Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31013136-20170112212312/@comment-31166511-20170218142242

I think "shirking blame" implies a less than positive response to having made an awful mistake.

I think it all too likely that Bill had a blast (possibly literally) burning his home dimension--it was the consequences afterward that he didn't like.

I don't think Bill every wanted to destroy the universe (It's where I keep all my stuff!), he just wanted to make our dimension feel more homey.

Imagine a kid who has a great time burning his house to the ground. There's the screaming, the explosions, the squishing any survivors foolish enough to show themselves, the dancing around the few remaining pitiful embers. Lots of good stuff.

But afterwards, what entertainment value does a pile of soot have? Okay, yes, point taken--but *eventually* it gets dull compared to what it used to be.

Now that kid comes to a new home. It isn't the same, but what kid hasn't had fun drawing a picture of his idea of his perfect bedroom. My picture had very little to do with the reality of the place I grew up in, and a lot to do with the demented quality of my imagination.

That's what Bill tried to achieve with Weirdmagedon in Gravity Falls.