Dan & Phil Part 5: Dan & Phil Lester

[iero]

just an observation but when dan comes across as being really comfortable in videos he seems more camp? i'm not sure if it's just me that thinks this and thought it was more obvious during this video but i wonder if it's something he holds back bc i know he's been defensive about it before.

i find him more feminine and expressive than camp, camp to me kind of implies a really dramatic act rather than something more subtle and natural. he definitely shows a more feminine attitude when he's with someone he's comfortable with, especially women. if he's holding it back with other people, id guess that's a subconscious act leftover from being in an all boys highschool

i agree, that's a better way of putting it and i've too noticed he seems more comfortable with this attitude around women.

i really like seeing this side of dan.

[phamnotof]

I think buttergluttons is the new protein and I"m not okay with it. Also Dan must be in the US with now the time that he's tweeted this? Edit: nvm it's only 1am in London

when I look at the tweet on twitter, it's saying that he posted it at 5:08 pm? but here, it says 1:08 am. WEIRD.
/it's not because of my timezone, either, it's 2 am here/

[esso]

Dans video: It wasnt as bad as NWW... Maybe its just me that i dont get those story time videos on yt that go on and on for 30 minutes with no reason whatsoever But couldnt this video be 1000 times better if it was at least 20min shorter??

it was dragging and dragging forever. Any potential good moments were lost between the pointless giggles and the boring details. Why would someone be interested in that much detail (and esp. in a boring story like this) I am left with literally nothing from the video. It never really got my attention. I am even more surprised dan actually uploaded a video like that and in his main channel as well. 2 years ago that story would be a little part of a 10min video with another 5 awkward (maybe actually funny) moments. Dan would more likely kill himslef before he published this video in 2014. Times change...

I'm gonna agree that it was too long for my tastes. Dan and Louise are lovely and hilarious together though, don't get me wrong. I loved the video but I'll probably only watch once.

DINOF videos in general are a one time watch for me.

[bluebox-away]

I think buttergluttons is the new protein and I"m not okay with it. Also Dan must be in the US with now the time that he's tweeted this? Edit: nvm it's only 1am in London

when I look at the tweet on twitter, it's saying that he posted it at 5:08 pm? but here, it says 1:08 am. WEIRD.
/it's not because of my timezone, either, it's 2 am here/

It's showing up for me as being 24 minutes ago, it should be 1.08am UK time. Also I just realized my autocorrect on the last post turned protip into protein and I can't edit it and it's been quoted so now it's preserved forever

[Jeweul]

I think buttergluttons is the new protein and I"m not okay with it. Also Dan must be in the US with now the time that he's tweeted this? Edit: nvm it's only 1am in London

when I look at the tweet on twitter, it's saying that he posted it at 5:08 pm? but here, it says 1:08 am. WEIRD.
/it's not because of my timezone, either, it's 2 am here/

It's showing up for me as being 24 minutes ago, it should be 1.08am UK time. Also I just realized my autocorrect on the last post turned protip into protein and I can't edit it and it's been quoted so now it's preserved forever

Oh my gosh I'm laughing so hard right now. I was wondering what you meant by protein.


About the videos:
I did find Phil a bit awkward in the NWW, but I liked the video. Not going to watch it again any time soon, but it's still nice.
I absolutely LOVED the Dan + Louise video, it had me in tears by the end of it. They are probably my favorite dynamic on YouTube. They really bounce off of eachother so well.

[Cora]

I absolutely adore when Dan and Louise are together one-on-one. (no offense my sweet Philly, your energy just doesn't match what happens when they're together). It's not a collab so much as just two genuine friends being goofy together.

Also, yes, the "I'm crumbling with guilt" was because they were pretending it was her birthday. Her 16th birthday, no less.
"We sit on a throne of lies. I'm crumbling with guilt."


edit: My god, Dan loses his face in red-cheeked laughter trolling Louise by calling out the Phandom to call her the leader of the ButterGluttons and her response of "NOOOOOOOOOOOO". You little shit.

