this post digging at billford shippers as Stupid Media Illiterate Abuse Fetishizers is even funnier now after the recent mslb podcast where alex hirsch himself flat out says "what kind of intimacy is that, to let someone into your brain?"
it's almost like the same action, from the same person, can be intimate in some circumstances and become a violation. the cruel betrayal of that trust and intimacy is the tragedy. instead of the straightforward "everything ford felt for bill was completely coerced and he never enjoyed any of it and never has any complicated feelings like many real abuse survivors do", it's much sadder imo if beyond the manipulation and violence, there was an inkling of true desire.
this does not cancel out the fact that his consent and bodily autonomy were violated! a consent that cannot be revoked is not consent. "but he liked some of it" is not a defense, that's the exact excuse bill gives.
yeah, a lot of billford stuff does focus on the "honeymoon" era. but i think it's generally with the understanding that we all know what bill is really doing and what happens after. it's dramatic irony, it's lingering on the calm before the storm because it was so ephemeral and fleeting. wouldn't it be nice if we could stay in the period of ignorant bliss, where trust was freely given, before intimacy turned to violation? sure, it was built on a lie, but wouldn't it be nice?