Not a red carpet pic but a kiss in front of his fans. Go girl! đ
Game of Thrones Daily

titsay
hello vonnie

Kaledo Art
Xuebing Du

tannertan36
Sweet Seals For You, Always

pixel skylines
styofa doing anything
Jules of Nature
todays bird

shark vs the universe
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Show & Tell
Claire Keane

⣠Chile in a Photography âŁ
dirt enthusiast
sheepfilms
Misplaced Lens Cap

seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from United Kingdom

seen from Malaysia
seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Malaysia
seen from Sweden

seen from United Kingdom

seen from Sweden
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Brazil

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Guatemala

seen from United States
@januaryblush
Not a red carpet pic but a kiss in front of his fans. Go girl! đ

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
I don't give two đŠ about the song but I do care about the games people play. I'm not crazy about her, I don't think she's a beard, just another person that he's involved with. But she's no innocent here and I think he will never settle down. Just my two cents.
For every pot thereâs a lidâŚI think these two are equally in it together for their own ends.
Ah interesting. Sam isn't allowed to bring his then gf to a party during the comic con, the bottle of sassenach spirits (as tacky as it is) but Cait is allowed to bring an entire army
And Richard's wife can pose alone on the red carpet. Please, remind me of her contribution

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
Have you dated Sam? If not you do not know his sexual orientation. As much as you blast others for not having an open mind, you need to look at your own biases. Men who are not straight follow and date women in this day just straight men do. People are fluid. You have ignored evidence of his life prior to OL which there is video indicating he may be fluid which of course is his business. Recently a female friend married a man who married a man who she only experienced as a sexually involved with women, come to find out post marriage this 40 plus professional very masculine male has been involved with men and women his adult life and chose to marry a woman because he also wanted and family thinking post marriage she would agree with his lifestyle. You are just as small minded about these matters as shippers and only. Unless you have personal knowledge, prove it or get off your righteousness high horse.
Oh Anon, I don't know which nerve I hit or on what very large sensitive toe I stepped....
No, I haven't dated Sam. I am a single woman, as I have written more often on this blog and I most certainly tend to keep it that way.
I'm also not born yesterday nor 100 years ago, when sexual preference towards people other than the opposite sex was a crime or at the very least a huge taboo.
I'm a musician and have worked, partied, traveled, shared vacations and even hotel rooms and lots of good times with many friends, gay, fluid, hetero, whatever label you want to put on people. I don't put those labels on any of them, as it isn't of any importance to me nor my business unless they make it my business. For me they are friends, regardless of their sexual preference. I take them as they are. Their character and authenticity is more important to me than their sexual life, I don't care what they do in bed or with who.
I've been at a wedding of my best friend, who has a son from his prior relationship. His husband has a daughter together with his ex-wife. They all are fine with things as they are. So am I. Most important thing they are happy, and people that can not respect that, are not worth to spend time or thoughts on.
Anyway, enough about me, and on to what you write about Sam. I've been here now 5+ years, observing, reading, listening, talking to people here and researching things and do not ignore any information. Much has been posted and written before I even became interested in this fandom or tv show and the actors and their work and lives.
You might know, already at the very beginning, when filming hadn't even started yet but when it was announced that Sam would play Jamie, a number of book readers expressed their concerns to DG about his orientation. Now you may or may not like the woman, but one thing has to be said about her, and that is the woman doesn't lie or let her self be part of some kind of conspiracy.
Or f.i in this article on celebitchy.com based on an often quoted interview with Sam around the time TSWDM was released.
Sam Heughan is not my fave. But I realize he has a fanbase, so here you go. I tend to think he looks like a pretty version of Frankensteinâs Monster⌠with a banginâ body. I also tend to think that his employers and his publicist want him to stay very, very deep in the closet. But in this day and age, we can and should take his word for it that heâs straight. Which brings me to this interview he did with a LGBTQ+ blog, all to promote his role in The Spy Who Dumped Me (he plays âthe gay friendâ I think?). Some highlights:
If heâs a straight guy, then his answers are pretty cool â âI mean, itâs not true, but I donât really care.â Itâs 2018 and actors donât give a damn if you think theyâre gay and theyâre not going to protest it loudly if you say they are. Of course, thereâs always the possibility that heâs a straight guy who has spent his whole career queerbaiting the gay audience too, which is something a lot of the younger entertainers are doing these days. I have no idea â I donât know the man and Iâll take him at his word.
