mr. and mrs. pines let their 12 year old children take a bus to a completely different state…. alone.
mr. and mrs. pines expected their kids to ride on the same bus, alone, back home.
in gideon rises, stan had to have warned mr. and mrs. pines that their kids were coming home because he couldn’t care for them – but how did he explain everything ending okay? and, more importantly, why did the pines parents continue to trust stan’s quality of care?
they leave their kids in oregon the whole summer. if oregon was on the other side of the country, i could understand it, but it’s not that far away – a two week visit is sensible, but a whole summer? what good parent would let their kids go for a whole summer?
alex has addressed the fact that the pines parents don’t call often, so it’s not just something that happens offscreen and they don’t include it for time purposes. they really don’t call.
in scary-oke, mabel says that dipper and stan are her favorite people in the whole wide world. dipper is understandable, but how is stan more important to her after half a summer than her parents after 12 years?
neither dipper or mabel respect stan’s authority that much, and dipper lies to him without much problem – nevermind the fact that stan’s trying to protect him.
neither dipper and mabel find anything wrong with running all over the town and rarely telling stan where they’re going. stan is definitely not the best caretaker, but dipper and mabel seem used to it from an early point in the series.
dipper and mabel cling to each other, and they’ve been shown to do this throughout their whole lives – which. it gives them a powerful relationship, but have they ever been able to rely on their parents?
mabel is frequently ingesting toxic substances – yeah, craft glitter is toxic, and those plastic dinosaurs in her mabel juice? if left in there for long enough, they’ll start leaking chemicals. that’s why water has an expiration date – because plastic isn’t safe after a certain period of time, and you most certainly should not put plastic in your drinks. and that’s not even talking about the choking hazard. and bedazzling your face? eating ice cream off of the floor? none of that stuff is safe.
dipper runs fast and loose too, and has no real problem getting into extremely dangerous situations. jfc parenting 101 is, “teach your kids to stay out of danger and not eat toxic substances.” these are the basics.
dipper questions whether his family loves him, when family is supposed to be the go-to love machine for kids: you’re supposed to know that your family loves you. dipper doesn’t. and he’s too young to think that way already.
mabel has insecurities over not being as book-smart as dipper, and in the guide, dipper refers to tests and school as a really stressful thing, so i’m led to believe that there’s a lot of weight put on intelligence in the pines household.
keep in mind that i’m measuring these to what i personally know, and that everyone’s different, but this is what stood out to me as strange. but i really don’t think highly of mr. and mrs. pines.
Artist friends, let me just tell you a thing. FUCK Wacom. Fuck Wacom and their planned obsolescence, fuck Wacom and their broken drivers, fuck Wacom and their over-priced tablets. For years we’ve dealt with them with no alternatives but let me tell you a thing.
I recently found out my Intuos 4′s Pen had broken and rather than spend £60-89 for a new one I decided to get a new tablet. Now, I could get the new “Intuos” (which is just the re-branded Bamboo) and i was going to until I found this beast.
This is the Huion
H610, it has almost twice the drawing space of the low-end Intuos and double the pressure levels. The one and only negative is that the pen requires a battery.
Not only that, it is larger than my Intuos 4 which I paid £150 for back in the day. Know how much this cost? £55. The same as the basic Intuos.
I am in LOVE with this thing. Let’s compare this with the lowest of the low end Wacom Intuos line.
Intuos Huion
Active Area: 6 by 3.7 in 10" x 6.25"
Pressure Levels:
1024 2048
Hard Input Res: 2540 LPI 4000 LPI
Express Keys:
4 8
Not to mention the Intuos is HIDEOUS with buttons that are in incredibly awkward places.
The fact that a £55 matches and exceeds the £150 Intuos 4 I bought years ago speaks worlds. And do you know what the very final nail in the coffin is?
THE DRIVERS. ACTUALLY. WORK.
It’s time Wacom had some real competition in the market, if you’re looking for a new tablet please consider a Huion over a Wacom. I used to be a Wacom fanboy too but now?
All I can find is good reviews on this thing and people doing the same thing I am doing, trying to convince people it’s worth it. So… You have the information, use it as you will.
I have the H610 S and works like a dream! Outside of some minor issues that my own had with firealpaca (which was probably me installing the drivers wrong) it has been perfect!
I’m glad other people have had problems with Wacom cause I felt like maybe it was just me???? I’ve been through two of their tablets… just stop working no reason at all . The drivers really don’t work to fix them either. Whenever I express that ppl say they have just had wonderful experiences so , … I have monoprice and a Huion pen and it’s 👌🏽👌🏽💯💯
This is actually the exact drawing tablet I bought. I had an old wacom tablet that just… sucked. everything about it sucked. But the H610… Oh man it’s beautiful. a pleasure to work with.
I use wacom and theyve been very good to me whereas offbrands have not! Might just be my luck tho, intuos wacom stuffs always been absolutely amazing lol D: i love my cintiq too aaaaa perfect size, not too big for my limited desk space
BUT GOOD INFO FOR PEEPS WHO HVE A BAD TIME ™ WITH WACOM
Story time and a BEWARE on Huion/monoprice/ugee/whatever else. They are all the same tablets being sold under different names but all made by a company called UC Logic and they fucking suuuuuuck for customer service, drivers, and replacements.
