#character: big bill

[miss-americanbi]

so glad that gravity falls is back so we can finally discuss how ford sees himself as the protagonist of every story while stan can’t see himself as anything but the antagonist

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

I love rp Gravity Falls accounts

[doctorsiren]

I love you Jhes, I don’t care if me in 2018 reading your page and thinking you were an axolotl creature was a misunderstanding on my part. I’m keeping that headcanon / design since we know so little <3

[instantly-panicked]

I love the Billford ship

Not because it's good or healthy or that I want to see them together again but that an old man and a triangle demon were in a fucked up situationship. And now Bill is the pathetic ex who is NOT over Ford and Ford is out there, surrounded by a loving family and living his best life without him.

I like the ship because it ends in divorce.

Also Ford fucking a floating triangle is objectively hilarious

[huginsmemory]

One of my favourite things about Ford is that he's like WAIT SAFETY about somethings when he disagrees (the Fiddleford becoming president thing, him being like it's too stressful for Fiddleford) BUT when it's something he's interested in he's like endangering my life is fine and normal (ie, him jumping into the abyss of the alien space ship with a magnetic gun; which is also a ship that has a security system).

The irony of it is amusing to me, but it's also I think it's a very good example that as much as Ford likes to say he's a Scientist™ and governed by Logic™... He's actually first and foremost driven by his emotions, and the logic is something that comes secondhand when he needs an explanation. Case in point with him drawing his relationship and contact with Bill in a way of him making new discoveries for mankind... When in TBOB it becomes very plainly obvious the main reason why he called on Bill was because he was desperately lonely (driven by emotion), less so about his scientific discovery (driven by logic). And I think there's a very human, relatable aspect to it because we all do this. That's why arguing with climate deniers and citing study after study about climate change, or even dealing with racist people and talking about equality and abstract morals doesn't work; there's an emotional aspect that drives people, always beyond our tower of cards of logic...

[twptwp]

I wish more people would tag their human Bill Ciphers

[theknucklehead]

It's funny that Chibiverse has managed to get 3 seasons now.

(but hey any Molly McGee is better then no Molly McGee for me)

I also loved the swagger on Molly McMean.

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

About your Mimic!Stan AU… How does Bill enter the picture in it? Also! Do you plan on writing more about the story and the dynamics Mabel and Dipper have with their Grunkles?

Nah, I'm keeping Bill out of this AU for now, mostly because I have no idea how to figure out his side of the plot and how to denoue it. Introducing Bill has the tendency to complicate my AUs immensely, and I don't have the brain energy to figure it out atm. I'm open to ideas if you peeps wanna have a go at it. It'll definitely be interesting to consider since Stan wouldn't have the same stakes/motivation than in canon. Maybe I'll figure something out someday! I'll definitely do some more exploring with the mystery twins' dynamic with the Grunks tho :)

[ckret2]

I had just finished the first chapter of the Axolotl arc in WAIGLZ and reading the second.

Is he technically being a ghost ever going to come up past this arc to the other chapters in WAIGLZ later on?

Like,

"It was not like y o u were the one who viciously murdered me! I am mean technically your gruncles did not even kill a "living" being in the first place, according to s o m e people,

Bill shook his head, fanning away trillion year old resentment

-"you really think it was my first roadio? P l e a s e . So, try not beat yourself up about it kid, ok?"

Mabel looked up and stared at Bill.

"Wha- Huh??" Mabel said dumbfounded.

It would be crazy coolio to see it mentioned in the main fic.

Until I read your fic I never even thought about Bill being a spirit once, and now I feel rather silly wondering how he lived so long outside of his dimension :,)

Please have a truly wonderful day + happy holidays! ^ ^

Toodaloo!

I'm sure eventually it'll be mentioned again (I mean, for one thing, eventually we're gonna see the massacre) but probably not like that.

Like, Bill technically-being-a-ghost isn't some big secret or a major plot twist, and it doesn't fundamentally rewrite the rules around him and what he does. It's just what we see him do throughout canon.

He's a non-physical entity ("a being of pure energy!") that's apparently self-sustaining without needing sleep or food and impervious to injury and illness ("with no weakness!")

He's usually invisible to normal (living) people. He can possess people. He can move inanimate objects even though he can't physically interact with them. He can haunt dreams.

When he has the opportunity to make himself a body, he doesn't turn into something physical; his physical form is separate from him, and he can freely separate from it any time he wants.

