For sure. Perhaps I shouldn't have phrased it to be so generalized, and I'm glad you mentioned Phil being inexperienced as I was sure I was forgetting a viewpoint, and I obviously really did. I think the water gets muddied with the whole thing about Phil's "innocence" and branding, and it...

So the other day I was watching the Heartthrob video and I'm always so fascinated by their explanations for why they think the other chose who they chose, but on this rewatch I was really drawn into that narrative that many people have assumed about their relationship re: who was more "experie...

Are people reading can't breathe when you touch my sleeve? I'm loving it v much.

That makes sense. It makes me wonder if fanfic writers who care about preserving British usage in their fics end up compiling usage lists. Like I just saw one today that used “kitchen roll” instead of “paper towels” and I appreciated the attention to detail there. I always say I'm going to make a l...

Yeah very much agree with above, I was really surprised he seemed to flipped his stance on coming out. I do however agree with this part: “I just say you need to do everything you can to get to a place where you can be who you are, and you have people in your life that love you for that person .” B...

So the deal with an on-camera interview is that you don't always have the presence of mind to express yourself with absolute clarity or to realize what you left unsaid. I don't think this interview should be taken as gospel on what Dan thinks about this topic. I think Mandy was very clear on that a...

I also love Dan's interview, but I do feel like he misspoke on the topic of needing to come out to be happy. It's entirely valid for Dan, and I understand how it could be an empathetic blind spot for him, but I've already seen the insidious kind of backlash on my twitter feed where it's not people ...

Yes, that pacing! The build is so lovely and then when we hit the big moments, they're so earned and so satisfying. And maybe catharsis is supposed to be in seeing the pain, but seeing Dan open up, and seeing the ways they're both starting to heal is so cathartic to me idk.

i always come to this thread when i don't actually have the words so it's not the most productive.
but... coffee at midnight, right?

I haven't seen any negative responses to Phil's musings on having "no life," just thoughtful discussion about how common these issues are (in particular among Millennials, e.g. a lot of us) and how his frame of reference may differ from ours, so I'm a little confused by the defensive turn ...

Mostly I just agree with people, but I think the striking thing to me is the harshness of the "no life" description. If he said he realized that he's overworked and he'd like to have more hobbies, a larger social circle, a house, a dog, etc., it would feel different, just like facts of wha...

I've been thinking about other YouTube duos I enjoy and now I have some mashups in my head that amuse me. For Phil, I want him to come up with some strange and weird games with Alison Raskin from Just Between Us and for Dan, I want him to go clubbing in Paris with Damon Dominique from Damon and Jo ...

A theory I have that I wanted to share with y'all......less a theory and more an idea...I think that Dan likes to make us scramble and confused. Like I think he finds it kinda funny or amusing. For example Dan clearly knows right now that there's debate in the phandom about if he's with Phil and a ...

Other people reading they don't know (about us), is it me or was today's an especially great chapter? I know I'm biased about cannibalism references, but there's an intensity of what it means for them to hold back, and the ways they can interact, and the "best friend" speech reminded me a ...

So are they in the desert again? Or is this just old material? Also, if they are at the Vegas strip, did they split off from Martyn and Cornelia? With fan encounters as recent as an hour ago (and multiple times of day posted at the same time) I think it's safe to figure D&P saved up desert cont...

I am definitely not interested in convincing anyone to like react videos, they're not real content as far as D&P go, and they're pretty vapid, but I do feel like I should mention that I enjoy watching them. They're hugely popular and that doesn't make them good or important, but it's also a bit ...

I wonder if there’s anything to the reply they said they wanted to be filmed separately this year. I know they’re usually only in LA for vidcon but does that mean this year is all about them and next year is different? I read it as "this year" as opposed to previous years they've been on ...

I guess I didn't see my post as being hostile, apologies if it was as tone is difficult to convey on the internet, but hey - at least I wasn't patronising anyone by suggesting the difference of opinion was because I needed something made clearer for me to understand. No, I just have my own opinion....

For all we know, the gaming channel might come back similar to how it was before. I don't think we need to be insulting people for being fans in different ways than we are. I don't know why you seem to be directing this towards me when I wasn't the one who suggested that I (amongst others) subscrib...

Being lumped in with a bunch of people who just like to watch them and drool over them and every second they make eye contact is just pretty insulting. I dislike the whole subscriber count being coloured with the same paint; the audience is always going to be wildly more varied than that and a bit ...

alittledizzy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:29 pm Barking up the wrong tree here, friends.

Maybe they heard D&P like penthouses.

GalaxyDarling wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:09 am Him and Phil are probably financially stable now, which is great

Maybe this was a joke (or maybe I missed someone addressing it in a longer post I skimmed), but because I know we have new folks around, seems like a good time to mention that they are literal millionaires.

My WIP-phobe ass just finished Bruising The Sun and the end :happytears: Dan's come so far I loved Bryony in the fic too! I love seeing how people (especially Sarah) use Bryony in fics! She's got such complexity, with her abrasiveness and the depth of her friendship with Dan and Phil, and it's real...

eevee wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:31 pm tbh tho imagine Dan doing lube reviews. like. in this universe anything is possible tbh.

I feel like there was some degree of inadvertent lube reviewing back in the day, but the information given didn't seem terribly useful.

I have a hard time believing said people aren't being sarcastic, but whatever floats your boat, folks! Ahahaha. I'm more in the mood for pancake ratings tbh. I love triop content and I've never seen this triop negativity before! I wasn't even around back in the Simon days, but triop stuff still fee...