Dan & Phil Part 36: Wholesome Howell and AmazingPhlegm

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Just a few quick ramblings...
The Bisexual Bootie Club ftw

How did I fucking miss that there is literally an ASs emoji?!?! Maybe I knew, subconsciously :ASs: Thanks, swofro

Dan's ls was amazing. Perfect. Lovely. 11/10. Maybe he needs to be slightly less chill all the time?

What I have gathered/surmised (i.e., shower thoughts re:Dan):
Dan is thorough. It must be exhausting to constantly consider every angle, every single possibility, of each and every exhibited behavioral choice you make. I mean, jesus. It obviously behooves him, but I cannot even fathom the mental exhaustion I would suffer in order to be so calculating. And I don't mean "calculating" in a manipulative manner. I just mean that, imo, Dan logically goes through each and every possible outcome of all of his choices before he acts, even when it is a split second decision. It's commendable, but certainly unrealistic for most!

Loved the terrarium story, the Pokémon battle story, the Lego rant, the YT box unveiling, the desire to be more Tronneresque, the discussion of his memes video, La La Land discussion, the entire piano bit, storage/life changes. Just, A+. Quality content.

Oh, and the bit with his hair that doesn't want to be straight reminded me of Scott Hoying's inability to keep a straight face in one of the early Superfruit vids. (soz, had to do a cheeky cherry!)
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missemma wrote: One bit that I can't seem to stop thinking about though is his reasoning for not changing his Facebook profile photo because he knows people will just leave comments on it. I didn't know how to take that and tbh it made me feel a bit bad for him. I think I need to watch it back properly though for context. Interested to know other people's opinions on that bit though.
malday wrote:That bit actually puzzled me too. I thought at first that he meant people will mock it, but i think he also said people will turn it into a thing (or something along those lines) and i just figured he meant he has not changed it yet because it's a big deal to people (it becomes iconic or a meme) so he needs to think about it carefully?

wtf? am i doing analyzing Dan's ls, this forum got to me. i'm more into Phil, phil phil!
I just interpreted this part as he didn't want changing it to become a ~big thing in the sense that on fb when you change your profile picture there is literally no way at all to not have people see when you change it, unlike twitter etc. Changing it on fb means it shows up in everyone's timelines, everyone can see it and comment directly on a post about it etc, rather than twitter which doesn't notify anyone, and they can't directly comment on it, etc. hence his hesitance to change it.

Liked the liveshow, loved the 9 seconds of piano. So, so interested in what dan & phil will look like (as a ~picture) come december 2017. the hyperini is real panini
didn't like/agree w his la la land thoughts, bye
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Hey guys! Im back (if anyone noticed i left?? haha)

Anyway i was planning on being back as soon as i got back to mexico but alas it didnt happen, im still stuck in La until i have my shit back together.

But i come back baring gifts (I need to read all the threads i missed out so let me know if we already talked about this ?), i have been quite active in twitter lately, since it doesnt take all my life and mind like idb does (this is a compliment) and i was added to the gc of a girl that sat next to dan and phil in the harry potter play so she has been saying all the details on what went on, nothing major but quite cute that i wanted to share with you all my fellow companions.

I want to post the entire convo (minus the 'DAN is SO HAWT OmG' 'PHIL IS MAH BEAN' comments) but i cant remember for the life of me if that was against any policy here so i might as well check with you all (btw if its against the rules to post in the main thread, send me a message i will share) . Anyway, cheers to 2017 domestic deppy

Ps; i havent watched dans LS so thanks to all the comments talking about it! i missed this place.
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One thing I was very excited about that I forgot to mention: he said they are filming a bunch of gaming videos tomorrow! The gaming channel has become my favorite thing (besides the live shows) so I'm excited for regular uploads.

