#to the ppl who followed for dan and phil

[mousekink]

happy birthday to my favorite duck disaster(s) 🎉

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bonus pov: you tried talking to me on june 9th:

[dapgolf]

how many years have they been professional youtubers and they're still using a cardboard box as a laptop stand

[ghostdnp]

rpf is holy and pristine

[antiadvil]

How bad is it that every time Dan and Phil do something incredibly married (joint Instagram posts) I go wait this is such a good idea I should start doing this with my besties. Why was my aquarium post not a joint post??? What am I doing??

[philsjumpers]

ok but honestly dan going 'i am literally the only person (other than YOU) who i think is capable of keeping a secret' to phil is making me more emo than it has any right to. esp considering he followed it up w that whole huge rant abt how much he doesnt trust ppl to keep secrets and how srsly he takes it. but absolutely zero doubt in his mind that phil is equally capable of keeping secrets if it's important to someone. trusts him so completely. thinking of how long they spent in the closet together not rlly trusting anyone except each other with their personal lives but also just how much dan trusts phil in general to be a good person even tho dan claims to be such a cynic abt human nature usually. excuse me i'll be in a ditch in the ground if anyone needs me

[dnpbeats]

Seeing your reblog about the whole "can Phil express an opinion" lore, it just reminds me of how much i LOVE that Dan and Phil kept their tight, niche group of friends (with PJ, Sophie and Sean etc...) instead of hanging out with those "more popular, cloud-chasing youtubers". They are the people who are slightly nerdy, extremely creative and enjoy and love what they are doing. They take their time and share what they feel comfortable at different points at their lives and never sell their private lives for cash. It's just very endearing of them.

hi sorry it took me forever to answer this lol. yes I agree!! tbh I think it probably stems from the fact that they started YouTube so early that they weren't trying to get famous by doing it yk. like they kind of stumbled into fame. so they don't have that same attitude that some content creators have of just trying to get to the next follower milestone, and with that also comes not having like superficial friendships with ppl just bc you're both famous (or even like, genuine friendships that end in a falling out bc one person is jealous over the other's fame)

[mooonzyyyy]

hey guys since phannies from twt are coming im gonna establish a few rules for me in case someone does follow me

if you in any way think that making dan and phil smut stories or just talking about them having sex is normal do not interact with me i can’t emphasize enough i don’t like you guys i think you all are massive creeps and im not letting you near me or letting you ruin anything okay?

if you follow ppl who are fine with it also stay far away from me i don’t trust you at all okay?

this blog is a safe place for ppl who don’t fuck with that energy and ppl who are only here to reblog gifs and talk about how in love dan and phil are (without mentioning sex coz they are real ppl and dan said in big he hates this but some ppl seem to forget <3)

that’s all bye <3

[dnpoll]

my personal explanations below the cut!

also i scheduled this poll and i realised i forgot ARIANA GRANDE that's deep lore... GOD

muse: one of the things that dan and phil bonded over when they met each other - phil's favourite artist with his streams making it dan's top artist from 2014-2016. they have also seen muse at least five times! dan has played muse songs several times on the piano (specifically sunburn) + they did a lip sync video to muse for bbc radio. also they made fun of kristen stewart a lot when they were younger (they have since apologised and called her an iconic) and she was in twilight and muse supermassive black hole is famously in twilight so...

final fantasy vii: the soundtrack with interrupted by fireworks! dan said it reminded him of phil in a formspring answer <3 and that's all...

fall out boy: firstly "no but seriously imagine if:". secondly they have interviewed fob several times for the bbc! thirdly, specifically with pete wentz, he was dan's icon in his teenage years. he followed dan because of the interviews with him - he even prank called dan in call or delete. but as punishment in a best friend quiz video, phil tweeted "sometimes i dream about being one of the reindeer galloping through the sky with leather straps tying me to my friends mm yes carrots please" from dan's account - and pete wentz unfollowed fob. i am also convinced they think the milk fic is a petekey fic or something

the 1975: dan and phil called into the radio as fans when they were not hosting and the 1975 was there! dan said he was there with "his friend phil" and matty healy immediately recognised them as "dan and phil from the radio" despite them trying to be sneaky about it. dan also LOVED a brief inquiry into online relationships which he posted on his story and said he was "personally attacked by literally every song on the album". mm okay

my chemical romance: firstly "no but seriously imagine if". secondly dan specifically was/is a huge fan of mcr - although phil did sing welcome to the black parade (incorrectly) in a yasuhati video). mcr was also referenced in dan and anthony padilla's stop emo hate video, basically i'm gay and the dream daddy series, just to name a few (they g note a LOT). also hesitant alien featured in the tour of dan's brain video! gerard used to follow dan on twitter but doesn't anymore... beef?

