Dan & Phil Part 4: The Cheekiest Link

[trashqueen]

Maybe if we make a big enough deal out of this, it'll spread through the phandom like that one party vlog where everyone said Deppy were kissing. Then Dan will have to address it in a liveshow, and he'll get so angry that he'll haul out the original Rules sheet that he kept all these years because he's a sentimental sop, and show them on YouNow. And then at least we'll know what the Rules were.



I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt but seriously, it doesn't look like it says Howell, James, or any variation of Dan's legal middle and/or surnames....

Like I'm SERIOUSLY trying to give him an out. I even contemplated that it could say "Dil Howlter." It doesn't even look like that. The first part seems to be "Dan." The second part seems to be "Lester."

i really want this to happen not gonna lie
please tumblr lurkers do us all a favor
as a thanks for the weekest link video maybe

i mean it can't possibly say lester or maybe it does but wtf does it actually say anyway

how did this piece of paper from so many years ago became so important oh my god

[spider]

Maybe if we make a big enough deal out of this, it'll spread through the phandom like that one party vlog where everyone said Deppy were kissing. Then Dan will have to address it in a liveshow, and he'll get so angry that he'll haul out the original Rules sheet that he kept all these years because he's a sentimental sop, and show them on YouNow. And then at least we'll know what the Rules were.

We have some phandom phamous famous among us who could make it happen. albion and phamnotof this mission is yours should you choose to accept it. Your time to shine.

i really want this to happen not gonna lie
please tumblr lurkers do us all a favor
as a thanks for the weekest link video maybe

Hello lurkers. Not saying you owe us but you owe us.

[kay]

If the dream journal part of TABINOF is believed to be accurate and true, then he signed it as Howell in the beginning of the book, and in part of the audio book he confirms he received the journal when he was 9. That doesn't necessarily mean he wrote his name in that journal when he was 9, could've been a lot later obviously but eh, for what it's worth I guess.

[swofro]

The more you guys show it, the more I think it's Dan Lester. I can't see it any other way. And I am not even wearing

I am pretty sure Dan's surname is Howell because that is what he registers to vote but why did he cover his name in that passport?

Remember recently Dan said something about using a star as a dot in his signature on his passport that got his mother angry? Did I imagine that? Can someone confirm?
If it is true, what is he dotting anyway?

Daniel. That's what. Ignore me.

[oqua]

And even if that's not actually legally his last name, if he signed it like that, doesn't that mean something about the nature of their relationship??

The joke is that Dan's parents were abusive narcissists, so he changed his name bc the Lester family adopted him. Dan and Phil are legally brothers now

Lol, brothers. #literalplatonicbros

I obviously don't believe Dan's parents were abusive, but is it possible that he actually went through a period of being extremely angry at / borderline estranged from them at the time when he wrote these rules and therefore used some other name, like his grandparents' surname or something? PLEASE NOTE: I am like 100% sure he was never that angry at his parents. Idek what I'm talking about anymore.

Alternately...

His myspace url was/is https://myspace.com/danhowl. That is: Dan Howl

Is it possible he doesn't like the surname "Howell" for some reason, and privately modifies it sometimes? That's what I was getting at earlier with the "Howler" suggestion. Like maybe he just made up cool random surnames for himself...? (But why would he sign a set of official rules with a random name?)

(P.S. I know how ridiculous this sounds, I just don't want to be blinded by my phan goggles lol)

I want it to say Lester.

[Anonymousse]

His myspace url was/is https://myspace.com/danhowl. That is: Dan Howl

But it ends with a short letter (dunno how those things are called in english) rather than a long one?

So Howl can't be it, it just doesn't match.

The Grandmother theory can be valid tho.

Let's be reminded of this bit of the radio show.

[oqua]

If the dream journal part of TABINOF is believed to be accurate and true, then he signed it as Howell in the beginning of the book, and in part of the audio book he confirms he received the journal when he was 9. That doesn't necessarily mean he wrote his name in that journal when he was 9, could've been a lot later obviously but eh, for what it's worth I guess.

When you say "signed," do you mean he wrote the name "Dan Howell" in printing?

I want to see his official signature, like what he uses to sign bills and passports and stuff.

His myspace url was/is https://myspace.com/danhowl. That is: Dan Howl

But it ends with a short letter (dunno how those things are called in english) rather than a long one?

So Howl can't be it, it just doesn't match.

