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{{quote|You brought so much fucking joy to this world and you continue to do so. That's why... one of the reasons why... you know, we... you need to remain safe.|A Watchman to Chris.<ref>CWC and Friends on Google Hangout (July 20th, 2020)</ref>}}
{{incomplete|[[The Lainchu Manifesto]]}}
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{{Misinfo|The "Watchmen" were not an organization like the [[CWCProtectSquad]] or the [[Guard Dogs]]. Rather, like how the "Patriots" was the name given to a clique of trolls, "Watchmen" was the name given to a group of Chris enablers and white knights that had befriended one another, and run various Discord servers, by one of its members. The WCT, one of its members, was also considering dropping the name when he created the Knights of CWC}}
{{quote|You brought so much fucking joy to this world and you continue to do so. That's why [...] you need to remain safe.|[[Naught]], one of the Watchmen, to Chris.<ref>[[CWC and Friends on Google Hangout (July 20th, 2020)]]</ref>}}


The '''Watchmen''' is the name given to a group of fantastical enablers whose members serve as gatekeepers and [[white knights]] for Chris, in a similar manner as their predecessors, the [[Guard Dogs]]. They keep away malicious individuals trying to troll or scam Chris.
{{quote|Something going further wrong in the group once again?|Chris, showing awareness of the group's tendency for internal drama.<ref>[[WCT DMs#Asking Chris to leave The Place]]</ref>}}


As a faction, the Watchmen were instrumental in numerous events over the course of late 2019 onwards, such as attempting to dismantle [[Jacob Sockness]]’s influence over Chris and drive him off. They also shut down the Arbitarch CWC Alliance Discord server when the true intent of the server was revealed. Chris has [[CWC and Friends on Google Hangout (July 20th, 2020)|chatted with them]] [[Discord Q&A 4|on Google Hangouts]]. They were behind the [[2020 Discord leaks|Discord leaks in August 2020]].
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|aliases= Watchdogs
|day =
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|year = 2019
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Their approach is controversial as they gained Chris's favor by means of [[Enablers|enabling]] his delusions by pretending to be fellow [[CPU]] goddesses and encouraging his beliefs in [[magical thinking]] and the [[Dimensional Merge]].  
The '''Watchmen''' (sometimes mistakenly refered to as '''"the Watchdogs"''') were a clique of fanatical [[enablers]] whose members served as [[gatekeepers]] and [[white knights]] for [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]]. Their goal was to keep away malicious individuals trying to troll or scam Chris. In practice, however, the clique was highly aggressive towards outsiders coming into contact with Chris whether they demonstrated malice or not. Watchmen members tracked and collected information on anyone involved with - or attempting to get involved with - Chris, and had little hesitation in regards to doxing any potential [[weens]], [[trolls]], and [[A-Log|A-logs]].<ref name=OwlsFeud>{{Cite farms|thread=75256|wayback=20211102022529|title= Orbiter general thread}}</ref> Hostilities were occasionally shown in the form of feuds, with rumors and disinformation spread by members [[MKRNightVee]], [[Naught]], [[The WCT]], and [[XIII]] on their perceived enemies, or raids by various Watchmen members. Infighting ran rampant, with the group splintering into a few iterations over internal conflicts. After Chris was jailed for [[Affair with Mother|incest]], their purpose became moot.


==Known members==
Their approach was rather controversial, as they gained Chris's favor by means of [[Enablers|enabling]] his delusions by pretending to be fellow [[CPU]] goddesses and encouraging his beliefs in [[magical thinking]] and the [[Dimensional Merge]]. Another tactic they used was in drawing [[fanart]] for him, typically for fantasy immersion - such art features Chris or Watchmen members in CPU or [[Sonichu_(species)|Sonichu]] forms; the art was usually drawn by either [[MKRNightVee]] or [[AquaDiamond8]]. They have also made use of the OC [[Lainchu]], played by at least four members of the group.
===Naught===
'''Naught''' is the ''de facto'' leader of the Watchmen, also known as anameisaname. Naught—a clear parody of Joshua Moon's handle, [[Null]]—is a [[Kiwi Farms]] user who monitors potential weens or enablers.


===MKRNightVee===
As a faction, the Watchmen were involved in several events over the course of late [[2019]] onwards, such as attempting to dismantle [[Jacob Sockness]]’s influence over Chris and drive him off. They also shut down the Arbitarch CWC Alliance [[Discord]] server from Naught's allegation that the server was being used to gather content.<ref>[[Naught#History]]</ref> Chris had contact with the Watchmen, including [[CWC and Friends on Google Hangout (July 20th, 2020)|chatting with them]] on [[Discord Q&A 4|Google Hangouts]] and over [[Discord]]. The Watchmen were also behind the [[2020 Discord leaks|Discord leaks in August 2020]], and the [[Discord Q&A]]s.
[[Image:MeghanRingo.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Meghan]]
[[File:MKR enabling.png|200px|thumb|right||Meghan enabling Chris's delusional thoughts.]]
{{quote|I am a [[CPU]], that means I am directly on the same level of godhood as [[Chris]]tine.|Meghan, replying to [[Sarah and Steve]] questioning if she really follows Chris's beliefs.<ref>[http://archive.md/lj64i Archive of 7 Nov 2019 tweet chain]</ref>}}


