If you ship Phan…when/why did you start shipping it?
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I'm so glad were back on the "DS cartridge" discussion as I had been meaning to get back ti this! I agree they don't seem to me to be cartridges or oyster cards. Not even wet wipes as they are just too square (unless Uk has different packaging?
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This is an interesting one because I honestly can't pinpoint where exactly my obsession with them began unlike my past fandom's where a switch just went off in my head. This one was far more gradual.
I began watching them in March 2016 because I saw a bunch of people on Instagram talking about them. This was right after they really seemed to blow up in 2015. I decided to start at the beginning and I watched all of the Phil is not on fire videos that everyone was raving about. I knew people shipped them and I was kinda suspicious after watching the first pinof, but never actually went searching for proof. I immediately began watching through all of their videos. I went to read some fanfictions ironically (shipping real life people seemed ridiculous to me at the time) and I ended up genuinely shipping them.
My interest in them faded for a couple of months until I randomly decided to look them up again and I watched Dan's video "I Nearly Blinded Myself" and I was hooked. I somehow came across a video (that I believe is deleted now) showing some of their 2009 dailybooth posts and the rest is history.
I began watching them in March 2016 because I saw a bunch of people on Instagram talking about them. This was right after they really seemed to blow up in 2015. I decided to start at the beginning and I watched all of the Phil is not on fire videos that everyone was raving about. I knew people shipped them and I was kinda suspicious after watching the first pinof, but never actually went searching for proof. I immediately began watching through all of their videos. I went to read some fanfictions ironically (shipping real life people seemed ridiculous to me at the time) and I ended up genuinely shipping them.
My interest in them faded for a couple of months until I randomly decided to look them up again and I watched Dan's video "I Nearly Blinded Myself" and I was hooked. I somehow came across a video (that I believe is deleted now) showing some of their 2009 dailybooth posts and the rest is history.
It's very interesting to read everyones experiences!
For me "shipping them" was the whole reason I found out about them in the first place.
I waffled on for a long time so I will hide the long version to not annoy anyone who is not interested in all the nitty gritty details and just wants to get the gist:
Sometime around February 2016 I was procrastinating from learning for my college exams and watched a Tumblr Tag video from another youtuber who of course did not credit Phil for the idea I then watched all of the recommended Tumblr Tag videos and stumbled upon Phils "TUMBLR TAG 3! (With Dan)" video.
So I paused the video, remembered my "I will never watch these mean British Youtubers!"-pledge I made to myself years ago and unpaused it again just to let it roll as a background noise while I searched for another video in the recommended list.
....sooo...I was confused My initial thought was something like "Woah, wait, so they are dating? They are not just some queerbaiting white guys who are 'just hot' like the rest? I mean, they clearly must be dating from what I just saw and from how they acted in the video!"
So I sheepishly googled "amazingphil dan dating" because like for EVERY OTHER youtube couple you get a satisfying answer like "yes, sice 20XX" or "no but we wish" but of course for those two there was no such thing
Instead the first "answer" I found regarding this question was a tumblr post about not spreading the voldy vid because it's February.
...but I thought "Ok, so they have been dating for years now, that's great, good for them, I can move on now!"
But as I saw pinof7 I was confused again and thought something like "Huh? Wait, if they are filming in their bedroom on their bed, then why is left guy irritated by right guys underwear, he probably saw it this morning...wait, what do you mean 'Dan's room'?...wait what, friendship yoga...what?!...so...they...are NOT dating?"
But then pinof1 and amazingdan1 were recommended next and I watched these videos and thought "No, wait, they were totally dating there!
So....like...they used to date during pinof1 and amazingdan1 and the vday video and the tumblr tag3 video and then they broke up sometime after the tumblr tag3 video but before pinof7? And are now just friends with a heavily sexual tension? That live in 2 seperate bedrooms? But in the same house? And everything they are talking about is "us" and "we" and "our" and they had a past and are still close and are acting like a couple but are not a couple and.....WHAT?!?!"
...and until they say otherwise I personally view them as an openly closeted same-sex couple that leaves enough ambiguity around them and their relationship so that they can still be seen as 2 straight platonic bros whenever that image is needed.
