#we were watcher

[macbaybie]

bummer of a day. watcher’s content made a year of unemployment and debilitating mental illness survivable for me. hurts a lot that my family and others won’t be able to enjoy some of the best content on YouTube anymore.

#this actually breaks my heart #my chest aches #watcher #last day of watcherposting #watcherposting #we were watcher

[the-uncanny-dag]

The comment section under Watcher's new announcement

#i was rooting for you we were all rooting for you!!!!! #watcher #ghost files #youtube

[trashworldblog]

#LISTEN #I THINK WE ALL WOULD IGNORE OUR BEST FRIEND IF THEY WERE TIED UP AND BEING HELD BY THAT PROFESSOR GUY WE HIRED #ITS ONLY NATURAL #puppet history #watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #we are watcher #watcher entertainment #the professor

[illustromic]

I felt like I couldn't call myself a Desertduo artist until I drew the Perching Pose everybody draws them in >>> went 110% overboard and made this lmao. I love drawing Grian as a monstrous abomination muahaha

#my art #grian fanart #goodtimeswithscar #tw blood #tw eyes #3rd life #trafficblr #watcher grian #kinda #i had so much fun with this #they were never this cool in canon but we can pretend lol #they are so easy to draw in villainous poses

[trashygayraccoon]

Well...guess my comfort straight men have finally disappointed me....

#watcher #watcher entertainment #ryan bergara #shane madej #steven lim #wtf were they thinking?? #their main audience are broke students #we can't afford that

[macncheems]

hes my enemy now. im also converting to be a boogara. this is was you get for having a bad list.

#we are watcher #watcher entertainment #ryan bergara #shane madej #tumblr top 5 #im a boogara now #wrong wrong wrong and wrong #horrible list shane i mean come on #what were you thinking

[pegsmothman]

#anyone done this yet #*sighs* #watcher #fuck this #we were all rooting for you #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #destiel meme #youtube #tumblr news #watcher entertainment #tumblr meme

[stxrry-dxys]

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

[theghoulboysblog]

i think about these pictures from the buzzfeed exorcism video literally every day because even through the uncomfortability and awkwardness that was that video, shane was still right there making ryan laugh, and i think that’s so nice :)

the only besties that matter i fear! :)

#maybe it was just me but i found this video really weird #between the priest literally saying he skips part of the ritual #to saying that the girl’s cluster headaches were sign of possession instead of a medical condition #to saying that she had a “demon in her womb” like what?!? #and then telling shane and ryan they should be dead like huh?!? 🤨 #everyone looked kinda uncomfy to me #idk maybe it was just me tho 🤷🏻‍♀️ #watcher #watcher entertainment #we are watcher #ryan bergara #shane madej #shane and ryan #besties fr #buzzfeed unsolved #exorcism

[rumpeltyltskyn]

Oh by the way. Those of us who watch Watcher videos? Consume their ads and add to the count that goes towards their revenue. WE WERE PAYING THEM.

#watcher #@everyone saying ‘pay your artists’ #we were #that’s how YouTube works

[terrificblanket]

The math isn’t mathing

#like Ryan buddy #we were all there #it’s ok we know #watcher #ryan begara #puppet history #shane madej #the professor #ph s5e1 #1k

[littlekingbergara]

was just thinking about how amazing it is that weird wonderful world and ghost files exist at the same time from the same company. you have the same minds, the same hosts, the same team and yet the shows are like day and night. www reminds us of the wonder and whimsy and joy all around us while ghost files showcases the world's darker side in its tragedies and horrors. and that they're able to execute both shows each with its own finely-tuned aesthetic and its own little universe is really a beautiful display of how much Talent and Love exists at watcher and it's so so special.

#i just picked out these two shows but the same could be said for so many others. that they even have so many to choose from is incredible. #really the show/season format of watcher is genius and they are so smart for thinking of that. #it lets them have so much variety in their content without getting themselves trapped in a box like they were at bf. #they can still hold onto the Ghoul Boys Spooky Vibe but also let their more lighthearted and wholesome sides show. #to borrow from miles. they are both spooky And cookie. #and it's cool to see other channels like the try guys pick up on the success of that and build it into their own channels in a way that's #not too different from what they were doing before. #grateful for it all. i love them and i love this community so much and i'm soso excited to see where we all go next. #watcher #weird wonderful world #ghost files #ahtw #ri.txt

[periodically-puzzled]

#watcher #we are watcher #or at least we were #no one WANTS “higher quality” no one can AFFORD “higher quality”

[the-ghost-king17]

Nothing like being told that you're not needed if you're not willing to pay for a streaming website for a single YouTube channel. Really makes one feel like they're in a welcomed community.

#watcher #we are watcher #backstabber #fuck you #thanks for nothing #ryan bergara #shane madej #steven lim #we are leaving youtube #mistakes were made #ghoul bois #ghost files #mystery files #too many spirits

[puppet-purgatory]

so let me get this straight, watcher:

An unknown party is planting VHS tapes on your own set weekly, containing ad reads by:

a self-proclaimed professor

who mentions unfortunate encounters with horses

who has an 'estranged wife'

whose jacket is tan and tie and red

who is a 'gamer'

whose image flickered in like a hologram in an earlier ad read,

and you want us to just like, not think Something Smells Fishy. OK...

#mod post #mystery files #puppet history #watcher entertainment #shane madej #my actual theories? it's very possible these are being made and planted by the substitute and that's what i'd put my money on. however #at times it seems like he's sort of uncertain what to say next or like he's coming up with things on the spot? so i think it would be funny #if these were being made and sent by the puppets in purgatory; we know they make their own ads for their own shows and they were able #to send A Hologram to the Realm Of The Living so maybe a VHS isn't out of the question. this then makes me think that someone in there has #accidentally made up a character who's Just The Professor Himself Kinda. sorry guys not everyone is cut out for the writer's room !! #honestly though that seems like a happy end for them. i think they should be allowed to make watcher ad reads and their silly TV shows #instead of necessarily Having to go to the afterlife! #my third theory is this is just watcher having fun and doing it purposely. it fits that the corkboard show would have us doing the same

[softiedingo]

"we messed up" also known as:

#watcher entertainment #watcher #ryan bergara #shane madej #steven lim #this is what happens when you make hasty decisions #they end up being stupid and always come back to bite you in the ass later #if i had a coin for every time i saw three men making excuses on a couch #i honestly expected something better than “we messed up” #siiigh #BUT it's still better than them moving on and ignoring our complaints #it's good to see that AT LEAST they were able to acknowledge they messed up