'''Meghan Kathleen Ringo''' (born 24 April 1992), also known under the aliases '''MKRNightVee''' and '''thepixietailartist''') appeared in early [[2019]], presenting herself to Chris as being the goddess of the [[Nintendo Switch]] and offering him validation on his fantasies of having magic powers.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/meghan-k-ringo-mkrnightvee.52454/</ref> She has stated that her goal isn't to feed into Chris's delusions so much as to offer advice and help.<ref>[[:File:MKR motives.png]]</ref>
The group existed in various forms from 2019-2021 and was given its current name on [[August 2020]] by [[Klop]], as a reference to the 1986/1987 DC Comics limited series by Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins.<ref>[[Talk:Watchmen#Title]]</ref> However, the Watchmen themselves did not model their online personas after characters from the DC franchise, in contrast to how [[The Miscreants]] presented themselves as a shadowy cabal like the Patriots from their inspiration, ''[[Metal Gear]]''. Rather, many of its members modeled their personas after fanmade [[CPU Goddesses]].


She set up a Discord group for Chris, telling her friends to role-play as [[CPU]] goddesses to gain Chris's trust, while also instituting a no-trolling rule.<ref>[[:File:MKR Discord Rules.png]]</ref>
==Origins==
 
[[File:ChrisDoctorManhattan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Christian Weston Manhattan]]  
During the [[Jacob Sockness]] saga, in which Sockness attempted to manipulate Chris into a sexual relationship, MKR saw the danger in Sockness's intent, and steered Chris away from him in summer 2019; Sockness, who at the time was engaging in a full-scale war against Chris's enablers, followers and critics alike, considered MKR to be an enemy of his, and abused her verbally on Twitter as his second dramatic cycle approached its climax in early [[November 2019|November]]. She, as well as Aqua, largely mitigated Sockness's influence over Chris, though Chris was still willing to listen to Sockness.
What eventually became the Watchmen group had its roots in the CWC Rebellion Discord server, a trolling group. There, Owls met Meghan (aka [[MKRNightVee]] or MKR), and Talia (whom Owls described as "a person exploiting and egging MKR on to talk to Chris").<ref name=owlsaccount>[[Kiwi Farms posts (GhostBird50)#Owls's Account]]</ref>
 
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===AquaDiamond8===
{{quote|Christine...Please stop this, Mewtwo is not real, the [[merge]] is not happening, you need serious help. If you need help there are people to help you with these delusions. This is incredibly unhealthy for you.|AquaDiamond8, March 2019<ref>http://archive.md/50xPX</ref>}}


{{quote|Still i dont want <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Jacob Sockness]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> attacking my people when the merge happens, Christine has said there will be no more war or need for violence in the merge, my Sapphire has forseen this |AquaDiamond8 changes her tune, November 2019<ref>http://archive.ph/0bMDM</ref>}}
MKR got into contact with Chris through a friend looking up his phone number.<ref name=sonsmiscreants>[[The Sons of the Miscreants]]</ref> Owls tried to coach MKR<ref name=sonsmiscreants></ref> and avoid problems, though he admits he didn't do well at it.<ref name=owlsaccount></ref>


[[File:Magi-Chan and AquaDiamond8.jpg|AquaDiamond8 and Magi-Chan. Drawn by Aqua November 2019.|thumb|200px]]
After MKR had been in contact with Chris for some time, Owls came up with the idea to try to [[manipulate]] Chris's beliefs away from the [[Dimensional Merge]] through telling him that the [[Hyperdimension Neptunia|CPU goddesses]] had relocated to Earth. MKR recruited her friends to role-play as CPUs to Chris over Discord; Owls acted as a gatekeeper between MKR's friends and Chris.<ref name=sonsmiscreants></ref>


'''AquaDiamond8''' is a Twitter user who has bounced from being a [[ween]]<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/random-chris-updates.23605/page-988#post-4495303</ref>, to a [[white knight]], to an enabler. In November 2019, after having tried to discourage Chris's delusions months before, Aqua abruptly switched tactics and instead embraced Chris's delusional beliefs. She changed her Twitter handle to "CPU Goddess Aqua of the Mac Book Pro", echoing a similar move as fellow enabler [[MKRNightVee]]. Like MKR, Aqua had frequent spats with [[Sockness]]. Later, Aqua began drawing fanart of her [[OC]] interacting with [[Magi-Chan]]<ref>http://archive.md/lGets</ref>. She then posted a Pokémon drawing, claiming it to be an alt-dimension Magi-Chan<ref>http://archive.md/ETlxV</ref>:
{{quote|time passed talking with Meghan for about a month or so there came an idea from me in the most autistic way possible "convince Chris that merge wasn't happening and that CPU had decided to be on earth and act like normal people in society". foolishly believing this would work Meghan gathered some people from different servers she said we could trust and we made a server. this idea failed and when the first person decided to brag about it on a different discord I shut down the idea.|Owls<ref name=owlsaccount></ref>}}


