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the-scooby-gang · 1 year

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Skeptic Velma who treats science like iron clad rules that can't be broken, is extremely close-minded and doesn't believe in the supernatural: boring, overused, nothing new, not funny at all, girl you know that is NOT how science works Believer Velma who gets SO HYPED about the ghost haunting this bank that she barges in with a home made ghostbusters ghost vacuum backpack, has a little recorder where she makes her observations about what kind of creature this is; Is it a poltergeist? Is it a haunted object left behind in one of the safes acting up?? Is it a secret murder??? She doesn't know but she will damn well find out!!! She has sample tubes where she puts all that glowing goo that is all over the floor and a EMF meter attached to her waistband. Then she is later super disappointed that it was actually the manager trying to scare people away so he could steal from the coffers: New, innovative, would watch a whole show where she is like this, a true scientist spirit

#scooby gang #scooby doo #velma dinkley #random musing #think ryan bergara belief mixed with shane madej “hey demons its me ya boy” courage #shaggy has a heart attack per day every time she does shit like that #shaggy glaring at a glowing well: the most obvious fay trap i have ever seen #velma a scientist: im gonna touch it #shaggy: NO VELMA YOU'RE GOING TO GET KIDNAPPED

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thetrashthatsmilesback · 1 month

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Watcher, Capitalism, and the Petite (Petty) Bourgeois

So the whole Watcher controversy has revealed an interesting misunderstanding of what constitutes "the rich" or capitalist beliefs. The major theme that arose during the controversy was the sense that Shane in particular had gone against his previously stated leftist beliefs - that he had, for all these years, taken up a humorous aesthetic of anti-capitalism without actually believing in what he was saying. I believe that this is due to a breakdown in definitions as they become spread to the general public. Dissemination of information is a good thing, and I would never argue against it, but one problem which arises from concepts spreading to large groups without context is that often the actual meanings break down until they are vastly different from their original, academic denotation. This is, I believe, what happened with the phrase “eat the rich” and its current colloquial usage.

I want to preface this with the fact that nothing I am about to say applies exclusively to Watcher, or that the Watcher staff have done anything wrong or misrepresented themselves. I also don’t think that the Watcher fanbase is wrong at all – the situation just happened to spawn arguments both in defense of and critique of the Watcher team which indicated, in my opinion, that an understanding of “the rich” in a capitalist society is not well understood. Disclaimers out of the way, let’s get into this.

During the controversy, two major sides arose – those who had begun to see the Watcher crew (in particular Steven, Ryan, and Shane) as “the rich” or ruling class in a capitalist setting, and those who argued against this by arguing that as Watcher is a small business, and not the upper 1%, they are not included in the definition of “the rich” expressed by leftists. I want to focus in on the counter-argument that Watcher being a small business just trying to survive means that they are not considered “the rich.”

In Marxist theory, there is a small group called the “petite” or “petty bourgeoisie.” This group is defined as those who both own and contribute to the means of production – aka, small business owners. Marx himself wrote little about the petite bourgeoisie, predominantly referencing them in passing in his essays The Class Struggles in France, 1848-1850 and very briefly in The Communist Manifesto. He does happen to criticize this group in the little writing he did on it, “Marx derides what he sees as the petit-bourgeois self-delusion that, because it combines both employment and ownership of the means of production, it somehow represents the solution to the class struggle. This class was progressive in a limited sense, as witnessed by its claims at various times for co-operatives, credit institutions, and progressive taxation, as a consequence of felt oppression at the hands of the bourgeoisie. However, these were (in terms of the Marxist view of history) strictly limited demands, just as the ideological representatives of this class have been constrained by their own problems and solutions” (“Petite Bourgeoisie - Oxford Reference”).

Now, it is very important to note that team “Watcher is a small business” aren’t completely wrong in their positioning of Watcher’s attempt to raise more revenue as Not Evil Capitalism. Marx’s belief was that eventually the Petite Bourgeoisie would be pushed into the proletariat class. I also am not positive that Watcher is a classical small business – they very well could be a worker co-op. A worker co-op is a business where the workers have ownership of the company, and significant representation on the board of directors(“What Is A Worker Cooperative? – U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives”). While some criticism of worker co-ops from a communist or socialist view exist, they are generally seen as a more socialist approach to the typical small business model.

