#phil reading my ask

[pinofdnp]

phil reading my ask !!

[amid-fandoms]

phil mentioning he's been reading a lot on the holiday and not giving us any details on what books he's been reading is a crime i'm taking it personally atp

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

they’re buffoons actually. like so stupid. absolute clowns. sillybillies even.

[philtstone]

the tale of aragorn and arwen being an appendix that a first time reader would very likely not have read makes all of aragorns “wistfully daydreaming about my girlfriend” moments in the books twelve hundred times funnier. and there are like so many of them too. literally no one, from his closest companions to the reader, has any idea why he is sighing forlornly at the trees, and the good professor simply doesnt bother to explain

[labialockercolourised]

I must speak my truth. I get the "Phil has an English degree lol" jokes, I really do...but every time I see them it has the same impact as "you're a linguist, how many languages do you speak?" And as someone who primarily works in phonetics, y'all, it made my spelling worse

[ghoulish-art-tendencies]

your title gives me a jumpscare whenever i see it and i do believe you intended that.

we should all wear these to conquer our fears.

[loveualottie]

Sewed a tshirt and got a new piercing. I hope dan and phil appreciate this effort

[philsmeatylegss]

Hiii I just saw a post Abt the v day video and how it's fucked up and such and I was just wondering why? I found it a few years ago but it was just kinda cute tbh what's wrong with it? Lmao I'm definitely a newer phan, I only started really following their stuff in like 2017 so I don't know too much about early dnp lol

Oh fuck I’m old

I think it’s safe enough to finally talk publicly about it.

Basically the vday video was a video Phil made for Dan for Valentine’s Day. He uploaded it privately onto his YouTube channel which Dan had the password to so Dan could see it. At this time, Dan was on vacation (pretty sure in India) and he wouldn’t have been able to see a video of that quality just through text or email. Shitty luck, the same time he privately uploaded it, infamous YouTube glitch happened where all private videos became public. And one of the videos that went public was the v day video.

There’s a lot of jokes about Dan in 2012, but it’s actually really depressing. Dan wasn’t out yet and he had a fuck ton of trauma surrounding his sexuality. 2012 is when dnp started blowing up enough to where they became part of popular early YouTube so people saved the v day video when it was uploaded.

They’ve only addressed it a few times in which they said it was an April Fool’s prank, which obviously doesn’t make sense, but what were they supposed to say? According to legend, people would keep reuploading the video and Phil would spend hours taking them down one by one and it would say “AmazingPhil took down this video for copyrite.”

It was a catalyst to just a really shitty period for dnp. All aggressively heterosexual clips from Dan’s liveshows are my 2012. “FYI I like vagina” is 2012. People were contacting his 14 year old brother to ask about him and Phil. That alone is both fucked up to drag a kid into this, but remember that Dan still wasn’t out to his family. It was probably so fucking terrifying when his YouTube life, especially regarding his sexuality and relationship, clashed with his family life for the first time.

There’s a noticeable difference between their relationship in videos from 2009-2011 and 2012-2015. And it is most likely because dnp blew up pretty big in 2012 and started going from making YouTube videos for fun to doing it as a job with the added pressure of millions watching. And the catalyst, or at least metaphorical catalyst, from the switch between being openly touchy feely giggles to strict, five feet apart mates is considered to be the vday vid.

It was a big problem in the phandom since it was leaked to around 2017ish. A lot of people were circulating it and word was that they were still being taken down years later, implying that Phil was still searching for the video years later.

The phandom used to be primarily 12-16 year olds. And when you’re that age, speaking from experience, you don’t understand the complexities of the situation and just kinda thought “teeheehee phan is real XD.” When in reality, it was a very sensitive and serious thing that wasn’t meant to ever be seen by the public. It’s literally where the cherry lube and kissing at the Manchester Eye reference is from.

Rightfully so, the video became more and more taboo to mention and most people caught on that it was a shitty thing to upload or share it. It used to be really taboo and affectionately was often referred to as “the video that shall not be named.”

It honestly has a backstory that is so story-like that it seems unreal. So much had to happen for it to be leaked and the impact it had on them was so large it’s like a black hole in phandom history.

It’s possible not all of this is accurate, this is just the basic lore of it. So while I don’t think the internet police will drag you to prison for saying you watched the vday video, this is the context behind it. Do with it what you will.

