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... I figured drawing a Canonically Accurate representation of Bill Cipher and what part of his designs are Canonically Clothing would be fun, and then make it horny because Why Not, I like making people feel cursed. I was not asked for this, but I can and will inflict it upon anyone I wish. Goodnight Tri-State Area. Posted 30th August, 2024
Reblogging for when I finish the book and eventually need help deciding
THE BOOK OF BILL: decoded message masterpost
now it's officially released, here's nearly all the codes in order. cataloguing these all in the same place for my convenience, i recommend solving these for yourself first. major spoilers for the entire book below the cut, obviously. continue reading at your own risk.
final warning broski. 3, 2, 1....
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there are a bunch of new codes introduced, of which i'll name the first time they appear. starting off with the spine's inside cover:
i'm naming this one axolotl: EVEN HIS LIES ARE LIES
cipher's code on the bottom: REMEMBER US
runes [small vertical]: OLAF WAS HERE
angel: PRAISE THE FALLEN ANGLE
inside of the paperback (not pictured) just says BLACK & WHITE.
LET HIM IN AND BREAK THE SEAL BETWEEN WHATS FICTION AND REAL
GLUTTOSLOTHENY
MY OPTOMETRIST NEVER SAW IT COMING
PAPER IS BOOK SKIN
LIES / BOOBERRY
left: LONE SURVIVOR OF THE EUCLIDEAN MASSACRE
upper right: TANTRUM
WHICH HENCHMANIAC RATTED ME OUT? (dramaa)
TITANS BLOOD (owl house ref?)
SUCK IT MERLIN
lobster lord's name is DARYLL
CURSE WITTEBANE (definitely owl house ref!)
COUNTRIES ARENT (wut)
author's code upper left: SIX FINGERED FREAK
bottom: STANLEY COULD HAVE MADE HER LAUGH (and he did!)
IF LOST RETURN TO BILL (bro got microchipped)
cipher: FORGET THE PAST
author: HOPEFULLY FS GLOVES WILL HIDE WHAT CIPHER HAS DONE TO MY HANDS...
bro's secret code: HAVE I BEEN TOO HARSH ALL ALONG?
cipher's code: I CAN WRITE CODES TOO IT'S NOT THAT HARD!
patients from left to right:
SPHEREMONGER / ETERNALOR / BILL CIPHER / THE LOGIC CUBE / PAINGORIOUS / JESSICA / SHADORG / MR SILLY / THE BEAST
the silly straws chapter is missing, i might add that later. i tried to collect all of them but there may be a few i missed.
GRAVITY FALLS SPOILERS MAYBE? FOR THISISNOTAWEBSITEDOTCOM.COM — AT LEAST WITH BILL CIPHER AND STAN PINES/GRUNKLE
This involves thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com and Bill's PTSD involving Stan along with a theory of Bill Cipher possibly still in Grunkle Stan's mind.
So I've been seeing some people concerned over the idea that Bill Cipher hasn't left Stan's mind at least not fully, and while I do also have some belief that maybe some remnant is still there—perhaps it's just Bill's remains left behind all while his soul is trapped in Theraprism.
But the idea that Bill still has access to Stan like before, nah.
In reality; I highly doubt it, it feels just like at the end of The Book of Bill: where Bill snaps over the mere idea that Stanley must've influenced the reader not to join him, just him viscerally screaming out Grunkle Stan's name— resulting with Bill in the void swearing that someone will let him out.
Bill Cipher is labeled with Max Security Rec in the Theraprism, that implies that he's clearly being watched even if they had this one 'slip up' with the Book of Bill. They still hold more power over him since they confiscate his book after five minutes :)
To me, it feels like he's lashing out now—Bill is now what he considers his lowest and is raging at Stanley for not only beating him, for being a cheaper version of Sixer, but for also being happy. To me: Bill is desperate; he's trying to plant doubt that they fully purged him from Stan's mind in which I highly doubt that either the Axolotl or the Theraprism wouldn't notice.
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But we'll see what happens if any updates come again, maybe I'm wrong and Bill isn't truly gone from the Pines Family 🤷♀️ but from what we've been seeing, Bill is grasping at straws now and clearly he's mad that he underestimated Grunkle Stan lmao get rekt loser
i hate when people get like way too into theories to the point where it just waters down the whole idea. like i see people being like "WHAT IF Bill forged the missing journal pages??" or "what if he actually didnt open up to Ford at all and everything he said was a lie abt his backstory" ??? like, we're rounding back around to "what if it was a coma the whole time" type stuff. its just really uninteresting and boring. obviously thats not whats going on, and if it was itd be lame asf. id rather deep dive into what theyre saying and analyze their characters rather than assume everything is just fake, it kinda reduces everything to mush imo. the whole point of tbob is that bill is NOT all knowing as he seems and hes actually not always 50 steps ahead. he has faults and real emotions and makes mistakes. he just makes it seem like hes in control so that people WILL question themselves. his bark is bigger than his bite.