panic! at the disco: firstly "no but seriously imagine if". also brendon and ryan are in the milk fic which they constantly reference. also there's a dnp edit with 57k views to house of memories

frank ocean: dan's top song in 2012 was "thinkin about you" by frank ocean which ppl talk abt a lot for many reasons. he also said his religion was frank ocean in 2016 LOL

troye sivan: YOUTUBE FRIENDS LOL - the iconic pic with dan, phil, troye and tyler! also dan and phil were the first people to play troye sivan's happy little pill on the radio, and are thus partially responsible for his success. troye sivan also led to chappell roan's success, so basically muse is responsible for chappell roan. troye also featured in a phil glasses video!

one direction: firstly, dnp interviewed them - a harrowing event that they outline in detail in tabinof. secondly, the iconic dan eating an orange picture behind a 1d concert. lastly, they talk about harry styles quite a bit - phil posed as him in a viewers pick my outfit, and of course the rotisserie chicken situation

nick jonas: hey buddy you in london #dick

smash mouth: more recent dan-based lore but mark (tour member) made an instagram story asking how to get all-star licensed. a phannie (royalsdnp on twt) then tweeted about it, and smash mouth (the twt account) saw it. dan then tweeted at the account asking for it, and it worked! smash mouth is now an official dannie, having tweeted orange for wad, and also offered the original demo for shrek to be used, saying it can maybe be for dan's next special. generally insane because dan has ofc always been a huge shrek fan as a part of his meme personality in the 2010s, even dressing up as him for a calendar

[thebellzjon]

forgot that u have to warn normal ppl who follow u before a dan and phil event 😕

[phannieconfession]

There are some ppl on phan tumblr who are so high horse in their beliefs and caustic in the way they talk. and i feel like the reason other people like them is bc they have bought into the superiority complex and think the bitchiness is cool or something, which is so antithetical to dan and phil and feels so immature and high school. It’s really weird to me when I see that kind of mean girl queen bee behavior working online. Don’t we just want to vibe and talk about two dorks in love? Why do you want to follow someone who has a layer of bitter snark encoating half of what they say? Why do you want to inflate their sense of superiority over the rest of the phandom?

i want to know who this is so bad

[tojiscrack]

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄 ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

this was long overdue but it’s here now so let’s go!

— i’m a freshly-turned 18 year old (24th oct)

— ‘sumaya’ is a pseudonym 🫣

— british asian :)

— currently studying for my a-levels

— major satoru gojo enthusiast (you will literally never find someone who loves that man more than i do)

— my favourite anime of all time is attack on titan. following that would probably be death note, but i really enjoyed the journey jujutsu kaisen was taking before its end <3

— very opinionated and enjoy debating

— rom-coms 🤝 me (emphasis on the com part — i like to think it shows in my writing lol)

— i’ve watched so many shows over the years, here are the couples i ship for all of them:

gossip girl: dan and blair, lily and rufus

attack on titan: eren and mikasa, ymir and historia (but HEAVY on eren and mikasa, my babies)

the vampire diaries: stefan and elena

harry potter: harry and hermione, remus and tonks, lily and james

jujutsu kaisen: toji and mamaguro, miwa and mechamaru, yuta and maki (HEAVY on the first one tho)

you: joe and my fist

the hunger games: katniss and peeta

modern family: literally all the senior couples (gloria and jay, cam and mitch, and phil and claire), but HEAVY on phil and claire, i love them sm

i’ve definitely missed a couple hundred shows/films, i’ll probably add to this list haha

— fav mc in all of fiction = eren jaeger.

— i’m a book girly through and through. if you know i’ve watched a movie or a show that has a book counterpart, 9 times out of 10 i will have already read it

— fav series for books:

the folk of the air series: the cruel prince , the wicked king , and the queen of nothing (followed by the spin-off duology)

a good girl’s guide to murder series: a good girl’s guide to murder , good girl, bad blood , as good as dead

a thousand splendid suns (this BROKE me)

— my mbti: entj — commander

— i love caramel milk tea, or caramel frappes, or just anything caramel really

— the same way gojo loves sweet treats, i love spicy food (like if i’m blowing up the toilet at 3am, mission accomplished)

— favourite season: autumn 🤭

— favourite holiday: halloween!!!

