#and TIKTOK OMG PHANNIE TIKTOK

[treestomeetyou]

okay fine i'll say it- some of y'all are being absolute assholes about dan right now.

i know i like to joke a bit, but geniuely y'all are taking some of this too far. dan (and phil) spent YEARS in the closet while being the butt of the joke. they spent YEARS watching other creators bring them up as a cheap homophobic joke, even acting out absurb over the top impressions of them in front of them and a massive live audience (coughtryguyscough). so yeah dan is finally comfortable enough for the nun outfit and the catboy outfits. it's mildly shocking coming from the guy who #freetheknee was getting out of his comfort zone, but i'm glad.

i'm glad he's happy and comfortable. and i don't want to see one more person say "oh what happened to him" or "he used to be so hot" (false: still is hot) or "he's too old for this" (double false: 32 is not even that old??? like at all???) or "idk y'all i used to like dan but all his new stuff just has such weird vibes" (just shut up).

[cafephan]

I have been a fan of D&P for a long time... I'm so happy the gaming channel is back. I felt it was the most "real" version of themselves of all their channels...

That being said though, I love their banter but can't help but feel like they force some stuff...like I grew up, I wish they did a bit too if that makes sense. Some of the jokes seem like they are trying too hard to be edgy and young. But still watching all the vids!

i agree with you in part! but let me tell you my thoughts which i know you didn’t ask for :)

they’re smart guys who have been in this game for a long long time, they always keep an ear to the ground in terms of what is trendy in both content and humour (see all of the old days of collabs, tags, diss track, draw my life, and modern day taking on trending and upcoming games on dapg and having somewhat of a presence on tiktok) so they are well aware that some of their jokes tailor to a more modern audience - such as the quick editing style, some jokes about pop culture, referencing popular tiktok sounds etc, and generally referencing more modern day and current topics, so that new viewers that might stumble across the channel won’t see two thirty something gay guys making constant outdated jokes and will want to watch more of the content alongside the long time phannies that dnp won’t let out of the basement - but i personally think they intertwine that so well with references to both their past (see the roblox video was a love letter to the older fans but also let new fans know where they came from) and older topics that we will remember from the time they occurred (example being the reference to the piss incident - many new fans would just know the name and be like omg fnaf movie these guys know what’s up, and older phannies cackle in remembering how awkward the video was)

anyway this answer was a lot longer than what you were probably expecting, but my conclusion is to continue expecting more ‘young and edgy’ jokes - they need to keep things fresh in terms of keeping new viewer engagement, for example if a new fan tuned in to any modern day dapg video and it was just filled with more mature references and references to their past, the shorter content phenomenon means that sadly new viewers probably won’t stick around if there’s not something to keep their attention

BUT i do strongly believe the comfort content will keep coming - they are so grateful that so many of us are both still here and returning after the hiatus, they wouldn’t purposefully upset us by trying to soft reboot themselves to appeal just to the modern, new audiences!

[aflyingfinn]

omg now following both of them has firmly put me on phannie tiktok

[yonpote]

shut up omg i literally just asked my tiktok mutuals if i should make a phannie twitter account lmao im taking this as a sign

LOL DO IT SO I FEEL LESS LONELY

[dramaphan]

anon is wrong. Phil's tiktok comments would be 1/4 "ur ugly/cringe" 1/4 "omg middle school me is screaming", 1/4 people calling him a dilf/daddy and being uncomfortably thirsty and 1/4 ppl people arguing about phan and non/ex-phannies getting things hilariously wrong

Okay yeah ur right

[sadlybunny]

may have been the one to call u a phannie on tiktok live...i am so sorry for inciting such violence. (you’re really talented though!! <3)

OMG howwww did u find me?! ahaha thanks for coming though!!

[danrifics]

My tiktok is now full of phannies after I asked you if there is a tiktok phandom

omg amazing