#rewatching what dan and phil text each other

[red-enby]

im sorry but has no one ever mentioned or talked about the fucking dan x 1d self insert fic that phil apparently wrote?????

[oldphanny]

I just went back and rewatched 'What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 4' and I had totally forgotten that last year for Dan's birthday, he really wanted an omatone and Phil forgot to get him one. Just makes me think about Dan getting the Duneussy this year and the great lengths Phil went to to redeem himself. 🥺

EDIT - I've spliced it together because I can't stop thinking about it. Sooo cute 🥺

[dnpbeats]

so much about why dan loves phil and how phil changed him but what about how phil loves dan??

Okay. When I first read this ask I was like "I got nothing" lol. now obviously not because I think phil doesn't love dan, clearly I believe that he does. but you'll notice that everything I said in my dan loving gremlin phil post was based on things that dan has said. and when it comes to phil, that man is SILENT!! he keeps his mouth shut. so I was like I have nothing to extrapolate from here. but! then I realized that's not true!! bc I think phil is very obvious with his actions!

and honestly just the fact that phil lets us see how much he loves dan through his actions speaks volumes in and of itself. because phil has said so many times that he's a private person, wants to keep any relationship he has private, etc., and I think he's proved that he's serious about that based on the fact that he hasn't said jack shit about dan in the way that dan has said stuff about him.

and yet, phil SHOWS so much how he cares for dan!!! and he says things that allow us to read between the lines! like phil buying the japan tickets and surprising dan with them in 2015. we know that dan is not an impulsive person at all and likes everything to be meticulously planned out. phil knew dan was never gonna bite the bullet so phil was just like "well this is a thing that's happening now" (see also: 2009, phil telling dan to buy tickets to come visit him for the first time and 2023, phil making dan come back to the gaming channel because he knew it would be enjoyable for him again). he just knows dan so well and loves him sm that he doesn't let dan stand in the way of his own happiness. and even though phil is private he allows us see how much he cares for dan, he doesn't try to hide it at all

and then just things like. phil telling the bbc he wanted dan to do the radio show with him. phil calling dan up on stage at the boncas. phil just randomly mentioning dan on his channel(/having dan be there) while giving no context bc at this point he expects everyone to just Know who dan is. phil talking about how proud he is of dan and his book at the end of the hair cutting video bc he knew dan wouldn't let him get away with saying that shit in front of him but he just had to say it.

okay and in terms how dan has changed him/bettered him. I do not think phil was necessarily an unconfident person/struggled in the same way dan did but like obviously everyone is gonna have their own insecurities. but I really truly believe that dan just, lets phil be phil. I was rewatching some of the ditl videos the other day, and in the manchester ditl there's the iconic "phil's in his own little world again" with the fondest laugh ever. but then! london ditl, dan saying yes phil should go climb on the lion and then filming him running over to it (and then being annoyed at the guy who told phil to get off LMAO). japan ditl dan telling phil to go run over towards the bird. do you catch my drift? like phil's a lil quirky but dan doesn't love him in spite of it he loves him because of it!! he encourages phil's phil-isms bc he loves them! and then also just little things like when phil swallowed the glue and dan knew he was anxious so he talked with the paramedic and then texted phil everything that they said and that he was gonna be fine!! I think dan is probably a voice of reassurance for phil a lot. like they just both know each other so well and they know exactly what the other needs, yk?

sorry that I let this sit in my ask box for almost a week anon I just had a lot of thoughts to collect but yeah <3 that's all

[goldenpinof]

What were your favorite parts of wdapteo 4👹

WAD LORE. that's what makes my heart flutter. all those pictures and texts related to any leg of the tour but especially Europe. "oh, i love everybody!" (but the Dutch, hehe). Dublin is unhinged. i want Dan to make a google doc and summarise each show with pics and stuff. i want to hear about Copenhagen's venue and other places i talked about a hundred times.

apart from wad. they said so much! the first video of the year and they actually shared SO much with us. and Dan's specific laughter that we didn't really see/hear until the return of dnpg, and now we see it on ap channel as well, and i'm screaming inside. this is so good, the vibes are unmatched! i rewatched the video, and now i'm buried under the notes, and i didn't even take every note i wanted to. it's just so much. i think it's gonna be that type of a video that reveals to you something new every time you come back to it (this sentence is grammatically incorrect but idk how to fix it). so much random ass shit, so many parallels, inside jokes? like Dan using the weakest link up to this day to playfully mock Phil? just because he can? it's not for us, it's for them. and they decided to share it with us :( so many "this is us, if you wanna know us, this is us". and i'm like, THANK YOU.

