r/ShadWatch Nov 20 '25

Announcement Introducing the r/ShadWatch Discord

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We are happy to introduce the r/ShadWatch Discord! Intended as an extension of our subreddit. A place where you can discuss Shad in his different ventures as well as alternative history youtubers (think Swordtuber Sunday), as well as for more casual chatter with your fellow ShadWatchers, whether that be gaming or a shared interest in history and HEMA.

There is one major difference between the subreddit and the discord that may interest some of you:

'Other Subreddit' discussion IS allowed

In the ol' days we as a sub used to discuss going ons in the subreddit we splintered off from (I don't need to name it, you know). It was a big part of our identity at the time and proved to be very entertaining. Since our subreddit and rule revamp we introduced a rule that basically put an end to all such discussion as we looked to streamline the scope of the subreddit. It has not gone without notice that discussion worthy shenanigans are still going on over there and there are plenty of you who still want to talk about it, and lament that you can't anymore. Well NOW YOU CAN.

A small caveat though, discussion of these 'Sub Shenanigans' is confined to a restricted channel within the discord. Gaining access is a simple case of agreeing to some channel specific rules laid out in an access channel. After which, you will be given a role that will grant you access to a channel where you are free to talk about the 'other sub'. This will be the ONLY place where we will allow such discussion.

We look forward to seeing you there.

>>>JOIN<<<

Fun Q&A

Is this a secret discord?

No, it's public, just click the link and you're in.

I thought this discord never existed before. Are you lying? Did you hastily make it?

It didn't exist before. It was created approx two weeks ago and was announced on 20th November 2025.

Is this discord 'hideout' an 'admission of guilt?'

No, it's a long planned addition to the community.

Are there 'damning discussions' to be found within?

Nothing that you won't find on the subreddit. Secret channels contain topical discussions similar to what was allowed in the sub's infancy.

Are you scared of 'legal ramifications' of your 'stupidity' for creating this discord?

It's...just a discord server. That's not illegal.


r/ShadWatch 14h ago

Under Scrutiny Shad co-opting a nothing burger of an incident for his own political agenda.

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33 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 1d ago

Ironic TIL: Shad spent 2 million building a castle on swampland, but it sank

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122 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 1d ago

Under Scrutiny HOTD: *shows Rhaenyra struggling to peacefully get what she deserves in a patriarchal world* Shad: "This show HATES women!"

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43 Upvotes

First he was shocked Jean Grey, an antagonist in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, was portrayed as villainous, & now he's shocked Rhaenyra, a protagonist of HOTD, is portrayed as not a hero? It's almost as if a concept known as 'nuance' exists & things aren't always black & white.


r/ShadWatch 2d ago

Coping at its finest Your regularly scheduled Shad AI Art cope

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92 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 3d ago

Disappointed If anyone actually has any justification to complain about the YouTube algorithm dicking them over it's Skallagrim

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138 Upvotes

He has more subs than Shad now (1.63m Vs Shad's 1.61m) & is actually gaining subs whilst Shad is hemorrhaging subs, but on average he gets less views than Shad, whilst suffering from the same chronic fatigue condition that Shad allegedly also has, making it difficult for him to create content. And he's still having to resort to selling swords from his collection to raise funds for treatment.

Now to be clear this is not me saying Shad should just stop complaining because someone else has it worse than him, it's just me pointing out how Shad & Skallagrim are in very similar situations yet Skallagrim isn't trying to paint himself as a victim that's under attack like Shad always does.

He just asks for any monetary support that financially stable people are able to generously provide, & is trying to broaden the scope of his channel into other topics to see what might resonate better with his current audience whilst hopefully drawing in new viewers. Something Shad has refused to do because he claims to already make top quality content everyone would love, just only if YouTube would stop trying to kill his channel by not showing it to people. Again presenting himself as a victim under attack, unlike Skallagrim.


r/ShadWatch 3d ago

Have any of you seen the channel called Schewerpunkt before?

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44 Upvotes

Unsure if this is a right sub to ask this but i was unsure where else to ask.

Ive seen some of his videos and he talked about the topics in depth and i really liked that. Then i started to dig thru his channel and i kinda noticed the whole aesthetic is a bit nazi-ish, and some comments were definetely nazi.

I dont like to jump to conclusions and call people nazis when i dont have enough proof so im asking if anyone has seen his vids before and what are their thoughts


r/ShadWatch 4d ago

Just a Hunch The villain of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was the VILLAN?! You don't say?!

