[.......thank fuck for that ring and the 75 comments establishing that Ford is willing to accept it as reliable because otherwise, this sounds ffffffake.
But this whole conversation has happened based on the premise that the ring can be relied upon to determine truth--at least, the truth as Bill sees it. So, until something happens that undermines that premise, Ford will accept it.
And...Ford makes an expression like he's just been handed something he has absolutely no idea what to do with. Like someone else's ice cream. Or four kittens. Or an emotion. No, seriously, what on earth is he supposed to do with this?
The effects of the act themselves don't mean much. Ford can't be possessed anyway; he has the plate for that. Mechanically, it doesn't change anything Bill can or can't do to him. It's, ha ha, it is the thought that counts, here -- because it's the thought that he matters enough to Bill Cipher for Bill to consider a thing he, Ford, might want. Even though Ford isn't interested in the games Bill misses. Even though Bill knows he never will be.
Bill might graduate. Certainly not soon, and Ford has a deep suspicion that by-the-books graduation is not Bill's plan A (Bill hates rules, hates systems, he's not going to not cheat) but if Bill stays here long enough, he might. Ford both wants and doesn't want to believe it. But isn't he himself proof that no matter how old you are, it isn't too late to change?]
Bill, I--
[What does Ford want? He wants to not have to worry about Bill, absolutely. He wants to use what he knows about Bill keep the people on the Barge and the rest of the multiverse safe from him. He wants to go home with a clear conscience. He wants to see his family again. He doesn't want a life with Bill in it.
(He's building a containment unit specifically made for Bill. This is awkward.)]
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Date: 2018-04-15 02:20 am (UTC)But this whole conversation has happened based on the premise that the ring can be relied upon to determine truth--at least, the truth as Bill sees it. So, until something happens that undermines that premise, Ford will accept it.
And...Ford makes an expression like he's just been handed something he has absolutely no idea what to do with. Like someone else's ice cream. Or four kittens. Or an emotion. No, seriously, what on earth is he supposed to do with this?
The effects of the act themselves don't mean much. Ford can't be possessed anyway; he has the plate for that. Mechanically, it doesn't change anything Bill can or can't do to him. It's, ha ha, it is the thought that counts, here -- because it's the thought that he matters enough to Bill Cipher for Bill to consider a thing he, Ford, might want. Even though Ford isn't interested in the games Bill misses. Even though Bill knows he never will be.
Bill might graduate. Certainly not soon, and Ford has a deep suspicion that by-the-books graduation is not Bill's plan A (Bill hates rules, hates systems, he's not going to not cheat) but if Bill stays here long enough, he might. Ford both wants and doesn't want to believe it. But isn't he himself proof that no matter how old you are, it isn't too late to change?]
Bill, I--
[What does Ford want? He wants to not have to worry about Bill, absolutely. He wants to use what he knows about Bill keep the people on the Barge and the rest of the multiverse safe from him. He wants to go home with a clear conscience. He wants to see his family again. He doesn't want a life with Bill in it.
(He's building a containment unit specifically made for Bill. This is awkward.)]