[idontreallyknow]

I just watched the restaurant story video and this is one of the only videos I've actually full-on laughed during . It felt so natural which made it 10x funnier and just

I can tell I'll be watching this video a lot

Also I must have replayed that dominant comment part 20 times now (what was that phil nephew thing)

[trashqueen]

dan's collab with louise was amazing, i cry laughed all the way through, i love their friendship, definitely gonna rewatch this one a million times over

in fact, i'm gonna watch it again right now for timestamps which is something i never do

2:10 'did you just fart?' 'no, i would have told you... you know i would have told you'
2:45 'akward' dan your spelling offends me and english isn't even my first language
6:56 phil is such a nice person i can't deal with people crying
8:26> drink every time they say fancy?
8:58 'oh, our coats are having a threesome' i love louise so much and dan's face oh my god
9:48 'don't make sounds!!!' *jumpcut* lol i wonder what happened after that
13:00 dan's facial expressions and 'we all know hazel is the alpha male' lol
15:05 i'm living for campy dan
16:00 'it's just who we are' ??? idk how am i suppose to take this but interesting
19:52 'you feel full of the thing's you've put in your mouth'
20:40 'louise and dan awkward senses'
23:08 campy dan again and louise's laugh
25:56 awwwwwwwww that was adorable im gonna gif it

you know i'm happy with a video when i take the time to gif it

[danphil333]

this is a fair observation and I'm not disagreeing with you per se (don't think this vid will suit everybody... especially not if you're not a big Dan fan in the first place), but I'm Dan and Louise trash and personally I loved every second I thought the length was a real treat and it's nice that he doesn't feel like he has to stick to a 10 minute curfew

of course he doesnt have to stick to a 10 min curfew when he has something interesting or funny to say..That story for me could be funny as a short 5min anecdote for a liveshow maybe. It reminded of sth i dont like in his liveshows. His need to explain everything down to the most inane detail. Its beyond boring if you dont adore him

also it proved to me how "not close" at all they are. They literally didnt have anything else to add to the video and dragged the one thing they could find for 20min. I also didnt feel dan was that comfortable around louise like in the first Awkward Moments video. it felt more forced.. not really sth fun for them. Dans laughs(except maybe one moment) were really fake.

[Rigby]

you know i'm happy with a video when i take the time to gif it

That's adorable, thank you for that

[jaej]

there's the real heart eyes howell im kidding. i really adore their friendship, you can really see that they're both comfortable despite the entire thing being about how they're inept as a duo. which is odd tbh, im not exactly a louise fan

[daphenaxa]

Dan video was glorious. The Phil napkin story had me cry laugh.
I think it's evident they do really like each other. Dan was so comfortable. His laugh, especially at the end was so natural and genuine. Campy Dan was also here big time. The alpha male moment was fun, I still don't get the "he thought Phil was my nephew" thing. Like, that was really weird?
At the beginning I have to admit I was a bit annoyed about all the details and very slow story telling but pretty quickly it made the whole thing extra funny and in the end I didn't want it to stop.

[sunday]

I'm Dan and Louise trash and personally I loved every second I thought the length was a real treat and it's nice that he doesn't feel like he has to stick to a 10 minute curfew

Same. I also thought it was interesting in light of the recent discussion on here (I can't remember which board it was and am too lazy to look soz) about Markiplier's vid on youtube and a little discussion Dan had in one of his live shows about the ~youtube algorithm~ and how it can restrict the kind of content youtubers post (namely, making videos shorter so viewers don't get bored and click off).

I think it's cool that Dan's aware of this algorithm and could have made his vid shorter, but chose not to. It makes it feel like he posted the vid really more for the phandom members and didn't really care that it might not appeal to his more casual viewers.
Of course he's so successful already I guess there's less pressure to maximise the amount of subs he gains/attention his vids get but yanno. Still felt like it was a 'gift' for the fans. I'm rambling. I'm gonna stop now

[tymyky]

Unpopular opinion here but I liked the NWW better than Dan's video. I actually laughed out loud through out the whole video but in the restaurant story, the only thing that made me laugh was the napkin incident. What really puts me off are Dan's overreactions and in this video coupled by Louise. Their screaming or sputtering makes me really cringe and I usually skip those moments. Even though they were quite loud in the NWW there was at least Phil for balancing it out.

You all complain about AP persona (don't get me wrong I would also be happy if he dropped it) but I hate Dan's persona more. His overplaying and screaming is something that I will never find funny and it is getting worse and worse. I don't hate his videos or him but I never get myself to rewatch them. And imo their first awkward moments were better this at least for me wasn't that funny maybe more cringey.

Dan and Louise are two really loud people and I actually love the collabs Louise did just with Phil during Christmas 2013. They also have great chemistry just being the two of them and for me definitely more enjoyable.

