I swear sometimes at work I have to make my feel cooler while doing such boring shit to trick myself into thinking I'm on like a tv show or something.
Like listening to music and squinting at my screen " WAIT A MINUTE!! Why are we paying Lisa Manuel 200 bucks we havnt received a refund from the cruise line yet"
At different times in my life I will get obsessed with one or two things and just spam it. Then later when I revisit it all these specific songs and memories will remind me of that time
Example : I got into criminal minds in 2020 and also James Marriott started making music . So anytime I rewatch criminal minds I think back to Covid and slow down.
But NOW ! Any time I watch Jurassic park in the future I will think back to the watcher fuck up and just be sad all over again 😭😭😭😂😂
All I want is for Ian Malcom to whisper in my ear about chaos theory while the rain is pouring and I'm snuggled up to him in front of a fire with a hot drink
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
see that we've moved into "they apologised so you are toxic for not forgiving" phase of cope. this is where I finally realise they did fire me as a fan. I don't fit in with the people that are left anymore.
they told us they're better than yt. that the audience who got their channel to where it is today is no longer bougie enough for them. that's absolutely anathema to why I watched them in the first place. ah well
So the sold out ghost files tour revenue wasn’t enough, the merch that was sold out within seconds wasn’t enough, the millions of subscribers and views on YouTube wasn’t enough, the patreon with thousands of members wasn’t enough, the big corporate sponsors wasn’t enough. I’m genuinely really curious about what happened. Is this just a career choice or was there genuinely big financial reasons behind this? Like WHAT happened lol
First and foremost, Watcher is still a buseness. The employees might enjoy what they do, but the goal of the business remains the same as always
They're financially mismanaging the company into ruin, and if they won't cut costs (which they don't want to do) this situation will repeat (although considering all their income aspects it's likely that they are also lying on top of mismanaging their company)
Ryan and Shane are adult men who agreed to this and are just as "guilty" as anyone about this going through
Shane "eat the rich" Madej is still way better off financially than most of us, and the parasocial fans who absolve him of every and all wrongdoing are weird (not a crime, but mentally unsustainable)
(To my knowledge) Steven hasn't come out with any statement regarding his sexist/racist comments at any point, therefore it is reasonable to conclude he still enables bigotry (and by extent so do the people that still keep him around despite the red flags)
The fandom as a whole would be way happier with Steven and his shows gone, as well as the old style videos coming back, rather than overproduced impersonal stuff
Fans that sent threats, were making racist comments, etc. are still way out of line
Everyone is allowed to feel the way they feel (as long as they don't engage in the previous point) and it's nobody else's business
All these points can coexist with arguments such as "they really seem sorry" and "the fandom is full of hypocrites"
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