Dan & Phil Part 100: full-time internet homowners

[shan]

Oh you're absolutely right about them spending time in the lounge at the last place! But I think that's actually my point - that one had all the stuff. Dan's gaming computer with the bookshelf was in that lounge, their video game systems were in that lounge, their shelf of board games were in that lounge. I wanna see where all that stuff lives in the new place because I feel like that's where they'll be most!

I would really love to see the work spaces too, though.

I don't know why it didn't hit me until you said this but the complete lack of video game systems/technology and the frame TV is 100% why I was getting such Agatha Christie/mid-century vibes. Definitely the formal lounge area. They must have a dedicated gaming room, I wonder if they invested in a proper gaming table for all their board games? If Phil could do us a solid and just throw in a quick collage of photos from each room of the house in his next video, that'd be great.

[kavat]

This lounge has that same textured feature wall that we saw in Dan's cake photos, which seemed to have a built in wooden bench and a small marble table. So maybe it's an open kitchen/dining/living situation? It would make sense to have more formal and social spaces on one floor downstairs, and maybe a more informal living area with games consoles and movie couch upstairs.

[Megancita75]

Dan tweet and some replies:

[lefthandedism]

!!

[snoopysadie]

im so happy, they make me so happy, i want to scream into a pillow.
look at them.
married, friends, part of a queerplatonic relationship, whatever the heck they are.... their collective existence gives meaning to my life
sorry for the dramatism, im just so happy and my friends dont wanna hear it so i came here

[Tornbetweenfandoms]

This video was exactly what I needed and will be joining I almost blinded myself and super awkward fancy meal with my favourite videos to watch when I feel shitty

[onceinaugust]

!!

I just love them so much And now I'm going to be dying for more joint content because even 22 minutes of their banter wasn't enough. I'm super interested to see how Phil is involved in Dan's video after that description of it....

Also my aunt totally did the same thing a few months ago, except in her case the super glue went all over her teeth and she had to make an emergency dental visit because it dried on and between her teeth. So only judging Phil a little.

[snoopysadie]

so i'm guessing that dan wasn't allowed in the ambulance because of covid restrictions but what i want to know is:
is the fact that they share a house, both their names on the lease, enough for dan to have permission to accompany phil into the ambulance?
can they make each other their emergency contact people? i feel like it's a huge inconvenience if that's not the case. what if something happens? their families live on the other side of the country.

[starsandshards]

so i'm guessing that dan wasn't allowed in the ambulance because of covid restrictions but what i want to know is:
is the fact that they share a house, both their names on the lease, enough for dan to have permission to accompany phil into the ambulance?
can they make each other their emergency contact people? i feel like it's a huge inconvenience if that's not the case. what if something happens? their families live on the other side of the country.

yeah, afaik there's no restrictions on who you can bring to hospital with you. at least i've never observed any restrictions. next of kin would be preferable but if you collapsed in the street, for example, the kind person who found you and called you the ambulance could probably come with you to hospital if you wanted them to.

[scientia]

so i'm guessing that dan wasn't allowed in the ambulance because of covid restrictions but what i want to know is:
is the fact that they share a house, both their names on the lease, enough for dan to have permission to accompany phil into the ambulance?
can they make each other their emergency contact people? i feel like it's a huge inconvenience if that's not the case. what if something happens? their families live on the other side of the country.

I’m not sure if this is how it works in the UK – but earlier this year I had an experience where my father was taken away in an ambulance. My mom, who is his medical power of attorney, was still not allowed in the back of the ambulance with him for COVID reasons. The options were to wait at home and call in for updates, or drive to the hospital and wait in the parking lot. Unfortunate but not an uncommon thing

[starsandshards]

medical chitchat aside, this video had me in TEARS. god, i love those idiots so much.

[Phantasy]

so i'm guessing that dan wasn't allowed in the ambulance because of covid restrictions but what i want to know is:
is the fact that they share a house, both their names on the lease, enough for dan to have permission to accompany phil into the ambulance?
can they make each other their emergency contact people? i feel like it's a huge inconvenience if that's not the case. what if something happens? their families live on the other side of the country.

I was having the same thought… if this wasn’t covid times, would the nature of the story had changed if Dan had not been allowed to go because (as far as we know) they are not registered as civil/domestic partners. Are the rules any different for married/unmarried straight couples?

Now they are co-habitating landowners, I wonder if civil partnership is on their mind—just for the practical reasons, if not the symbolic one.

(Also really curious if in situations like that they actually use the word partner to refer to each other when the context might be important to understand.)

