#phandom theory

Dan and Phil... are moving.

[title coined by an old ask]

Okay, okay, calm down. I know this has been a theory since the day they refused to give us a proper apartment tour. But listen--there’s so much proof. It’s our job to lay it all out for you and it’s your job to gape in amazement as you read through our slightly obsessive list of tiny quirks and hidden messages from our favourite english muffins.

Obligatory Condescending Disclaimer Time: Dap and Phap are entitled to their privacy. We have take care not to encroach on that by supplying evidence only found through their public content. We do not endorse stalking them or showing up outside their house. Now, enjoy.

First, the obvious clue. The cornerstone that we have built the entirety of this theory upon: the apartment tour [lack-there-of].

Second clue: Phil’s bedroom. Now, we made a theory that Dan and Phil share a room a while back, and this has been a common phan theory ever since the Floor Controversy of 2017. [I would link to it but due to civil war things it has been deleted from our blog, so instead I am linking to one of Emily’s posts]. We don’t think they actually share a room. As one of Emily’s posts on pfbi showed, couples can have separate beds [i.e. Eli and their fiance have separate beds]. However, the fact that Phil has such a small room seemed to inspire this mania in us all where we were convinced it proved they sleep in the same room, not to say they don’t sometimes, but it’s more clear that they probably gave Phil the small room because, as they said at one point, Phil gave up his room for the gaming room. He wouldn’t do that permanently, so it makes more sense that he shares the big room stuff-wise with Dan, and has his smaller room for sleep/videos because this condo is ultra-temporary! 

Third clue, the one that was really a linchpin in catalyzing this frenzy was Phil’s recent liveshow, re-uploaded by phanshows, in which Phil says that he melted a chocolate ginger on his sofa, which was a huge deal because he would “lose [his] house deposit on this place” [16:39], implying that their flat came fully furnished. Why is this a big deal? What does that mean? Well, when someone is commissioning or renovating a house, or a forever home, they often will be set up in a furnished condo by the company doing the work. Eli, one of our members, was a house cleaner for 5 years, and many of their clients would be moved to furnished condos anywhere from 5 months to a year while work was done. This suggests that Dan and Phil are either building a forever home or having an affordable house renovated for a year while they stay in moon-shaped flat they currently are in.

Fourth clue, Brook pointed out that the We're Moving Out video came out April 25, 2017 (so that's around when their old lease ended/new lease started) and the tour starts April 28, 2018. This is definitely interesting!! Speaking of the tour, isn’t it interesting that Phil basically said he won’t be doing liveshows for a while? In fact, no gaming shows for the foreseeable future [due to “shit wifi] and no individual or pair Dan or Phil liveshows? Sounds like they don’t want us to see something.

Clue Six; Take a moment and look at these stills taken from gaming videos leading up to the present:

What a progressive zoom... Perhaps caused by the edgy lens and a need to get the recording closer to have clearer images? Or...maybe to hide how much of the background they’re slowly removing from their video set..! This was the final clue, the final hammer strike on the nail of conspiracy and suspicion. Finally we’re all pretty thoroughly convinced these boys are moving!

They are likely packing up and having a company move their belongings into the new place while they’re away on tour. Then, when they come home we will all see their Forever Home and they’ll adopt their pet corgi/shibe mix. After all, it does seem like this will be the last tour from their tone about it.

Strap in, kiddos, shit’s about to get frickin’ radical.

I personally am a huge fan of the “you guys are thinking this means they fuck, but here’s a wholesome explanation” deal. I actually just pulled it on one of my friends for something. However, I can’t think of jack shit for this one. (images from @doinganap minus the one from the liveshow) 

There’s really no way around this one. It does say daters can be “pretend or real”, But why would they buy that if they weren’t actually dating? Some very intimate questions that pertain only to lovers are included in the examples above. The only semi-logical explanation I can think of is that someone who thought they were dating gifted it to them. However, if they weren’t together, I would think they would have gotten rid of the game when they moved, unless they got it after the move. Unless they got the game ironically, it probably does a pretty good job of implying that they’re dating. 

Wow. Now I can’t get the image of them playing this game out of my head. I might have to put that in my writing prompts. Thanks for inquiring with us! 

If you have been in the Phandom for a while you’ll know that Alfie Deyes of PointlessBlog hasn’t always gotten along perfectly with the Phandom and-by extension-Dan and Phil themselves. This didn’t stop a collab being produced and uploaded to PointlessBlog on May 5, 2014 called GUESS THE YOUTUBER | Dan and Phil. Rewatching this, I realized something; when Dan and Phil both collab with somebody, there is almost ALWAYS a video on all three channels (AmazingPhil, danisnotonfire, and whoever they happen to be collaborating with) but with Alfie this wasn’t the case. 

Look at Connor’s collab:

Or Tyler’s most recent collab with them:

Or, most recently, Anthony’s. (No photos because they didn’t appear together in search results, haha)

So why not with Alfie?

Well, dear follower, I have come to a theory.

Maybe they DID film three videos, but only one came out?

Hear me out.