"I Was A Foot, Stanley."

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im so sad abt the new ep :( i was kinda...disappointed? the other episodes were such high quality and this one felt kinda rushed. it did come out in only 2 months but still. maybe i just need to rewatch it? idk

EDIT: i rewatched it, and its better! i still prefer the other episodes, but im less disappointed. i think the reason why i was disappointed in the first place, other than the rushed feeling, was that it didnt have a lot of lore and stuff. i think were out of the exposition now and more into character development. hopefully we'll get to see more of jax just being a normal dude without him having to be fanservice'd lmao

i just love when my tumblr feed decides to astral project

It's still interesting that TBoB called more attention to Stan's control over his mindscape (And if you go with the interpretation that the lost pages are partial truths that are heavily influenced by Bill, then he's the one insisting that only someone with training should be able to have that much control over the mind.)

Meanwhile we have a memory!Stan. Someone who apparently knows too much and is rather aware for being a simple memory.

From the Wheel of Shame, we know Bill was able dig up all kinds of dirt on Stan but... that wasn't why he was there in the first place, was it?

Bill couldn't find the code immediately despite a memory of Stan opening the safe being a few hours old at most and decided to have Mabel try find it for him (The original concept of the ep had it far more hidden but this was likely cut because of time constraints)

Ford did experiments on Stan's mind which likely meant using Project Mentem and actually looking around his mindscape, and his only reaction was to comment on his jokes-- despite what little we the audience know being enough to render us sobbing wrecks

(yes I refuse to shut up about this part cos the book's intro is extremely underrated)

Stan was able to replace his memories of Ford with the swingset instead and managed to hide Ford in his Bar Mitzvah memory. And that's not even mentioning the lack of visible Portal and Stan o' War which noticeably show up in Ford's dreamscape (the broken swingset manifesting anyway pains me tho)

He subconsciously has misdirects for his secrets that are both silly and manages to disturb everyone too

And while Bill-as-Soos being bored by the vending machine memory is a joke that's basically the crew's way of going "hey remember the thing way back in the first ep that's going to show up in the next one?" and in-universe appears to be Stan slipping up, it's interesting that they had Stan input the wrong code when it's consistent literally every other time its inputted (especially when it shows up correctly in the very next episode)

It's even possible that the safe code that Bill found could have been a misdirect too but we'll never know since the safe got blown open by dynamite.

Stan was able to buy time by making his mind blank despite being genuinely terrified when Bill enters his mind (to the point that he breaks character and uses his own voice to yell), and could conjure up his living room (in colour opposed to his mind's regular greyscale) to make sure Bill didn't have enough room to flee, slamming the door in his face before the effects of the memory gun kicked in.

(EDIT: Random door analysis here)

And maybe the twins eventually told him that Bill had already been inside his mind after their W3 reunion, but all we know was that his conscious self was left in the dark for ages and wasn't really aware of Bill until Weirdmageddon.

TBoB showing McGucket's dreamscape also brings up the idea of the effects of the memory gun manifesting differently to each person. To Stan's mindscape, the memory wipe manifests as blue flames which immediately brings to mind Bill's powers but it's a far lighter shade (maybe to more closely match the memory gun and its eventual fade to white?)

The end of TBoB and the website poem also firmly reminds us about Stan's connection to fire but there's also the question if Stan himself is actually aware of it...

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Bill In Therapy: Rise of Static Ford

The entire comic in chronological order as well as extra- and fan content!

Static reference

Static playlist

Bill In Therapy:

Part 1: What if therapy worked a little tiny bit on BILL?

Part 2: Nestled right between the frontal and temporal lobe

Part 3: Would that interest you my muse?

Part 4: He's so stupid I can't please just get over him already

Part 5: It’s a bit darker this time sorry guys

Part 6: There’s no rest for the wicked

!Doodles and alike!

KAZOO

He reaches

All the colours

Magma doodles 1

Magma doodles 2

And then they kissed-

Static making friends?

The crossover ever

Subconscious (outdated)

I missed Halloween here but i think chaos and static had fun

!Fancontent!

ANIMATIC WHOA

THE FIRST

Bill in Therapy pt1 COMIC DUB

Bill at therapy pt2 COMIC DUB

Static ford, my beloved

Girl Help

You look lonely...I can fix that

Why did you do it?

Bro fumbled so hard

Does that interest you my muse?

their dynamic is making me claw at the walls

Tea time

they are best friends <3

He's so silly

MALWARE

Came to me in a vision

((Static Ford still lives in my head...))

MY MUSE

bill misses his wife

*looks at notes* uhhh static ford

STATIC FORD STATIC FORD STATIC FO

FHEHDHDDNDICND

He used to love hugs

aaand my dad told me to stop being an asshole to her thats nice

typing this so i dont tell my mom to kys

my mom told me to put on a pair of pants to go outside for literally 2 seconds and i made the horrible mistake of simply not because again, 2 seconds, and now she wont let me have the thing i ordered off of ebay WITH MY OWN MONEY until tomorrow, and she was literally doing the sassy "what did i tell you to do?" pose and body shake and she yells at ME for having an attitude like my brother in christ i said "okay" WHY ARE YOU GROUNDING ME FOR AN EXTRA DAY "b-but i buy you things and take you places why do you like your dad more????" maybe because he's not on an eternal power trip???

im a minor and couldnt vote, but if i could, god would i have voted for kamala. SHOOT HIM AGAIN