There is no common word for them, because English is lame. Tall and short? Idk.

Anyway, you're right. He would have had to write two more letters after. Idk what, the only thing I can think of is "howler," but that doesn't make much sense.

I suddenly remembered something where Dan paused before saying his surname, or there was a jumpcut, or something suspicious. And I remember YouTube comments were theorizing that it was because he actually said "Lester," or wanted to. At the time of course I thought they were insane crazy shippers but now I WANT TO RE-WATCH THAT SO BADLY. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?!?!

[Ticia]

I will come back later with a post of more substance but for now I would just like to say:

Trigger Warning :

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Dan's signature at the bottom of the rules looks nothing like "Dan Howell." It looks like it says "Dan Lester." That is all.

Now that I actually looked at it, that's all I can see (the curve of the cursive L and the t seems so clear now ) #phanconfirmed

Cannot.Be.Unseen. Weirdly enough, Dan's signature would have to end up with two straight lines (Howell), but even his awful penmanship that looks quite like mine doesn't explain why there is something written after the lines. indeed.

Edit: I jumped from page 8 to 12, dunno why, so I agree with everything that has been said in the meantime

[daphenaxa]

his grandma's name begins with U so i don't think it's that

[oqua]

his grandma's name begins with U so i don't think it's that

Thanks for the info and for being discreet.

I suddenly remembered something where Dan paused before saying his surname, or there was a jumpcut, or something suspicious. And I remember YouTube comments were theorizing that it was because he actually said "Lester," or wanted to. At the time of course I thought they were insane crazy shippers but now I WANT TO RE-WATCH THAT SO BADLY. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?!?!

I remembered what I was thinking of. It's the second PINOF, and it's actually Phil who pauses. The question asks him to choose a surname, and he starts to say something then cuts himself off, and pauses for awhile, before eventually saying, "Striker."

But, in searching for it, I uncovered this moment from their Seven Second Challenge thing with PewDiePie.

At 2:40, Dan says to Phil, "What's my name?" And Phil literally says nothing for six seconds before going, "Daniel....James....Howell?"

[kay]

If the dream journal part of TABINOF is believed to be accurate and true, then he signed it as Howell in the beginning of the book, and in part of the audio book he confirms he received the journal when he was 9. That doesn't necessarily mean he wrote his name in that journal when he was 9, could've been a lot later obviously but eh, for what it's worth I guess.

When you say "signed," do you mean he wrote the name "Dan Howell" in printing?

I want to see his official signature, like what he uses to sign bills and passports and stuff.

Yes. But this is him identifying his last name as Howell in something, which would be evidence that it was his real last name at the time of writing in that journal. Unless this part of TABINOF was fabricated and written from scratch all at once just for the book. Which is possible but seems like a lot of work for one part of a content-dense book

[swofro]

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Maybe Dan had dreamt of marrying Phil so long time ago and subconsciously calling himself DanLester in his head. And one day he said it outloud and it becomes their little inside joke. Lol. confirmed.

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

[Anonymousse]

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

BUT It doesn't seem to be a "signature" per say.

More like a full name, than anything. And those are definitely letters there, not just scribble.

[DryCereal]

Guys, I can't even with the "D Lester" stuff. You've all clearly gone batshit bonkers overnight. Staaaaaaaaahp!!!

[sweetmm]

I am OK with butt talk and pics of butt underwear covered, but please no visual butt cracks

Sweetmm, does the butt emoticon actually make you uncomfortable? If so please let us know and we can disable it.

Nah emoticons are not real butt crack, whenever I see people around me showing butt crack I just want to reach out and pull up their trousers

[Anonymousse]

Guys, I can't even with the "D Lester" stuff. You've all clearly gone batshit bonkers overnight. Staaaaaaaaahp!!!

1) Sorry NOT sorry

2) Then WHAT DOES IT SAY? Tell us

oqua

0:58, I can agree that is a very interesting... jumpcut.

[mintsans]

we need to invent a time machine to give this to dan smh


if the lester theory is right then i'd imagine he would have spent some time practicing the signature like

mr daniel lester

dan lester

daniel james lester

danny lester



they're so gross or i am trash idk

[oqua]

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Maybe Dan had dreamt of marrying Phil so long time ago and subconsciously calling himself DanLester in his head. And one day he said it outloud and it becomes their little inside joke. Lol. confirmed.

