It was believed to have been a leaked screenshot from an upcoming episode However, after the premiere of society of the blind eye, it became known that the image was not only fake, but fabricated by series creator alex hirsch himself to fool fans. Alex and the gravity falls crew drew up a fake screenshot of mcgucket writing the journals and leaked it online towards the end of season 1, causing a majority of the fandom to believe he was the author up until society of the blind eye More info on its wiki article. Series creator alex hirsch, who also voices stan in the gravity falls cast, drew a fake animation frame which showed a younger version of one of the show's minor characters, old man mcgucket, writing in the journals Next, the series staged a fake leak.
10 years ago, alex hirsch revealed on twitter that an image leaked online a year earlier of old man mcgucket writing journal 3 was in fact fake and that he was behind it. Of course, we know now that the op was alex hirsch and not too long after posting it, he deleted the post to help make the leak seem more authentic The image of course spread, but as far as i've been able to see, no screenshots of the post on 4chan still exist or at least are not easily found. In 2012, the creator of gravity falls, alex hirsch, made an anonymous fake leak of his own show to throw off fan theories about a new season He noticed fans correctly guessed the true author of the mystery journal To keep the anonymity, alex and the gravity falls crew drew up a fake screenshot of a different character, mcgucket, writing the.
Showrunner alex hirsch made a fake drawing that featured a younger version of old man mcgucket writing in the journals and leaked it on social media Then he reposted the picture to his own account, hinting that he was angry about the reveal right now. The fake leak old man mcgucket was speculated to be the author due to a leaked image of a younger him writing the journal, however, this episode disproves that theory It was also revealed that the leaked image was actually a fake created by alex hirsch to fool the viewers. The fandom is just so connected and united on stuff like this that alex hirsch and the gf crew had to throw a fake leak out to buy some time given fans were close to figuring it out You just don't see that same level of dedication with other fandoms
Gravity falls fans were just so dedicated to the show that it's really something special.
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