Also- had a quick look at their channel descriptions/recs because I'm a nerd and both of them are making the gaming channel very prominent on their main and side channels. I'm all for the push as long as they keep providing funny videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqgqVF6lWB0&

(Very!) Brief clip of d&p with Chris in Mitchell Davis' video at 3:19
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(i haven't read the last few page but i'm gonna post this anyway and come back later bc no one can stop me)

so, i got home in time to watch like the last 15 minutes of the live show and holy shit?? so much happened?? so i decided to watch it from the beginning and make timestamp bc judging by the end it was a good one, enjoy:
5:13 top ten memes of 2016 discussion begins
8:20 'were you really crying'
9:09 explaining that he wasn't actually upset by the memes
11:53 'dan desperately trying to interact with his audience'
14:27 'openly laugh at all of your mental health problems' he actually aid the words 'mental health problems' intresting development, also i 100% agree with what he said
16:14 'i can't stop giving tom yorke my money' im pretty sure some phandom members find this # relatable
16:30 'my hair doesn't wanna be straight... inside jokes' also 'wavy dan is rising'
18:25 'i want death, phil doesn't, and yet it's coming for him, go figure'
22:50 dan's a infj
26:25 dan hit the g spot of emotion
29:00 disneyland story. so cute.
33:20 aesthetic lego watch
34:25 sherlock talk chat:'johnlock ff' dan:'really REALLY' lol same, honestly i would encourage him to write an essay with his # controversial sherlock opinions like i did but better not bc judging by the very few thing he said we wouldn't agree
38:25 enjoy life until you get into politics, yup, good advice
39:20 cursed child talk, he agrees that the plot is bad
50:07 PIANO PLAYING ALERT
52:00 'thousands of opinions attack you'
53:20 fave yoi character is yuri
54:10 'puberty hasn't finished for me'
55:15 animes to avoid, fate/zero (is that what he said? dan stop mumbling) and black buttler, controverial opinions oh no (tbh idk what he ha against black butler its just a dumb fanservice-y anime like so many lol he hates it so much, and i couldn't finish fate/zero so i agree w that one)
57:27 phil has finished pokemon and lots of very fast pokemon explanation
59:30 DAN ACCEPTED HE'S A SLYTHERIN, welcome home buddy, if all it took was one badly written scorbus fanfic acted out he could have told me and i could have recommended him a bunch years before cursed child even existed
1:00:15 terrarium story with lots of phil in it, loved it, especially bc mentioning phil was completely unnecesary to get the point of the story across and yet he did, and it made it so much better
1:04:00 waiting for death is a #justdanthings
1:04;55 'you seem more energetic than in normal liveshows' talks about it being streamed on youtube affects him, we already knew this but still interesting
1:06:56 'we want 2016 to be a lot more chill, a lot more youtube focused' lot of 'we' talk begins
1:07:00 'we're gonna do some life things' ah yes, the life things, their collective 'life' things
1:07:20 'yes, get some storage, that literally is on the agenda' oh boiii 'find out if there's a better way to live' oh boiiiiiiiii
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when you're an INFP and Dan's an INFJ... :?
I'm loving Dan in 2017 so far! He's really seeming to find the balance of not caring as much while not over sharing which is good. Phil saying Dan should have a relaxing day on Monday is soooo adorable too my heart. it definitely seems like Dan is building up the audience so they don't make a big deal when they move. And it really seems like they're going to move together too!

Also I support Mitchell Davis videos being posted because they feature Deppy because I love him and think he's hilarious and original. I know for tea's sake we have to give Shane Dawson and Onision or whatever his name is views, but this is a nice break lol.
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Waggle9007 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqgqVF6lWB0&