I literally don't think this is all that far-fetched.
I do not believe they were actually married in 2012, and I'm pretty sure they're still not actually married. But the idea that Dan would imagine they were is...kind of plausible. Either that or they signed it as a total joke because lolzor they're platonic and wouldn't it be hilarious to do? Idk. I could imagine jokingly signing a list of domestic rules with my platonic roommate's last name...maybe...if I had a different sense of humor. (??) I'm trying so hard to not get swept away by #pheels, can you tell?

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

I know what you're talking about, but it would have had to be a very long and detailed scrawl.

Is it possible he made the "h" in "Howell" lowercase? That could look like a capital "L." It doesn't explain the letters after the mid-word tall letter, or the fact that it looks like only one letter with a cross, not a double-l.

[swofro]

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

BUT It doesn't seem to be a "signature" per say.

More like a full name, than anything. And those are definitely letters there, not just scribble.

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Maybe Dan had dreamt of marrying Phil so long time ago and subconsciously calling himself DanLester in his head. And one day he said it outloud and it becomes their little inside joke. Lol. confirmed.

I literally don't think this is all that far-fetched.
I do not believe they were actually married in 2012, and I'm pretty sure they're still not actually married. But the idea that Dan would imagine they were is...kind of plausible. Either that or they signed it as a total joke because lolzor they're platonic and wouldn't it be hilarious to do? Idk. I could imagine jokingly signing a list of domestic rules with my platonic roommate's last name...maybe...if I had a different sense of humor. (??) I'm trying so hard to not get swept away by #pheels, can you tell?

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

I know what you're talking about, but it would have had to be a very long and detailed scrawl.

Is it possible he made the "h" in "Howell" lowercase? That could look like a capital "L." It doesn't explain the letters after the mid-word tall letter, or the fact that it looks like only one letter with a cross, not a double-l.

Per occam's razor then, it is Dan Lester. Nuff said

[kay]

they're so gross or i am trash idk

I'm making this my forum signature

[Kathrynxjane]

I think everyone has gone mad. From Dan's :butt: to now his name not being Dan Howell. I want whatever you all have been smoking/drinking/taking.

But I have to agree. The more I look at it. The more it does look like Dan Letter. Maybe it is a joke #platonicbros because they never thought there would be strangers on the Internet analysing it so much or maybe they are married!

Maybe someone should ask him on Tuesday. He will be missing Phil loads by then so he won't mind talking about Phil and their marriage

really upset I missed the Dan butt talk though. Let's hope that comes around again. Also naked dan. Yes please, sorry not sorry

[internetakeover]

I have nothing to add to the surname discussion - other than I can now see Lester so clearly, you've all ruined my life - but I do think the third word in 6 might be 'begin(,)'. And while I agree that it doesn't necessarily seem to be in quotes from the first mark, the second possible quotation mark is quite distinct, and I'm not sure what it is otherwise?

Having gone from seeing nothing in Dan's chicken scratch to my brain possibly making up words to give me some kind of satisfaction I'm now mostly back to seeing nothing though, sadly!

also as daft as those PINOF overreactions to Phil's surname pause may have been that actually inspired my first fic! Good times... Probably for the best that that's been lost!

[timtam]

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Maybe Dan had dreamt of marrying Phil so long time ago and subconsciously calling himself DanLester in his head. And one day he said it outloud and it becomes their little inside joke. Lol. confirmed.

In all seriousness, maybe the letters after the tall one (the one we say is t from lester) is just some scrawl you do to make your signature look fancy or something? It doesn't have to be letters.

I figured that Dan's handwriting is just so bad it makes the tall letters look small because he just scribbles at the end. Plus signatures don't even need to be your real name or look anything like your real name. When I sign the first letter of my name it looks nothing like its supposed to because I changed it to make it easy to sign.
I gotta admit tho it looks a lot like Dlester

[oqua]

they're so gross or i am trash idk

I'm making this my forum signature

I saw this quote and I was like YES. THIS DEFINES ME. THIS SPEAKS TO MY SOUL. mintsans

if the lester theory is right then i'd imagine he would have spent some time practicing the signature like

mr daniel lester

dan lester

daniel james lester

danny lester

Actual Image Of Dan's Notebook

[somelikeitpink]

Maybe that's what 2012 was about.. Dan and Phil had to get used to married life and compensated them not trying to come out by being all no homo...

Edit: OQUA!!! Danisnotalester... Oh my god