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How are your hands floating?? Neither Bill or Ford had features like that!

WELL ABOUT THAT...

I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY HANDS! I'M JUST CONSTANTLY USING TELEKINESIS ON A PAIR OF GLOVES! I'VE BEEN DOING IT LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG IT FEELS AS NATURAL AS BLINKING. IT'S RUDE APPARENTLY TO NOT GIVE PEOPLE A VISUAL WARNING OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO REACH FOR!

ACCORDING TO DAD- I WAS SUPPOSED TO 'GROW' MY LIMBS IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS! BUT... THEY NEVER DID. AT THE SAME TIME - I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO USE MY 'ABILITIES' UNTIL I WAS A FEW YEARS OLD - BUT I WAS ABLE TO FLOAT STUFF ALMOST RIGHT AWAY!

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not for phill but the way that you've characterized bill as loving this poor kid so much, but knowing that's not enough and pushing him away anyway makes me sick/pos

//Haha, thank you! I really didn't want to portray him as a flat good or bad parent, and displacing Bill from a position of power makes for an interesting mind game.

To me, Bill can't learn how to be weak unless he is made to be weak. If that makes sense?

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Were there any good memories you had with your dad(Bill)?

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I feel like the theraprism staff witnessing Phill's birth may have had a different interpretation of "get him away from me before I kill him". More of a extremely serious threat than an extremely trauma-induced fear. I wonder how quickly they took phill away. I wonder how long it was before Bill could see him. And if it was his choice or the Prism's. And if it was his, how he convinced them his first words about his baby did not represent his intentions.

// Given Bill's extensive past of violence, it was more than easy to assume the worst when Bill had that episode. Phill was going to be taken away regardless - you can't exactly raise a child in a padded room!

But Bill didn't get access to his kid for some time.

Not without opening up about what happened. He needed to prove, at the very least, that he wasn't a direct threat to his kid.

His efforts were rewarded with highly supervised visits that gradually became more relaxed as time went on.

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JUSTICE FOR MY BOY PHIL.

YOU ARE THE EVILEST VILLAIN AND I WILL START A CULT I SWEAR. BE NICE TO BOTH YOUR DADDIES AND YOU HUMAN DADDIES FAMILY MK??????

JUSTICE FOR-?! I MEAN, I'M FINE REALLY! BUT-

THANK YOU???

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Hi Phil!

Are you able to consume things, such as food or water? Do you need to?

If you are able to consume things, what do you like to eat and drink?

//Whoops

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idk if you are actually invested in mpreg Bill or just the poll, but in the hopes it doesn't squick you out, can I recommend The Light was Red by MathsandDinos, and Impossible Geometries and Biologies by anonymous author? Both amazing fics about Bill getting knocked up before being KO'ed 😂

// I'm gonna be so honest- MPreg in general isn't my cup of tea which is why its so wild that I'm getting so hooked on this poll. Or how I ended up with Phill for some godforsaken reason.

But I just might check those fics out anyways if the lore is good!

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Spoiler: Bill isn't lying.

Just PRETEND bill has his eye scar in these drawings. I was way too tired to be bothered (or to remember).

Drawing this made me imagine this whole thing breaching containment and becoming the next zootopia abortion comic. It's just that stupid. "I'm pro choice" ford is going to be screenshotted and shared without context and I am not ready

I hesitated making him even say that, but the more I thought about it, the funnier it was to me. He said I will NOT hesitate to kill your baby. Fuck you

WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL HOURS OF THE PENULTIMATE BATTLE!! Will Ford finally get pregnant??? Will their lovechild come into existence and walk the Earth?????? YOU DECIDE!!!!

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Can Phill eat? if so what’s his favorite food/drink? :)

// I've been sitting on a IC ask for this- but yes! He can eat! And he does have a favorite food!

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@marimariela

I sorta mentioned this in passing in a post, but that's precisely what happened. But less chains. (Shockingly)

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"OKAY IQ ... CLEARLY YOU'RE WAY TOO WOUND UP TO THINK CLEARLY ABOUT ALL THIS. LET'S TAKE A SECOND TO RELAX."

"YOU HUMANS AND YOUR GRUDGES... IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS, PAL! WE SHOULD BE CHATTING UP A STORM RIGHT NOW!"

You're insane! Why would I relax around you? You're literally starting the apocalypse!

SEE? RIGHT THERE. WE CAN CHAT ABOUT ALL THAT LATER...

C'MOOOON, I HAVE A PHYSICAL BODY NOW! YOUR OL' MUSE - IN THE FLESH! AND THE THINGS I'VE BEEN UP TO SINCE YOUR TUMBLE INTO THE PORTAL - HOO! YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS! I KNOW YOU DO!

Of course, I have questions! But, I also have my priorities Bill.

PRIORITIES SMAMORITIES - DO I REALLY HAVE TO BEG YOU TO BE SELFISH FOR FIVE MINUTES? ...NO ONE WILL EVEN HAVE TO KNOW.

//And that's all you get, but you can see where that's going, right?

Bill figured he was being brilliantly manipulative. Surely Ford would HAVE to side with him out of obligation - humans are so funny after they 'pair up'!