(Very!) Brief clip of d&p with Chris in Mitchell Davis' video at 3:19
I really hope their talk show gets commissioned! rooting for them.
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i love love loved his liveshow! he was such a cute lil bean in it and i love how passionate he got about the cursed child and pokemon and everything. i just loved the positive vibe i got from him this liveshow. made me happy. also the fact that he was more open about his mental health and stuff definitely made me happy because i'm glad to see him being more open ofc.
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JoeAverage wrote:I want to post the entire convo (minus the 'DAN is SO HAWT OmG' 'PHIL IS MAH BEAN' comments) but i cant remember for the life of me if that was against any policy here so i might as well check with you all (btw if its against the rules to post in the main thread, send me a message i will share) .
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Swooping back in after an extended uni revision time period / Christmas, and have definitely missed quite a lot of bants but ah well. I missed this place
Looking forward to Dan's liveshow (still haven't watched it) as everyone here seems to be placing it as a 'good mood' one (phew!)
Loved the subtle mention of his mild agoraphobia in the memes video (shortest review possible: actually found it pretty funny, sorry guys, I'll see myself out; he looked great imo, almost older?!; and the only thing that slightly bugged me was the cringey dinof OTT shouting, obvs. Plus, 20+ mins! ) Being open about his mental health must feel so liberating, I applaud him from the depths of this forum
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secretagentphan wrote:when you're an INFP and Dan's an INFJ... :?
I'm loving Dan in 2017 so far! He's really seeming to find the balance of not caring as much while not over sharing which is good. Phil saying Dan should have a relaxing day on Monday is soooo adorable too my heart. it definitely seems like Dan is building up the audience so they don't make a big deal when they move. And it really seems like they're going to move together too!
Agree with everything you said :D Irrelevant but interesting: I'm an INFP too (and I once read from distant sources of which I have completely forgotten that some people think Phil's an INFP too?)
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Philena wrote:Just a few quick ramblings...
The Bisexual Bootie Club ftw

Oh, and the bit with his hair that doesn't want to be straight reminded me of Scott Hoying's inability to keep a straight face in one of the early Superfruit vids. (soz, had to do a cheeky cherry!)
Can I join the club? :ASs:

Yaaas! You mentioned Scott Hoying my ultimate fantasycrush together with Phil. I love my uber tall, awkward, ambitious, blue-eyed nerds. I know that some have issue with this but Scott and Phil are my dads.

I thought I really heard Dan say "inside joke." And I'm like, "Whose inside joke? The phandom's, you and Phil or OURS?" So Dan's sexuality is 2017's joke now? I am confuse. But I could have just misheard him.

I really like happy Dan. He didn't sound condescending. I agree with him that the Cursed Child's plot is crap especially compared to Fantastic Beast. But it gave life to good characters, Albus and Scorpius. I may have imagined Dan as Albus and Phil as Scorpius. I am still looking for a fan fiction for this. Also, he really mentions Phil a lot even though it's unnecessary to his stories. Is this his coping mechanism of sort or does he really just waffle too much that he gets off tangent?

Mitchell Davis' video
Happy Chris with Dan and Phil...aaaaww this made my day. I hope the overly eager fans don't this video and flood the comments with "Dan and Phil." I really like their talk show idea.
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Phil and Misc Watch 2017
“Hobbit Hair, Harry Potter and Hugs” (Week 2)

Prompted Phil Mention
57:20 (chat) Has Phil finished Pokemon yet?
"Phil has finished Pokemon Sun indeed. We had a Pokemon battle the other day, me and Phil, Sun vs Moon [never-ending fast-talking Pokemon gibberish about battling]. I literally beat Phil’s entire party [gibberish]. And then Phil said, ‘Well that was boring, let’s do it again” [gibberish gibberish] whereas Phil just likes cool Pokemon of whatever kind. So I [gibberish] and then Phil [gibberish] earthquaked my entire team to death, because what has that told us about life? Looking cool isn’t practical."
Unprompted Phil Mention
23:10 “Watch Phil’s video. Youtube. Cool.”

