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Stuart Macher & William Loomis

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they're just little gingerbread guys

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stu spooning billy and my heart breaks a little. billy spooning stu and im absolutely destroyed💔💔💔❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💔💔💔(im very emotionally confused idk whether to sob or be happy😭)

Yeah, theres something so tender and important about sleeping with someone in the non-sex way.

Sleep is so vulnerable and revealing, and Billy in particular wouldn't take that lightly. Even more-so the act of letting someone hold you from behind like that, covering your back, restraining you if they want to. It's a massive show of trust for him to let Stu spoon him.

At the same time, Stu is the person he trusts the most in the world and he's a fairly paranoid person, having Stu cover his back physically makes him feel safe (in a way that he cannot admit). In Billy's own room I picture his bed positioned lengthwise against the wall, tucked into a corner. He sleeps with his back against the wall because any other position leaves him on alert so he can't sleep.

(Billy's bed from one of my drawing, placed in the corner of the room)

In contrast Stu's bed is positioned like this:

(Photo from the house used in the film)

The head is against the wall but the sides are unprotected, Stu doesnt need to feel guarded in order to fall asleep. If he's having trouble sleeping it's because his brain wont shut off and he sleeps better with Billy there because Billy's presence gives him a comforting sensory experience. The smell of him, the feeling of his skin, the sound of his breathing; in a very ADHD way Billy gives him the kind of stimulation he needs to calm down.

On the other hand for Billy the act of spooning Stu, being the active participant by reaching out and holding him is a blatant show of desire that he would find somewhat terrifying. It requires him to both reconcile with himself the fact that he wants to hold Stu in an entirely non-dominating way, and also to be brave enough to show that desire externally.

That can feel like a massive risk, and even when desire is reciprocated it can be hard to fight your own internalized judgments and self-perceptions.

All of this comes easier to Stu, who shows his desire a lot more confidently, but I think he knows how complicated that is to Billy, which makes it meaningful when it's reciprocated. Overall though don't think Stu cares if he's the spooner or the spoonee, he just wants the contact. That said i think he spoons Billy a lot more often because he initiates it more often.

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ik new chapter just got posted but.. what's in the making for next chapter? any spoilers we are allowed to have? 🤭

weeelllll extremely vague spoilers below

Next chapter is a big one. It's basically the end-point of a sort of mini-arc, and it's uhh... a bit of a roller coaster. The lows are low but the highs are fucking high.

It picks up right after Chapter 5 when Stu leaves Billy's apartment in LA, so uh.. you can imagine the kind of emotional state this chapter opens with. Some of you are going to be really really angry with Billy what happens at the start of the chapter is a breaking point, and after that you'll start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You can already see it starting in Chapter 6

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Stu is creepin'

reference img under cut (not mine)

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*in a chanting echo* gay.. gay.. gay..

BANG BANG BANG

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Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

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Are we ever going to see Stu stand up for himself against Billy during an argument again?

I mean yeah I'd say this is the big theme of his character growth in WoM, he's stood up for himself in every chapter so far

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.. gay

WHO TOLD YOU

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So I’m gay? Just because I like sucking other men’s dicks and falling in love with them ? Thats all it takes these days ?

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Stu Macher

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Just dudes being dudes

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They would never be able to get anything done as a Ghostface duo. It would be DISASTROUS. But it would also be really fucking funny.

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Ok im crying at this addition, like please help, Mac is Stu, Dennis is Billy, and it makes almost no sense for Charlie to be Randy but HERE WE ARE.

Or maybe Stu is both Mac and Charlie? WHO IS FRANK?

Edit: I'm so silly, Randy is definitely Charlie, like the unreciprocated crush? Also whatever this is:

Rope, 1948

Scream, 1996

(Just incase it wasn’t clear how much Billy and Stu are inspired by Brandon and Phillip)

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I saw this and his voice filled my head, I needed to make the accurate version for comparison

in reference to how many people mischaracterize billy

inspired by that one south park image

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OMFG LIKE LITERALLY HOW:

“Your collection of pictures of me.” Stu’s grinning, he can’t hide it. He’s seconds away from his pin.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about-” Billy is panicking now and it's kind of delicious.

I love this Stu all mad and cocky because he doesn’t buy Billy’s bullshit anymore, and I love this Billy acting like cornered cat knowing his not fooling Stu, not even himself.

And also just wanted to thank you Sharp for giving us readers new facets of the characters. Your work always manages to amaze me and I don’t know if i’ll ever be able to get through this story you created and so kindly shared with us!

Ayy thank you! It's a lot of fun writing this side of Billy. I keep getting worried that it's going to seem out of character as he continues to open up and come to terms with himself, but I have also been working towards it for so so long at this point so I'm glad it seems like I'm pulling it off.

So much more flustered Billy is coming.