— i live off of fizzy drinks. ppl call me crazy but i hate water :/

— horror movies/mystery genre 🤝 me

— as much as i write a lot of fanfiction, i don’t ready any 😭 unfortunately, i see characters a certain way in my mind (like their canon counterparts), and if i read some and they’re more fanon centred… idk, it just rubs me the wrong way. it’s just a personal preference tho, write fanon as much as you want, it’s your story after all! i incorporate bits and pieces of fanon in mine, too, but i just don’t prefer it being a focal point, so i tend to avoid reading fanfiction all the same :)

— i’m a study freak 😕 (workaholic)

— open to making friends on here, always. i like to think i’m easy to talk to!

this will most likely be updated if i’ve missed anything else. until then, you know all there is to know about me!

[yonpote]

also some ppl asked me abt what i was talking about w like. SOME fans' perceptions toward dnp's early relationship. giant nonsense under cut :3

essentially it was about like, i guess we have an idea in our heads about what a parasocial relationship between a celebrity and a fan looks like right. and there can be issues there when boundaries are crossed, particularly when the celebrity is the one to cross that boundary without acknowledging the inherent power dynamic that they hold. this is still an issue that can happen with youtubers to this day ESPECIALLY because the line between creator and fan is so blurred.

when we hear about how dan and phil's relationship started out, from the current perspective we have towards parasocial youtube relationships, it can look a lot like that power dynamic. i mean for the most part, its something that's joked about, but specifically from the view of a "crazy fan". dan is phil trash, hes the ultimate phillie, he's the parasocial fan who won, i mean even HE joked about it back in the day (in a much edgier way) with his video about befriending internet stars by doing all these horrible things.

but it's important to remember what youtube was like in 2009, and what youtube culture specifically in the UK was like in 2009. those old halloween gathering vlogs and old sitc vlogs are all still up on youtube, and you can see it really was just. 50 nerds standing in a field huddled around doing whatever. the only thing i could compare it to in my personal life was going to facebook group cosplay meetups in washington square park in nyc, just a bunch of nerds wearing horns in a park and then going to get mcdonalds afterwards lol.

a youtuber wasnt even a real thing at this point in time. there was no money to be made really, just internet clout. cant remember who said this in a call recently, but someone made this comparison: dan and phil meeting each other was less like a modern day youtuber meeting a fan and more like a tumblr user with several thousand followers meeting a tumblr user with a few hundred followers. like in terms of a dynamic, sure phil was a few years older and had some internet clout, but that didnt have nearly as much weight back then as it does today. also fine lets talk about the age gap.

dan was 18 and phil was 22. a lot of (american) people talk about this and are like "oop red flag!" and im american so i kinda get it. especially when you know about how college dudes can and do prey on girls fresh out of high school like that. but a couple things to remember.

there are different standards for age differences in relationships everywhere around the world and we cant just view everything from the one mindset we know, and in terms of mental differences, 18 really isnt that different from 22 (frontal lobe aint done developing just yet yall)

they are two queer guys. and im not saying whatever isnt possible but like its something to take into account that queer relationships are just not going to be in the same framework as het ones.

they are two neurodivergent guys. a common thing w neurodivergence is feeling like youre being left behind by peers.

alright lets focus on that last point shall we? think about it this way. dan had just finished [UK equivalent of high school SORRY FOR BEING AMERICAN] but he is taking a gap year. from what hes said and what we've seen of this time, it seems like his friends have gone off to uni and he was kind of alone and figuring out what he should even do. idk if he even decided on studying law yet by the time he started talking to phil.

speaking of whom... phil had also just finished school, he finished his masters at uni! i posted a clip on here that i found really interesting from a (pre-dan) 2009 vlog of phil being open about like, feeling scared about what to do once school was over. he had to get a job and move out of his parents house and become a Real Man.

if you think about it, dan and phil were in much more similar boats than you might think at first glance. they were both extremely internet queerdos who were being forced to "grow up" and felt kind of isolated from their peers who seemed to have their shit together in comparison. there was a lot they could relate to even outside of common interests or anything like that.

its not a lie that there was some parasocial nature to their relationship at the start, but it's not nearly the same as other later cases of youtuber-fan relationships. but also! maybe im only saying all this cuz it worked out right? what abt [redacted] and [redacted]? two queer guys, similar ages to dnp, similar amounts of internet clout, but they didnt work out. so maybe it really is just bc its dan and phil specifically that it managed to work out.

[frnkeatsmarbels]

INTRO POST!!!!!!!

