This post will include spoilers for "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future".
A link to my predictions post
On Monday night, the episode "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future" aired and proved to be well-worth its anticipation. This game-changing episode saw the conflict of growing up between Dipper and Mabel as they learned what their futures had in store for them. Dipper has the chance to become Ford's apprentice and Mabel is downtrodden at learning Dipper's plans and the reality of high school. The big part of this episode happens at the end (video in post), when Blendin Blandin returns to make a deal with Mabel; the rift in the portal for a time bubble that will prevent summer from ending. Mabel agrees, and Blendin reveals himself to be Bill Cipher, who then smashes the containment orb, opening the rift between his world and reality and unleashing the monsters from his.
This episode is absolutely phenomenal. It starts out very goofy as the twins plan their upcoming 13th party, but turns to sadness quickly when Mabel learns what her future will be like, leading her to have one of the worst days ever. In contrast, Dipper has an amazing day traveling with Ford to investigate the UFO landing from long ago, and entering into the UFO, which has been underneath Gravity Falls the whole time. He later saves Ford's life, proving himself to be a worthy candidate for Ford's successor, which he accepts. Mabel, after learning this, runs away and encounters Blendin Blandin, which sets off the aforementioned ending. This ending blew my mind and changed the world of Gravity Falls forever. It is the episode so far that has showed the fine line Dipper and Mabel's relationship dances on, and has strained their relationship the most. It got to the point where they were arguing and yelling at each other, which hasn't happened before this episode. I'm not sure if they will be able to resolve this conflict, like they have before.
Another scene worth noting is the credits scene. It shows Dipper and Mabel's birthday invitation blowing on the ground, with screams, sirens, and other apocalypse-themed sounds. It then blows away. I believe this to be very symbolical of Dipper and Mabel's relationship, or perhaps just Mabel herself. Since this invitation is for both of their birthdays (they are twins), it could mean that they will separate in the upcoming episode, or even worse, Mabel could die. We have gotten multiple hints that this might happen. One of the show's cryptograms stated that a 'shooting star will fall', and Mabel's symbol is the shooting star. [Alex] Hirsch, the creator, has stated a character will die, and that hasn't happened yet. Finally, since Mabel was the main advocate for their birthday, and since she was knocked out by Bill, it is very probable she won't survive the next episode. The invitation blowing away could be foreshadowing to this. In terms of my previous predictions, I was right about two things; that Blendin Blandin will return, and that Bill will unleash his master plan.
Nothing is ever for sure in Gravity Falls, but the next episode looks like it will be a big one, and we do know that nothing will be the same in Gravity Falls ever again.
video used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW33-zLcx9c
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