering them out of sheer boredom. Mabel is the first one to even think about warming up to him, because she can tell he isn’t lying - that he may be from another universe, but he's still her ''brother''.

Dipper, on the other hand… tries just about everything he can think of to exorcise, banish, or just keep the goddamn demon out of his fucking room. But Alcor seems to have fixated on him more than anyone else, startling and scaring him and generally being a borderline sadistic asshole. It doesn’t help that he eventually finds out part of Alcor’s power was actually derived from Bill Cipher himself.

Poor Dipper, walking into the living room to see Mabel and Alcor playing video games and just shrieking, with Mabel trying to calm him down and talk some sense into him and being all “Dipper no! Stop throwing salt on our guest!!” - but the boy never gives up, he ''can’t'' give up, because there’s no way he’ll trust a demon that ''owns his sister’s soul.'' He’s terrified - most of them are still terrified - because it doesn’t matter who Alcor used to be, he’s still a ''demon more powerful than Cipher'', just as sadistic and he could ''kill them all.''

Eventually though… Alcor seems to simmer down. He acts just a bit more human, his smiles aren’t nearly as menacing, and he seems to start reacting more when someone gets scared of him. One night Dipper gets pissed off enough with his antics that he demands to know why Alcor is picking on ''him'' so much.

Alcor… actually breaks down a bit there. He finally admits that he’s annoyed, he’s so ''jealous'' when he sees Dipper going about his life being able to be human. That he’ll end up growing up, growing old, getting married, having kids, and experiencing life without the threat of crippling immortality. That he can interact with his family without worrying how much he’s scaring them. Looking at the Dipper in this world reminds him of how much he’s changed, how ''inhuman'' he is now. And he hates it.

As much as he didn’t want to, Dipper ends up sympathizing with him a little bit. Seeing Alcor that vulnerable (crying, he was ''crying'') was a slap to the face. Dipper himself can’t imagine what it must be like becoming a demon, having instincts and urges you can’t call your own, slowly losing yourself over lifetimes and watching everyone you love and care about pass before your eyes.

From then on, Alcor tries being more helpful, and backs off (somewhat) with his teasing on Dipper. He aids Ford in making defensive gadgets and weapons, helps fortify barriers, and even winds up cooking for someone from time to time. He even winds up comforting a reluctant Dipper, who’s of course plagued with insomnia and anxiety over the threat of possible doom coming their way. Alcor just laughs and says “Dude, you’re me. I know when you need a hug but are too proud to ask for one."

Inevitably, at the end of summer, Bill awakens from his slumber. The confrontation between him and Alcor leaves a permanent scar on the state of Oregon. Most of the forests around Gravity falls go up in flames, and tremors the size of earthquakes shake the country. Alcor is further fueled by his resentment, his rage - but Bill makes the horrible mistake of edging him on once he finds out Alcor’s identity. His taunting of “Wow, you’re more of a demon than me, Pine Tree! Good job!” and “You took your sister’s soul? Even ''I'' wouldn’t do that!” only serve to make Alcor’s attacks more blindly destructive.

But it’s only when Bill takes hostages that Alcor loses it.

Mabel going blue in the face, gasping for air. Dipper, severely injured with blood running down his arms like the rivers of ancient Babylon, pushing himself against a fiery barrier, trying desperately to get to his sister.

The final attack that follows destroys Cipher, but also leaves a canyon that rips across half of the entire state, leveling several neighboring towns and slaughtering countless people.

=== Aftermath ===
In the end, Alcor prevented the Transcendence in that universe entirely. He can now clearly see a future where the twins grow up with normal lives, ''happy'' lives.

A part of him wants to stay, but he can’t. Though his family and friends have all passed on in his own world, their souls still remain. He couldn’t possibly leave them behind to indulge in a fantasy that’s long passed for him.

He parts ways a few days after things settle down, when he knows everyone is safe, the dead have been buried, and the town has been rebuilt. But he doesn’t go without leaving Stan, Ford, Dipper, and Mabel a powerful version of his summoning circle that, with adequate sacrifice, would summon him across dimensions if he used enough energy. He hopes they never have to use it. Before departing, Alcor offers his human counterpart some parting words.

"You have a good life ahead of you, Mason. Make sure you have no regrets when it ends. Take care of yourself, and Mabel, especially Mabel. Because if it hadn't been for her… I might have become a monster worse than Cipher ever was. Whatever happens… ''never'' let each other be alone."

When Alcor returns to his own world, he’s able to sleep soundly beside the reincarnations of his loved ones, at peace with his past for the first time in a long time.

== Gallery ==
<gallery orientation="square">
DipperAndAlcorByZilly.jpg|Dipper and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111610973393/zilleniose-clearly-too-much-dork-for-a-single source])
MabelDipperAndAlcor.png|Mabel, Dipper, and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/140062331078/aulora-lyon-there-is-a-jealous-poof-haired source])
MabelTobyAndDipper.png|Mabel, Toby, and Dipper. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/134633422143/arcaneadagio-i-dont-think-this-will-happen-in source])
DipperAlcorAndPacifica.jpg|Alcor acting charming toward Pacifica while Dipper looks on in frustration. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/128683440793/rei-drome-some-art-for-the-tau-specifically source])
DipAlBearo.png|Dipper and Alcor both cowering from Bear-O. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/114960935448/soar207 source])
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Arcs]]

Transdimensional Arc

2025-03-05T03:31:31Z

TriangulumEntagulum95: Added the poem Alcor tells the gang.

{{Stub}}
The [[{{PAGENAME}}]] is an [[arc]] where [[Dipper Pines]] discovers an alternate dimension that is hundreds/thousands of years behind most other dimensions, and thus is inhabited by pre-[[Transcendence]] versions of his family and friends. The alternate dimension also has a [[Bill Cipher]] that is much more sadistic and violent than the one Dipper remembers, and Dipper takes it upon himself to save the alternate dimension from Bill's plans.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|A long-winded summary of a canon arc in which and older Alcor...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111449597718/a-long-winded-summary-of-a-canon-arc-in-which-and}}</ref>

== Summary ==
A few hundred, if not thousands of years into the future, Dipper finally begins to take peeks into alternate dimensions that closely neighbor his own. He keeps this hobby down to a bare minimum, as he’s always inherently afraid that he could become distraught over what he sees - or even too happy, and leave his own world for one where Mabel is still alive.