1:02:10 (after explaining terrarium disaster)
“And the funniest thing was, Phil was like, “Dan, you had a very intense week making the meme video, and then Harry Potter was really really long, and then you watched the Sherlock episode, so Sunday wasn’t the most relaxing, so you should enjoy this Monday” and I was like, “Well, I’ve got this terrarium and I’m just going to be calm [and it’ll be relaxing]. I was listening to the La La Land soundtrack, hung up this terrarium, fucking [it exploded] into a million pieces and I was just stood there like “…I bought that. Cost like 30 quid, spent an hour making it, really excited [etc].
Phil walked in and just saw me stood in silence, like it was really the last thing that I was clinging to in life, was this terrarium. And then it was just metaphorically in a million pieces on the floor, and Phil walked in and we looked at each other and we just laughed for like an hour."

1:06:50 “2016 was a really crazy year for me and Phil, and we want 2017 to be a lot more chill, a lot more YT focused. So now that I’ve done my first YT video, Phil’s done his, we’re gonna do some gaming videos on DanAndPhilGAMES and then we’re just going to do some life things: sort out the tumblr, get a new YT banner, and yeah, should be cool. ‘Get some storage’ said [chat], yes, get some storage, that literally is on the agenda. Find out if there’s a better way to live and have loads of crap at the same time.”
[thoughts thoughts thoughts that nobody asked for: what friends/roommates and work colleagues look at their lives in such an inseparable way like this, thinking of the year ahead with someone you're no longer touring/book-writing with, why is Phil's upload on AP on his mind as part of a start to his own year, why isn't it crystal clear why am I bothering nobody asked moving on nevermind]
Neutral Phil Mention
07:30 (about Pete Wentz unfollowing)
“We don’t 100% know that it’s definitely because of the reindeer tweet, because it could’ve just been about the gamingmas spam, or just generally my ugly face. But it was right after, so there’s a high percent chance that Phil did get me kinkshame-unfollowed by one of my teen idols, so let’s just take a moment to process that."

17:45 “The next thing on mine and Phil’s agenda is to do some gaming videos. Did you see Phil’s video? [2017 is trying to kill him]? So true. If you go on youtube.com/AmazingPhil, all of those things did actually happen”
“[None of the stories were exaggerated], that’s just Phil for you. If any of you watch Phil’s videos, you probably know that by now, he’s what we all like to call a Weirdo Magnet. (Reads "only Phil would be—“ from chat) Yeah seriously. I want death, Phil doesn’t, and yet it’s coming for him, go figure, isn’t the universe funny”

18:40 “So I posted this selfie on Instagram, basically me and Phil [were at HP, tells story]” "Great, where’s Dan and Phil [in the badly focused selfie]”

22:30 “Go watch DanAndPhilGAMES, that’s what we’re doing tomorrow! We’re filming a load of gaming videos tomorrow, so look forward to that”

31:30 “This is random as hell: me and Phil get the most random things sent to us by people.”
“LEGO sent me and Phil, each, even though we live at the same address, some LEGO Batman merch”
“literal child’s LEGO, and me and Phil were like, ‘great, wow..’ I mean, not dissing LEGO, because I’m sure it would be very fun to build it, but you did literally just give two guys a bunch of LEGO Batman sets, thanks, so we just gave it all to the charity shop down the road.”
(But Dan kept the 'ugly-as-heck/maybe-aesthetic' LEGO Batman watch)

45:45 While YT unboxing: “And what is it - I know this because Phil’s got his - it’s an Adidas track suit"

57:00 “Not sure about [Vidcon] Europe because again, me and Phil literally just did Europe"

1:04:20 “Last week me and Phil had a gas leak in our apartment” fixed, everything’s fine
Miscellaneous
4:35 “I’m here - with you - just 'Dan on you' action. Shit. Just said that, didn’t I? Delet this."

06:55 (chat) Were you wearing an Evan Peters jumper?
Yes. He did like this charity xmas jumper, which I bought half because you know, charity, good to buy things for charity, half because it literally had Evan Peters’s face on it, and I knew that would make a lot of you very angry, so there we go.”
(why angry what)

14:10 “High five to all the people that submitted the memes, and me with my miserable sense of humour, for confusing everybody on the internet. Some good times. Sometimes I forget that this sense of humour, this whole ‘sarcastic all the time, self-deprecating, openly laugh at all of your mental health problems' [etc, he literally said all this last week in another form] so to all the people out there that just openly mock themselves, you go you.”

