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respectfully, you’re all suckers. this is not a genuine apology, and if it was they would have put out a statement about it coming sooner. not defended it through snarky comments on social media. they have already proven they do not care about you but now you’re falling for the sad puppy dog eyes on a couch. they’re still a company with horrible financial management, these three men are not your friends.

#they’re just going to do this again #they’re not sad you’re mad at them they’re sad no one was going to pay for their shit #watcher posting #watched #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim

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y'all can't do a u turn now and staft supporting watcher unconditionally again plssss 😭😭 that was not a proper solution to this like kudos for rolling back the extremely stupid decision and all but they only rolled it back because of how stupid it was! they're still spending too much money on production & still don't know how to run a buisness this will happen again if y'all dont seperate the ghoul boys from Watcher as a company in ur minds

#everyone calling it a good apology #it’s not. a good apology would have come out sooner. or would have been acknowledged sooner #they still are not sustainable #watcher posting

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only thing i want to personally add to the whole watcher debacle is i’ve seen a lot of people say that the announcement video reeks of “we’re better than youtube” and while i agree, this is absolutely not a new sentiment from watcher.

i distinctly remember when watcher first started, and especially with ghost files, ryan’s biggest pitch was that he wanted to make high quality content like what you’d find on tv. that he’d always wanted to be a director, and as someone with a similar dream at the time all i could think was “and you’re gonna do that through,,,, ghost files?”

and then when puppet history started airing and shane was talking about his excitement for it he said something very similar. about always wanting to make content where he can really “go nuts with it”

it felt weird, like something about those sentiments wasn’t quite right, but i pushed it away. i had a similar dream to ryan and figured that watcher on youtube and ghost files would be a good way for him to establish a presence that tv stations might pick up. and the same for shane and puppet history and potentially getting a kids tv show out of it or something similar. i don’t know much about steven’s goals, but i had always assumed watcher would be temporary and that eventually they would get their own shows on already established networks. like they just viewed youtube as a stepping stone that they would quickly pull away from.

and then it kept going. and going. and suddenly productions values were going up and new shows were being pitched and tons of new employees were hired and the idea that watcher was temporary very much faded. but the attitude never did. they kept adding more but it never felt like they were establishing this brand as anything long term like gmm or smosh.

and even as the shows felt more overproduced it was almost like the quality was declining. puppet history was getting corrected on its facts more and more. ghost files was constantly getting called out for viewer submissions being obviously faked. they’d stayed on their stepping stone too long and it began to crumble.

this is not to defend them in any way, and this is not to shame any fans who feel blind sided. but i am not shocked by this in the slightest. dumbfounded at how awful a decision this is? absolutely. disappointed that they actually committed to it? for sure. but i am not shocked. this company was always on borrowed time, and i can finally let out the breath i’ve been holding since they first announced their own solo channel.

#the writing has been on the wall since day one #even when ghost files first aired people were saying they liked it less than unsolved #anyways all this to say can we stop acting like the ghoul boys are innocent in this situation #if anything they’ve been more vocal than steven has about wanting to commit to something like this #watcher posting #watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #watcher entertainment

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Full offense, if you have the money to pay for a watcher subscription, you also have the money to buy esims for Gaza, or donate to charities, or donate to Palestinian go fund mes. Put that $6 to helping Palestine instead of supporting three rich content creators. They’ll live

#no cuz this is exactly what i was thinking when they said a $6 sub is something everyone could afford #cuz for the people in their audience that can afford it i know good and well they’re putting that money towards palestine #or at least they should be if this fandom is even half as left wing as it claims to be #watcher posting

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okay wait im not done talking abt this yet but dropout could do the funniest fucking thing in the entire world and come out with a mystery/ghost hunting show

#or a history show which would honestly be right up their alley #would also allow for more people to point out that dropout did this switch in a much better way #watcher posting

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Watcher google drive

i think the title is pretty self explanitory

Only ghost files on it atm but Mystery Files and Puppet History are next. Watcher has back pedalled on deleteing all their free content to lock it behind a pay wall but y'know what? maybe I just dont want to give them ad revenue anymore, which is evil but screw them. Also they may still back pedal on their back pedalling, which is to many pedals anyways.

