gay stuff again
Really leaning into the cartoonishness.
Some Billford things that give me life. Bill leaving little hearts in Ford’s notes for when he is given back his body.
Ford taking some time to make a nice dinner for Bill to eat in his body so Bill could have some human foods he never has had before.
Bill playing with Ford’s hair and massaging his shoulders while Ford is figuring out really troubling problems to relax him.
Bill constantly giving Ford esteem boosts at times of self doubt. Ford getting more and more vocal about how amazing he finds Bill and returning how touchy Bill can be.
Ford wishing for a way for Bill to be able to be in their world with him, perhaps having a body of his own. Bill finding it cute and teasing him, but also feeding the idea and asking things like would he get his own room or would Ford share his bed? What kinds of things would Ford what to do with him? What would Ford want him to look like?
Ford saying he wouldn’t care how Bill looked, as long as it was him in there.
Bill at times getting flustered with those kinds of answers. Stop being so cheesy and cute.
Ford finds Bill cute when he gets embarrassed.
A lot of people hate Ford for not talking to Stan for ten years. But explain to me this, if you had a fight with a person (and it was the fault of this person), while not receiving any apologies, but receiving the phrase "I don't need you. I don't need anyone" (though said out of resentment and emotion) WOULD YOU BE THE FIRST TO TURN TO THIS PERSON FOR RECONCILIATION?
I don’t think so….
I would really like to see a REAL scene where Stan would call Ford to talk/ask for help. Ford has many shortcomings, but "impudence" is not among them.
That's why I'm sure Ford would have helped Stan, too, if he had asked and behaved more adequately (for God's sake, when they met, Ford suffered from Bill's possessions and slept very badly. And even so, he didn't behave as badly as a person in his condition could).
Of course, Ford said some unpleasant things to Stan (to put it mildly), and I don't condone it. But if you remember, even then Stan started the quarrel first.
Stan saw the condition of the house and Ford himself. He saw that Ford looked like a madman. Let's be honest Ford looked much worse than Stan in that scene. If I didn't know the plot and I would have been asked which of the two of them is a homeless, I would have pointed to Ford.
Stan in this scene:
A normal man of strong build, shaved, with a calm confident look.
Ford in this scene:
A very paranoid person who opened the door with a CROSSBOW. Disheveled hair, dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep, unshaven and unkempt. With crazy eyes in which there is obvious fear.
Yes, Ford knew that Stan was a criminal, and Stan knew that Ford was a scientist who received a grant (how they had information about each other to this day is a mystery to me) But it was at that moment that Ford looked like a man who had problems. Deadly problems.
And I don't understand why I see HUNDREDS of articles where all Ford's wrong words are examined under a microscope, but none (I'm serious! I haven't seen any) where would you notice how Stan completely shrugged off his brother's strange behavior.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY?!
FORD DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A MAN WITH PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW?! SERIOUSLY STAN?!
Yes! Ford's in trouble! Big problems and it shows. Stan saw it too, but immediately dismissed it as soon as he realized that the conversation was not going the way he wanted. Therefore, it is very strange to hear from him at the same moment that Ford is selfish.
His brother looks like a psycho who escaped from a psychiatric hospital, so why make the situation worse? Why, after Ford's words that Stan did not understand the situation, Stan immediately began to draw attention to himself instead of trying to ask what exactly the problem was?
Sorry, but did Stan really think he had the worst problems in the world? And of course, Ford was to blame for these most terrible problems. Because he "left Stan behind." Do you guys understand that this is an unhealthy codependency? Stan didn't even blame Ford for getting kicked out (I could understand that). No, precisely because the fact that Ford left him ruined his life.
Thus, Stan shifted full responsibility for his actions to another person. It's very convenient, but you can't do that even if this person is your twin. At the same time, the "unfair" Ford accused Stan only of breaking the perpetual motion machine, pushing him into the portal and taking his identity (completely spoiling it). And all these things Stan REALLY did
Yes, almost all of Stan's actions had a reason.....but so are Ford's actions. They just needed a better father who would make them talk to each other. Maybe it would help Ford understand Stan's motives (as with their father's chain)
And do you know what the most offensive thing in this situation is? That I also love Stan very much. Not just Ford. I love this particular pair of twins. But when I see things like this over and over again, my mind starts to find arguments against Stan. If everyone justified Ford exclusively and hated Stan, then the situation would be reversed. I would be Stan's lawyer, but the situation is not reversed. That's why I'm more protective of Ford. Because to say that "Ford is an asshole" is quite common for many, even if they love Ford
Let's just admit that Stan and Ford are both super awesome and both idiots equally. Not "Stan is a little better as a person," but exactly equally.
I just see that most of the fandom thinks that "Stan and Ford are both good, but of course Stan is a little better as a person. And much better as a brother".
How can you be so sure if we saw Ford as the victim most of the time? For which Stan never apologized. He didn't apologize for breaking the perpetual motion machine, didn't apologize for the portal, didn't apologize for anything! And he always pretended that he was never guilty of anything. But Ford immediately repented when Stan got burned because of him and when Stan suffered from the memory gun. Ford admits his mistakes, repents and apologizes for them....