But one day, he senses something far too sinister to ignore, and looks into a parallel world with his third eye. Most things are the same, but something is terribly off. The timeline is kinked and fractured, leaving it many years behind most neighboring worlds… and there’s an imminent doom that makes his stomach twist into knots.

That universe homes an alternate version of Bill that is far from simply chaotic. He’s sadistic, ruthless, mad to the point of wishing not just chaos, but ''torment'' upon the world. If this Bill’s plans come to fruition, earth would become a literal ''Hell'' in which all lives are kept in a boundless, infinite loop of suffering.

There’s no way he can’t do something. Even if they’re alternate versions of the ones he knows, souls of his family and friends reside there. He’d never be able to live with himself knowing he simply looked the other way and now they’re stuck in a world far worse than the Transcendence ever hoped to accomplish.

=== Homecoming ===
Alcor ends up forcing his way through a tear in space-time, coming out on the other side of that world’s portal that still sits under the Mystery Shack. It only takes him a moment to realize the set of four wide eyes watching his entrance are painfully familiar - Stan, Ford, Mabel, and himself. From that first summer they spent in Gravity Falls.

He retreats quickly, leaving Ford to gape at the power levels that spiked and nearly destroyed the portal. With terror, they realize the demon that just forced its way into their world was more powerful than Cipher, the threat that has already left Gravity Falls in post-apocalyptic shambles in preparation for their own Transcendence. Half the town is destroyed from rampaging supernatural creatures that boast a bloodlust for humans, and the Mystery Shack is one of the few safe havens that sit beneath a powerful magical barrier. A magical barrier that seems entirely ineffective against the demon shrouded in shadows that gave them only a passing glance.

Over the next few days, Alcor hides mostly in the mindscape, searching for Bill and sorting the information that’s given to him and that he personally uncovers in this different world. Though he does his best to stay hidden, Stan, Ford, and the kids (among others) keep catching glimpses of him, and at one point, actually manage to lure and trap him inside a barrier that was originally constructed to slow Bill down. They interrogate him, thinking they’ve got him vulnerable.

At this point, Alcor goes against his better judgement, and interacts with them. With a menacing grin, Alcor laughs and says, “S͝i͘nc͟e͝ ͠y͜oú alļ ̸w̕ant͜ ͘ans̨w҉er̕s so badly, why̶ ̸n̛ot ͢m͟a̶k͝e ͝ţhi͞s a little ̸ga͏me?”

He gives them exactly one week to guess and offer either his true name or his oldest nickname. He’ll stay around Gravity Falls, and frequent the physical plane. Every time they’re able to find him, he’ll offer them a hint to who he is and what his plans are. If they can’t offer his true name or oldest nickname by week’s end, he’ll claim ownership of one of their souls.

He disappears in a blaze of blue fire, leaving the unnerving scent of fear and brimstone.

Over the course of the first few days, Dipper and Mabel (along with their friends because hardly anyone roams the town alone these days) use a spell that tracks demonic energy to find Alcor. Each time they catch him, he seems to grin and congratulate them before offering his promised hint.

They’re always very cryptic, and generally unsettling. Piece by piece, they learn that Alcor is in fact more powerful than Cipher - and in his words, both an enemy and a friend. That he’s both of this world, and not. He desires both destruction and protection, and that he has been slighted by Bill Cipher personally.

As they get closer to the end of the week, Alcor’s hints get more... out there. He talks of Bill Cipher already being dead, something they all know is far from the truth, and makes correlations between stars and pine trees (which they all take as meaning Mabel and Dipper). It’s only near the very end that Dipper figures out that the “star” could in fact mean Alcor, due to his name - but this only serves to confuse them more.

When the sun begins to set on the final day, Alcor approaches them on the lawn of the Mystery Shack, within the barrier they thought impenetrable. With obvious enjoyment, he offers them one final hint: a poem in which he refers to himself as a bear with fur of red, blue, and white.

''“I am the bear whose colors shine bright''

''A coat of red, blue, and white.''

''Corrupted by a common foe''

''An enemy whose name you well know''

''Watch the twin stars in the sky''

''Tell me now, “Who am I?”'' <ref>https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/127163787103/i-am-the-bear-whose-colors-shine-bright-a-coat</ref>

It’s only when the sun sinks halfway into the horizon, that Dipper realizes with a racing heart that Alcor is speaking of Ursa Major, using the color of the stars as his fur. And what nickname the constellation has.

Horror in his voice, Dipper whispers, “You’re ''me''.”

Alcor grins and bows, letting the black exterior of his demonic form dissolve. In his more human form, regardless of his still very demonic appearance, the resemblance is unmistakable. In the confusion that follows, Alcor offers them a much clearer story - explaining the world he came from, and how he’s here to take control of Gravity Falls (which is of course, taken the wrong way).

Just as it all starts to sink in, Alcor announces that the sun has set, and they failed the test. When everyone starts to speak up, arguing that they guessed his name, the demon grins and says that no one actually said either "Mason Pines" nor “Dipper Pines." They concluded his identity, but didn’t actually offer his full name, or even his old nickname.

Terror overcomes them, even as they ready their weapons, willing to fight - but Alcor just laughs and feigns dramatic surprise, saying how he ''already'' owns one of their souls. Apparently a soul shackled to a demon transcends dimensions, and he’s possessed Mabel’s soul for hundreds of years now. Dipper immediately becomes indignant, insisting that he’d ''never'' do something so ''horrible'' to his sister.

For the first time, the smile Alcor offers is a bit softer. He asks if Dipper would consider such a thing if it meant ''saving Mabel’s life.''

Giving them little time to process that, Alcor sits back in midair and insists he has no idea what they’re all so worked up about. He gave them a test he ''knew'' was rigged in their favor, he helped give them more info about Bill Cipher, and no harm was done. Unfortunately, at a minimum of a few hundred years old, Alcor has become more out of touch with his human self, and failed to see that he still ''tormented them for an entire week, making them fear for their very lives.'' Obviously, they don’t warm up to him.

