I Had The Same Thought Of Like Ford And Bills Relationship Being Not A Romantic One But More Like Bad

I had the same thought of like ford and bills relationship being not a romantic one but more like bad religion like you said at the end.

I can't be the only one who thinks Bill and Ford's relationship was a metaphor for sexual assault?

To elaborate, Bill invaded Ford's body without his consent, made him feel things he didn't want to feel, humiliated him and tortured him.

He didn't just posses Ford for the hell of it, no he relished in it. He loved the feeling of pain it was causing him. He loved the feeling of being in his body, of being Ford. He got off on causing him pain. He wasn't in love with him, he was a pawn, a pet, a dog. He would leave Ford alone for weeks or months, and Ford would sit and wait for his return like a dog waiting for it's master to return from work, not knowing where he went or when he'd be back. Bill was obsessed with Ford, I think in a way he wanted to be him. That he saw Ford in the future and knew that he was both brilliant and naive, that he was highly capable and intelligent but also gullible and had the ego of a God. That he could flatter him, tell him everything he wanted to hear and gain his trust, I think the only reason he called him 'sixer' was because he knew that's what Stanley called him and that Ford, (despite not talking to Stanley anymore) still cared for his brother and associated a positive emotion and feeling of trust with that nickname. Bill never loved Ford. Ford didn't love Bill, he admired him, viewed him as God. He was a god. He told Ford he was a muse, he showed him how vastly powerful yet limited he was. He made Ford feel special, and feeling special was a like a drug to him.

"Oh, but their relationship has romantic undertones"

I don't really see it as romantic, if anything it has religious undertones. And Ford is his favorite sacrificial lamb. God told Abraham to kill his son, and of course Abraham loved his son but who was he to question his Lord? What sort of mighty wrath would he face if he objected? He knew that his God could be kind and loving but he was also jealous and vengeful. He did not like it when his followers didn't do what he asked, he could and would punish them severely. So how could Abraham object? What choice did he have? Bill was like God, kind and flattering, giving his pawn what ever they wanted (to feel special) until he has the audacity to question him, then he released an unimaginable wrath against him a punishment like no other.

He made him do things he didn't want, feel things he didn't want to feel. And Ford was powerless to stop him, he could do nothing but stand by and watch it happen.