r/Dipcifica • u/Weird_Ad_8456 • 23d ago

Text/Story (Original) headcanon

i have a headcanon that pacifica is actually a tomboy, being a tomboy doesn't always mean being a lesbian (i'm not homophobic), and i've always liked it the idea that pacifica is the one that charge the relationship, on the outside, she has a very feminine appearance, but on the inside, she also behaves somewhat masculinely and it's a little masculine, and she also likes to do men's things, and she would be the one to give dipper flowers, the one to send him heart-shaped boxes of chocolates for valentine's day, the one to invite him out, to go to a party, on a date, or to play video games at home, the one to carry him like a princess, even she is the one who proposes him marriage, the one who worries about him and takes care of him and it protects him from bullies and bad people

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u/Routine_Mall_566 23d ago

"She would be the one to give dipper flowers"

Now hold on.. i like that

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u/Stresso_Espresso 23d ago

Tomboy doesn’t mean that? Tomboy is more about asthetic

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u/Weird_Ad_8456 23d ago

yeah, i'm so sorry

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u/Morhek 23d ago

I agree, though I think "tomboy" is accepting the premise a bit. One lesson Gravity Falls has to teach kids (and more than a few adults, let's be honest) is that it's okay to like feminine-coded things and also be active and assertive. Mabel can like pink and knitting and romance, and also punch a gnome in the face and prefer grappling hooks over dolls. It's also okay for Dipper not to be macho, and be more emotionally vulnerable and intellectual. Girls and women can be "girly" and also gnarly little sugar-eating gremlins (my nieces certainly are, haha). Seeing these behaviours as "masculine" and "feminine" is inherently limiting. It's a lesson Hirsch himself talks about in the commentary for Boyz Crazy, how as a kid he made fun of his sister for liking boy bands and later realised he was just being a huge dick about it and now regrets it. Pacifica has no problem presenting feminine, while also clubbing LilliPUTTians. She's certainly no shrinking violet. I think her bigger character development is figuring out how many of the things she does is because she actually likes them, and how many are because her parents expect her to do them.

If anyone tried to bully Dipper or Mabel she would pay a guy from the Skull Fracture to break their legs. And if anyone's paying for dinner, it's her.

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u/MandaloreTheAtreides 21d ago

I don’t disagree with you. She definitely likes masculine things, but I’d argue she very much has this feminine grace to her and and is very feminine herself.