#back to school phandom meetup

[dykephan]

i won't give up

if i may be sappy for a moment... 2024 has become one of the best years of my life completely unexpectedly, and i owe so much of that to dan and phil. i'm not the type of person who makes spontaneous decisions even if i know they would make me happy or improve my life, but something made me impulsively buy a ticket to tit and that decision was life changing. it opened up a whole world of possibilities for me; if i can drop everything and travel hours by myself via train to go see a fun show, what else can i do with my life? why have i spent so many years trapped in a fog of apathy, afraid of everything that could bring me joy? and on that note, why have i been so embarrassed by the things that make me happy?

sometimes i feel like my teenage years and early 20s were completely stolen by mental illness, but being able to earnestly enjoy something as silly as two gay british youtubers from my childhood has brought me back so much of the carefree joy from that time that i thought i'd never get to feel again. and that's not even mentioning the wonderful people i've either become friends with or gotten closer with because of dan and phil. i'm so thankful for this community because it allowed me to discover parts of myself i thought were long dead. thank you to every single one of you who have made my 2024 so memorable 🧡

anyway... in honor of embracing the cringe, i decided to close the year out with a sappy gif set inspired by those old school arial font lyric edits of the 2010s!

[created for the 2024 phandom meetup event!]

[themarkofoxin]

thought joining @energeticwarrior’s timewarp meetup would be fun! i started watching dnp in 2015, and that’s me at tatinof on the left! i was just about to start high school, so i was 14, almost 15. i made this blog in 2018 after getting back into the phandom because of ii. i’ve been so excited to see everyone be active again since the revival, it’s so sweet :’)

[yellowjeans]

Happy time machine meetup!! I started watching dan and phil in 2013 and joined tumblr in 2016 and I don't have any photos of myself from back then so have I have my m&g photo I got with dan instead and then a photo my sister took yesterday when we went to a musical

I am so excited to see the phandom come back to life on tumblr I never left so it's nice to see familiar faces come back to posting on here!

I was 13 when I made this blog and I just turned 20 so its crazy to see how much I have grown while being here I remember watching a dan and phil video after school and then coming on here and posting about it! I love doing phandom events like this and hope we get to do more of them now that the gaming channel is back!

@energeticwarrior

[amusedphan]

intro

hi im mando. early 20s, basically gay, and a proud citizen of CUM (canada-us-mexico). this is a sideblog for @universalsatan because im getting too unhinged about them

when i get back to writing, i will post my pseud here. also May do some music. most likely i will just give random related science/medical takes

*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:

tags:

cool phart, phideo, and phrojects just organize my blog in case i want to quick find something again, phrojects including meetups, events, and archives.

mandont - my post

phannie jumpscare - my face

yapping alert - i cant shut up in the tags, sometimes a post. half the time, my meds just kicked in.

k mention - im in a very phan-like situation, without the actual Being Together part (technically). like phan, i'm incapable of shutting up about him

*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:

cool facts about me:

was motivated to actually make this blog by the phannie in my placenta lab. (well, she's worked with them. im just placenta-adjacent). this was almost immediately after we conceded from my terrible humor and exchanged tumblrs

i could've seen dan in 2022, but i was too broke bc bestie and i impulsively flew to toronto for muse WOTP (we've liked both for ~a decade)

i used to participate in those phandom meetups back in the day (2014-15), but i'm unrecognizable now

(seriously). (a few months ago, someone i kinda knew from high school said i reminded them. of someone they knew in high school). (something about my face from certain angles). (they almost got my name right but not quite). (i told her that i didn't realize my secret evil twin was running around somewhere).

[buttercupbambi]

I’m holding a BACK TO SCHOOL PHANDOM MEETUP so we all can cry about the pain we’ll have to experience once again!

It’s on August 11th starting at 3pm EST Here a time zone converter if you need help!. It last 24 hours too so you can post at any time!

The tags are #back to school phandom meetup and #backtoschoolphandomeetup. 

Just to clarify, this meetup is online! 

During this meetup you can post

Selfies

Art

Text posts

and anything else under the tag. 

Hope you all have fun and hope to see you all!

[rainstormkisses]

i'm maddie and i'm dreading when school starts(but my makeup has improved since last school year)

[fairlyathleticjishwas-blog]

just your local ugly, pansexual and (barely) honors and ap student, Ash. sorry to put this garbage on your dash lol bye

[dreamy-gf]

Hello, I’m Bella and I am deceased (and super late jfc).