Spending your entire preteen, teen, and now 20s as a phannie will fry your brain in unimaginable ways. I knew this off the top of my head😭

[lesbiandanhowell]

Have I told you lately, I’m grateful you’re mine

pairing: Dan Howell/Phil Lester

rating: general audience

warnings: no ao3 warnings apply 

tags: domestic fluff

word count: 2.2k

summary: It wasn’t just the pain, but also the frustration he felt over how debilitating it was, he wanted to do things, he had planned to edit a video he had filmed for his channel and research some games they could play (or rather Dan could play) for the gaming channel. Now he just felt like someone had hit him over the head with a club and forced him into standstill, because just the thought of looking at a screen made him squeeze his eyes shut tighter.

OR

Phil is struggling with feeling like a burden on a day of strong migraines and Dan helps him feel at peace with accepting being taken care of.

note: this was the first fanfic I wrote after a few years of not writing much and it was inspired by asking @dapg-otmebytheballs what they would like to read. so thank you for the inspiration hazel!!

read on ao3

[astradyke]

I actually have a theory they are hard launching during or after the tour for the sole purpose of making big life decisions that you can’t really hide, like marriage. They are not in their 20s anymore, Phil is almost 40, so I feel like they are getting married or perhaps starting a family soon. If they come out as a couple now, a marriage announcement in the next year, for example, wouldn’t be that surprising however a marriage announcement when people (outsiders) don’t even know you’ve been together this whole time would for sure bring a looot more media attention which we know they don’t appreciate being private people. Maybe they want to ‘get that out of the way’ before they take a next step in their lives. Also I think the main reason their projects are back like merch, gaming channel, tour etc is because they probably want so save up as much as possible so can they can live financially comfortable without relying on the internet for money when they step down. Of course they are wealthy but money runs out eventually if you aren’t making any return or investing. After the tour and perhaps marriage/kids I honestly can see them retire complety in 5 years, 10 max. All i can say is im excited for what the future holds for them!

oooh i gotcha. you make a really good point about the marriage being almost too hard of a launch in a media way, i hadn't even thought about that but you're very right that would be like... really seismically big in the press even if us as an audience would probably roll with it. i can still see it happening-- bit potential is high on that-- but that makes total sense

also very good point about the projects returning and finances-- what i will add is i do think aside from TIT the two of them have other actual plans, whether that be collaboratively or solo work, that will still be hosted on YouTube. like the whole talk of AmazingPhil maybe doing something different and the 'new era' in the pizza mukbang 2 video makes me think that we're going to be in it for a while longer, like you said 5-10 years is a pretty strong estimate. i really think Dan turning 40 will probably be a strong marker for any shifts like that.

i dunno but you make very excellent points here! and yeah me too :D the future is bright and all of that

[pinofdnp]

OH???

[amid-fandoms]

They’re only reading ao3 rn because of the shift in the phandom moving towards bottom Phil, he’s living his truth reading his tag

[postsforphil]

submitting mysteries by the yeah yeah yeahs for phil (seems like his alt rock vibe)

there's something about this song that i think 18-22y/o phil particularly would really enjoy. just the certain pettiness that comes with that age ig, but also the energy of "i can't imagine not coming back to you but also idk who i hate more me or you" is so,,, it's fitting, is what i'll say. i like this submission

[rosefinnigen]

also this is such a weird beef for me to soap box/vague about but like this is my blog & it’s past my bedtime who gives a fuck. Anyway very specific type of dude comes on here and complains about “scammers” but clearly means “online sex workers not interested in fucking me personally for free”. be fucking for real dude most of us are not here to find dates we are here to work and be hot & if you don’t want to pay that’s whatever but providing specific services and accepting or asking for compensation for them is not a scam it’s a JOB

oh wow she asked you for money? the online sex worker asked you for money and only wanted to interact online? she didn’t feel like meeting you, a complete stranger, in person, for free? wow how surprising. like grow the fuck up dude. what a fucking tragedy, someone asked you for money rather than graciously appreciating the GIFT that is your gaze on our whore titties.oh it poisoned the experience for you? that the person you jack off to is also a human with bills to pay? get fucking real

[goldenpinof]

Now what if we get spooky week with sexy nun dan and phil wearing sean’s priest cost- *gunshot*