This is mind-body dualism. Generally, mind-body dualism is a framework people use to express the idea that the spirit/soul is a separate entity from the body. The thing that's killed in Stan's mind is the spirit; the statue left behind is the body.

Meaning, before he had that body, he was spirit.

When he separates Dipper's spirit from his body in the exact same way Bill separates from his own body, he says, "Without a vessel to possess, you're basically a ghost!"

Bill usually doesn't have a vessel to possess.

Ergo: Bill's basically a ghost and he said so himself.

I haven't listed anything we didn't learn from Sock Opera and Weirdmageddon.

The ONLY question is "well BEFORE he was an energy being, did he have a physical body?" Whether he was born an energy being or became one later is in the realm of headcanon; and I suppose it's a matter of opinion if an energy being counts as a ghost if it's 100% identical to ghosts in every way except that it didn't previously have a physical body. You could argue that his eagerness to get a physical body the second he could implies he used to have one or was meant to have one, but that's speculation.

In every other way, he meets the criteria for a ghost the same way that tomatoes meet the criteria for berries. But when someone tells you "tomatoes are berries," it doesn't teach you anything new about tomatoes. You already knew tomatoes have berry-like traits, you just assumed they were disqualified because they're too big or too unsweet or too vegetably, and now you know they aren't disqualified.

So like—putting that word on him doesn't change anything about Bill. You've learned nothing new. The characters around him would learn nothing new. It's not a plot twist or massive character revelation; it's just a background fact that gets mentioned when it's relevant.

[amazingbananabread]

CHALLENGE FOR THOSE WHO DO OC/FC X CANON OR SELFSHIP/YUMEJOSHI (who are also into Etingville da comic): draw your oc/fc or yourself on one of the girls in this pic (if simps for Bill, but the others? Kinda lazy rn)

I'll go first (warning: cringe; also pls join in on my edit 👉👈)

(UPDATE: decide to remove the ai disturbance filter and removed the hand on Bill's shoulder.)

[yippee-optimistically]

gabriella and cricket attack GO [I FORGOT ONE 😭😭😭]

also. whole lot of characters i havent drawn/colored so much yet + some little teen concepts

finished s3 recently it was very good. seasons just keep getting better

Had to come back and edit a lake episode Tilly in

[buttercupshands]

had this "what if I add this new one into the silly guys mix" and immediately got "someone will eat him"

and I wanted to sketch that, of course

I accidentally made that a color and line practice too

[deer-hearted]

The multiverse isn't as big as it seems: a random stranger always knows you, your cousin, your friend or another version of you from unknown dimension.

This was supposed to be a shopping trip for the holidays in an interdimentional space market, but an occasional not-so-familiar face in the crowd dampens the mood a little.

*jams own characters into another creator's AU*

Oh boy here we go, I'm way too invested-

Dee, Liam and Ron from Overlords AU belong to amazing @aeli-tan-art! The two other guys are mine.

[art--harridan]

[Image description: A digital drawing of Billy Whitney from the film Society. He is the focus of the piece, shown from the shoulders-up. He is looking to the side with a paranoid and scared expression on his face. Sweat is streaming off of him, plastering his hair to his forehead. It is highlighted with an uncannily bright white. This same white is used to colour the kitchen knife he is clutching in his hands, pulling it close to his chest. Above him, there's a close-up drawing of an sickly green apple with a bite taken out of it. The hole left behind is teeming with worms and maggots, dark red in colour. Below the apple, the phrase "all my fears are real" is written. To his other side, there's three panels which show different scenes of fleshy uncertainty. They share the same colours, deep reds and unappealing greens and browns. The only truly clear panel is the first one, which seems to show a face twisted in agony. The lineart is scratchy and unpolished, and a deep brown. There's a lot of stark shadows. The background is a gradient, with a light pink at the bottom and white at the top.]

Inktober - Day 2 (Discover)

Film - Society (Brian Yuzna, 1989)

[toonsforkicks22]

My dad’s been sick all week. This is the best I could draw for Father’s Day. With two of the best dad figures I look to for comfort right now.

[jellyskink]

I generally prefer triangle Bill Cipher, but I ALSO love character design. A poll said people might be interested in seeing my take, so here’s my “human” Bill! I like both the fat and thin versions I see others make, so this one’s both!