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this is emmett and cullen they are best friends

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I made a past post showing parallels between Gideon & Bill a while back but the main parallel I noticed are their relationships to Ford and Mabel:

They used to be close to Ford/Mabel before their messed up actions caused a falling out between them

Gave them chances to join their side

Held them captive during the course of Weirdmaggedon

Now this could've been accidental and me just reading into things but the Book of Bill had this recurring idea of Bill being Ford's toxic, abusive ex. It just really cemented this parallel and the idea of Bill being Ford's Gideon.

IN ADDITION - While this might be reaching, I think with this idea in mind, there's an additional way to read to Gideon's line:

"Bill explained it to me nice and simple. She was always destined to be mine. Now that I have her trapped in a cage, she'll learn to love me. I have an eternity to wait"

Both have significant powers of their own (all Bill's psychic abilities vs Gideon's access to Journal 2 & the amulet)

... which they gained as children, much too young to handle it properly, facilitating their spiral into villainy...

... and yet for all their real powers, their modus operandi is manipulating people by pretending to have powers above and beyond what they already do (being a divine muse vs being psychic).

As power hungry as they are, what they really seem to want is attention and adoration.

When they're defeated they're sent to a prison where they do arts & crafts and group therapy as part of their rehabilitation. And it's kinda the last thing you'd expect the show to do with them.

They both tried to turn to their usual minions to help them escape prison (Ford vs Bud), and when that didn't work, attempted a dubious demon pact with someone they barely knew in the hopes they'd help spring them (Bill contacting the reader vs Gideon contacting Bill).

They both have a gang of loyal criminals.

They don't treasure their criminal gang as much as this one Pines who keeps rebuffing them.

They latched onto their respective Pines over their similarities (Bill seeing himself in Ford's desire for acknowledgment, respect, and success after a lifetime of being seen as the freak, vs Gideon being drawn to Mabel's appreciation for the "sparkly things" in life)

Both of them blame their target's twin brother for turning them against them rather than acknowledging it was their own blatantly evil murderous behavior.

Dapper dressers.

AND NOW..

White lies 🐝