However, during the week prior, Alcor learned that Cipher was sleeping far beneath the town, and would only rise at the end of summer. Until then, he couldn’t destroy him. So he’s stuck there for another month or so.

Needless to say, Alcor very conveniently ''forgets'' how he’s on bad terms with… well, ''everyone''. He ends up in the Shack more often than any of them would like, ganking food or watching their goddamn TV, or just generally pestering them out of sheer boredom. Mabel is the first one to even think about warming up to him, because she can tell he isn’t lying - that he may be from another universe, but he's still her ''brother''.

Dipper, on the other hand… tries just about everything he can think of to exorcise, banish, or just keep the goddamn demon out of his fucking room. But Alcor seems to have fixated on him more than anyone else, startling and scaring him and generally being a borderline sadistic asshole. It doesn’t help that he eventually finds out part of Alcor’s power was actually derived from Bill Cipher himself.

Poor Dipper, walking into the living room to see Mabel and Alcor playing video games and just shrieking, with Mabel trying to calm him down and talk some sense into him and being all “Dipper no! Stop throwing salt on our guest!!” - but the boy never gives up, he ''can’t'' give up, because there’s no way he’ll trust a demon that ''owns his sister’s soul.'' He’s terrified - most of them are still terrified - because it doesn’t matter who Alcor used to be, he’s still a ''demon more powerful than Cipher'', just as sadistic and he could ''kill them all.''

Eventually though… Alcor seems to simmer down. He acts just a bit more human, his smiles aren’t nearly as menacing, and he seems to start reacting more when someone gets scared of him. One night Dipper gets pissed off enough with his antics that he demands to know why Alcor is picking on ''him'' so much.

Alcor… actually breaks down a bit there. He finally admits that he’s annoyed, he’s so ''jealous'' when he sees Dipper going about his life being able to be human. That he’ll end up growing up, growing old, getting married, having kids, and experiencing life without the threat of crippling immortality. That he can interact with his family without worrying how much he’s scaring them. Looking at the Dipper in this world reminds him of how much he’s changed, how ''inhuman'' he is now. And he hates it.

As much as he didn’t want to, Dipper ends up sympathizing with him a little bit. Seeing Alcor that vulnerable (crying, he was ''crying'') was a slap to the face. Dipper himself can’t imagine what it must be like becoming a demon, having instincts and urges you can’t call your own, slowly losing yourself over lifetimes and watching everyone you love and care about pass before your eyes.

From then on, Alcor tries being more helpful, and backs off (somewhat) with his teasing on Dipper. He aids Ford in making defensive gadgets and weapons, helps fortify barriers, and even winds up cooking for someone from time to time. He even winds up comforting a reluctant Dipper, who’s of course plagued with insomnia and anxiety over the threat of possible doom coming their way. Alcor just laughs and says “Dude, you’re me. I know when you need a hug but are too proud to ask for one."

Inevitably, at the end of summer, Bill awakens from his slumber. The confrontation between him and Alcor leaves a permanent scar on the state of Oregon. Most of the forests around Gravity falls go up in flames, and tremors the size of earthquakes shake the country. Alcor is further fueled by his resentment, his rage - but Bill makes the horrible mistake of edging him on once he finds out Alcor’s identity. His taunting of “Wow, you’re more of a demon than me, Pine Tree! Good job!” and “You took your sister’s soul? Even ''I'' wouldn’t do that!” only serve to make Alcor’s attacks more blindly destructive.

But it’s only when Bill takes hostages that Alcor loses it.

Mabel going blue in the face, gasping for air. Dipper, severely injured with blood running down his arms like the rivers of ancient Babylon, pushing himself against a fiery barrier, trying desperately to get to his sister.

The final attack that follows destroys Cipher, but also leaves a canyon that rips across half of the entire state, leveling several neighboring towns and slaughtering countless people.

=== Aftermath ===
In the end, Alcor prevented the Transcendence in that universe entirely. He can now clearly see a future where the twins grow up with normal lives, ''happy'' lives.

A part of him wants to stay, but he can’t. Though his family and friends have all passed on in his own world, their souls still remain. He couldn’t possibly leave them behind to indulge in a fantasy that’s long passed for him.

He parts ways a few days after things settle down, when he knows everyone is safe, the dead have been buried, and the town has been rebuilt. But he doesn’t go without leaving Stan, Ford, Dipper, and Mabel a powerful version of his summoning circle that, with adequate sacrifice, would summon him across dimensions if he used enough energy. He hopes they never have to use it.

Before departing, Alcor offers his human counterpart some parting words. "You have a good life ahead of you, Mason. Make sure you have no regrets when it ends. Take care of yourself, and Mabel, especially Mabel. Because if it hadn't been for her… I might have become a monster worse than Cipher ever was. Whatever happens… ''never'' let each other be alone."

When Alcor returns to his own world, he’s able to sleep soundly beside the reincarnations of his loved ones, at peace with his past for the first time in a long time..

== Gallery ==
<gallery orientation="square">
DipperAndAlcorByZilly.jpg|Dipper and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111610973393/zilleniose-clearly-too-much-dork-for-a-single source])
MabelDipperAndAlcor.png|Mabel, Dipper, and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/140062331078/aulora-lyon-there-is-a-jealous-poof-haired source])
MabelTobyAndDipper.png|Mabel, Toby, and Dipper. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/134633422143/arcaneadagio-i-dont-think-this-will-happen-in source])
DipperAlcorAndPacifica.jpg|Alcor acting charming toward Pacifica while Dipper looks on in frustration. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/128683440793/rei-drome-some-art-for-the-tau-specifically source])
DipAlBearo.png|Dipper and Alcor both cowering from Bear-O. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/114960935448/soar207 source])
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>
[[Category:Arcs]]

Transdimensional Arc

2025-02-28T13:20:50Z

TriangulumEntagulum95: Added an improved version of the summary of events of the Transdimensional Arc, one that includes certain discoveries from Gravity Falls canon, such as Dipper's true name being Mason, as well as parting words that Alcor leaves for his human counterpart.

