Hello my dears~
Are you starting to feel the drought and need a dose of Dan and Phil? Consider this YouTube playlist containing every Instagram Story posted by Dan and Phil (and the occasional acquaintance) over 2018 That's 226 short videos! I bet there's plenty of ones you've completely forgotten about. Maybe share some of your faves here so that we can all relive the good times together?
Thank you all for the support of the channel throughout the year
Dan & Phil Part 81: Now what?
omg I forgot Dan used to post tasteful(?) semi-nudes!autumnhearth wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:50 pm @bestfriendsclub Dan definitely gained a following amongst the YouTube crowd via Dailybooth first. Those naked booth milestones didn’t hurt. Add to that Follow Friday’s on Twitter and other UK YouTubers promoting his first video and he got a good early boost. But I would say a good chunk of early viewers discovered him through pinof. It helps that he had two videos up before then for people to check out and posted a third two days later.
No idea re lion or the blog but I would love to know on both accounts.
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Since we have time, I thought I’d share an odd Dan and Phil video that doesn’t have Dan and Phil in it. Not a huge fan of We the Unicorns, but the truly bewildered response amuses me every time.
Stay strong through the winter, friends. Don’t forget, the shared viewing of II is coming eventually.
Stay strong through the winter, friends. Don’t forget, the shared viewing of II is coming eventually.
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That We the Unicorns video is actually hilarious. It does take some impressive skill and cohesion for that many people to all keep something like that balanced!
and Phil being alb dirty
and Phil being alb dirty
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i can't read. i've never learned that skill, i don't know what this says.
but oh boy for real,, i get that straight ppl mean well and try to be Good Allies™, but. trying to pass off that your friend is "heterosexual" to other people is more uncomfortable and discouraging than just saying nothing about their sexuality at all. at least in my experience.
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Thank you for that refresher @starwatersong. I’ve often thought about making an edit with a second (or three) of alll their videos. But that is so daunting and I barely have the skills and definitely don’t have the motivation. Plus it would become dated quickly.
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Cat was pretty well known for basically trying to cover for her gay youtuber friends, right? I know she was close to Joey Graceffa and Ingrid Nilsen. I wonder if she just assumed that the behavior they wanted from her is what Dan and Phil wanted as well? She also had that infamous "TWO beds" moments.
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On the subject of Phil’s Lion, I only remember him saying he was sent it by a viewer from Japan, I think, and beyond that I don’t know why he was the chosen lion, maybe he thought it was special cos it was given to him by a fan, maybe he thought it was cute being so small, could sit up on its own and on his shoulder, idk. He might actually say somewhere for all I know, though.
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I'm trying to not be worried about Dan because it's perfectly fine to be off the internet for days when you're on hiatus, but just a lil worried since what little Phil is feeding us has no Dan in it and Dan's last tweet was on 12/31 about him being a human on 3% battery life...
I shouldn't worry, right?
But also I have a real life to worry about and it's super busy so thanks Dan and Phil for taking a break while I work so I don't get distracted, I guess?
I shouldn't worry, right?
But also I have a real life to worry about and it's super busy so thanks Dan and Phil for taking a break while I work so I don't get distracted, I guess?
I certainly miss them but it’s not to abnormal for Dan to be his quiet. Last year he didn’t make an appearance until his tweet about wearing slippers and he has been liking things here and there on Instagram - I think he’s just enjoying living life without having to worry about being “on”.plinthofmylife wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:43 am I'm trying to not be worried about Dan because it's perfectly fine to be off the internet for days when you're on hiatus, but just a lil worried since what little Phil is feeding us has no Dan in it and Dan's last tweet was on 12/31 about him being a human on 3% battery life...
I shouldn't worry, right?
But also I have a real life to worry about and it's super busy so thanks Dan and Phil for taking a break while I work so I don't get distracted, I guess?
He also used to go quiet for days at a time but since we had so much content this last year it seems hard to remember that he hasn’t always been as willing to share things as he has recently.
I personally find it more interesting that Phil can’t seem to fully relax into the hiatus and I’m really curious to see how long it takes before he goes back to his main channel videos and other things.
But they are both welcome back anytime
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@Amiaw the hiatus is only officially for the gaming channel, though they do tend to relax this time of year. I’m not really worried about either of them. Maybe Phil actually got wind of our abandonment issues when he forgot to state that he was also going on a “social media break” while in Russia this summer and is just placating us with puzzles and tales of overhearing the neighbors. Personally I’d like my husband to have three hands
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So this is maybe a little off-topic, but awhile back I was hunting down this moment I saw gifed where Phil talked about going to the BBC Radio Awards in March 2014, and since there weren't any timestamps for the liveshow I ended up watching the whole thing and timestamping it since he spoke about it pretty late into it. Anyway, I was extremely surprised by how many interesting moments there were in the liveshow. If you want to check out the full timestamps I did, you can here, but I've also taken some bits out below that I wanted to talk about a little more.
Also, he only directly mentioned Dan twice too, and one of them was just a spon for signed posters (the other one being a vague "we're filming something but I can't tell you yet"). I think contextually, that makes sense given that it was early 2014, but it's also nice to see how now in solo liveshows they both find ways to bring each other up when they don't even need to, nevermind just an overall higher amount of mentions. Growth is good, and it's never been so starkly shown tbh.
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and now i have to deal with the cute scene my brain produced of him turning off for some hours and putting it together while being comfy with some blankets and tea ......thanks brain
i miss dan,, he's so silent :-/ i know this is normal and i'm just spoiled from this past year, but ugh. just at least acknowledge each other's existence.
that's me being needy and selfish, sorry. but for real though, it must feel really good logged off and just relaxed and away from social media. i mean it, i really want them to relax, but i also need to whine somewhere.
that's me being needy and selfish, sorry. but for real though, it must feel really good logged off and just relaxed and away from social media. i mean it, i really want them to relax, but i also need to whine somewhere.
