Dan & Phil Part 93: Fomosexual

[hello9217]

I don’t really think dan and phil have much control in how a convention announces them. I’m sure vidcon mexico is run by different people separate from the other vidcons. When they asked which creators people wanted to see everyone asked for dan and phil...together. It’s not that surprising then that they would go on to announce them together.

[yellowsubmarine]

I don’t really think dan and phil have much control in how a convention announces them. I’m sure vidcon mexico is run by different people separate from the other vidcons. When they asked which creators people wanted to see everyone asked for dan and phil...together. It’s not that surprising then that they would go on to announce them together.

Agreed. I also think they don't have a say.

Mexican fans I'm so damn jealous, but so happy for y'all. Enjoy!! Now if only they came near Central America..

Spoiler.. no one ever comes near central america

[Amiaw]

They were both online when vidcon dropped the tweet and neither of them even liked it. Is this going to be like their bbc appearance? I’m just really curious about the things they announce these days

[wiccamoody]

Dan and Phil may be completely separate creators now, but I think everyone knows they're basically a package deal regardless. I don't really get why Dan won't be at London, and it's frustrating to not know exactly why he isn't going, but I think generally Dan and Phil are still a joint entity. Maybe not in the content they make, but they (and Martyn) own IRL, will probably end up working together in some capacity in the future again, and hell, they even talk about each other like it's a given everyone should know who they are to each other. Besides, I don't think there are many people who would mind meeting both of them as opposed to only one lol.

Anyway, I'm very happy for everyone in Mexico! This is awesome!!

[basl]

Oh, the use of the word raro=queer rubs me the wrong way... I somehow feel like they Google translated that part... 'He's here, he's queer' because we use the word queer (cuir), it means the same as in any other place, whereas raro can still be used in a derogatory way, not accusing vidcon México of homophobia or anything but it seem poor wording / translation. Personally, I would never translate queer as raro if only for the social/historical usage of the word (calling a queer person a rarito... Not nice)

Heh, well once again goodness knows, but a man could even tell his own audience more than one tiny fact at a time. Whatever, I don’t need thoughts while I’m stuck in my room with my back pain (which is getting better, all other muscles are falling over themselves trying to hold me upright and not lean towards the left).

May I offer a translation of the pages about them, cos I totally have a Spanish degree and didn’t need google translate to help with a few words (actually just ‘raro’ which I then realised wasn’t ‘weird’) -

Dan - He’s here, he’s queer and full of existential fear. After a decade of making us laugh and cry, Dan finally comes to Mexico.

Phil - His forehead is exposed and the suncream’s ready to be applied. Phil’s here and hopes not to fall off the stage.

True, Dan has made us cry with his deeper videos.

Ooh, Mexico’s doing a lot better for sponsors. Also I think they could use some sensitivity and keep joint m&gs anyway, choosing/only getting one just gets messy.

[flarequake]

Google translate told me ‘weird’ and I changed it to queer cos of his Pride slogan. That’s due to the limits of my knowledge, I didn’t know the meaning of ‘raro’, I’d guessed rare, but that was wrong, and I didn’t know the proper word ‘cuir’. That’s interesting they did that.

[Amiaw]

Joint meet and greet and ii

Dan’s tweet doesn’t make this sound any less ominous

[alittledizzy]

Aww, it's DEFINITELY about making up for the II cancellation! I love it so muc.h

And ooh I just caught on to the fact that it's a joint Q&A for II! I love that, fuck yeah!

[flarequake]

Oh gods, Dan’s google translate may have failed him too. ‘Putas felices’, um..?

[madzilla84]

Aww, that’s really awesome, it’s like the Brazil event with the Q&A and all! I bet they were hoping to be able to do something like that and couldn’t work it out until now. That’s very cool of them, I don’t think anyone would expect it nowadays.

[Catallena]

mkay.

