#(except for..2018 dan didn't actually come back from pajama week)

[ahappydnp]

could us newbies get some lore behind the pajama week(s)? this is my first year active in phandom but i've seen it referred in fics before

'pajama week' is a term coined by dnp in 2016 where they don't do any work/check emails/post regular content for an extended period. it started after the american leg of tatinof (x) but now we pretty much only use it in reference to the time between the holidays and the first upload of the new year (usually mid january...they use the term 'week' in the same way they use the word "daily" so it's more like pajama 3 weeks)

pajama week is basically an understood silent agreement that dnp are gonna be mostly quiet and we're not going to ask for signs of life until they're ready to emerge from their cave

(and a secondary silent agreement that we'll still throw a tantrum amongst ourselves and pretend we've never done this before despite not actually expecting anything from dan and phil)