Roland and Baileywick’s unimpressed expressions while Cedric is excited that he got his spell right.
i'm so sad you ship billford.... im not gonna lecture you i just. sighs. i love your art so much this is really upsetting. :(((
We gonna have this conversation again?
At this point go take it up with Alex, cause it’s pretty much canon.
It’s REALLY hard to ignore all the language surrounding Bill’s relationship with Ford and how he pursues him, he follows the dating advice he gives in the book to a T
- Leaving dead rats/mice for Ford
- Ford is the only “partner” that Bill is openly vulnerable with and gives him some insight to his past and his experience (also referring to him as a partner)
- The “Love Cage” advice he gives, where he said go trap your date and sing them a song. And if you remember, Bill traps Ford in the Fearamid and sings to him “We’ll Meet Again”, which was a song written for WWII soldiers who were away from their lovers
“I’m Your Puppet” by James & Bobby Purify that Ford gets in his head, a love song, that also places Ford in his role in the relationship.
THE FLIRTING “you can call me anything but late to dinner”, “I think I’m starting to like you” and saying the same thing then saying “jinx”. GET A ROOM
Both got jealous when the other thinks they’re with someone else. Ford thinking Bill’s “inspiring another scientist” when he doesn’t see Bill for a few weeks, and Bill calling Fiddleford a “third wheel”.
Then when they break it off, Bill goes on a sad drunken rampage. Which you don’t do for someone who you don’t at least care about, especially not someone who’s just a friend
Bill gives Ford 3 days to turn the portal on and asks himself “What was I, a saint? And why did I do it- some misplaced sentimentality”
Even Mabel basically said Bill has a thing for Ford “you’re like a super needy ex” “go crush on someone else’s uncle”
They were definitely more than friends, from what I see it was mostly one-sided on Bill’s part.
Maybe Ford did feel something, it was definitely a relationship that made him feel good, more in tune with his brain and body, and gave him a big boost of confidence. He went to Bill for comfort when he was stressed and vented to him about stuff. Bill made Ford happy…while it was good anyway.
Was this a healthy relationship? FUCK NO!
Bill was mentally and physically abusive, manipulative, and possessive (LITERALLY). He spiked Ford’s drink after Ford said no to having one and got him fucked up. Bill took Ford’s body on a joyride and did horrible things to Ford that we see in the pictures and thing we DONT see in the video. All to make him comply and get the portal running. Calling Ford his PROPERTY.
But it’s a good story of overcoming an abusive relationship, which is great representation tbh, Ford is happier and has his family to love him now.
Normally Alex is great at leaving things up to interpretation, but I can’t ignore the intentional and not at all subtle way he depicted Bill and Ford’s relationship. There’s even seeds of it in the interview with Hana and TGFF
Go take it up with Hirsch, cause I’m just using what he gave me
A few more sketches.
Including my boy Thistlebert.
I wanted to remember how to draw Bill Cipher.
And also that ship Billford I also like.
The brothers quarreled a little.
To be honest, I didn’t really think about the context of what was happening. I just think Stan is trying to stop his brother from doing something absurd and dangerous.
Henceforth, by royal decree, the official Forduary themes shall be:
Week One: Family (children/kids, Ford and Mabel bonding and/or doing something childish together)
Week Two: Anomalies (creatures, ghost, monster, paranormal, sea monsters, strange, weirdness)
Week Three: Insomnia (sleep deprivation)
Week Four: Switching Identities/Ford and Stan switching identities bites them in the ass
Terms and conditions apply:
We will begin reblogging your creations on February 1st and will continue until 11:59 pm eastern time on March 19th.
Don’t worry about the week by week timeline if it doesn’t work for you. We’ll still reblog all submissions until March 19th.
Art, fanfiction, videos, audio, whatever you’d like to create will be accepted.
Make as much or as little as you’d like! If you have twelve ideas for week one or one idea just for week three, then go for it!
As usual, the themes/prompts are suggestions to help inspire. All Ford content that you wish to tag us in will be reblogged.
Please avoid excessive violence, gore, and NSFW content
Ships are permitted to sail here but steer clear of incest, abuse, and adult/minor ships.
For the sake of avoiding turmoil that has popped up in the past in the fandom, we won’t be reblogging Billford content but feel free to post it on your own.
Sketch by @fexalted Line art and color by @rum-and-shattered-dreams
See you on February 1st! Until then, head on over to @stanuary and show some Stan love!
A Metalocalypse episode concept I can see so vividly is one where the band finds out Charles is gay, and they start doing that typical straight guy “just don’t start hitting on me hahaha” thing. To which Charles reassures them that he’s professional and wouldn’t do anything to make them uncomfortable. Also they shouldn’t worry because none of them are his type.
That last comment causes everyone in the band to take psychic damage. They spend the rest of the episode obsessing and panicking over why Charles wouldn’t like them. Meanwhile Charles is just doing his job as normal.
A mug of tea, a plate of cookies, a little patience and I drew this drawing.
Try not to worry so much my friend, you look awesome just by being you.
I drew Ford in an uncharacteristic appearance for him. It's Stan's turn .. Hippy and Stan. It sounds clearly something contradictory, judging by the way he treated them in the cartoon