#symbols and ciphers

[griffin-ktb]

Handyman Bill AU but make it yuri 🙌🌼✨

[historysurvivalguide]

Cistercian Numerals Bibliography:

Beard, Daniel Carter. The American Boys’ Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols. 1918, https://archive.org/details/americanboysbook00bear5/page/92/mode/1up?view=theater.

King, David. (2019). DAVID KING 1995 – A forgotten Cistercian system of numerical notation.

King, David. (2019). 203 – KING 2001 (BOOK) – The Ciphers of the monks, a forgotten number-notation of the Middle Ages.

Miller, Kirk. Background for Unicode Consideration of Cistercian Numerals. 10 Dec. 2020, https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20290-cistercian-digits.pdf.

Puiu, Tibi. “What Are Cistercian Numbers — the Forgotten Ciphers of Medieval Monks.” ZME Science, 21 Jan. 2021, https://www.zmescience.com/science/cirstercian-numbers-90432432/.

[aria-greenhoodie]

Decided to redraw that lovely Bill Cipher Circle (does it have a proper name?) to act as a cover image for my Bill Cipher playlist…

+ sticker-friendly colored version! ↓

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[fadedkat]

a little human bill doodle sheet this evening based off the wonderful fanfic A Human Condition by @sapphosscribe!! this is really one of my favorite fics at the moment and I wanted to show my love for it by doing some art :DD

now on my way to read the most recent update 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

aaaaand close ups!

[ckret2]

there’s a couple posts where you draw bill with a bright blue iris - was there an official art drop? is it based on pyramid steve? his fire? something else?

mostly his fire, but there's canon backing for a blue-eyed Bill

^ obviously, we didn't have TBOB yet when I first alluded to a blue-eyed Bill, but it's still good supporting evidence.

But we also have canon-backing for a red-eyed Bill

and yellow eyed, and black eyed

So if you choose to give him an iris you can interpret it any way you want depending on what kind of color symbolism you want to emphasize.

I personally tend to headcanon him as not naturally having a (visible, colored) iris as a triangle. So when I draw him with one, it's the effect of magic rather than a part of his anatomy—and Bill's magic is bright blue.

[lorebird]

In which Ford struggles so badly to relate to other people that he wonders if he’s really human at all. The more isolated he becomes, the harder it is to reconcile with his own humanity.

[nico-the-overlord]

Wait. Wait.

[yasssgiveusnothing]

Common Billford W (Wheat Field Symbolism and Billford)

@lobotomu5 and I were pondering what the wheat field symbolism meant in Ford's dream in The Last Mabelcorn, Season 2.

Wheat is traditionally recognized as representative for love and is often signified as such throughout the Bible.

In this scene, we see a lot of symbolism for love. We see a broken swing set, a ship, and a portal.

The broken swing set and ship represents Ford's once loving and healthy relationship with his brother, which is now strained.

The portal serves as a metaphor for Ford's yearning for recognition and success. Ford's journal reveals that he views the portal as his ticket to riches and fame, an achievement that would grant him the acknowledgement and success he craves. His desire for this acknowledgment stems from his strained relationship with his father and his quest to earn his approval. The portal's broken state symbolizes the collapse of Ford's dreams and his lost life as he spent 30 years trapped in the multiverse.

Additionally, the portal also symbolizes the relationship between Ford and Bill. The portal was the catalyst that brought Bill and Ford together, as the pursuit of opening the portal led to their fateful encounter. It also embodies Ford's trust in Bill, as he relinquished control of his mind and body to Bill to work on the portal while he slept. The broken portal also signifies the end of their relationship, marking the start of their animosity, rivalry, and broken trust.

Ford stands on wheat field that has an image of Bill cut under his feet. He stands in the center of Bill's eye. Then, the wheat field bursts into flames. In this symbolism, the wheat field represents both love and destruction. The wheat field can be seen as a representation of Ford's feelings for Bill Cipher, as he stands in the center of Bill's eye, signifying a deep connection. However, the field bursting into flames can symbolize the intense passion and turmoil that existed in their relationship. The burning wheat field may also symbolize the destruction that came as a result of their relationship, as Bill Cipher's manipulation and betrayal ultimately led to the destruction of their bond.

A field in a dream represents freedom, openness, and potential. It may symbolize a desire for a fresh start or a new beginning.

Freedom: Bill describes the destruction of dimensions are "liberating."

Potential: Bill Cipher wants Ford to join him in the destruction of the world. He says it in the show and he says it in the Book of Bill.

He sees the potential of him and Ford taking glee in liberating the dimension.

It is implied that he must have saw Ford joining him in the multiple futures he can see.

It's why he's so confident that Ford will come around. He says this in the Book of Bill.

Openness: Bill desires a closeness with Ford. Bill can relate to Ford.

Bill once trusted and was able to be vulnerable with Ford.

Fresh start: By having Weirdmegeddon going on and Ford by his side, Bill hopes the two of them can have a fresh start as they learn to rekindle the closeness that was lost.

[clovreat3r]

My lazy sketch of humanoid bill ciphherrre

[danelamak2]

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[littlecrow4]

Sometimes I’m convinced Alex has read BillFord fics cause there are certain things that ALOT of 2016 BillFord fics have that also appeared in The Book of Bill

He was waiting for the right moment

[aria-greenhoodie]

REVAMPED DESIGNS FOR THE ANTI-CIPHER SOCIETY!

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Special PANTS version for the ladies under cut….↓

[thebeautifulbook]

CIPHER MANUSCRIPT [aka VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT] by Roger Bacon[?] (Central Europe, c.1401-1599) 18th -19th century binding.

‘Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes as the illustrations seem to represent topics know to have interested Bacon…. A history of the numerous attempts to decipher the manuscript can be found in a volume edited by R.S Brumbaugh THE MOST MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT: The Voynich “Roger Bacon” Cipher Manuscript (Carbondale, IL, 1978). Although several scholars have claimed decipherments of the manuscript, for the most part the text remains an unsolved puzzle.’ — from an abstract by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale

source [digitized]

[specter-sketcher]

I caved in, made a human bill design. Definitely bound to change a bit but hey it's was pretty fun to practice older faces. Did add small billford related thing into the design

(really wish the colors where less brassy on mobile screen tho)

[cucumber-icepop]

What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it? Are you a star?

[atlas-the-idiot-2]

NO WHITE BOY THAT TRIANGLE IS NOT A GOD FIGURE FOR YOU TO DEVOTE YOURSELF TO!!!!!!!