Of course, the fact that Stan didn't apologize doesn't make him bad. And it doesn't make him worse than Ford.
It's just strange to me that Ford's haters, who criticize him because of the twins' relationship, so tactfully forget all Stan's shortcomings. Ford has no less shortcomings. I just don't see the point in writing about them, because EVERYONE writes about it.
And this article is not for expressing hatred for Stan.
NO!
This is just to balance out what people write about Ford. And to show that they are both not perfect, but wonderful ..
I suggest you love them both and enjoy a happy ending for them.
It's never too late
I never cease to be inspired by the «Flat Dreams» fan fiction. Here, I sketched the moment when Bill won at Globnar , received the Desire of Time. And he wished limitless knowledge and strength.
I feel like when we criticize Filbrick Pines, we tend to focus more on how he kicked Stanley out, and don’t acknowledge enough how he only seemed to give a shit about Stanford because he thought Stanford was going to make a bunch of money. Like I know people have talked about it, but I feel like it tends to more often get overlooked when being compared to what he did to Stanley.
These two aspects of Filbrick together paint him as a father who only cared if his children could benefit him. They’re not bothering him and generally staying out of his way? They’re fine, legally his responsibility too so it’s better that he just doesn’t give a shit. One has the potential to be extremely successful and make a bunch of money? Suddenly he’s “impressed” and excited (whatever this man’s way of expressing excitement is). The other has now ruined the chances of the former getting into a college where he could be successful, and has now prevented the former from “being our ticket out of this joint”? That son is now not allowed to be part of the family at all.
He’s not impressed when they’re are just being themselves, he only cares when it benefits him, and if they cause him any problems, they’re out of the picture.
youngdric
reposting some old drawings because i can
sketches.
PICKLES: Yeah but how exactly are we supposed to do this whole "chosen heroes of ultimate destiny" crap?
NATHAN: Yeah can't we get like a Facebones video or something to figure out how to defeat Salacia?
ABIGAIL: I'm sorry, you want...Facebones?
TOKI: Yeahs our cool cartoons pals alway knows how to explains stuff to us!
ABIGAIL: Guys I'm afraid there is no Facebones video on how to defeat Salacia to my knowledge.
DETHKLOK: (indistinct mutterings of disbelief)
MURDERFACE: Ugh juscht when we needed him moscht! That fucking dildo left us juscht like Charles!
ABIGAIL: That's because Charles is Facebones!
DETHKLOK: ...
NATHAN: What?!
SEVERAL SCENES LATER AT THE CHURCH OF BLACK KLOK
CHARLES: Boys, I know it's been a long time, but we don't have any more time to waste. Salacia's forces are closing in and the Black Klok is almost at zero. The hour of the Metalocalypse is upon us now and we have to be ready for it.
...
PICKLES: Do the voice!
CHARLES: I'm sorry the what now?
NATHAN: Yeah we miss that little goofball Facebones! And also you obviously ,but you're Facebones which means we missed the both of you!
RANDOM BLACK KLOK MEMBER: Wait a minute, you were the voice of Facebones this whole time? We seriously cracked Falconback before we figured out who the voice was?
CHARLES: It's an industry secret and there are serious consequences to anyone who violates the NDA. Or rather "were" but you get what I'm say-Look, the fate of the world is at stake right now and we're wasting time with all of th-
TOKI: Buts we wants Facebone!
SKWISGAAR: Yeahs we haven'ts seens hims in ages! I donts knows how wes even survives how without hims for this longs!
CHARLES: ...
DETHKLOK: ...
CHARLES: (using the Facebones voice) ...Hey guys, it's me Facebones.
DETHKLOK: YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!
CHARLES: *sigh*
Quirks and observations #1:
At no point has anyone ever made Ford feel like he has intrinsic value. Deep down he feels people will only tolerate him if he is being useful hence his obsession with 'fixing' his mistake when it was really him being manipulated.
After Weirdmageddon, he immediately turned around and called his life's work 'an old man's folly'. He was willing to sacrifice himself to save his family but after everything he's gone through he calls Stanley the hero because Stanley was the one who got it done.
He doesn't forgive himself for making mistakes.
Ford always has all these metrics with which he judges himself and his standards are so damn high. He doesn't think he's a great scientist. He doesn't think he's a good man or even a good brother. He always has to be the fixer, the smart one, the one constantly trying to prove himself competent. Nothing he does is ever good enough because he knows the moment something goes wrong people will drop him.
He saw how his father treated Stanley, and he internalized it. Even when Ford made his father proud, he was keenly aware of how precarious and conditional it all was.
I'd like to think that at some point his family tells him it's okay to ask for help, but because he's so guarded no one has figured out that what he really needs is someone to tell him they won't love him less if he messes up.
Ford desperately needs someone that gives him permission to fail.
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