Halloooooo :D my name is Frank but u may know me as FRNKNSTEIN or frnkeatsmarbels depending who you are xD and i LOVE DNP!!!!! i've just started using tumblr. . . (i have no idea how to work this pls help) ALL my friends (2 ppl) recommended me to use tumblr so hopefully i stick to it ^__^

my main interests:

DAN AND PHIL: my main interest right now is defo dnp, I'm meeting them in belfast on the 2nd of feb!!!! if u are too hmu ^__^!!!! (pls. . . i have no irl phannie friends >__>)

THE QUARRY: i LOOOVE the quarry!!! i am a new fan tho >_<" but id love some moots who also like it ^___^!!

MILES ROBBINS: idk what to tell u bro i just LUVVV HIM!!

DEXTER: i LOVE dexter SO MUCH XDD i've finished the show and im now rewatching it with my friend Sam ^__^!!

ART: i also draw!!!! im pretty shy about showing my art so i may or may not post it sometimes >__<"

MUSIC: i really really like music in general, talk to me about music and ill be yapping for 3-5 buisness days xD

SMOSH: I'm currently getting into smosh xP I'm new to the fandom so dont expect me to know MUCH about them, i just like sum vids ^__^!!

TONY THE TIGER: Don't ask. . . if u know me from my tiktok you know about tonyisnotonfire T____T"

Where im from/live: IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!! IRISH PPL WITH MY INTERESTS PLSSSSSSS TALK 2 ME :(

Favourite movies Suicide room, We're all going to the worlds fair, I Saw The Tv Glow, brokeback mountain, and probably more that i've forgotten about >__>"

bands: brokencyde, 4DBLING, jj demon, dot dot curve, millionaires, 3OH!3, McCafferty, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, MUSE, 8-bit suicide, skeletons in the closet, eminem, uncle outrage, the used, scotty vanity, scene kidz, ohemgee, Sleeping With Sirens, Never Shout Never, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!! follow my spotify!!!!

My animals: i have one dog called Saffie and a deaf cat called Pearl xD

Fav song: I Liked You Better On Your Pictures On MySpace - 4Dbling

Where I'm mostly found: tiktok and spacehey ^__^" if u want to get in contact with me i recommend txting me on my spacehey >__< (its frnkeatsmarbels. . . it wont let me add it here ¬___¬)

THE END

if you've read until this far thank uuuu smmm >__<!!!!!!!!!!! i hope we can be friends xD

[tommyssupercoolblog]

Like a few days ago I think? I was at the vet and I complimented the vet assistant person's shoelaces and they were like. Thanks :) and I was like dang. I guess no Tumblr.

But THEN later I complimented their bracelet and they were like "it's the name of a formula one racer" and i was like "ohhh some of my tumblr mutuals or ppl I follow like that stuff" and they were like "oh i love tumblr" and i was like YO REAL??!!!! Turns out they just didn't process my question until after and then it was like. Oh shit that's right Tumblr code damn. Which is very poggers And also highlights that maybe the Tumblr code is actually very inefficient on a website full of people who usually forgor things or struggle to social???

Anyways if you were the vet that had to stop my dog from eating her own ear juice then I was about to go to bed but then I remembered that and I was like. Dang I wonder if we have any fandoms in common or something, we could have even interacted before and I would NEVER KNOW!!!! So I decided to post about it :3 and then maybe we will find each other's blogs and be like "cool!!!"

Or maybe nothing will happen, or maybe we're mutuals already in secret, or MAYBE you DIDN'T know me before this at all and WILL find this post but then check my blog after this and be like "oh. Gross" and block me. Idk because we talked for like 2 seconds. >:P

IF NOTHING ELSE we all have learned that 1) Tumblr code doesn't work that good in practice 2) bracelets of your blorbos will always be in style regardless of fandom or wether it's RPF. Dan and Phil? Bracelet. Formula one driver? Bracelet. Gravity falls character? Bracelet. The fandom gods demand you make silly little jewelry for ur guys

[phregnancy]

do ppl know why they don't interact with chris anymore? the last time i heard of him he wasn't doing very well :/ i wonder if they still talk behind cameras

chris stepped away from youtube because he wasn’t really doing what he wanted to do and he didn’t like that his audience was largely dnp’s audience who treated him as an extension of them, i imagine that made things tense between them. i know he tried to pursue acting independently after quitting youtube and got a couple bit roles and after that tried streaming for a bit, but i think he’s been completely silent for a while. chris doesn’t follow either of them on instagram and dan doesn’t follow chris (phil does though), not the best indicator of friendship but they were friends and did all follow each other so choosing to unfollow was a deliberate choice.

[lezbrarian]

i'd like to formally apologize to the ppl who followed me bc of my recent muna-posting (i do love them and post about them sometimes) -- all for me to be mostly a dan and phil blog. truly humbling and humiliating and again, i do apologize for that