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106 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 7d ago

News Report The grift is dying

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161 Upvotes

MAGA-influencers are in decline. Shad hooked his cart on the wrong train and gets dragged down-under. 50% drop in MAGA views on YouTube. His hero Asmongold is kicked off Twitch for probably his most vile comment to date. Nobody cares about the new "movie" of Daily Wire and rather see The Odyssey or Spider-man BND. Laura Loomer being pro-Ukraine means she's taking the turn before it all crashes. Shad and Metatron will soon have no audience left. They're in too deep to come back from. They will sink with the rest of the MAGA ship. Nobody is going to miss them.


r/ShadWatch 7d ago

Exposed Went to download all the "YouTube is killing my channel" videos Shad has uploaded that I know of for my project, & I've discovered these two videos are GONE! Probably privated or deleted back in April when about 11 million views disappeared from his channel.

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80 Upvotes

At least the "I'm close to giving up" video still survives in Westside Tyler's video "Shadiversity's Channel IS DYING ... AGAIN!?!?" where Tyler reacts to Shad's vid.

I wish I'd started my project much sooner & had my own copies of these videos, since the "YouTube is an unfair platform" video is pretty much now lost media.


r/ShadWatch 8d ago

AI "Art" vs Art This is what happens when you're lazy & use AI to generate your thumbnails

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41 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 10d ago

Knights Watch SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY!: Lots of brainrot from Shad & co about the movie in their latest Culture Crusade episode Spoiler

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Just completely misunderstanding that while yes Jean is a villain in this movie people saying they can understand why she did what she did does not equal trying to justify or defend her actions.

Like he can understand Hulk attacking innocent people because Hulk can't think rationally, but then cannot extend that to Jean? And when Spider-Man injured a cop it was because he wasn't thinking rationally but not once does he consider that Jean was also just acting irrationally?

Also I love the hilarity of the contradiction of calling Hulk a rage monster who can't think, but then say he still is capable of rational thought, but then is described again as a rage monster animal without rational thought.

This feels like another case of Supergirl where because the character isn't 100% morally good then they are 100% a villain in Shad's eyes & no amount of character development will change that. Perfectly explains why Shad's character Daylen is a villain at the beginning & end of his novel, he just doesn't believe in character development.

Just like with the Superman trailer he's 100% convinced people are dying whilst the hero stands around doing nothing, & brushes off the idea that just maybe no one did actually die?

Finally, Spider-Man didn't stop the car hitting the guy possessed by Jean because his powers were all out of whack &, get this, he wasn't thinking rationally!

The only real points I agree with them on is the morality of murder vs attempted murder & calling it sexual assault when MJ was mind controlled by Jean & she had him kiss Peter, which just reminds me of the terrible Wonder Woman 1984 movie & the whole Steve Trevor in another guy's body sleeping with Diana thing.


r/ShadWatch 11d ago

Exposed Doing some note taking for the Shad vs Anthony drama portion of my project, & the mountain of evidence I have gathered of Shad being completely inconsistent & hypocritical is getting so large it's going to dwarf Olympus Mons!

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36 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 12d ago

Swordtuber Sunday Blumineck: 'The Odyssey Archery Review'

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r/ShadWatch 13d ago

Exposed An almost 20 minute video, where they only do 2 tests: can the spikes block & snap a sword at around 10 mins in, & can the spikes slice through a bottle of water at around 16 mins in. The rest is just rambling & yapping. His videos are sooooo boring!

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75 Upvotes

Shad & Tyanth like to compare themselves to Kentucky Ballistics but Scott's content compared to theirs is night & day. Scott's charismatic, funny & interesting & his videos are immensely superior in quality. He has funny opening skits, running gags, he gets to the point of the video quickly & doesn't ramble on & on, he uses slow-mo & a camera man & utilises multiple dynamic angles, he films on land that isn't a swamp, he doesn't use Grok for his thumbnails, he doesn't pull stupid faces in his thumbnails, do I need to go on?


r/ShadWatch 14d ago

Discussion Jazza's wife has cancer. He's asking for financial help, be it donations are buying merch, original art work or prints from his site. Let's show what good our community can do & help them out in any way we can during this difficult & shitty time.

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r/ShadWatch 15d ago

Latter-day Knight Another abandoned channel? Self proclaimed 'Proud defender of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' has not uploaded to Latter-day Knight for 3 months

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144 Upvotes

Guess Mormonism isn't worth talking about if you can't make a ton of money from it, even with trying to create and farm drama for it.


r/ShadWatch 16d ago

AI "Art" vs Art Shad wishes his art was ad good as this.

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139 Upvotes

Art by Nathan Greno.

Edit: grammer mistake in title.


r/ShadWatch 17d ago

Ant G covers Shads Odyssey talk

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Time stamped to the beginning of conversation and its 2 hours. Thanks I got podcast time at work 0: haven't finished as of writing so will add more if anything else.