I couldn’t find direct confirmation that Watcher is a co-op. One point against them being one is the use of titles such as CEO and Owner, but these designations could simply be for tax and paperwork reasons. Watcher is an objectively small company, they have between 25 and 30 workers, and most people cite them currently having 27 workers, but in the past they have employed interns and I am unsure of if they currently have interns on board so I am going to stick to the range. It would be incredibly easy to have a worker co-op with 25-30 people, you wouldn’t even need voted representatives; everyone could just be on the board and contribute to decisions. I figured the next best approach would be to see what the roles on Watcher’s shows are – if Steven, Shane, and Ryan contribute significantly rather than just showing up and looking pretty on camera, then there is a good chance they might be functioning as a worker co-op more than a traditional business or small business.

To do this, I decided to look at Watcher’s largest show for each co-owner. This means Ghost Files, Mystery Files, Puppet History, and Steven’s food series. These numbers broke down as follows:

Ghost Files: Ryan is listed as a Creator on all Ghost Files videos. Ghost Files Debriefs do not have writers, so that role will not be held against them on those videos. Ryan and Shane were listed as a Host and an Executive Producer on all videos, but neither ever held a Writer, Editor, or Sound Mixing role.

Mystery Files: Ryan and Shane were listed as a Host and an Executive Producer on all videos, but neither ever held a Writer, Editor, or Sound Mixing role.

Puppet History: Shane is listed as a Creator on all Puppet History videos. He is listed as a Host on all videos, an Executive Producer on all videos, Writer on 4 videos, and never held an Editor or Sound Mixing role.

Steven’s Food Series: Steven is listed as a Host and an Executive Producer on all videos, but neither ever held an Editor, or Sound Mixing role. This show does not require a writer so this will not be held against him.

*Do take these numbers with a grain of salt, I wrote this while in class so its possible that I missed something.*

Looking at those numbers, the main three do predominantly just film, but I don’t want to devalue the work that goes into being on camera. They are still generating capital by acting, I simply wanted to clear up confusion I had due to seeing people say they edited every Ghost Files video. From what I can see, they don’t do the editing, but as executive producers they likely have to review every video before it goes out. I also still can’t fully come to a conclusion on if the company can be considered a worker co-op, but I believe it is a standard small business – aka, the petite bourgeoisie.

All of that leads to the final point – the way that people only began to view the three lead Watcher members/founding members as “the rich” after the announcement of the streaming platform shows the way that leftist theory has become divorced from some of its meaning. I saw several people arguing “you guys can’t recognize the rich”/”you guys would attack doctors and lawyers under the guise of eating the rich,” and yes its true that doctors who work in hospitals are proletariat, but if a doctor opens a private practice or a lawyer opens a private firm, does that render them more bourgeoisie or more proletariat? At what point do the petite bourgeoisie become a part of those who we disavow? I don’t actually have answers to these questions, and I’m sure people much smarter than me or better versed in economics have written on this (one source I found that seemed good while I was skimming it despite its age is this one https://www.jstor.org/stable/2083291?seq=3 ). I didn’t make this point to argue one point over the other on whether Watcher counts as “the rich,” but more to focus on the way that term gets used. The argument could be made that we could have started questioning Shane’s anti-capitalist beliefs the moment he helped start a company, but we didn’t. We only started to criticize him on the basis of hypocrisy after the announcement and its out of touch comments. This raises so many questions about how we use the term “the rich” now – does it refer to anyone we dislike who is financially stable? Has the term become completely divorced from its original meaning? Or were we being hypocrites all along? Has Watcher Entertainment always been incongruent with Shane’s implied political beliefs? Is there a certain point at which the petite bourgeoisie become a part of the financial aristocracy? Or is that term only relegated to the industrial bourgeoisie, is it reserved exclusively for those in financial positions that no artisan could ever hope to reach?

Is it possible that both arguments are correct regarding the Watcher boys, and all other members of small business ownership and management positions? That they are both “the rich” but not a part of the proper bourgeoisie?

I don’t know. I find it fascinating though.

#watcher #ghoul boys #watcher entertainment #ryan bergara #steven lim #shane madej #watcher tv #we are watcher #this is really my distracted musings #its probably not very coherent #like i said #i am in class #meta #i guess???