{{quoteboxgreen|[[File:Val Valentino, The Masked Magician.jpg|thumb|200px]]
According to Naught, Owls acted as liaison between the CPU group and [[Marvin]] of the [[Guard Dogs]] group (the latter also being gatekeepers to Chris at the time) but Naught claimed that Owls wasn't reporting back to Marvin. Owls later left the group.<ref name=naughtclarify>[[Naught#Follow-up on Origins]]</ref>
Val Valentino, The Masked Magician. A celestial powerful magician


Dex Enter: "This Magi-Chan is so powerful he has  to mentally project a simplified form that the human mind can comprehend.   Looking at his true form would drive you mad."
==Reveal==
The Watchmen group revealed its presence in [[August 2020]]. The reveal was seemingly spurred by a video Chris secretly produced on 6 August, [[Chris's Last Will and Testament]], which he decided to share with the Watchman member [[Naught]].<ref>[[Naught DMs]]</ref> Concerned over the contents of the video, a CWCki account was made by Naught and the video leaked to the public. Days later, on 10 August, Naught entered the [[Official CWCki Server]] and leaked [[:Category:2020 Discord leaks|a large amount of material Chris had shared with the group]] over the past year. He then invited Chris into the server to take fan questions (though moderators decided to remove Chris from the server four days later).<ref>[[Official CWCki Server]]</ref>


Dex #: unknown}}
==The Players==
===Members===
{{main|Watchmen members}}


Chris was enticed by this news:
===Untrusted Guests===
{{See also|Jacob Sockness|Praetor|Isabella Loretta Janke|Fiona}}
[[File:Discussioneverfree2.png|thumb|200px|[[The WCT]] discusses in the Second Layer about allowing [[Bella]] into the [[Knights of CWC]] server.]]
The Watchmen hosted various untrusted guests such as [[Jacob Sockness]], [[Praetor]], [[Fiona]], and [[Bella]] in their Discord servers, assigning them to the First Layer of channels which Chris and themselves could view, and blocking them from viewing the Second Layer, where the Watchmen could discuss them in private.


{{quotebox|Seriously? You disovered an alt-dimension Magi-Chan Sonichu?  This is a very interesting find. I'll look more into this one for myself.
Sockness and Praetor were untrusted guests in [[The Place]], and Bella and [[Fiona]] were untrusted guests in [[Knights of CWC]].


Also, for your information, regardless of which variant, Dimension or Timeline of origin, Special, Regular, or Mega Evolved, the Pokedex Number for Sonichu and Rosechu will always be at #982 and #979, respectively.}}
==Behavior==


Aqua answered:
===Toxic trio===


{{quoteboxgreen|Oh i wasnt aware ill make sure to write that down. But he more discovered me in a way. I was meaning to chat with [[Polyamorous marriage|your hubby]] when i realized i wasnt in our normal meeting spot, then he appeared through a portal.}}
The "toxic trio" is Chris's term for former members [[Naught]], [[Kyle]], and [[MKRNightVee]].<ref>[[MKR DMs#On Chris leaving The Place]]</ref>


As of early September 2020, Aqua is confirmed to no longer be involved with the Watchmen's activities.
===Rationalizations for Enabling===


===Lainchu===
Some Watchmen have come to rationalize why they enable Chris.
[[File:Lainchu.jpg|thumb|200px|Lainchu, as drawn by MKRNightVee.]]
'''Lainchu''', also known '''Lainchu the Chronicler''', is an OC created by Chris, whose purpose is to document Chris's activities (and unofficially, to provide Christorians with first hand information). Since 7 August 2020, Chris has assigned the role to one of the Watchmen, with the role initially assigned to the CWCki Discord server creator, [[User:Klop|Klop]]; however, as of late [[August 2020]], Klop has resigned from the role and another user has taken on the mantle, with Chris none the wiser.


Chris based the OC on the protagonist of the [[anime]], ''[[Wikipedia:Serial Experiments Lain|Serial Experiments Lain]]'', in which a teenage girl finds herself engaging with a virtual world network, reminiscent of the [[internet]].
In a 9 March 2021 Discord Chat; MKR, Kyle, and an unknown Watchman were discussing that they needed to enable Chris with his delusions for his own safety, as they believed that "he wouldn't last long".<ref>[[The Place chats (March 2021)]]</ref>


===The WCT===
==Interactions with others==
[[File:The WCT avatar.png|thumb|200px|The WCT's avatar.]]
===Ben Saint===
[[Ben Saint]] is an enabler who exploited Chris's infamy to boost his own webcomic series by inserting Chris's [[Night Star]] [[OC]], which led to conflict with Chris.


