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I think the most interesting thing about the watcher situation for me is it doesn’t actually seem all that greedy when I dig into it (disconnected though? Definitely)

It just seems like they are trying to get the job they want making the art they want, which on the surface is to be applauded and I think a lot of people do recognize that.

However, they didn’t have the business acumen to realize 1) that’s just not the kind of content most of their audience is even there for (and no, they’re not obligated to make content tailored to the whims of the audience they have, but i think we can all acknowledge it’s the audience they have built, not random hecklers making demands here) and 2) that is not the business they’ve built thus far. Neither of those things are unchangeable, but that’s the status quo.

They’re a YouTube company that wants to be a TV network. Okay. But that doesn’t happen just by saying “we’re a TV company” any more than you can pick peaches by going up to an apple tree and asking nicely.

Streaming platforms producing their own shows have a huge amount of capital behind them. They can stay afloat for years on a loss while their customer base grows to a (maybe) sustainable amount.

Watcher is trying to replicate the same caliber of content (highly produced unscripted TV) made in the same way (made by full production crews) but without any of the financials that make that business model even potentially successful. There’s and obvious lack of understanding around production scaling, plain and simple.

It just really seems like these people have no real business sense. Something that is absolutely fatal when it’s combined with a gross overestimation of their audience’s willingness to support them in making their dreams happen, rather than a willingness to support them in making enjoyable content.

And that’s what makes me think it’s not greed. There’s so many overly parasocial takes on this about how “Shane would never support this!!!” and so on. I think that absolutely goes both ways here.

I think these three sat down with an absolute unwavering faith that their audience was parasocially invested in them achieving their goals (whatever those goals may be) because it had always shaken out that way, even when it was a risky business decision.

But when those goals and those risky decisions threatened the viability of the creator-audience relationship, the Watcher guys didn’t really notice.

Like it seems obvious to point out “your audience won’t support you if you make moves that guarantee many of them can’t be your audience anymore” as much as “your wife will want to leave you if you cheat on her” is obvious, but I genuinely think these guys were too hubristically high on their own supply to realize just how big of a pivot this actually is until the shit hit the fan

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never thought there’d ever be a Watcher snark subreddit damn. it’s over

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Yoshida, according to his fans: I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony,

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the way I was one of those ppl that thought there was too much asa but now I want her back akksks

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I think the writer for the kp//op story is the same as on thin ice right?

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After a month since its release with 669 fics, these are the top 10 pairs on AO3

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Lima reuniting with her murderous wife!!

This ending is peculiar and I haven't seen people talking about it so I'm posting it, it can be achieved with kindness + independence Lima's route. At the end they do stay together even in this path! And yes, my Amala killed Amrit here too, so I liked it a lot more than the loyalty one 😂

Seems like fate will always reunite us, my little flame ❤️

Murderous wife comes to the rescue of her little flame 😂

Afterwards the scene continued exactly as in the kindness + loyalty Lima's ending ❤️

Since in this ending my Amala also killed Amrit (rightfully so, after this scoundrel kept sexualising wlw, being homophobic and throwing sexual comments to my girl), my Amala became the absolute ruler of Calcutta and now she'll rule while having her little flame and her brother by her side (Kiran stayed in India with Jaya) ❤️

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and if I said I kinda felt bad for Priyanka…

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some y*shiden/yoshida fans on Twitter hating on Asa, I wonder why

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Thank you, you are a strong soldier 🫡😭

Spoilers for Kali ahead

I did the cheating route with Lima. Her first reaction is not pictured here, but it was basically only two lines. I'm kind of disappointed how this was done by the author.

This is for you @azriet

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between the other cancelled wlw shows and Netflix hiding replies that called Wednesday + Enid gay, ohh they definitely hate us lmao

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If you romance Amrit, I am sorry to announce that you're most likely romancing Alexandra's male self-insert and here are the proofs from the author interview:

What Alexandra (KCD's author) said:

"Amrit has my way of speaking, basically my style" *remembers all her rude, homophobic, fatphobic, misogynistic comments and her comments trash talking others for no reason*

No wonder why I dislike the guy 🤷‍♀️

"Not SO self-confident and arrogant" First off, I think there's nothing wrong with being self-confident but the problem is that Amrit is not actually self-confident, since when self-confidence means inflated ego, walking over others and being pedantic? If that's Alexandra's idea of self-confidence then she got it all wrong. But let's note the "Not SO", does it mean she has those traits herself? By the comments she made, I can tell she does. Then again, her idea of self-confidence is not it and let's not forget she also said "not SO arrogant".

And last but not least the parallels between them:

When asked what's Amrit's perfume:

Both Alexandra and Amrit share the same zodiac sign too (Leo) and I wouldn't be surprised if she also makes their birthdays the same day. Did Alexandra wrote a male version of herself? Everything seems to be pointing out that she did. And I'm sorry but this realisation must suck for the romancers. Now I can see why I never truly liked Amrit 🤷‍♀️

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When you choose Kindness of the Goddess path in Kali because you want MC to embrace her Indian heritage and learn more about the culture, and now 3 seasons later you have to side with Amrit and approve of mass murder:

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Peach about to drop a 2 hour video essay about why she hates Steven Universe

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It’s interesting it took ARC having unsatisfying endings for the RC fandom (or just Reddit) to really criticize the app and realize a lot of books have either rushed or unsatisfying endings

looks like if KCD gets bad endings the community will implode

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Live footage of me choosing all of the premium outfits for everyone except amrit

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Love this look