This is actually hella interesting, bc in simple terms, tigers are extroverts and lions are introverts. There’s more to it, but that’s the gist.
Whenever zoo’s tried to put lions and tigers in the same enclosures, the tiger would eventually try to groom the lioness and play constantly. The lioness would lose patience and snaps at them
So basically what I’m saying is that you have a regal and refined gf who stands at the edge of a balcony during parties, sipping champagne
Then you have the other girl who drank all of the little flutes on the servers platter, and is now drunkenly pointing at her gf and telling everyone that that’s her gf and doesn’t she look beautiful I love her so much
So I had to draw them in human form???
You drew them in the corresponding ethnicities for their Geographic locations!!! Bless you, you have no idea how sick and tired I am of white human lion king characters.
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Summary: At a big awards event Dan and Phil find themselves alone in a room with Harry Styles. Harry seems to enjoy flirting with Phil while Dan’s blood boils, he wants Phil- Harry can’t have him, but he keeps his mouth shut and watches the relationship happen.
Summary: When Dan accidentally asks out a lesbian couple on a double date, he and Phil are forced to pretend they’ve been dating for years on a night out a town.
Summary: “We’re co workers who hate each other but you had too much to drink at the christmas staff party and admitted your love for me. I don’t know how to act around you now.”
Summary: Dan and Phil have a movie night before final preparations for their Interactive Introverts tour. Phil makes ‘tea’, and things unexpectedly escalate.
Summary: Phil has insomnia and refuses to sleep with Dan because he doesn’t want to keep him awake, but maybe sleeping with Dan is exactly what he needs.
Summary: Phil leaves Dan for several months to temporarily live in New York City and work on a movie set.
The distance between them drove them both insane, but neither of them could voice the reason why.
When Dan comes to visit Phil in New York his feelings are threatened to spill after an encounter with one of Phil’s new friends, but he keeps lying- to both Phil and himself.
Hopefully he can eventually tell the truth, because Phil gets another long-term job opportunity in California and Dan can’t take any more distance.
Summary: When Dan and Phil play a video game for days on end until they complete it, they need some sort of motivation. But Dan may not be ok with just what they have, and he may also be a completely oblivious pining idiot who’s too hard on himself.
Summary: Dan pranks Phil by changing all the contacts in his phone to his number. A couple weeks later, Phil still hasn’t figured it out until he sends a text that was meant to be for Louise, but Dan ends up seeing it.
Summary: “Confession: My friend is working out and getting bigger. I can’t help but think about him topping me and pounding me looking at his new muscles.”
Summary: Inspired by the songs ‘Circus’ and ‘Toxic’ by Britney Spears
Dan goes out for the night and won’t tell Phil where he’s going, so Phil and Louise decide to go on a night out to a club. They’re a little shocked to see the night’s entertainment.
Summary: Dan confesses his feelings to Phil, hoping to convince him to not to move out. His confession leads to an outcome he would have never predicted.
Summary: 16 years ago if you asked Dan Howell where he thought his life was going, he would have never thought of being married with two kids and trying for a third. Yet here he is now, Daniel Lester, married to the most amazing man he’s ever known with their two teenage daughters and a little bundle of joy on the way.
excerpt:
He looked over at Emily in the corner, on her phone not paying attention to anyone, and when he looked at her, he loved her with his whole heart. She wasn’t his kid, and he never knew her till she was 11, but he loved her in a way he would never be able to explain. It was going to be the same for Paisley.
Summary: Egyptian cotton was supposed to be the softest and most amazing thing in the world, so after Dan treated himself to some new sheets for Christmas himself and Phil had to try them out.
Excerpt:
Dan laid there, naked in the new sheets he treated himself to for Christmas. Thousand thread count, white Egyptian cotton, the expensive kind that would have made Phil cry if he saw the charge on Dan’s card. They were softer than clouds, or at least what he imagined clouds would feel like. He couldn’t help running his hands along the sheets waiting for Phil to come down to bed.
Welcome to the Phanfic Award Nominations! This year, we’re mainly to follow the same format as last year, so if you’ve been here before you know what to do. If this is your first time here or you need a refresher, please keep reading!
As the Awards are on google forms again this year, we’ve limited Nominationsto one nomination per award per person. You will need a google account in order to place nominations, however this will also allow you to edit your nomination forms as often as you like until nominations close on New Years Day. Please note, however, that while we will not be checking in on nominations until the forms are closed, any person who leaves more than one nomination to one award will have their nominations discarded. This does not mean your entire form is null and void, just that one question. The lack of character limit is only to allow ample room to fit the full fic title, author name, and website, not to allow more than one answer to be given.
Only fics started and written in the year of 2018 will be included. This applies to chaptered fics as well.
