000dia000 wrote:alittledizzy wrote:fancybum wrote:saffarinda wrote:
Honestly though, I can't see them being the sort of people to post a coming out video, or a "We're together!" video. They both hint towards being not straight in liveshows, and feel no need to do any coming out videos - just allow attraction to be made known. Which is smart, because skeptical people can interpret it as them making jokes or just commenting on aesthetics rather than physical attraction.
Wait, do you think they
want 'skeptical' people to be able to brush off their attraction mentions as complete jokes? As in that's part of a strategy and not just something that happens outside of their intent(s)?
I actually just laughed at that. But like, kind of a choked sad laugh.
They're making a very clear effort to make their attraction to men known, but in like baby steps. They could even do a twenty minute video talking about men's abs and some people might not even get the message until they say "I like men!". At the same time, deppy haven't exactly made it entirely clear what their individual sexualities are, they're just doing what they're comfortable with, and not stepping outside their comfort zones.
However,
saffarinda is arguably correct in saying that being selective in what they say is smart for a wider audience, if you want to argue that they're doing what's comfortable and they don't want to put sexuality as a forefront to their identities. And I've seen people come here on IDB and argue that they believe that these mentions are just purely aesthetic based. As well as that, I've seen arguments that their discreet and quiet mentions are smart for these reasons. I don't get what's so bizarre about this. I definitely don't think deppy are actively trying to pull wool over the eyes of the casual fan, but it's pretty obvious how low key they are, anyway.
Basically this ^^ Dan and Phil attempt to make most things neutral, for the most part. This was the first year Dan pretty bluntly alluded towards who he was voting for and supporting, and whilst they do discuss many issues in liveshows, if you were a casual viewer just watching their main channel videos/gaming videos you could gain almost no information regarding political/social ideologies. They do make copious amounts of innuendos, but if the audience wants to, they could see it as just "lads" joking - all depends on the perspective they're looking at it from (still can't get over that image of pastel dan and phil with the comments from that guy who was asking if they were gay and was v confused oml ).
Ultimately, staying as neutral as possible allows for a wider potential audience. There are some opinions you can make known, as they're often widely accepted on the internet (disliking Trump, for example) but others (theism and atheism) are much more divided and can't be expressed without causing arguments and a divide. Sadly, some homophobes do watch Dan and Phil, so it's unsurprising that they aren't explicit with any homosexual tendancies that they may or may not have. If I wanted to be cynical, I could just say Youtube is still a job, and they just want to get enough views to rake in a good amount of money - whether that be from the teenage homosexual, or the student homophobe. I mean, it would be a great way of tricking someone - getting their views and adsense to contribute towards some queer guys livings.
Also
lefthandedism I 100% agree, I couldn't see it either tbh! Along that thought path though, if they are in a relationship I wonder whether the Youtube Community knows... because I don't think they do. I doubt dnp would trust them in all honesty - people would love to spill that tea in a vid and grab those views.
Anyone heard of any other previously hidden youtube couples discussing whether they were open about their relationship with the community or not?
dan howell gives me life 
