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1. Regrets, Faded Memories, and the Dangers of Impulsive Wishes by Bookwormgal for sacklunch

   Fandoms: Gravity Falls  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   03 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Bill Cipher/Ford Pines
   • Ford Pines & Stan Pines
   • Bill Cipher & Bill Cipher's Parents
   • Bill Cipher
   • Ford Pines
   • Stan Pines
   • Axolotl (Gravity Falls)
   • Bill Cipher's Mother
   • Bill Cipher's Father
   • Original Non-Human Character(s)
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Book: The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls)
   • Time Wish (Gravity Falls)
   • Euclydia (Gravity Falls)
   • Blind Bill Cipher
   • Medical Trauma
   • Non-Consensual Body Modification
   • Temporary Amnesia
   • Triangle Bill Cipher
   • Bill Cipher Needs a Hug
   • Hurt Bill Cipher
   • Ford Pines Has Issues
   • Paranoid Ford Pines
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Implied/Referenced Sex Work
   • Alien Biology
   • Alien Culture
   • Alien Sex
   • Discrimination
   • Worldbuilding
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Bill Cipher Has Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Flatland References
   • Fantasy Caste System
   • Sexual Content
   • Flashbacks

   Summary

   The moment that Bill Cipher got his hands on a Time Wish, that should have been the moment that he won. His failure with Weirdmageddon wiped away and his victory retroactively established.

   Except that when he had the power to have anything that he desired, an older mistake took priority: Euclydia restored as if it was never destroyed and Bill Cipher back home just as he always wanted.

   After everything that had happened, Ford would not allow Bill to simply run off to a happy ending. When the Axolotl requested that Ford attempt to convince Bill to return to Theraprism for his own good, it was a perfect opportunity to hunt Bill down to destroy him once and for all. It was everything that Bill deserved.

   Except when Ford arrived in Euclydia (with some minor changes to help him blend in), things were not quite as simple as he'd imagined. And the Bill that he found there was very different from the former ruler of the Nightmare Realm and monster that he'd sworn to kill.

   (Based on sacklunch's "Time Wish AU/Do-Over AU")

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