It is now my forever-headcanon that Bill was a Flatlander.
He says that he comes from the second dimension, a place of “
flat minds in a flat world with flat dreams.” Like all Flatlanders, Bill has one eye that doubles as a mouth.
Flatland was a horribly restrictive and segregated society and I’m sure Bill hated it, and I’m kind of okay with him setting it all on fire.
This would also mean that as an isosceles triangle he’d have been a member of the serf/soldier class, the lowest rank a male Flatlander can have. (EDIT: Or possibly the equilateral merchant class, which seems to suit him better.) At least before he became all powerful and killed everybody.
I LITERALLY JUST BROKE OUT INTO A COLD SWEAT HOLY CRAP DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who was the person doing the bird imagery?! GET ON THIS STAT!
From a very basic google search
Cardinals come from the word ‘cardo’ which means ‘hinge’. It’s important and other things 'hinge’ around it.
The cardinal is a 'daughter of the sun’. If it is seen flying upwards it is a sign of good luck. Downwards symbolises bad luck. That cardinal did fly DOWN to Bill…
From the first link about the birds when you google 'cardinal symbolism’. I’m sure others can do vastly better than this though!