{{Stub}}
The [[{{PAGENAME}}]] is an [[arc]] where [[Dipper Pines]] discovers an alternate dimension that is hundreds/thousands of years behind most other dimensions, and thus is inhabited by pre-[[Transcendence]] versions of his family and friends. The alternate dimension also has a [[Bill Cipher]] that is much more sadistic and violent than the one Dipper remembers, and Dipper takes it upon himself to save the alternate dimension from Bill's plans.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|A long-winded summary of a canon arc in which and older Alcor...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111449597718/a-long-winded-summary-of-a-canon-arc-in-which-and}}</ref>

== Summary ==
A few hundred, if not thousands of years into the future, Dipper finally begins to take peeks into alternate dimensions that closely neighbor his own. He keeps this hobby down to a bare minimum, as he’s always inherently afraid that he could become distraught over what he sees - or even too happy, and leave his own world for one where Mabel is still alive.

But one day, he senses something far too sinister to ignore, and looks into a parallel world with his third eye. Most things are the same, but something is terribly off. The timeline is kinked and fractured, leaving it many years behind most neighboring worlds… and there’s an imminent doom that makes his stomach twist into knots.

That universe homes an alternate version of Bill that is far from simply chaotic. He’s sadistic, ruthless, mad to the point of wishing not just chaos, but ''torment'' upon the world. If this Bill’s plans come to fruition, earth would become a literal ''Hell'' in which all lives are kept in a boundless, infinite loop of suffering.

There’s no way he can’t do something. Even if they’re alternate versions of the ones he knows, souls of his family and friends reside there. He’d never be able to live with himself knowing he simply looked the other way and now they’re stuck in a world far worse than the Transcendence ever hoped to accomplish.

=== Homecoming ===
Alcor ends up forcing his way through a tear in space-time, coming out on the other side of that world’s portal that still sits under the Mystery Shack. It only takes him a moment to realize the set of four wide eyes watching his entrance are painfully familiar - Stan, Ford, Mabel, and himself. From that first summer they spent in Gravity Falls.

He retreats quickly, leaving Ford to gape at the power levels that spiked and nearly destroyed the portal. With terror, they realize the demon that just forced its way into their world was more powerful than Cipher, the threat that has already left Gravity Falls in post-apocalyptic shambles in preparation for their own Transcendence. Half the town is destroyed from rampaging supernatural creatures that boast a bloodlust for humans, and the Mystery Shack is one of the few safe havens that sit beneath a powerful magical barrier. A magical barrier that seems entirely ineffective against the demon shrouded in shadows that gave them only a passing glance.

Over the next few days, Alcor hides mostly in the mindscape, searching for Bill and sorting the information that’s given to him and that he personally uncovers in this different world. Though he does his best to stay hidden, Stan, Ford, and the kids (among others) keep catching glimpses of him, and at one point, actually manage to lure and trap him inside a barrier that was originally constructed to slow Bill down. They interrogate him, thinking they’ve got him vulnerable.

At this point, Alcor goes against his better judgement, and interacts with them. With a menacing grin, Alcor laughs and says, “S͝i͘nc͟e͝ ͠y͜oú alļ ̸w̕ant͜ ͘ans̨w҉er̕s so badly, why̶ ̸n̛ot ͢m͟a̶k͝e ͝ţhi͞s a little ̸ga͏me?”

He gives them exactly one week to guess and offer either his true name or his oldest nickname. He’ll stay around Gravity Falls, and frequent the physical plane. Every time they’re able to find him, he’ll offer them a hint to who he is and what his plans are. If they can’t offer his true name or oldest nickname by week’s end, he’ll claim ownership of one of their souls.

He disappears in a blaze of blue fire, leaving the unnerving scent of fear and brimstone.

Over the course of the first few days, Dipper and Mabel (along with their friends because hardly anyone roams the town alone these days) use a spell that tracks demonic energy to find Alcor. Each time they catch him, he seems to grin and congratulate them before offering his promised hint.

They’re always very cryptic, and generally unsettling. Piece by piece, they learn that Alcor is in fact more powerful than Cipher - and in his words, both an enemy and a friend. That he’s both of this world, and not. He desires both destruction and protection, and that he has been slighted by Bill Cipher personally.

As they get closer to the end of the week, Alcor’s hints get more... out there. He talks of Bill Cipher already being dead, something they all know is far from the truth, and makes correlations between stars and pine trees (which they all take as meaning Mabel and Dipper). It’s only near the very end that Dipper figures out that the “star” could in fact mean Alcor, due to his name - but this only serves to confuse them more.

When the sun begins to set on the final day, Alcor approaches them on the lawn of the Mystery Shack, within the barrier they thought impenetrable. With obvious enjoyment, he offers them one final hint: a poem in which he refers to himself as a bear with fur of red, blue, and white.

It’s only when the sun sinks halfway into the horizon, that Dipper realizes with a racing heart that Alcor is speaking of Ursa Major, using the color of the stars as his fur. And what nickname the constellation has.

Horror in his voice, Dipper whispers, “You’re ''me''.”

Alcor grins and bows, letting the black exterior of his demonic form dissolve. In his more human form, regardless of his still very demonic appearance, the resemblance is unmistakable. In the confusion that follows, Alcor offers them a much clearer story - explaining the world he came from, and how he’s here to take control of Gravity Falls (which is of course, taken the wrong way).

Just as it all starts to sink in, Alcor announces that the sun has set, and they failed the test. When everyone starts to speak up, arguing that they guessed his name, the demon grins and says that no one actually said either "Mason Pines" nor “Dipper Pines." They concluded his identity, but didn’t actually offer his full name, or even his old nickname.

Terror overcomes them, even as they ready their weapons, willing to fight - but Alcor just laughs and feigns dramatic surprise, saying how he ''already'' owns one of their souls. Apparently a soul shackled to a demon transcends dimensions, and he’s possessed Mabel’s soul for hundreds of years now. Dipper immediately becomes indignant, insisting that he’d ''never'' do something so ''horrible'' to his sister.

For the first time, the smile Alcor offers is a bit softer. He asks if Dipper would consider such a thing if it meant ''saving Mabel’s life.''

Giving them little time to process that, Alcor sits back in midair and insists he has no idea what they’re all so worked up about. He gave them a test he ''knew'' was rigged in their favor, he helped give them more info about Bill Cipher, and no harm was done. Unfortunately, at a minimum of a few hundred years old, Alcor has become more out of touch with his human self, and failed to see that he still ''tormented them for an entire week, making them fear for their very lives.'' Obviously, they don’t warm up to him.

