idk

always thought ford and arthur met at a college party ford gatecrashed while arthur was in his senior year (25) and they started to get along because they were both outcasts. eventually arthur found out ford got by completely through couch hopping and offered to let ford stay with him, which he started to regret a month in seeing as ford isn’t the most thoughtful roommate, but arthur felt the need to let him stay because he’d already made the commitment. once ford moved out, they kept in touch because of how familiar they were with each other but around 60% of the time they found each other extremely annoying. obviously a little better than living together though

I don’t think it was as bad for them as it became in space. going into space added a lot of strain onto their relationship because arthur started setting his priority of finding a home above ford while ford thought he was finally able to be free and have arthur along with him during this. a lot of the tension they have comes from that dynamic but I don’t think they were the best pair on earth either

does anyone actually consider h2g2 book 6 canon

no

logging onto tumblr like heyyy i'm thinking about the same character i've spent the past few weeks thinking about. no change here. just wanted to let yall know

Arthur tossing the Guide into a lake on prehistoric Earth is only casually mentioned as a joke but it's kind of insane if you think about it like that Guide was one of the few things Ford had when he was trapped on normal Earth to remind him of the rest of the universe and keep him sane through his imprisonment. Probably had insane sentimental value and now he's stuck on an even more backwards Earth with no tech, no parties, no alcohol and Arthur straight up tries to destroy it on impulse like.... definitely one of the reasons he left

The beautiful ship coming in to harbor: