i feel like a lot of people see complimenting dan as pushing phil away or degrading him or whatever which is so not true, theyre both so amazing and saying 'dan is attractive' doesnt equal 'but phil isnt'
in my short time in the tumblr phandom i have come to notice that even though philphobia is real, people use it as an excuse to be danphobic (those terms sound silly when i type them but it’s true).
just think about when a new ap video is released, it is met with overwhelming positivity and support (2017 has been a v good year for phil’s channel i must admit) but, when a new dinof video is released, you will find about 30 different forms of discourse criticising and pulling apart everything dan has done.
i just want people to know that by being ‘dan positive’ you aren’t ignoring phil. they are still two separate people who can be talked about individually. it’s tedious getting anons asking me to compliment phil more or ‘why didn’t you talk about how attractive dan and phil are?’. i don’t see what’s wrong with being supportive of dan and expressing my love and support for him on my blog.
people dragging dan constantly is not cool and idc if people think it’s okay all because of his ‘self-depreciative branding’. you should be supportive of people you look up to instead of criticising him and passively attacking people are trying to bring the positivity back.