However, during the week prior, Alcor learned that Cipher was sleeping far beneath the town, and would only rise at the end of summer. Until then, he couldn’t destroy him. So he’s stuck there for another month or so.

Needless to say, Alcor very conveniently ''forgets'' how he’s on bad terms with… well, ''everyone''. He ends up in the Shack more often than any of them would like, ganking food or watching their goddamn TV, or just generally pestering them out of sheer boredom. Mabel is the first one to even think about warming up to him, because she can tell he isn’t lying - that he may be from another universe, but he's still her ''brother''.

Dipper, on the other hand… tries just about everything he can think of to exorcise, banish, or just keep the goddamn demon out of his fucking room. But Alcor seems to have fixated on him more than anyone else, startling and scaring him and generally being a borderline sadistic asshole. It doesn’t help that he eventually finds out part of Alcor’s power was actually derived from Bill Cipher himself.

Poor Dipper, walking into the living room to see Mabel and Alcor playing video games and just shrieking, with Mabel trying to calm him down and talk some sense into him and being all “Dipper no! Stop throwing salt on our guest!!” - but the boy never gives up, he ''can’t'' give up, because there’s no way he’ll trust a demon that ''owns his sister’s soul.'' He’s terrified - most of them are still terrified - because it doesn’t matter who Alcor used to be, he’s still a ''demon more powerful than Cipher'', just as sadistic and he could ''kill them all.''

Eventually though… Alcor seems to simmer down. He acts just a bit more human, his smiles aren’t nearly as menacing, and he seems to start reacting more when someone gets scared of him. One night Dipper gets pissed off enough with his antics that he demands to know why Alcor is picking on ''him'' so much.

Alcor… actually breaks down a bit there. He finally admits that he’s annoyed, he’s so ''jealous'' when he sees Dipper going about his life being able to be human. That he’ll end up growing up, growing old, getting married, having kids, and experiencing life without the threat of crippling immortality. That he can interact with his family without worrying how much he’s scaring them. Looking at the Dipper in this world reminds him of how much he’s changed, how ''inhuman'' he is now. And he hates it.

As much as he didn’t want to, Dipper ends up sympathizing with him a little bit. Seeing Alcor that vulnerable (crying, he was ''crying'') was a slap to the face. Dipper himself can’t imagine what it must be like becoming a demon, having instincts and urges you can’t call your own, slowly losing yourself over lifetimes and watching everyone you love and care about pass before your eyes.

From then on, Alcor tries being more helpful, and backs off (somewhat) with his teasing on Dipper. He aids Ford in making defensive gadgets and weapons, helps fortify barriers, and even winds up cooking for someone from time to time. He even winds up comforting a reluctant Dipper, who’s of course plagued with insomnia and anxiety over the threat of possible doom coming their way. Alcor just laughs and says “Dude, you’re me. I know when you need a hug but are too proud to ask for one."

Inevitably, at the end of summer, Bill awakens from his slumber. The confrontation between him and Alcor leaves a permanent scar on the state of Oregon. Most of the forests around Gravity falls go up in flames, and tremors the size of earthquakes shake the country. Alcor is further fueled by his resentment, his rage - but Bill makes the horrible mistake of edging him on once he finds out Alcor’s identity. His taunting of “Wow, you’re more of a demon than me, Pine Tree! Good job!” and “You took your sister’s soul? Even ''I'' wouldn’t do that!” only serve to make Alcor’s attacks more blindly destructive.

But it’s only when Bill takes hostages that Alcor loses it.

Mabel going blue in the face, gasping for air. Dipper, severely injured with blood running down his arms like the rivers of ancient Babylon, pushing himself against a fiery barrier, trying desperately to get to his sister.

The final attack that follows destroys Cipher, but also leaves a canyon that rips across half of the entire state, leveling several neighboring towns and slaughtering countless people.

=== Aftermath ===
In the end, Alcor prevented the Transcendence in that universe entirely. He can now clearly see a future where the twins grow up with normal lives, ''happy'' lives.

A part of him wants to stay, but he can’t. Though his family and friends have all passed on in his own world, their souls still remain. He couldn’t possibly leave them behind to indulge in a fantasy that’s long passed for him.

He parts ways a few days after things settle down, when he knows everyone is safe, the dead have been buried, and the town has been rebuilt. But he doesn’t go without leaving Stan, Ford, Dipper, and Mabel a powerful version of his summoning circle that, with adequate sacrifice, would summon him across dimensions if he used enough energy. He hopes they never have to use it.

Before departing, Alcor offers his human counterpart some parting words. "You have a good life ahead of you, Mason. Make sure you have no regrets when it ends. Take care of yourself, and Mabel, especially Mabel. Because if it hadn't been for her… I might have become a monster worse than Cipher ever was. Whatever happens… ''never'' let each other be alone."

When Alcor returns to his own world, he’s able to sleep soundly beside the reincarnations of his loved ones, at peace with his past for the first time in a long time..

== Gallery ==
<gallery orientation="square">
DipperAndAlcorByZilly.jpg|Dipper and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111610973393/zilleniose-clearly-too-much-dork-for-a-single source])
MabelDipperAndAlcor.png|Mabel, Dipper, and Alcor. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/140062331078/aulora-lyon-there-is-a-jealous-poof-haired source])
MabelTobyAndDipper.png|Mabel, Toby, and Dipper. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/134633422143/arcaneadagio-i-dont-think-this-will-happen-in source])
DipperAlcorAndPacifica.jpg|Alcor acting charming toward Pacifica while Dipper looks on in frustration. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/128683440793/rei-drome-some-art-for-the-tau-specifically source])
DipAlBearo.png|Dipper and Alcor both cowering from Bear-O. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/114960935448/soar207 source])
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Arcs]]

Dipper Pines

2025-02-28T04:06:01Z

TriangulumEntagulum95: Added a quote from my fanfic series "Alcor the Dreambender In The Multiverse of Madness" that I think apppies to both Dipper and Mabel as well as the stars Alcor and Mizar on several different levels.

