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[hailwatcher]

ve | 24 | they/them | est

☆ fanfic author

☆ shyan shipping society co-owner

☆ therapist

☆ non-shyan interests: dan & phil!!, writing, poetry, puppets, musical theater, animals, sanders sides, music

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[shyanshippingsociety]

👻 THE SHYAN SHIPPING SOCIETY KINKTOBER BINGO 2025 👻

hello ghouls, girls, and gays!

the shyan shipping society is excited to bring you our latest, spookiest event: the shyan shipping society kinktober bingo! this is one halloween party where everyone (18+) is invited! join us this october to make the scariest, sexist fanworks yet!

what is kinktober bingo?

kinktober bingo is an event running the entire month of october! you will receive a bingo card with a variety of halloween prompts (sfw and nsfw)! you will then create works to fill out squares to get a bingo! when you get bingo send it over to a mod to check to enter the drawing for a prize!

do i need to be a member of the shyan shipping society to participate?

nope! this event is open to any and all shyan shippers (as long as you're 18+). you will need to provide either a discord or tumblr so we can communicate with you. we'd love to have you become a member of the shyan shipping society! click here to join!

how can works be uploaded?

we will be collecting works on ao3 and on tumblr! check back to this post for our collection link, and you can tag us on tumblr!

here's the timeline for the event!:

September 15 Sign-ups begin

September 30 Sign-ups end

October 1 Bingo cards sent & collection opens

October 31 Collection closes

November 1 Prizes sent out!

sign-ups are open NOW and you can sign-up using the link here! if you'd like to join the shyan shipping society and you're 18+ we'd love to have you! 

click here to join! follow us on tumblr to stay up to date on this event and all the fun things we have coming! we'll be happy to haunt your feed this halloween 👻

- the mods

[waywardmillennial]

Watcher Fandom PSA

We need to lock in chat - our crops are dying. Our fandom has been getting quieter and less active but I think we can change this!

1. Start posting more!

You - yes, you! - can help by making more posts. You don't have to only post art or gifs - anything from text posts, meta ramblings, video clips, screenshots, memes, or reactions are good!

If you make a post about their shows - then go to Step 2.

2. If you want people to find your posts use the tag #watcherblr

tumblr tags are kind of a mess because I think Watcher is a video game and also that one movie, so I say we claim this one. This will put all the fandom posts somewhere we can find them.

(and if your post is for Watcher TV, add that as a tag too so people can filter if they're on the YouTube schedule)

Some gifmakers have already been using the tag #watcheredit so you could also add this if you make any gifs or other edits.

3. REBLOG POSTS

tumblr likes don't do much - we all need to reblog more

maybe you're new to tumblr but here: REBLOGS COUNT MORE THAN LIKES. so make a watcher sideblog if you must but hit that reblog button!

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If you're looking for Watcher blogs to follow, I've made a post of content creators and available in my pinned post, and I'll keep it updated.

Secret tumblr hack: if you find a Squad Watcher blog you like you can tap on the three dots on their profile page and choose "Get Notifications" then those posts will go on a separate tumblr timeline! <- that link will be unique to your tumblr

tip: if you see anyone abusing the #watcherblr tag (with spam or negativity) block them and don't engage

[tagging a few blogs to signal boost this please and thank you!]

@avid-corvid @bergoop @bergoose @bergoozter @ghostfillers @ghostpunkrock @inafieldofdaisies @jesus-said-chill @levyfiles @littlekingbergara @mazzyreads @mistchievous @noa-nightingale @oldmanpusspuss @partlyironic @psmith73 @ramavoite @tasty-littl-snack @sequencefairy @toomanywatchers @trashworldblog @watcherwiki @watchersleuth @workhusbands

[hailwatcher]

all of this!!

i'd also like to point out because shyan was mentioned that if you're looking for shyan content, your friends at @shyanshippingsociety have you covered! we're a shyan community discord and tumblr blog promoting shyan fanworks and creators!

we're always throwing fun little events and just generally chatting in server and would love to have you join us if you are 18+ and a shyan shipper!

JOIN THE SSS

our moderators are also all awesome shyan bloggers and creators!! @thethirteenthcrow @send-god @futureboy @noviosfantasmas<3

(p.s. if you're looking for more spicy shyan fics, we also run a kinkmeme! check out the skeptic/believer kinkmeme)

[hailwatcher]

gotta cool it down (heated) by idkspookystuff | E, 1K, complete

Ryan is not stupid. He’s just impulsive. Forgetful. And, he realizes as he sorts through his bag with all the desperation of someone who thought he’d for sure remembered his heat suppressants, a bad packer. Except apparently he forgot the heat suppressants. It’s one in the morning in this tiny haunted town with a pharmacy that closed at 8:00PM, and definitely no heat centers. He’s trapped here, in this Airbnb, all alone, and about to go into heat. But he’s not alone. - ryan goes into heat during a bfu shoot. luckily, his co-host shane, is a beta. right?

