https://archiveofourown.org/works/58360870/chapters/162817450
It took a while, but it's finally here! Strap in.
GUYS GUYS GUYS!! @orpheuswasmine’s posters are done and they are magnificent!! There’s also a great character analysis to go with it!! Ahhhhh!!! 😆😆
Expect an update tomorrow. I know you’ve all been patiently waiting 😉🥰
I WAS GOING THROUGH SM BUT HERE THEY ARE !!! Took so long hope you all like them though !!!
This took me a while !!! And I can talk about the Bill vs Billy whole thing now 💀
Basically, how I read a Human Condition, it’s practically this whole dichotomy of Bill vs Billy and no one is aware of it. Believing Bill can change is an act of believing Billy is there, believing Bill can’t change means Billy is dead.
Billy is the root of Bill’s empathy and change, or what Bill would call, the root of his weakness. Bill considers Billy weak and deadweight, something worth forgetting. In the first lines, we ever read from Billy in A Human Condition is, “Just fit in”.
In the beginning of the Billy storyline, he himself in a major contradiction to Bill’s own beliefs and self-worth. Billy is what everyone hopes to achieve in the end, but Billy died the day Bill destroyed their dimension… right? Yes and no 🐺
The remnants live on and begin to crack through ways that Bill has taken notice of, especially when he’s with Mabel. It’s moments where he spends time with Mabel, I picture the hostile face shifting to a more softer and rounder face. Mabel brings out the best in him. Unknowingly the reason Billy returns. It isn’t just Mabel that brings the Billy side out. It could be objects of interest or of fear and even guilt. Objects of interest could be the silly straw or the spaghetti scene from the recent chapter. The fear and guilt of Billy is brought out by Ford when he chokes him out or when Bill wanders into the mind space Ford had locked up.
I have more to say about Billy, but man I gotta talk about Bill because I got so much to say about him.
Bill is a cheat, liar, and other say, a monster through and through. But Bill is simply a manifestation of survival and going against all of that he knew. The line in chapter 27, “Yes. I’m completely cured. My irregularity will not affect my ability to fit in, your excellence.” This is a lie that Bill said, this was an act of wanting to survive and protecting himself. This is also the point in the Billy storyline that Billy starts to identify himself with Bill and this is the same chapter where his mother and father starts to call him, Bill, as well.
This is the plantings seeds of Bill, that continue to thrive even after failing the very thing he was manifested for. He allowed not just himself but Billy to die. It’s only now they have another chance, but Bill believes he’s the sole reason why they had survived for so long before. Billy is weak and can only bring in danger. This pathetic, weak, piece of him is holding him back, and yet it is something worth protecting just to survive.
We see Bill truest form through lines like, “But Bill wasn’t weak. He was strong and he was smarter than all of them. They didn’t see it yet, but he could prove it! He only needed time. He wouldn’t be a burden, he would be a credit to all triangles, like his parents had said. He was different than other irregulars. He was better.”
But the next line is, “Because Bill was weak in the eyes of Euclydia. He was a freak, an irregular. He was made wrong. And yet. Bill wanted to live.”
Bill is a manifestation of wanting to survive and not letting anyone in. Even in this weak human form, that motivation drives home. He is protecting not himself but Billy as well.
I imagine if you were to enter Bill’s mind, it would be this split down the middle where Bill and Billy are seprated, but both of them have a piece of each other. Bill with a younger and triangle Billy, while good old human Billy is trapped with a more familiar triangle Bill.
Here’s pictures without the word 😼
That’s how read Bill and Billy’s storyline and interpreted it. The drawings showcase them and in their own spaces. I like to think Bill is in the darkest part and only he and Billy illuminate the space. I gave him crazy long hair that would be everywhere since he is everywhere and because having long hair is great, but such a pain to try and maintain and take care of.
Billy looks the most like Bill’s human form, since he practically accepted this and the only artical of clothing he’s wearing is the sweater Mabel has gifted them. He’s in the brighter and hopeful side since he holds all the good parts. He’s just trapped with a piece of Bill, still trying to guard him.
Can’t wait to see what A Human Condition has in store and I’ll probably continus on with this theory/headcanon 😭 I actually have some headcanons about Bill and Billy, but idk if anyone wants to hear allat 💀
@sapphosscribe AGAIN, you’re such a talented writer! Got me thinking and all 😭 can’t wait to see what you have been cooking up 😼
Despite best efforts, it’s just not ready and I’d rather hold on to it and give you guys something really good that I’m happy with than something blah that I throw out just to have it done.
Patience. The next update is coming this week and it will be a big one. 😉
FANART GUYS!!! THEYRE TOO CUTE 😭😭
Come check out @dontjinxit18’s scene from ch. 29 of A Human Condition!
Any excuse I can get to not draw a background would be greatly appreciated, thanks. @sapphosscribe
Expect an update to A Human Condition tomorrow, just in time for Halloween!
Fanart by @raviolireptile you guys!! Absolutely love this interpretation of Bill and the work with all the colors and expressions, it’s so fun!! 😆🥰
Fanart of chapter 28 of A Human Condition by @sapphosscribe on Ao3
Absolutely loved this chapter! Reminds me when I had all of the exact perfect cards for the last like 6 rounds of BS and won flawlessly… good times
It’s a meaty one too! Eat up!
MORE FANART GUYS!!! 😆😆 Christmas came early for me this year 😁 this was practically exactly how I pictured it! (Seriously, so blown away and flattered by people taking the time to draw my little fic ☺️)
Some fanart of chapter 16 and 19 of A Human Condition by @sapphosscribe
By far my favorite redemption Human Bill fic
Bill is a gremlin you guys @kimpuntoexe drew him in all his glory here while he was spiraling out TW for self harm, but wholly molley does this look great!
TW: SH!
These drawings are from chapters 8 and 13 of A Human Condition by @sapphosscribe on AO3, an amazing BillFord/Human BillCipher fic that I discovered a few weeks ago. It explores the characters' psychology and Bill's redemption, which pretty much comes down to: one step forward, three steps back.
Though I have to say, my human Bill design strays a bit from the fic's description, but you get the idea.
Anyway, I highly recommend this fic!!
The update is coming! Either late today or tomorrow depending on how much I get done. I haven’t had much time to write this week, but it’s a short chapter so it won’t take long to finish.
Hope you’re all ready 😉
hiiii ;3
I love your fanfic very much and I'm looking forward to the new chapter, have a nice day!
(bill from @raviolireptile)
Ahhhh!!! So pretty!!! Thanks for letting me know about this! Such a great portrait of Bill that chapter 🩷🩷🩷! @raviolireptile @schhhwa
She/her. (25) A voracious reader and writer. I’m posting updates for my stories on here. Find me on Ao3!https://archiveofourown.org/users/SapphosScribe
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