This Is My Favorite Twitter Interaction

Sir there’s a whole audience in front of you who paid to be there and you’re looking at your man, pathetic behavior

NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING DDR TOGETHER FOR 15 YEARS 😭😭😭😭

so fucking emotional at dan howell being named a top 10 influential lgbt+ figure. i can’t stop thinking about how much he went through with the bullying and the self hatred and the years where hoards of people felt entitled to his sexuality and harassed him over it before he could properly put a name to it.

thinking about how dan said when he finally realised and accepted that he’s gay, he spent 2 hours sobbing on a balcony and drinking an entire bottle of rosé. thinking about how dan said he wanted to cancel interactive introverts because he knew he’s gay and felt like he needed time away from everything to process. thinking about the dan howell who went on tour anyway despite this gnawing at him. thinking about how dan took a year off to collect himself and then posted a 45 minute video detailing his journey and struggles with sexuality, self acceptance, outside pressures, and invasive strangers in detail because he owed that to his past self and present self. thinking about 2019 dan saying he wasn’t confident in his sexuality and couldn’t say he was proudly gay. thinking about dan going to london pride that year anyway and walking around with the gay flag and his silly shirt, beaming and radiant like we’ve never seen before.

thinking about the dan howell who wrote a best selling book all about his relationship with mental illness and how his queerness deeply impacted that because he thought that people could use it if needed. thinking about the dan howell who decided to perform a two hour stage show where he made loads of dirty jokes about his gayness to thousands. thinking about the dan howell who wears whatever he wants and posts whatever he wants without having to worry that the internet is going to pick apart every bit of him to see if he’s queer.

thinking about the dan howell now who came back to the gaming channel and now mentions his sexuality in almost every video posted. thinking about the dan howell now who is going on tour where the point is he and phil are gay as fuck and they don’t care anymore and honestly just wanna let their hair down and have fun with their dedicated audience. thinking about the dan howell now who poses with pride flags at m&g as a member of the community, not just an ally. the dan howell who is selling merch stating “dan and phil made me gay” because it’s really funny and he recognises that his audience is mostly queer and feels a sense of community with them. the dan howell who no longer shies away from the existence of phan bc it’s lowkey funny to him. the dan howell of 2024 who was voted in the top 10 influential lgbt+ figures. the dan howell now who is proud of that as a gay person who went through so much shit and came out the other side. no matter how bad it got, it still got better. it took time, but he got there (,:

I've never seen this perspective before and God it's perfect 😭

dnp + feeling each other’s heartbeat

dan and phil took back what the internet took from them and now they are waving it in the air and passing it back and forth, going na na na boo boo, jump! jump! you're too short, ha ha ha loooosers😋🫵

ITS OKAY HONEY.

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If anyone even cares there is a domino effect from Dan and Phil existing on the internet -> Alice Oseman watching and creating their own “we would find each other in every universe” epic gay love story -> Heartstopper blowing up and creating a more accepting and inclusive environment for queer British teenagers -> Dan and Phil complaining today about how it’s hard to even watch Heartstopper because it makes them long for a youth they never got to have.

Do they even realize their influence is part of why teens these days get to have that life? Terrible influence my ass, they changed the world.

Spooky week drinking game:

"You scared me more than the game then!"

"The real horror is..."

*phil attempts to scare Dan and fails* "youre so hard to scare!"

*Dan attempts to scare phil and succeeds. Then laughs evily*

"Oh I hate ___! That means ___". Ex: "I hate windows, that means somethings gonna pop it's face in"

*silly moment* "we're ruining the immersion"

Back to the wall

The sexualization of some monster or force of evil, ex. Calling them mommy/daddy, or some version of "would"

"Why would anyone do this? Just call the police!"

Stupid thing when they get jumpscared and involuntarily reach for each other

Joke about dan falling off his chair

Dan legit falling off his chair