READ IT ON AO3

[bergoozter]

AND HE DID

[shyanshippingsociety]

can you guys rec some fics where its shane falling for ryan first and then having to figure out how to tell ryan while being a complete disaster ( the more disaster more the better) and ryan being all confident and bold in his side

its just its mostly ryan wearing his heart on the sleeves in fic and shane being closed off whiles its kind of true to their real nature i want the dynamic flipped for once

hello anon! one of our amazing members put together this list for you! they mentioned they interpreted 'disaster' as comedic, so these have a funny lil spin on them.

Every Open Door by beethechange | E, 9k, Complete

It’s early on a bright mid-May morning when Shane Madej steps out of the car to begin the last real summer of his life. The year is 1963, he is twenty-two years old, and the summer’s stretched out like a promise in front of him: one last hurrah, before the desk waiting for him in his father’s office claims him. Or: the Dirty Dancing AU Shane Madej sort of a little bit asked for. ("A professional ballroom dancer…my stars!")

All the Stars and Planets Aligned by ÉcrivainFantôme | E, 19k, Complete

“Do you trust me?” Ryan asks after a moment. “Yeah,” Shane answers, without hesitation. “I mean, of course I do. I have no survival instincts.” * Every now and again, all of the planets and the stars feel like they’ve aligned so that certain things can occur. It can make you feel like you've won the lottery. Especially when you have, in Ryan and Shane's case, literally won the lottery.

(mind the tags on this one! ⬇)

Don't Stand So Close To Me by breathtaken | E, 38k, Complete

“This is precisely why we don’t give special treatment: it has a way of making them feel special.”

The Law of Parsimony by ÉcrivainFantôme | E, 26k, Complete

The Law of Parsimony - Also called ‘Occam's razor’, is a mental model which states that “it is futile to do with more what can be done with fewer”— In other words, the simplest explanation is most likely the right one; no matter how unlikely. Shane tries really hard to hear the voices when he’s doing the Estes method for Ryan. It’s just, you know. This time, he hears the voices after the Estes method has stopped, too.

[hailwatcher]

i should definitely check the sss library more often!

there are all INCREDIBLE fics, but if i may add my own fic as a recommendation. i am really proud of this disaster shane fic!

we could be lovers - would you lie with me? by idkspookystuff | E, 11K, complete

Maybe it starts with Ryan coming out. Maybe it starts when they sign the final paperwork to make their crazy idea a company. Maybe it starts way back in 2016, when a fresh faced intern asks Shane to help him out with his crazy ghost show. It doesn’t matter, because regardless of how it starts, this is how Shane becomes aware of it. or shane learns he and ryan are dating and it turns his entire life upside down.

[shazadlatifgf-deactivated202301]

Ryan & Shane Get the Drunkest & Read the Most Festive Ghost Stories

+ the reaction gif:

[shyanshippingsociety]

Shyan Shipping Society - New Years Exchange 2025

helllooooo!

can you believe this is our FIFTH annual new year's exchange?! time flies when you're in love, and we're definitely in love with all the works by our server members this year! let's get right into the good stuff!

CHECK OUT THE AO3 COLLECTION HERE!

hot in here (take off all your clothes) by idkspookystuff | E, 3K, complete

“You’re fucking with me,” Ryan accuses. Shane rolls his eyes, having the gall to look like he’s the one put out by this conversation. “Why would I be fucking with you?” he asks. It’s a good point. If it is a bit, it’s not a very funny one. But still, “I’ve known you for eight years, dude. I think I’d know if you were a fucking werewolf.” - in which shane's a werewolf, ryan is his new boyfriend, and shane's heat cycle is coming very soon

This Must Be The Place by Gilded_Quill | G, 1K, complete

Ryan has a surprise for Shane, and Shane is just so in love.

but showing you off, i felt like a champ by Future_boy | T, 6K, complete

As silly as it is, Ryan wants to make cheesy Instagram posts, calling Shane his boyfriend in the caption and and sharing his dumb posts of making fun of Ryan with a heart. What couple—as unconventional as they are with also having wives—isn't disgusting on the internet at least a few times a year? Especially on Christmas. If only he wouldn't be so terrified of everyone's reaction.

that's holly, actually by sourmint | T, 9K, complete

“Alright, Ryan,” Shane had said with a teasing smile. “Pucker up!” It felt like a whistling kettle going off inside his head. Ryan’s brain had completely short-circuited. “Oh my God,” Steven’s laughing voice came from somewhere behind him. “Are you actually going to kiss him?” - Except, it turns out, Shane actually didn't kiss him at all. Not the way Ryan expected he would under the mistletoe. He should be relieved; chalk this up as Shane just being Shane and add it to the catalogue of eclectic things to expect from a friendship with the big guy. ...so how come Ryan has been left wanting?

it's all in my head (but i want non-fiction) by bergoose | NR, 4K, complete

And, behind the letter, was a page that had Shane's heart stop for a moment. Annulment of Betrothal. “Surely, he jests?” Shane nervously asked, tilting the papers towards his family friend and trusted manservant to examine. Or: Ryan and Shane are happily engaged and in love. If only Shane's fiance could stop trying to break off their engagement; that would be nice. Meanwhile, Ryan's just trying not to get executed.