[phregnancy]

I was rewatching all their texting videos today, and I just realized how much they texted each other when Dan was on tour. The vibe from WDAPTEO in 2022 always seems off to me when Dan was putting on the whole ready to mingle kinda persona so i never rewatch it. I wonder what the vibe would be if Phil was able to join him. And like how did Dan feel when Phil couldn’t join him on tour.

i don’t think dan would’ve leaned so heavily into the slut dan summer bit if he wasn’t alone. i think he was overcompensating a bit because he hadn’t planned on being apart from phil for so long and knew that phil was really unwell and there was nothing dan could do to help, and slut dan summer was to distract himself and his audience from how difficult that time was as he didn’t go into the wad era as overtly sexual as he became while touring and separated from phil. i just always think about how dan briefly flew back home mid-tour just for phil’s birthday, knowing how important birthdays are to phil. i think the involuntary separation was really hard for both of them.

[astradyke]

okay i had several thoughts last night because i rewatched What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 4 at like 2 am but the only one i remember is: do people have any idea what other hats Phil might own? because during the Elden Ring facetime it looks like he's wearing a hat and he has his hand over the brim of it, and it doesn't look like the WAD hat but it's possible it could be and if it IS that is like soul-damning. Do we have thoughts on this

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Forever Home Masterlist (2)

part one

and the house becomes a home again (ao3) - BLUEGREYKIM

Summary: Dan’s plane lands at one-thirty-two AM (he’s been tracking the flight since it took off, and his stomach’s been flipping with jitters since Dan’s phone switched to aeroplane mode and his texts stopped going through).

Two and a half months, since Dan's been home, and Phil has been going crazy.

(also known as the dan comes home fic)

cat bells (ao3) - N_Chu4Ever

Summary: The catboy photoshoot, except it all goes weirdly wrong because Phil accidentally bought Dan a magic cat costume off the internet. Oops.

cat bells 2: the philling (ao3) - N_Chu4Ever

Summary: Just after rewatching the first three PINOFs, a mysterious package arrives on Dan and Phil's doorstep. Inside is a new cat costume... and Phil has a slightly terrible idea.

🌸 cherry blossom 🌸 (ao3) - natigail

Summary: It had been a silly dream at first. The idea to have a cherry blossom tree in their garden they didn't even have yet. It hadn't felt like it was something that would really happen.

But it was real. Dan was watching their tree, Phil's arms around him, and hoping they would get to see its first bloom soon.

Couch Potatoes (ao3) - ahappyphil

Summary: Picking a sofa for the forever home

Curse of the Golden Pig (ao3) - Tarredion

Summary: Dan disapproves of some of Phil's interior design choices — and despite all the compromises they've had to make, there's still a whole lot of them in the forever home. If he finds out Phil has snuck any of them into their new bedroom, and they're off-putting enough, he'll even refuse to sleep (or do anything ... else) in the same room as them.

Phil knows his whining is mostly superficial, though — Dan really doesn't mind it as much as he makes it seem, and even just a few kisses will make his facade crumble... a flawless tactic.

Forever Home (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Phil’s wanted a dog for as long as he can remember, and now that he and Dan are moving into their new house, it’s the perfect opportunity. But there’s just one problem: Phil’s allergic to dogs.

home (ao3) - Rawritsamehh

Summary: just a little drabblely thing

home wasn't built in a day (ao3) - cityofphanchester

Summary: “Different, though,” Phil says. He sets the glass down, prisms of light cascading out around it, and then he presses firmly into Dan’s side and speaks with a thoughtful air of bone-deep certainty. “It feels real now. Like we’ve actually finally done it.”

Words lose their way somewhere between Dan’s brain and mouth and end up sticking in his throat. Phil rarely vocalizes his feelings, rarely draws on straightforward sincerity. But here he is, calm and settled at Dan’s side, unequivocally permanent.

“Even if half the lights and plumbing are out?” Dan asks eventually.

Phil’s laugh is soft and low in his chest. “Even if.”