Just found this and immediately thought of this theory
(Code: unreality)
ayo new theory just dropped and bad news! the implications are cosmically horrifying
in the bulletin from time baby in book of bill, he says bill is a “danger to narrativity”, and that he risks the fourth wall. this kept bothering me. why reference the fourth wall here? why have time baby reference it? yeah the heaven page and shit is a bit meta, but thats just how bill talks, right? Well i was a fool
when you put “seven eyes” into the lost files site, this warning pops up from the oracle question mark? from journal three:
the therapese at the bottom translates to “set coords for dimension: r34lity”.
and putting r34lity into the website gives us this image:
the text below it reads they found a new home. those are “real” fucking images. the henchmaniacs are in our “reality”. the cryptids page might not have been a goof goof bit- they were “real”. (“real” meaning our reality in the book of bill sense of it but still our reality. is that tracking.)
none of the rest of the cast actually references us as a specific audience, or the fandom, or acts like we know them at all. the cast addresses everything they write to a mystery “reader” who needs to be saved from the book’s influence.
meanwhile, in the book of bill:
because bill’s not talking to a mystery “reader” who’s reading this book.
bill fucking sees us.
bill sees reality. REALITY reality. like this earth the one with alex hirsch and gravity falls the show and tiktok and shit. book of bill is a book in our reality for us the reader. (ie. there’s a reference to “they both reached for the gun” if you put gun in the website, which would only make sense if bill was sentient in this “reality” right now.) and someone is trying to get here to hide from him. maybe they’re already here.
I was inspired. I love playing around with dynamics sm- Also, you can’t tell me a young Ford would not eat the HECK out of a bag of blue hot Doritos- He’s the kind of kid who would suck the dust off of every single one of his fingers too and not wash them, but complain about Stanley and his nasty Cheeto fingers.
Obviously references to Bills dead parents. Duh. But I thought it was funny. Inspired by this picture lol:
Do you think Bill Cipher ever wishes to douse the flames that he invokes when making a deal?
Do his hands ache from muscle memory? Does his vision darken as they land on the flames? Those bright blue flames?
"What?! Your ENTIRE home dimention? But how? By what?"
Bill looked distant, more than distant than I'd ever seen him.
"By a monster."
And as those blue flames that burned down his universe surrounded him in the Mindscape, do you think for a moment he missed home?
Hey MOM, this is BILLY. I want you to [incomprehensible]
What was he really running from as he invoked Axolotl's name?
Stan? The flames? His past?
Where did you all go? WHERE DID-
Who am I kidding?
What's the use in asking questions if you already know the answer?
Working on something ;)
This is an au where Bill actually succeeded in bringing his dimension to 3D and just gets to be happy… or does he? Anyway, I’m planning to make an animatic later on, so stay tuned
Tad is not getting paid enough for this
These were inspired by https://www.tumblr.com/void-dude’s au, please go check them out! love the concept of another euclidian survived the massacre! So much angst potential!
“Saw his dimension burn”
“Misses home, but can’t return”
Visiting hours
I like to headcanon that bill has mandatory visiting hours where he’s supposed to apologize, but he just use them to mock people
Careful bill, she might actually try and eat you
Here’s some baby bill drawings cause he’s so adorable
He was always a mama’s boy
Bonus:
The book of bill in a nutshell:
Bro got absolutely trolled
I am OBSESSED with the fact that bill canonically wears mascara and eyeliner so here’s some random doodles
This part was so great, I just had to draw it. I love my angst, plz give me MORE
euclydia was destroyed, what, a few trillion years ago? we can joke about it by now, right?
(audio is of course from john mulaney's "The One Thing You Can't Replace")
[Video description:
Bill Cipher is shown, heavily zoomed in so that only the top half of his eye is visible.
The speaker in the audio says, "And I had that thought, that only blackout drunks, and Steve Urkel, can have." The audience laughs.
It zooms out to show that Bill is floating in front of the remains of Euclydia, the rest of his body covered in blood.
"Did-" The speaker is cut off as the audience continues to laugh and clap.
Bill looks at his blood-covered hands, then turns to look behind him. He glances back at himself, and jumps back as he notices the blood all over him.
"Did I do that?"
It zooms in on Bill's haunted expression, sharply contrasted by the humorous tone of the words. End description]
I actually love this
i don't think the theraprism is a good thing, guys
//BOOK OF BILL SPOILERS!! ⚠️\\
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Bruh without the background it's like "Omg look he's so traumatized and frozen poor Bill aw..." and then with the background it's like "Oh." PFTTTTT-. I originally tried using it with a black ground, without knowing how frickin crazy it looked. So I just used both versions to see what yall would think- which is better?
And also..
I GOT EM BOYSS!!!!
valley of ashes
Just finished the book of bill and absolutely loved it ^.^ Missed this bastard <3
Bonus:
My bill cipher doodles :0
Mostly trying out human designs, but I wanna hear feedback on who y'all like too :]
The first one would be less of a manifestation and more like a corpse that eh reanimated for his use :P
The second one is more like a manifestation if anything, he's kinda shadowy and I'd like to make his eye and the side that isn't shaded glow when in shadow, if that makes sense.
And the last one is kinda like a marionette, he could probably possess it but I'm still working out the details. But it'd be more like an easier way to appear in a form without having to manifest a semi-solid figure :)
He’s stuck in my brain (ignore that my handwriting is ass I have issues with my fine motor skills)
Part 3
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
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