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ArT iS iMpOrTaNt

don't cry craft

@danielhowell + @amazingphil + dost thou wish to live deliciously ft. slime

#dan and phil #phan #stunning

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manchester eye (and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you

don’t even have a name for)

#dan and phil #phan #oh

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READING MY GAY FANFIC!

#phil #so like where's chapter two

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we need to start calling dan and phil phan again not as a ship name for two separate individuals, but as just a name for the one symbiotic organism that they've merged into over the years but also for the fandometrics

#dan and phil #phan

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I think I was just born with something dark and ugly inside of me. Always waiting to be found out.

planetarium - adrienne rich/@twoheadedfawnn/ugly, bitter, and true - suzanne rivecca/a burning hill - mitski/a hora da estrela- clarice lispector/ @100493503004422/sharp objects - gillian flynn

#thoughts

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what are we?

#hxh #leopika

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phot shit

#dan and phil #slay

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4:30 am at the sleepover

#dan and phil #that's so cute omg

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[Stardew Valley] felt compelled to draw some ponies..

#stardew valley #my little pony

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Dan And phil Appreciation week!!!

Day 1: Favourite Dan And Phil Baking video

I honestly really love this video as it was one of the first videos I had watched of them, and what really made me fall in love with their content. It was my first baking video, and it has a special place in my heart because of it. I honestly really love everything about it from the chaos, the outfits, the jokes.

I express my love of them through my art, and this to be honest is my most romantic drawing of them I have posted, but I am so happy with how it turned out.

#dan and phil #omg amazing

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ꁝꏂ꒒꒒ꄲ ꉔꋪꋬꊰ꓄꒐ꏂꇙ

#dan and phil #stunning

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kurapika’s dream

a companion to my “leorio’s dream” comic, also a rework of an older idea!

#hxh #oh

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wooooo kurapika day 💛

#hxh

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drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, romeo

#dan and phil #absolutely beautiful #this is so 😭😭😭

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DanandPhilCrafts + Fucked Up Queer Devotion + Christian Homophobia: An Essay

We’ve all been talking about the willingness of Dan and Phil to perform the ritual, we’ve all been talking about the intimacy of carving out your lover’s heart, but I have not heard anyone talk about the fucked up side of Dan and Phil’s (fictional) relationship with each other, and with Him, so here goes.

On the craft channel, Dan and Phil act overwhelmingly positive, like satanic children’s show hosts, but this is clearly a farce. We see them drop their smiles quite a few times during the crafting- most notably in Glitter Faces when Dan’s craft turns out wrong, and when Phil cuts Dan’s hand. “Don’t cry, craft” is directed towards the audience, but it seems Dan and Phil are following their own advice. Cults, after all, prey on vulnerable people. While they do seem scared of doing the ritual, and their involvement with Him, they are, however, definitely willing. In

The blood on Dan after he kills Phil is interesting; The handprint on his shirt isn’t a sign of a struggle, but rather Phil just grabbing his shirt- that’s pretty intimate, honestly. The blood on his face could’ve been caused by a bunch of things: blood splatter he wiped at? wiping at his face (eyes?) with a bloody hand? or Phil holding his face? (I like the third option) The blood on his nose might totally have been accidental, and just a thing that happened, but it could also be an allusion to the cat whiskers, in the spirit of bringing things back to the beginning and whatnot.

After the ritual is complete, there’s the obvious tarot symbolism. @freckliedan has a great post about this, but I’ve got more to add, so bear with me. Yes, Dan and Phil are framed as the lovers, but that’s not all. While the sexual deviance associated with the devil card has clear connections to queerness, it’s main association is usually unhealthy relationships and dependence. We also see Phil always giving Dan the directions, implying some kind of power unbalance. Applied to Dan and Phil’s (fictional) relationship, we’re told that it’s just not as healthy as their real relationship. These characters, while obviously in love and super devoted to each other, are not in a healthy relationship.

Furthering the unhealthy relationship idea is when Phil calls Dan “Sampson”. In the Bible or whatever (I’m not Christian sue me) Sampson topples these pillars, killing both himself and his enemies, which has a clear parallel to Dan’s stacked ingredients falling over, but the use of “folly” is interesting, and suggests a further connection. Sampson had married a prostitute, and she sold him out, basically, leading to his enslavement and later death. In this story, this is the clearest and most obvious act of folly by Sampson: marrying someone who he shouldn’t have, someone who it was taboo for him to be with. Connected to Dan and Phil, it suggests that their relationship is dangerous due to the social taboo, but it’s also implied that Phil will betray Dan.

Speaking of unhealthy relationships, that’s sure what they’ve got with Him! Leading up to the ritual, Dan and Phil are shown to be scared of Him, even though they call Him their friend. Dan’s head shake when Phil says “crafting has improved my life in numerous ways” is very telling. At the end, Dan’s shoulders tense at His first footstep, however, when He actually touches Dan, he doesn’t seem scared at all- forgive me for this next point, but from the way he kinda leans into the touch and tilts his head back, it seems more like he’s going for “turned on” rather than “scared”.

“Okay, cool” you say, “but what does it mean?” Well, Dan and Phil’s relationship in this series is not just about homoerotic undertones- this is an allegory for toxic queer sexual relationships. Why would they make something about toxic relationships when they’re in a healthy relationship? With the toxicity, and the power imbalances, and the satanism, Dan and Phil’s (fictional) relationship is a representation of Christian fears of queerness, and the supposed immoral/corrupting/anti-Christian effects of being in a queer relationship. The fear Dan and Phil show throughout the series is representative of internalized homophobia. They’re scared to align themselves with Him because it means accepting their own queerness. Dan shows more fear than Phil throughout the series (like after his glitter face turns out to be a pentacle) which parallels his real world internalized homophobia that he’s experienced. By holding hands with the devil (or baphomet?) standing behind them, Dan and Phil have embodied every conservative fear about queerness, but have come out on top. Through their YouTube channel, we get to do the same.

#dan and phil #interesting

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three cheers for. squareflake revenge or whatever. etc

#dan and phil #this is amazing

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ART IS IMPORTANT ‼️

[ID: Digital art of Daniel Howell and Phil Lester from "DanandPhilCRAFTS - Slime" as the tarot card "The Devil". Dan stands on the left, holding a heart in one hand and Phil's hand and a coiled rope in the other. Phil stands on the right, holding Dan's hand and the rope with one hand, and a knife in the other. Dan looks forward blankly, spattered in blood, while Phil stands with his eyes closed, a gaping wound in his chest. They stand on an altar mat, while a large red goat-like satan stands behind them, a hand on each of their shoulders. The card sits on top of a printed out government document from GCHO, which has been heavily blacked out and is splattered with blood. End ID]

#dan and phil #absolutely stunning