Colin is clearly the heart of Dan's family.
I relate to what he said about asking his family about their hobbies because they all seem to be focused on 'keeping the dog alive' because I feel like that's a very awkward-people-who-happen-to-be-family-and-want-to-have-a-pleasant-conversation-but-perhaps-not-a-deep-one thing. Finding something to relate to each other on may be a struggle, especially if you've all got shitty social skills, but "how is the cat doing?" is always a successful conversation starter in my family. Also, if you're feeling overwhelmed with People you can just go chat with the family pet and it still kind of counts as family time.
Dad mention -- Dan is definitely easing us into the idea that he does in fact have a family (outside Phil, of course.) I find that interesting as a fan but I'm also just happy if Dan feels more comfortable talking about broader aspects of his life.
His attitude towards dinof and keeping a video schedule is something we've talked about, but something I don't think Dan has really talked about explicitly before. In the past, I think fan excitement has made Dan feel pressured, and he's enabled that by agreeing that he "should" make more videos faster or by promising to make a video every x days/weeks/months. I think taking a clear stance that the content will come when he's finished it will decrease that pressure, both from himself and from the fanbase.
I was reassured that he had not been replaced by a Dan-shaped alien lacking in neuroticism when he talked about whether the font on the charity shirt would make it look like he was copying the Harry Styles shirt, which also has words and font on it.
I quite liked the solo liveshow. I like the joint ones more, I think, but they're quite different so it's very hard to compare them, and I feel the joint liveshows and the solo liveshows just bring us different things. I wish we could have both. Or the style they did when they first started out, where they'd do a solo show and the last ~15 minutes was joint, though they have a clearer distinction these days between 'working' and 'not working' time and activities that prohibits that sort of thing.
Slightly concerned that spooky week made Dan think of the gaming video(s) they just filmed. Does that suggest there won't be gaming videos until spooky week, I wonder?
they are very good and i appreciate them so much. it makes me really happy to see that everyone enjoyed the ls, i still haven't watched it yet (i say for like the third time today) but i luv seeing everyone happy and it makes me smile.
me irl