Where You Got The Notion by ouijaboy | T, 3K, complete

A big crash, an enemy ship force-boarding them, and a crack to the skull? Daily life on board, of course.

[Or - the USS Tinseltown is besieged by pirates. Ryan and Shane hide out together after missing the evacuation.]

just a little bit of tenderness by bodhirookes | G, 11K, complete

The letter is from the mayor, which doesn’t immediately raise any alarm bells. He’s always sending out reminders for local events or random requests for assistance, so Ryan opens it without much thought. Andrew’s curling handwriting announces: Dear Ryan, I would like to give you some information about an upcoming event: the Feast of the Winter Star. It’s a time for the community to come together and think back on all the good fortune we’ve had this year. A favorite tradition is the “secret gift exchange”, where everyone in town is randomly assigned to someone else. This year, your secret friend is: Shane. Don’t tell anyone! The feast will take place on the 25th at the town square. See you then! - Mayor Ilnyckyj “Oh,” Ryan says thoughtfully. “That sounds like fun!” And then, he rereads the part that says: This year, your secret friend is: Shane, and everything comes to a screeching halt. He looks down at his cat, who is calmly cleaning his paw. “Goldsworth, I think I might be in some deep shit.” Or, Ryan, humble farmer, gets assigned the local hot doctor for the Winter Star gift exchange, and it goes about as well as you'd expect (poorly)

If I Could Read Your Mind by Impala_Chick | T, 2K, complete

Ryan wants to start a business with Shane, but he feels like he has to tell Shane the truth before they can take such a huge step. Turns out Shane has a few secrets of his own.

Mystic Intention by PlatinumPussycat208 | M, 2K, complete

Ryan believes in soulmates. Shane does not. Shane wants a relationship. Ryan wants one with his soulmate. They have an arrangement.

Like you mean it by tasty_littl_snack | T, 2K, complete

They're ghost hunting and locked in a room where the only way out is a true love's kiss. But what counts as that? What is even true love?

of cheap alcohol, ruined couches, and crushes by idkspookystuff ! G, 1K, complete

“I could definitely lift you off the ground.” Shane has to look down at Ryan after he says it, which does not bode well for his case. “No, I’m serious!” Ryan says. He’s nursing his third beer sprawled out next to Shane on Shane’s living room floor. or the one where shane's couch is infested with termites, ryan is convinced he can lift shane, and they're both disaster gays.

thank you so much to all of the incredible writers and artists who joined this exchange! we loved seeing all your work, and all the love that went around in this exchange. truly such a magical time!

we have so many fun things planned like this for you in 2025, so make sure you follow us on tumblr, or join the server for the most up to date information! we hope you had the best time in the shyan shipping society in 2024, and that you'll continue being a part of our community in 2025.

see you for our sixth annual exchange?? maybe!

happy new year!

<3 always, the mods

[watchermade]

[dishgranted]

WEIRD WONDERFUL WORLD REWATCH Shane & Ryan Visit a Soda Emporium

[partlyironic]

hey guys. remember this.

[wearewatcher]

BREAKING: Andrew Ilnyckyj and Adam Bianchi join Watcher! The trio will produce and star in a brand new food show. “We picked up where we left off with Worth It, but we’re also making something completely new,” Andrew shared.

More info to come this Friday with other major announcements.

[bergoozter]

[noa-nightingale]

<3

[crispycreambacon]

I found this comic made by @platyroonism and I thought, "Man this is extremely Ryan and Professor coded" so I did what I had to do. For those who don't know what Puppet History is, this is basically their average conversation.

[vira-with-no-v]

He’s showing Shane his little aliens doodles

[hailwatcher]

boys by idkspookystuff | E, 3K, complete

“I could help,” Ryan says. Shane can tell Ryan feels a little flustered about his offer, though Shane doesn’t exactly know why. Shane, who had previously been engrossed in Ruining History research, asks, “huh?” “With your T shot,” Ryan clarifies. He turns to Shane then, and his cheeks are tinged pink. “I can help you out, if you want.” shane has a fear of giving himself needles. thankfully, ryan's willing to help. (and then they have sex about it).

READ IT ON AO3