'''The WCT''', also known as WildCat and Neko Onyx, is a Watchmen member who has archived calls involving Chris.
On 23 [[September 2019]], Watchmen members raided a Twitch stream of Ben's to call him out.<ref>https://www.twitch.tv/saintcomix/video/485302712?filter=highlights&sort=time</ref>


===Kyle===
===Dillin Thomas===
The inspiration for Chris's [[:File:KylechuOC.jpg|Kylechu]] OC, '''Kyle''' appeared in the Google Hangout chats.
On 24 [[January 2020]], [[Dillin Thomas]] uploaded a recording of Watchmen members harassing him on Discord.


==Origins==
{{Infobox/Fanvideo
According to Naught, some members of the Watchmen have been operating since [[2018]], as the spiritual successor to the Guard Dogs – the latter having disbanded around the same time frame. The following is a conversation between a Christorian and Naught via Discord; the users are color-coded red and white, respectively.
| name          = ຮṎṈḭᏨ ḭṈຮᾀṈḭtẙ The Followers Of Chris Chan Reach Out To Me
| ytid          = 7qYHg1z_DrI
| Stardate      = 24 January 2020
| Maker          = [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFftV4zFeQNUDfo1fBh53Q Dillin Thomas (DHT)]
| Subject        =
| Video Type    =
| Other Info    =
}}


{{quoteboxred|I had a question in my head, if its fine for me to ask, could you tell me how exactly you guys met CWC and when you formed the group}}
===Joseph Draft===
Joseph Draft planned a documentary project titled ''[[Chris Chan VS. The Internet]]''. He made arrangements and filmed footage with Chris before the documentary was cancelled. According to [[Naught]], Draft destroyed the drive with the footage over stress from [[Megan]] changing her mind about being included and other YouTubers trying to monetize it,<ref>[[Official CWCki Server chats (Naught)#Chris Chan VS. The Internet]]</ref> and that Naught had "a 4 hour conversation" with Draft in which he got him "to face dox himself once he destroyed his drive with chris vs the internet."<ref>[[Naught#History]]</ref>


Naught quotes [[Guard Dogs#TooManyGames fallout|this section]] from the Guard Dogs CWCki article:
===Midnight Moonflower===
{{quoteboxwhite|Following the incidents at TooManyGames, in which Chris was thrown out of the con for being too handsy with other attendees, Null and several other members of the Guard Dogs began investigating Justin Silverman's account of the situation, intending to find out if Justin had overreacted towards Chris's behaviour. Ultimately, this investigation petered out with no real progress having been made, save for the fact that the Guard Dogs elected people to supervise Chris at any conventions he visited from then on.}}
{{See also|Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes}}
[[Midnight Moonflower]] is a former friend of Chris who met him at a [[BronyCon]]. The Watchmen raided her Discord server to intimidate its members over Chris being a member of the server.<ref>[[Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes#Watchmen Raid]]</ref><ref>[[Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes#Watchmen Raid, Part 2]]</ref>


{{quoteboxred|Oh, so you guys were picked by Null}}
===Praetor===
[[Praetor]] is a group of enablers appearing in the fall of [[2020]] who produced and sold Sonichu-themed products with Chris's permission on [[Etsy]] and gave him a portion of the profits in exchange.


{{quoteboxwhite|Yeah that's why Marvin is there since the captain couldn't stick around but the plan is still the same}}
In [[February 2021]], Chris wanted to borrow Praetor's [[taser]] in order to tase his [[Gate Crystal]] and [[Celestial Key]] [[quartz crystals]], believing this would open an interdimensional portal and bring about the [[Dimensional Merge]].<ref>[[Naught DMs#Chris wants to activate the Merge by playing with taser]]</ref> The Watchmen objected to this plan, to which Praetor member [[Caden]] claimed they would supervise Chris and that he would not be at risk.<ref>[[Thinking with Portals#Praetor and the Taser]]</ref>


''Editor note: MKRNightVee and Aqua were not picked by Null, as his involvement ended by the time they joined the Watchmen. MKRNightVee got into contact with Chris through a friend looking up his phone number for her<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/discordgirl2-png.644832/</ref> and Aqua joined during the [[Sockness]] saga.''
Talks between the two groups quickly disintegrated.<ref>[[The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations]]</ref> Watchmen members [[Naught]] and [[MKR]] took to spreading rumors about Praetor, each using out-of-context snippets from the discussions.


{{quoteboxred|Ah, so the captain was in there too but left after a while}}
Naught made a [[Kiwi Farms]] post in which he posted a clip from the [[Taser Discussion]] voice chat.<ref>[[Kiwi Farms posts (Naught)#Taser Discusion clip]]</ref> In the clip, Watchmen member [[Val]] states, "Can you put, 'Can CWC- uh, like, tase himself on video for lulz'." Chris then responds, "I'll do it," to which Val bursts out laughing. [[Praetor]] member Caden then objects, saying, "Look, are you sure- There- they- like, we had a whole discussion about ''why'' it's a bad idea."


