#Wilbert Codex

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Wilbert: My, aren't you a pretty one~

Stan:

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The Latin word Wilbert used to prod his master to completion—capitulum—would eventually feed into a series of European languages: the Spanish capítulo, the French chapitre, the Czech kapitola, the German Kapitel, the Romanian capitol, the Italian capitolo, and the English “chapter.” For readers, the word, and the thing it describes, is inescapable. And yet few people notice it. Books have been written or arranged in chapters for over two millennia now, although that fact has never received the attention it deserves from historians of the written word. Perhaps the sheer longevity of the concept has rendered it invisible. It would not have been invisible in eighth-century Jarrow, however; Bede worked in the most important scriptorium of his era, where no small amount of scholarly labor was devoted to producing capitula—essentially, divisions of scriptural texts with headings or summaries. Bede himself produced several such works. The chapter was a tool of analysis and memory for Bede and his colleagues. Perhaps it has never ceased being so; we simply expect chapters to be there, breaking up our reading, giving us the permission to pause or stop. Prose writers work in chapters with far less self-awareness than poets work in stanzas or composers in movements. In the great novel of writer’s block, “New Grub Street,” from 1891, George Gissing perfectly evokes the routine quality of the chapter with a description of his despairing protagonist sitting down to work: “At the head of the paper was inscribed ‘Chapter III,’ but that was all.” Inevitability does not, however, imply meaninglessness. The chapter is tied intimately to our notions of literacy, as signalled by the fact that we give the name “chapter books” to the texts that offer school-age children their first mature reading experiences. More than this, the chapter has become a way of looking at the world, a way of dividing time and, therefore, of dividing experience. Its origins date back to long before the printing press or even the bound codex, back to the emergence of prose in antiquity as both an expressive and an informational medium. Literary evolution rarely seems slower than it does in the case of the chapter. What does the chapter’s beginnings reveal about the way our books and stories are still put together?

Nicholas Dames, "The Chapter: A History"

Of course, "chapter" (Kapitel) is etymologically linked to "capitulation" (Kapitulation). It all makes sense now.

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Ah Wilbert, my morally ambiguous beloved <3

There aren't any codes in this! I just want to make that clear! No codes will be in ref sheets :3

Bill's childhood friend and ex-partner in crime, Wilbert is a Hexagonal Euclidean with similar, but not identical powers to Bill. Before their dimension burned, Wilbert was Bill's only friend, listening to him talk about the stars and the 3rd dimension. They made a promise to eachother that they would see the stars together one day and show everyone else who doubted them wrong.... They did....

(Fun Fact: Wilbert's pupil wasn't always star shaped, it used to be round like everyone else.... But the stars changed her....)

Wilbert's powers are slightly different than Bill's, but she is quite clever with them. For example, while not having the ability to manipulate other's dreams, she CAN enter and interact with them. Another difference between them is, instead of making deals, Wilbert makes promises. The reason why this is important is because, promises, while just as binding as Bill's deals, are much more flexible due to relying on one's feelings and a degree of trust. As a result, Wilbert can read people very well, a miniscule twitch of the brow and she has you.

Stan and Wilbert met about 3-4 years before Stan and Ford's reunion. Stan was running away from the cops in a forest, coming across a cave, he hid in it. Once the police pulled back, Stan decided it'd probably be best to just stay until the fuss dies down. Of course, Stan being Stan, decided to go deeper into the cave, he's an explorer at heart after all. He comes across the Codex, touches it when he probably shouldn't have, and bada-bing bada-boom you now have a dream demon attached to you! Congrats!🎉🎉

Okay I think that's enough rambling now ^^' I hope you don't mind reading-

Below the cut are transparent versions :3

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"Go to sleep~"

I mentioned in her reference post that she has similar yet different powers from Bill and I gave a couple examples, but I didn't mention her smoke manipulation! Just like how Bill can manipulate fire, Wilbert can manipulate smoke! With this smoke Wilbert can do a few things! Like: Put People to Sleep/Wake them Up, Make People Hallucinate, Hypnotize People, Suffocate People... Things like that! :3

Below the cut are the flats and the reference photo I used :3

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DING DING DING!!! YOU ARE CORRECT!!! 🎉🎉🎉

As a reward, you get to meet the lovely woman herself!! (Plus a bonus Billy Bob for comparison)

✨️Wilbert Codex✨️

She started off as a character design exercise specifically centered around Bill's species, but I ended up loving her so much that I made the "Double Trouble" au to put her in :3

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Back to working on Wilbert :D

Her name is Wilbert Codex for a reason :)

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Working on Wilbert's post :D

You guys aren't ready for the paragraphs I have yet to write about her >:3

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Working on a proper ref for Wilbert :3