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In the back seat, Wille looks at Simon and takes his hand. Simon rolls down the window. The wind blows through their hair. Simon starts singing along. Felice and Sara join in. Wille is enjoying the moment, looks at Simon, then straight ahead, into the camera. And then he looks away. That's how we say goodbye to everyone.

#young royals

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“So why is Hillerska getting shut down?”

These two:

#young royals

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cinema was born here

#poetic cinema #elu #skam france

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they already announced a couple days ago that the podcast was getting pushed back it's not some like. conspiracy theory. it was on the patreon, but people 100% posted it in the tag when they had posted it on there.

Ok! I'm not on patreon so I had no idea. The only thing I saw was they commented on the last ep saying the podcast wouldn't be behind a paywall and then the new ep never came ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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scenes that rewired my brain 1/∞

#skam #evak

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#so selfish

#they are 🥰mine🥰

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it fucken WIMDY

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i was gonna stop posting about the watcher fiasco but i saw some really confusing???? takes on my dash so I'm throwing in my unsolicited thoughts even though it's not the most eloquent

1) people who were criticising watcher's decision after the initial announcement are NOT bullies. The boys made a bad decision and had to deal with the consequences. Just because you like them doesn't mean that people expressing their (understandable and quite just) disappointment are bullies

2) people who aren't won over by the apology aren't just "haters" and "internet trolls". While the apology seems to be a step in the right direction, we have NO WAY to know if they are sincere about it yet. They might show growth in the future but only time will tell. And even if they do show growth, fans whose feelings about watcher have been tainted because of this fiasco do not owe them their loyalty when said loyalty has already been disrespected once

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you either die a hero or live long enough to become 3 guys on a couch

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aliceosemanart: It’s two years since season one of Heartstopper! 🍂🌈

#heartstopper

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So are they too scared to release the podcast this week orrrrrrr

#watcher #pod watcher #im convinced they recorded it a few weeks ago but knew it would come out after the announcement so they talk about it all excited #and now they have to scrap that episode and rerecord a new one lol #i dont even know if i would want to keep listening to it but i gotta see what they say unscripted right after this mess

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Not to talk about the watcher thing again as I’ve already kind of said my piece, but one of the most batshit insane parts of this whole unbelievable situation is that for some reason they decided that for some fucking reason the BEST time to announce this highly controversial decision was literally DAYS before they would be going on an international tour and having to face irate fans IN PERSON. Guys. What the hell. At least have the sensibility to announce a move that you HAD to have known would make people upset AFTER one of the few times you actually interact in person with your fanbase.

I hope you’re ready to investigate the Tower of London for ghosts, because I have a feeling the Londoners will be more than happy to acquaint you with the building later this week.

Insane move after insane move. Truly.

#watcher

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people keep comparing the WatcherTV move to Dropout (for obvious reasons) but I cannot emphasize enough how vastly different the circumstances between the companies is. like astronomically different

• Watcher does not have the years of experience that Dropout/CollegeHumor did. CH as a company formed in 1999. They've been doing sketch comedy since the early 2000s. they were a company, like an actual company with offices and departments and everything. Watcher hasn't even existed for 5 years

• Because CH has been established for that long, not only do they have an established connection to the industry, but they have an established fan base already. People that knew about and were fans of CH for over a decade, before Dropout was even a thought in someone's head.

• When Dropout was in its infancy, CH was still under their parent company IAC, they weren't roughing it completely on their own the way that Watcher is. They were later dropped by IAC, but having that connection and funding in the vulnerable start was important

• CH was still posting sketches and skits on YouTube for free while filling out Dropout's catalog. They didn't hard shift into exclusively subscription based, they continued doing both for the first couple years in order to help get Dropout established. Even now, they still occasionally post full episodes for free on YouTube, including whole seasons of Dimension 20

• They have a large rotating cast that they move between multiple shows. They have a variety of content and a variety of entertainers to be guests on shows. Watcher has 3 guys which the occasional guest

• A big part of this transition is because Watcher's episodes have a high production cost. That's what they claim. That it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to film one episode of Ghost Files. but why?? why does it cost that much?? I get cost of travel for talent and crew but hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode?

• When IAC dropped CH and they went bankrupt in 2020, they only had 7 employees. When Sam Reich bought the company, they only had 7 employees. not twenty five. I'm not advocating for laying off people, but maybe they shouldn't be payrolling more people than they can afford

• also. Sam Reich is very vocal about how Dropout surviving and succeeding was nothing short of a miracle. They didn't get that success because the business model works, they got that success from years of networking, hard work, and pure luck

#watcher #dropout #you know i was finally thinking about subscribing to droppit before this mess happened and after i thought i was gonna pull the trigger #but even with their more varied catalog and years of backlog i still looked at what they had to offer #and realized there are only 2 shows i care about and thats not enough to justify a monthly subscription #i might subscribe and binge um actually and game changers and then cancel

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Shane “share the passwords” Madej you’ve got some explaining to do!

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#and honestly id be fine with putting exclusive high production value shows behind a paywall #but you gotta keep producing cheap engaging content for free to keep your audience engaged and continue to grow #this back pedaling to paying for early access videos won't get them anywhere #like basically join nebula #creating and hosting their own website is so dumb #watcher