Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25548156-20130814194325/@comment-1674355-20140208061601

Thanks for looking at this Mf99k. We seem to agree that the episode has some mysteries that could be explained better.

Given the shaky nature of Mabel's feelings on the day of the makeover, and that she reluctantly agreed to just one date, I have hard time seeing her doing more to encourage Gideon, like trading sweaters and walking around town with him. And if Gideon managed to steal a sweater from Mabel, wouldn't he put it into a shrine along with his photos, instead of throwing it on a box in his warehouse?

The episode seems ripe for a reinterpretation to me. When you add in the reversed llama symbol on the ring, things start to look fishy. Pacifica? She hates funny animals on sweaters, so it doesn't seem like it could be her. A new character we've never met? Then why the sweater in the mirror in the previous episode, recommended by the evil Larry King head? Why introduce the symbol now at all?

One more thought. I said that someone could have communicated with Mabel, possibly Lebam. What if it was more than that? We see Mabel go off-screen, having decided what she's going to do (but not saying exactly what or when). Enter someone who looks like her on a bicycle, heading out to exactly the right place to save Dipper's life. That person knew to get in close to nab the amulet, exactly how to use it for flight and telekinesis, and exactly how to destroy it. She was confident enough to throw it right at Gideon's feet. So, was it Mabel who saved Dipper, or Lebam?