#garbage talk

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This scene subtly hints that Emma was the one who asked Fidd for a divorce. This is precisely why he returned to Ford early, looking defeated and desperate.

He made no attempt to fix his relationship with Emma or make up for forgetting the Christmas gifts. He should have stayed for his children to give them a proper Christmas, but he chose instead to evade all family conflicts and head back ahead of schedule.

Furthermore, I believe “forgetting the gifts” was merely a cover-up. He used this excuse to hide his divorce from Ford. When Ford asked for details, he vaguely claimed the family dinner went nothing like he had expected, indirectly shifting the blame onto Emma.

Yet this incident was only the trigger. The essential reason for their broken marriage was that he had neglected his family entirely throughout the year while working alongside Ford.

He was undeniably guilty, knowing most of the fault belonged to him, and that his family estrangement was deeply connected to his bond and work with Ford. That was why he avoided telling Ford the truth, brushing everything off with ambiguous excuses about Emma’s materialism and his own unmet family expectations.

He came back to Ford with clear inner hopes. He craved emotional comfort and a new home that could accept him. Therefore, he deliberately acted vulnerable to gain Ford’s sympathy, driven by obvious selfish motives.

In the following scene, Ford yielded and indulged him, offering exactly what he wanted: a warm festive atmosphere, eggnog, and the snowman activity Ford had already planned in the initial scene.

Fidd was fully satisfied by everything he took from Ford. He knew exactly what he was craving all along. Every sense of warmth and belonging he could not find at home was fulfilled entirely by Ford.

I even suspect that his brief return to Emma was rooted in guilt. Though he claimed he expected a warm family atmosphere, his actions told a different story. It is obvious which meant more to him: his family, or staying by Ford’s side.

In the later footage, Bill begins deliberately stirring up conflict between Fidd and Ford.

His line “have it on good authority” most likely refers to one of two possibilities:

① Bill observed Fidd’s suspicious secret behavior regarding the portal, or read related content in Fidd’s notes;

② Bill accessed Fidd’s memories and learned all of his inner thoughts.

Tragically, all the expectations Fidd had placed on Ford began to crumble because of Bill’s manipulation.

Bill also mocks Fidd for being a third wheel. XD

Meanwhile, Ford cares deeply about Bill’s attitude and feels upset whenever Bill ignores him — this is part of Bill’s manipulative pattern, whether intentional or unintentional. Ford trusts every word Bill says unconditionally, even when those words plant suspicion in his mind against Fidd.

In the end, Fidd placed all his emotional hopes and attachments on someone he could never truly have.

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Some of my speculative tones got lost in translation, which makes the text come off as overly intense.

will i update？maybe..idk