#AND all on dan howell's birthday????

[as-everlasting-as-the-sun]

i haven’t seen anyone mention it yet because it was a small moment, but i went a little insane hearing Phil call the Dan birthday pictures he posts every year “a loving selection of photos.”

like i know we all know this, but to hear Phil actually say that all these photos he takes of Dan are loving is just something very special. we rarely get to hear them use the word “love” regarding each other (even though it shines through every moment they’re together).

[reunitedinterlude]

#TIT

[bestfriend-confidant-sillyrabbit]

Birthday nun

[dnpg-hiatus-survivor]

y’all the five year anniversary of BIG is tomorrow…

[phil-lestifer]

They just appear I don't know how to get rid of them

[aaa-ngel]

Viewers pick their outfits? NO. I pick their outfits. OG photos from vogue. Shelly Duvall and Phil really channel similar energy if I’m being honest

[deliriousaffections]

the only screenshot i took

[blossoms-phan]

found this post I made for the 1 year anniversary of dnpgames

hey is this anything

[j-femmescoli]

the night didnt need to change THAT much damn 😭

[isolatjon]

happy birthday @danielhowell !! thank you for waking up every day and having the courage to exist for the past 32 years and thank you for giving me and so many others the same courage for the past 14 <3

i’m so very proud of how far you’ve come, thank you for guiding so many of us when we needed it the most

you mean everything to me, enjoy your special day <3

[dans1earring]

we've all entered the realm of what-the-fuckery with that livestream

[ferretonfire]

when the dan birthday stream is the same day as ur finals but ur dads were conciderate enough to start after they r over so now u get to watcha silly little stream after crying ^_^

[legalisecatboyss]

dan is really beefing with matt like he’s sam the surfer’s replacement, like bro chill phil was joking about having him replace you 😭

[foreverdjh]

happy birthday to the weirdo who saved my life 🖤

seriously don’t know where i’d be without this man and meeting him last year was an experience i’ll never forget. thank you for everything @danielhowell, happy birthday.

[gamora-borealis]

here's the thing. to outsiders it may seem like we're excited because "phan is real!!" or whatever. but they don't know... it's not about that. phan has been real this entire time. there's always been evidence that dan and phil were together, more or less (more evidence than I think some people realize). the reason phan™ is such a big deal is because two silly gay boys met online in 2009, but their fame quickly outgrew their comfort zone and they quickly went back in the closet. dan was so traumatized from being bullied in school that he had a public meltdown on tumblr in 2012 insisting he was straight after some very private stuff leaked (that he insisted was a unused prank). after going to therapy and meeting so many queer fans on tour, dan slowly began to hint again that he was queer. but it still took them until 2019 to officially come out! and like. dan essentially confirmed that yes all the public online flirting back in 2009/2010 between him and phil was very real and that they were "more than just romantic" at that point and were currently "real best friends, life companions, and soulmates." but that was it, they weren't going to share any more. which is perfectly fine, but some of that definitely had to do with dan wanting to explore himself outside of the Dan and Phil™ brand (which unfortunately he got fucked over by the pandemic and by YouTube in the process). however they did eventually make a very cute announcement that they had bought and designed a new house together. and bit by bit they started making some more coupley jokes about each other here and there and sharing glimpses of a bedroom with both of their stuff in it, though it was still fairly subdued. but then dan finally got to go do his solo comedy tour and when he came back, shit suddenly CHANGED. 2023 was wild. they brought back their joint gaming channel they hadn't touched in five years since just before they came out. and they basically started the public flirting again??? this time on camera??? maybe not as direct as the 2009 stuff at first but. it's definitely been building up close to it. and then Dan finally releases his comedy special for free on YouTube. Phil writes a gushy tweet about it. and dan just replies with 🧡. ...except for within a larger birthday tweet in 2023, dan had not used a heart emoji for phil since like... 2010??? and then suddenly he screenshots this interaction and POSTS IT ON HIS YOUTUBE COMMUNITY TAB with the caption "gay" and a link to his special. like. this isn't about confirmation... the people who have been saying that they probably aren't together or that you shouldn't think or wonder if they are were like, the twitter morality police, ex-phannies, and generally clueless people. tumblr phannies clearly have known that they've been gay for each other for the past 15 years. but this whole "gay 🧡" incident is the first time Dan Howell has very publicly said something like this about his relationship while being "unapologetically gay" as a very public figure (there's been some magazine interviews that technically have come close but, nothing as direct as this). like that is so fucking huge??? that he and phil are finally comfortable enough online, on YouTube, and in life, to go there!!! as we are now approaching fifteen years of them together too!!! like, it's so nice to get to celebrate such a happy queer relationship and expression of queer joy. and dan has hinted that bigger stuff is coming too... like. yeah phan is real I guess 🙃

