#social distancing d&d

[rogerdelgado]

I'm late to the game for my Watcher Top 5 to celebrate Watcher's 5th anniversary. I blame tumblr! But, without further ado, here's to the Ghoul Boys and the rest of the gang that helped me get through the early days of the pandemic. I couldn't have done it without you! (Well, okay, I could...but it wouldn't have been nearly as much fun!)

Also, this turned out to be much harder than anticipated. I didn't even realize I'd watched so many different shows. I am leaving off Pod Watcher only because the OP didn't include it, and that makes it a little easier. Otherwise, it would definitely be in the top 3. There's nothing better than just hanging out, and that's the vibe you get from Pod Watcher.

Okay! Without further, further ado...

My Watcher Top 5:

#5 Survival Mode

I'm a gamer, so this one's a gimme. I love watching Shane and Ryan gaming together, and would 100% watch them play anything. Hoping there's another season of this on the way soon, but if there isn't, don't kill the dream! Would love to see the gang play Fortnite someday.

#4 Social Distanding D & D

I'm also a tabletop gamer! Much of my formative youth was spent DMing (that's Dungeon Mastering) small Dungeons & Dragons games to entertain friends and family, so to see Shane running the show was a lot of fun. Ryan's hilarious half-elf bard Steve still creeps into my thoughts on an almost weekly basis.

I know most people aren't socially distancing now, but Steve needs a comeback, so I'm always hoping for some version of this to make its way back into the production circle. The only reason this isn't higher on my list is because it's not an ongoing series.

#3 Are You Scared?

Who doesn't love a good ghost story? An urban legend? A creepy tale? Are You Scared? is like a grown-up Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark, only better because we get Ryan and Shane along for the ride! I recently binged the entire run for the first time, and it's so much fun.

#2 Ghost Files

Would I even be making this list if Ghost Files didn't exist? Probably not! This is what brought me into the fold, of course. Like Shane, however, I do not enjoy ghost hunting tv shows as a general rule. Everything typically feels a little too hyped and eventful for my skeptical mind to enjoy. It's the balance between skeptic and believer that really hooks you here, so whether you genuinely believe in ghosts (Ryan) or just like doing stupid things with your friends (Shane), you are represented here!

I've never encountered anything supernatural in my life, but I can get easily spooked by dark, unpleasant places, so I logically side with Shane, while emotionally bond with Ryan on every run. It's the perfect combo!

And, finally, my number 1 choice for my Watcher Top 5 is...

#1 Too Many Spirits

It's Toooo Many Spirits!!!

Okay, okay, a little explanation is in order here. How did two guys reading fan submitted stories around a bonfire while getting increasingly intoxicated make it to the top of my Watcher Top 5 Beatdown? Well, buckle in, because it's...not really all that exciting, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

2020 is here and with it...the plague of the century (so far...I see you H5N1)! I am an essential worker, so I get to go out into the big bad world and be expendable while other people discover sourdough starters. When I do get home and scrub myself into a state of sanity to rest up for the next day, I need entertainment!

So, after revisiting eleven seasons of Cheers (again), I decide I need a place where everybody knows my name, but...like ol' Sam Malone, I just gave up drinking, figuring I need my immune system at its best (which is still not great, but hey, we do what we can). Also, like Sam, what I find is a place where everyone gets increasingly more intoxicated while I get high on friendship! And that place is...Ryan's backyard? Someone's backyard anyway.

Somehow, Too Many Spirits became a way for me to find solace in sobriety while also enjoying the intense nostalgia of drinking with friends around a bonfire. All of this might sound a little pathetic, but it worked for me, and it helped get me through some dark times (along with my actual online friends who were all very supportive, too).

So, there we have it! My Watcher Top 5 Beatdown is complete!

Except..."You didn't mention Puppet History!!!" I hear you scream with rage. Well, that's because I've only recently discovered it! "How is this possible?" I hear you ask, your voice trembling with shock and awe. Well, what can I say, except...life is a process, man. I'm doing the best I can. And, I've found my next binge Watcher!

[foralltheshaniacs]

i love you ghost files i love you mystery files i love you food files i love you too many spirits i love you puppet history i love you top 5 beatdown i love you sd&d&d i love you dish granted i love you worth a shot i love you weird wonderful world i love you watcher weekly i love you survival mode i love you watcher entertainment <3

[conceptofjoy]

dirk and gamzee liberalism to fascism pipeline i feel like im just saying words but it makes sense to me it makes SENSE

[shaniacsboogara]

still thinking about ryan bergara deciding to make the littlest bastard of a man as his dnd character, give him two different accents, straight up name him "steve", and then reveal in a game altering plot twist that his father was real life american film director steven spielberg.