#watcher posting #thank you op this will also be good for general media archiving

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my two miku designs: a miku outfit in my style, and miku if she were in my furry comic's universe (furth!)

#she is perfect actually #i don’t even have a tag for this i just really love bunny miku

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yeah don’t worry!! i don’t think many people are aware of all the 14 heart events so it’s easy to overlook. and you didn’t come off as rude either, i absolutely can understand the perspective of how disappointing his writing was before the 14 heart event :3

“oh but shane starts drinking again after marriage so what’s the point in romancing him?”

shane has stated in two different heart events that he only drinks joja cola and sparkling water when visiting the saloon (prior to AND post marriage mind you)

like i can understand not being a fan of his messy room aesthetic wise, ive never married other candidates for similar reasons. i can understand not liking his dialogue or how rude he can be. but just straight up misinterpreting shane’s recovery process and using that to write him off is really fucking weird. he does not start drinking again, and his 14 heart event goes out of its way to address this. and besides it’s not like he stops visiting the saloon after his six heart event either, but nobody pretends like he’s still drinking alcohol there, because again, his seven heart event goes out of its way to refute that claim.

there’s completely valid reasons to dislike shane, but his “drinking” post six heart event is not one of them.

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the thing is it DOES get clarified that it’s non alcoholic. his whole 14 heart event is about the farmer thinking he’s drinking again when he’s not. which was in part made due to the backlash of those lines from him. so yes as of his 14 heart event being added you can conclude that he is not drinking anything alcoholic, making the whole argument null and void. i absolutely understand the discourse taking place before that event was added but it doesn’t really apply ever since that update.

“oh but shane starts drinking again after marriage so what’s the point in romancing him?”

shane has stated in two different heart events that he only drinks joja cola and sparkling water when visiting the saloon (prior to AND post marriage mind you)

like i can understand not being a fan of his messy room aesthetic wise, ive never married other candidates for similar reasons. i can understand not liking his dialogue or how rude he can be. but just straight up misinterpreting shane’s recovery process and using that to write him off is really fucking weird. he does not start drinking again, and his 14 heart event goes out of its way to address this. and besides it’s not like he stops visiting the saloon after his six heart event either, but nobody pretends like he’s still drinking alcohol there, because again, his seven heart event goes out of its way to refute that claim.

there’s completely valid reasons to dislike shane, but his “drinking” post six heart event is not one of them.

#someone else also pointed out that occasional drinking is a healthy alternative IF you choose to believe that’s the case #he still does recover and learn to manage his addiction either way you look at it #but still that’s only IF you choose to ignore the clarification that he DOES NOT drink anymore as of his 14 hear event #i hope this doesn’t come off as rude btw!! not trying to be

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“oh but shane starts drinking again after marriage so what’s the point in romancing him?”

shane has stated in two different heart events that he only drinks joja cola and sparkling water when visiting the saloon (prior to AND post marriage mind you)

like i can understand not being a fan of his messy room aesthetic wise, ive never married other candidates for similar reasons. i can understand not liking his dialogue or how rude he can be. but just straight up misinterpreting shane’s recovery process and using that to write him off is really fucking weird. he does not start drinking again, and his 14 heart event goes out of its way to address this. and besides it’s not like he stops visiting the saloon after his six heart event either, but nobody pretends like he’s still drinking alcohol there, because again, his seven heart event goes out of its way to refute that claim.

there’s completely valid reasons to dislike shane, but his “drinking” post six heart event is not one of them.

#sdv posting #you can dislike him!!! but don’t try and make shit up because you misinterpreted something the game spells out clearly for you #shane stardew valley #stardew valley #sdv #sdv shane

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The Patron Saint of Things That Go Boom

or who’s St. Barbara and what does she have to do with Shadows House?

I came across the name St. Barbara a while back, when I was looking up the meaning of the name Barbara for a possible Shadows House name meanings edit (you know the ones). It didn’t cross my mind that a Catholic saint could possibly have anything to do with a manga about shadow people in a cult and I googled her solely out of curiosity but, as you can probably infer from the fact that you’re reading a post about it tagged #shadows house, I was in for a surprise.