[brightbrightpink]

A happy gal in high school

[huphilpuffs]

hi I’m Callie and depression is a symptom of my chronic illness, exacerbated by its other effects. the severe limitations in my daily life have led me to fall behind my expectations for myself, leading to extremely low self-esteem, and worsening my depression. I also have moderate-severe anxiety. but for now I’m coping in whatever small ways I can manage until I can get the help I need. 💛

[itsmyusualphannie]

hey everyone! this weekend is the mental health phandom meetup (hosted by phandom-hotline). if you’re comfortable with it, please feel free to join in by posting something related to mental health and tagging it with #mental health phandom meetup sometime this weekend! you can find the original post here.

i haven’t talked to many people about my issues with mental health (just close friends and therapists, not even family).  i’ve had problems with depression and severe dissociation for years now. it’s affected my health, my work, my school, and my entire life. i also struggle with social anxiety. i saw someone about it for about six months, moved a few states away, and now i’m trying to get back into seeing someone regularly. it’s difficult, but being able to talk to someone about it helps so much. i’m looking into getting back on medication, which will definitely help. it’s definitely all a work-in-progress...but then, what health problem isn’t?

i know i’m not the only one out there with issues, so just know that my inbox is always open. if you need to talk for any reason, no matter what it is, i’m here. i’m no professional, but i’ll be there for you. please also check out this wonderful masterlist of helplines that are available all over the world. there’s everything from depression, suicide, and sexuality to runaways, abuse, and mental-health-related legal advice. there’s also a number that you can text if you aren’t feeling up to talking on the phone.

there is always going to be someone there for you if you reach out. <3

[shookethbrooketh]

Best

Description: Punk!Phil is about as artistic as a rock. As hard as he tried to make an adorable prom-posal for Pastel!Dan, it still ended up a complete mess, of course. Dan doesn’t mind though, because Phil did his best.

Genre: Fluff, Pastel!Dan/Punk!Phil, High School AU

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1334

A/N: I’m actually partially posting this tonight because it’s the night of the Phandom Writers Meetup I’m hosting! Thanks so much to everyone who’s participated so far, and you’re still totally welcome to until tomorrow night (1/28/18) at 6 PM EST! Much love <3 

Read it on Ao3! Read it on Wattpad!

Phil tried his best. He really did. He tried his best to create an adorable prom-posal for Dan, but it wasn’t going to work out; he could tell. Nobody could love such an artistic monstrosity as what he created. Or what he was, for that matter. 

He was sure his boyfriend would go to prom with him regardless, but his prom-posal was a complete bust. 

It was nearly midnight as he sat there thinking that. He’d been working on his poster since his family finished dinner, so it must have been over five hours. He had dashed up to his room as soon as he finished his chicken, taking out his poster board and getting to work. 

It cost him nearly 20 bucks he could have used for gas, but his floor was soon an array of glue and pastel-colored glitter and markers. He got a few odd looks as a tall, strong-looking high school senior wearing a leather jacket and his lip piercing to buy glitter in a craft store, but he didn’t mind. Dan was worth it, and besides, nobody dared to mess with him anyway. 

Phil had a reputation in their school as the biggest, most intimidating punk boy around. That’s why it was such a big surprise when he came out and began dating the small, pastel-clad Dan. He really wasn’t that mean, but he wore black and had piercings, and he would punch the hell out of someone if he had to, but only if he had to. This reputation did play to his advantage though, as he managed to avoid teasing in situations many kids would face bullying for. He was lucky, definitely. Especially because he had Dan. 

He sat there in his room trying his best to write “Dan, will you go to prom with me” in glue on his posterboard and thinking about his wonderful boyfriend. After the first two letters, Phil realized they were way too big; the rest of the letters would never fit on the board. He jerked his arm to the board to attempt to wipe the glue off, but all he did was smear it all over the board and his hand. 

After ten minutes of sadly peeling glue off his hand, Phil finally decided he wouldn’t stand a chance doing this alone. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, careful not to stain it with glue. “Hey, Louise?” 

Louise arrived to help within five minutes. Phil was thankful but not surprised. She had been Dan’s best friend since they were both only five years old, and she’d do anything to make him happy. She assumed Phil would be asking him to prom, so when the opportunity arose to help the situation come together, she was thrilled to join. 

“What are we looking for here?” Louise crossed her legs, her red Converse grazing the corner of the posterboard. Her style wasn’t quite as out there as his or Dan’s, but they both appreciated it nonetheless.

“I just want to make it look good. Not too good, just the level of good that Dan will like it.”

Louise sighed, taking Phil’s pale hands. “Phil, he’ll love it just because you made it.”

He tore his hands away, rolling his eyes. “I know, I know. I just don’t know how to make it actually look good.” 

Louise took her turn rolling her eyes before picking up the glue bottle. “First, get the sizing right.” She showed him how big to make the letters before handing him the bottle and allowing him to squeeze the glue out himself. Phil felt a bit like a child being showed how to use glue, but he managed to write out all the letters, so he was thankful. 

“I need to go do my homework. At this point, just throw glitter everywhere. It should be fine.” 

“Are you sure?” he asked, already opening a glitter container.

“Positive,” she said definitively, the door shutting behind her as Phil liberally poured glitter all over his sign.

