IckleMissMayhem wrote:...Can you blame it?
oh my god I got the tweet as a text with a link to the web tweet, so I didn't see the picture at first. I was like "how can a houseplant look like it doesn't trust you?" I had no idea what the picture was gonna be and I chuckled when I saw it. Those eyes are so cute, hahaha! I'm rooting for this one to stay alive!
daphenaxa wrote:Dan's I nearly blinded myself video: I LOVED IT. It made me so happy that he did such a good video with the sketches and the story telling. It was so good i could have cried. I loved Phil's over the top acting and Dan over the top everything.
Phil's quizzes video: it turns out Phil's video was cute. Phil IS cute. He is watchable, he is likable, he is kinda entertaining.
One thing that I really really dislike in Phil's video was his way of talking tho.
You can look enthusiastic without looking/sounding like the duracell rabbit on crack.
I'm kinda confused by your argument and would like to understand it better. This is why: If you look at what I bolded you will see that you contradict yourself. "I loved Phil's over the top acting and Dan's over the top everything" and then later you criticize Phil on his "way of talking" because it's "like the duracell rabbit on crack." I'm confused about what else "over the top" could mean. It also seems like you're okay with Dan being energetic but not Phil. That also confuses me.
daphenaxa wrote:So all this made me come to the conclusion, that you know I like Phil, he seems like a genuinely nice guy, he is Dan's bud, he is nice to his fans... but I don't get Phil at all. I don't understand him or his persona, I don't understand what he does on youtube, I don't understand how he can be so satisfied with the content he does
So i will keep being confused but honestly I have to laugh when I keep reading comments on youtube or tumblr that whine Phil "deserves" more subscribers or "Phil is so original and creative".
Please explain how Dan is any better.
Comparing their videos, I see a lot of similarities.
Phil: #DAPGO promo, will dan and phil survive australia (TATINOF Aus promo)
Dan: #TATINOF trailer, Audiobook trailer
Phil: Collab with PJ, collab with Louise and Dan, collab with Hazel, collab with Casper
Dan: Collab with Louise, a little further down collab with Tyler, collab with Connor
Phil: Reacting to my baby videos
Dan: Dan reacts to his childhood videos
Phil: reacting to #DAPGO memes
Dan: reacting to Dan memes
Phil: would I survive this anime?
Dan: anime will ruin your life
and of course Phil has a few vloggy anecdotal videos...which reminds me of Dan's new video about nearly blinding himself...which you loved. Not to mention they both frequently do collabs with each other on their own channels.
I'm not trying to say their content is identical, because obviously it's not, but I feel like their content is in the same genre or on the same plane. I fail to see how Phil's content is less original, less creative, less entertaining, less deserving of views than Dan's. You seem to be speaking as if it's obvious how different they are when you just take a look, however when I took a look I found that they were even more similar than I had originally thought when you think about them objectively. Maybe it's Phil's personality that you dislike, but you claim to think he's "nice" and you dislike it when he yells. As I already said Dan yells a lot (i would argue more than Phil) so I'm really failing to see the fact behind your argument. Your opinion is of course not wrong, however I disagree with the points you made and I'm therefore confused about why you feel like Phil is so much less deserving than Dan.
After all that you said this:
daphenaxa wrote:I love love love all the interactions we have now. Twitter, insta, the come back of live shows. It really make a world of difference. Also that avalanche of content is so great! I hope they keep it coming and don't stop for a month again.
If the new content is so great why are you claiming that Phil's is inferior in quality? Your argument led me to believe that you didn't enjoy Phil's new content yet you are celebrating its existence.
Please don't take this as an attack, I'm just responding to what you posted and explaining my stance. Nothing personal