[lilMango]

also it proved to me how "not close" at all they are. They literally didnt have anything else to add to the video and dragged the one thing they could find for 20min. I also didnt feel dan was that comfortable around louise like in the first Awkward Moments video. it felt more forced.. not really sth fun for them. Dans laughs(except maybe one moment) were really fake.

I have to say I disagree, because I feel like the fact that they dragged out the story at some parts shows how genuinely funny they thought it all was. Dan never usually uploads videos that long to his main channel, so his decisions to not edit out little moments and make it short makes their friendship seem all the more "real."
Especially after watching the bit of the Hazel vlog... They were acting exactly like they did in the video in my opinion even though they didn't know they were being filmed.
But yeah, Dan tends to ramble a bit and drags things out which is probably boring to a lot of people. My sister isn't a huge Dan fan for that reason.

[jaej]

is dan actually getting louder, other than the fact he's more confident on camera? in videos like pinof 2, amazing dan 2 and the tree, he's way more invasive (?) than currently imo and constantly interrupts and jumps in and shouts, the only difference is that he seems more sure of himself now. idk, i think the problem in the video was that the ap persona was halting the video - he was changing the subjects and grabbing a cactus and it made the video seem cut. while dan was annoying, shouting and being dramatic didn't cut subjects in the same way. it's about altering personas slightly to suit the situation, and the ap persona made that situation odd

[spaceguitar]

Yeah I dont really think you can say that Louise and Dan aren't comfortable around each other. They seemed like besties to me.
I liked the DINOF vid
It didn't have a sort of snappy humor, or sharp humor, which are things that I generally like more. I did think that it was very cute, and I was laughing a lot during it. Dan and Louise are ridiculous together, but not in a way that makes me cringe, as they are having fun, and are very funny.
I liked the first 2 minutes of the video so much. It dragged on a bit for me otherwise, but not in a bad way. Dan can definitely waffle sometimes, and Louise can apparently do that with him.

[trashqueen]

also it proved to me how "not close" at all they are. They literally didnt have anything else to add to the video and dragged the one thing they could find for 20min. I also didnt feel dan was that comfortable around louise like in the first Awkward Moments video. it felt more forced.. not really sth fun for them. Dans laughs(except maybe one moment) were really fake.

I have to say I disagree, because I feel like the fact that they dragged out the story at some parts shows how genuinely funny they thought it all was. Dan never usually uploads videos that long to his main channel, so his decisions to not edit out little moments and make it short makes their friendship seem all the more "real."
Especially after watching the bit of the Hazel vlog... They were acting exactly like they did in the video in my opinion even though they didn't know they were being filmed.
But yeah, Dan tends to ramble a bit and drags things out which is probably boring to a lot of people. My sister isn't a huge Dan fan for that reason.

completely agree

You all complain about AP persona (don't get me wrong I would also be happy if he dropped it) but I hate Dan's persona more. His overplaying and screaming is something that I will never find funny and it is getting worse and worse. I don't hate his videos or him but I never get myself to rewatch them. And imo their first awkward moments were better this at least for me wasn't that funny maybe more cringey.

i personally think the loudness isn't really part of the dinof persona, that's just dan, because he is even louder and campy when he's doing a collab with someone he's comfortable with, and most ytbers drop their personas, at least a little bit, in those situations

i hope i don't come across as dan's defense squad, persona or not, i understand why the screaming and overrreacting (that //is// part of dinof™ imo, but i think it's also just his way of making stories more interesting) is annoying to so many of you, i find it funny even though my ears suffer

btw i'm gonna make that gif i made my signature i can't stop staring at it it's too adorable

[spaceguitar]

also it proved to me how "not close" at all they are. They literally didnt have anything else to add to the video and dragged the one thing they could find for 20min. I also didnt feel dan was that comfortable around louise like in the first Awkward Moments video. it felt more forced.. not really sth fun for them. Dans laughs(except maybe one moment) were really fake.

