The Impossible Choice Between Headcanoning He Was A Popular Kid, So The Deaths Of Everyone Was Worse.

The impossible choice between headcanoning he was a popular kid, so the deaths of everyone was worse. Orrrr if he was ostracized cause of his "visions" which would make him more similar to Ford....

Either way his mommy loved him and he loved his mommy

me when i lie

There's this weird take I've seen floating around on TikTok that Bill doesn't actually care about his family/dimension or Stanford at all; that we're supposed to take everything in TBOB as non-canon basically because he's lying to garner sympathy from reader to make a deal with them. I'm all for having your own interpretations of media, but I just don't think this idea that Bill is a completely heartless unfeeling creature is supported by canon at all. In fact, it kind of feels like the opposite of the point of the book.

Like, yeah, most things Bill says should be taken with a grain of salt because he lies a lot, but he's not actually a very good liar? It's usually pretty easy to clock when he's full of it. But okay, even if we assume every word Bill says while trying to recruit the reader is a lie, there are three major things that this doesn't account for.

Bill is not the only source in the book. The lost Journal 3 pages were written by Stanford, we only know about the interdimensional Taco Bell incident because of an included police transcript, etc.

Even once he's lost any chance of making a deal with the reader to escape, Bill is having a complete breakdown and mentions all the people he so totally doesn't miss for real you guys. Why bother with reverse psychology double-lying for sympathy once his shot at getting the reader on his side is already gone?

Trying to garner the reader's sympathy makes sense to a certain extent, but why go out of his way to make himself look pathetic? Does revealing that he got drunk and cried over his ex in a fast-food drive-through really help his cause if that cause is to convince the reader he's still a powerful being capable of starting the apocalypse again so they can rule with him?

And that's all without even mentioning that, as previously stated, I think the entire point of the book is missed if we're interpreting Bill as having no genuine feelings or attachments. The book ends with Stanford healing from his past by being open about what he went through with his family and accepting their help, while Bill insists he doesn't need anyone and refuses to heal, actively making himself worse in the process. The clear theme imo is that accepting your past and accepting help from people who love you is essential to healing, while denying those things just makes everything worse. If Bill doesn't actually care about his family, his dimension, Stanford, or anything/anyone else, he has no trauma to heal from or regrets to learn from that he's refusing to accept and deal with, and the entire meaning of the book is made moot.

Bill, forget Ford. I would treat you right

So bill’s outfit ideas to get someone are;

Cover yourself in babies to prove your a provider

Wear two of everything (pants, hats,etc)

Cover yourself in teeth cuz calcium joke

And wear the tallest hat possible to assert/ signal dominance.

So imagine having an inter-dimensional triangle trying to manipulate seduce you one day when you come home from work by wearing the biggest fucking hat that has broken through your ceiling, and possibly your roof also, while wearing two bowties and chatting you up with the subject of Eels…

Bill: did you know that some species of deep sea Eels are bioluminescent and can actually produce their own light, which is mainly used for camouflage, communication and attracting prey?

You: what the fuck-

Bill: are you feeling seduced yet meat bag? *blinks at you flirty*

You: no, not really-

Psa: I’m loving this book so far.

Bill Cipher Canon Backstory in the year 2024???

Im so normal about it.

uh oh, book of bill spoilers