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ravensilversea · 2 months

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His idea of talking dirty might be 'I respect you enormously as a person. Let us pray.' -T Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith

#saint of steel #marguerite/shane #marguerite florian #shane #book quotes #bookish musings #the tell tale queue

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vivisvalley · 7 days

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how can you see a pretty guy with long hair who is smart and loves books and is super romantic and not want him. why are you such a hater. mad because elliott is the standard

#HE WRITES YOU A FUCKING BOOK #FOR YOU. YOU ARE HIS MUSE. AND HE WROTE YOUR FAVORITE GENRE #i hate it here leave my man elliott alone #elliott and shane haters dni #sdv #stardew valley #tagging because IM SPEAKING MY TRUTH

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elliedearest · 2 months

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Has anyone ever told Shane Madej from @wearewatcher that he looks a bit like Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes?

He could easily dress up as him for Halloween! And Sarah could dress up as Iris Henderson!

See? It would be perfect!

#the lady vanishes michael redgrave #shane madej #watcher entertainment #michael redgrave #musings #the lady vanishes is such a good and silly movie

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beautyxcharms · 1 year

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Briana Shaneé

#briana shanee #matte brand #muse #black girl fashion #fashionstyle #film photography #black girl magic #knotlessbraids #knotless boho

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wexarethewalkingxdead · 8 months

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What are your innate character traits?

tagged by: @ghostofwinter tagging: @armandlucienduval @norvstforthvwickvd @rickgrimesdoingrickthings @lunarruled @emeryfleming @corxunum @istillsinq @uncxntrxllable @fvrsaeken & anyone that wants to do this one!!!! <3

#.dash games [muses]#.headcanon [andrea]#.headcanon [beth]#.headcanon [carol]#.headcanon [charley]#.headcanon [daryl]#.headcanon [rick]#.headcanon [shane]#.headcanon [sophia]

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houseofwisteria · 2 months

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This is one of the rare times Shane isn't running his fat mouth and didn't feel like it. The suns low, the sky is cloudy and it's quiet and this man is snoring softly in the chair in the shade with the brim of his hat covering his eyes

#tagging his girls in case they wanna bug him #shane: replies #( muse update )#alwaysanangcl #lcstinfantasy #ner0tic

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lingeringscars · 5 months

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First you protect the people you love, then you talk about the greater good

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theinternetdemon · 6 months

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— hey hey !!! i'm monika but u can call me moni, this is my blog dedicated to my interests which you can check in the tag section under the cut ! no DNI except for the basics ( though you should avoid me if youre mean, especially over fandom discourse ) check pronouns page btw

shane from sdv is my f/o btw not sharing my blorbo /srs

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#art : art i find cool that don't necessarily belong to any fandom i'm in

#media ✿ archive : def not spoiler free, there i'll talk ab media i watched recently and give my thoughts on it / make notes

#fashion : anything fashion related (mainly coords), may also be related to the #menhera #yumekawaii #yamikawaii #mori kei or #lolita tags

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#yume ✿ shane : stuff related to self-shipping overall and my f/o (shane)

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#🎀 bow : aesthetic purposes (?)

#manga : manga in general / to read

— FANDOM / INTERESTS !

#mp100

#genshin

#NSO / #needy streamer overload

#HSR / #honkai star rail

#okegom

#r1999

#cats / #dogs / #raccoons

#collar x malice (watchlist)

#cardcaptor sakura

#vocaloid

#pjsk

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#wrist cut warriors / #menhera-chan

#menhera-chan 2 (the other menhera chan)

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#resources ✦#cardcaptor sakura ✦#vocaloid ✦#sanrio ✦#muse dash ✦#cats ✦#ddlc ✦#yume ✿ shane #💐#🎀#media ✿ archive

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mad-hunts · 1 month

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STATISTICAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS: take the linked quiz from the perspective of your character of your character, then select 5 - 10 results from the ' complete matches ' list that you feel resonate with your character the most.

1. villanelle, from killing eve

2. red john, from the mentalist

3. shane walsh, from the walking dead

4. vicious, from cowboy bebop

5. kylo ren, from star wars

6. dr. hannibal lecter, from hannibal

tagged by: ...

tagging: anyone who sees this!

#rp memes.#OF MONSTERS AND MEN: musings.#ooc post.#him being like villanelle actually makes too much sense because i'm not gonna lie...#i might have used her as inspiration for barton's character NGL #it's just because she is both such a complicated and cruel character but also a bit funny / almost likable at times?? so yeah LOL #i kinddd of saw the shane one coming too but it's all good #i meant to say i partially used her as inspiration AHH but you guys know what i mean (':#i'll fix that later hehe

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sentofight · 4 months

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ooc. do u ever think about found family and cry a little bit? yeah.