16:05 “I’m such a nerd, I cannot stop giving Thom Yorke my money"
(same)

16:12 “I actually have curly hair right now; I had a hair cut early last week and when I have short hair, I can kind of just shower and leave it, which is like now. And sometimes I feel like I prefer it to being straight, because it’s kind of hard to control when it’s straight, because my hair doesn’t want to be straight - insert jokes - um, so here I am, Wavy!Dan is rising"

21:20 “Because I’m an introvert that doesn’t like going outside, for me to emotionally recharge, I need to just be alone and do a lot of nothing and just be really quiet.”
“I’m definitely somebody that needs to do hardcore amounts of nothing, so getting right back into Monday after Sunday which was an emotional rollercoaster here, damn it was hard."

24:45 (chat) Are you the minecraft YTer?
“No, that’s DanTDM, who’s like three times more popular than me. No, I’m like a tiny, tiny ant. DanTDM’s the person who makes regular minecraft content, I’m danisnotonfire, who makes irregular sad content. So that’s us two there, in case you’re not familiar, but hello."

26:20 (chat) Were you actually crying in the vid?
“The triangle of tiredness, happy, and sad. Just that G-spot of emotion, that’s what I hit right at the end of that video."

27:35 Dan Howell music recommendation of the week: La La Land soundtrack

28:05 FAMILY/DISNEYLAND STORYTIME:
"I went to Disneyland in January once. My mum somehow, I think I was like 10, managed to convince the school to give me a week off at the first week of school — which they never do because obviously that’s a terrible idea and you get off to a terrible start with your education — but we did. And we went to Disneyland Paris. And it was completely empty, it was completely empty, and I had like the best time ever. We went to the Hollywood Park(?) one, and you know the Aerosmith rollercoaster, I went on it five times consecutively [because nobody else was there but me, the guy in charge of the ride was less than enthused about it]. I was in the front row, I think my grandma was just sat on a bench outside waiting for me to get off, just texting or whatever a grandma does, doing her sudoku puzzle, I don’t know. And the guy came round, like ‘surely this child has had enough’ and there I was in the front row, just holding onto the thing, like ‘do it! do it! whoo!’ Which must have given me severe brain-shaking issues that would frankly explain a lot of my behaviour, to be honest."
35:40 “[The Sherlock fandom] are just out there, and they’re terrifying"
General thoughts: Loved season 1, season 2 was also incredible. Season 3 was a bit silly, didn’t like a couple things, and yeah. The special was really good. And then this season… (not impressed face).

37:30 "Sherlock just left me in a state of despondency, if that was the last episode of Sherlock, I’m going to be disappointed”

37:55 (chat) Is your first video a sensitive topic?
“I’m a sensitive topic, because apparently it’ll make me cry (viewer) wahey!”
(idk yo no comprende)

41:55 (about HP & Cursed Child) “The plot was bad because it was about time travel”
42:50 “The acting was amazing, the actors were amazing, the plot was bad, but the characters were amazing. The production was amazing and mind-blowing, all the magic was incredible. As a theatrical production it was like 5 stars, the acting was like 5 stars, the Harry Potterness of it was like 5 stars, the cheesy story was like 3 stars"

42:35 (chat) Dan you’re so boring
“Then stop watching. Go watch the twerking channel."

48:55 (chat) Do you ship Scorbius?
"I do.” “Yes, I do. And all of you that think you ship Scorbius and then haven’t seen the stage show, your life is tragic. I saw the hug IRL, joking, but no seriously they’re good actors.”