[dumbslet]

As much as I normally love Phil... I just can't really justify the blue light ambulance and four hour A&E wait, for ingesting a small amount of superglue. I can honestly just picture that Cat 4 sitting on the arrivals board - "34M ingested glue, now DIB and ??throat swelling ?? pain??"

Fills me with absolute dread and silently wishing they won't stick out the 6 hour wait and will just take themselves home.


And yes, your next of kin can be anyone you choose - your family or your friend or even your neighbour. It's your choice.

[snoopysadie]

so i'm guessing that dan wasn't allowed in the ambulance because of covid restrictions but what i want to know is:
is the fact that they share a house, both their names on the lease, enough for dan to have permission to accompany phil into the ambulance?
can they make each other their emergency contact people? i feel like it's a huge inconvenience if that's not the case. what if something happens? their families live on the other side of the country.

I was having the same thought… if this wasn’t covid times, would the nature of the story had changed if Dan had not been allowed to go because (as far as we know) they are not registered as civil/domestic partners. Are the rules any different for married/unmarried straight couples?

Now they are co-habitating landowners, I wonder if civil partnership is on their mind—just for the practical reasons, if not the symbolic one.

(Also really curious if in situations like that they actually use the word partner to refer to each other when the context might be important to understand.)

your post is exactly what i was thinking but couldn't find the words to write. not to force their hand or use as an excuse but... at this point a civil partnership would just make sense. their behaviour has proven they're totally okay with sharing most things for a long time...

i remember reading posts here discussing how they split their finances but does anyone remember what the general consensus for that was?

[Bookworman355]

There are no common law partners in the UK, which is what I would consider them.
It seems kinda ridiculous but Phil calling the ambulance or getting immediate care was important. The bonds in superglue start forming in the presence of water, and I wouldn’t be shocked if superglue is somewhat corrosive when consumed. I would panic too and might’ve called 911 (or 999).

[lefthandedism]

Dan's version

[fruitcriminals]

Looool coming from Mr deodorant to the eyeball

Nice to know Phil's going to be in the pride thing. Yay for more Phil.

If Dan's thing is re-doing parts of his life but how it would have been if he had more pride - did it remind anyone else of that bit in iron man (or one of the other avenger films they all confuse me) the one where he's made that software where he goes back and re-lives the part with his parents. If so that actually sounds kind of fun!

[inanerat]

(cw: mild (non explicit) mention of medical stuff first 2 sentences)
This was a great vid to come home to after going to the hospital (planned) this morning for a mild procedure. I'm still feeling a bit groggy and it's hot as balls out so I might take a nap but I would love to do some timestamps later. I need to rewatch for house details and other things and I'm sure I'll have lots to say. For now I'm just over Dan's bear and the 'secrets box' aka pinof 1 questions box that were shown sitting on his desk and shelf.

[plinthofmylife]

Questions people here would know the answer to, most likely:

Are civil partnerships publicly registered in the UK like marriages are? I could see them wanting to do a civil partnership over a marriage if they aren't public info just for privacy reasons.

My thought is that a civil partnership wouldn't actually gain them many benefits that they don't already have through their shared businesses. You can split equity in a mortgage in the UK among unmarried partners (jealous because that can be harder to do in the US) and they can have 50/50 (or whatever is appropriate splits) for their businesses with the incorporation and legal documents.

The main thing they would gain would be survivorship benefits for social insurance/pension/inheritance and obviously reduced taxes on their estates. Is there anything I'm missing? Most of that can be done with legal documents that they would already have, but the estate tax bit they can't really avoid... I guess that would be the main compelling reason to get it. Since they're in the UK, they don't need to do it for health insurance/next of kin like here.

One reason to not do it is that having it on paper could prevent getting travel/work visas for certain countries.

(I say this as someone who just did a relatively secret/low-key marriage for the purposes of immigration to a country where same-sex marriage is now recognized but civil partnerships don't count for immigration. We sort of already had a huge bundle of documents between shared businesses, local domestic partner status, and wills that did most of the same things as marriage would've of).

[LAshleigh]

I totally forgot a Phil video was coming!! I got so engrossed in it that I started putting my nachos in the fridge instead of the oven lol.

If anyone would like to point out more of the items in Phil's new background/seen in the house photos, I would love that! I've been around the phandom for a few years now but I didn't know if most of it was new stuff or if I just have a bad memory.

[fruitcriminals]

If anyone would like to point out more of the items in Phil's new background/seen in the house photos, I would love that! I've been around the phandom for a few years now but I didn't know if most of it was new stuff or if I just have a bad memory.