{{quoteboxwhite|Yeah mkr helped get the cwc protect squad out of the way with the fan art for cwc}}
In Naught's Kiwi Farms post, he alleged that "Caden and cwc as Sonichu prime discuss the tazer and who will be tazed", omitting that Watchmen member Val had brought up the subject and that Caden had objected.


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MKR posted on Twitter to spread a rumor that Praetor wanted to get Chris to use a stun gun on himself. She gave no proof of the allegation, instead posting an out-of-context screenshot<ref>https://twitter.com/MKR11217089/status/1358939937463169024 (archive: https://archive.ph/PYMQh)</ref> from Watchmen-Praetor talks.<ref>[[The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations#8 February 2021, part 2]]</ref>
|Discord conversation on the Watchmen origins
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===Q&A===
The Christuber [[GiBi]] believed the Watchmen's spin, creating a video in which he erroneously attributed the members in Naught's clip to Praetor - including the Watchmen Val - as well as reading from MKR's tweet.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HfueLWzjY&lc=Ugz1EEI4ON6dhsYi1gN4AaABAg</ref> Chris viewed the video and claimed the taser to have been his own idea, defending Praetor.<ref>[[List of Chris's comments on YouTube#Chris Chan is Convinced to Taser Himself]]</ref>
A Christorian interviewed Naught on 4 September 2020, asking some clarifying questions about the Watchmen. They posted the answers on the Official CWCki Discord. The interviewer's questions are color-coded red, with Naught's responses color-coded white.


The first four questions appear to be referring to the [[Arbitarch CWC Alliance]] server.
Later, Chris criticized [[The Place]] members for their aggressive behavior, though Watchmen members Kyle and MKR immediately resumed hostile remarks towards Praetor, leaving Chris disappointed.<ref>[[The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations#13 February 2021]]</ref>


{{quoteboxred|Who started it and why?}}
===Bella===


{{quoteboxwhite|Owls the guy who set-up mkr and Joseph Draft got aqua and mkr to draw some art to lure cwc in.}}
The WCT hosted the [[Regarding Chris]] chats, where he and a few minor Watchmen had interviewed [[Bella]] in order to get an understanding of the Incest Call leaks.


{{quoteboxred|How did Chris join there?}}
==Discord==


{{quoteboxwhite|I was told it was going to be for Chris's patrons.}}
The Watchmen's primary platform for reaching out to Chris and people that they suspected as being weens was Discord.


{{quoteboxred|Why was it killed?}}
===Server Structure===


{{quoteboxwhite|It was killed because owls and Joseph didn't know how to wrangle tards. Mkr aqua were being blamed for making it so I asked for a mod role kept asking for more perms and deleted all the channel's. I posted the rolling and trolling vid.}}
[[File:Watchmen Discord The Place.png|thumb|150px|Watchmen server [[The Place]]. Second layer channels are visible in this image under "2nd Layer".]]
[[File:Watchmen Discord The Knights of CWC.png|thumb|150px|Watchmen server [[The Knights of CWC]]. Second layer channels are visible in this image under "Private".]]


{{quoteboxred|Who killed it?}}
Both The Place and The Knights of CWC Discord servers were structured to have two layers of channels. The Watchmen assigned roles to server members to allow them to view certain layers.


{{quoteboxwhite|I killed it, Joseph and Smokey Chris TheSperge were using the server to gather content, they convinced Joseph I was Johan.
The '''First Layer''' included a General channel for Chris to chat in. Chris and the Watchmen's Untrusted Guests could view and post only in the First Layer.


After a 4 hour conversation I got Joseph draft to face dox himself once he destroyed his drive with chris vs the internet.}}
The '''Second Layer''' included a channel for discussion of Chris. The layer was hidden from Chris and Untrusted Guests to enable the Watchmen to hold discussions.


The last two appear to refer to the Watchmen as a group.
===Discord servers===
Below are a list of several of the Discord Servers that were created for the iniative of the Watchmen.


{{quoteboxred|Why did Aqua leave?}}
====Arbitarch CWC Alliance====
This was from before the Watchmen had fully come out to the public. The server was eventually shut down.