#ooc.| faty speaks #[i think about date and zuki sometimes and how cool their fam vibe.#[and my other muses like balbal and shane ;;;u;; <3 #[waaa f a m i l y #[wink wonk start a family O_O wink wonk having kids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAAAAAAAAAMILYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY #[all types of families are mwah!!#[a fam can also be husband wife uncle and a cat.

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alexis-vaughn · 3 months

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"Two Pink Lines” (from Shane)

My Muse just found out they’re pregnant. Send “two pink lines” for them to admit it to you from here @wexarethewalkingxdead

She knew it wasn’t something they had ever planned. Neither was she even sure that Shane would approve of it especially after all they had been through and how inaccessible he had been when they were younger, but he loved her, didn’t he? During all this time he had helped her get Trixie back. He had fought for her during her ups and downs, saw her in all the bad and good times and stayed with her nevertheless. It had to mean something, didn’t it?

Alex could remember how he spoke about marriage and children in the past. How he always seemed detached from responsibilities and lived his life just for the moment. That wasn’t the same Shane anymore, or was it? Trixie noticed her hands shaking in the morning before she went to school and despite all the horror her little girl had seen she was still the irresistible sunshine that always had a smile for her mum on her lips and told her everything would be alright. She would be right, wouldn’t she?

That day when Shane entered their house and came back from a raid, Alex hold herself at the counter of the kitchen, staring out of the window where she had seen him coming but was unable to react to his homecoming. Shane seemed terrified that something bad happened cause she was pale as the moon, but when he asked her again what was up she turnt her head slowly without letting go of the counter and felt how her lips were quivering under the tears she needed to hold back. Pregnant in the apocalypse. That could never work, could it? But what did they think would happen after they simply couldn’t keep their hands from each other?

“I love you.” she said with a broken smile before she could continue. “Babe, I gotta tell you something.” That much was obvious but panic was still written on his face as he approached her to take her trembling hands in his, as if nothing could ever shake him. God how much she adored that side of him she only got to know after the fall: the way he supported her through anything and gave her strength. “Fuck… I’m pregnant Shane.” Before she would give him a chance to speak, she shook her head and stared down at their hands with tears in her eyes, voice still breaking. “And I know we didn’t talk about this beforehand but… we’re at the fucking end of the world and… I don’t think I can or want to…” Eyes squinted because of the pure fear of looking into his. “Please… please don’t tell me I’m gonna lose you again over this. Cause I can’t… I really couldn’t deal with that but I also couldn’t…” Gently she placed one of his hands on her stomach that was not growing yet but still felt like a part of it belonging to him already. “I couldn’t lose this either. I really want to watch you grow as a dad. Just like you are one for Trixie already. Is that… something you would want too?”

#alexis x shane #answered meme #v: twd #I know this sat so long in my drafts but tonight I somehow had muse to finally answer it ❤️

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movietonight · 5 months

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#fairytale of new york #Christmas #shane macgowan #kirsty maccoll #Macks Musings #the pogues

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angelparadox · 4 months

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would it be weird to have a character with the same name as me or can i do that

#( * this is my unfinished symphony // ooc. )#i have an idea for another muse (go figure) but i want his name to be Shane and idk if that's weird or not LMAO

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fxckin-blackbeard · 7 months

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ᒥ💀ᒧ— I'm not a big fan of the Inn ending, it felt too soon for it. I'll roleplay Inn Keeper!Ed, but he will be a horrendous asshole, fuck up as an Inn Keeper. (My opinion is if they wanted a happy ending for the show, stopping at the Wedding would have been perfect). I know Season 3 (if made) will go into how much of a failure the Inn will be, as both Ed and Stede don't have the attention span for such a thing. But, the point of this is my Edward is Canon Divergent because he retires at sea; you can take the sailor out of the sea, but you can't take the sea out of the sailor. You can't just spend most of your life at sea and then just suddenly want to break away from that love, especially if all the people you love are also drawn to the sea.

#mobile ooc.#randy dandy'oh (musing)#damn the dark damn the light (headcanons)#//Shane ranting to himself again what a surprise

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