Delta503 wrote:However, personally, I find the attempt to ‘prove’ or even ‘deny’ their relationship status based on actual information more troubling and worthy of critical discussion than obviously self-generated imaginative works, like fanfiction and fanart. And that’s backed up by what Dan’s said in the past; even at the height of his 2012 rages, it was not fanfiction that peed him off, but the attempt to dredge up bits of his past. Likewise, Phil hasn’t tried to take down any fanfiction, but he has tried to copyright the timeline. Obviously this isn’t a gg-specific issue, but I think the illusion that this space is separate and underground does make it a good example as a place where this kind of discussion frequently happens.
I can relate to this a lot, I feel bad for of discussing D&P's behavior in details based on things they said/did in the past, their looks and body language and making any sort of conclusions (however vague), because D&P are obviously complex human beings (like everyone else) and most of the time you cannot put X+Y together and get a logical result. Humans act irrationally, opinions, moods are changeable, body language and looks can be unique and impossible to interpret correctly. I try to imagine my actions predicted/analyzed in such manner and see how it would be wrong 90% of the time.
But I don’t have a problem with this morality wise, I feel it’s fine as long as you do not directly harrass people you are discussing. Our ‘analysis’ and theories on this forum is often a form of ‘polemic’ fanfiction (known as meta, headcanons etc.) because we lack info and have to make assumptions that are often close to fictional.
So I feel there’s no issue with the existence of places like this forum as it comes close to fiction at times, but I do feel .. sorry/helpless (for the lack of better words) for D&P for being analyzed in such manner at all even if they never see discussions like we have here, as a huge share of made-up presumptions are probably wrong and conclusions that the forum eventually comes to may cause spreading/feeding potentially harmful disinformation about them.
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A+ picture collection of Dan's hands&nose, fantastic dedication. My fav feature of his is probably wide crooked smile with endearingly uneven dimples. I always notice how D&P look in detail btw, it can't be helped (it’s subconscious instinct to absorb 120% possible info about them and psychoanalyze to sh*t in my own time).
I often pick 1-2 and ignore all other subjects discussed at the same time, not because I’m blind or dismissive, but because I feel I have nothing valuable to say on them, but I read and appreciate all subject matters. 
The hand collection is nowhere near as extensive as the nose one, but since people were talking about hands...I figured I might as well share.
Dan hand porn is my favourite.
I'm glad we can all revel in these pictures together.