And in my opinion doing this is GENIUS, that way they can cash in money from both teen fangirls fetishizing their relationship and from homophobic companies needing two straight attractive guys for their product.
tl;dr: I only found out who they were because I stumbled upon one of their videos and instantly thought that they were just a random Youtube couple because of the way they behaved around each other and I "ship" them as in "I am convinced, that they are in a romantic relationship of some sort and will be unless they directly say otherwise". yeah I know about their 2012 antics, but I have already waffled on waay too much, so don't even get me started on that topic
But this is as far as my "shipping" goes, I don't actively post something, all I do is watch their videos and read whatever tumblr and idb have to say about them, so one could say I am a very active lurker but that's it
For me "shipping them" was the whole reason I found out about them in the first place.
I waffled on for a long time so I will hide the long version to not annoy anyone who is not interested in all the nitty gritty details and just wants to get the gist:
Sometime around February 2016 I was procrastinating from learning for my college exams and watched a Tumblr Tag video from another youtuber who of course did not credit Phil for the idea I then watched all of the recommended Tumblr Tag videos and stumbled upon Phils "TUMBLR TAG 3! (With Dan)" video.
Instead the first "answer" I found regarding this question was a tumblr post about not spreading the voldy vid because it's February.
But then pinof1 and amazingdan1 were recommended next and I watched these videos and thought "No, wait, they were totally dating there!
So....like...they used to date during pinof1 and amazingdan1 and the vday video and the tumblr tag3 video and then they broke up sometime after the tumblr tag3 video but before pinof7? And are now just friends with a heavily sexual tension? That live in 2 seperate bedrooms? But in the same house? And everything they are talking about is "us" and "we" and "our" and they had a past and are still close and are acting like a couple but are not a couple and.....WHAT?!?!"
And in my opinion doing this is GENIUS, that way they can cash in money from both teen fangirls fetishizing their relationship and from homophobic companies needing two straight attractive guys for their product.
tl;dr: I only found out who they were because I stumbled upon one of their videos and instantly thought that they were just a random Youtube couple because of the way they behaved around each other and I "ship" them as in "I am convinced, that they are in a romantic relationship of some sort and will be unless they directly say otherwise". yeah I know about their 2012 antics, but I have already waffled on waay too much, so don't even get me started on that topic
But this is as far as my "shipping" goes, I don't actively post something, all I do is watch their videos and read whatever tumblr and idb have to say about them, so one could say I am a very active lurker but that's it
Sorry for my bad grammar
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Wow, I enjoyed your ramble --I'll be happy to read more rambles should you care to post more!garlic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:35 pm It's very interesting to read everyones experiences!
For me "shipping them" was the whole reason I found out about them in the first place.
I waffled on for a long time so I will hide the long version to not annoy anyone who is not interested in all the nitty gritty details and just wants to get the gist:
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Yeah! I'd literally sit down and listen to a podcast, even. I'd love to hear your thoughts on 2012, it's so interesting anyways.LeftHandedism wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:13 amWow, I enjoyed your ramble --I'll be happy to read more rambles should you care to post more!garlic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:35 pm It's very interesting to read everyones experiences!
For me "shipping them" was the whole reason I found out about them in the first place.
I waffled on for a long time so I will hide the long version to not annoy anyone who is not interested in all the nitty gritty details and just wants to get the gist:
i want dan's hair and phil's hips
@garlic, I love your post so much! Do you write fics? Can you tag me when you want to rant again? :mrgreen:garlic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:35 pm It's very interesting to read everyones experiences!
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...and until they say otherwise I personally view them as an openly closeted same-sex couple that leaves enough ambiguity around them and their relationship so that they can still be seen as 2 straight platonic bros whenever that image is needed.
And in my opinion doing this is GENIUS, that way they can cash in money from both teen fangirls fetishizing their relationship and from homophobic companies needing two straight attractive guys for their product.
Sorry I didn't quote the whole thing (just wanna save space) but wow you spoke my mind there, especially the part where I bolded and italized it.