Reverse BillDip

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**Reverse BillDip** (commonly referred to as **WillDip**) is the pairing between Will Cipher and Dipper Gleeful. The WillDip ship is usually set in Reverse Falls, and Will Cipher is often seen in a humanized design.

## Relationship

The relationship between Will and Dipper Gleeful is initially that of slave and master; since the Gleeful twins often abuse Will, it can further complicate the relationship and its development.

It depends on what webcomic/fanfiction/headcanon one chooses to follow, but it is often said that one of the two have romantic feelings for the other, followed by a confession and eventually both having mutual sentiment. Both of them have trouble expressing their love.

#### Dipper Gleeful

Dipper almost always has trouble expressing his feelings; often he has never had any emotions at all prior to his romantic attraction towards Will. He is usually confused by his newfound desires to be kind to Will, and as a result of his bewilderment gives him extra beatings.

Dipper is used to getting his way and expressing his emotions through violence. But the only emotions he seems to have had before falling for Will are anger, bloodlust, and perhaps sadness. These emotions can be easy to channel through physical and emotional torment to others; however, Dipper cannot express his love through beatings, and after he physically hurts Will he feels bad about it. Sometimes this results in a vicious cycle of him taking his anger and confusion out in Will, but sometimes he realizes that being kind to Will makes him and his lover happy.

In some headcanons, Dipper and Will are already in a relationship, and Dipper is extremely abusive. In these scenarios, it may just be his vicious cycle of emotional confusion (as noted above), but sometimes he is actually evil and does not love Will at all.

In nearly every interpretation of WillDip, Dipper is the dominant personality and gets jealous very easily, even to the point of becoming possessive or abusive. A majority of fan creations do not represent WillDip as being a healthy or balanced relationship. However, it is possible for it to become healthy, and some stories take place only once the two are in a calm, healthy relationship.

#### Will Cipher

Will Cipher also has trouble expressing his love. Usually, he is the first one to develop a crush on his "master". He tries to show his feelings through being kind and obediently doing his best with whatever Dipper asks of him, but when his master does not notice, Will cries.

He is always searching for signs that Dipper loves him back and sometimes misunderstandings spring from ordinarily normal situations. Will is often emotionally devastated after a beating from Dipper and always blames himself for everything.

Since Will is very naive and innocent (also a demon, fairly unacquainted with human habits), Will sometimes does not understand his feelings right away, and is confused by them, or otherwise does not know how to express them and how to maintain a healthy relationship.

Sometimes Will calls Dipper by aliases other than Dipper, which include "Master", "Sir", "Pine Tree", "Mason", and "Burning Tree". Will is usually not allowed to call Dipper anything other than "Master" in his hearing unless commanded otherwise.

### Effects on others

#### Mabel Gleeful

Dipper's sister is usually opposed to Will and Dipper's relationship in one way or another, anywhere from simply complaining that they are annoying to actually hating their love.

When Mabel is truly opposed to their relationship, it is usually out of jealousy, or believing that Dipper is letting Will take advantage of him to become lazy. Sometimes she actively tries to stop them from seeing each other and harms Will more frequently, which usually results in a fight between the twins. Mabel may also feel that she is losing her partner-in-crime, and that Will is making Dipper soft-hearted.

#### Reverse Stanley and Stanford

It varies greatly from fanfiction to fanfiction what Stanford and Stanley's stance is on Will and Dipper's relationship. Often their true opinions are not shown; they range from indifference to outright opposition. Usually, they do not care what Dipper does as long as his evil plans and shows at the Tent of Telepathy are successful. When they are against the relationship, it is usually on the necessity of keeping the slave-and-master relationship, or, like Mabel, feeling that Dipper is changing without them.

#### Pacifica Southeast

Pacifica Southeast's opinion on WillDip is unsure, but often it is viewed that she acts like Mabel Pines would in the event of BillDip: turning everything into a scrapbook moment and/or generally being supportive. If in the same headcanon Pacifica has a crush on Dipper, she usually is hurt and disappointed, but does not take any revenge on Dipper's lover.

Sometimes, Pacifica appears as a friend, mentor and love advisor to Will, giving him advice on how to get and be in a relationship. In these circumstances, she has a positive outlook and is very supportive of WillDip. Other times, she has the opposite role, playing guru to Dipper Gleeful instead. Occasionally she is both, and is unaware that she is controlling both sides of the relationship.

#### Gideon Pines

Gideon Pines usually does not have any opinion on WillDip; he often is only aware of it because of Pacifica. He is suspicious of both boys, one being a demon and the other being Dipper Gleeful.

#### Reverse Soos

Being the Gleefuls' butler/bodyguard in some headcanons, Soos sees both Dipper and Will regularly. Sometimes he is also a mentor on love to Will, but because of his reversed personality Soos is usually standoffish and does not express his opinion or if he notices the relationship at all.

#### Bill Cipher

In some fanfictions, Bill Cipher becomes involved with the Gleeful twins and his reverse counterpart. Bill is usually suspicious of Will's relationship with his "Reverse Pine Tree" or "Gideon Wannabe". Sometimes he comes to terms with it, but often Bill is slightly disgusted at seeing Will, a demon, subit so willingly to a human (albeit one with supernatural abilities, due to the magic amulet). As a being of chaos, sometimes Bill attempts to sabotage the relationship or run rings around the two, especially if it is being hidden from other characters. It must be noted, though, that Bill's involvement in the Reverse Falls AU is rare.

#### Townspeople of Reverse Falls

The townspeople of Reverse Falls usually hold the Gleeful twins in high regard and sometimes are not even aware of who Will really is. Their reaction to WillDip can be from surprise to claiming that it is socially unacceptable to fall in love with one's servant. Often, though, the residents of Reverse Falls are so in awe of the Gleefuls they will agree with everything they say.