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cactilads

punk/pastel phil whomst? i only know art student phil in dan’s sexual fantasies sweater

dan version coming soon

Please don’t repost

10yearsofdnp

October 19, 2009: Skybar date!!

#I Am Cry

nihilist-toothpaste

dan and phil be like: *gay noises*

dan and phil be like: guess we’ll fuck around and be an enduring model for the purest form of romantic love and the way that it can seep into all corners of one’s life over a decade and light up every moment and unfold into something much deeper than that initial romantic spark, anchoring itself in lasting friendship, partnership, and mutual affirmation, respect, inspiration, and growth, for years and years and years, haha !

dannielricciardo

#they are so precious

s0ftjake

I’M SOBBING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

i just. Love Them

doineedtohaveawordwithyou

Just thinking about how many times Kath has been made to say hello to Norman while Facetiming Phil

Phil: Mum! Norman wants to say hi!

Phil, presses his phone against the aquarium: Say hi to grandma, Norman!

Kath: Hello, Norman!

Norman:

Kath:

Norman: *blows single bubble*

Phil: aw, look at you bonding <333

nerdyjellybean

babes

#vintage dnp #;——;

strawberrywideboys

“nothing about his hair is…natural”

#kickthestickz lives i guess!

intoapuddle

i’m just gonna say that when phil realised it was a naked mole rat and said “but it’s so ugly” - then immediately changed that to “i mean it’s beautiful, it needs to be protected” after dan reprimanded him is 100% their Actual dynamic

moonchair

30 days of phil with pink ❀ [21/30]

💖💩

alittledizzy

i love phil but this is like the opposite of what everyone loves from their live shows. i’m surprised that he adopted this format even knowing that? like, just having that set up makes it feel all so distant. it just feels like a inorganic money grab :(

I actually disagree with this a lot. Things aren’t a money grab or inorganic just because they’re new, and wanting to up his production value and have more structure to the liveshows isn’t inherently a bad thing.

Before liveshows went away people complained nonstop that Phil’s solo shows were just him shouting out fans and talking about food. Those were genuine complaints. I’m not saying that he changed his format because of those complaints, because I don’t think that’s true. I just think fans get into a trap of romanticizing what the ‘ideal’ content is and that ideal content ends up being things that are exhausting for Phil (and Dan, since ideal = joint for most people) and probably really nerve wracking.

Phil’s actually out here saying he’s gonna be going live on YouNow weekly after a year and a half of no solo liveshows, almost ten months of no live shows at all. A break like that is the perfect time for him to have tried to think of ways to make reconnecting with us (which this is still) and also keeping his sanity go hand in hand a bit more. This kind of set up means that when there’s nothing going on in their lives that he wants to share he still can do a liveshow and have content, and it means he doesn’t have to spend the entire hour dodging questions he can’t answer and just saying hi to group chats over and over. I think that has potential to be way more interesting.

And we also don’t know how this will evolve. This was the very first one. He was very clearly nervous as fuck. Maybe he’s gonna realize some things don’t work as well as others, and we don’t respond to some things as well as others, but it’s gonna take a few attempts before he can even see that. I know change is scary, but sometimes you gotta have a little faith and appreciate that this whole career is a compromise between what we want and how much they can give while still working on that whole project sphere thing they’re about in 2019.

lizzzybooo

Yes! Also, maybe this is presumptuous of me, but I genuinely think Phil wasn’t enjoying doing live shows by himself for some time before he stopped. He looked anxious to finish and avoided uncomfortable for him questions in a way that honestly felt nervous, looking for something else to say while people were sending questions he didn’t want to answer.

Insuring his comfort by making sure he has some structure won’t take away from him telling us what he wants to share (and what he would have told us with the old liveshow format), it would just help with the moments where he feels pressured by us to talk about things he doesn’t want to. Instead of anxiously looking for a topic to talk about and leaving people upset by how disingenuous it all feels, he’s insuring his comfort by creating a structure that’ll help with those moments, leaving him the option of avoiding talking about personal things when he doesn’t want to do that (and of course, allowing him to talk about the things he does want to talk about!)

Him doing live shows reluctantly is something I’m sure no one wants, because nothing good ever comes out of those. so I’m SO here for him looking for a format that’ll make him (and us!) enjoy this time together in the most comfortable way for him, and the most entertaining way for us 🙃

#YES!!!