The Demon's apprentice comic is finally here!

Heya,

It's me again!

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As I said in my last post, I've decided to make a comic series with TDA AU.

And today is the big day!

It took me a whole week to make the first episode, but here it is!

Gravity Falls

The Demon's apprentice

Prologue - PART1

Where can I find it?

Since Amino has problem with making images blurry (idk why) and it can only images smaller than 6MB, I've decided to it on Tapas, so that way you can enjoy it with HD quality and (maybe in later episodes) with a soundtrack (that would only works on PC).

I'll make sure to a new post here on Amino every time when I update it.

Link is here:

or just use this one:

https://tapas.io/series/Gravity-Falls---The-demons-apprentice/info

How many parts has Prologue?

The whole Prologue has 3 parts:

PART-1

Where Weirdmageddon is happening and Dipper makes a deal with Bill.

PART-2

When Dipper is coming back to the Mystery Shack.

PART-3

Where Dipper meets his sister and when he begins to tell his life story...

When will be updated the next part?

Probably in a week or two. It's because I work on my big comic project on webtoon so I don't have enough of time to work on both projects at the same time. But since now I this webtoon project once in 2 week, It means that I should be able to TDA AU every other weekend (on SUNDAY). However, that is only when I have my summer break. I'm not sure how much time I would have during a school year. So please be patient if I would not update comic regularly during that time.

What ending it is going to have?

Well, this is a pretty difficult question.

I made a poll for this and it ended up like this:

I personally ship Billdip but I've also noticed that many of you prefer friendly ending since it makes more sence. Also, some of you mentioned that idea is good but characters should have better personality or act less "silly"

(for example, why Stan and Ford didn't try to save Dipper? Why would Bill suddenly stop Weirdmageddon just for Dipper's soul? How Dipper can use magic etc...)

For that, I wanna say that I already have answers for all of that. The only reason why I didn't tell you is that I want it to explain it during a story.

(And I kinda forgot to add this fact to the post. Ooops)

So in the end,

I've decided to make it with a Billdip ending.

However, for those who just want to see fantasy story where Dipper is growing up, learning magic and making fun of Bill, there is about 60% of the whole story for you (till the moment when Dipper slowly turns 19).

I'll make sure to mark it when Billdip starts so you would know where to stop if you don't ship it.

(and I completely understand if you are not a fan of this ship)

I also do not guarantee that I will not change the story in some places. Only time will tell how things will turn out.

Here are some answers to make the story easier to understand and what you should/n't expect:

- It is a grown up romance. Don't expect Billdip till Dipper is 19 (and for Bill starting to feel the same way not until Dipper is already 21)

- I don't really plan it to make it "Stocholm syndrome" kinda romance.

Yes, it starts with Dipper selling his soul to Bill and later becoming his apprentice, but a lot of things happens from that moment. And when the romance slowly happens, Bill do not really thinks about Dipper as his slave or enemy and so Dipper does. They finds out that Bill is more than evil triangle and also for Bill that having a real friend means more to him than be a lonely king of the world. Which also leads to the moment when he takes away the chain, to give Dipper "some of the freedom" he can have. And later letting him go back to his real home.

- It is a slow burning romance with many resisting and problems happening before they both accept the way how they feel.

For Dipper,

In the begining he is angry that he can't be free. Then when he slowly starts to have feeling for Bill, he tries resists it 'cause he knows he is a demon and how he wanted to destroy his world. The fact, how he never let him see his family and how they had a big fight about it (which made Bill to make scars on Dipper's chin (as a warning)). But then he slowly notices how Bill acts differently when nobody is around and the fact that Bill actually regrets some of his mistakes (how he killed his family and his home when he wanted to escape from there).

For Bill,

He hates that he starts to like Dipper (when he's older). Originally he wanted Dipper just for his soul and for his "evil plan", but then things changed and he doesn't know what he really wants. He's confuzed about it and wants it to stop. But on the other hand, he doesn't want to lose Dipper since he's the only one who isn't  affraid of him and actually cares about him. During those 11 years Dipper saved Bill's butt couple of the times (same as Bill did for Dipper). Yes, they had a lot of fights and he lied to Dipper a lot about how "he can't feel feeling" and how "humanity sucks" and "how he doesn't need friends".But the truth is, that he is afraid of feelings 'cause he knows the fact that people he likes would actually die sooner or later. Leaving him lonely again...

So yeah, I don't want to spoil everything. Just making sure you knows how +- story goes.

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Alright, that's all for today.

Next post should be about what kind of dimensions Bill and Dipper should go to visit. I have some ideas and concept art, so look forward to it. If you have any ideas, make sure to write it down in a comment section.

Also I'll be happy to know how much do you like or not EP-1. If it is okay to read and what do you think about the story.

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See ya soon,

Bye!

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