Watcher
Watcher is the protagonist of 1000xRESIST.
As Watcher, her function requires her to commune with the ALLMOTHER, observing specific memories of the ALLMOTHER's past. Being the youngest graduate into the Shapen Sisters, she performs her function eagerly and faithfully, with a seemingly unshakeable devotion to the ALLMOTHER.
Watcher and Fixer were very close, sharing many intimate moments together, until Fixer is called for and departs to The Other Side.
CAUTION! major spoilers ahead!
Personality[edit | edit source]
Watcher is initially a very naïve character, taking things too literally and asking a lot of questions about the world around her. She is very gullible, falling for Principal's trick to get her to betray Fixer, devout and driven purely by her purpose and desire to please the ALLMOTHER. While she is very work-oriented, she is also close to a lot of her sisters, particularly Fixer and Bartender, of whom she is much closer to and more comfortable around.
When she is not focusing on her function, Watcher is seen to be far less stilted than she is while performing her function.
In the later chapters, she has lost a lot of her naivety, due to the trauma of being tortured by Knower and Mauve. While she still has it in her to give Mauve a joking nickname, she soon loses this and retreats to spending most her time in communions as a coping mechanism, spending all of her time in her older memories. She is vacant from the world and doesn't talk to her sisters, but still has the trusting quality she once possessed- leaving the destruction of the Provisional Government in Blue's hands.
History[edit | edit source]
Not much is known about Watcher's life as a shell, but what is revealed is almost always centered around Fixer. It's implied that the two met as a result of an Occupant attack – Watcher got separated from everyone, but Fixer found her and helped her out. They grew close after the shared experience.
WATCHER: I got cut off from everyone else.
DILIGENT SHELL: That must have been scary.
WATCHER: Another sister found me and helped me through it.
WATCHER: ...We became good friends.
DILIGENT SHELL: We have to look out for one another.
DILIGENT SHELL: Thank you for protecting us from Fixer, sister blue.
WATCHER: ...
WATCHER: ...Don't mention it. (ch. 3)
At some point before the story, Fixer takes Watcher up to the sky, and shows her the world from above. During a past birthday, Fixer sings a song she wrote about the ALLMOTHER, for Watcher to hear.
Watcher hears that Fixer has been chosen to go to the Other Side with their ALLMOTHER. She meets Fixer just as she is about to board the train and says goodbye. Watcher is frustrated that Fixer didn't tell her, that she had to find out this way. Fixer can only sheepishly say that she's not good at goodbyes.
First Communion[edit | edit source]
Watcher’s first communion sees her exploring an abandoned high school clouded in red, in a time known as [Temperature Days]. Principal gives her a few pointers – the communion contains their ALLMOTHER’s memories from before she was their leader, and that everyone in the communion will interact with Watcher as if she were the ALLMOTHER – before asking Watcher to meet her at the gym.
The only signs of life in the school are mysterious soldiers, clad head to toe in hazmat suits. Watcher pieces together that they are from an organization called the 50, and that they are present against their will at the insistence of Iris. Watcher is taken aback by their cold attitude, but soon learns why: the 50 came out of the safety of their hub into Occupant-infested territory just so Iris could light some candles on the rooftop for her fallen friend.
Watcher, initially unable to access the gym, seeks an entity on the rooftop that can give her access. This entity is a photo of Jiao, Iris’s deceased classmate and friend. Jiao is so pleased to see Watcher/Iris and asks her how she’s been, and if she remembers one of her “favorite memories” from the gym on one special night. When Watcher stammers that she can’t remember, Jiao says she will send Iris back to that time so they can “meet each other all over again.”
JIAO'S PICTURE: Come visit again when you remember everything!
Watcher is given the ability to switch between two timeframes in the same location; the [Temperature Days] time of the red, hazy Occupant rule, and much earlier year of 2047, when students still attended school, prom was just around the corner, and the Occupants were only rumored as hoaxes.
While rumor of the Occupants rises, a strange disease spreads even faster; catch it, and all of the water will drain from your body through your eyes. As Watcher wanders the school, she encounters posters cautioning the student body and reminding them of good hygiene practices.
The communion is periodically interrupted by strange interference and visual glitches. Secretary reports that this is unusual, and that some outside force is tampering with the communion.
