Fixed points of dynamical system

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I am given a system

$$ \dot{\theta_1} = C - \sin{\theta_1} + D\sin{(\theta_2-\theta_1)}, $$ $$ \dot{\theta_2} = C + \sin{\theta_2} + D\sin{(\theta_1-\theta_2)}, $$

$$ C,D \geq 0 $$

and asked to find the fixed points.

Right now I am rewriting it in terms of

$$\phi_1 = \theta_1 - \theta_2$$ and $$\phi_2 = \theta_1 + \theta_2$$ and using "brute force" to solve it. However, I am not very satisfied with the lengthy and messy calculation, so does anyone have any thoughts on how to solve this problem in some neat way?