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I want them to do some sort of travel series of videos, I have decided. Like a mukbang but with food traditional to whatever region they’re visiting. They liked traveling and I liked feeling as if I was getting a travel experience without leaving my home. They haven’t talked about it much since they got back and we’ve gravitated to talking about the BBC and radio, but I think travel videos and Phil’s hotel reviews should make a comeback.
Besides, if they’re planning on adopting a dog eventually it just makes sense to do an international travel series now in case they visit countries where pets can’t travel as freely. It’s just logical is what it is.
Besides, if they’re planning on adopting a dog eventually it just makes sense to do an international travel series now in case they visit countries where pets can’t travel as freely. It’s just logical is what it is.
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i miss them and i'm in a weird state so i don't have anything to say. i just want to thank @obsessivelymoody for the post about the liveshow because it was super interesting and i enjoyed reading it andins the best way to spend the drought tbh! so thank youuuu
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Could it be that Dan is filming?
He used to go quiet like this when he used to film, and he said his channel hiatus was only for the last year.
He used to go quiet like this when he used to film, and he said his channel hiatus was only for the last year.
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I had the same picture in my head so uuh this happened.LurkingTrash wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:48 amso i got curious and one google search away: that's a 200 piece, so something you would make some tea and get it done in one sitting, maybe one afternoon max
and now i have to deal with the cute scene my brain produced of him turning off for some hours and putting it together while being comfy with some blankets and tea ......thanks brain
Sorry for self spon. Of course I didn't write that at work this morning because projects are slow, who would do such a thing.
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Thank you, hello!! It’s always so nice when people recognise me from the old war times of 2012/13.ratlad wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 3:57 pmomg hello welcome !!!!!! legend !!!!!!lionandllama wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:25 pm Hello and Happy New Year! No better time to join the bants than the first day of 20biteen. Love all your input to different topics and thought I’d like to join the conversation. I’ve been watching dnp since October 2012 and that’s when I made my Tumblr blog called thelionandthellama, I refuse to change my online Phandom persona name, please excuse the cringe. lol
Hope you’re all having a good first day of January! I was so hoping for cute NYE selfies and Insta Stories but they’ve been really quiet, huh.
Speaking of which — Cat’s old tweet. Oof. That was hard to read. I felt a real sting of anxiety just reading that again because back in the days shit like this really disappointed me so much and made me feel hella alienated. I wrote an entire blog post about it on Tumblr recently, about being an LGBT subscriber of Dan (and Phil) in 2012/13 and how horrible it felt and how different it all is now. Might share that some time when I find it again.
In other, completely unrelated news: last night I dreamt they uploaded a video of them playing basketball in a yard (why??) and they couldn’t score and Dan was lying on the ground, panting in exhaustion, with a bandana on, and said “Gays can’t play basketball, that’s why we’re both equally shit at it” and I was like ?????!!!!!!!!! Yeah, random anecdote.
I don't think dan's hiatus is that weird. Last year he didn't make a tweet until the 5th and that was asking for top dan memes so if you don't count that then he made his first tweet on the 8th posing with his slippers.
@obsessivelymoody thanks for the live show post I really enjoyed reading that last night.
@obsessivelymoody thanks for the live show post I really enjoyed reading that last night.
yeah i had a thought that maybe dan was filming something, or at least planning ideas for a video. but idk, man. i don't wanna think about it too much cause i'll get my hopes up.
and oof, @lionandllama it was so weird being a non-straight phannie back in The Day™. i remember getting physically ill and uncomfortable whenever dan would deny the Big Gay. it was upsetting at the time while it was still happening. then there was the majority of fans swarming in and getting mad at anyone who dared to ship dnp or suggest that they aren't Straight Bros. it was like you were committing every sin and crime known to man.
and oof, @lionandllama it was so weird being a non-straight phannie back in The Day™. i remember getting physically ill and uncomfortable whenever dan would deny the Big Gay. it was upsetting at the time while it was still happening. then there was the majority of fans swarming in and getting mad at anyone who dared to ship dnp or suggest that they aren't Straight Bros. it was like you were committing every sin and crime known to man.
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I never want that image of Dan to leave my brain.lionandllama wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:04 pm In other, completely unrelated news: last night I dreamt they uploaded a video of them playing basketball in a yard (why??) and they couldn’t score and Dan was lying on the ground, panting in exhaustion, with a bandana on, and said “Gays can’t play basketball, that’s why we’re both equally shit at it” and I was like ?????!!!!!!!!! Yeah, random anecdote.
It’s funny how their silence seems to result in lots of dreams, last night I had a dream (nightmare?) where they announced their break-up. They did a liveshow and at one point went “look, we are still friends, nothing is gonna change, we’re just not romantically involded anymore” (direct quote) when someone asked about phan. The Phandom seemed quite cool about it, I went to Tumblr and my dash was filled with smut fics of them with other people. But I was having an internal crisis; everything I believed in had been destroyed. I had a really long thinking moment and at one point even a conversation with my mum, who finally convinced me that there are ups and downs in relationships, and Dan and Phil would get back together sooner or later.
(fun fact: I only just realized that at least the live show part happened in English! This is like my 3rd dream ever that’s been at least partly in another language, and definitely the first without me noticing it Kinda proud of myself, since I’ve put lots of effort into improving my English lately!)
Hoping they get their rest and then come back to stop this madness.