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Oh would you look at that! It’s one of my pieces for the Pyramid Scheme Zine!

I couldn’t resist posting this story. Let’s take a glimpse into another world where Stan goes toe to toe with Bill doing what he loves best: gambling!!!

It’s happening!! It’s finally happening!!!

The Billstan Zine is now out and free for you to peruse at your convenience!! Check out the links provided on the Twitter post here: https://x.com/zinemanager/status/2061920263974027394?s=46

I am SO excited for you all to finally view this masterpiece!!! All of the contributors are insanely talented and put their all into this project :))) please check them all out and support their work!

(psst—the digital extra is my extra long piece I wrote as a love letter to billstan! check it out!!)

card trick

A hint of Triangle Bill in my latest chapter as a treat for you freaks!

spoiler (not really) there will be more Triangle Bill towards the endgame too hehe

Hello Anon! Sure, I'd love to provide you all with more Fireproof head canons! It makes me happy to know that people still are interested in my billstan au :))

I mentioned this before I believe, but the whole reason Bill started growing out a goatee was to appear more "rugged" after hearing Stan fawn over Jimmy Snakes. Without it, he has a bit of a baby face. It takes Bill a long time to properly grow a full goatee, and it requires a good amount of maintenance. They learned that the hard way once he accidently gave Stan beard burn on his chin lol.

Bill once went through a phase of growing out a mustache in additional to his goatee. It was a VERY poor excuse of a pencil mustache, think a sleazy bootlegger from the 1920s. Stan claimed he hated it and said that Bill looked like a high school boy trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Bill didn't throw in the towel until Abuelita looked at it and silently handed Bill a can of shaving cream.

When Soos and Meloady have kids, they call Stan "Gramps" and Bill "Pops" respectively. It makes them both melt every time.

Bill would definitely be very involved with the Ramirez family during his retirement years, serving as a dubious role model for sure but they love him anyways.

Dipper and Mabel come by during their school breaks before summer starts, and Bill takes them on long camping trips to fully immerse them in the wacky nature (and to show up Ford). The number of times they almost get eaten is astounding, but hey! They lived!

Stan and Ford continue to go on short voyages up until Stan physically can't keep up with the nautical lifestyle anymore. When that happens, he and Bill build their own little cabin in the woods.

Bill switches between his two physical forms quite a bit post-epilogue, though at first he has to be very careful with how people take his Euclydian form. At the end of the day, that side of him IS him, and will always be him. And his family love him, so they will love him in all forms.

Stan at first, admittedly, was a bit wary though very willing to get to know all of Bill's (ahem) angles. Let's just say he masters geometry after a private tutoring session with Bill LOL

Ford is probably the one who has the most issues with Bill's triangle form, though. For good reason.

Ford and McGucket do strike up a relationship after Ford returns, though whether it's romantic or queer platonic is hard to tell. They're happy, and that's what matters.

Bill has a very eclectic wardrobe. Sometimes he's very classy, other times he looks like he rolled around in the bargain bin at Walmart. Whatever strikes his fancy.

KIND OF SAD but Stan dies first, in his early 80s much to his shock. Stan claims it's only fair since Bill technically died on him first. Bill doesn't find this funny at all. Both Bill and Ford were there with him in his final moments. Bill didn't last much longer after that. Ford ends up being the only one left of that generation, and he's grateful when death finally does come for him.

Death is one of Bill's biggest fears even though he knows what lies beyond it. He knows he will be punished. He knows that all his sins will catch up to him. What he wonders is if he will ever meet Stan again, in that great beyond. Maybe, maybe not. Maybe it'll have to be enough that in this life they met.

Of course, Anon!

Unfortunately, there is no caard for this zine, so here is the latest update the Pyramid Scheme Zine posted on its Twitter/X account as of April 29th:

We’re super super close to being complete!! I can’t wait for all of you to read it!

A couple of people showed interest in another installment, so here you go!

-disagreements and unresolved issues:

I think Bill will always have to grapple with not being Stan’s only important priority. I’ll be clear: he definitely is at the top in terms of importance in Stan’s life, but knowing that there are other people (specifically Ford) that can influence Stan just as much as he can REALLY bothers him.

He does logically understand that Stan can’t revolve EVERYTHING in his life around Bill, but that lack of control is something he has to learn to really tolerate without making other people miserable. Lack of control = weakness to Bill, who even at his weakest won't admit that he's vulnerable. Stan frequently has to check in with Bill to remind him that just because Bill can’t be involved in every facet of his life doesn’t make him any less loved and cherished by Stan. It’s a work in progress.

Another issue would arise as they get older and death draws closer. Bill would either want them to be become immortal through some ritual or die with Stan because NO WAY is he living life without his husband. Stan does not want to be immortal nor does he want Bill to kill himself after he dies. This is something that will always be a reoccurring argument.

Bill would keep on trying to bring it up during casual conversation. “SO! DEATH! NOT A HUGE OF IT, ESPECIALLY YOURS. LET’S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.” And Stan’s just like, “Bill, I’m not drinking some wacky fountain water. It tastes like nickels.”

-Again, not the perfect couple. Not by a long shot lol. Stan DOES like Bill’s clinginess and protective/possessive nature because it makes him feel wanted. But there are times that if he makes a decision Bill doesn’t like, Bill will switch up and get very moody and snippy and distant (avoidant Bill is canon to me). And this makes Stan feel horrible, like he made a mistake. Bill, to be clear, isn’t so much meaning to punish Stan as he is wanting to make sure that his displeasure is known…and maybe guilt-trip Stan a teensy bit to make him change his mind.

Bill, on the other hand…hmm. He definitely doesn't appreciate how stubborn Stan can get on certain issues and not budge, especially when he feels offended. The grumpiness and sour mood is such a killjoy, but also its that same stubbornness that pushes Bill to put the work in to meet Stan halfway.

-why didn’t I make Bill’s last name “Birchtree” instead of “Birch” in Fireproof? Wouldn’t that have made the plot more interesting if he had a direct link to Silas Birchtree and the Ciphertologists?

Confession time: I was not really interacting with the fandom much when I first started outlining the story and had missed the secret pages. I did not know that the cult actually had hidden pages dedicated to it. I managed to add some elements to it last minute-such as the church, the locket, and Bill’s obsession with the Society of the Blind Eye-without reworking the plot but by then I couldn’t really plug it in smoothly, so I just left it be. Otherwise there’d be random people in the middle of the night knocking on the shack’s door looking for the reincarnation of their leader and Bill would have to bs a reading for them.

-Ford and Bill take a long time to truly be comfortable around each other. More so, Ford has to not only accept the fact that Bill is part of his family and is going to be a part of his life forever, but he also has to confront what he has gone through at the hands of his own Bill (Cipher).

To me, (even in canon) Ford spent those thirty years not truly sorting out his feelings and the abuse he suffered by the hands of someone he had trusted whole-heartedly. Again, I am in the camp that Bill and Ford has a very ambiguous and deep connection that can't really be labeled as romance (not to say that it can't be ruled out). However, the very nature of their relationship was destined for failure (but I won't get into that here of all places), and Ford has a long journey of healing ahead of him that is several times more challenging with a living reminder of his greatest mistake.

On Bill's end, he's wary of Ford at times and keeps a weathered eye out for sabotage, but aside from being a bit butthurt he doesn't have much of a grudge. He kind of sees them as being "even" in terms of hurting each other. "I screwed you over and you screwed me over, fair is fair even if I'm still a bit salty over it" mentality.