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INSTAGRAM STORIES - DAN AND PHIL - ii, asia, australia & new zealand edition [2018]

part 1 - uk & europe part 2 - usa & canada

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it never occurred to me to write about my ii experience on tumblr, but i figured it could be helpful for those who would appreciate a lil story time like this.

essentially, to make a very long story short, i ended up getting my vip tickets at 2am the morning of my show. i had a fantastic time meeting them and an even better time watching the show! a more in-depth story under the cut, per usual.

needless to say, i was equal parts excited and terrified of what was to come. i hate last minute planning more than anything else so i really had no idea what to say, what to have them sign, what pose i wanted to do with them, etc. (yes, i’ve been a fan since 2013 and have had numerous scenarios of me meeting d&p playing in my head throughout those years but the second that that somehow become a reality ALL expectations and year-long plans flew out of my head instantly).

so to start off, i had to plan what exactly i wanted dan and phil to sign. at first, i wanted to draw something from scratch to have them sign so that it would be that little more special, but i simply couldn’t muster much of anything with the limited time and my shaken nerves, so i settled with printing out two copies of my fanart of dan and phil singing the ii song.  in the end, i figured that this piece was a lot more meaningful to have signed instead of a random fanart that i made at the last minute, and i was completely right to do so.

fast forward a couple hours, and i’m trying to get into the vip line for ii. i made a rather lengthy thread on twitter about this experience if you’re interested but again, to keep a long story short, it was quite a hassle for me! but in the end, i manage to get in.

the meet and greet starts. i’m trying to play it cool because the people i’m with start to completely freak out once dan and phil round the corner to say hi to the vips and all of a sudden the reality just runs us over like a train! what was once a distant “oh yeah we’ll get to that bridge when we cross it” became “OH MY GOD WE’RE AT THE BRIDGE WE’RE CROSSING THE BRIDGE NOW AND THE BRIDGE IS ON FIRE” for me, my big moment was realizing that, finally, after over 5 years of watching these two weird guys on the internet i was actually going to get to meet and hug them and that realization was absolutely WILD.

so, i’m at the front of the line. my sister is in tears and shaking because of how nervous she is to meet them. marianne, being an absolute sweetie, tries to comfort my sister by telling her that dan and phil will be happy to see her and that she shouldn’t be afraid of them. in a way, i kind of needed to hear those words too, so i use that opportunity to go meet them before my sister does so that she can gather herself in the mean time. marianne takes my gift to them (the other copy of the fanart i made) and i go for it.

first thing i see is phil, and wowow holy shit people are 100% not lying when they say he is 569845x more handsome in person. even worse, you can see practically every freckle he has and his eyes are so vibrant!!!! in a way, i would describe it as being used to seeing a pixel art of a character to all of a sudden seeing an 8K render of said character. i knew what i was in for so i immediately dive into phil’s hug before i stare for too long, and i’ll say for sure that the information overload of not only seeing phil in person but also getting to feel how he hugs you made my brain short circuit and i blacked out in phil’s arms for 0.01 seconds so i don’t fully remember exactly how his hug felt like. (UNFORTUNATELY!!!! AHHH) also at this point the first thing i say to them is “oh my gooood y’all are so beautiful!!” whilst squealing incoherently. i don’t know if they said anything in response to that because, again, information overload!!!

next i hug dan, and that goes perfectly fine. he greets me with a big smile and that’s about as much as i can remember of how he looked like. from this point on i’m too scared to look at them in the face so i settle for looking at myself through my selfie camera that i already had prepared or through the middle distance of them lmao.

i’ll say that for the m&g, dan 100% took charge and was the person who responded to me. i give them my art to sign and they both ooh and ahh enthusiastically while signing. dan in particular goes high pitched with his praise and said “this is so good!!”. i explain to them that i’m an animation student and that they are one of my biggest inspirations in art. dan looks up at me and thanks me. once they’re done signing, dan hands back my art to me and compliments my outfit, “i noticed that you’re matching the show’s theme, i appreciate that” and i tell him something along the lines of “yes of course i had to i’m an artist” but like. i think i flubbed my words and it came out mumbly so idk if he heard me try to be funny dnfvjscs

next, i hand my phone to dan and he and phil immediately go into their standardized meet and greet pose. i had to quickly interject because I PLANNED OUT THIS POSE RIGHT WHEN I GOT THOSE TICKETS and i told them “hey so i have an idea for a pose. basically y’all take a cute selfie and i’m in the bg looking pissed”. i swear i didn’t even get the chance to finish my request because both dan and phil seemed to telepathically know what i wanted and they go into the pose no questions asked and i had to scramble to catch up with their efficiency. we take the picture and dan says something along the lines of “okay now lets take a cute selfie”. we do the normal pose and i’m beaming like a mfer because phil’s holding me and his chin is on my shoulder???? what the heck i stan one man who didn’t talk to me at all during the m&g kdfjcnkjdsncjkdsc (obvs no complaints phil owns my entire heart and soul)

of course, now because i’m a little delirious from phil holding me and dan’s kindness i say “thank you so much” and try to leave so that i can actually breathe but before i go dan stops me (like. he legit looks at me straight in the eyes right as i’m about to walk away and i FREEZE in my spot) and says “keep it up with your art career” and me. kind of extremely shocked that he would be so pointed with his encouragement towards me goes “okay thank you!!” and fucking BOOKS IT.