{{quoteboxwhite|Stress and people @ her on Twitter
====The Place====
{{main|The Place}}


Her and mkr are still frens}}
====The Knights of CWC====
{{main|The Knights of CWC}}


{{quoteboxred|Will this group be around forever?}}
====Regarding Chris====
{{Main|Regarding Chris chats}}
'''Regarding Chris''' was a group chat created by [[The WCT]] with some of the other Watchmen members from The Knights of CWC server on 30 July 2021. Its purpose was to question [[Bella]] about her role in the [[Incest Call]] leak, since she had been named by [[Null]] as a person involved. However, the move backfired as during the chat, Bella made claims that were later deemed disinformation by observers, such as framing Fiona for being the voice in the call{{refn|group="note"|Noted by observers that Bella's voice matches the voice in the call<ref>{{Cite farms|title=<nowiki>[THREAD RETIRED]</nowiki> Isabella Loretta Janke / Bella the Chris-Chan Incest Troll and her clique of extremely sick people|thread=96787|post=9632321}}</ref>}} and alleging her [[fabricated BDSM texts]] to be legitimate and goading WCT to disseminating the material and naming Fiona as his source.


{{quoteboxwhite|As long as Chris is in need or willing yes<ref>[[:File:4September2020 WatchmenOriginQ&A.PNG]]</ref>}}
The full chat was later leaked.<ref name=regarding>[https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/direct-messages-group-regarding-chris-870798769682276363-html.2416228/ Full HTML file of the "Regarding Chris" chat hosted at Kiwi Farms]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[CWCProtectSquad]]
*[[CWCProtectSquad]]
*[[Guard Dogs]]
*[[Guard Dogs]]
*[[The Miscreants]] - Essentially the inverse of the Watchmen
*[[Nightvee & the Warriors For Andromeda]], a [[TSSSF]] pack featuring some Watchmen
*[[Watchmen Chats]]
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The "Watchmen" were not an organization like the CWCProtectSquad or the Guard Dogs. Rather, like how the "Patriots" was the name given to a clique of trolls, "Watchmen" was the name given to a group of Chris enablers and white knights that had befriended one another, and run various Discord servers, by one of its members. The WCT, one of its members, was also considering dropping the name when he created the Knights of CWC
“ You brought so much fucking joy to this world and you continue to do so. That's why [...] you need to remain safe. ”
Naught, one of the Watchmen, to Chris.[1]
“ Something going further wrong in the group once again? ”
Chris, showing awareness of the group's tendency for internal drama.[2]


Watchmen
Information
Name Watchmen
Also known as Watchdogs
Saga Watchmen

The Watchmen (sometimes mistakenly refered to as "the Watchdogs") were a clique of fanatical enablers whose members served as gatekeepers and white knights for Chris. Their goal was to keep away malicious individuals trying to troll or scam Chris. In practice, however, the clique was highly aggressive towards outsiders coming into contact with Chris whether they demonstrated malice or not. Watchmen members tracked and collected information on anyone involved with - or attempting to get involved with - Chris, and had little hesitation in regards to doxing any potential weens, trolls, and A-logs.[3] Hostilities were occasionally shown in the form of feuds, with rumors and disinformation spread by members MKRNightVee, Naught, The WCT, and XIII on their perceived enemies, or raids by various Watchmen members. Infighting ran rampant, with the group splintering into a few iterations over internal conflicts. After Chris was jailed for incest, their purpose became moot.

Their approach was rather controversial, as they gained Chris's favor by means of enabling his delusions by pretending to be fellow CPU goddesses and encouraging his beliefs in magical thinking and the Dimensional Merge. Another tactic they used was in drawing fanart for him, typically for fantasy immersion - such art features Chris or Watchmen members in CPU or Sonichu forms; the art was usually drawn by either MKRNightVee or AquaDiamond8. They have also made use of the OC Lainchu, played by at least four members of the group.

As a faction, the Watchmen were involved in several events over the course of late 2019 onwards, such as attempting to dismantle Jacob Sockness’s influence over Chris and drive him off. They also shut down the Arbitarch CWC Alliance Discord server from Naught's allegation that the server was being used to gather content.[4] Chris had contact with the Watchmen, including chatting with them on Google Hangouts and over Discord. The Watchmen were also behind the Discord leaks in August 2020, and the Discord Q&As.

The group existed in various forms from 2019-2021 and was given its current name on August 2020 by Klop, as a reference to the 1986/1987 DC Comics limited series by Alan Moore, David Gibbons, and John Higgins.[5] However, the Watchmen themselves did not model their online personas after characters from the DC franchise, in contrast to how The Miscreants presented themselves as a shadowy cabal like the Patriots from their inspiration, Metal Gear. Rather, many of its members modeled their personas after fanmade CPU Goddesses.

