artemis is one of the best characters ever created i think. she likes to feel like a cobb salad when shes having sex. she serves cunt at all hours of the day. shes bisexual. shes jewish. she's always serving a look. she is constantly on psychedelic drugs. she fucks nasty in the dumpster behind wendy's. shes perfect
Inspired by every moment in exile where he would find something new and mention how much Juanaflippa would love it once he could go back and show it to her :]
As someone who has steadily kept up on almost all Watcher shows and side projects, this backlash really does come down to how out of touch the guys have become, even before making Friday’s announcement.
Ryan and Shane (certainly the biggest draw to the channel) got their start with lower-brow, boyish humor and riffing off each other. Can’t forget the capitalism-critical and “power to the underdog” attitude that resonated with so many fans early on either. Now though, if you watch/listen to Pod Watcher, it’s hard to overlook just how unrelatable they’ve become in recent years. Which is whatever—it’s not like we only consume media in order to intimately relate to hosts/characters—but it does mean they’ve lost something integral from the charm that netted them their initial success.
To add. If you watched their latest season of Too Many Spirits, they weren’t even funny, just trashed and off-putting, lol. Frat-style drinking by a backyard pool and Ryan overhand throwing bones at a neighbor’s dog for barking.
Maybe not as bad for Shane, but the egos have really grown uncomfortably outsized. And at some point I got tired of watching videos based around lavish over-indulgence. Even if Steven’s videos cost less to produce than Ghost Files (I assume), they clearly rub viewers the wrong way on principle alone.
All in all, and not to minimize their hard work in getting out the content that they do, I think the Watcher guys should’ve been much more careful in considering this move and its rollout.
For years, I’ve maintained a Patreon subscription to a separate and unrelated funny-guy trio (for the same monthly price Watcher Streaming is now asking). However. The group I subscribe to is more than situationally-funny-sometimes, and always come across as grounded, emotionally intelligent, and likable people. Which makes me want to see them succeed and help how I can (though I would still be able to access 95% of their content even without subscribing).
So yeah, idk. Steven Lim driving a Tesla and wanting a second one or whatever is kind of just the tip of the iceberg.
This one will be called Unwanted, Dead or Alive! In the Fast Forward season, something or someone takes Leo’s entire family - his brothers are gone, Cody, Splinter, Starly, Serling, all gone, and he ends up being the main suspect because the peacekeepers are absolutely incapable of doing their jobs properly. Having nowhere else to go, Leo turns to the only person who just may trust him enough to provide him with sanctuary - the Dark Turtles.
Eventually, Bishop finds out, and while he can’t do much directly because of his position, he at least can provide Leo with some extra resources while Leonardo searches for his brothers. In the meantime, he accidentally makes four more siblings. They sometimes follow him out on patrols and searches, Red loves having a sparring buddy that isn’t an ass to him, Purple gets to study and compare Leo’s DNA in exchange for medical help, Orange gets a mildly tolerant authority figure, and Blue gets to learn something more about himself and how to better lead a team. There’s so much to learn when they’re all only a few months old!
Bonus 👇 :)
Orange is the clingiest and loooves hearing stories about Leo’s adventures ^v^
Hey just coming out here to say I need people to stop twink-ifying characters that are bigger
HES NOT A TOOTHPICK WITH A SNATCHED WAIST HES WIDE AND CHUBBY AND PERFECT SO STOP MAKING HIM SMALLER THAN HE IS GODDAMNIT 🗿
And there are so many examples of this its so upsetting bro (its especially when the character gains weight to symbolize they're healthier and the fandom goes "yeah but they looked better when they were skinnier :(" NO THEY DIDNT THEY ARE HAPPY NOW YOU JUST SUCK.)
But its also because I love bigger body types they are so much better looking then your fuckin beanpole of a character (cough cough genshin fans)