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It's Election Season in the Second Dimension! Pick one to be Danville's Next Mayor!
Dink Winkerson
Biffany Van Stomm
Aloyse von Roddenstein
Vivian Garcia-Shapiro
Monty Monogram
This is for fanfiction reasons, of course. :p
Peak cinema premiered 13 years ago…
I am not sure if anyone here has already made this connection or pointed this out (apologies if so), but while doing some research into Flatland/the 11 dimensions the other day, I discovered something pretty interesting…
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In the ‘Book of Bill’ announcement video, as well as distorted, synthesised background music and the Morse Code (which has already been deciphered), we can also hear several lines of spoken dialogue, the first of which being the line: “some other mystic dimension”.
Timestamp: 0:04
Now, this line already raises several questions - which ‘dimension’ is being referring to here? And why is it considered to be ‘mystic(al)’? Well, we don’t have a definite answer to either of those questions just yet, but if you will humour me for a moment, I have a few suggestions. Either this ‘other mystic dimension’ could be referring to Bill’s own homeland, the Second Dimension (which would naturally be considered ‘other’, ‘mystic’ and generally unfamiliar to us, the readers), or perhaps, it is referring to the Third Dimension itself, or what is known as Spaceland (Height/Up) in Abbott’s novella. I think the latter to be far more likely, especially with what I am about to show you. This is where my excessive YouTube deep-diving habits came in useful.
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During my research quest, I stumbled upon this video of the famous astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan (take note of this name) explaining the concept of the Fourth Dimension, as well as other Flatland-adjacent things. And lo and behold, at 4:37, what do we hear?
“And the poor Square has to say: ‘Well, I was in some other mystic dimension called Up…”
Yes, that’s right. The exact words that were used in the promo video.
To provide you some context, here Sagan is recounting the experience of A Square who, with the guidance and revelations of A Sphere, has just returned from a recent foray into the Third Dimension, and is trying to explain his sudden disappearance and newfound knowledge of Height to his friends. So saying, it is likely that the ‘other mystic dimension’ being referred to in the BoB video is in fact, the Third Dimension, since this is a book that has been written from Bill’s perspective, and it seems that he will be filling in the role of A Square in this narrative, discovering the Secrets Of The Universe and all. Although, I must emphasise that this is still just speculation on my part, based on the assumption that Bill’s backstory will be pretty similar to, if not a direct retelling of Flatland:
“Flat minds in a flat world with flat dreams.”
Who knows, Alex Hirsch may just subvert our expectations entirely.
“I liberated my dimension (…)” / “Saw his own dimension burn. Misses home and can’t return.”
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Anyway, I have another little piece of the puzzle to share. The line spoken in the announcement video isn’t merely a word-for-word recreation of what Carl Sagan said, It is Carl Sagan. They used a direct clip from an episode of Cosmos. This has me giddy with excitement, because Carl Sagan, a man with much notoriety within the scientific community, and many achievements and accolades to his name, is known to be one of Ford’s scientific idols.
The level of detail in this show, and I guess now in its extended literary canon’s advertisement material, is insane. Do with this information what you will. Perhaps there’s a connection here that will be expounded upon in the book. Perhaps it’s just a cool reference. Even so, it is a very intriguing one nonetheless, especially with the tie-ins to Flatland, theoretical physics and Ford’s hero-worshipping. It’s clearly intentional.
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(If anyone is interested, here is an excellent meta which provides a very detailed exploration and analysis of Ford’s respective connections to Sagan and Tesla.)
atsd isn’t even a dcom to me. it’s a work of art
More Tales from the Resistance thoughts: the more I think, the less it seems to hold up, as much as I still enjoy it? Especially because like, I explained in my watchalong why Candace leaving didn't fully work for me, but I realised something else. See, Candace kinda played into Charlene's hands and made Doof evil again, and they both escaped with Vanessa. I feel like she'd feel more guilt over this, aka it would make her want to fight HARDER to redeem herself from that mistake?
Conversely, it could be part of her choice to step down, the failure weighing so heavily that she doesn't feel worthy to be leader... unfortunately, there's no indication of that being the reason she steps down. It's framed just as her trying to live a more normal life.
IDK, I feel like the episode maybe tried to bite off a bit more than it could chew, wanting to stare at its pretty cake but eat it too. I still think it's an enjoyable watch cuz it's just nice to see the 2nd Dimension again, but yeah.
also it's lowkey funny to me that platyborg got captured twice, it's nowhere near as stupid as the pnf effect cuz these are different situations that are paced appropriately but still RIP
The next dimension!!!!!!!!
Line art for a story I have been working on in which folds elegantly into the Book of Bill… more coming soooon about the cosmic silly straws xoxoxoxoxo
2D Doof looking like an absolute cinnamon roll🥺
He may be a villain but he's also a cutie pie💕