Watcher meets three “Jiao entities,” and each give her some insight into Iris’s relationship and treatment of Jiao. In every instance, Jiao tried to connect with Iris, offering to sit with her at lunch, go out for food, and even asked Iris to the dance. But in every attempt, Iris responded coldly to Jiao. Iris resents Jiao as an “FOB” immigrant from Hong Kong and doesn’t want any association with her for fear of being isolated from her peers. Worse still, prior to the dance, Iris begins circulating unsavory rumors about Jiao.
Fixer's Sin[edit | edit source]
After Watcher speaks to the three Jiao entities, she returns to the roof and is granted gym access. But the communion shifts suddenly to a winding street. Secretary reports that this is the work of the outside interference and warns Watcher to beware of danger. Watcher encounters Jiao again, decrying Iris for revealing a secret to the whole school that was “for her eyes only” while she begins to cough and cry as the disease consumes her. Watcher asks Secretary if they can do anything to help her, but Secretary reminds her that “this happened already ... a long time ago.” At the end of the road, an Occupant stands waiting, and lunges at them.
Watcher is pulled once again to a new scene, this time a hospital where she witnesses Jiao’s last moments.
As Watcher tries to find her way out, she’s intercepted by an unexpected visitor – Fixer.
WATCHER: Fixer? You’re the intruder?
FIXER: Hey, sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. We needed to get deeper. That’s all.
WATCHER: How are you doing this?
FIXER: A little bit of this, a little bit of that. It’s hard to explain.
WATCHER: This is wrong. No one from the Other Side is supposed to speak to us.
FIXER: Yeah, look, about that...I don’t have much time. (ch.1)
Fixer breached multiple sacred practices – speaking to a sister from the Other Side, and invading one of the ALLMOTHERS communions – to warn Watcher that everything they’ve ever been told is a lie. ALLMOTHER is not the benevolent, loving, all-powerful deity they believed. The ALLMOTHER hits them, denies them immunity, and whispers to their sworn enemies, the Occupants.
Watcher tries to come up with reasons for the ALLMOTHER behaving this way. The sisters must deserve it, it must be a misunderstanding. Watcher firmly believes that Fixer is in the wrong for breaching the communion, calling her a traitor.
WATCHER: She’s going to get you, sister. I know it. When I get to the Other Side, they’ll tell stories of the sister who betrayed us. A sister who was incinerated for her sins. A Fixer who was good once. ...who made a terrible mistake.
FIXER: Watcher, we’ve been lied to. Every sister alive, and every sister before us. We know the truth now. We can make a difference.
WATCHER: Send me back.
FIXER: I trust in you.
WATCHER: Principal...she needs to know what you’ve done.
FIXER: You won’t.
WATCHER: Please. Don’t drag this out. It hurts.
FIXER: You’re not gonna tell her.
WATCHER: ... I thought you knew me.
FIXER: ... I do. (ch.1)
Watcher is sent back to the gym, in the middle of the school dance in 2047. The scene before her is frozen in widespread destruction, each student succumbing to an Occupant attack. Principal dances onstage to nonexistent music. When she sees Watcher, Principal praises Watcher for making it through her first communion. She asks Watcher what she’s learned. Watcher recites basic facts about the Occupants, the disease, and the student body, but the nature of Iris and the previous encounter with Fixer is clearly affecting her.
PRINCIPAL: You’ve done well, Watcher. We are fortunate to have a sister like –
WATCHER: She was mean. Iris. She was mean. To people around her. Ungrateful.
PRINCIPAL: ...She was indeed.
WATCHER: Why?
PRINCIPAL: Watcher. What is your function?
WATCHER: ... To observe.
PRINCIPAL: That is only the beginning. As a Watcher, you are given the most sacred of duties: to trust. She opens Herself to you. You will see everything of Her. All of her desires and all of her failures. Everything she’s ever wanted to share and everything she’s ever wanted to hide. You will be so close to Her, you could draw blood. Please, I ask you to trust Her in return.
WATCHER: Yes Principal, of course. I do. With all my heart. (ch.1)
After a moment of hesitation, Watcher confesses that Fixer tainted the communion and spoke to Watcher from the Other Side. Principal, bewildered and saddened, thanks Watcher for her service, and assures Watcher that “Fixer will get what she deserves.”
