I think Reigen would be like “I ain’t falling for that” because he’s aware of the conman tactics already
But then he would still totally fall for it anyways after very light convincing (“C’mon Salt Shaker, I’ll be your friend!” or something like that)
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i’m thinking about all the different portal-builders and people who partnered up with bill in the book of bill. in general i feel like they can be sorted into two categories:
- part of some sort of group or commune (the aztecs, the anti-cipher association, the salem witches)
- alone, but had some sort of power over people and society or power that could spread to other people (the pharaoh, elias inkwell, the shaman, the wizard)
so bill was able to make impacts on those parts of history and plaster his face in places because of the power and numbers he had access to… and it seems like he sought out powerful people on purpose
ford, meanwhile, summoned HIM, wasn’t sought out, but was able to not only build a portal with just the help of fiddleford (and a few construction workers, depending on who you ask and when), but also, as a loner with absolutely zero sway on society, had an entire basement study’s worth of bill artifacts and hid bill triangles all over his home. this nerdy little outcast is basically running a one-man religion all out on his lonesome here.
i wonder how bill felt about that, y’know, all the artifacts and the cabin decor and stuff. did he find it flattering? was he over it? every object using bill’s visage is a peephole for him, so he says, so i imagine he’s never gonna turn down more opportunities for his face to be everywhere, but he doesn’t seem to get much out of being worshipped as a prospect? i mean, he wants a portal, not to be prayed to. but i wonder if he found just one little guy doing it charming. like, ford is trying to do the work that is typically reserved for entire churches and social gatherings, he’s been walking around with a ritual dagger for 20 minutes trying to figure out what the hell he’s going to do with it. i wonder if that would make bill laugh.
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Can you believe that MOTH TO A FLAME has been out for almost two months now? I can't. The time has flown: ten years of working on this trilogy and already it's been finished and published and complete for two months.
I don't think I've been doing a very good job of promoting it, partly due to my own life circumstances over the past couple of months and partly because it's a weird time to be trying to promote books in general. The news is full of terrible, important things; social media is relentlessly video-driven, which doesn't suit me at all; the cost of living continues to be prohibitive, and it's hard to ask anyone to spend their money on my book.
But here we are. If you've been looking for a YA trilogy without romance, or a thriller that grapples with the moral and ethical dilemmas of murder-focused narratives, or a story that pulls no punches but also doesn't act like violence is a viable solution to the world's problems, or a protagonist processing both the harm that's been done to her and the harm she's done to others... well, maybe THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy might be what you're looking for. And now that book three is out, you can read them all back to back and don't even have to worry about cliffhangers 🥰
If you've already read some or all of them, might I request you leave a review somewhere – Goodreads, Amazon, Waterstones etc? Tell your friends, spread the word, post about them... It would be greatly appreciated 💚
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