>>82711535You know what'll be cool for this AU? If turns out only one person is actually evil, and that's Ford. Everyone else is just a pawn in his game for universal domination, which is achieved in a similar way Bill did, just with the portal.
Reverse Wendy and Soos are actually more or less the same from their regular counterparts, but their jobs force them to act different. RW is forced to be like
>>82699254 and act the part as well, and this AU can have a NMM-esque episode where Gideon sees the real Wendy. Meanwhile Soos is the full-time assistant and that forces him to become secluded and lonely, leading up to
>>82701210 and Reverse Gideon and Pacifica help him get an actual date.
Reverse Dipper and Mabel, while evil, can still be redeemed, with Mabel being significantly harder to do so since it means she would have to ultimately give up her obsession like regular Gideon had to. Meanwhile Ford uses RBill to manipulate everyone due to RBill being weak-willed. RBill ultimately tried to make up for everything he's done by erasing himself and taking Ford down with him, where the kids can actually teach him to be good. Or something like that, I'm just spitballing here.