The next day, Watcher is summoned to Principal's office. Principal announces to the whole orchard that Fixer has been apprehended and burned for her sin of interrupting Watcher's sacred first communion. Principal mandates communions with other sisters and assigns Watcher to monitor them for any errant behavior.
Watcher has no time to process before she is sent off to perform the communion with BBF.
Second Communion (BBF)[edit | edit source]
In this communion, Watcher and BBF learn about Iris’s life growing up, and how her parent’s experiences shaped their new life in Canada. This is Watcher’s first time seeing “Mother,” and although she is a proud woman, they see a softer side of her when she interacts with Jiao. Watcher witnesses Mother and Father fight for survival during the 2019 HK protests juxtaposed with Iris’s desire to forget her parent’s culture in favor of western culture. She watches Iris and Father protect Mother from herself by keeping her sleepwalking a secret. At the end of it all, Iris leaves with the 50, leaving her parents devastated.
Throughout all this, Watcher observes BBF’s reactions to the old world. BBF is drawn to the rainfall; she is sickened by the human need for solid foods; she is delighted by the wisdom of knock-knock jokes.
They both come away from the communion with different attitudes. Watcher empathizes with the Kwans, while BBF states the necessity of sacrifice for survival.
WATCHER: ...they loved her. Did you know? The sharpness of her sacrifice?
BBF: Well...a dull knife is no knife at all.
WATCHER: Yes, but – to desert them like that.
BBF: Oh, Watcher. The way a pack must cull its sick. The way a prey must eat its kin. Hesitation – we know too well, and even weller now – hesitation is the second-in-command to extinction. You understand this.
[...]
You did not hesitate to report Fixer.
WATCHER: ... (ch.2)
Third Communion (Healer)[edit | edit source]
Fixer Inauguration and Occupant Attack[edit | edit source]
The new Fixer is chosen, and Watcher chose not to attend her graduation ceremony. That night, she frets about going to the bar for the post-graduation celebration. While she works up her nerve, she walks around the orchard and speaks to the other shells.
When she finally offers her congratulations to the new Fixer at the bar, red warning lights flash across the inside sky, reading "OCCUPANT ALERT." The Orchard rocks back and forth, and the seismic lurches result in the death of countless sisters. Those who remain flee to the underground subway tunnels.
Watcher steels herself and observes every sister - living and dead. She listens to BBF's guilt-ridden cries; she comforts trembling shells; she looks upon the new Fixer's body, deceased on the first day of the job. And at the end of it all, she finds Knower, bemused and studying the strange Horse statue in a circular shaped room.
Watcher is appalled that Knower isn't doing more to help, but Knower states that her knowledge will be of no help, as "knowledge cannot bring back the dead." Her work comes after, when it's time to record and annotate.
She asks for Watcher to start their communion. Watcher has the option to go back and make sure she's attended to everyone first, and once she has, the fourth communion commences.
Fourth Communion (Knower)[edit | edit source]
The first scene in the communion places them in limestone caves with Occupant rings nestled throughout; it is here Knower divulges her relationship with the previous Watcher, a quiet girl who allegedly left in the middle of the night to board her train without telling anyone.
During this communion, Watcher and Knower witness Iris’s first contact with the Occupants, learn their method of communication, see the ultimate fate of The 50, and learn Secretary’s true nature. Watcher - devastated by these revelations - grabs Secretary in a fit of rage and smashes them into the ground, over and over, ripping them apart. When Knower condescendingly chides Watcher’s outburst, Watcher divulges the full details of Fixer's message.
WATCHER: You want to know what Fixer said to me? I'll tell you.
WATCHER: She said, the ALLMOTHER withholds immunity. That she lashes out. ...that she whispers to Occupants. Everything Fixer said was true.
WATCHER: I've made a horrible mistake, Knower. She was just trying to help us...and I killed her for it.
WATCHER: I killed her...
WATCHER: I killed her. (ch.4)
Knower is dismissive of this outburst. In her mind, every shell is fed, warm, and healthy, with nothing to want. Knowing that ALLMOTHER protects them - and knowing the wrath that ALLMOTHER is capable of unleashing - they should be content with their lot in the Orchard.
WATCHER: (scoffs) You're going to let this go because you're...comfortable?
