eregyrn-falls-art:Going over the plan carefully. Ford has drawn diagrams.This is an homage to
eregyrn-falls-art:Going over the plan carefully. Ford has drawn diagrams.This is an homage to a fan theory I’ve become really fond of over the years – that the whole cycloptopus incident that cold-opens “Dungeons, Dungeons & More Dungeons” was staged by Ford (and the cycloptopus) as a way for him to interact with and perhaps get on the good side of his family.I can’t take credit for this theory: here (2018) are some posts (2018) from the past (2016) in which people floated the idea or discussed it. (Hubris basement!)Do I think this is what the show intended? Probably not – I have to point to the bit where Dipper falls in and the jar holding the cycloptopus breaks, and when Ford shows up the cycloptopus kind of shrinks back in fear. That doesn’t suggest co-conspirators to me. HOWEVER. Honestly, everything else DOES. For one thing, the show IS clear that “don’t let it taste human flesh!” was a… fib, because Ford is completely unconcerned when it latches onto his face later. For another, even though he zapped it with the gloves and it got burned, a fairly short time later it looks completely normal, so zapping it didn’t seem to have much effect on it. (In this theory, then, in which it volunteers, we have to assume that it didn’t actually mind being zapped that much.)Come to think of it, the idea that Ford planned this WITH the cycloptopus may be a new wrinkle that I’ve introduced. Although this cartoon from 2015 is also suggestive of a non-adversarial cycloptopus.@forduary -- source link
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