I love Stan's relationship with the kids so much.
GF emphasizes a lot of very real trauma in Stan's past. Everything from child abuse, homelessness, drug abuse, and survival sex work. And the way that meshes with Mabel being this truly genuine depiction of a weird little girl creates something that is very unique to the series.
It's really touching how Mabel just being Mabel heals Stan's inner child and the way he naturally clicks with her. The weird and creative little boy he used to be, before his father's abuse and toxic masculinity beat that joy and optimism out of him.
It's just damn good. It's a really beautiful depiction of an intergenerational relationship. And I haven’t really seen anything else quite like it. Because there’s also Dipper.
There’s this wall between Stan and Dipper that goes beyond his similarities with Ford and its gender.
Dipper is a boy and Stan clearly doesn’t really know how to handle that. He was taught that boys are raised in a very specific way. And like we see how Stan really struggles with his past, the way he talks about the boxing lessons in particular.
Masculinity is so deeply entwined with Stan's pain and it’s something he can’t easily unravel. How is he supposed to be able to criticize his father for 'toughing him up' when he feels like punching things is one of the only things he’s good at? It's fucking sad.
"but he's literally just a triangle" "I cant ship him with a triangle" the challenge is part of the fun! Can you or can you not commit to the bit. Make Bill Cipher do something wretchedly mood-killingly in-character in the middle of your toxic yaoi ship fic, and then make them not even hesitate to continue mashing their faces together. Have Ford wax poetic about the goddamn top hat. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who worships the mr peanut triangle like a god. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who is terrified out of their mind of the mr peanut triangle. The contrast between Bill's personality and the way Ford feels about him is an endlessly entertaining juxtaposition, if you dare to sincerely explore it!
the code is: even his lies are lies
Bill talking about Ford and then having to talk about his parents, who he killed, is really insaneee
Wait the book of bill appearing to Ford first is fucking HILARIOUS actually. Ford literally killed Bill less than a month ago, and Bill's still banking so hard on him getting him out of therapy that the book shows up in Ford's stuff MULTIPLE TIMES. Girl the situationship has been over for thirty years give it up 💀
tfw you realize the mortal you where planning on using and discarding, is a little unhinged actually, and matches your freak so you scrap that plan and start planning to rule the universe together
AKA bill realizes Ford "is just like him fr"
The page in The book of Bill that started this nonesense
commission info here
Transcript of text from the page of TBOB under the cut
Text reads: "Unfased, F has been making hot cocoa and welding rivets while playing christmas songs on the radio. (These songs make no sense. Why did Rudolph forgive his tormentors for their mockery of his facial deformity? He should have used his red-hot nose to burn his oppressor's workshop to the ground. A lesson to all!)"
anyways i need everyone who shamed me back into the shadows in the 2016-2018 era for liking the billford dynamic to say sorry now, k thanks <3<3
it's hot billford summer now
some more deleted scenes of them. "look who is back! my old partner!"
then bill just... holding ford in order to calm down damn pack it up buddy
also i know people talk a lot about obsession on bills part but ford was also obsessed OBSESSED alright
BILL CIPHER GOES TO ZAXBYS AFTER BREAKUP?? (real not fake!!!)
I’m still on your mind…
"You have 72 hours."
Left alone in the consequences of his obsession, he let desperation get hold of his intellect and come up with a plan. For the world. For himself.