KNOWER: You Watchers are all the same. So prone to outbursts of FEELING. Have you ever stopped to THINK before you act? If you did, maybe Fixer would still be alive.
WATCHER: ... (ch.4)
Knower then reveals the true fate of the previous Watcher: she killed herself in what Knower describes as a “useless bout of passion and protest.” She uses this example to cement her stance that “there is no feeling worth getting incinerated over.”
Death of The ALLMOTHER[edit | edit source]
At the end of her communion with Knower, Watcher learns that Secretary was a "gift" from an Occupant, and in a fit of rage, rips apart her companion and begins to smash Secretary against the ground, ending the commnunion. She takes a pointed shard from Secretary's body and heads down to the station where a train has just arrived.
Remembering the last time she was here, Watcher apologises to Fixer before boarding the train and travelling to the Other Side. She finds the ALLMOTHER in front of a memorial, appearing to be in prayer, and angrily denounces her before running and stabbing Iris from behind.
To her surprise, a second train arrives as she does this, and Principal disembarks and calmly walks up to them. Iris recognises Principal, and calls her "Youngest". Watcher realises that Principal is in fact the Ancient Sister, whose sin supposedly was the reason for the clone society losing their immunity. Before she can process this, Principal makes an announcement that the ALLMOTHER has been murdered, and captures Watcher.
Watcher's Imprisonment[edit | edit source]
Watcher is held in solitary confinement, guarded over by the Observant Shell who Watcher names "Mauve". During this time, she is visited only by guards and Knower, who says she is trying to secure Watcher's release. Watcher confides in her Principal's true identity, and urges her to tell all the sisters the truth of what happened.
In captivity, she is given a limited grasp of what is happening outside, told to her by Knower, and she sees the changes of uniform in both her guard and Knower.
Knower begins to administer "medicine" to Watcher under the guise of keeping her healthy, however the drugs provided cause nausea and hallucinations. Watcher is kept for several years and interrogated by Knower, who warns her that the society outside her cell is dangerous and undergoing rapid change. Knower tries to get a full account of what happened from Watcher, but begins to gaslight her with a conflicting sequence of events, warning her that she needs to keep her story safe. Knower tells Watcher that Fixer is alive, but hates Watcher for betraying and killing her (as far as Watcher believed to be true). Knower tells Watcher that she alone is still looking out for her.
Eventually, Knower tells Watcher that Principal has agreed to her release, provided she confesses to her crimes on a broadcast to the other sisters. A video camera is set up in the cell, however Watcher does not repeat the lines she is told to say. Knower chides her for her disobedience, telling her the video was not a live broadcast. She presents Watcher with the pieces of Secretary, and uses the murder weapon to gouge out Watcher's eyes. She presents these to Principal to placate her desire to execute Watcher.
Not long after, Knower helps Fixer and Bang Bang Fire sneak into the cell and free Watcher. As BB helps carry her, Watcher feels the prosthetic limbs and is distraught. They take Watcher to the train where they will spent the next several years in exile, and Healer tries to undo the harm done by the years of drugs and torture.
During this time, Watcher is offered an eye by Fixer, but refuses a transplant. She dives deep into her memories, undergoing near constant communions with Secretary, and is in a coma-like state otherwise. She is watched over by Healer and BBF, who speak to her, telling her stories, although they almost never get a response. Throughout the next four years, Watcher relives the events of her life over eight hundred times, searching for a way to make things right.
In 7AA, when a bomb is set off at the play killing the majority of the Ministers, Watcher insists on meeting with Blue, and forces her into a communion where she relives the events of Watcher's life, and Watcher witnesses Blue's life and reason for the attack in turn.
Watcher hears a broadcast from the High Minister recounting the attack, which triggers an episode of intense distress in Watcher. Healer gives her some medication to help her regain consciousness, however when BBF meets with her the newly lucid Watcher insists on meeting with Blue and won't speak with the other sisters.
Final Communion (Blue)[edit | edit source]
Over Blue's protests, Watcher forces the Miscellaneous into a communion. Blue pleads with her to stop, but Watcher teleports away; forcing her to chase her around the mindscape of Iris's memories. Watcher is disorientated, unsure of what time they are in, and repeating the speech patterns of the Occupants. She explains the similarities she saw between herself and Blue, and why she chose to entrust her with all her memories and become "entangled" with her. Then, she reveals her plan to save the clone society.