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{{CharacterInfobox
|title1=Dipper Pines
|image1=Dipper_Appearance.jpg
|caption1=Dipper, age 20+ on the left, age 12 on the right (source: [https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99204469633/zilleniose-he-doesnt-actually-age-as-demons transcendence-au])
|born=August 31st, 1999<ref name="damvtf">{{GFEpisodeCitation|Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future|618G-218|12 October 2015}}</ref>
Piedmont, California, US
|died=The end of the universe
|height=5'8"-5'10"<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: How tall is Dipper?...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/147346296515/how-tall-is-dipper-like-without-changing-just}}</ref>
|species=Demon
Human (formerly)
|alias=
* Mason Pines (given name)
* Alcor the Dreambender
* [[List of titles associated with Alcor|Numerous other demon titles]]
* Pine Tree (by Bill)
* Tyrone Evergreen
* Tyrone Pines
* Dipper Sterling
* Dipper Argenta
* Old Man Tyrone
* Sam Pines
|relatives=
[[Mabel Pines]] (twin sister) 
[[Stanley Pines]] (great uncle) 
[[Stanford Pines]] (great uncle) 
[[Henry Pines]] (brother-in-law) 
[[Acacia Pines]] (niece) 
[[Hank Pines]] (nephew) 
[[Willow Pines]] (niece) 
[[Anna Pines]] (mother) 
[[Mark Pines]] (father) 
[[Tobias Pines]] (adopted son) 
[[Maddie Pines]] (adopted daughter) 
[[Lionel Sterling]] (adoptive father) 
[[Belle Sterling]] (adoptive sister) 
[[Naomi Argenta]] (adoptive sister)
}}
[[{{PAGENAME}}]], also known as '''Alcor the Dreambender''', is an SS-rank [[demon]] with the unique ability to manifest in reality without being summoned. He was born human, but was transformed into a demon after killing [[Bill Cipher]]. This event also caused the [[Transcendence]].<ref name="orig post">{{TAUBlogCitation|ok ok I have to get this out...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99202592653/zoey-chu-ok-ok-i-have-to-get-this-out-while-my}}</ref>

Even as a demon, he uses his relationship with [[Mabel Pines|his twin sister]] (among others) to stay grounded in humanity. Despite this, Dipper is widely feared as one of the most vicious and unpredictable demons in existence.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: Since Alcor spends a lot of time around kids...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/103764766992/since-alcor-spends-a-lot-of-time-around-kids-and}}</ref>

== Physical Description ==
During his sister's life, Dipper ages alongside her, keeping himself 1-2 inches taller (although he can change his form). He has wavy brown hair and glowing gold eyes with black scleras. During his early stages of demonhood, he developed sharpened teeth, pointed ears, and wings which sprout from his lower back. He wears a black suit with a top hat, black gloves and black shoes. Over time, he starts to stray away from the triangle theme that was taken from Bill Cipher and moves towards a star motif that fit his own demon alias.

Under certain circumstances, such as intense rage, Dipper can take on an even more demonic form in which the entirety of his body darkens to a black silhouette crisscrossed with golden brickwork lines. He has an object form, which is the shape of a one eyed star with bat wings.

== Personality ==
In many ways, Dipper retains the personality he had when he was a human boy. For a demon, he can be quite caring when it comes to summons regarding children,<ref>{{AO3Citation|Seiya234|Shooting Stars, chapter 71|2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2421911/chapters/7387448}}</ref> and he still enjoys spending time with his sister and her family.

However, Dipper displays a more menacing and morbid side of his personality at times. If pushed too far, may even lose himself to demonic instincts for a time. His personality changes greatly over the course of his immortality, going through periods of more cruel and typical demonic reigns that are always connected with a lack of human interaction. He tendes to be the worst in between Mizar's lifetimes, but reconnecting with her - and others - always brings back his more human side.

Dipper has no interest in romantic or sexual relationships, and identifies as asexual and aromantic. However, he is perfectly capable of platonic love, and forms many close friendships over the centuries.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: Would DipDop ever fall in love?|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/107033164718/would-dipdop-ever-fall-in-love-like-he-would}}</ref><ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|shdw-trash asked: Could it be possible that Dipper has a relationship...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99975769458/could-it-be-possible-that-dipper-has-a}}</ref>

== Powers ==
Dipper had basically all the abilities that Bill had, such as summoning blue flames on a whim, entering people's dreams, and possessing a limited form of omniscience. However, in general, he was much stronger, solely due to the fact that he was once human and retains a natural affinity for the physical plane. For example, most binding circles that should restrain even the most powerful of demons could be easily broken by Dipper. As a demon, he had the Sight and was an Empath, like Willow. Additionally, unlike most normal demons, after around a century he gained the power to maintain a corporeal form whenever he chose.

Eventually, he gained the means to travel between worlds and dimensions, but he prefers to use it as little as possible. This is partially because the energy toll is immense. Dimension hopping risks hurting not only himself but also the fabric of space-time. Additionally, he worries that, after dimension hopping, he'd become attached to people living in that world and leave the [[soul]]s of his loved ones behind in his home universe.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: Transdimensional Arc: In a universe where his existence is barely known...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/112563135633/transdimensional-arc-in-a-universe-where-his}}</ref> The [[Transdimensional Arc]] is one of the few times he breaks this rule.

Though he originally inherited the powers of a typical dream demon, Dipper quickly evolved to encompass just about any demonic talent. This stemmed from his power of dreams, that were now brought into reality due to his affinity for the physical realm. He still had his strong and weak points, however, and was generally affected more by things specifically made to target dream demons.

His overall raw power continued to build over the centuries, until he reached the point where he could no longer be considered a demon, but a god. It continued to grow exponentially from there, reaching and exceeding truly apocalyptic levels. Unfortunately, it came with the side effect of not allowing him to safely interact with the physical world like he used to.

Along with his powers, Dipper inherited a [[The Flock|flock of demon sheep]] as his familiars.