the only thing after that is, of course, ii. i won’t go into too much detail about the show but i’m so so so so glad san diego got one of the special versions of ii with the phil bucks and phantastic phacts included. by far the best part of the show was the getting real segment though, as phil lester himself walked to the edge of stage RIGHT WHERE I JUST HAPPENED TO BE SITTING IN FRONT ROW and sits there for a good 5 minutes. needless to say i took this time to freely stare at phil so close to me and i truly felt blessed for the allotted amount of time. i love phil a lot.

(the next day, my sister drops the bomb on me that during her m&g she pointed me out to dan and phil and they gushed about me to her saying things like “aww yes you two are matching her art is so good she should keep it up!” just aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

so yes, ii was absolutely one of the best experiences of my life and i could not be prouder of dan and phil for being able to pull off a second world tour that is, in my opinion, so much better than their first. i adore them so much. heck.

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phil does an <i>incredible</i> impression of a dog at the unplugged greensboro show

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INTERACTIVE INTROVERTS 13th June HELSINKI, FINLAND

so I was going to do a huge spoiler mess but i thought I’d make a funny moments list of what happened that might not happen anywere else

[also please note that the chronology of this is messy]

- Dan clearly made the playlist

- G NOTE (everyone sang welcome to the black parade honestly goals)

- Swish swish bish

- Lady door remix

- Intense blackout

- Phil’s forehead got sunburned in finland witch was surprising to them

- Dan apologized to santa clause bc ”i’ve been a naughty boy this year oh god *nervous laughter*”

- Our bois said that salmiakki (salty liqurice) is nasty (i think it’s good so i was offended lmao)

- Phil wanted a moomin to hit him up

- Dan found it disturbing that phil tought moomins were innocent and made it dirty duh

- We cheered for satan duh, dan found it disturbing

- Dan’s a furry no surprise there

- They named us karen lmao

- Dog action

- Phil couldn’t find a prop lmao it was funny you could see the stress in his eyes

- But a staff memeber gave it to him after going in and out of the stage apologizing for about a minute lmao

- They made the whole crowd sing the yee meme which WAS GOALS

- We cheered ”DO IT” so phil would cuss

- Dan made a brexit joke/reference lmao

- They pronounced finnish names complitely wrong

- The name Eeva was pronounced so wrong that the whole audience started laughing and our bois apologized

- DANS LAUGH IS SO PURE

- Dan said that he loves phil at some point (i don’t remember the exact line but i can guarantee to you that he said he loves phil)

- Dan said he’s phil trash number one

- Dan had to fix his mic backstage

- Phil managed to drom the ball back to the audience when someone passed it to him lmao

- Wheel action

- Phil almost hit dan’s croch more than once

- Dan just casually said ”thanks dad” when Phil passed him something

- Dab happened

- Some girl randomly asked why dnp don’t own a car lmao

- Dan also told that while he was at uni his parents sold his car without asking

- So many apologies to santa

- More moomin references

- We flip our signs out

- The signs said ”THIS IS THE MOST FUN FINLAND HAS EVER HAD”

- Daniel spaniel and philip were very shook

- Phil said ”watch out bitch”

- Many platonic moments

- They really seemed legit you know they weren’t playing crazy roles! they were genuine and entertaining bois lemme tell you.

overall the show was amazing! Even tho i didn’t answer the surveys (bc i didn’t even know if I would get to go, i got the ticket last minute) i still felt included. THEY GAVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANTED! seeing them in real life infront of me was super weird but super cool! I was so shook that they were in the same room as me. i think my brain still can’t process!

the show was funny 10/10

the show had deep moments 10/10

the show wasn’t too scripted 10/10

new jokes but also old classics 10/10

giving the people what they want 10/10

OVERALL THE SHOW WAS 10/10 BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! not kidding

thank you dan and phil!!

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11.06.2018 | meet & greet | ii warsaw | matinee

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Hey so thanks to staying up late and Dan's insta story, I now know about the typhoon that hit. My heart goes out to all you Asian beauties affected, and I pray everyone's safe. I honestly had no idea it happened until Dan said so...

I'm also putting it out there now, that I'm grateful Dan and Phil were able to travel safely, and whoever is still able to go to the show, you are going to have an amazing time. (I also feel extremely bad for those who can no longer go).

Okay so as it's literally 1:25 AM, I'm going to go sleep into the afternoon. Please stay safe everyone ❤

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