HE INTENTIONALLY TRIES TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK LIKE THIS OMNIPOTENT CREATURE PLUS THE FACT THAT HE'S OLD HE USES THAT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE - Blog Posts

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.