He can use images of stars as peepholes, allowing him to see what's going on around the world regardless of his current location.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation| psssssst |https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/115448946303/psssssst-dipper-can-do-the-same-thing-with-stars}}</ref>

=== Summoning ===
[[File:AlcorSummoningCircle.png|thumb|Dipper's summoning circle. ([https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/109639531603/a-possible-summoning-circle-design-once-again-hd source])]]
Like other demons, Dipper can be summoned to the physical plane using a summoning circle and an incantation. He is said to have a number of circles that he gives out for different purposes, and he can tell which circle is being used when he is summoned. For instance, he has a circle specifically for his family's use so that he can be sure to always answer summons from his family and not send them to the [[answering machine]].<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|melodymuns-deactivated20190619 asked: Is Alcor able to tell the quality of a summon before he answers it?...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/104911568768/is-alcor-able-to-tell-the-quality-of-a-summon}}</ref> He also is able to be summoned using Bill Cipher's zodiac circle, and this is the most frequent way he was summoned in the early years after the Transcendence before he had developed his own circle.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: HC: dipper, for a little while after the transcendence...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/104226437608/hc-dipper-for-a-little-while-after-the}}</ref>

The symbols on Dipper's most commonly used circle (pictured to the right) represent people who are important to him, for better or for worse. Starting from the left and going clockwise:
* Shooting Star - [[Mabel Pines]]
* Crescent - [[Stanley Pines]]
* Eye of Providence - [[Bill Cipher]]
* Pine Tree - Dipper himself, before the Transcendence
* Axe - [[Henry Pines]]
* Fire - [[Willow Pines]]<ref name="tripsym">{{TAUBlogCitation|Anonymous asked: What is meaning behind the triplets symbols?|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/150721207867/what-is-meaning-behind-the-triplets-symbols}}</ref>
* Moon - [[Hank Pines]]<ref name="tripsym"/>
* Cross - [[Acacia Pines]]<ref name="tripsym"/>

He also has a number of summoning incantations:
* "''Stella splendida, te invoco. Te invoco ut facias voluntatem meam. Dico nomen tuum: Alcor!''"<ref>{{TumblrCitation|drops-of-gravity|On Latin and Alcor's Invocation|https://drops-of-gravity.tumblr.com/post/99686838096/on-latin-and-alcors-invocation}}</ref>
* "''Stella splendida, vos invoco. Vos invoco ut faciatis voluntatem meam. Dico nomen vestrum: Alcor!''" (less informal version of above)
* "''From the depths of hell, by the power of all that is unholy, I call upon the Twin Star, warper of reality and bringer of chaos, Alcor!''"<ref>{{AO3Citation|StarlightSystem|Pining Away|2019|https://archiveofourown.org/works/18976567}}</ref>
* "''Nos accersire te in domum istam, in sanguine, in flamma, et in nomine tuo. Alcor, dominus spes, te rogamus, succurre!''"<ref>{{FicCitation|callmegallifreya|Hopes and Dreams|2015|Tumblr|https://callmegallifreya.tumblr.com/post/111034043665/hopes-and-dreams}}</ref>
* "''Nescio quid ego faciens!''" ("I do not know what I am doing")<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|callmegallifreya asked: Demon circles and invocations get more complex...|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/111135712023/demon-circles-and-invocations-get-more-complex-as}}</ref>
* "''O Astre Somniatorum, O tutella nostra noctu, vos complectimus. Bestiam alligatam et lumen refulgum sit. Comis et aecus, pollens et luculentus estis. Vestri sumus. Nostri estis. Cors vos complectet.''" (used by the [[Circle of the Dreamer's Star]])<ref>{{AO3Citation|dementor_ssc|So Your Best Friend Is A Demon, chapter 9: The Little Things|2016|https://archiveofourown.org/works/7167431/chapters/18445144}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Pre-Transcendence ===
Before the Transcendence, Dipper was a normal human boy with a love for uncovering secrets. Spending the summer with his twin sister at their Great Uncle Stan's house in [[Gravity Falls]], the two spent the summer solving mysteries and uncovered something far beyond their own ability to understand.

=== Post-Transcendence ===
After the Transcendence, Dipper became the [[demon]] Alcor, having absorbed Bill Cipher's remaining energy into him. At first, only Mabel could see him, but as his power grew, more people could view him without a physical form. With his powers over dreams and the Mindscape, he becomes the focus of cults and summons from people all over the world.

After many a millennium, he achieves god-like powers.

After the universe is dead and devoid of life, he would create it anew. His [[The Flock|flock]] would become the new demons and [[angel|angels]], and he would re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

== Relationships ==

=== [[Mabel Pines - Mizar|Mabel Pines]] ===
Despite his change from human to demon, Dipper and Mabel are closer than ever. Before he gained enough power to manifest in the physical plane, Mabel was the only person who could see him. She refused to pretend her brother wasn't there, and ignored any fear or ridicule she received for it. During Dipper's demonic episodes and info-dumps, it's usually Mabel who successfully brings him back to sanity. Even though he's no longer human, Mabel never treats her twin any differentl, while serving as the anchor that holds Dipper to sanity.

=== [[Stanley Pines]] ===
Stanley is his great-uncle. Dipper and his sister spent the summer at Stanley's home in [[Gravity Falls]]. They temporarily move back to Piedmont after the Transcendence, but end up living with him at the [[Mystery Shack]] permanently.

=== [[Stanford Pines]] ===
Stanford is initially distrustful of Dipper due to his demonic nature. However, he jumps at the opportunity to learn more about the supernatural through his grand-nephew. While Dipper has mixed feelings about being treated as a lab-rat, he's eager to please his long time idol.

=== [[Henry Pines]] ===
Henry is Mabel's husband, and therefore Dipper's brother in law. They are very close, calling each other "brother" and being prime confidants. Henry, upon meeting the twins for the first time, didn't bat an eye at being introduced to what appeared to be empty air.<ref>{{AO3Citation|Seiya234|Meat Cute|7 October 2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2416994/chapters/5346530}}</ref> Because of his acceptance of Dipper, both twins liked him immediately.

=== [[Acacia Pines]] ===
Dipper loves her as if she were his own daughter. He cares for Acacia a great deal and is often worried about her being so reckless, especially around demons. She was attacked and lost an eye in her twenties, and Dipper feels guilty for not preventing this.