50:05 (chat) Have you been playing piano recently?
"Kind of learning how to play- what’s it called- how do I even play it—"
PLAYS PIANO FOR 8 ENTIRE SECONDS THIS IS NOT A DRILL
“That’s not something I’ll be giving you a full rendition of when I finish it”
(boo)

52:10 [how he deals with thousands of peoples' varying opinions being thrown at him on the internet] “I’ve been on the internet for a long time and the answer is simple: I’m simply dead inside and expect nothing”
“The less attached you are to the physical universe, the less seriously you take everything”

53:10 (chat) Who’s your favourite YOI character?
"Probably Yuri, sorry for being boring."

54:10 (chat) Can’t you grow a beard?
“No, honestly. I’m in my 20s and puberty just hasn’t finished for me yet. I literally think I’m going to be about 30 when I finish going through puberty.”
“Me and puberty was like: Congratulations! You’re 6’3’’! ...The rest will come.”

55:15 “So many animes, so little time. And one or two you should avoid. And those two are called Re:Zero and Black Butler. Whoa!"

59:30 (chat) What Hogwarts house are you?
“Slytherin. But after seeing Albus, who is now my #1 crush and just a good character, I am proud to be a Slytherin."
Phinal Tally: said 'Phil' 29 times
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Double posting and I don't care because this is what heaven looks like
and I'm dead now
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Did anyone actually see the chat question about storage? The name Dan said was "Stevie" which for some reason sounds fake to me (I'm not an experienced liveshow-er so correct me if I'm wrong). It'd be very interesting if that was one of those pretend questions Dan made up just to talk about a topic because I thought the "storage gate" was something the phandom got too excited about and constantly asked about it. Verrryy interesting if Dan is purposely talking about needing more space to live.. (of course it's more likely someone named Stevie asked that I'm just kind of suspicious because my phan goggles are on too tight)
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fancybum wrote:Double posting and I don't care because this is what heaven looks like
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whoa wait what is that from!!!???
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fancybum wrote:Double posting and I don't care because this is what heaven looks like
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Winston wrote:
whoa wait what is that from!!!???
Waggle9007 wrote:

(Very!) Brief clip of d&p with Chris in Mitchell Davis' video at 3:19
(it's from that but still bye forever bc i'm still dead)
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I know we've moved on from the 2016 Meme video, bu after rewatching I remembered something I wanted to see everyone's opinion on

I'm about 85% sure that the letter from "Janice" was fake. First of all, they use the name "Janice" for many videos. Also, I feel like Dan wanted to bring up that people were talking about the vaping picture in a funny and mocking way. Idk. Maybe I'm crazy. It just seemed totally fake to me.
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thestigdrivesamini wrote:I know we've moved on from the 2016 Meme video, bu after rewatching I remembered something I wanted to see everyone's opinion on

I'm about 85% sure that the letter from "Janice" was fake. First of all, they use the name "Janice" for many videos. Also, I feel like Dan wanted to bring up that people were talking about the vaping picture in a funny and mocking way. Idk. Maybe I'm crazy. It just seemed totally fake to me.
To me it felt more likely that a fan faked it as a joke, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find an email like that out of the thousands he gets. You could be right though, who knows!
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I know I'm just echoing everyone else at this point, but the liveshow was so really nice. :D The part when someone ask him if he was the minecraft guy cracked me right up, considering how well their attempt at minecraft went on the gaming channel.

About the Janice email, I thought it was probably either fake or a mix of similar not-quite-as-bad emails or comments he may have got. On the other hand, I used to do email customer support for a company and I have seen some shit, so I can't completely ignore the possibility it's real.
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In case you haven't seen Tom's latest vlog, he mentioned Dan and Phil and their selfie style. I was so funny and accurate. 17:19 ( But I highly recommend you watch Tom's vlog coz he is fun.)

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Ahhh that liveshow was really enjoyable, I loved it! I think overall, it just made me feel super fond of Dan.

The part where he talked about his reluctance to change his fb profile pic made me really appreciate how incredibly difficult it must be to live under such surveillance. I mean god, I haven't changed my dp since 2013 because I can't deal with people's reaction to it and I only have 300+ friends, I can't imagine how terrifying that must be on a scale as large as his.