Origins

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What eventually became the Watchmen group had its roots in the CWC Rebellion Discord server, a trolling group. There, Owls met Meghan (aka MKRNightVee or MKR), and Talia (whom Owls described as "a person exploiting and egging MKR on to talk to Chris").[6]

MKR got into contact with Chris through a friend looking up his phone number.[7] Owls tried to coach MKR[7] and avoid problems, though he admits he didn't do well at it.[6]

After MKR had been in contact with Chris for some time, Owls came up with the idea to try to manipulate Chris's beliefs away from the Dimensional Merge through telling him that the CPU goddesses had relocated to Earth. MKR recruited her friends to role-play as CPUs to Chris over Discord; Owls acted as a gatekeeper between MKR's friends and Chris.[7]

“ time passed talking with Meghan for about a month or so there came an idea from me in the most autistic way possible "convince Chris that merge wasn't happening and that CPU had decided to be on earth and act like normal people in society". foolishly believing this would work Meghan gathered some people from different servers she said we could trust and we made a server. this idea failed and when the first person decided to brag about it on a different discord I shut down the idea. ”
Owls[6]

According to Naught, Owls acted as liaison between the CPU group and Marvin of the Guard Dogs group (the latter also being gatekeepers to Chris at the time) but Naught claimed that Owls wasn't reporting back to Marvin. Owls later left the group.[8]

Reveal

The Watchmen group revealed its presence in August 2020. The reveal was seemingly spurred by a video Chris secretly produced on 6 August, Chris's Last Will and Testament, which he decided to share with the Watchman member Naught.[9] Concerned over the contents of the video, a CWCki account was made by Naught and the video leaked to the public. Days later, on 10 August, Naught entered the Official CWCki Server and leaked a large amount of material Chris had shared with the group over the past year. He then invited Chris into the server to take fan questions (though moderators decided to remove Chris from the server four days later).[10]

The Players

Members

Main article: Watchmen members

Untrusted Guests

See also: Jacob Sockness, Praetor, Isabella Loretta Janke, and Fiona
The WCT discusses in the Second Layer about allowing Bella into the Knights of CWC server.

The Watchmen hosted various untrusted guests such as Jacob Sockness, Praetor, Fiona, and Bella in their Discord servers, assigning them to the First Layer of channels which Chris and themselves could view, and blocking them from viewing the Second Layer, where the Watchmen could discuss them in private.

Sockness and Praetor were untrusted guests in The Place, and Bella and Fiona were untrusted guests in Knights of CWC.

Behavior

Toxic trio

The "toxic trio" is Chris's term for former members Naught, Kyle, and MKRNightVee.[11]

Rationalizations for Enabling

Some Watchmen have come to rationalize why they enable Chris.

In a 9 March 2021 Discord Chat; MKR, Kyle, and an unknown Watchman were discussing that they needed to enable Chris with his delusions for his own safety, as they believed that "he wouldn't last long".[12]

Interactions with others

Ben Saint

Ben Saint is an enabler who exploited Chris's infamy to boost his own webcomic series by inserting Chris's Night Star OC, which led to conflict with Chris.

On 23 September 2019, Watchmen members raided a Twitch stream of Ben's to call him out.[13]

Dillin Thomas

On 24 January 2020, Dillin Thomas uploaded a recording of Watchmen members harassing him on Discord.


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Joseph Draft

Joseph Draft planned a documentary project titled Chris Chan VS. The Internet. He made arrangements and filmed footage with Chris before the documentary was cancelled. According to Naught, Draft destroyed the drive with the footage over stress from Megan changing her mind about being included and other YouTubers trying to monetize it,[14] and that Naught had "a 4 hour conversation" with Draft in which he got him "to face dox himself once he destroyed his drive with chris vs the internet."[15]

Midnight Moonflower

See also: Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes

Midnight Moonflower is a former friend of Chris who met him at a BronyCon. The Watchmen raided her Discord server to intimidate its members over Chris being a member of the server.[16][17]

Praetor

Praetor is a group of enablers appearing in the fall of 2020 who produced and sold Sonichu-themed products with Chris's permission on Etsy and gave him a portion of the profits in exchange.

In February 2021, Chris wanted to borrow Praetor's taser in order to tase his Gate Crystal and Celestial Key quartz crystals, believing this would open an interdimensional portal and bring about the Dimensional Merge.[18] The Watchmen objected to this plan, to which Praetor member Caden claimed they would supervise Chris and that he would not be at risk.[19]

Talks between the two groups quickly disintegrated.[20] Watchmen members Naught and MKR took to spreading rumors about Praetor, each using out-of-context snippets from the discussions.

Naught made a Kiwi Farms post in which he posted a clip from the Taser Discussion voice chat.[21] In the clip, Watchmen member Val states, "Can you put, 'Can CWC- uh, like, tase himself on video for lulz'." Chris then responds, "I'll do it," to which Val bursts out laughing. Praetor member Caden then objects, saying, "Look, are you sure- There- they- like, we had a whole discussion about why it's a bad idea."

In Naught's Kiwi Farms post, he alleged that "Caden and cwc as Sonichu prime discuss the tazer and who will be tazed", omitting that Watchmen member Val had brought up the subject and that Caden had objected.

