Terrible Influence Tour - Blog Posts

Reposting this on Tumblr to raise awareness about problems with accessibility at TIT specifically for wheelchair users.

this tour is going to be a hoot 🦉

So uh one of the images is when Dan kidnapped Phil

Did anyone record the TIT blue carpet and afterparty? I couldn't afford to go but really wanted to see it :(

We don’t talk enough about the part of TIT where Phil makes the 2009 Phil Barbie tell the 2009 Dan Barbie “The editing tips are stored in my bedroom” because yes he really said that 1 minute into the show

I thought that going to TIT and seeing that Dan and Phil are just Some Guys would make me more normal about them but it has in fact made me substantially less normal about them

Does anyone know where to find the pictures they take during the show?? Not the pre show pics but the during show ones

Took my straight fiancé to tit and when Sister Daniel came out my fiancé went “oh my god. He’s HOT. Look at his legs” so needless to say Dan and Phil are continuing their legacy of turning people gay

As promised… Dan and Phil vs. Bucees

Hey so Dan and Phil were 20 feet from me and I’m totally normal about it actually

TIT intermission takeaways: they went to bucees and were afraid (video footage soon), they slept “0 feet apart” on the tour bus, and Dan is even more of a theater kid than I ever imagined. And I am smiling so big and so happy to be alive for this moment and I love them. AND TODAY IS THE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PINOF!!!!! And it is 10 years this month since I started watching!!! And my heart is so full!!!!!

TO CLARIFY they are not releasing video of it lol I just got video of them talking about it on the tour

Getting ready for tit tonight and for the first time in my life I feel like I can dress as unhinged gay as I want and everyone will like my outfit instead of staring suspiciously at me

Tag yourself (especially you, Austin phannies)

Respectfully, as a born and raised Texan, I did not realize that dnp and bucees lived in the same world and this greatly disturbs me

GREAT TIME TO BE A TEXAS PHANNIE

oh god the texas show where phil is supposed to wear that bride cowgirl hat is the 25th. and asking for newly wed questions now.... anyone wanma put on clown makeup with me

Just occurred to me that the two major gaming channel events have always been spooky week and gamingmas… aka October and December. It was right there in front of us the whole time

I agree that phil is evil but the fact that he forgot his line straight before that as well almost makes me think this was a genuine slip up?

Did Phil say October or December tonight please I have to know

Dnp are kind of insane for telling us that the show is “contextless boyfriend approved” like why would they motivate us to bring people who are unfamiliar with them to this fucking show. They got the closest I think you can legally get to having sex on stage without getting the show age restricted and you want us to have to sit through that with our clueless partners, friends and family members?!?!

I don’t even care, I still can’t wait (yes I did overcome my parasocial fear and buy tickets)

terrible influence tour is just dan and phil hunting us for sport

Ik Dan has joked before that Phannies are scholars, and he is absolutely right. In 2021 I wrote a college gender studies final on Dan and Phil real-people queer baiting and whether it can ever be done intentionally.

Here are my favorite excerpts:

“As influencer culture grows, their audiences grow apprehensive of what may pass as in-real-life queerbaiting…In his coming-out video, "Basically, I'm Gay," Youtube celebrity Dan Howell explains the context of his relationship with the other half of the iconic internet duo "Dan and Phil."… he is quick to follow with a statement about his and Phil's preference to keep their personal life "private" for people that share their lives on the internet (Basically, I’m Gay). While respecting Dan and Phil’s reasoning for remaining closeted at the height of their Youtube careers, it is to be acknowledged that the duo profited on the speculative nature of their homosexual behaviors of their online public relationship. Along with Dan Howell's content, which deprecated his insecurities and mental illness, and AmazingPhil which was light and fun, Dan and Phil engaged a massive community of LGBTQ+ through the display of their closeted sexualities which caused constant, inevitable speculation. “

“Dan and Phil’s Youtube personas and scheduled live streams created parasocial relationships between themselves and their audience. A parasocial relationship is defined as the “pseudo-intimacy” developed between an “audience and media personalities,” often taking the role of a good friend (Ramassuen)…Social and physical attraction are shown to have a positive relationship regarding their importance to parasocial relationships (Kurtin). Dan and Phil’s majority demographic, at the time, were teenage girls; fans often labelled themselves based on who they found more attractive: “Dan” or “Phil” girls…Dan and Phil, although promoting a platform where they “took responsibility” for their fans through a parasocial relationship (Green), benefitted from remaining sexually ambiguous as their fan base, it could be argued, was attracted to either member of the pair.”