As a result of the damage caused during Watcher's outburst, Secretary had entered a "self-protection state" which cleared the programming put there by Iris (and presumably Principal), restoring all of Secretary's memories. Watcher recalls the first time Iris communed with the Ancient Sisters, and how she was able to commune with all the sisters at once, an ability only possible with all three Familiars present. Finally, Watcher plans to summon an Occupant, control it with Secretary, and use its power to eliminate the forces of the Provisional Government.
WATCHER: Your actions- though desperate, destructive- have opened a path forward. An opportunity of this kind is fragile. You must ensure the path bends toward justice.
Once Watcher has revealed her plan, however, Blue tells Watcher that she is dying from the toll of so many communions. Watcher begins to run away, accusing Blue of working for Knower and is distraught that she gave up her secrets to the enemy. Secretary, however, confirms the truth, telling her that her mind and body is broken. He asks Watcher what she remembers last. Watcher's mind is unable to come to grips with the sequence, confusing her own memories with Iris, before realising she is "scattered across time". Watcher remembers how Healer had tried to warn her in the beginning; now eight hundred and thirty seven lifetimes ago.
Watcher blames herself for being tricked and causing so much tragedy. Blue tries to convince Watcher to say goodbye to her sisters, but Watcher flees to the gym from her first communion: the place where she betrayed "Fixer" to Principal, and calling it the place she made "the worst mistake of my life". In the safe space of the communion, she takes off her mask. She changes to another time index, returning to Iris's apartment in search of something.
After exploring the various rooms, Watcher lies down on Iris's bed, and laments her own mortality, remembering the whale that didn't fit into Iris's backpack. As Blue finds her, she comments:
WATCHER: Isn't it strange? I've never actually been here before. But everytihng in my body tells me... It's home.
Watcher thanks Blue, and tells her she is ready to see her sisters. She gives a final instruction to Secretary: "Lights out".
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Secretary[edit | edit source]
Throughout the entirety of the plot, Secretary is a constant for Watcher. While he, time and time again, attempts to comfort and aid Watcher, she regards them as an annoyance, which parallels Iris' treatment of Jiao.
There are moments where Watcher shows Secretary kindness, and seems grateful for their knowledge, but the depth of her appreciation for them is only seen in the pain of Secretary's perceived 'betrayal'. When Watcher and Knower discover that Secretary is a gift from The Occupants, and is one himself - Watcher smashes Secretary to pieces by repeatedly slamming them into the ground, despite their begging otherwise, in a show of emotion and violence that Watcher has never shown before, and has been consistently encouraged not to show.
Watcher kills Iris with a shard from Secretary, keeping them with her even in her worst moments.
Despite all this, Secretary is still the most important part of her plan to overthrow The Provisional Government, illustrating that the trust the two share for each other is powerful enough to persist after Watcher passes.
Fixer[edit | edit source]
WATCHER: You were good to me.
(memory of) FIXER: ...hahaha, it seems like it.
WATCHER: Fixer, if I could do anything...
(memory of) FIXER: I'll text.
WATCHER: ...to make it right...
(memory of) FIXER: I'm not one for rules.
WATCHER: ...I would. (ch.5)
Fixer and Watcher were incredibly close, with Fixer's rebellious personality mellowing out that of Watcher's more strict and rule-abiding traits. Watcher is a different person around Fixer, and can be herself – emotional, sensitive, and, at times, nervous. This incredibly close bond is observed by most others in The Orchard.
When Fixer is called upon by the ALLMOTHER, Watcher is devastated, and upset that she is unable to join her.
Watcher's heartbreak deepens when she has her first communion and finds an entity claiming to be Fixer; Watcher is unaware it is actually Principal in disguise.
'Fixer' interrupts the communion, and confronts Watcher about the ALLMOTHER's various wrongdoings and secrets, telling her that others need to know this truth. Watcher is shocked and angered – to Watcher, it was blasphemy to interrupt the sacred communion and accuse the ALLMOTHER of such wickedness. When 'Fixer' pushes on these accusations, Watcher begs her to stop; questioning the ALLMOTHER is not out-of-character for Fixer, but this is too much. Watcher, upset, calls 'Fixer' a traitor, and threatens to tell Principal about this transgression, and demands 'Fixer' send her back.
