#idk i could say more but i have a headache fghghjjds but i hope this helped!!

[littlekingbergara]

Hi! I’m the anon who asked you about your Patreon membership.

I follow Ryan & Shane since their bfu days and like many other people, I above all enjoyed their dynamic/ their friendship.

First I think I have to mention I only watch their youtube content and see a few twitter posts of them at times. I’m not a Patreon member.

Okay, here is my (very subjective) issue/ problem: For the last couple of months I have the feeling that the relationship they display on screen got more and more superficial, rather an act/ a bit fitted to the current show than a real interaction. Of course after all these years they are a very well-rehearsed team, that knows what the fans want. They know when to play the “friendship card”. But for me it feels like this is all there is to it nowadays. No real friendship anymore, just the trope “Ryan & Shane are best friends”.

I know they got to know each other through bf. They were coworkers first. But the friendship that grew and the parts of the friendship they showed us, let me forget that they are business partners first.

Because I’m a long time fan and because I love these two idiots dearly, I’m very sad about my feelings and the impression I received.

Now I hope, that they appear more relaxed, more natural, more like real friends again on WW+. I guess you probably don’t feel the same way I do. Nonetheless I would like to know: What is your impression when you watch their Patreon content? Do you think there is a difference between how they appear/ act in official youtube videos and their Patreon content, especially regarding my “friendship issue”?

Sorry for this long & most likely very confusing message. But I’m really down because of this. I’m always looking forward to their new shows/ to new seasons, only to get these depressing feelings& thoughts at the end.

Thanks in advance for answering.

this is... an interesting perspective! and i'm remembering now that i had an ask from someone who had a similar concern about them not being friends around when ryan had his bach party? honestly i don't get it! i don't know what you guys think you're seeing.

like to answer your question Yes there is a difference between their youtube videos and their patreon content, but i don't think it's anything to do with how they act with each other. the videos they post on youtube are for the most part episodes of a series so they have a purpose; there's not a lot of time for them to go off track and i'm sure a lot of their interactions get cut for time or relevance. their patreon content, which is mainly ww+ and livestreams, are by design much more laid back and free-flowing so they're able to go off on tangents and keep silly little bits in. so i do think we get to see a lot more of their actual friendship in patreon content but i definitely don't think it's Absent or fake in their youtube content.

but even only considering youtube content i don't think they give off a superficial or just in it for the Friendship Bit vibe at all. yeah in some shows they have the Roles that they play (skeptic/believer, mainly) but their friendship is never an act. it's so much not an act that they had a bit about being actors who Aren't friends. and there's things you Can't fake like the absolute delight on their faces when the other makes a joke, the way they look at each other, the joy they have just being around each other, the fact that shane was in ryan's wedding?? they've also never relied on that for content? they've never asked us to believe they're best friends at all. they just have Been best friends and that's what makes their content.