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Inspired by this post :)

Dan's reaction to Phil giving him space to talk about his interests

[x] THANK YOU for bringing this up I can't recall if I talked about this the day that tbv dropped but put all the respect on tbv's name not only as the video that shifted 2010s culture forever but also as one of the best pieces of work of dnp's career. they've done amazing stuff (obviously) but to handle what was inarguably their most sensitive video in history as if it was a regular monday upload is craaaazy and I don't mean they handled it lazily. they handled it like they handle anything else. that's how much grace they had throughout the process—that setting aside the bidirectional lighting and the crafted intro and the chapter markers, for many intents and purposes, it was a dnp video. another dnp video. it's probably a little funny to call real people OOC but that's exactly what they weren't—they were themselves from 00:00 to 46:38, they never ducked behind a carefully written script to protect a tender spot, even though they would have definitely been excused if they had needed to. they were funny. they were incisive and insightful. they were going off that tried-and-true dnp dynamic exactly like they've been doing it for years. I know you said it was different for you because you could experience the video without all the emotional baggage many others carried going into it, but even for me, the hard launch as a whole being one of the craziest most emotional experiences of my life, I forgot what I was even watching halfway through. I was laughing. I was enjoying their discussion and analysis of the phandom and their experiences with us. laughing! right before I started crying again. that tells you something. they are fantastic at their jobs. and more than that I think the ease with which they carried out the video—with, like you said, not an iota of awkward—also says so much about how prepared they were for it. they were so so ready. they were bursting to get out there and be free and ridiculous and love each other all out in the open. and it was a ride. it was amazing. past the point of wanting to sob about it, I actually really enjoy rewatching it from time to time and you've given me a great excuse <3

Thank you, Phil Lester.

YOU are an intersex ally!

so nice you see her thrice

i don't even think dan and phil are real i think we made them up

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We're all here, we're all here, and we're all filled with existential fear

and loved!!!!!!