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reading your tags…I remember In the Pines, Billy did sort of give Goody his blessing when he said he wouldn’t mind seeing Goody with Vasquez
yeee! you know originally when I brought Vasquez into that fic, it wasn’t at all for the purpose of giving Goody a potential ‘romantic partner option’ after Billy died. I just liked Vasquez and didn’t think he had enough to do in the movie lol. And Vasquez wasn’t originally going to come back at the end either: Goody was going to ride off alone to go find Sam and kind of low-key hope Vasquez would be there too, and Goody could see them both again. BUT (like I rambled in those tags haha) I really liked the developing Goody/Vasquez bond, and kind of sold myself on the idea of them as a couple post-fic haha
and re: Billy’s blessing, you are totally right, that’s exactly what I imagined Billy was doing when he was ‘joking’ that he wouldn’t mind. And he said again in his letter to Goody that he still loved Goody whether he found happiness again alone or ‘with someone else’, and I think Billy was thinking of Vasquez for that. And although we didn’t see any scenes of just Billy and vasquez (since it was all Goody’s POV) I kind of imagine they did have a scene of Billy giving Vasquez his blessing too, possibly framing it as a joke. Like: “I hope you guys stay friends without me there.” “I’m sure we will.” “Good. He’s a good friend.” “I know.” “He’s good in bed too.” “Billy” “What, I’m just saying.” Lol idk, while I don’t think Billy was actively ‘shipping’ it, I feel like Billy might have just made it clear to Vasquez that he would have Billy’s blessing if he wanted to. I don’t think Billy wanted Goody to be alone for too long. And so Billy in his infinite wisdom (and wily mischievousness) was kind of dropping hints that they could if they wanted to. A big theme of the fic was ‘unselfish love’ and Billy was definitely sad about leaving Goody, but I think he just wanted both of them to be happy so why not with each other. And when Vasquez/Goody finally reunite, in my mind there was the undercurrent of Billy pulling the strings from beyond, and still looking out for them.
ANYWAYS I’M RAMBLING AGAIN. But yes you’re right, that scene was kind of Billy giving Goody his blessing:P