Filming room
There is a pink candle in his new setup called 'treat yourself' which I don't remember him having before.
He's still got the tiny white vase that was a fail from the video of him buying a new background setup a long time ago
There's some of the 'cuuuube' cubes on top of the shelving thing along with Dan's angry emoji cushion.
They've put the painting Bryony did them inside the bed lmao. Guess that's her room when she stays round. As she should, payback for that time they turned up at her gaff and didn't leave for a week and rinsed her internet. Eat all their food and steal the wifi babe!
There's a new plant that's set upon what looks like a chunk of tree trunk. IDK if that's a style thing or a Phil thing, but sure.
His cactus cushion and a blanket are on the floor. Maybe they're normally on the bed?
The rest of the stuff is regular stuff he had before, white bird, dino lamp, furby etc. There is a random pashmina in one of the little cubby bits. Again, idk what that's about.

Spare room
I assume this is is a spare room because frankly it looks like a spare room and very depressing to sleep in. And that it's unfinished. There's random stuff on shelves include Dan's teddy, candles and books, 1 record and... a Lester family photo Phil's shown before. I guess it's just the 'shove all the random stuff' room for now. I also have no idea if the thing under the desk/dressing table is a wifi router, a ps5 in the most random place or some sort of alien plinth.

Side note - Dan forgetting his rebrand and saying his pride video was on danisnotonfire was funny, him also forgetting that it was on 25th June not 25th July, also funny. Phil not amending any of that in the edit - priceless.

[shan]

No coherent thoughts on the video yet other than I loved it. I'm really enjoying this new era of joint DnP content and especially the extra 10 minutes it adds on the video length! The domesticity was at 100 and I need to go back and watch it on loop to catch all the little sneaky peaks thrown in.

I do actually think that's their bedroom though. The shelves are full of personal knickknacks and it'd be a bit unusual to keep your cologne in a spare room. If they've kept the moon mirror, the eclipse painting was probably bought to fit in with the moon theme they had going in the last place. Plus I'd hope they aren't subjecting their guests to the butt chair! Keep that monstrosity in your private quarters please.

eta: 100% yes, if you swallow super glue, go to the emergency room. Especially the heavy duty kind Phil consumed. It's not only the bonding that's the issue, that kind of glue is incredibly toxic. If the emergency operator sends an ambulance and the paramedics get there and think you should go to the hospital, you should absolutely go to the hospital. Even if it may seem a little silly you're far better off being safe than sorry.

[Amiaw]

I’m on the fence with that being their bedroom vs it being a room for dan to use as a closet/spare room. It does have Dan’s things in it but he didn’t have the butt chair in the moon room and it looks like there’s a green headboard in the room that doesn’t really match a specific aesthetic.

[Catallena]

Wow. Phil sure got them into a sticky situation... STOP BOOING ME!

Seeing them together is just the best start of my week no matter how much bodily harm was necessary to get there

I can't really make fun of Phil because I live on the edge by sometimes opening nail glue with my teeth (blame primark those things are impossible sometimes) and I did get the tiniest bit on my tongue once lmao. It dried up and with combined powers of the moisture of my mouth, the constant nudging with my teeth, and just going about my day eating and talking most of it got scraped of my the end of the day : D

yeah i probably shouldn't do that anymore huh

I'm very satisfied with Phil's new filming space! No more feeling claustrophobic while watching Phil in his tiny corner. And even though they just moved in, it already feels far more like a person actually lives there. Aww at Lion being in the background again, what a sweet throwback. I'm amused that his Bob Ross fail paining survived the move, but is kept mostly out of shot. Interesting how The Golden Pig isn't in front of the green wall like in the picture from a few days ago.

Rude of them showing us all stuff we've seen before except for the butt chair room. I wanna see their choice of bathroom tiles and door handles, the full closet space, and what kinda swanky ass bed they got. How much money will it take for Capita£ester himself to consider a Achitectural Digest-esque video hm? Please?

Let me delusional at the end here. I wonder if Dan just wanting to have 'fun' in his thirties was really just setup for a joke or a ~hint to anything? What if... future videos without scripts and sets straight out of kpop girl group mv that are edited by danny snotonfire himself? Aha ha. Just kidding. Unless...?

[shan]

Phil did say maybe in a few months! A seed of hope has been planted that we might end up getting something resembling house tour. Just something other than the same three spaces over and over would be amazing. Even the bedroom has been shown three times now.