[rowenabean]

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[thatonegeekygirl]

catchiest catch phrase this side of the yawning portal!

[todayisafridaynight]

ngl i’m not even bothered by the monthly majima discourse cuz genuinely the rgg fandom is so much better than 99% of fandoms out there like thank god that’s the only thing we complain abt id rather than that than new drama every week (ahem ahem persona fandom..)

oh to live in a timeline where majima discourse is the only thing rgg fans complain about

[drzone]

where are they shane. i miss them every day

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinking about dream daddy again and god brian makes me so mad

[agir1ukn0w]

Iñaki’s “social distancing” shirt😂

[blackkat15]

Me: *Existing*

G-Man: *Breathes*

Me:

[stolligaseptember]

don't make me write an essay on why lwj is anne elliott in persuasion aus

[mythvoiced]

-. not to post about fking sh.erl.ock in the year of our Lord & Saviour ND Stevenson 2023 but exclusive english speakers will never understand the linguistics based gasp-gutpunch-tearsinmyeyes of the scene where john asks homebaby to be his best man because if you watch the show in German when Sherlock asks 'i'm your best friend?' the 'you' John uses in his answer ('you are') is informal as the first time in the whole show they switched to 'du' rather than continuing to use the formal 'Sie' and it's such a beautiful dialogue choice i think about it every time i mourn the lack of differentiation between a formal and an informal 'you' in English

[shaniacsboogara]

back at it again with @trashworldblog

[zebra-all-the-time]

RAID SHADOW LEGENDS?!!?

[slimyenemy]

like it was such a mess fr because she did that ghosting me thing after saying very vaguely who even knows what about me being evil who even knows when despite me being there for months at this point trying to be nice to her mostly not even failing due to the usual ever present horrors in case something bad did indeed happen before when i wasn't even there because how tf could i be and i reacted like ok if i just act really pathetic for a while now at least she won't be coming back to glue trap me again all feeling like she *really* doesn't care about anything why even would she then NOT according to plan felt noticed by fish and felt talked to and responded because sure why not she seems really cool with all the usual emotions that always look like stupid love bombing which it wasn't because love bombing is a manipulation tactic and i was just feeling things and saying everything i think as usual but i did tell her pretty much right away that if she doesn't want to talk i don't want to do anything but literally normal one sided follow her on twitter to which she responded with regular as hell rudeness and ignoring my boundaries and always wanting something from me and being rude about that too put me in a hostile environment weird situation with some weird people immediately so i just kept going like i love you sm my beautiful wife but can you please just STOP and exploding about it because math glue traps are freaking humiliating and scary af and she didn't listen and i was just like okayyyyyy and at some point thought i think that if this is how this is going i should probably say something to the other person because it might look kinda messed up to her and who knows if it might actually hurt her and i did love her A LOT and cared about her so i basically DID just explain wtf happened and apologized for being poly and still said that enough is enough and if i'm not talked to i don't want to do anything FR (and was actually kinda cute about it i think) because it was all insanely brainbreaking and took ten million amount of time from me already and then they unleashed the scam torture hell and fish already started trying to force something weird on me too who tf even knows why i never felt freaked out about anything more and it was all already weird and hostile and confusing in the worst way possible and freaking awful and me saying really freaking loud and clear no to fish things was just ignored very intensely every time and it just kept going and going and getting worse and worse until it turned into a freaking everything torture too and the rest is everything i talked about here recently as in just straight up nightmare and i have no freaking idea whatsoever about what the fuck is even wrong with them both anymore and can't even describe how the thought of being in some sort of relationship with either of them makes me feel and don't even get me started on the rest of the cult it's like genuinely the most atrocious gathering of seemingly okay at first glance people i've seen in my LIFE and now after spending a few extra months quite literally having to listen to nevermind even the usual weird ass hostility dehumanization and infantilization and random af headcanons about me being scary right wing dracula who will oh how sad inevitably end up living on the streets now but some completely freaking full of shit bullshit about how good of an idea corrective rape would be in my sad unsocialized snowflake (sorry for throwing tf up rn) case i think they should actually very lowkey very metaphorically be crushed into powder mixed with basil and thrown into tomato sauce for some pizza in other words get absolutely freaking cooked that's it no words