MKR posted on Twitter to spread a rumor that Praetor wanted to get Chris to use a stun gun on himself. She gave no proof of the allegation, instead posting an out-of-context screenshot[22] from Watchmen-Praetor talks.[23]

The Christuber GiBi believed the Watchmen's spin, creating a video in which he erroneously attributed the members in Naught's clip to Praetor - including the Watchmen Val - as well as reading from MKR's tweet.[24] Chris viewed the video and claimed the taser to have been his own idea, defending Praetor.[25]

Later, Chris criticized The Place members for their aggressive behavior, though Watchmen members Kyle and MKR immediately resumed hostile remarks towards Praetor, leaving Chris disappointed.[26]

Bella

The WCT hosted the Regarding Chris chats, where he and a few minor Watchmen had interviewed Bella in order to get an understanding of the Incest Call leaks.

Discord

The Watchmen's primary platform for reaching out to Chris and people that they suspected as being weens was Discord.

Server Structure

Watchmen server The Place. Second layer channels are visible in this image under "2nd Layer".
Watchmen server The Knights of CWC. Second layer channels are visible in this image under "Private".

Both The Place and The Knights of CWC Discord servers were structured to have two layers of channels. The Watchmen assigned roles to server members to allow them to view certain layers.

The First Layer included a General channel for Chris to chat in. Chris and the Watchmen's Untrusted Guests could view and post only in the First Layer.

The Second Layer included a channel for discussion of Chris. The layer was hidden from Chris and Untrusted Guests to enable the Watchmen to hold discussions.

Discord servers

Below are a list of several of the Discord Servers that were created for the iniative of the Watchmen.

Arbitarch CWC Alliance

This was from before the Watchmen had fully come out to the public. The server was eventually shut down.

The Place

Main article: The Place

The Knights of CWC

Main article: The Knights of CWC

Regarding Chris

Main article: Regarding Chris chats

Regarding Chris was a group chat created by The WCT with some of the other Watchmen members from The Knights of CWC server on 30 July 2021. Its purpose was to question Bella about her role in the Incest Call leak, since she had been named by Null as a person involved. However, the move backfired as during the chat, Bella made claims that were later deemed disinformation by observers, such as framing Fiona for being the voice in the call[note 1] and alleging her fabricated BDSM texts to be legitimate and goading WCT to disseminating the material and naming Fiona as his source.

The full chat was later leaked.[28]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Noted by observers that Bella's voice matches the voice in the call[27]

References

  1. ↑ CWC and Friends on Google Hangout (July 20th, 2020)
  2. ↑ WCT DMs#Asking Chris to leave The Place
  3. ↑ Orbiter general thread (archived). Kiwi Farms.
  4. ↑ Naught#History
  5. ↑ Talk:Watchmen#Title
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kiwi Farms posts (GhostBird50)#Owls's Account
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Sons of the Miscreants
  8. ↑ Naught#Follow-up on Origins
  9. ↑ Naught DMs
  10. ↑ Official CWCki Server
  11. ↑ MKR DMs#On Chris leaving The Place
  12. ↑ The Place chats (March 2021)
  13. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/saintcomix/video/485302712?filter=highlights&sort=time
  14. ↑ Official CWCki Server chats (Naught)#Chris Chan VS. The Internet
  15. ↑ Naught#History
  16. ↑ Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes#Watchmen Raid
  17. ↑ Midnight's Nightlings and Starettes#Watchmen Raid, Part 2
  18. ↑ Naught DMs#Chris wants to activate the Merge by playing with taser
  19. ↑ Thinking with Portals#Praetor and the Taser
  20. ↑ The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations
  21. ↑ Kiwi Farms posts (Naught)#Taser Discusion clip
  22. ↑ https://twitter.com/MKR11217089/status/1358939937463169024 (archive: https://archive.ph/PYMQh)
  23. ↑ The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations#8 February 2021, part 2
  24. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HfueLWzjY&lc=Ugz1EEI4ON6dhsYi1gN4AaABAg
  25. ↑ List of Chris's comments on YouTube#Chris Chan is Convinced to Taser Himself
  26. ↑ The Place chats - Watchmen-Praetor confrontations#13 February 2021
  27. ↑ [THREAD RETIRED] Isabella Loretta Janke / Bella the Chris-Chan Incest Troll and her clique of extremely sick people (Message #9632321). Kiwi Farms.
  28. ↑ Full HTML file of the "Regarding Chris" chat hosted at Kiwi Farms
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The Players

Organizations: Watchmen (The Sons of the Miscreants • Arbitarch CWC Alliance • The Place • The Knights of CWC) • Halal Server
People: Chris • Watchmen members (The WCT • MKRNightVee • Naught • Anaxis • Kyle • Owls) • Caden Peck • Jacob Sockness • Joseph Draft • Midnight Moonflower • Kai • Dillin Thomas • GiBi • Ben Saint • Larry Vaughn • Isabella Janke • Fiona

Watchmen Chats: General • Solo Members (Anaxis • AquaDiamond8 • Kyle • MKRNightVee • Naught • Spunky • The WCT)
Enabling and Delusions: Sexual Frustration: Targeted Orbiters: Handling of Incest Drama:
Coinciding Sagas
Jacob, Secret Shipfic, Praetor, Incest


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