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[bewareofthenewphannie]

SO I was wondering why they were wearing these very grey, bland, almost hospital gown-esque and weirdly enough kind of matching shirts...

because in the previous ones they were dressed relatively normally.

(Yeah, the Illuminati shirt absolutely counts as normal in my book.)

And maybe I have an explanation for it?

As we see at the beginning the channel was shut down by the gchq ("the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency").

Furthermore they mention that...

[Dan: They tried to stop us. Phil: But they didn't!]

So my theory is that they got detained by the government and recently escaped but they're still wearing the clothes they were put into there.

But that's just a theory. A Craft Th- *gunshot*

(Or maybe they're trying to look like a cult, you know where everyone's wearing the same thing. Either way, I think they put some thought into the clothes so if anyone has theories or additions let me know.)

#dan and phil #don't cry craft #misty says things #(how obvious is it that I've been watching st)

[misty-wisp]

sumire could've been so much more interesting, like. okay. i get it. kasumi was really nice but at the same time she was insensitive as fuck to her sister and that made her feel like shit 24/7 and you'd think that'd piss sumire off, no? or at least you'd think it'd be made clear that she's not pissed purely because she thinks so lowly of herself. no. she just sings kasumi's praises even with everything in mind.

like. you'd think "hm maybe kasumi wasn't the best sister even though she meant well" no. no she's the perfect person and sumire still loves her and looks up to her well enough to wear her likeness even after accepting herself as sumire post-3rd semester. sumire didn't even like gymnastics as much as her and she obviously had more of an interest in cooking but she's gotta go on to fulfill her sister's dream even though hey maybe that's not what she wants--no that's exactly what she wants it's what the game says can't you read.

idk man sumire continuing to think her sister was perfect and following on with that "dream" of theirs even though it was holding down her mental health doesn't sound much like her rebelling to me. ik her real awakening was meant to be rebelling against maruki's reality but in that case her whole personal deal regarding how she sees herself and kasumi doesn't mean that much. she doesn't get to do her own thing. she has to go and achieve what her sister wanted for her, because god forbid sumire be her own person with her own interests and wants that have nothing to do with her dead sister.

fuck, kasumi could've been more interesting too. she doesn't have to be this perfect, well-meaning sister who did nothing wrong except make an oopsies that got her sister to have a mental breakdown and accidentally get her fucking killed. like, c'mon, you could infer that kasumi may have had her own ego over getting constantly praised for her efforts and skills and maybe that was what got her to be so insensitive to sumire's mental health. maybe she was so far up her own ass she couldn't see how she hurt her sister over the course of them doing gymnastics together because literally all she knew was that praise. maybe the way she was being treated got her to emotionally abuse her own sister without her even realizing it. maybe we could've seen more of how that affected sumire's mental health after her death--oh what's that? she still has to be a perfectly marketable waifu with next to no personality aside from being nice and cute and romantically interested in the protagonist? okay, ATLUS!!

#gripping sumi by the shoulders i can fix her i can fix her #idek if this is a hot take or not i just. i don't like how sumire's character was sacrificed for marketability #bc she could've been SO FUCKING GREAT #i liked her? at first? but then i thought about it #and i watched my bf play royal and realized WOW she got fucking shafted #it's been a hot minute since i've seen this fandom's thoughts on some chars so uhhhh go easy on me or smth #i know i made a post last year saying 'wow sumi's much better implemented into the game than marie' yeah no i was wrong ignore that #persona 5 #p5r spoilers #sumire yoshizawa #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

you really don't get this kind of fandom experience anywhere else, do you?

like, we're not normal about them but they also aren't fucking normal about us either. and i think that's beautiful.

#dan and phil #okay okay i said i would go but this video made me feels things #our weird little parasocial family <3 #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

So let me summarise, they want us to believe that...

Phil asked dan to buy him things for his background all the way back in 2016. that means dan ordered these things during tatinof. in that context it makes perfect sense for dan to forget about already having bought a present because they arguably had a lot going on.

Dan got him the lamps, plus a deer candle, which phil mentions in a video back in January 2017 (this is relevant, I promise).

He then tweeted about the hippo lamp in February, presumably because he thought it's nice/funny and wanted to show people but didn't want to mention that dan had bought it for him for...reasons.

A few months later they moved with all the lamps (and never showed the dino and lava lamp) and a few years later in 2019 phil finally used the deer candle, along with the dinosaur lamp (and the lava lamp?) for the new AP set in the 2nd London apartment.

Which he planned on doing since 2016? (He doesn't mention where he got the candle from but he does pretend to order the lamps. On that topic I'll redirect you to the tags on this post.)

OR they lied yesterday. Which is at least as plausible as this because they do have a track record of getting their own past wrong.

