a bright future

possum | 31 | she/her | my ao3

[possumdnp]

pool table (rated T, 2.1k words)

Summary: Phil teaches Dan to play pool. (Set in November 2009.)

This fic is inspired by this amazing fanart by @lizardsmp3! I’ve been dealing with some writer’s block lately, but I saw it and IMMEDIATELY KNEW I had to write something based on it. This fic is also brought to you by this gifset of the podcast + bonus Phil photo, made by @reunitedinterlude. Thanks for the inspiration <3

Read on ao3 here!

[phyaoi]

happy pride let’s all be as gay and annoying as possible🌈🥰🦄✨💕🫧🦋🫶

phyuri at pride requested by @octopusinaskinsuit <33

[blossoms-phan]

oh my god they hard launched………

[possumdnp]

Yes, Google Docs, I've written in English for 1000+ words on this document, but I definitely meant to write this one bit in French 🙄

[danandphilupdates]

danandphil tiktok / reel

3/6/26

[reunitedinterlude]

insp by dnp being combined as a single entity again shoutout to one of my fave instances of this happening <3

[hadeltism]

PHAN AS… ANIMALS

Finally doing something different. Although these are I would say lesser known animals??

DAN

Dan is a sable

PHIL

phil is a tamandua

[seshat15fr]

Let's overcooked

[teathattast]

[souvenirs]

[spitfaggot]

happy birthday, gilbert baker. (june 2, 1951 — march 31, 2017)

[ditaism]

does dan know he doesn't Have to look at phil when posing for stuff

[manhcester]

fruit edition

are you a strawberry or raspberry person? a lemon or lime person? a mango or peach person? a pear or apple person?

[diphowell]

in so many of the heart eyes howell moments dan really looks like he feels like the luckiest man on earth

[diphowell]

theatre kid!!!

[diphowell]

it really does just bring me to my knees how defiant they were in a way when it comes to having been closeted for so long and terrified of speculation and homophobia and still pushing beds together and phil’s boncas moment and the way they still showed so much love for each other in videos and you can say oh well they just couldn’t help it or oh they were young and “didn’t know better” but they knew better than i’d say anyone ever and even if it did spring from a love and enjoyment of the other one that was hard to contain or limit, it was still moment after moment of choices made for 16 years.

like dan has said, he hadn’t exactly been subtle, and neither had phil. idk i just think that even at their most afraid and most closeted they were bold and they were so brave. they shouldn’t have had to go through all of that but they really were still doing their best to be themselves when they couldn’t be out.

[diphowell]

#nodding nodding nodding. yeagh..... #i think it's also probably the biggest reason why they made it thru while a lot of other couples in their situation would not have #choosing love in spite of the fear... choosing each other in spite of the fear....... #they say 'at least we had each other' and truly i think them having each other is what got them thru#and not just having each other in the sense that they were like literally together but #having each other in the most active and deliberate and intentional way #choosing each other for 16 years (and counting <3) (via @backin09)

yes!!! i agree. i think "at least we had each other" and "i don't think i have to forgive you" are mindsets that are kind of pillars for how they stayed together through All of That. they had each other and they didn't grow to resent each other for their situation, which i feel like can happen so often in situations where no one is REALLY at fault but the stress and pain of it is just too much. and for them it really was like. their partnership their love their relationship was always the priority.

[ahappydnp]

knew this reminded me of something

[oswednesday]

one time at a funeral i panicked and said the first drink i could think of and the bartender made me the pina colada With all the fixings all the trims all the bells and whistles i didnt even ask imagine youre at a funeral and the person besides you is drinking a pina colada with whip cream as tall as the drink with a cherry and an umbrella, thats what happened to me

[teaboot]

I would immediately suspect you to be the whimsical assassin who killed them