“it lights up your skin and your eyes!!! 😃”

what if this was my last straw. did you ever think about that philip.

here's the thing. to outsiders it may seem like we're excited because "phan is real!!" or whatever. but they don't know... it's not about that. phan has been real this entire time. there's always been evidence that dan and phil were together, more or less (more evidence than I think some people realize). the reason phan™ is such a big deal is because two silly gay boys met online in 2009, but their fame quickly outgrew their comfort zone and they quickly went back in the closet. dan was so traumatized from being bullied in school that he had a public meltdown on tumblr in 2012 insisting he was straight after some very private stuff leaked (that he insisted was a unused prank). after going to therapy and meeting so many queer fans on tour, dan slowly began to hint again that he was queer. but it still took them until 2019 to officially come out! and like. dan essentially confirmed that yes all the public online flirting back in 2009/2010 between him and phil was very real and that they were "more than just romantic" at that point and were currently "real best friends, life companions, and soulmates." but that was it, they weren't going to share any more. which is perfectly fine, but some of that definitely had to do with dan wanting to explore himself outside of the Dan and Phil™ brand (which unfortunately he got fucked over by the pandemic and by YouTube in the process). however they did eventually make a very cute announcement that they had bought and designed a new house together. and bit by bit they started making some more coupley jokes about each other here and there and sharing glimpses of a bedroom with both of their stuff in it, though it was still fairly subdued. but then dan finally got to go do his solo comedy tour and when he came back, shit suddenly CHANGED. 2023 was wild. they brought back their joint gaming channel they hadn't touched in five years since just before they came out. and they basically started the public flirting again??? this time on camera??? maybe not as direct as the 2009 stuff at first but. it's definitely been building up close to it. and then Dan finally releases his comedy special for free on YouTube. Phil writes a gushy tweet about it. and dan just replies with 🧡. ...except for within a larger birthday tweet in 2023, dan had not used a heart emoji for phil since like... 2010??? and then suddenly he screenshots this interaction and POSTS IT ON HIS YOUTUBE COMMUNITY TAB with the caption "gay" and a link to his special. like. this isn't about confirmation... the people who have been saying that they probably aren't together or that you shouldn't think or wonder if they are were like, the twitter morality police, ex-phannies, and generally clueless people. tumblr phannies clearly have known that they've been gay for each other for the past 15 years. but this whole "gay 🧡" incident is the first time Dan Howell has very publicly said something like this about his relationship while being "unapologetically gay" as a very public figure (there's been some magazine interviews that technically have come close but, nothing as direct as this). like that is so fucking huge??? that he and phil are finally comfortable enough online, on YouTube, and in life, to go there!!! as we are now approaching fifteen years of them together too!!! like, it's so nice to get to celebrate such a happy queer relationship and expression of queer joy. and dan has hinted that bigger stuff is coming too... like. yeah phan is real I guess 🙃

PHILIP WE GET IT. YOU LOVE DAN IN COLOR. HE LOOKS GOOD IN COLOR. YOU ARE HIS BIGGEST FAN AND YOU THINK HE LOOKS PRETTY IN COLOR. PLEASE.

WHY would dnp upload today i have finals and cannot watch until tomorrow 😃 this feels like a personal attack

i can’t believe dnp are openly shipping phan on main

guys what have dnp been eating lately because everyday i wake up to another major development and i can’t handle this much longer

historians will say they were just supportive friends

WE’RE ALL DOOMED! (Full Special)

presenting my live theatrical comedy show that asks - when the world is this bad, should we all just give up and die? enjoy/sorry/thank you🧡

imagine my fear when i opened youtube and this was the first thing i saw

“phil has the deepest throat” you know daniel i don’t think a single one of us was curious about that

dan helping phil remake his drink the right way…dan pouring out phil’s orange juice when he forgot the grenadine…dan telling phil to remake the drink when the color wasn’t right…dan helping him put the straw through the cotton candy…

“we’ve never fucked on YouTube but i’m sure people want us to” IM FUCKING SORRY???

guide to staying warm in a spookyhouse: steal

when i think of love, in its purest form, in any sense of the word, i think of dan and phil. in this essay i will-

babe wake up we have to over analyze every frame of the dnpcrafts slime video and contemplate it’s deeper meaning

they are the secret third option

petition for dip and pip to play keep talking and nobody explodes again