Other interesting parts (I'm literally just reiterating what other people have already said but oh well) include that he willingly played piano briefly (although he did seem to regret that decision immediately). He really struggled to take compliments during this part, which was kinda sad because I genuinely think he is really good at piano, but I understand why it would be difficult in front of so many people.

I also really appreciated his little speech about mental health and using humour as a coping mechanism, he said something similar last week too so I'm guessing this is something he feels very strongly about. I completely agree, and I'm glad he feels comfortable talking about that with us.

Also agreed with his Cursed Child and Sherlock opinions, adored the little anecdote about Phil encouraging him to have a day of relaxation and then laughing with him after the terrarium broke, and all the Phil-inclusive talk of plans for 2017. I'll definitely be surprised if they haven't moved by the end of the year, and it does seem to me that they'll likely move together.

Overall, very pleasant liveshow and now I'm off to take Dan's advice and see La La Land finally
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I mean.... it's just a live show and a 5 milli-second video clip, but I'm exceptionally overwhelmed with today's content.
fancybum wrote:Double posting and I don't care because this is what heaven looks like
and I'm dead now
bye forever:
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HowDoILive.mp3 tbh.
trashqueen wrote: 59:30 DAN ACCEPTED HE'S A SLYTHERIN, welcome home buddy, if all it took was one badly written scorbus fanfic acted out he could have told me and i could have recommended him a bunch years before cursed child even existed
LMAO! Accurate. He just needed confirmation there'd be a Scorpius in his life~*

TBH though, I loved this and I thought about it for much longer than I should have. I can generally place almost anyone, but I don't know how I feel about Dan as a Slytherin. I mean, I see it, but I also think in other ways he is both a Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. (And before you Hufflepuffs jump on me - nothing against your house! Dan just definitely is not a Hufflepuff.) He's become the most difficult person for me to place in a house. Why do I care? What is this convo? IDK, MAN.

Thoughts for anyone nerdy:
Simplified Dan reasoning for each house:
  • Slytherin - He's resourceful. He got where he wanted to be in YouTube. He has a way with words to win over audiences and fans (and parents) in any situation. But does he use any means to get what he wants?
  • Gryffindor - I perceive Dan as brave. Successfully manages a career in the public eye while dealing with anxiety + the more recent mentions of him accepting/laughing about his mental health. That Roast Yourself video?? Also, come on, that sweater looks great on him.
  • Ravenclaw - Basically this flawless fic by snsk.
I don't know why I'm spilling all of this into a post, but I am here for this discussion if anyone cares.

Which brings me to other Harry Potter things. Cursed Child!! I love his description, because he's completely right and I love that he nonchalantly mentioned his crush on Albus and loved that he and Phil spent a lovely day together seeing it. Just love. I'm in a glass case of emotion.

Dan's fast-paced Pokémon explanation was easily one of my favorite parts of the liveshow. He just lit up. There's nothing I enjoy more than watching someone yammer on about their interests. I can't quite explain it, but Dan's face just looked different when he was explaining all of that to us. It was cute and real and my god, I'd love to have a sit-down conversation with that guy.

And obviously it goes without saying that Dan playing piano and talking about "life things" just threw me in the damn trashcan. I'm so excited for them to move!

This live-show 100% needs a rewatch. Maybe I'll be less overwhelmed then.
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I never get to watch Dan's ls live because I always have a meeting at work but I had the day off today woop woooop. What a great show! It's been said 100 times already but he was in such a good mood, I loved the constant changing of topics but then going back and forth between them. I wish he'd talked more about Whiplash old I know but such a good movie, and he made me want to see La La Land. I loved the hyperspeed Pokemon talk and it also just illustrated even moreso how they are both the giantest of the giant Pokemon nerds.

All that domesticity right at the end there with the damn terrarium story, I was grinning like an idiot when he talked about Phil telling him he should build it because he had a stressful weekend.
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