That scene of cJack telling cQuackity that cTommy didn’t make it while they stand in the rain OHHHHH MY GODDDD can we please take a moment to appreciate that once again
i hate when people get like way too into theories to the point where it just waters down the whole idea. like i see people being like "WHAT IF Bill forged the missing journal pages??" or "what if he actually didnt open up to Ford at all and everything he said was a lie abt his backstory" ??? like, we're rounding back around to "what if it was a coma the whole time" type stuff. its just really uninteresting and boring. obviously thats not whats going on, and if it was itd be lame asf. id rather deep dive into what theyre saying and analyze their characters rather than assume everything is just fake, it kinda reduces everything to mush imo. the whole point of tbob is that bill is NOT all knowing as he seems and hes actually not always 50 steps ahead. he has faults and real emotions and makes mistakes. he just makes it seem like hes in control so that people WILL question themselves. his bark is bigger than his bite.
I’m not anti-Vivziepop and in fact I’m a fan of HB but I’ll be using tags accordingly to try to reach the right audience
I’m gonna be honest, I dropped this series for a couple of years and I did after watching “the circus. “ to me making Stella evil since birth just so Stolas can be let off the hook (rather than having an interesting and nuanced situation where maybe both characters are imperfect) just felt like such a BAD writing choice. Every now and then, the writing kindaaaa reeks of…misogyny maybe? Regarding Stella and the way she’s written so Stolas can be an uwu innocent gay bean. Keep in mind, I LIKE Stolas, I just wished this part of the story had been written better.
Anyway, I actually got back into it because someone told me that Striker came back again so. I guess if Stella didn’t put a hit on her husband, striker wouldn’t exist so silver lining
Edit:and let me add-it’s not like I don’t like Stella at all. I like her, she IS a funny villain and her toxicity kinda amuses me tbh. I love seeing women crash out. I think despite the bad writing, the VA’s performance REALLY saves her, but I also feel irked by where said writing is coming from and the fact that we COULD have had better.