Watcher Canon

[Jim the Pilot #FixTf2]

The watcher canonically does not want to cause harm to humans. It just wants to observe human activity while accidentally harming them. Now I feel bad!

[Bookslayer10]

That's why I don't kill Watchers, I just give them a little poke with a coilgun to get them to move on.

[Lordly Cinder]

How come it buffs mudraptors who attack you but never buffs you! Lies man all lies you forged them yourself!

[Jim the Pilot #FixTf2]

Originally posted by Lordly Cinder:

How come it buffs mudraptors who attack you but never buffs you! Lies man all lies you forged them yourself!

it does not mean to do harm. this is evidenced by a message in the loading screen

[Jim the Pilot #FixTf2]

Originally posted by ʝιɱ ƚԋҽ ριʅσƚ #FixTf2:

Originally posted by Lordly Cinder:

How come it buffs mudraptors who attack you but never buffs you! Lies man all lies you forged them yourself!

it does not mean to do harm. this is evidenced by a message in the loading screen

but it unintentionally probably buffs them because of gameplay reasons, i'm talking about the lore

[Jim the Pilot #FixTf2]

evidence from barotraumagame.com: In-Game
Watchers are passive but inquisitive creatures: despite having no desire to attack the submarine or its crew, Watchers will still approach the ship to gaze at human activities. While the Watcher's passive behavior is a pleasant contrast to the other denizens of Europa, its effect upon the human mind with its deep gaze means you unfortunately have to deal with it in some manner, usually violence.

[Hailstone]

its just too lazy to hunt itself and just slurps up whatever its thralled hoard leaves behind

[Kairi ♡]

Not sure if Watcher is even "alive", it can be something robotic, like ruin guardians.

[Jim the Pilot #FixTf2]

Originally posted by Kairi ♡:

Not sure if Watcher is even "alive", it can be something robotic, like ruin guardians.

true but there's a lot of reasons it would be organic