The phandom has such a perchance for martyring Phil. Even Dan and Phil know it. It's the Interactive Introverts commentary's "Phil died for our sins!" except Phil is cast as martyring himself for Dan and apparently that's love. I hate that. I hate it so much. I've seen it when people talk about Dan's depression, like Phil is his caretaker rather than his partner. Now we have it with his sexuality too.
Isn't the idea that Phil could be out to friends and family and people he knows personally but not out to a public audience and the news media the whole idea of the glass closet? Was there something about Phil's video that debunked the glass closet narrative? That seems to fit Phil's situation far better than a narrative where he's out, even to his fans, and then goes back in the closet for Dan's sake.
The idea that someone going into the closet for someone else is 'genuine love' is just upsetting for me. Weirdly enough, Dan and Phil, even before I knew they were a couple and was just watching their bants in gaming videos, are one of the meaningful examples of a healthy relationship between people who can argue healthily and communicate with each other in my life, and it's upsetting to see what I perceive as a healthy relationship cast like... that.
Also. "Whether platonic or romantic"? AFTER EVERYTHING? REALLY?
. I find Dan mighty handsome 
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