Remember to pick the fic that you personally think deserves to be nominated the most, even if it is a hard choice. Take your time and make sure you’ve nominated the fic you want to nominate most by the Feburary 2nd deadline! The forms should all say February 1st as I was supposed to have this posted earlier on the 1st so it is extended a day.
Below are listed Categories and the Awards under their form with added explanations to help you understand what each Award is for.
Best Fantasy - best fic written in a fantasy-esque setting: Hogwarts, Supernatural, Alien
Best Trope - best trope based fic: Pastel/Punk, Pastel/Pastel/, Punk/Punk, Soulmates, Omegaverse
Best LGBTQ+ - best fic dealing with LGBTQ+ issues
Best Reality- best fic based on Dan and Phil’s real world + history
Best Universe Augmentation - best fic based on reality with one fact changed to change the world (i.e. Dan and Phil as they are, but they didn’t meet until later)
Alternative Work Award - best fic written in an alternative style (i.e. poem, texting)
Characterization Award - fic with the best written characterization of Dan, Phil, or both
Comedy Award - best written fic meant to make you laugh
Cutely Cliche Award - best written cliche-based fic (i.e. meet-cute’s in a coffee shop etc…)
Edge of Seat Award - the fic that made you feel like you were constantly on the edge of your seat
Emotional Wreck Award - the fic that made you an emotional wreck
Hardcore Smut Award - best hardcore smut fic
Memorable Award - the fic that you’ll never be able to forget
Originality Award - the fic with the most original idea in 2018
Pure Fluff Award - the best, most fluffiest fic of 2018
Undiscovered Gem Award - the best fic with less than 50 notes that deserves more
hi it would mean a lot to me if anyone would like to nominate Learning to Love, (Again) for what ever you feel it deserves. please take part in the awards this year and show support for the amazing authors who spend so much time writing fics for us to enjoy <3
Summary: When Dan Howell’s co-host of their talk show leaves abruptly, leaving a gangly cameraman, Phil Lester, to take his place, he’s understandably upset. Beyond upset. But what happens when the two get stuck on a mandatory retreat for two days, sharing a cramped cabin room? And what happens when they realize that maybe, just maybe, they might want a little something more?
Summary: He regrets not realizing sooner, he regrets not listening to his heart more closely, he regrets not picking up on a single one of the countless little but painstakingly clear signs, regrets not being honest with himself until now. But it’s of no use, because it is what it is, and all they have now is a few weeks. After all the months and years, now all they have is weeks.
Summary: Prompt: Dan and Phil are with their respective families for the holidays. Dan freaks out because he hasn’t heard from Phil in 2 days. Phil comforts him.
Summary: It was a busy trip, so Phil’s goodnight convos with Dan were sleepy. They were also surprisingly chaste. Couldn’t he just be nostalgic for phone sex? For the teasing ache of hearing Dan but having every other sense denied him?
A fic about subtle ways of missing someone and phone sex.
Summary: It’s Christmas, Dan/Phil is alone and doesn’t have anyone to spend Christmas with, so one winds up drunk and passed out in the snow, the other finds them and brings them back to their apartment to make sure they’re okay and not dying.
Summary: 4 days with Phil’s family on the Isle of Man, 5 days apart. Christmas was always hard for them but this was the last year it would be like this.
Summary: Dan is at the best moment in his life: he just won the Olympic Gold for showjumping, his horse is better than ever, and every dream he’s ever had since he was a kid is finally coming true - until disaster strikes, and Dan finds himself in need of a bodyguard and emotional support.
Summary: Phil, 28, video editor. Phil doesn’t believe in love at first sight, and that is not about to change anytime soon. But what about lust? Just two short weeks ago, he’d say no, definitely not.
Not anymore. Not since he first locked eyes with Dan, the new intern at the company he works for. Not since he first thought, “I want him”.
Phil’s wish does come true, but there’s a catch. It doesn’t mean anything.
Summary: Dan’s not worried about the dreams he’s been having. He’s got them all figured out. It’s simple really and it’s definitely not anything that he’s kept buried for years, nothing that he’s afraid to face.
Summary: (tw) After receiving a dragon egg when his grandfather passed away, Phil is forced to ask for help from the local dragon tamer. As he soon finds out, Dan Howell is nothing he’s been expecting. Infuriating, ludicrous, and completely lacking respect, Dan is everything Phil hates. But Phil will do anything to make his grandfather proud, even if that means getting help from the local cluck.
Summary: Dan’s body has been broken for as long as he can remember, and he’s long since learned to deal with it. Sort of. But when his symptoms force him to leave uni and move into a new flat with a stranger named Phil, he finds that ignoring the pain isn’t the way to make himself happy.
Summary: Dan was made a single Dad when he was just 16. Nearly 11 year later, after putting his love life on hold, he meets another single and super hot dad. Somehow a sleepover for their kids leads to something neither of them expected.