[dpdailyupdate]

DanAndPhilGAMES Year in Review - 2024

January

Phil Pushes Dan’s Buttons for 18 Minutes 

PHIL'S BIRTHDAY CHARITY LIVE STREAM!

February

Dan and Phil play Poppy Playtime chapter 3!

HONEYMOON IN JAPAN! - Dan and Phil play THe Sims 4: Season 2 #7

THE PUBLIC WOOHOO INCIDENT - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #8

Dan and Phil Get Married, Have Kids and Retire

Who is the Real Dan Howell?

Dan and Phil’s DRAGon RACE

Forcing Dan to Watch All My TikTok Likes

GOLF WITH SLITS - Dan and Phil Play: Golf With Friends #9

March

BUBBLE TEA WITH THE BOYS - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season #9

Dan and Phil are BROTHERS?

Dan and Phil React to Plhan Twitter

Trunk Dexting with Pan and Dhil

Dan and Phil Get a Dog, Change Careers and Buy a House

April

DIL TAKES DOWN THE COPS - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #10 

Are Dan and Phil Connected?

PARTIAL KITCHEN REVEAL SHUFFLEBOARD SHOWDOWN!

Phantasy Mocktails with Daniel and Philippe

Getting Deep at the Slumber Party

DALIEN’S THROUPLE ERA - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #11

Lofi Phantasy - Beats to Game and Procrastinate To

May

One must imagine Dan and Phil Happy

WHY DAN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #12

UNHINGED Texting with Dan and Phil 

Forcing Dan to Watch MORE TikTok Likes

Transforming Dan into a Golden Pig 

Dan and Phil React to Phan Twitter 2

June

Dan and Phil Try a Drinking Game

DAN'S BIRTHDAY CHARITY LIVE STREAM!!

FASHION MAKEOVER SPECIAL EPISODE - Dan and Phil play The Sims Season 4: Season 2 #13

Do NOT make me say this! Dan And Phil play Incohearent ..again

Finally Revealing Our Secret

July

DAN AND PHIL MASSIVE PIZZA MUKBANK 2

An Apology to Our Community

Dan and Phil Dress Each Other

Dan and Phil Chained Together

Dan is going to get this channel deleted 

Forcing Dan to watch TikToks until he admits he loves it

August

WE HAVE HEARTSTOPPER AT HOME - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #15

Dan and Phil play DRESS TO IMPRESS

Dan and Phil React to The Amazing Tour is Not on Fire

Writing Phan Fiction About Ourselves

Date Night with Dan and Phil 

Dan and Phil play: Your Tumblr in 2015

September

Dan and Phil React to Phan Twitter 3

Dan tests: how dumb is blonde Phil?

Dress To Impress IN REAL LIFE

Dan and Phil should NOT tweet this

October

OUR BIG GAY PROM NIGHT - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #16 

POPPY PLAYTIME ANIMATION! Dan and Phil 

Gays Against Humanity 

Our Phanniversary Newlyweds Games

Dan and  Phil in The Backrooms

Dan and Phil ADOPT THE BABY IN YELLOW

Don’t Yap Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE) A Quiet Place: The Game 

Dan and Phil play Five NIghts at Freddy’s: THE JOY OF CREATION

Halloween Baking - RADIOACTIVE MUG CAKES

November 

OUR FIRST SIMS DEATH - Dan and Phil play The Sims 4: Season 2 #17

Dan and Phil and A Tiny Horse

December

Forcing Dan to watch my Tiktok likes until we have brainrot

Dan and Phil React to Phan Twitter 4

This game got us demonetised - INCOHEARENT!

GOOGLE FEUD HAS US FUMING

Dan and Phil React to AmazingDan