When Watcher meets Principal in the gymnasium, Watcher has conflicted feelings. She interrupts Principal to state that Iris was mean, and asks "Why?" – echoing the doubts that 'Fixer' presented her with, showing that despite feeling betrayed, Watcher still has some level of trust in Fixer's judgement.
This is clouded over however, as Principal reminds Watcher of her duty's sacredness, and presses Watcher on what is bothering her. Watcher then informs Principal that 'Fixer' had "tainted the communion. She used this bond to speak with me from the Other Side." Principal thanks Watcher, and promises her that Fixer "will see justice".
Soon after Watcher wakes up in Chapter 2, she is called to Principal's office. Principal tells Watcher that with the information Watcher supplied, Fixer had been apprehended and incinerated for her crimes of interrupting the sacred communion and slandering the ALLMOTHER. Watcher is dismayed, believing she got Fixer killed.
Watcher already had baggage grieving her relationship with Fixer and Fixer leaving her to go to the Other Side, but this new grief and guilt haunts Watcher for the rest of the story. Throughout the Orchard, Watcher is continuously faced with reminders of, and is tormented by fond memories of her better times with Fixer.
When Watcher receives some of Fixer's old belongings, she recalls their time goofing around in Watcher's room with a drill that Fixer stole. Seeing a music-stand reminds Watcher of Fixer's song; Watcher was her one and only audience. [INSIDE SKY] [MIRROR SHRINE]
Feeling bereaved, Watcher fails to attend the new Fixer's graduation party. Without her Fixer, Watcher has nobody to be herself with, and so Watcher grows distant from her sisters and focuses entirely on her function.
There are many moments where Watcher regrets what she's done, speaking with Healer and learning more about Iris, and this regret fuels Watcher's rage, and culminates in Watcher committing the greatest blasphemy – killing the ALLMOTHER.
After Watcher's capture, she is tortured by Knower. When Knower reveals that Fixer is actually alive, Watcher wants nothing but to see Fixer again. Knower then lies to Watcher, telling her that Fixer doesn't want to see her and is even calling for Watcher's incineration. This psychologically crushes Watcher.
When BBF and Fixer arrive to rescue Watcher, they are horrified at Watcher's condition – traumatized, blinded, and drugged. Some time after the 3 make it back to the safety of the train, Fixer offers to give 1 of her eyes to the blinded Watcher. Watcher adamantly refuses, and after fights ensue, their relationship falls apart. Fixer grows distant and cold, while Watcher recedes to spending all her time in communions. Fixer grows bitter at how Watcher is unwilling to open up and let others help her; Fixer feels she has lost Watcher before Watcher even dies, and so misses her chance to speak to Watcher one last time.
It can be said that Fixer has the most influence on Watcher, out of anyone. Even through Watcher's devoutness to the ALLMOTHER, Fixer influenced Watcher with her defiant spirit and inquisitive nature, their bond strong enough to whittle away Watcher's devotion to the ALLMOTHER. Principal knew of this and exploited it, disguising herself as Fixer in Watcher's first communion, so she could sway Watcher.
In the aftermath of the first communion, Fixer's absence haunts Watcher, and Watcher's feelings of guilt, grief, and anger over losing Fixer radicalizes Watcher into killing ALLMOTHER.
Bang Bang Fire[edit | edit source]
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Healer[edit | edit source]
HEALER: I tell her bedtime stories. Of the past. (ch. 8)
Watcher has less of an idealised view of Healer, and is more critical of Healer's opinions of The ALLMOTHER, as she doesn't believe her to be as devout as she should be. However, despite this, Watcher respects the difficulty of Healer's job, (something about the You weren't the only one who loved Fixer.)
Knower[edit | edit source]
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Watcher, in the early chapters, seems to have an admiration for Knower, which Knower goes on to manipulate. This admiration dwindles when Watcher sees that Knower is impassive towards the fact that Iris has been working with The Occupants.
While Watcher is actively being tortured by Knower, Watcher still finds it in her to trust Knower. However, Watcher refuses to listen to Knower, and loses her eyes for acting against her. This betrayal, as well as the loss of her eyes, is what begins Watcher's slow deterioration.
