Overwhelmed by Pheels
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god the sue perkins chat was so damn interesting. it’s always genuinely enlightening to hear dnp discuss the trajectory of their careers in this more direct way and provide their perspectives regarding how they’ve gotten this far and where things might go from here. fascinating insights for me included:
- hearing them rehash their beginnings, and the way they had to grow slowly with years of consistent effort, rather than rely on any kind of overnight success
- phil’s observation that the reason a fandom developed around them was because of people’s interest in watching them collaborate
- phil referring to his beginning years of youtube by stating it was like directing his own little tv show
- the discussion about authenticity driving their content led mostly by dan which showed that even in light of his quibbling about what sort of content he should make and what role he should play he’s fundamentally driven by a belief in himself and who he is and the things he has to say
- also dan being like ‘phil is weird’ when they were talking about how phil genuinely doesn’t get very fazed by negativity, and phil sticking up for people discussing anxiety saying it’s worth it if just one person were helped
- phil acknowledging that he is thirty (maybe for the first time? at least that i’ve heard) and admitting that that kind of made him worried at first, but then reiterating that he’s not rly interested in a fight to stay relevant bc he likes making what he makes and he has the confidence to know people are interested in that content
- the admissions of how frustrated they’ve been at various points when collaborating with more established media and the sort of bureaucratic constraints that come with it
- also dan lowkey admitted they’ve talked to bbc 3 and bbc comedy at different points but decided the time wasnt right to collaborate with them? while also suggesting that if they’d want to branch out into a tv format the principal collaborators would be netflix, youtube red, and amazon. super interesting
- the fact they shared the montage of baking videos hahaha. the weirdness of seeing them in their fucking pastel personas being idiots in front of a room full of fancy business people
- just dan and phil generally discussing their wild success without an ounce of condescension towards young people. rather, it felt like they were truly advocating on behalf of young people and asking traditional media types not to belittle our intelligence and focus instead on all of our collective interest in progressivism, social justice, and general social awareness even with respect to the media and entertainment we consume and that just felt so, so good to hear from them
⭐️Little Starboy Phil⭐️
Thought of the idea last night and just had to draw it
Please reblog, reposting is mean :‘c
(Via amazingphil Source: galactichan) 9,621 notes | 7 years ago
(Via crisshowell Source: julisworking) 4,563 notes | 7 years ago
⭐️🌙
Phil’s liveshows: 30 minutes of actual information about videos and important stuff that’s going to happen
Dan’s liveshows: 1 hour of talking about phil. and maybe dogs. but mostly phil
(Via phantangled Source: phantangled) 6,794 notes | 8 years ago
when Phil goes back in the North and Dan gets to go too :’)
(Via crisshowell Source: crisshowell) 8,456 notes | 8 years ago
the four horsemen of the apocalypse
(Via energeticwarrior Source: energeticwarrior) 6,493 notes | 8 years ago
Anthony, Dan or a rat? Scientists can’t tell
(Via phantangled Source: phantangled) 8,900 notes | 8 years ago
Dan and Phil with Flowers 🌺 🌻
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