...But he grossly miscalculated, making him extra bitter after everything was said and done.

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Where did you grow up? Who raised you for the most part(other than Bill)?

I GREW UP IN A FACILITY - YOU'D HUMANS WOULD CALL IT AN ORPHANAGE OR A FOSTER HOME, I GUESS.

IT WAS OKAY. WE WERE TAUGHT HOW LAWS WORKED AND HOW WE NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THOSE WEAKER THAN US. AND WHEN WE GOT OLDER, WE WERE TAUGHT THE BASICS OF HOW TO LIVE ON OUR OWN.

...WHEN I TOLD MY OTHER FATHER THIS - HE SEEMED HAPPY. HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT BILL RAISED ME - AND WHEN I CORRECTED HIM, HE JUST SIGHED AND SAID "WHAT A RELIEF."

I WAS... REALLY MAD FOR A MOMENT. IT WAS LIKE HE SAID SOMETHING OUT LOUD THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE SAID.

I RECONSIDERED SINKING THE SHIP, BUT I DIDN'T.

I JUST TOLD THEM I'D MEET THEM AT THEIR PRECIOUS 'GRAVITY FALLS' AND LEFT.

IT WAS A LITTLE HILARIOUS WATCHING THEM PANIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.

...SORRY, NOT SURE WHY I STARTED RAMBLING THERE.

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i can't stop thinking about your earlier comic now, the one where phill becomes a town hero and bill says "i was right to give you up"

with the new context about how bill is pushing phill away "for his own good" and wants him to become his own person, that line is devastating in a completely new way

but it's also devastating in the same way as before, since phill would still interpret it as bill being disappointed in him

anyway. i'm screaming crying throwing up every time this blog updates /pos

// You could say Bill is perfecting the art of telling the truth in the most deceptive way possible.

Phill will wake up to it someday. Hopefully.

(The following image is NOT CANON TO THE STORY. Just a silly parody that's been kicking in my head, and this feels like a good ask to attach it to.)

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Not an ask, but I can't help it. I love your boy. I love his design, love the concept, love the little dork trying to be a big, bad, scary villain with no real understanding of the reality of what Bill was in his heyday. I couldn't help drawing him with Scalene. I think these two could talk for hours if they ever met. Scalene's Bill died when she was a baby, so she doesn't remember him. She grew up with a version of Ford who was deeply scarred by years of abuse that she was never given the full context to understand. She grew up with a lot of loved ones, unlike Phill, but she still grew up on a compound of eusocial aliens where the humans were all deeply traumatized and mentally ill people. I feel like she could relate to growing up in the theraprism more than most Billford kids. I am an absolute sucker for stories about kids growing up with very mentally ill parents. Parents who love their kids but are really damaged in ways that make it hard to be properly there for them or to emotionally connect. Seeing Bill make his own sort of attempts to have some kind of relationship with his kid just hits so hard for me, I adore it.

I absolutely love this child! And yes- Phill would likely connect VERY well with Scalene! Had Phill been raised by Ford, he'd likely have faced a similar upbringing. I can see him gifting her a free cape after some chatting.

"That's a tragic back story! Welcome to the villain Club!"

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What do you think your life would have been like if your parents had stayed together?

I... DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY 'OTHER DAD'.

SO WHEN I IMAGINED WHAT THINGS COULD'VE BEEN LIKE IF THEY STAYED TOGETHER- I'M REALLY JUST IMAGINING WHAT IT'D BE LIKE TO JUST HAVE MY DAD NOT BEING LOCKED UP.

AND... NOW THAT I'M GETTING TO KNOW MY OTHER DAD... HE'S REALLY DIFFERENT FROM MY DAD. AND FROM ME.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO PICTURE WHAT IT'D BE LIKE BEING RAISED BY A GUY LIKE THAT.

MAYBE I WOULD'VE BEEN RAISED HERE? IN GRAVITY FALLS? THAT DOESN'T SOUND SO BAD, IT'S... NICE HERE.

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The second I discovered this au I was soooo freaking obsessed

// PFT! You're not the only one!

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Is it possible that Bill loves Phill? Yeah, I can't imagine his love as pure motherly because of his mental problems. But is it possible that Bill feels some parental care for Phil?

And is it possible that Bill would like to give that love and care to baby Phill? But either his with his head troubles, or his ego, or his past and self-image told him: “no matter what you wanted, parenthood is not for you, get over it”.

Your last comic got stuck in my throat like glass, so now I'm crying for Phil. The kid got no love anywhere...

This ask was so good that I'm gonna attach some more angst to chew on.

Bill definitely loves Phill. But that's not always going to be enough.

Note: Phill being set on fire was just a nightmare Bill had. The baby is fine.

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// Quick fun facts on Phill

YES, he is an adult. But barely. Like, its very debatable if he should be drinking or not.

Man did NOT inherit Bills fabulous eyelashes. He's very sore about this. (Who wouldn't)

He's an absolute crybaby, especially over small animals.

He's also Aro/Ace! No romantic relationships for him! (And thank god given his family's track record)