#AND THEN THE NEW MODE. OOOOOH I AM HYPED

[galacticnova3]

Yes I’ve seen the direct

Yes I’ve played the KRtDD demo

Yes I have been doing the kinnie stimmy™️ for several minutes

No I will not be normal about anything when the full game releases

[fishylife]

Okay I gave in and I am watching Street Dance of China Season 4 X’D

- I love how international the pool of contestants is. Even if they barely speak each other’s languages, they can appreciate each other’s talent and skill.

- I did not watch last season so all of the contestants are new to me.

- I watched the opening film on Reddit and it was really fun and it’s probably a big part of why I was hooked into the show haha. There’s some loose lore there that isn’t super important. I liked seeing how all of the captains had performances that suited their own style of dancing. Also I think people think that Jackson’s going to guest on this season because apparently he voiced the guy that invited all of the captains.

- Han Geng slipped mega fast into gege mode while helping Henry and Yixing......I may catch feelings.

- The random method of choosing dancers is pretty fair imo, especially how they separated them into categories (e.g. dancers based on what style they danced, etc.) so that the teams would be pretty even. Also it must’ve been fun for the dancers to get a little figure or trading card of themselves lol.

- Out of the choreographers, I think Eleven and Wang Run left a bigger impression on me. The others were awesome too though.

- My favourite rooms/streets is probably Yixing’s or Henry’s. A lot of people like Yixing’s because of how striking it looks. He lucked out because red is always the most striking colour haha. But I like the scifi feeling of Henry’s room. I think it’s quite cool.

- Henry’s 100% showing off his language skills hahaha. Part of it is for him to show off his skills (lol) but the other part of it is that he’s trying to break the ice and make his team feel included even if they don’t speak Chinese.

- Yixing......so awkward. So much dead time lmfao. I love him but he cannot MC to save his life hahaha.

- Yibo is so serious lol, no introductions.

- I was thinking that if I was a contestant, I’d want to be on Han Geng’s team. He’s the chillest, but it isn’t that he isn’t prepared. He’s just very relaxed.

- I mean, all of the performances were great, what can I really say?! It was interesting seeing how some of the dancers from other cultures used Chinese music.

- I was thinking about how with “mainstream” pop dancing, dancing is used to complement the music, but in all of these performances, the music was the complement to the dancing.

- Rochka fanboying over Ibuki was pretty cute, not gonna lie. There are also quite a few Japanese ladies on Yixing’s team, and I love they cheer each other on. But seriously, Ibuki is such a little warrior princess!!! Love her :P

- Speaking of which, Yuri getting one of the Chinese dancers to teach her how to say 你很帥 and then practising it was cute haha. I just love how even though there’s a language barrier, they have fun with each other.

- Acky san uwu. I think he’s just here to have a good time, and he’s so encouraging and friendly and relaxed!!!!!!!!! Love him. He’s the supportive uncle lol. AC is also pretty cute haha. After Acky performed, AC gave him a big ol’ hug.

- Lmao Lil Kev and Nelson not feeling the food that Han Geng brought....to be fair it probably is something that is an acquired taste. In the end, the staff brought them burgers.

- Seeing the captains put the teams together was fun. Teamwork!!!!!

- It always amazes me how FAST dancers can choreograph and put together a dance. I’m assuming their dance backgrounds help them to recognize common dance moves but still!! RESPECT!

- I LOVED the five person performance from Yixing’s team, choreographed by Bunta. It was a little less uniform than the performance from Yibo’s team, with the dancers dancing in ways that matched their styles and body types, but still looking cohesive as a team. And it went with the music super well, expressing the lyrics of the song. I couldn’t stop rewatching the performance haha.

- Bouboo seems so cool. Like he’s so chilled out and calm but also super steady. Whenever he walked out for his battles, I was already like oooooh the stage presence. This man is so cool haha.

