I Joke A Lot About McGucket Being A Cheater During The Portal Era, And I Do Think It's True To An Extent,

I joke a lot about McGucket being a cheater during the portal era, and i do think it's true to an extent, but in my mind him and Ford never officially got together during that time.

like, i think they had mutually required feelings, but Ford was a bit too dense to realize what he was feeling, and Fiddleford wasn't willing to make the first move.

I think if either of them HAD made the first move, the other would have accepted, albeit with some trepidation given their situation. (Although post gremoblin Fiddleford might've tried to erase the memory of them getting together out of fear or something)

I do also think they were sharing beds and holding hands, but nothing they couldn't pretend was platonic. Basically, i view that time period as a lot of unresolved tension they didn't know how to deal with or address.

This quote from The Haunting of Hill House rly sums up my take on their relationship at the time:

"Nothing irrevocable had yet been spoken, but there was only the barest margin of safety left them, each of them moving delicately along the outskirts of an open question, and, once spoken, such a question-as "Do you love me?" -could never be answered or forgotten."

They reminded me of Fiddleford, so I tried to edit them

genderbend au

Rip stanley you would have loved Avon

The only logical conclusion to any fiddlestan scenario: they both blast their entire relationship from each others mind, so now they just get random homoerotic flashbacks when they walk past one another.

Fiddauthor in fanon is often doomed toxic unrequited type yaoi, and I DO love some angst, but y'all forget how much Ford loves that guy

"His brilliant mind and amusing quirks have made this task infinitely more enjoyable"

"One of the kindest hearts I've ever seen"

Sorry. From DAY ONE being roommates in college, he ran up to Fiddleford (after he'd been crying and wanting to leave) and was like "I won't sleep until I prove your theory!!"

He was so excited to work with him and be best friends. The adoration is unreal. Fuckass BILL got in his head and turned him against Fiddleford. They were so sweet to each other, and Ford wasn't selfish from the start, but Bill went all Frodo and Gollum on him and Ford screwed up bigtime because of it

"I'm sorry Fiddleford" had been on loop in his head for 30 years, I'm not over that