To sum up her life story, St. Barbara was born the daughter of a pagan noble, who kept her locked up in a tower and sheltered from outside influence. One day he came back from a trip to find that in his absence she had converted to Christianity and wanted to dedicate her life to faith as a virgin, which was not only a really bad look at the time but also ruined his plan to marry her for money. He then turned her in as a Christian to the prefect, who sentenced her to imprisonment and torture and, when she didn’t lose her faith and her wounds were miraculously healed every morning, to death. (Another Christian tried to defend her and was also sentenced to death)

St. Barbara’s father insisted on being the one to carry the sentence, killing her himself. However, a storm broke out as soon as she died, and both the father and the prefect were struck by lightning, burning to death as punishment for their actions. 

Due to their role in her story, St. Barbara is seen as a protector against lightning, and consequently against fire and explosions (there is also an old belief that she could control them). The connection to explosions was so strong that she became the patron saint of literally anything explosion related, anyone who works with explosions, or anyone in danger of dying in an explosion, from gunsmiths to miners. Hell, look at this actual website calling her “the patron saint of things that go boom".

Sounds familiar, right? Barbara’s seizures, both in the manga and the anime, are accompanied by lightning effects. This is more subtle in the manga, in fact I hadn’t realized what those lines were supposed to be until I watched the anime (see: the gif right after the title of this post), but they’re clearly there. She’s the only character that gets this effect, nobody else so far produces lightning along with their soot.

Her usual seizures take the shape of a storm/tornado, complete with wind sound effects in the anime, while the worst ones we’ve seen so far, the one that gave Barbie her scar and that one that almost killed Barbara, have notably caused, guess what, explosions.

Notice also how it was raining in both occasions, and how in both of these explosions someone nearly died.

At this point the parallels seem too clear to be unintentional, and I'd believe you if you told me that somehow Somato and I fell down the same internet rabbit hole researching about this saint, so I thought I should share this information with you guys.

There are lots of coming and going fan theories about Barbara's soot powers, if we ever get to see them, so maybe this can give us some clues. It would certainly be interesting if she turned out to have lightning and/or explosion powers that she still can't control, and that work involuntarily during her seizures. It would also be cool as hell if she got a gun.

#this is such a good analysis holy shit #i absolutely wouldn’t be surprised if this was intentional on somato’s half #there’s a lot of symbolism to be found in shadows house #shadows house posting

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#HES SO CUTE RAHH #mysme posting

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Am I the only one who liked candy better only after the revelation that she was thirty. Like. Before I thought she was an annoying self important kid who was cocky cuz she was the star of the circus and thought she was untouchable and probably better than emilyko. But then we found out she was an adult and i went oh so her being confident and domineering in this situation makes more sense cuz she actually has life experience to back her up and is probably a little annoyed being an adult working with literal middle schoolers rn. And then she and emilyko bonded and my reservations were all packed up lol. Idk it just kind of recontextualized the way she acts and helped me like her more??

#no fr lmao #i was kinda unsure about her and then once it dropped that she was thirty she was immediately ten times more likable #shadows house posting

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thinking about how edward strives very hard to be different and better and smarter than christopher was, and yet when it comes to manipulating a child who has a romantic interest in you in order for them to do what you want, only to discard them as soon as you’re done, he and anthony sure did form the same plan.

he can try and escape christopher’s shadow all he wants, but edward is still very much following behind in anthony’s footsteps

#they’re so slimy what great villains #for context: this is referencing edward using sara’s interest in him as way to create a new energy source #which will realistically end in her death #vs anthony using maggie to create chaos in the children’s wing #and then killing her right after #shadows house posting #shadows house #edward shadow #anthony shadows house

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imagine getting disposed of for saying what the third floor shadows do to lord grandfather

#incredible #shadows house posting

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what do they do to lord grandfather

imagine getting disposed of for saying what the third floor shadows do to lord grandfather

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and yet more evidence for the reverse unified lewis theory

#id believe it tbh #shadows house posting