- The Bouboo vs. Ibuki battle was very interesting because we can see that their strengths lie in different areas. For example, I felt that Ibuki did better in the upbeat songs, whereas Bouboo was better in the chilled out relaxed songs. That being said, I felt like Bouboo had more variety in his repertoire. He had a lot of different moves. Ibuki did default to waacking quite often, which makes sense because that’s what her strength is. I also felt like Ibuki was more dancing to the music, whereas Bouboo was moving “alongside” the music. Like, Bouboo was hanging out with the music whereas Ibuki saw the music as a set of rules to follow.

- I thought that this show might have a lot of “variety show editing” e.g. showing reactions from a million different angles, but surprisingly, it is paced very well. There is almost always something happening.

- Why don’t they cut down on the episode length? This show had three very distinct sections (1) formation of the teams, (2) teams getting to know each other and “auditioning,” and (3) the battle between Henry and Yixing. So I’m confused as to why the show is going with nearly 3 hour long episodes. I checked MDL and apparently this show is supposed to have 12 episodes. I know Chinese shows have an episode length limit of like 40 episodes, but even if this show cut down on the number of episodes, it would not reach 40 episodes, so I am very curious.

- I liked that we got some commentary from the judges. Even though we’re all about good vibes, I still liked that we got judge commentary to explain to us why they chose who they chose.

- I think my favourite teams so far are Yixing and Yibo’s teams, but I’m also not sure if it’s because the camera purposely gave us more screen time of their teams because they were battling first. Yixing and Yibo’s teams seemed very friendly and cohesive and supportive thus far. I would want to have Han Geng as my captain, but I would want to have teammates like Yixing’s or Yibo’s haha.

- I am hyped for the next episode haha. It’ll have more performances since there won’t be any introductions required anymore.

[cafephan]