I have to say I disagree, because I feel like the fact that they dragged out the story at some parts shows how genuinely funny they thought it all was. Dan never usually uploads videos that long to his main channel, so his decisions to not edit out little moments and make it short makes their friendship seem all the more "real."
Especially after watching the bit of the Hazel vlog... They were acting exactly like they did in the video in my opinion even though they didn't know they were being filmed.
But yeah, Dan tends to ramble a bit and drags things out which is probably boring to a lot of people. My sister isn't a huge Dan fan for that reason.

completely agree

You all complain about AP persona (don't get me wrong I would also be happy if he dropped it) but I hate Dan's persona more. His overplaying and screaming is something that I will never find funny and it is getting worse and worse. I don't hate his videos or him but I never get myself to rewatch them. And imo their first awkward moments were better this at least for me wasn't that funny maybe more cringey.

i personally think the loudness isn't really part of the dinof persona, that's just dan, because he is even louder and campy when he's doing a collab with someone he's comfortable with, and most ytbers drop their personas, at least a little bit, in those situations

i hope i don't come across as dan's defense squad, persona or not, i understand why the screaming and overrreacting (that //is// part of dinof™ imo, but i think it's also just his way of making stories more interesting) is annoying to so many of you, i find it funny even though my ears suffer

btw i'm gonna make that gif i made my signature i can't stop staring at it it's too adorable

Yes to all this. Plus I agree with you agreeing with lilMango

[yonahime]

Have this been post?

It's just about TATINOF though

[flarequake]

I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while. I love Dan and Louise's chemistry, all the details were great cos they're so expressive in telling the story. When I see him all physically expressive like that I wonder what he'd have been like as an actor. Loved his voice sounding deeper too.

I also think his loudness is him rather than dinof, he always seems relaxed when he's going on a waffle in a liveshow or getting into a story like this, it seems to me it's him.

[tymyky]

i hope i don't come across as dan's defense squad, persona or not, i understand why the screaming and overrreacting (that //is// part of dinof™ imo, but i think it's also just his way of making stories more interesting) is annoying to so many of you, i find it funny even though my ears suffer

If you have to scream to make a story interesting it's probably not a good story. But I have to agree that Louise and Dan have a great friendship and really seem to enjoy each others company, which is something I adore.

[rizzo]

I feel so many things about the videos that came out today, I don't even know where to begin and you guys have covered everything I care to talk about. It has been an adventure reading the last few pages.

So much to over analyze. I'm a glutton for this shit! You might even call me a butterglutton. fml tbh.

"he must have thought Phil was my nephew or something" what the fuck was that about????

This! This definitely stuck out to me. Like.... As opposed to what, Dan? And why Phil? Was Dean not a masculine figure there? It was a strange and insightful comment.

just an observation but when dan comes across as being really comfortable in videos he seems more camp? i'm not sure if it's just me that thinks this and thought it was more obvious during this video but i wonder if it's something he holds back bc i know he's been defensive about it before.

i find him more feminine and expressive than camp, camp to me kind of implies a really dramatic act rather than something more subtle and natural. he definitely shows a more feminine attitude when he's with someone he's comfortable with, especially women. if he's holding it back with other people, id guess that's a subconscious act leftover from being in an all boys highschool

i agree, that's a better way of putting it and i've too noticed he seems more comfortable with this attitude around women.

i really like seeing this side of dan.

I agree here. I really love Dan in everything over the past few months. He just seems more comfortable and open... it almost makes me feel more comfortable when I watch him in these collabs/liveshows etc? Just

[trashqueen]

i hope i don't come across as dan's defense squad, persona or not, i understand why the screaming and overrreacting (that //is// part of dinof™ imo, but i think it's also just his way of making stories more interesting) is annoying to so many of you, i find it funny even though my ears suffer

If you have to scream to make a story interesting it's probably not a good story. But I have to agree that Louise and Dan have a great friendship and really seem to enjoy each others company, which is something I adore.

well i've never said it was a good method or that he did it intentionally

[danphil333]

You all complain about AP persona (don't get me wrong I would also be happy if he dropped it) but I hate Dan's persona more. His overplaying and screaming is something that I will never find funny and it is getting worse and worse. I don't hate his videos or him but I never get myself to rewatch them. And imo their first awkward moments were better this at least for me wasn't that funny maybe more cringey.

Dan and Louise are two really loud people and I actually love the collabs Louise did just with Phil during Christmas 2013. They also have great chemistry just being the two of them and for me definitely more enjoyable.

thank you so much for this
dan wasnt like that last year. He was still loud and his dinof brand is still the same. Watch one of the first gaming videos and one of the the most recent ones and notice the difference.please someone explain to me what happened to him ?? He lost everything that made him real (even the annoying parts) and now he is like a machine programmed to react and talk. i can still enjoy those old videos but he really makes me dislike the new ones and he literally ruins the experience for me. Its not like i want to dislike him.Even his voice, not the sound of it or the screaming but his tone (that try hard presenter voice) now is different and unnatural.