Billdip
Bill Cipher/Dipper Pines
The chaotic dream demon Bill Cipher and Dipper Pines, usually depicted in aged-up scenarios exploring their intellectual connection and opposing natures.
What is Billdip?
Billdip is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Bill Cipher and Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls. With over 35,000 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love Billdip
The dynamic between Bill's chaos and Dipper's curiosity creates tension-filled stories exploring knowledge, power, and the allure of the forbidden.
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Imprinting
Completeby PhenixFlare
Most people are born with a name tattooed on their inner wrist, in every written language imaginable; some people are born without. Dipper Pines is born with a small black triangle with a flesh colored dot at the center printed neatly onto his skin, standing out against its dark backdrop like an ope
Cult Catastrophe
Completeby JusticeHawk
A cult kidnaps Dipper and attempts to sacrifice him to a demon. Who turns out to be Bill. Bill of course, finds this hilarious.
Faking It
Completeby BurnerAccount
Dipper's the worst practitioner in his entire family. He's never been great at magic, he's struggling to improve - he doesn't even have a familiar.Maybe it's time to fix that.Dipper makes some mistakes. Based on a prompt from tumblr.
When We Get Married
Completeby LCypherED
“Bill.” Dipper said, and something in his tone made Bill stop with his distracting touches. “Did you marry me without me knowing?” In which Dipper finds himself roped into a surprise marriage, and discovers that although Bill might be master of the mind, he is in no way a master of comm
Two in a Million
Completeby Aevintyri
When Dipper’s soulmark is exposed, revealing the name of the cold-blooded Emperor Cipher, he is brought to the palace to serve the demon tyrant. No one entertains the possibility of the truth— that his soulmate is actually the king’s newborn son, Bill Cipher, who grows up deeply possessive of Dipper
Hands (and Any Other Relevant Appendages) Off
Completeby PhenixFlare
Bill Cipher doesn't like other people touching his things, and someone learns this the hard way; alternately, Dipper has further confirmation that he's dating a homicidal maniac and is surprisingly okay with it.
Incalescence
Completeby llyrical
Dipper just wanted to have a normal college life- well, as normal as one could have it while continuing to research the mysteries of Gravity Falls. He did NOT intend to have to deal with losing all of his work just as he needed it the most. He also did not intend to have a demon be his only chance o
Conspiratheory
by LCypherED
Dipper Pines deals with life, homework, friendships and his increasingly complicated feelings regarding the sulking ex-dream demon living in his closet.As well as the centuries-old mysteries lurking beneath the seemingly tranquil township he calls home, but that's beginning to become par for the cou
He's Mine
Completeby JusticeHawk
"Lovely child." A voice purred from around him. It echoed trough the trees like a sibilant hiss. Shuddering Dipper reached for the little packet of herbs he kept in his coat pocket. It was a varied mixture, but could do mild damage to most creatures. Enough for him to be able to get away hopefully.
pumpkin spice & everything nice
Completeby goldilocked
“Hey,” snaps the girl holding the tome—Chloe, she’s in his Latin class. Her mascaraed-on whiskers crinkle as she scowls at him. “A little privacy here?” Actually, Dipper realizes, they’re all in his Latin class. And all staring right at him. It crosses his mind that he should say something… wi
Always Watching
Completeby BurnerAccount
Bill can't stop staring.Based on the prompt: "Bill experiencing human emotions towards dipper, not knowing how to handle them?"
No Sweeter Innocence Than Our Gentle Sin
Completeby ab2fsycho
Bill Cipher can give Dipper all the knowledge he wants on one condition: he must belong to Bill.
At My God's Feet, I Show My Devotion
Completeby ArceustheOriginalOne
Dipper Pines is selected to be the sacrifice for the God that protects his village, The Golden One Who Walks In Dreams.Dressed in the finest silks and weighed down with more than just gold, he ascends the temple stairs that will take him to the end of his mortal life, his soul destined to forever wa
Out of the Blue
Completeby crispyCh0colate
When Dipper Pines decides that hunting on his own is a good idea he quickly discoveres that not every human is vulnerable to his song. He also finds that pirate ships are full of lunatics and being stuck with the (way too good looking) Captain Bill Cipher will probably drive him to insanity.
Leave It Behind
Completeby rymyanna
Dipper contracts Bill to get rid of his abusive mate, and Bill agrees on the condition that he gets to pilot the body. While playing the role of a mated pair, Dipper gets more involved in Bill's schemes, and with Bill, than he bargained for.
Devil with a Silver Compass
by Biscoote
Some called him a rat. Others, the God of Gold. And some... Well, they were either too kind, or too thankful. God bless them all, wherever they may be. But this was uncharted territory and all business. And business meant he'd be called Captain Cipher. He gazed about the old musk of the town, wooden
Up For Grabs
Completeby JusticeHawk
"You know, you really shouldn't make a habit of making yourself so vulnerable, if you don't wake up soon I really will take you Pine Tree." Bill finds Dipper alone, unconscious and utterly defenseless in the middle of the woods.
Meeting in the Mind
Completeby BurnerAccount
Dipper dreams about Bill more often than any mortal. But most of the time, the Bill he meets is only a creation of his subconcious. A fake Bill. For this, Bill wants to be there in person.
All That Glitters
Completeby orphan_account
Cipher is the best dancer anyone's ever seen, men and women flock from cities around to watch him perform. Bill is the most detached neighbor Dipper's ever known. It's difficult to believe that they're the same person.
Payment in Blood
Completeby SpyroForLife
Dipper and Mabel Pines have always been able to get out of bad situations. But eventually, they get into one so bad that it takes a certain dream demon to rescue them, and his services are not free. And the payment he asks for will change their lives forever.
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What does Billdip mean?
Billdip is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Bill Cipher and Dipper Pines. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
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There are over 35,000 Billdip fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.
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