[basl]

Obviously they didn't meant any harm and it can be taken as nothing because queer=weird=raro would be fine but if queer=not straight/cis=raro that's not so fine. I think that they didn't bother checking context at all which I consider very important when translating! They could have said "Está aquí, es queer..." It would have been fine and meant the same as Dan intended when he put it on his sign and most of us would have understood anyway.
(Cuir is a Spanish adaptation of the word queer, some people use it, is practically a neologism here I reckon)

Google translate told me ‘weird’ and I changed it to queer cos of his Pride slogan. That’s due to the limits of my knowledge, I didn’t know the meaning of ‘raro’, I’d guessed rare, but that was wrong, and I didn’t know the proper word ‘cuir’. That’s interesting they did that.

[alittledizzy]

I'm pretty sure based on the past tense that he's home now!

[rizzo]

This tweet screams “I’m defo Gay. Stop arguing about it.” And I am LIVING for it.

[flarequake]

At the risk of stirring up the same old, I love that he’s popped in and answering people, it’s good to see and hear from him, and that he’s accidentally called us ‘happy whores’ the daft boy, but the best info being ‘it’s as vague as that’ and ‘when it’s ready’ is obvs why it’s nicer if he spoke to us often. I don’t suppose there’s a point me saying this, I just feel it and could do with, well, saying it. Also my leg hurts, if you missed that (joint jam turned a corner, now it’s more leg apparently).

[madzilla84]

Hmm, if he *is* home, then that doesn’t explain vidcon London ... though maybe it does, perhaps he wouldn’t have gone if it wasn’t specifically making up for the Mexico II snafu in 2018, or maybe he’ll be away again that weekend for work, who knows. (I hope he is home, obviously, but I find the idea of him sitting at home while Phil’s at vidcon down the road a little- rankling, so hopefully he’s busy that weekend.)

[Amiaw]

I don’t think he’s going to vidcon London because there isn’t a project yet and Phil’s doing all of his events in one day so it’ll probably be similar to discover dogs but I’m not thrilled with the seance reply because that just reminded me that joint content is really dead

[liola]

I'm happy, I'm extremely happy for Mexican phannies because damn they waited long enough but yeah if he's in London but not popping in at Vidcon.. catch me be disappointed, what's new. Especially with that seance thing, like yeah II is over now, we know, no one said you couldn't do something else on stage. Might wanna sound bit happier there Danny. Also I still think going on a convention for one day would be a good way to ya know, keep a fan base happy for the upcoming projects, but what do I know, I'm only a marketing expert, not Daniel howell /s

Still. Love the happy whore tweet, the emoji is also 10/10

[madzilla84]

True. He might appear at the LA one if he’s working there sporadically anyway (just do aaaaall the cons except the one at home, I see how it is ). I wonder when he got back? (If he is back? So confusing)

I took that more to mean that II specifically was long over, like after the watch party they pretty definitely drew a line under it (a year ago yesterday, in fact!) and yet, here we are again. I’m actually really interested to hear what they have to say about it with all this time, distance and change between now and then.

[Becky.rigby]

Wow Dan is really being vague :') see Dan you can communicate with us and not spoil anything, just need to ignore the people pestering you about it, or even better giving a vague acknowledgment is fine. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth how he has been acting :S and he expects us to support his projects. I hope once he releases his projects that everything is explained to be honest. I understood the lack of communication with BIG as that must of been a brave and difficult process for him, so we will see what happens this time.

[yellowsubmarine]

He's having meetings for potential projects and being vague in case something doesn't pull through.. I totally get that.

And avoiding London like the plague. I don't know why that's so hilarious to me.

[flarequake]

Seems to me that he’s doing Mexico for the fun, but also ii. Maybe he’ll have other news by then, but not doing London can still be due to lack of videos.

[Susanisnotafish]

I really hope they spend some time traveling in Mexico before or after Vidcon and that they share instagram stories. But does Mexico have the customs issue where you have to declare work or tourist and then leave the country and re-enter to change purposes?

[wiccamoody]

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[liola]

I'm here to say that I cannot fucking believe Tana Mongeou is going to Vidcon London but not Dan. He obviously isn't obligated and far from me forcing him to because hell, I hate social situations too.. but yeah big sad hours

However I'm thrilled that we're gonna have a joint q&a because damn i've missed seeing them interact but I'm curious to see if they're gonna avoid talking about their lack of online collabs. Whatever, I'm excited and happy for mexican fans, it's so amazing they're doing it, i'm just me over here overthinking over talking