reminiscing on dan and phil's life story together always makes me feel insane because it sounds like the plot of a fanfic: two freakishly tall awkward british gays with matching emo haircuts. dan starts out as a fan of phil, phil encourages him to make his own videos after they start talking online. dan only started trying to get phil's attention online on his 18th birthday and within months they meet up irl, and the Q&A video they make together the first time they meet blows up. within a little over a year they are practically living together, then they are accidentally outed because of a freak YouTube glitch as well as fans discovering old posts. nevertheless they become pioneers in what YouTubers can do outside the platform itself - Radio Hosts/Celebrity Interviews/Touring Stage Shows/Books/Party Games/Disney Cameos. they eventually come out via a dan video essay with 12 million views. later they move in to their third place together, a luxury home they bought and designed with all the money they made over the years. then when Dan goes on a solo tour in 2022 they reveal they that they had never spent more than two weeks apart since 2009. And don't even get me started on the joint gaming channel or the cat whiskers...
BUT the wildest part, that knocks me out every time I remember, is how phil, who allegedly has psychic abilities passed on from his grandmother, used tarot cards in a video to predict that he would meet someone with personality traits that exactly match dan's, about three months before they ever began talking online. like. how is that a real sentence I just typed. do we live in a simulation.
The excitement on both their parts for "Him" returning to this plane of existence, Phil handing Dan the knife to make the blood sacrifice, Dan then saying He will require blood straight from the source (Phil) and Phil saying he will willingly give it, this isn't even the homoeroticism of an unwilling sacrifice, it's two equally fucked up dedicated devotees who are codependent and enablers to each other, it's the way they only fit together with each other because of the rough edges, it's the way Satan always looms behind the Lovers, the way He is present in the backdrop (here and in the Devil tarot card) but the lovers linked together are in the foreground, the Devil is only the symbol of a bond, what the image is about at the end of the day is the bond itself, anyway anyone else wanna go crazy about this with me?
I am not joking dnp getting sponsored by a board game brand, therefore having to play more board games for videos, is like the best thing to ever happen
this video has confirmed that daniel howell loves a process. he loves steps. he made a drink that involves BOTH freezing water and boiling water. actually not only boiling water once but boiling water TWICE (one for boba and one for tea)...imagine ordering this drink at a bar and someone's like "hold on give me an hour and half"
ok but rich gay husbands play silly games against each other in their million dollar house is like the most amazing vibe i can even imagine they hit the nail on the head with this one and i didn’t even know the nail existed
Remember that this is not a Spoiler but a Speculation coming from my point of view after the promo artwork posted by the author as I haven't read the GN yet.
Honestly though them holding an entire funeral for the gaming channel making everyone think that it’s Dead dead just to say “SIKE” in the last 10 seconds is so hilariously on brand for them