Principal[edit | edit source]
Similarly to Watcher's opinions on most authority/older figures, Watcher admires Principal incredibly, almost on a more personal level due to Principal's history of communions. When betrayed by Fixer, Watcher immediately goes to Principal, who comforts and assists Watcher in her grief.
Watcher is incredibly loyal and trusting of Principal, not once doubting her or her motives. As with all of the betrayals Watcher has lived through, the loss of trust in Principal is one that changes her, a loss of an authority figure - while still feeling an empathy towards her and her position as Youngest, a connection to Principal the way Youngest had a connection with Iris.
Iris/ALLMOTHER[edit | edit source]
WATCHER: Imagine someone holding your hand whenever you're scared. Carry you home whenever you're weary...Imagine waking up from the best dream, only to realize it is your life... This is what it was like to love the ALLMOTHER. I had lived for this moment. To stand before her. To deserve her love. (ch.5)
Watcher is initially very loyal to The ALLMOTHER, expressing a desire to be called upon to join her, and going so far as to betray who she thought was Fixer for suggesting that Iris may not be the benevolent and omnipotent being she was thought to be. Watcher refuses to believe that Iris is a bad person, trying to find reasoning for her less-than favourable actions.
Once it is revealed that Iris had been working with The Occupants, however, this devotion and admiration all crumbles away into a disappointment and deep hatred for Iris and her actions. Watcher resents Iris for being the cause of so much death, especially the loss of many of her sisters, and kills Iris for this fact. However, despite this, Watcher seems to have a deeper understanding of Iris due to her position as Watcher, and parallels her at times- Watcher even has Iris' glasses.
Mauve[edit | edit source]
Watcher has always tried to be friendly towards Mauve, attempting to talk to and engage with her. This is most likely due to the two having the same colour, and Watcher feeling like she has to be a good role-model for a shell who could potentially take her job one day, emulating the treatment of her own superiors.
This doesn't end when Mauve becomes the guard to Watcher's jail, and in her desperation to speak to somebody, she gives the silent Observant Shell the name 'Mauve' (possibly referring to 'the colour of disinterest' from Chapter 3), which Mauve detests.
Blue[edit | edit source]
WATCHER: I don't know where you end and I begin... (ch.6)
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Quotes[edit | edit source]
- WATCHER: Red to Blue, mother. I gave up everything to walk beside you. (ch.5)
- WATCHER: Six to one, mother. Everything I've done... I've done for you. (ch.5)
- WATCHER: Hair to hair, mother. I really am just like you. (ch.5)
- WATCHER: You condemned us to this life. Why do you get to choose who lives and who dies? (ch.5)
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Watcher
Watcher bust shot
Watcher cool posing
Watcher sleeping wallpaper
watcher logo ( 見 )![Watcher confronting ALLMOTHER (ch.[redacted])](/images/thumb/9/94/Watcher_1kxr_screenshot_09.png/120px-Watcher_1kxr_screenshot_09.png?5305c3)
Watcher confronting ALLMOTHER (ch.[redacted])
WATCHER: Why do you get to choose who lives and who dies? (ch.5)
square icon of Watcher at the Other Side (ch.5)
Watcher, being told once again, by KNOWER: There is NO FEELING worth getting incinerated over (ch.4)
Fixer takes watcher up to see the inside sky. Watcher makes a wish
Watcher in the train, on her way to kill ALLMOTHER
Watcher exiting the train
The Watcher mural in Old Town with "TRAITOR" written over her face (ch.6)
Watcher, comatose in her room on the train (ch.8)
Watcher looking at the ALLMOTHER statue (ch.7)
WATCHER: I don't want to be a picture. (ch.8)
Watcher at Iris' bedroom in Kwan's apartment, in her final communion (ch.8)
Watcher and Fixer have a final, quiet moment together, in the mass communion (ch.X)
Hologram "ghosts" of Fixer and Watcher, in the Epitaphs (ch.X)
Watcher and Knower at the Horse statue.
Watcher depressed at bar after second communion with BBF.
Principal's drawing of Watcher being a snitch
Watcher concept art
Blue observing Watcher's (fake) remains on display.
Watcher as a Dataghost in Epitaph Blue, looking at Fixer.
![Watcher confronting ALLMOTHER (ch.[redacted])](/wiki/File:Watcher_1kxr_screenshot_09.png)
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Watcher's text color is #00EAFF.