Atlas AU

I introduce to you my first GF AU I guess??? I've settled on the name "Atlas AU" which is mostly an acronym for "at the last second".

Essentially, it's hinging on the idea of a pretty OOC Bill who's starting to have Second Thoughts once Ford finds out Bill's true intentions, and immediately after Ford is sucked into the portal Bill seeks him out and insists on helping him. He has to rely on Stan alone to rebuild the portal and can pop into his mindscape when he's sleeping or stoned (sometimes can bring Ford if he's meditating but Ford isn't keen on being in the mindscape w Bill at first). It's equal parts Bill and Ford bonding AND Bill and Stan bonding (since they really do have a lot in common in important regards).

Even with Bill's help it takes Stan about ten years to get the portal working and get Ford home, and in that time Bill and Ford have worked through A Lot of their issues. Once Ford is home he and Stan decide to get a boat and go see the world, and since Bill has no real purpose now that his promise to Ford is fulfilled he ends up tagging along with them. They have to upsize the boat to allow for two bedrooms after. uh. It starts getting awkward to all be in a room together every night.

Dipper and Mabel still spend the summer with Stan but instead of it being at the Mystery Shack it's on the Stan 'o War III (and Bill has a human disguise instead of a human form).

btw yes definitely absolutely you can write stuff in this AU I would love it so much