dan and phil play keep talking and nobody explodes: a summary

hoodie!phil i am immediately enthralled and this video isn't even a second in yet "you da bomb of our lives" they keep clothes fans give them which is nice shoutout to that lucky son of a gun 'philly' phil is insistent on everyone seeing speed supportive boyf dan has his back dan nudged phil's arm in a bro-esque manner they mentioned escape rooms finally i can relate as i have now been to one too "i think we're a lot nerdier than we think" why do they think we refer to them as nerds all the time "rest in peace environment" / "fuck you trees" "i'll punch you if you look at this" going to provide no context there have fun "DAD.... playing halo with me" nice save dan the wholesome howell blanket is always on hand "they'll see if we do a single glance..." how is dan going to go a whole extra seventeen minutes without glancing at phil i think he's going to implode they already did the tutorial but didn't show us yet phil can't remember the title of the game wow rip nerd!phil fic trope "this is going to be a mistake" "i can't speak if i'm under some kind of situation" mister english degree back again phil spinning dan around with those sweet sweet seconds of skin to skin contact (hand to arm) also lowkey hand porn look at his hands the curly hair and shaved sides from the side profile makes my heart warm sassy hand clicks from danny "beginnu" five seconds in i am already stressed for them why is this already the most intense video of this game i've ever seen i've watched like six different channels play it "there's, there's-" "no phil, i'm guiding you." someone likes to take control don't they during the wire puzzle you can slowly watch dan get more stressy look at his pursed lips and expressive strict hand gestures "there's an alien man with a triangle head and he's got a T coming out of his neck" their best friend mind meld really needs to come in handy here i'm still really enjoying dan's side profile i can't get over it "that's you selecting the module you dork" "guys we're nailing this" i was going to make the obvious joke but i won't we're classy here "shut up shut up SHUT UP" stressy dan is here to stay they did one wow who says youtube gamers can't game screw you comments "what everyone out there is thinking now is we need you to get the manual, phil" i think dan honey you just want to be in control again i know that was hard for you getting their last glances at each other in before they can't for at least five minutes opposite sides again why has this happened two videos after one another this is weird what is the post-baking video universe coming to "this is weird. now you're the person with the really bright face... wow it makes my hair look so much less white now that i'm here" "it makes my hair look grey... i promise i don't have grey hair" honey you're thirty years old it's going to happen inevitably sometime soon best to break us in gently i'm hyped for side profile phil dan quoting the marriage mantra of something old something new etc.... foreshadowing perhaps who knows with the way 2017 phan is going phil looks so confused he's like me facing every exam i've ever taken i've been cheated out of side profile phil ffs dan get your hands on him and spin him around i feel attacked "oh shit new stuff" literally everyone every few days when they upload a new gaming vid with no warning????? they know our struggle???? phil looks so focused i'm entranced "ayeeeeeeee" "oh god it's hurting my brain so much" stressy phil is a new experience but i'm digging it dan being the little shit he is just laughs all the time "stop freaking out!" stressy dan is still here despite having the opposite role they did two attempts and won them both wow they high fived yes for more skin to skin contact phil is reeeealllly making up for lost time by shamelessly staring at dan like seriously that was at least a solid six seconds of him staring oh and more glances i get it you're in love "kept calm under presh" more staring seriously phil are you aware the camera is still rolling "i hate to alarm you phil but what is your catchphrase on this gaming channel?" *awkward silence whilst phil realises he's being spoken to thus has to tear his gaze away* "ALL OR NOTHING" *resumes staring* seriously what is with him today subtlety ain't in his vocabulary p h i l i get it you're in love oh now dan's at it dan just got super close to the camera and did that creepy smile he has i was unnerved "i'm frickin terrified as diddly heck" they're back on their own sides balance in the universe has been destroyed do you reckon they're as insistent about which side of the bed they sleep on side profile dan is back welcome back old friend i missed you i thought he dabbed for a second but it's okay he didn't they're determined as fuck but i can already see dan's stressing yep there's the hurry up hand gestures "i'm going to explode.... literally" because of the intensity or because he can't stare at phil i don't even know anymore u decide dan's eyes just got really really wide they were like bulging "is the button yellow?" "no it's blue i told you it's blue!" welcome back stressy phil i hope you had a nice break phil's little "ooh" is so cute i want it as my ringtone "we did it? oh christ" stressy dan is really coming out to play in this symbols puzzle isn't he phil's expressive hand gestures aka he's beginning to panic too dan's doing some kind of gang sign okay boy you do you aaaaand there's the deafening dan scream for this video i can't believe we lasted a whole 17 minutes and 40 seconds without one rip headphone users it was nice knowing you stressy dan has never been more present phil is surprisingly calm(er) "dan come on" all of us all the time oooooh they couldn't last five minutes without a quick glance at one another could they jfc get a room they managed with three seconds to spare phil is giggly and dan is..... well, dan dramatic as ever my little actor that never was phil initiates skin to skin contact again why am i not surprised anymore "i was winding you up" dan says as he adds flames on top of himself in editing i am nodding furiously the camera pans back out and phil's hood is up who even is he "we could have died!" "but we didn't" *dan adds a halo above his head aka can't relate* "see if i worked in bomb disposal, i'd be cheeky like that" your colleagues would throw a bomb in bed with you "i'd be like ooh what's the timer steve???" the danxsteve fic coming atcha real soon dan's in an obnoxiously good mood now he has won a game and can freely stare at phil again "we could be bomb disposal experts" again expect the fic coming atcha real soon "what you just saw was two nerds that grew up playing puzzle games that have a psychic connection because they have no other friends defusing bombs" they literally said they go to escape rooms for their friends birthdays but alright i'll take the exclusivity they're considering coming back in hard mode YES I NEED THIS again i could have made the obvious joke there but i didn't let them know how you felt throughout that video type out long essays i dare you "subscribe if you're happy you didn't explode" "if you want to see us do that more challenging version where we might blow up... or not 'cause we're the best... disposers ever" "subscribe to us, have a good day, don't explode" the best advice comes in threes danisnotexploding AmazingBombDisposer