~~FILL UP THE GOO TANK~~

[follows from areladurell]

[22psyduck]

loved this puppet

[22psyduck]

shane madej, killing off his main characters, gene who is french fries, the professor: hmm next i will portray myself and guess what. gonna kill myself

[ghostpunkrock]

why are you as a man blushing and giggling when a puppet tells you he loves you

[waywardmillennial]

this might be my new favorite descriptive caption

[waywardmillennial]

you can only reblog this if you watched all the way to the end of today's Pod Watcher

[lallyloo]

Best friends

[drunkkenobi]

It's my birthday here are some Important Images

Thank you for your consideration

[drunkkenobi]

It's been a year since I made this post, so have some more Important Images

[drunkkenobi]

Another year, another set of important images

[drunkkenobi]

It's that day of the year again

[neonliminality]

[bergoop]

you beat me to it!! i just finished the gifset!!

This whole episode was them verbally daring each other to make dirty jokes about fruit. 10/10

[mehday]

Weird Wonderful World 305: Shane and Ryan Become Urban Farmers

[waywardrpf]

Steven said 'tteokbokki' with his whole chest

[mehday]

The 2nd Try Discord is rehashing all the same old uniformed bad takes about Watcher and I am just so fucking tired.

[wistful-watcher]

Survival Mode

[mehday]

the most recent Survival Mode is TWO AND A HALF HOURS?!?!

absolute madmen.

[mehday]

for the record, I became rabid for this episode. I watched it over 3 nights and became absolutely obsessed. as soon as it was over I went to YT to watch the alternate ending videos for the game.

[mehday]

the most recent Survival Mode is TWO AND A HALF HOURS?!?!

absolute madmen.

[psmith73]

Ryan covering his mouth after realizing he said something unhinged + people’s reaction.

[uneventfulhouses]

also the thing about worth it, and travel season (im assuming because it’s made by steven with andrew and adam), as well as other steven shows, is that these shows really showcase a lot of different cultures, and for a group of so-called “watcher fans” to be like “no one cares about steven’s shows!!!” is so incredibly damaging. like im sorry you and your friends only want to watch ryan and shane skirt around dick jokes, but steven is creating shows that impact a lot of people in genuine, heartfelt ways while bringing awareness to things in the format of sitting around a table and eating food. it’s not groundbreaking but it is important. i genuinely hate the argument that people only came for shane and ryan and that steven doesnt matter. because he does.

i will never ever ever forgive this fandom for what they did.

[annarowyn-deactivated20241222]

Saying that fans not wanting to pay for a show where a problematic CEO flies around the world with his friends because people are racist and hate culture is cherry-picking and a honestly, a stunted take.

People liked the show just fine when they weren't the ones having to foot the bill for it.

So maybe the problem is the economic and classism involved here and not that Watcher fans hate culture.

[uneventfulhouses]

the point i made was people have expressed that no one cares about steven lim and the shows he chooses to make. im sorry if you think this is a stunted take, but given the comments on this post and others expressing how much people actually do like him and his shows, that doesnt seem to be the case.

it isnt cherry picking to state exactly what’s been going on for the last week and a half. people have been coming at steven specifically because ryan, shane, and steven asked that their fanbase consider paying them instead of them having to work with advertisers.

if you feel like steven lim is problematic, it must not have been that much of a deal breaker when the content was free so i think that argument is stunted.

theyve already apologized to everyone and are going to continue to post their content on youtube for everyone to enjoy so it’s clear watcher has empathy. if you dont want to pay watcher for their content, literally no one is forcing you to.

[levyfiles]

if you feel like steven lim is problematic, it must not have been that much of a deal breaker when the content was free

this sentence. Is. God, it's delicious

[levyfiles]

watcher love time: what’s your favourite thing about each of the founders?

What a sexually-attractive question, em; thanks for asking

Steven Lim: He's so resilient. His experiences socially have made him so that even his trauma responses to being bullied and pranked as a kid are compassionate and reflective. He is always endeavouring to be better than he was the year before. He is loyal beyond belief and honestly, if I had known more people whose faith guided them into kindness, acceptance and self-sacrifice the way it does for him, I'd have a whole different perspective on religious belief as a whole. He's also funny in a way you can't train into someone and I also like how he navigates social situations in the most relatable way. He makes PodWatcher the most fun for me.

Ryan Bergara: He's forever curious in a way that makes me believe youth in anyone can be preserved in the spirit. I don't know how to make it clear to the world that I might just let this man get away with murder. He probably would have a good reason idk lol but facetiousness aside, he's a damn hard worker. Like I find work ethic in a person to be such an attractive thing. His hyperfixations are unapologetic and it makes me genuinely respect him. He's beautiful both on the inside and out and his form of comedy is so unique that sometimes it's like a car crash I can't look away from. He aspires to do good by others and he has such a strong principled perspective on his relationships with his family, spouse and friends that he has what I truly believe, is a hero's heart. He's brave in a way that defies logic and all his pathological barriers.

Shane Madej: He aspires so much be kind that I can sometimes see how the effort paralyses him to be more proactive socially. His curiosity is only paralleled in Ryan but he has such a very visible love for the world, for humanity, for stories that I can understand why people find him charming and soothing and I can understand that that is the reason he doesn't mind spending a quarter of his career hunting for ghosts because it's more about the experience of traveling and being with friends and doing a job that brings joy to other people than it is about being right. He feels like someone you could trust with a secret whether low stakes or high. I like that he has a unique voice when he sings and he's leaned into it to the point where 30% of his career is now singing.

Thank you again for asking this, Em. It gave me a nice opportunity to detangle myself from my own threads of hurt and upset to remember the reason I'm here and why I have been since 2018.