Thinking About That Silly Straw Line

I think it's kinda funny that Bill himself drops a Flatland reference and the fact that he doesn't have a family anymore in the Reddit AMA because all I can imagine is him being like "haha people will be so freaked out by me hinting that I killed my family and came from a bleak dimension" meanwhile I'm just like "ah this poor bastard had parental issues and was traumatized by the society he grew up in"

De herencia Purépecha, la Danza del Viejito nace en el pueblo de Jarácuaro, ubicado en la ribera del Lago de Pátzcuaro en Michoacán. Su legado es ancestral, pues data de la época prehispánica antes de la llegada de los españoles. Se ejecutaba, en cada cambio de estación, por los “Petámutis” - los sabios o chamanes - quienes eran los más ancianos del pueblo y, por ende, los únicos que podían realizar la danza. El propósito era realizar una ofrenda para el dios del sol o el dios viejo - llamado “Tata Jurhiata” -, pidiéndole por buenas cosechas, lluvias o salud para sus enfermos.

Con la llegada de los españoles la danza fue prohibida. Los ancianos del pueblo, ignorando las nuevas reglas de los colonizadores, siguieron enseñando esta tradición a sus jóvenes, quienes ahora bailaban al ritmo del tambor y la flauta, adaptándose así al proceso de mestizaje cultural adoptando nuevos instrumentos del viejo mundo. Con el tiempo la danza perdió su sentido religioso y pasó a ser una forma de burlarse de los españoles, sin que éstos se dieran cuenta.

Los danzantes portan una máscara de viejito echa con madera o pasta de caña -materia prima típica de la región-, utilizan fibra de zacate para simular el cabello del viejito. Su atuendo consiste de una camisa de manga larga y un pantalón, ambos de manta, con decorados bordados en la zona de las muñecas y tobillos. Se complementa con un sombrero adornado con listones multicolores y un bastón rudimentario de madera.

Los huaraches son imprescindibles, pues la forma de bailar esta danza es con un vigoroso y rítmico zapateo. Los danzantes se encorvan, simulando la postura de un viejito, al mismo tiempo que actúan diferentes achaques típicos de la vejez. . . #michoacan #morelia #méxico #mexico #mexicomagico #mexicodesconocido #tradicionesmexicanas #mexicantradition #ancestors #purepecha #danza #folkloremexicano #folklore #travel #travelphotography #viejitos #photo #photooftheday (at Morelia Centro, Morelia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_a66sPAUD/?utm_medium=tumblr

The pain and terror children in gaza live with constantly. He's trying to keep himself together, developing a tolerance for horrors that no child should ever witness. Where are the human rights activists? Or save the children organization? CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE NOW.

The mood is being mad at 2012-2014 era Tumblr for sexifying Bill Cipher and Cecil Palmer and drawing them in suits when they’re just silly little guys who dress like the gays they are, with zero color coordination or regard for the weather.

Sketches of Russian women's costumes (1965)

The scene where Bill tells Dipper that he made so many sacrifices for Mabel and she never paid him back activates my fight or flight because Mabel haters used it as an actual argument but also it's sooo interesting in terms of like. Bill could know he's 100% bullshitting here but he could also be genuinely thinking that Mabel WAS selfish for not paying Dipper back for every single nice thing he did for her but rather than judging her for that, he admires that and that adds onto the whole "Bill sees himself in Mabel" thing.

storyboard bill is everything to me

Heba Zagout (Palestinian), 1984–2023

killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

So much of Bill's character gets enhanced if you look into his lore including the comedy potential. This guy was literally just some bug-sized paper-thin shape person and now he has beef with every other deity/immortal being in the multiverse. Time Baby? Implied that they have past beef with each other and tried to kill each other during Weirdmageddon. The Oracle? Extremely determined to see Bill get taken down and gave Ford a strong hand in it. The Axolotl? Actually genuinely seems to want the best for Bill but he still has one-sided beef with them. He writes in Journal 3 about how they cannot stop his apocalypse plans meanwhile they're literally just existing like "this guy is going to call for my help in thirty years and then I'll show him the joys of compassion 😊"