It's Been Years (Thirteen) (ao3) - BLUEGREYKIM

Summary: It’s been years, Dan thinks. Twelve of them, by now. Thirteen, in October. They’re in their thirteenth year. God, he’s gotten older. Less than ten years to go before he’ll have known Phil for longer than he hasn’t.

late night talking (ao3) - theloveofbees

Summary: it surely wasn’t the weirdest thing phil had caught dan doing in their thirteen years of knowing each other, but it was up there.

or it's the summer before dan's tour and they talk on the floor of their office.

made for you (ao3) - BLUEGREYKIM

Summary: Phil, in all the years he's known Dan, can tell what he's thinking with a glance, a lock of eyes. Dan, in all the years he's known Phil, is the same.

aka the fic where they have a super psychic connection and insane communicative skills (real life)

New memories (ao3) - R3ad3r1

Summary: Phil looks at their new house with a hint of sadness. Dan fixes it in the most romantic way.

On The Balcony (ao3) - cafephan

Summary: Whoever said moving to a forever home would be easy was lying.

Overheated (ao3) - kattdan

Summary: Phil's health issues

Returning home (ao3) - philsbignaturals

Summary: In which Dan returns to find a clingy Phil

Based on the selfie Dan took after returning from the European tour

Santa Buddy (ao3) - philsbignaturals

Summary: In which the boys host joint family Christmas in their forever home

Based on the Michael Bublé Santa Baby cover

summer skies (ao3) - cityofphanchester

Summary: Dan doesn’t think Phil's left the apartment, but he redials from his recent contacts all the same, listens to the ring for a few beats before he turns back, and there he is, curled sideways on his arm on the daybed, fast asleep in the shade.

(forever home, summer 2021)

Sutures (ao3) - jerseker

Summary: Phil returns to the forever home after a week away, just in time to pull Dan out of his negative thought spiral.

Taking a Break (ao3) - Nefertiti1052 (Succubusphan)

Summary: Phil has a broken leg.

unpacking forever (ao3) - cityofphanchester

Summary: Dan takes charge of the details, once they've moved in.

waking up in your arms with my mind on you and me (ao3) - natigail

Summary: On October 19th 2021, Phil wakes up first. Twelve years ago he woke up way too early, nervous for their first meeting and now they are waking up in their shared bed in their forever home. Phil allows himself to be a little sappy but it's okay because Dan easily joins him.

waking up to a dream (ao3) - vhslucky

Summary: "I missed you..." Phil mumbled against Dan's jacket, reveling in the familiarity of his smell. "I missed you more," Dan whispered warmly. Phil vehemently shook his head, "Not possible." Dan chuckled. Phil found that sound so sweet and endearing that he pulled him even closer.

with water out of sunlight (ao3) - cityofphanchester

Summary: Whoever was last in the house has left all the doors open, and there’s light spilling down the hallway and making the white walls glow.

(Dan walks the forever home.)

[ahappyphjl]

can you rec some of your fave dnp from your playlist? :) currently going through some of their older content and always up for recommendations since there’s a lot out there

yess of course, happy to!! my "faves" playlist has over 100 videos and i love all of them, so i'll list the ones i rewatch most often, and ones that just mean a lot to me. i didn't include many of their newer videos or any of the pinofs though, cause they're all so great. hope u find some that u really like :)

both:

a festive day in the life of dan and phil

dan and phil play undertale (the series)

halloween baking - pumpkin spice pumpkin cookies

halloween baking - monster pops (just all the baking videos lol)

14 year old phil's game - dan and phil play: the mark of oxin

dan and phil play cards against humanity

dan vs phil: yasuhati

making a phandwich - dan and phil play: overcooked #2

amazingdan

the tree

a day in the life of dan and phil in london

the photo booth challenge

dan and phil play just dance

dan and phil play the impossible quiz #2

will dan and phil be millionaires

the wardrobe

blindfolded cat face game

something we want to tell you

dan and phil play golf with friends (the series)

what dan and phil text each other 2022

dan and phil play incohearent

phil:

viewers pick my outfits

a static lullaby - toxic (britney spears cover)

meet my mum

reacting to my baby videos

draw my life

draw my life: part 2

i got attacked by a squirrel

the hand - a dan and phil fanfiction by phil lester

coming out to you

trying to see without my glasses

trying to catch and rescue an injured wild pigeon

dan:

trying to live my truth

i nearly blinded myself

our awkward fancy meal

dan reacts to his childhood videos

the urge - a dan and phil fanfiction by dan howell

basically i'm gay

butterfingers (first solo dan vid i watched & which made me sub to him lmao)

dan's diss track - roast yourself challenge

my bahamas travel disaster

we are in a relationship

[organized-chaotic-disaster]

SCREAMING I was rewatching “What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 2021” and my very straight, conservative Christian father, in the other room, sees a minute of it or something and goes “let me guess, they’re gay?”

