Just like mom and dad, this fanfic can turn on the waterworks.
- Chapter Thirty-One have Connie and Wendy showing Bill the book they found in Chapter Twenty-Three. But that's not what's tear-jerking. What is is the fact that the book is on his childhood life, and that Bill is rendered almost speechless when Connie brings it up. As he half-heartedly scans its contents, he chokes back a sob and starts shaking. The only comic relief is Connie thinking he was cringing at her handwriting. He's at a loss for words when he slams it shut and hands it back. Somebody give poor Bill a hug.
- Connie's change in attitude towards Bill can also count. Earlier in the story, she was friendly and supporting. In this chapter, she's hostile and distrustful for seemingly no reason.Spoiler Imagine what this possibly did to Bill's psyche, even though he hid it well...
- Wendy's behavior also deserves a mention. She's extremely silent, not even saying a word, and her off-screen transformation goes generally the opposite of her newfound friend. She now feels sorry for the demon, pities him too. And even understands him, albeit flimsily. And she also feels heavy guilt for adding onto his pain, even though she didn't know it and even though he absolutely had to be stopped.
- The story behind Bill's top hat. We don't get the full details, but in Chapter Thirty-Two it's more or less revealed that it was the only thing his father was proud of. Which also explains the hidden reason why Bill was so damn angry in Chapter Eight.
- Of especial mention is Chapter Forty-Four, whose later events even made the authors cry. Basically, Bill Cipher breaks off from Steven to try and kill himself via lightning bolt in a severe storm. It's really accurate to those who suffer or had suffered from or know a friend with depression, which drives it in deep.
- How Connie and Steven are drifting apart. He even seems to hold resentment towards her in later chapters, and Connie herself seems more reserved towards him.
- In Chapter Sixty-Six and half of Sixty-Eight, Steven gets sick. Bill decides to call in Greg. Greg, however kind and friendly and affectionate he is towards Bill, can't help the demon because all he can see is the one thing he should have had, all he sees is a perfect parent. And Bill almost breaks down completely.
- In the same former chapter, Bill enters the Void with the hopes that he'd find his brother there. But he finds that the Void had already sent him away. He tries to take comfort in the fact that Gabriel is still alive somewhere, but fails.
