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Aside from the whole amnesia au I thought of, I was coming up with another au.
A priest who genuinely wants to die, but he’s actually so incredibly (un?)lucky he can’t die. Every time he attempts, something goes wrong and it doesn’t work out. He obtains the Book of Bill, he uses this as a way to finally get what he so desired.
Bill successfully escapes the Theraprisma and his faith while the unnamed priest is finally dead. Unfortunately for Bill, he has to deal with a lot of the things the man had left behind. Double unfortunate, Bill is unable to use his powers. At the very least he can try to start a cult again, but he’ll have to try and be under the radar if he doesn’t want to get caught from the Pines family. The first thing that happens is getting attacked by an animal while trying to head to where the priest lives. The animal mainly attacked his face 💀
They’re lowkey freaking out though because Bill’s statue is missing, and Ford and Dipper going on their investigation trip to find any hints of Bill. Ford checks into the church and finds the priest, bro is taken aback seeing his face covered in bandages.
TBH I personally think the rest of this would be something like Bill and Ford getting along, but Ford isn’t aware of the fact that the priest is just getting along so well and knows how to say some of the right things as Bill, and then Bill is lowkey tweaking the fuck out because prior to all this, the unnamed priest never told him the demon anything about his life, let alone his name. However, as Bill starts to learn more about the priest from people who knew him personally, he realizes a bit that they are similar. Not identical, but it’s like seeing a warp mirror version. So Bill is like, “Holy shit, is this lowkey me if I was human?” type shit.
Add in the fact that Ford would eventually realize it was Bill, dear lord, can you imagine the angst? Ford yelled and was ready to kill Bill, remarking how he had tricked him again, meanwhile, the demon over here having an identity fucking crisis 💀
“You tricked me you bastard.”
“I fear I might be freaking the fuck out over here.”
Turns out, that priest's luck of not dying came in handy—because even when Ford tried to kill him, his gun didn’t go off when he pulled the trigger. It only went off when he had stopped pointing at Bill. Explanation? Idk, y’all I just provide the ideas y’all can use 💀
Extra—I've called him the unnamed priest, but I think his actual name would be Sergio :)
Amnesia Bill! I think it is a really bittersweet idea. I imagine they were going to do their ritual thing to get rid of him but after the ritual fails they opp on trying to kill him. Fortunately, no one can really bring themselves to kill him, since he’s so lost and confused about everything. Genieuly helpless and everyone just takes pity.
I said in my last post he would remember some things via dreams and shit, but I think the only thing he would remember in the start would be his parents. Can you imagine Ford mentally preparing himself to kill Bill, just to hear him talk about his parents so suddenly? I don’t think he would say a lot, but just like, “I was close with my mom. I don’t know where she is,” or something like that.
More about the whole regaining memories bit by bit, I swear up and down he would have a meltdown in the middle of the night because he regained the memory that HE DESTROYED HIS DIMENSION. Even though he keeps getting told it’s just a nightmare, it definitely wasn’t just a nightmare, he’s reliving the worst of the worst every night.
Slow a burn story. I fw the whole enemies to lovers but in this case, it’s a one-sided enemies shit. Ford (and everyone else as mentioned in the last post) hates Bill—Ford shows it, whether subtly or outright, he leans more into the subtleness of it all. After a while, he does realize Bill is genuinely powerless and not faking shit. He would be more sympathetic, but he definitely will still harbor the animosity for a while; however, Bill definitely fell in love during the time Ford was more sympathetic to him.
The start between them is like, Bill wanted to be friends with Ford because he seemed to know him like the back of his hand. Bill doesn’t have romantic feelings for Ford in the start, rather just this kind of desperation to cling to anything or anyone that can help him remember something, anything. Ford definitely didn’t like him, and any time Bill tried interacting with him, he either ignored him or walked away. Avoidance is key, but he can’t avoid the man forever. Eventually, they start to talk—more like Bill does the talking—Ford becomes a lot more invested whenever Bill talks about his memories. There were definitely times he got a bit worried Bill would remember their time together.
Bill's continuous nightmares would get so bad, Ford decided to stay with him for a night.
Last post, I said Mabel would be the only one to believe Bill, loosely. She shows her sympathy to him early on, but she’s still super weary of him. he helped him settle in a bit and when he needed to cry and tell someone about a new memory he regained, he’d always tell Mabel. Like his parents. A small conversation like this perchance?
“I wanted to show them the stars, that’s all I wanted. No one knew what I was talking about then. I wonder if they can see the stars now.”
“I’m sure they can now—hey, maybe they see you right now? I bet your parents would be happy to see where you are right now.”
“You reallY think they can see me?”
“Oh definitely. With your looks and personality, how can they miss you?”
While everyone is weary of Bill and lowkey trying to get rid of him, Bill is enjoying his time bonding with Mabel, even if she sometimes slips up and shows her suspicions towards him.
Bill's relationship with Stanley and Dipper is really rough. Like, genuinely, they don’t hide the fact they don’t like him, especially Dipper. Bill could be sweeping and then Dipper is in the back praying for his downfall. Dipper definitely shuns him and on some bad days, he does lash out at Bill. I don’t think their relationship would get super better over time, rather, I think it would become something like tolerance. As much as Dipper hates him, he doesn’t really have much of a say in what happens. He doesn’t show his hate toward him too much, occasionally they can have a decent conversation, but when push comes to shove, Dipper will definitely lash out at Bill again.
The same can be said about Stan, though I do think he would somewhat come around to like Bill. Not by much, just a bit. Just like Dipper, he would lash out, but he took a more teasing approach towards Bill, knowing it would definitely annoy the demon. Even if it went over Bill’s head, he definitely sensed him getting really agitated about it. He messes with Bill more so, his way of letting out his hate for him. Bill can tell Stan doesn’t like him, but he rather have to deal with stan’s antics than to be ignored all the time.
That's all for tonight gang BYEE