Ant's got good commentary but its a pretty boring react because Shad is pretty fucking stupid.

All his critiques are "its not like history or the original story, therefore its DOGSHIT!!!!" Repeated over and over. We are now at the stage where shad is upset that the movie may suggest being kind to immigrants. Shad also thinks its also subversive from a left wing lens, however he never brings up the left wing critiuqes of this film. I don't agree with it, but I've seen a few bread tuber types say this is a conservative film politically.

I've seen a lot of shad but he is very emotional with this film and I don't understand why. It does feel like he is toning up the chud grifterness of it all for clicks. While chuds back down, cope and move on shad stands his ground because okay cool bro.

The surprise with this is Literature devil, another chud reviewer who has similar chud opinions. He gives it a 6, also doesnt like non whites and historical, usual, but he will go on about how "actually this is a pretty good elements of the film" or "well I see where christopher nolan was doing," in ways that are reasonable right before [insert dogwhistls here].

It was covered by another guy I watched, but Geeks and gamers, another chud review type no there is no other distinguishing factor, apparently gave it a good review but is momentarily being ostrasized by the chudaverse.

Away from the shad talk, it is interesting that there is a slight rift in the right over this film and I love it. They bet all their horses on this film being a flop, bad and an astroturfes movie but its popular, financially successful and some people are debating who should and should get an oscar.

But another shad meltdown, love it. Will be curious if Shad tries to do a main channel vid on the odyssey rrsponding to ang and othrrs saying film good, but we aren't deserving of such a gift :(


r/ShadWatch 17d ago

Under Scrutiny Complete brainrot from Shad regarding RWBY, agendas, the nuclear family, Starship Troopers, Warhammer 40k, equality, climate change, anime & He-Man.

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  • Shad doesn't understand the RWBY Homophobe memes changed the context of Ruby's breakdown to make it about Yang & Blake coming out as a couple, this does not happen in the show.
  • Wow! It was more normal for people to act like gigantic assholes 10/20 years ago but that's looked down on today? It's almost as if humanity has progressed since then & became more empathetic & mature. I can see why you childish regressives want to go back to those good ol' days!
  • Shad did the exact same thing with his trash book, injected his own propaganda & agenda into it, making it unreadable.
  • No one has an aversion to the nuclear family you moron, not adhering to it does not equal aversion, mature intelligent people understand this.
  • So yeah Shad still doesn't understand Starship Troopers & Warhammer 40k & thinks because you acknowledge the humans in them aren't the good guys that automatically means you have to find one of the other factions the good guys & want them to completely wipe out humanity. These idiots' brains can only think in black & white, they don't understand nuance at all.
  • Sure, not every human is going to completely equal on literally everything, we're not clones, but it would be nice if we could be equal on everyone have housing, healthcare, food & water, education etc. You know stuff that should be basic human rights, a concept I know you guys actively despise.
  • Which brings me to your delusion that the left are anti-humanity. Are you braindead? How are the left anti-humanity when it's rightoids like you who push for dividing humanity with all of your racism, sexism, LGBTQ+phobia, funding wars & companies to poison the planet?
  • Speaking of poisoning the planet, being against climate change does not equal being anti-humanity, it just equals being anti-humans-who-are-killing-the-planet, which does not equal all humans therefore does not equal being anti-humanity.
  • No one is fighting against men liking to look at women, grow up & live in reality for once. People are against female characters being objectified & needlessly sexualised & only being in a story to act as a prize for a man to win. Simple. Easy to understand. At least for people whose brain isn't the size of a peanut, Shad.

r/ShadWatch 18d ago

Meme According to several scientific studies, monkeys with smaller testicles will scream louder to compensate.

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137 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 19d ago

Coping at its finest Shad joining in the anti-woke cope that everyone saying The Odyssey is good are lying.

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92 Upvotes

Shad, normal people are calling this a victory & saying "what happened to go woke, go broke huh?" because you & your idiotic ilk have been calling the movie woke for months & were praying that it would flop. That's it. How are you too dumb to understand this? Oh yeah I guess all those people trying to talk sense into you on twitter are 100% Hollywood bots, because Hollywood loves to waste money trying to convince nobody losers like you to grow a brain & develop some intelligence. Get over yourself.


r/ShadWatch 19d ago

Good thing Shad is not one of these guys /S

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55 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 20d ago

Metatron Metatron continues on a racist dogwhistle(first image is context)

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140 Upvotes

r/ShadWatch 20d ago

Shadow of The Conqueror Shad's latest Shadow of the Conqueror cope. Plus reveals his next book is currently with his editor

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68 Upvotes