#phan analysis

a lot of people think it will be phil bc phil is typically seen as the more “dominant” one bc he’s older, but i disagree!! dan has been in love with phil since the moment he first started watching phil on youtube, long before phil even knew he existed. i feel like dan started watching him and was like “i’m gonna marry him some day”, and ever since then he’s been the one to desperately want to propose to phil. other than that, from what we’ve seen dan is the more dramatic one in the relationship- he’s the one who’s not afraid to push the envelope and say things that surprise all of us bc of how open they are. he’s the more outwardly emotional one, and he’s the one who i feel like is always making more over-the-top romantic gestures towards phil (which obviously phil does too, but just not as much bc dan is constantly like “i NEED to show this man how much i love him in the craziest ways AT ALL TIMES”). dan is the type of person who can easily go on a long rant about any subject he’s passionate about, which makes it so easy for me to imagine him going on a tangent to phil about how in love with him he is and how much phil means to him, and then deciding the only way to make it more obvious is by getting down on one knee. idk, i also slightly have the theory that when dan goes to propose, phil will be like “no fair! i wanted to be the one to propose!” to which dan will respond “no way Lester, i’ve been waiting to do this since the second i first saw your face on my laptop screen, let me have this” and then phil drops it and let’s him carry on, because who is he to say no to dan?

the only time they’ve ever tried to claim they were JUST friends was in 2012, which was a very stressful time for both of them. they after that, they really haven’t refuted any claims. firstly, they’ve lived together for about 8 years. people don’t HAVE to live together to work together. Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee moved out separately after a few years and they still work together. Is it normal for 2 bros to live together in their early 20’s? absolutely. but dan is almost 27, and phil is 31. whenever they talk about the future, the other person is always involved. when someone asked them if they were getting a dog last year in their first liveshow in this apartment, they said they would get one when a house is bought, and that this current place isn’t a forever home. idk about you but it sounds to me like they have a plan to one day get a forever home together. in their last liveshow, they made sure to tell us that nothing is changing after the tour, probably meaning they don’t have any plans to move out separately any time soon. do i even have to go in to how they act around each other? how much they flirt with each other? how much they touch each other and are just overall completely comfortable with each other? they always go with each other to visit the other’s family. everything is “we” “our” and “us”. all of their possessions are SHARED possessions. it’s pretty damn obvious that they share a room since you know, a lot of phil’s shit is in the moon room (his mirror, his straighteners, his TV set, his shoes) and “phil’s” room is a literal closet and looks more like a set than an actual personal bedroom. honestly i could look back on other videos and dig up a LOT more evidence but i’m literally in class as i write this and think all of this stuff that came to me off of the top of my head is good enough for now. i don’t believe that they’re ever gonna formally come out, but rather that bit by bit they’re letting us in a little more, so we just have to pick up on the clues they’re dropping and put the pieces together ourselves. if they were a male/female duo, no one would question their relationship status at ALL. unfortunately since they’re both male, some of the more heteronormative oriented audience has to be spoon fed the evidence. i hope this answers your question!

C. it’s a fucking fact that, under that blanket, phil’s hand is on dans leg.

Probably not until their tour is done - and not just the UK tour, but also other countries. It’s logical that they wouldn’t, considering they don’t want people to be more focused on the fact that they’re dating during the show, and more towards the actual effort they put into it. Plus, they’d need time to explain it and relax, and they can’t do that when the tour is still going. Like I said in the analysis post, I don’t think they’re gonna just come out with a big video. It’s just not like them. I think they’d probably drop subtle hints and let us figure it out, and then tell us officially just by a casual tweet. If there were a reason for them to not come out, it would be because they’re worried that the phandom would overreact and invade their privacy. The best thing to do right now is just hope that they decide to come out, and let them. Don’t pester them about it - don’t mention anything. Just support them and let them go at their own pace. Coming out is a very difficult process, especially when you have millions of people watching your every move. I recommend just minding your own business right now - but still support them and show you care, and wouldn’t freak out. Giving them a reason to trust us is the goal if we want to make them comfortable as possible if they were to come out. If they don’t want to, that’s fine. Don’t push it. If they do, support them and show you care. That’s honestly all we can do at this point.