I go “what??”

And he says “they’re both gay right?”

AND I’M JUST LIKE. YEA ACTUALLY HOW DID YOU KNOW???? AND HE SAYS HIS GAYDAR WENT OFF????

THEY WEREN’T EVEN TALKING ABOUT GAY SHIT HOW DID HE KNOW????

[antiadvil]

i am again late to doing this but ty to @kaythejay for tagging me in this!!

last song: i am currently listening to "you don't want me like that" by Rachel Bochner and Xana. But the last song to play was "she's pretty" by Beth McCarthy. Both gay bops

favorite color: okay this is one that I have a controversial answer to. i don't have a favorite color. i like most colors and the most important thing with color is variety, imo. but green light is the least aggravating for my migraines so i'll go with that if i have to pick!

currently watching: i don't generally watch tv or movies! good omens was an exception. i genuinely find it confusing when people recommending me other shows based on good omens lol like ??? i already have a tv show!! i'll watch that if i want to watch tv!! but right now i'm rewatching what dan and phil text each other 2 bc i'm obsessed with that series

last movie: oh god... it was probably iron man 2 or something lol it's been a while

sweet/spicy/savory: i like a good balance of savory and sweet in my diet. but for a treat i'll usually go sweet

relationship status: not available OR taken but a secret third thing (commitment issues)

current obsessions: dan and phil (clearly).

last thing you googled: "grippy sock vacation" lol. i got grippy socks when i was in the hospital for completely non-psych reasons bc i was a fall risk and i was wondering why you'd get them in psych wards lmao

selfie or another pic you took: honestly i wish i was more comfortable posting my face on my tumblr!! but i just am not comfortable connecting my face that i wear around every day to work and stuff with an rpf fandom tumblr blog so you're just going to have to believe me when i say i dyed my hair pink recently and i looked so hot :(

no pressure tags: @tangsweet @normalamber @phaggot4phaggot

[blossoms-phan]

hiiiii dear mutual! thxgiving has been okay ish, im currently eating food in my sisters room feeling a lil under weather but its okay ^_^ i rewatched what dnp text each other 4 like two ish days ago and it's been on my mind since... they're so silly and i can't WAIT for wdapteo 5!!! we haven't seen a wdapteo with them both being on tour since the original one, and also now they're like loudly gayer. i'm wondering if we'll see behind the scenes of calendar or no but seriously imagine it... etc. i dunno im just rambling but yeah ^_^

all im doing today is im going to finish this food go to my room, play some pokemon stuff while watching another content creator's vod. and then at like 9 pm i'll spend 4 hours in a frenzy writing phanfic again :)

im starting to hope theyll go on tour again in the future bc i do actually want to meet them with every passing day, but i cant believe i got to see them at TIT at all! that's so cool! im also wondering what they're going to do for the holidays? i hope not a full gamingmas that sounds like wayyyy too tiring for them, but! insta stories... maybe dan tags along to another lester thing...

okay that's enough of my yapping i hope that was good o7. HOW ARE YOU!!!!! how has your day been??? what's on your mind???

xo mare astradyke :)

HELLO MY BELOVED MARETUAL <3333 this is the exact kind of ask i wanted tysm for the yap :3 wdapteo 4 was literally my most rewatched video this year according to youtube lmao so it's safe to say i LOVE it, absolutely solid rewatch choice and i also cannot WAIT for wdapteo 5!! they're just suuuch good videos with silly bants/insight into daily dnp shenanigans obviously and i think there will be good tidbits this year maybe with tour planning and stuff?? and it's like the one video we're pretty much guaranteed at this point (i remember last year when i had lost hope we would get it and then we did! with a mention of "next installment") so yeah that is also defo keeping me going rn.

