I kinda wonder if he's doing anything ~spooky~ out in those rural Finnish woods.
I fully expect him to show back up before too long, lol. Just fun to speculate about his unexplained absence from the Internet.
I'm generalising here. In my experience, the rural Finnish are a no-nonsense race. Standard male attire is that of a man doing midnight highway maintenance. Strangers show a poker face akin to that of a Russian (sorry Finns – you do give a friendly smile once we've shaken hands). They like tradition up there, which includes a healthy dose of folklore.
So, my guess is that Billy IS the ~spooky~ thing in that Finnish neighbourhood:-
A pair of creepy trolls move into the abandoned school house. Which is the man and which is the woman? Are you sure? Because his name is Sophie, and isn't Sophie a girl's name?
He speaks a different language with a strange accent. Is that American or French? Some say he grew up in the mountains of Canada.
Neither of them seems to work a job or engage with the community. The big one has stories about baddies out to kill it. Where are these baddies? Who's he fighting?
The children of Juuka will be whispering ghost stories about Billy The Beast for many generations. He's bizarre. Spooky.
As to Billy's continued absence – he's just depressed. I think he's very very depressed.
Think about it. His main goal in life is to transform into a young woman. He's been trying for years, but every time he catches his reflection he sees a fat, ugly, middle-aged man. He can imagine and draw himself as a little girl, but reality is quickly moving in the opposite direction. He's doomed to failure and he knows it. People won't even pretend anymore.
His other stated raison d'etre is to have a child of his own. Okay, trying and failing to conceive a child is a famously upsetting experience.
To any Kiwis currently experiencing that feeling of constant loss, you have my prayers.
If Bill was anyone else, he'd have my sympathies too. But we can't trust him not to abuse or psychologically destroy the poor kid. Billy and the pooner have deliberately harmed their endocrine systems. Sex in the Labelle household doesn't look like procreation – it's a game of shitting into an adult-sized diaper and spreading the mess over his buttcheeks. Does he even know how babies are made? He thinks he's the woman in the marriage, ffs.
If the black dog is what's keeping Billy down, I hope it eats him. It's what the spooky creep deserves. I don't think that's an unfair opinion.