Summary: A lot of things about Dan’s life are pretty great. He gets to make the music he wants, he’s got a great fanbase, and his manager is his best friend. A few things about his life suck a bit more. He’s currently lacking inspiration, he’s rather lonely, and he’s stuck in a rut.
Dan’s been going to the same coffee shop for years. It’s quiet, it’s quaint, it’s near his home. Most importantly: none of the employees give a shit that’s he a world-famous singer. Things change when he meets the new barista.
Summary: Dan and Phil meet as neighbours, grow up as best friends, and mature as something more. Knowing that things change and people grow, Phil isn’t at all scared for what the future may have in store for them.
Summary: Dan meets Prince Philip at a cyberbullying campaign, but what starts as a working relationship grows complicated when Dan realizes he’s falling for the prince and maybe, just maybe, he’s not alone in his feelings.
Summary: SECRETS, DRAMA, BETRAYAL (okay no betrayal dw).
Phil’s agreed to be an RA for his floor this year at uni, and he’s determined to be the best RA ever - after all, this is these students’ first year, he wants them to have the best year ever.
Summary: Dan has one friend, and only because he was forced into it. Phil is loud, excitable, and irritatingly happy all of the time. Phil seems to find Dan’s perpetual attitude funny, and despite Dan’s best efforts to shun him and everyone else, wants to be around him all the time. That is, until Phil starts talking about Amanda Jones.
St Anthony’s Secondary is a school divided by class. Their town is split down the middle, quite literally, by a railroad that separates the affluent families from the destitute. Dan is on the very outskirts of the poor side. He has one friend, and no desire to make any more, nor to buy into the sickening popularity and wealth contest of his peers. He thought Phil felt the same. And then, out of the blue, Phil develops a worrying obsession with a girl from the other side. She embodies everything Dan hates; he tries to explain this to Phil, to no avail. As his obsession with Amanda grows, as does Dan’s loathing for her. Still, it shouldn’t bug Dan this much to see his friend pine some braindead bimbo relying on her boyfriend’s wallet. So why does it?
Summary: dan is new to london and living in a mostly empty flat, desperate to forget the mistakes of his past. he’s all alone – until one day he gets a piece of mail addressed to someone in the neighbouring flat, one mr. philip lester. he can’t exactly not return it, can he?
Summary: Dan’s always been a bit of a slut and Phil’s always wanted to fuck Dan. When Dan finds out Phil also likes boys, he takes him to a gay bar to find someone to take him home, only it doesn’t quite end up the way they thought it would. Song fic from Harry Styles’ Medicine
Summary: At six years old, with his parents by his side, Daniel Howell was led through the entrance of the spiritual society God’s Guard. Raised under the leadership of The Chosen One, Joshua, this community was all Daniel knew. No matter what anyone said, God’s Guard was not a cult. It wouldn’t matter if it was one anyway, because there wasn’t anything or anyone who could take him from this place.
Summary: Just because Phil is an Alpha doesn’t mean he’s obsessed with finding an Omega. In fact, he believes strongly in true love, and has no wish to ‘peruse the selection’ of Omega slaves in this society that views them as nothing more than property.
Unfortunately an Alpha child of a rich family can’t put off bonding forever, and when Phil’s mother has had enough she decides to send him to an island where he will compete on a Reality TV show to find his ‘Perfect Match’.
What should happen when he runs into the one Omega who seems to want nothing to do with him, and says that love doesn’t exist?
Summary: YouTuber pianist Daniel James Howell is thrown into mainstream media’s awareness with the release of his first album. Phil works at BBC Radio 1, who increasingly play Dan’s songs more and more often, and he couldn’t be prouder of his husband. However, no one knows that Dan and Phil are married as they have chosen to keep their relationship private.
By accident, Phil is thrust into his husband’s fandom when his colleagues learn that he likes the pianist. Phil isn’t sure how to tell everyone that he’s actually married to the guy everyone is either praising or swooning over.
Summary: Dan’s never had an orgasm before. Despite being in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend for three years, he’s just never been able to finish. The doctor’s don’t know what’s wrong with him, so Dan’s mostly put it out of his mind. Until his gap year, when he starts talking with AmazingPhil, and accidentally admits that he’s never come before. Phil’s happy to help with more than just convincing Dan to post YouTube videos, if Dan will just give him the chance.
Summary: Dan is a swing dancing instructor that teaches a confused and clumsy Phil how to dance. Cue tripping and falling, flirting, and some teasing from some friends.
Summary: After the events of a devastating apocalypse, Dan and Phil learn that in order to survive, they must leave the comfort of their home and venture out into the new changed world to start their lives over. together.
Summary: It’s the first day of the semester, and it’s already gone to shit: Dan’s late to his first class, finds out his mortal enemy, Phil Lester, is the TA, and gets rejected by the girl of his dreams, but at least tomorrow’s a new day…right?
Aka the one where Dan and Phil are stuck reliving the same day over and over and can’t figure out why.
