Gravity falls gay cops

Disney's Gravity Falls wrapped its final episode and confirmed what many fans had long suspected: that characters Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durand are gay. Alex Hirsch wanted to add a gay couple (and trans rep) and Disney continuously shot him down. They finally relented, but said it could only be the two cops. Hirsch was really on the fence, because sure it would be representation. But if the only representation was this pair of bumbling police officers, was it more detrimental than good?.

In " The Deep End," Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland appear at the Gravity Falls Pool. When Durland puts sunscreen on Blubs' back, Wendy tosses a rescue buoy at the two cops, which scares them and prevents them from moving. Gravity Falls, which ran on the Disney Channel from to , features two male cops, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland, who heavily hint throughout the series at a potentially romantic.

Gravity Falls is not without representation, as there is a canonically gay police officer. However, a previous statement from Hirsch said he had intended for more LGBTQ+ representation but was forbidden from including it by Disney. Disney's Gravity Falls presented a universe seemingly filled with queer characters, even though few were explicitly labeled as such. Even 10 years after the Disney series aired, the topic is still discussed.

As newer and more openly queer cartoons air, such as The Owl House , fans are even more eager to dive into what could've been in Gravity Falls. Two of the most heavily queer-coded characters were Dipper and Wendy. Regular viewers questioned if Dipper was transgender, due to a multitude of factors seen throughout the show. Gravity Falls also portrayed Wendy in a fashion that had many fans wondering whether she was heterosexual.

Queer-coded characters, while not openly or canonically stated as gay or transgender, help generations of kids figure out their own sexuality. We updated this article to add more to this lively discussion and add details about Gravity Falls that suggest a queer-coded reading of several characters, including Mabel's possible bisexuality. Most characters in Gravity Falls seem simple-minded, but there are some truly clever minds in this strange town.

Some Gravity Falls viewers interpret Dipper Pines as a transgender boy. Dipper and his sister Mabel, two of the greatest cartoon siblings ever , appeared to be identical twins. If that were the case, it backs up the theory that the two were assigned the same gender at birth. However, this evidence is thin in comparison to other hints throughout Gravity Falls that Dipper was transmasculine.

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The show focused on Dipper's relationship with masculinity in several different episodes. Gravity Falls Season 1, Episode 6, "Dipper vs. Manliness," grappled explicitly with Dipper's quest to appear more like the cisheteronormative, binary ideal of a man — as taught by the mythical "manotaurs. That is a pressure many transgender men feel to pass as men in society.

By the end of the episode, Dipper realizes there is no right way to "be a man. Audience members also often point to Dipper wearing a T-shirt to the pool, which is an action also common for AFAB people who want to hide their chests.

Further, he used a nickname throughout the show instead of his legal name. This suggested Dipper relied on a chosen name rather than letting the Gravity Falls community deadname him. Even if Dipper isn't canonically transgender, he's queer-coded. This means people with queer experiences can read him as part of the LGBTQ community because he goes through similar experiences as those a transgender man would. A lot of the time, people believe the default setting for characters is cisgender and heterosexual, which shouldn't be the case.

Unless stated otherwise, people can and will mirror themselves in Dipper's experiences, which makes his character's portrayal incredibly positive, even if there is no confirmation of his gender identity. Gravity Falls is full of so many unique and zany characters that sometimes a few fall through the cracks.

Wendy Corduroy — Mystery Shack employee and ax-wielder — is another Gravity Falls character frequently read as queer-coded. Although Wendy dated boys on the show, that hasn't prevented fans from viewing her as bisexual, pansexual, or even lesbian. Many are quick to point out that Wendy was young, so experimenting with boys could have been a stage. Not only that, compulsive heterosexuality leads many Sapphic women to misinterpret their sexuality for years.

Wendy's past relationships don't rule out the possibility of her being a lesbian. When thinking about the lack of clarity on Wendy's sexuality, it's also important to note Disney's notorious attempts to censor Gravity Falls.