=== [[Willow Pines]] ===
=== [[Hank Pines]] ===

=== Gideon Gleeful ===
Dipper and Gideon maintain their antagonistic relationship to an extent during Dipper's early years as Alcor, although to a lesser degree because of Dipper's new found powers. Gideon's main appearance after the Trancendence was when he kidnapped the Pines Family and tries to torture, bind and even crucify Alcor. After Gideon's inevitable death later on, Dipper eventually loses his grudge over the events and doesn't really interfere with subsequent reincarnations.

=== [[Bill Cipher]] ===
The reason why Dipper is a demon, Alcor could be the only entity who hates Bill Cipher more than even Stanford Pines. After the absorption of Bill's power, Dipper is sometimes seen destroying the Bill Ciphers of other universe and ending their Weirdmaggedons, as well as freaking out when he has similar looks to Bill and "Bill-thoughts" such as the classic "''pain is hilarious".''

=== [[Cassandra Locklear]] ===
Dipper treats Cassie much like he treated his siblings while she's young. As she gets older, she continues to stay very close friends with him, often going on impromptu ice cream runs with him in the dead of night.

=== [[Malala]] ===
Malala is a young girl of Middle Eastern descent whom, long after Mabel's death, helps repair Dipper's old sweaters.

=== [[Tobias Pines]] ===
Dipper hates Bill and his [[Souls|soul]] for ruining various things, such as the events during the Transcendence that caused him to become a demon, and the Ian incident. At first Dipper doesn't like Toby, and just wants to enjoy watching karma do its work. However, after watching Toby for a while, he starts to feel sorry for him and takes him in. He tells himself that he is taking care of Toby and spoiling him to make sure that Toby doesn't start acting like Bill, but he actually genuinely cares about Toby (although he won't admit it). He later on even allows him to take care of Maddie, one of Mabel's reincarnations, which demonstrates just how much he really trusts Toby.

When they first meet, Toby is scared of Alcor, and expresses guilt for what he did in his past lives. Eventually Toby grows to love Dipper, and knows Dipper truly cares for him.

=== Mark and Anna Pines ===
[[Mark Pines|Mark]] and [[Anna Pines]] are Dipper's parents. Ever since his transformation into a demon, their relationship has tended to be awkward at best. Despite this, Dipper still cares about his parents, and they still care about him.

=== [[Belle Sterling]] ===
A Mabel reincarnation and Dipper's later adoptive sister.

=== [[Lionel Sterling]] ===
Long after the death of Mabel, Dipper would find something in Lionel that could never quite find Mark or Anna- a parent that truly, and completely accepted him for what he was, and was willing to treat him as Dipper. Nothing more or less.

=== [[Pacifica Northwest]] ===
Their relationship is of a teasing, somewhat antagonistic nature, but bears a tangible undercurrent of good humor, on Alcor's part. Pacifica secretly likes Dipper more than she lets on.

=== [[Wendy Corduroy]] ===
Though he's gotten over his childhood crush on her, they remain good friends. Having known Dipper and Mabel pre-transcendence, she was there to support him after his transformation, even if she couln't see him most of the time like Mabel could. Over the years, their friendship would only grow stronger, until her death. Things got more complex there.

== Trivia ==
* He hates [[Twin Souls]] with a burning passion. People (mostly Mabel) often tease him because of this. He's known for overreacting to being teased this way, but in reality these jokes are done with his consent.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|On Twin Souls, Dipnip, and Consent|http://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/130239576293/on-twin-souls-dipnip-and-consent}}</ref>
* [[Yggdrasil]] root (informally known as 'dipnip') causes him to act like a cat.
* His sanity is under a lot of question, especially in later years and in-between Mizar reincarnations.
* In some cases, he is known to possess a cane sword.
* He plays the violin, and very well too. It is unknown if he still plays the tuba.
* He taught himself archery so that he can call himself an "aro ace arrow ace".<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|lunateluminosity asked: Hc: since Dipper is a huge nerd|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/107184260288/hc-since-dipper-is-a-huge-nerd-he-teaches}}</ref>
* He sometimes wears a short ponytail.
* Dreamcatchers stick to him like flypaper, like all dream demons.
* He has an object form; a star.
* The triplets have tried to use him as the star on top of the Christmas tree.<ref>{{AO3Citation|Seiya234|Shooting Stars, Chapter 33|2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2421911/chapters/6093515}}</ref>

* Dipper sometimes leaves behind a faint scent of pine trees when he teleports away. <ref>{{AO3Citation|MaryPSue|Reincarnation Blues|2015|https://archiveofourown.org/works/3621903/chapters/7996044}}</ref>
* His favorite flavor of ice cream is a tie between "the souls of the damned" and butter pecan.<ref>{{TAUBlogCitation|theitalianscribe: When was the first time Henry called Stan Grunkle?|https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/155833896838/seiya234-theitalianscribe-when-was-the-first}}</ref>
* Dipper has taught demonology at least twice under the name "Tyrone Evergreen,"<ref>{{AO3Citation|Lady_Phenyx|Tales of a Dreambender, chapter 87: What In The World Is Professor Evergreen?|2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2709113/chapters/20661121}}</ref><ref>{{AO3Citation|Feneris|Demonology 101|2016|https://archiveofourown.org/works/8170271}}</ref> and earned a degree in the same field under the same name.<ref>{{AO3Citation|dementor_ssc|So You Want To Be A Demonologist|2016|https://archiveofourown.org/works/6630457/chapters/15171121}}</ref>
* Dipper strongly dislikes [[Cat|cats]],<ref>{{AO3Citation|Seiya234|Shooting Stars, chapter 247|2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2421911/chapters/21192989}}</ref> and they will often stare at him for hours on end.<ref>{{AO3Citation|Seiya234|Shooting Stars, chapter 284|2014|https://archiveofourown.org/works/2421911/chapters/31692444}}</ref>
* When talking to people about Mizar, Dipper often uses the quote "The candle that shines twice as bright burns half as long," a quote that applies to both him and Mabel, as well as the stars they use for their alliases, on several different levels.

== [[Gallery: Alcor|Gallery]] ==

== See also ==
* {{CanonSubjectLink}}
* [[:Category:Dipper reincarnations|List of known reincarnations]]
* [[List of titles associated with Alcor]]

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