that sounds fun i hope the food is yummy!! i'm excited to see what you're working on, that's a solid fic writing time i also was sat in front of a doc from 9pm to like. 3am last night (that sounds like i was absolutely grinding away but a lot of breaks to curate my playlists and stress so very little actual writing lol) but gonna try again today. i literally go to sleep thinking about them and then dream of them the phannie brainrot goes crazy but it's also fun :3

i feel the same way omg, sometimes it's still sooo hard for me to conceptualize that i actually saw them irl?? this year?? they're real?? didn't get to meet them but would also love to one day, they're so pretty even from a distance. even with all the tit discussions we have on here and seeing so many friends/moots/whoever on here describe their experiences i try not to forget just how grateful i am for still being here in the phandom that i got the opportunity to see such an incredible show, them as their happiest and most open and free selves, it's so cool<33 with the way they've been talking in interviews i have soo much hope about the future, that there's fun stuff coming after the tour too and just. how cool is that!! i honestly hope they just have a relaxing break with their families they deserve it, but yes insta stories would be everything and im still hung up on that story of phil's mum giving dan snowballs while he was editing at their house at christmastime like dan and the lesters is so dear to me <3

i yapped SO much in return omg lmao but im okay! very unexciting non holiday day for me over here lol, went grocery shopping and that's pretty much it. i'm looking for a job rn so the stress of that is kinda always lingering in the back of my mind and it's driving me a liiitle crazy but hopefully something comes up soon! i need a phupload to distract me from the horrors </3

thank you for sharing and enabling me to yap in return friend i hope you have an amazing night!!!!! ^_^ <3333

[peach-pot]

I knew in my heart another “what Dan and Phil text each other” video would come out soon. I was literally in the middle of rewatching an old one when I realized there was a new one.

[lesbiandanhowell]

dnp asks- 1 and 11 !! :3

1. who do you relate to more?

I keep joking that I am Phil with Dan's mental health issues, which is only like half a joke. Aesthetic wise I am 100% Phil (like we could share a wardrobe I am not kidding) but a lot of what Dan has told us about his mental health journey and especially YWGTTN hit very close to home for me. I am also very silly and childish (/pos) and clumsy like Phil tho and we share that funky social anxiety, while Dan's poetic musings on relationship and any more deep topic is very much the way I tend to philosophise.

11. favorite series?

If we count their Day in the Life videos as a series then those, because the comfort the casualness of them brings me is unmatched. I am a big fan of just, domestic content of any sorts so like the more 'real' the video and maybe honestly boring, the better for me! Which brings me to Dan and Phil text each other, my beloved and I cherish the three we got and rewatch them regularly.

Thanks for the ask nine!

dan and phil questions

[feelingofcontent]

Tell me your 3 favorite post hiatus videos 🎤

omg this was so hard! 😭 I started with a list of like 15 videos lol

in no particular order:

Do NOT read these cards out loud - Dan and Phil play Incohearent - this is the post-hiatus gaming video I rewatch the most and it still makes me laugh every time. I really love them just playing these simple card games and banting. also dan finding phil the funniest person ever (he's right) and getting progressively more blush-y as phil says things

DON’T SCREAM - If You Scream You Lose! - I don't usually like the spooky games that much but they were so immersed in this one and so was I. also it was so early-on in the comeback and had the multiple re-played slo-mo hand holding moments?? the first hint that they were really going to be more free in

What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 4 - I love the little snapshots into their every day life. also, I was kinda concerned about them doing another one of these after they didn't really seem into the 3rd one, but this one was SO good.🥺 might be partially a favorite because it exceeded my expectations by so much. peak comfort content for me.

this would probably change if you ask me next week though! there are so many that I love

[fuckingmeteors]

Just rewatched What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 4. Happy to report that video is still absolutely batshit

[danrifics]

random q that I'm hoping you or someone can help me with, do you remember which video this is from - basically it's Phil reading a text from Dan and he's mad bc Phil keeps moving a charger all the time that they keep in a specific place. I thought it was a what dnp text each other video but I've rewatched them all and can't find it and it's driving me insane bc I'm sure this is a real thing and I haven't dreamt it or smth but I can't think of what other video it would've been in

i don’t have time to look for the exact one but im pretty sure it’s either pinof 9 or 10 or one of their bloopers from those videos