I'm Noticing A Pattern In His Love Advice

I'm noticing a pattern in his love advice

cannot get over how fiddleford got into a fight w emma-may bc he didn't get her a Christmas present, meanwhile, he gave Stanford a custom snowglobe and custom six lingered gloves........

[at emily's funeral] rossi: i need a moment alone with her bau: of course rossi, leaning over the coffin: ok listen up you little shit i know you're not really dead emily: yeah no shit

Ford's arc in the Book of Bill is literally how he overcame the trauma of the abusive ex-partner who ruined his life, and how Ford learned to not be consumed by that fear through the help of his family and IF I NEED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WRITING TUMBLR THINKPIECES ON IT, I'LL DO IT, BUT WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS?!?!?!?!?!

Bill literally lays out how he preyed on Ford's insecurities and his quirks, how he saw Ford as the perfect candidate for Bill to take full advantage of, and how Bill purposefully did what he could to convince Ford that NO ONE ELSE WOULD LOVE HIM if he got rid of Bill, that he was nothing without him.

And it's the story of how Ford overcame, how Ford shot Bill with a shotgun and spat on the ground where he stood, how Ford does everything he can to warn the reader before realizing that Bill is not an all-powerful being to be feared, but a sad pathetic man. Bill is charismatic, but he's not a god. He's just someone Ford can leave behind.

It's not even subtext, it's text. It's a story told with queer undertones, with the language of abuse built in. AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS?

This Scene DESTROYED me

billford being canon toxic ex-boyfriends was not on my 2024 bingo card