“Dan and Phil's 2016 USA tour, "The Amazing Tour is Not On Fire,” contained a segment where they enacted fanfiction on stage based on the audience's reaction to pre-scripted scenarios. During the show, Dan and Phil performed two blatantly homoerotic sketches which cut-off before any physical explicitness. In this situation, the duo is relying on the homosexual subtext of their relationship to please their viewership…If Dan and Phil were to kiss as part of their stage show, their fans may have considered it their “coming-out.” "The Amazing Tour is Not On Fire" is just one example where they took advantage of their crowd’s obsession with the nature of their relationship while keeping the door of the closet locked for safety (from their audience and from themselves).”

“From video titles such as “Giving the People What They Want,” which features a thumbnail of Dan holding Phil’s shoulders and smiling widely, “What Dan and Phil Text Each Other,” and “Taste Our Rainbows,” there are numerous examples of the duo intentionally teasing their homosexuality and showcasing their emotional closeness. On the topic of queerbaiting, Crystal Abidin says“ Vlogs in which not-(yet)-out Influencers display 'homosocial tactility' (Morris and Anderson [26], 1201) and overt discursive intimacies with same-sex Influencers are sometimes deliberate attempts to fan viewer speculations about an Influencer's sexuality”(Abidin)…fans scrutinized the often suggestive way the pair would look at each other which they dubbed “Heart-eyes Howell” and “Love-eyes Lester.” Inevitably, opportunities to engage in speculation of the nature of the pair’s relationship increased the overall attention Dan and Phil were receiving toward their Youtube content.”

“While it may or may not be deliberate, the pair was certainly aware of the advantages of all the queer speculation brought to their careers. In Dan’s 2016 “Diss Track,” a song about his flaws, he says “the only reason you get views is because you’re another white guy that people ship with his friend because they think it’s [cute]”…In this case, Dan is making unintentional, but self-aware gains from teasing his sexuality through self-deprication while also shutting down the possibility of a romance with his roommate, Phil.”

“I LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to experience mental health hardships as well as loneliness at a young age…In a livestream in the early 2010s, Phil accuses Dan’s fans of being dark as opposed to his which love suns and lions. In response, Dan accurately explains that they are the same fans, but that they particularly express themselves more openly with him. There is an argument to be made that Dan and Phil’s audience strongly consisting of LGBTQ+ youth is a result of their open expression of their other attributes - awkwardness, anxiety, introvertedness, and depression, rather than specifically their queerness. Their friendship is what links the pair together and adds excitement for the audience.”

“Dan Howell’s coming-out video is a 45 minute docu-short which tells a vulnerable story of his history with bullying, the word gay, and his sexual orientation on the internet…[In the video, Dan] disapproves of “aggressive speculating” or “forced outing” for the purpose of entertainment, as there could be infinite, valid reasons why an assumed LGBTQ+ person is not out (Basically, I’m Gay)…sharing the story of a difficult journey with his queerness and intimacies with his internet partner on supports the argument that Dan and Phil could not be “queerbaiting,” as queerbaiting is taking deliberate actions to draw-in LGBT+ audiences while safeguarding from homophobia. Any of their actions that may be perceived as queerbaiting was an accidental and inevitable result of the true nature of Dan and Phil’s relationship and online content they created that happened to resonate with young queer people at the time.”

“Reflecting their young gay audience, it took time for Dan and Phil to grow comfortable with their sexual orientations…The pairing of Dan and Phil on-screen inevitably —as if it were a consequence for existing as queer men online in a trial period— “queer-baited,” in an untraditional context, the audience as the content is homoerotic without the disclosure of sexual orientation that the duo ultimately benefitted from to their knowledge.”

Walking past this on the T hit different ✨ after Phil said he spent 4 years babysitting the kids on AmazingPhil channel

For people that have already been to the terrible influence tour, how early in advance did you get there or were people getting there? Were the merch lines long? Were certain merch items selling out?

This is for standard ticket holder.

DAN & PHIL TIT SPOILERS

This is my new prized possession 😭😭😭

(Better quality photo/scan uploading tomorrow)

NEVER GETTING OVER THIS SHOW!!!

SISTER DANIEL IN PERSON WAS SO FUCKING MAGICAL HOLY SHIT

IM NOT SEEING THEM FOR ANOTHER MONTH, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO AVOID SPOILERS IN THESE CONDITIONS?!?!

Did anyone manage to get meet-and-greet tickets for Berlin?

Time to start saving up I guess, since my friend and I created a whole holiday plan based on TIT (seeing Chappell Roan and everything)

the return of the king

Okay, but what are we getting for DNPTIT merch??

cowboys photocards~ ✮˚.⋆ 🖤

with used this scans!