#okay hear me out it's not that likely but it does make sense imo #phan #dan and phil #misty says things #lampgate #< stealing this tag from jenna because I think it's funny

[bewareofthenewphannie]

I am so scared for april fools. I know they are plotting something and oh to be a fly on their wall during this discussion.

which ideas do they bring up but regard as too much or too little? how do they calculate our response to whatever they'll end up doing? how much they are willing to mess with us? how much are they willing to risk for a joke?

well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see

#the thing is it feels almost impossible to predict what they'll do #the limits have been pushed so far and been yeeted out of the window into oblivion #and yet they keep things vague and 'clickbaity' #so it could be anything but considering the current vibes they've got going on I feel like they'll go all out #misty says things #dan and phil

[bewareofthenewphannie]

An incomplete list of things Dan and Phil just could not let go this gamingmas:

Phil's fat ass

Phil's grandma's Glory Hole ™️

swingers

Catboy Dan

danisnotonfire

The Gay

#feel free to add #dan and phil #gamingmas 2023 #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

tier list video idea: dan and phil rank "canon" fics by accuracy but they end up criticising things like their food choices instead of the actual contents of the fic. at some point they start complaining about how 'they would not fucking say it like that' instead of how 'they would not fucking say that'. not a single phannie survives.

#dan and phil #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

I know I'm behind and someone's definitely said this already but I love the idea of phil seemingly spontaneously coming up with this idea and dan just going along with it.

#dan and phil #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

them editing the pinofs together, dan being so proud of knowing exactly what's in phils bedside drawer, them once again finding themselves incredibly funny, the picturess, the soft launching, them calling themselves out for going into the other apartment every single time, oh I know I'm forgetting stuff, this is one to rewatch

#dan and phil #I'm really just saying things but there was so much good stuff going on #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

the fact that they could just casually introduce the new places of the phouse or even film the videos there without really mentioning it, but noo, they decided to make A Thing out of it.

it makes me think of the role their living spaces have played in this parasocial (and sarapocial) relationship we have. because they've always been A Thing, that's nothing new.

their beds became part of their brand, they let the internet into every inch of their first london apartment during a time where they really gave their everything for youtube. then they took a step back, and set boundaries for themselves with the sets in the second (fake) london apartment.

it's understandable that they want to keep their (p)house for themselves and not let the whole world into this thing that's so intimately theirs. but, as they've mentioned before, at the same time they do want to show off what they've built and designed (pretty sure they talked about this on a stereo show or something). and they obviously know the curiosity is there on our part.

so when they share they do it deliberately and with purpose. and by making it such A Thing they're taking control in a way. because it's not us pointing out these things, they already make the jokes themselves, basically making fun of us but in the process still show us new corners of their house and let us in a little bit more.

it's like with 'they're touching', by pointing these things out themselves they take away some of the power we have over their experience but not any of the fun on our part. they acknowledge it and spin it in a way that works for them. at the same time it works for us because it's very transparent and they're not not doing that thing where they lie to us again (to quote them).

it's pretty neat this way I think.

#I wrote most of this while on the train this morning after definitely not having slept enough so I only take partial responsibility for this #dan and phil #phan #misty says things #also an I just say I love hank's video so much (the one I linked above) #it's so well put and such an interesting and important approach to parasocial relationships #this is only adjacently related to this post btw because I am aware he's mostly talking about his own experience there #and I don't want to project this too much on dnp #but also I just really like hank so here I am talking about him in the tags I guess

[bewareofthenewphannie]

who would've thought that a simple (part 1) could be so threatening?

#are you ready for like...at least two more of these? #dan and phil #misty says things

[misty-wisp]

something something akira and akechi both have the power of the wild card but it hurts them in different ways something something akechi can put on all sorts of masks but only sticks to his lies and hatred which while are true to himself still only gets him to push people away something something akira gets rid of the one persona that was supposedly his true self in order to fuse all sorts of masks that bring him closer to other people while losing his sense of self in order to people please something something two sides of the same coin

#i just had a Thought #persona 5 #akira kurusu #goro akechi #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

part of me is really curious to hear the lore behind everyone's profile pictures here on tumblr but then again it'll probably just be a variation of "they look good/cute/random xd" for most people

anyway, if you actually have some special connection to/random story behind your picture, please tell me!

#do I tag this? #I mean I genuinely would like to know so I might as well #dan and phil #mine was just me panicking about how to make my blog look somewhat decent so I landed on the next best moment I thought was funny #but (I'm not sure you can see it) I did draw on whiskers in the ace and aro flag colors #so at least a small amount of thought went into it #I'll admit the main factor for choosing it was 'haha they're touching' though #misty says things

[bewareofthenewphannie]

I hate (love) that tumblr apparently still is the default social media page for them to think about, even though nowadays they are (publicly?) more active on the other sites.

Hearing them refer to tumblr so casually, Dan posting that long post when the merch dropped, Phil asking for asks, the occasional gif reblog - even as a new tumblr phannie it's both nice and also slightly scary to be acknowledged. But overall I think it means something is healing.

I'm definitely not the right person to write big thinkpieces on this because I've been here for like...a week. But guys, I think they do love you deep down.

#dan and phil #i just think it's sweet #and from what i can tell tumblr used to be a huge part of their online lives #but also the source of the greatest drama #so yeah it's nice that they're coming back here #something about trust etc #amazingphil #dan howell #misty says things

[misty-wisp]

not particularly fond of how most omori roleswaps are made simply to follow the same ideas the base game provides in terms of coping

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