This Genre Of Dan And Phil Tweets >>>>>>

This genre of dan and phil tweets >>>>>>

every time i think about dan and phil becoming the internet’s go-to example of the Dangers of Shipping Real People it makes me so exhausted. for their entire fourteen year career together they have encouraged people to write fic about them and draw fanart and generally “be creative” as they always phrase it. dan specifically, outside of 2012/2013 when he was aggressive towards fans pestering him about it, at one point said he likes reading fic and that he’s often surprised about how good they can be. hell, they wrote fanfic of themselves in their own published book and hired a popular fanartist to illustrate a manga of them.

and then dan came out. and in his video he mentioned how stressful it was to suddenly blow up and have a bunch of people speculating about his relationship, and how it triggered him due to his trauma from being heavily bullied in school. and then followed up the segment talking about how past that point the fans’ support was actually very healing for him, and hearing people tell him that he had helped them be comfortable with who they were without him even being out was one of the things that made him confident in coming out in the first place.

but the people who write angry posts about the evils of rpf or whatever don’t care about dan and phil’s actual opinions. they saw or heard about how annoying the fans were, heard along a thousand-step telephone game that dan and phil hate their fans, and have now christened them the platonic ideal of creators whose lives were ruined because of shippers. it’s ridiculous. it’s unfounded. and it’s disrespectful to the actual existence of the people they’re propping up to support their argument

saw someone say they think the “we are real life best friends. companions through life. like actual soulmates,” quote was sarcasm….

pls say this is a joke i refuse to believe or even think that

what are some songs that are dnp coded for you? you’re right that still into you is a good one for them

i swear i had a "phan playlist" on spotify but i can't find it, so either i'm misremembering and it's on tidal (which i used before spotify bc we got it for free for years) or i deleted it... either way ok so like off the top of my head here's the ones that immediately come to mind

first of all. more than anything. this one. like... oh my god... first of all i love peach just like in general, but also even if i didn't... so good. this wasnt even on my old phan playlist cause its quite new but like... its potentially the best phan song ever rn like sorry but it just is

then like, in my initial phannie years, i was already a big muse fan, and this was always my go to before any other song because just like.. yeah...

lastly id usually put still into you but ofc i cant, so like i feel like i should put perfect ed sheeran cauase thats undoubtedly a good one but like... i dont wanna be basic and also i dont even like ed sheeran... so uhh ok wait let me think

ok so someone sent me this song in like, idk... 2016? 2017? maybe 2018? idk. before they came out. but like. an anon sent me this song, and i'm not sure whether i ever responded to it or not.. but i do think it's a good song and you're right, it IS very Phan Relevant. so if i never replied, here's your response after all these years bc for sure this is my last choice:

ultimately though... that peach song? most relevant. like oh my god so fucking dan and phil coded. like holy fuck killing myself

me: just going about my day normally :)

me: suddenly remembers that dan is in fact attracted to men, has been dealing with his sexuality the entire time we’ve known him, his sexuality has played a major part in his life and his issues with self hatred and mental illness that he’s shared with us for years, has had lots of sex with men, he was actively closeted and scared in 2012 and thats why he acted the way he did, has been in a loving relationship with phil, who he considers his soulmate, for nearly ten years, and has now finally been able to call himself a gay man after years of deep-seeded internalized homophobia directly connected to that word, and that he told us all of this himself

me:

okay you know what my roman empire is?

the fact that teen dan howell became a fan of/fell in love with phil when he was posting the most deranged unhinged videos on the internet. like this was pre mainstream youtube. this was before "hello guys smash that like button" youtube. teen dan howell saw this

and was like "i need to wait until i turn 18 to message this guy and stalk him". like broooo

the way people say it is like "yeah, phil was a youtuber and dan was a fan" and it makes you think that phil was like a modern day sponsor-friendly youtuber with an instagram following and a brand. but that is so detached from the truth. like youtube itself was an obscure website and like dan saw this unhinged weirdo's videos and fell in love with him. like.. ahhhhhh i am not okay