#all hail watcher

[anything-that-makes-my-brain-rot]

i think that, as a society, we should come to terms and accept the fact that shane is as good looking and handsome as ryan is. they’re the case of two pretty best friends honestly.

[asmileforyourscrapbooks]

OMFG THIS COMMENT. GUISE. THAT LAST SENTENCE IS SO FUCKING RAW

edit: i see a lot of people arguing over the 'eat the rich' thing and i'd like to clear up my standing currently! i know they aren't the same kind of fancy multi-million corporation that our beloved phrase talks about, and the reason i agree to a point with this comment is that watcher is evidently trying to become that. they're doing some shitty things in regards do disregarding poorer fans, and are seemingly blatantly ignoring the economic crisis by saying 'everyone can afford that!', all in direct contrast to their entire branding of being leftist and openly supporting things like eat the rich.

"You said 'eat the rich' then handed us the forks, laid on the plate, and expected us to spare you?" at least from my understanding isn't flat-out saying watcher are now the rich we eat, but are well on the track to becoming so, and are quickly developing the same ego.

BUT!! don't like people directly hating on steven like that!! they're all grown men who can make their own decisions, and pretending like shane and ryan are out little baby beans and then calling steven evil and whatnot isn't okay. they can all be held equally accountable. though i do somewhat understand being the most disappointed in shane, as he's the one who speaks on shit like eating the rich the most, and is generally more outward with his ideals, so it's perfectly reasonable to feel betrayed more deeply. but bottom line is they're all equally accountable for this decision.

some shit we can't take back. i probably got pissed and said some weird/uncool shit initially because of the intense emotions i was dealing with, which other people amplified. i do regret some of the things i've said to a point when it comes to being hateful, but i can't just un-say it all, so i'm not even going to try. i'm going to leave everything be and allow it to serve as something to look back on for what not to do in future circumstances. while this new path for watcher is, in my opinion, not the smartest and generally really shitty, they're human beings who make mistakes, and they deserve our acknowledgement of that.

in short, i don't like it but i'll stop being a bitch about it because they don't deserve that. also sorry for the wall of (probably incoherent lmao) text i got passionate <3

edit 2: guys. im screaming. the apology was amazing imo and i genuinely think they really mean it, like it doesn't seem bullshitted. i think they realized they fucked up for reals and feel bad. im so happy for them, but also for us as fans. yay :D

[bluepuppethidinginafilingcabinet]

the watcher fandom rn

[shaniacsboogara]

Shane Madej is so good at ghost hunting because no matter how haunted a location is, he still carries himself with the same cheerful whimsy during the investigation, like a kid in a museum on a field trip

[thatonegeekygirl]

ryan “hates to see ghosts” bergara and shane “ghosts hate to see him” madej truly make the most absurd ghost hunting duo in existence. the contradicting synergy never ceases to astound me

[doc-ocktism]

them: you better not be cunty shane madej when i get there

my silly ass:

[ismellpestilence]

watcher fans have few options:

history nerd who want his corpse to be eaten by wild animals, and seeks out dolls in abandoned buildings the way one does a cat at a party full of strangers

jock who believes in ghosts, thinks hair grows through the skull, and can't stop himself from making shit jokes

stressed foodie who seems normal until he opens his mouth and is always one inconvenience from committing arson

bonus:

nervous gay bartender who didn't have this in his 5 year plan

historical beauty guru who's willing to put ground up bugs on her face just too see what it looks like

[trashworldblog]

shane showing ryan something fucked up on his phone, a series

[sncwonthebeach]

I SPIT OUT MY FUCKING DOCTOR PEPPER 😭

[breadwithoutcheesefan1009]

My family: You better not be dressed as a chill Lake Champlain Sea Monster when we get home

My dripping ass:

[acewithapaintbrush]

I once again ask you to look at my horrible editing skills

[troublegoblin]

i do love that in mystery files debrief shane and ryan are trying to keep the divorce bit going but failing bc they both just think the other one is funniest goddamn person alive is hilarious to me. They're supposed to act like they hate each other for the bit but Shane can't stop laughing at Ryan's stupid fucking jokes

[pinkpeony1]

not done talking about the watcher thing because so many people vilified them for making a bad business decision (which it was) and then proceeded to name solutions that would literally be worse.

“just move out of la” moving 25ish people is expensive and it is completely unreasonable to ask your employees to do that when some have families that would have to move, not to mention the cost of moving all their equipment would make their financial situation worse in the short-term and possibly put them under.

“lay off people” i get saying that they expanded too fast, they did. but laying off hardworking people in a recession would be worse than what they actually did. sure they should’ve/could’ve halted expansion but saying people should be fired is crazy.

“cut down on production costs and focus on what works” they explicitly said that don’t want to do that. they want creative control over their work so they can make the art they want.

everyone pointing out their revenue streams seems to forget the expenses of a business. the 100k from their patreon monthly is not going to the pockets of shane ryan and steven. it’s going to the employees, rent, health insurance, taxes. 100k is 4k for each employee per month. it’s not as if they’re making millions.

watcher made a dumb decision and people are acting like they murdered people. we’ve seen less backlash from literal predators.

the people saying “they only apologized because people were mad/hurt.” like…yeah. obviously. if everyone was ok with the decision they wouldn’t have needed to apologize!! that’s the point!! why are people mad at them doing the smart PR move to keep their business and fan base?

last point: people saying they took too long. they took less than a single business day. sure, it would’ve been nice for them to say a statement was on the way, but do you really think that would’ve made people satisfied. i for one, would much rather they spend time working on their response than say something as soon as people got mad.

[bluepuppethidinginafilingcabinet]

this needed to cross platforms immediately

source: watcher tiktok

[shaniacsboogara]

the dropout and watcher fandoms are pretty chill most of the time except this week the dropout fans get to talk about wenis while watcher fans speedrun the five stages of grief

[thatonegeekygirl]

was rewatching ghost files looking for reference photos and stumbled across a meme template