A very interesting sound bite below - pointed out by @allsoulsareconnected yesterday...
SH is NOT playing around in this clip of “Never Have I Ever.” This may be the most intense I have ever seen him IRL. 😳 He has a message, and he wants it heard. Check it. 👇
This is our history. And what an amazing history it has been, with you. And you, darling. Couldn't have picked a better person to go through time with.
Sam Heughan & Caitriona Balfe | Outlander | BTS: The Final Season
I am certain that you have noticed it too, but I cannot resist writing about it.
A gif 'borrowed' from @themusicsweetly , TY!
You know, I appreciate details, I believe that small details often reveal more about a relationship between two people than grand gestures and declarations, although these are, of course, very nice.
Did you notice Sam's fingers tightening on Cait's shoulder?
The squeeze lasts for less than a second and appears to be a deliberate pounding out of a secret rhythm, like Morse code.
I find it endearing.
They have their own bubble.
They have always had it.
Now I can die in peace because I'm already in heaven.
they sparkled so brightly once upon a time back in season 1
Made us fall in love with their show and their cast…
They allowed their stars to interact, showed bts and the promos were out of this world…it was fun!
Then they spun us some lies and killed the atmosphere…JMHO
After the lies life became awkward, the stars appeared controlled unsure what to do or say…JMHO
You reap what you sow…
For all those cancelling their subscriptions well unfortunately it’s the only voice they will listen to. Let’s face it if you want to watch the rest of the season it will be on other platforms soon enough. Hitting them in the pocket appears the only way to reach them (if you have that power, or desire?) otherwise they will just be like…
The treatment and manipulation of this fandom has been despicable.
It’s incomprehensible just how badly managed and slow this has been. Other brilliant shows can manage to put out season after season with many doing more episodes per season, keeping true to their characters and have high quality scripts and production. Some shows also concluded on a high whilst still filming around covid and made no excuses.
(My faves being Peaky Blinders, Animal Kingdom and Line of Duty)
It’s obvious they are now focused on BOMB and it’s embarrassing to watch their ignorance regarding treatment of outlander fans who they need for BOMB to thrive. (# love Nell Hudson)
How to finish off both shows and the fans…
They only have themselves to blame. The stars and fans remain not important…
Let’s face it the end of this fiasco is the freedom and happy ever after everyone is waiting for…JMHO
If you subscribe to Starz now just to see the end, imo you are at their bidding, you are allowing them to treat you like shit and just as they predict most of you will continue. Every last 💵 they can squeeze out of you they will. You have a choice….no NDA has been signed by the fans! Power is in the 💵. JMHO. Do/believe what you want!
My tendency to count is probably a symptom of mild autism.
But I can't help it.
I count like a madman.
On 21 July 2021, I published a post here about Sam's 'daddy bracelets'.
Note that this was over three weeks before the 'Baby Balfe Reveal Day' on the striped sheet and with Sam's hand.
After all, being a shipper means knowing how to read and interpret The Signs 😉
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I then came to the conclusion that the likely number of little Hoooohans (as of July 2021) is 4.
As a numbers geek, I just don't believe that exactly four 'x's kissess and exactly four 'oooo's in 'Hoooohan' are a coincidence.
But for Anits and Taits I'm deluded and blind.
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So, including the baby that was most likely born in January 2022 and sold to the public as the "post-partum belly" of First Mother Caitríona, the current number of little Hooooohans is 5.
Now let's count the flowers in the bottle of gin Sam shared on Mother's Day 2024:
Two narcissi (for two parents). Five daffodils for five...
...quod erat demonstrandum.
I know, my tendency to count is probably a symptom of mild autism.
But in all my insanity I have a full and legal right to believe what I want, that's my prerogative, which I will defend with every ounce of cunning I can muster.
... reminded me, for some reason of the 2015 Winter TCA press event and this statement:
(Source, heh: https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/sam-heughan-outlander-interview/ - whole transcript of it and boy, those come in useful as hell!)
Flowers do have a strong symbolism, in all the possible cultures you could think of, on this planet. Such as:
And, perhaps more specifically...
According to your own persuasion, you're free to substitute anything that fits your shipping beliefs, for 'marriage': partnership and togetherness might come to mind, maybe because this is how C described their relationship, repeatedly.
But yeah, 'ask me in ten years time'.
I think we don't have to, Sir. It's loud and clear. A Sassenach will always be the Foreigner. Which she is - but also 'an honorary Scot', for all the reasons that kept us busy in here since 2013.
Oh, and before calling me a nutcase or an idiot or anything else, don't blame it on me, for the 10 years tidbit. Blame it on damn Interflora, ok (https://www.interflora.co.uk/page/flower-types/narcissi) ?
🧠 Cognition Today/Cognitive Dissonance: How We Make Sense Of The World And Interpret Everything In Ways We Can Accept Or Believe 🧠
Yes, I know, as usual I'm late to the party as everyone has long since stopped discussing Sam's spectacular conquest of Australia.
The only explanation (for my lateness) is that I have been very busy lately.
And also very bored. Like most of us are.
Too bored to deal with the feeling of being bored by the Narrative.
So I apologise for returning to a subject that is long overdue.
It's as exciting as watching paint dry, I know.
But I have an inner need to speak out.
And to give a sign of life.
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Photos shared by displaceintime on Twitter (aka X) and by bella_sam_heughan_fan on IG inspired my sad reflection.
That is, not so much the photos (so lovely!), but the comments underneath.
Where we saw an extremely skilled and experienced hold, supporting the child's back almost reflexively, others saw the following:
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All comments are from the two sources quoted above. I have made them anonymous as a gesture of kindness.
Or mercy.
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Why do people have such different perceptions of the same situation? Simple, trivial question.
Because we have different life experiences that affect how we see things, of course we have different insights.
But try giving my husband (a father of three with 20 years of experience) a child he doesn't know to hold.
And look at the face he makes.
What kind of world is it where these women think, firstly, that this man (not my husband, but Sam Heughan 😜) doesn't have the children he has and, secondly, that he can't cope with holding a child?
And to end on a positive note, while it's true that everyone perceives reality differently, reality couldn't care less about our perceptions.
Reality does not change to adapt to our viewpoints; reality is what it is: Reality is fact.
Reality is truth.