“Phil, what the hell is that?” Louise’s eyes popped out of her head staring at the sign the following morning.

“What?” he asked defensively. “I got glitter all over my carpet for this.” 

“Yes, and I can see it on your face too.” 

“Hey, I don’t have to be a punk all the time,” he said, pulling out his phone and using the camera to pick a few stray pieces of glitter off his skin. 

“Seriously though, this is terrible.” 

“What’s wrong with it?”

“Phil, the glitter ran the glue halfway down the page, and you’ve mixed so many pastel colors that it looks like a unicorn threw up all over your promposal.” 

“It’s my personal touch,” he said, puffing up his chest and standing tall. Usually when he did this people were intimidated, but with Dan and Louise he had learned to do it in more of a cute, joking manner. 

“Fine,” she said. “What’s your plan?” 

Phil smiled slyly. “I texted him asking to meet me on the bleachers to watch the sunrise. It’s mostly up by the time we get here, but it’s still nice to sneak out back and watch the colors disperse into the daily blue.” 

“Deep,” she said, not even surprised by the soft side of Phil. Only she and Dan had seen it, but it was completely normal for them. The two decided to go ahead and walk outside to wait for Dan. “There he is!” she pointed at the doors, where Dan emerged twirling his baby blue keychain on his finger. “Go for it!” she called, hopping off the bleachers and running off. “And Phil,” she said, lowering her voice and turning back to him for a moment.. She looked him up and down, from his jet black hair to his typical leather jacket to his black Converse. His normal look was contrasted by the glitter nightmare in his left hand along with the beautiful bouquet of fresh, white roses in his right. “He’s going to love it.” 

Phil attempted to regulate his racing heart as Dan walked towards him. Each step Dan took felt to Phil like a chasm was opening between them. Finally he reached the bleachers, and Phil took a deep breath as he climbed the steps to their normal seats at the top. He smiled at Phil, seeing the bleachers covered with Phil’s previous night’s work. “What’s all this?” 

Phil picked up the sign, facing the not-so-beautifully glittered side to Dan before struggling to hand him the bouquet. “Will you go to the prom with me?” 

Dan closed his eyes and put the bouquet to his nose, taking in the sweet scent. Most people would be annoyed by the disruption, but Phil appreciated the quirky tendency of his boyfriend to put their lives on hold just to take a moment to stop and smell the roses. Besides, Phil enjoyed the view of the flower crown on his head as he tilted his neck downwards to the bouquet. After his moment, Dan reopened his eyes and connected them with Phil’s. “Of course I will!”

And suddenly their arms are around each other and Dan’s taking the posterboard from Phil’s hands and smiling. “Hey! What’re you doing?” Phil said, his voice muffled by Dan’s shoulder.

“Taking my beautiful promposal as a memento.” 

“It looks terrible, you know that right?” 

“No, it looks great!” Dan pulled apart from Phil and examined it. “No, it’s not perfect, but I wouldn’t want it to be. You’re not perfect, and neither am I. It’s really so much nicer knowing you did it,” he said, wrapping his arms around Phil’s neck again. “and that you did your best,” he added, planting a kiss on Phil’s lips. “even though it isn’t the best.” He let their lips touch for a bit longer. “Because you are the very, very best.” Finally, the two came together and melted into the kiss. And really, Phil had to agree; it was the best. 

[buttercupbambi]

Hi it's Jasmine, local senior and host of this meetup. Ready for another ~great~ school year!

[angelbeandust]

IT’S TIME TO SUFFER!!! 

For a lot of us, school starts at the end of August/beginning of September (sobs uncontrollably). So, instead of suffering through the beginning of the new school year alone, LETS DO IT TOGETHER!!! Hosted by: @angelbeandust

WHY??????

This meetup is so people in the phandom can suffer together!! I mean, we all suffered through Dan’s diss track together so why not suffer through the agony of the new school year together???

WHEN?????

It starts at 11:00am (EST) on SATURDAY, August 27th, and ends at 11:00pm on SUNDAY, August 28th! Click HERE for a time zone converter!!!

This is a 36 hour meetup!! Hopefully, it’s enough time for us to complain and cry to each other.

WHO CAN ATTEND?????

Everyone!!!! Middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, anyone!! Even if you’ve already started school before this meetup is!!! Even if you aren’t in school you can attend!!! (we need all the support we can get)

You can post phanart, phanfics (I was thinking of short phanfics that are school related. nothing like student!phan before starting school so you can cry bc phan isn’t in your school, amirite???), selfies, rants about how much you hate school, etc.!!! 

TAGS:

In your phanart, phanfics, selfies, rants, etc., make sure to tag:

#back to school phandom meetup or #back to hell phandom meetup

(along with #phandom tumblr meetup if you’d like) 

I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE!

[legos-lass]

is this still going on? hi im g and my sophomore year starts next week for me but im taking all advanced classes and Regretting It.