So, if your Monoprice pen gives out (As it does because UC Logic sorta went under? As in all help from them is unattainable) you can’t just get a Huion pen because it’s the same. And it IS the same exact pen. But it won’t work. Why? Because UC programmed it not to. Monoprice replacement pens for the SAME EXACT tablet don’t exist anymore. Break/lose a pen? you’re FUCKED with a huge tablet that is literal TRASH.
Next is the drivers: I know for a fact that monoprice/huion drivers don’t update. Like… at all. In fact, the last update from UC Logic (the makers of the tablets being sold) haven’t updated the drivers since 2013 and the companies selling the tablets don’t know how to help you. They straight up just sell you slabs and then shrug at you at best if you have ANY issues.
Next: The SCREEN TABLETS. Never buy a screen tablet from no-name brands like Huion/Monoprice/Ugee. The “warranty” isn’t real, the visibilty causes headaches, eye-strains, are the screens are glass which means they are slippery, reflective, and are not true-color. They also, not surprisingly, don’t have replacement pieces that work!
I’m serious, I made the mistake of being a fan of monoprice/huion when they FIRST started, but they are total scams now who don’t know the product they’re selling because they don’t actually MAKE it. They just hand it off. They non-screen tablets are okay for beginners, but do not sink your money.
Wacom has real warranties, the staff is a little hard to reach but can actually fix your issues, they are sponsored by state-owned schools and (therefore) have a responsibility to help you or face legal action. Huion does not, they can scam you and laugh as you struggle with the sink in money you have.
Again, was a big fan of monoprice/UC Logic, then UC logic vanished, Monoprice didn’t have the pieces I need, now I have a $400 piece of SHIT sitting in my closet and I’m running to Wacom. My bamboo fun has lasted me about 7 years now and it’s still going strong.
I just bought a new Wacom tablet for around $70 but I was seriously considering going with a different brand since I had so many connective issues with my old bamboo tablet 😩
I guess it just goes to show that you really really gotta do your research when it comes to tablets before buying them. I’ve thought about switching to ugee because of the price of Wacom, but the company has never done me wrong aside from that. The cintiq drivers are wonky sometimes but can be fixed a few different ways, and before my Cintiq13HD I had an Intuos5 touch and a Bamboo Pen and Touch that lasted me years. Seriously, I used them until the surfaces were reflective with wear and they still worked fine. I’m gonna play Wacom’s advocate here but I sit at my computer drawing for usually about 14-15 hours during the week and my cintiq has ever given me a headache, never worn down, and never had driver problems aside from the initial pc boot up. Pen has lasted me two years without fail, too. If you’re going to try other brands, be sure that you get it from a website that has a return policy just to be safe, and never settle for anything even mildly uncomfortable to use if you’re going to use it a lot. especially with screen display tablets. If you can, see if you can get a first hand review from an artist who owns the tablet and uses it freqently.
Firstly, thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Okay. Now, I’m gonna be honest with you here. $100 is tempting the fuck outta me, and I will probably dig all around that master file for the ending/ just drop what’s already written up. Like if this money magically appeared in my paypal, I’ll probably be spending the next few days compiling all the half written shiz we’ve done for post-main story (sprucing it up, adding things where need be, yadada).
But it wouldn’t be like…a full proper write up? There’ll be time skips, and things of that nature. If you’re down with that, then okay. If not, that’s totes mcgoats too.
why is it always media that tries to be open and inclusive like steven universe, overwatch, dream daddy, that have the worst fanbases that run around telling eachother to kill themselves over inaccurate fanart and headcanon disputes
Because they try to be progressive and sadly the majority (or at least a very very loud minority) of the “progressive” people are the most toxic and “hungry” people out there.
It’s impossible to satisfy them, nothing is “progressive” enough.
You give them an inch and they’ll rip your arm off and take a mile.
This is partly why most artists, producers, directors, etc, are so reluctant to make more progressive content. No matter what they do, they’ll receive colossal backlash, so they just stick to what they know, the safe route.
Ironic really, that those that demand progressiveness are inadvertently stunting it.
Hey if this post offends you you’re probably part of the problem
So a coworker of mine saw me working on the newest chapter of my Weirdmageddon AU and he asked me what it was. I said “Gravity Falls fanficfion” and he asked me if it was NSFW. And I told him hopefully sometime down the line. I told him it wasn’t anything he wanted to be reading. And he nodded and looked at it and asked if it was Dipper and Mabel.
So I was floored at this point and I said “You like Pinecest??” And he said “yes”.
So I have a good coworker who does his job well and enjoys the twins being cesty as fuck alskdh
(Also yeah, lmao, I’m working on the next chapter of the weirdmageddon AU, praise @edward-or-ford for that one. ♡)
Cute story of discovering Pinecest friends aside … Yes! Yas is writing again!
Panpacificpines 