Now see, that's what I call an unbiased opinion and I very much share the conclusion "I'll take him at his word".
That article originates from an interview on newnownext, which doesn't exist anymore, though screenshots of it still float around. Like this one from a post written in 2015 by @contemplatingoutlander
On another post from 2019 she wrote (and I take the freedom to quote from her post but do recommend to read the whole post):
Iâve said before that no one really knows anyone elseâs sexual orientation, but after Sam told Logo he wasnât gay, I believe he isnât. Like many actors, Sam is sensitive to the concerns of the LGBTQIA community and he would know that it would be incredibly disrespectful to that community to directly lie to them. If Sam were closeted, I believe that in the interview he would have said something ambiguous about his sexuality or avoided the topic all together. He wouldnât have outright denied being gay.
I also suggest to dig through her very large archive where you might find a shitload of evidence more credible than all the fabricated lies all together that float around.
She has also written a good number of posts about the relationships he had, all with women over the years, even before OL started. I'm not gonna rehash them all and don't see any merit in naming these women as they all have their own lives and moved on long ago. But if you're curious, dig around in her archive.
Talking about proof from before his OL time! A German article long before OL came around, posted January 2012 from the time he was touring with Batman, also mentions his girlfriend:
Silvester feierte Sam Heughan (31) mit seiner Freundin in Berlin. âBei der groĂen Party am Brandenburger Tor, es gab auch einige Biere, Berlin ist ja so unfassbar billigâ, schwärmt Heughan, der derzeit in London lebt und die dortigen Preise gewohnt ist.
For the ones that are not able to read or understand German or know how to use Google translate for that matter:
Sam Heughan (31) celebrated New Year's Eve with his girlfriend in Berlin . "At the big party at the Brandenburg Gate, there were quite a few beers, Berlin is so incredibly cheap," enthuses Heughan, who currently lives in London and is used to the prices there.
That's right, "seiner Freundin" - his girlfriend. Not a friend, as that would be "einer Freundin" and in German 'Freundin' is the female version of 'friend'. (so there is no confusion about the nature of their friendship imo)
And let's just mention as well how he tells about his girlfriend during his Theater days in his book Waypoints.
Now I don't know if you want to ignore all of the above, but to come here as an Anon, mentioning a video, you do not even link to and then tel me I'm ignoring 'evidence'? Makes me kinda feel a bit sorry for you.
Oh and before you claim otherwise, as all above indicates only one thing - he had girlfriends and the very things he said himself about not being gay - I have read countless threads on DL. Up to where it became very boring, as they only rehash the same old same old, and yes I researched it all with an open mind looking for merit in what was written there just to find out there isn't any, not a single assertion based on facts, only assumptions, lame gossip talk with even more lame gifs or dirty pics that hadn't got anything to do with Sam.
More so with the constant narrative about his friend he took to the premiere of OL and to Japan. A narrative repeated at nausea with no factual 'evidence'. And when this friend did a podcast years later on, which I (re)posted not a word from any of these people that constantly dragged the friends name in something he clearly doesn't want to be part of. No, instead now the word is his business partner is more than a friend and business partner, which sounds pretty desperate to say the least.
So perhaps it's you that should be a bit more cautious with the word 'evidence' about a video (? link? ) 'indicating he may be fluid' and consequently spewing accusations an assumptions about me. How open minded are you?
Do you really want me to post, yes I've seen him over the past 5 years with YAYG* but hey maybe after 40 years he might come to the conclusion he is fluid, or maybe after 50, 60? I've heard even people in their 70s did so....? Is that what you want? What reality is that? Maybe he's dating women but maybe he's fluid and maybe it will show or maybe he should write another memoir on it.... or wait, maybe he will marry his co-star and she will get a divorce. Oh wait... yeah that's a shipper narrative already... right?
Yeah sorry Anon if i get a bit sarcastic here. I post reality, pictures, videos that show simply what happens. And of course a picture, a video leaves a certain room for interpretation, which is often debated in the comments on my post. But to explain away simply because you so much need keep a narrative alive is from a whole other level.
I keep timelines since people in this fandom are very good to twist facts, times and places. And that's exactly the nerve I seem to hit, each time when a video or interview shows something that doesn't fit their (or your) narrative.
Again I like to quote from a post written by CO (as she wrote it better than I can ever do):
Extreme super-shippers (xs-shippers or âtinhattersâ) are super-shippers who have experienced a major setback in terms of their OTP (e.g., one of the two marries someone else, or the two do an unprecedented denial video, etc.).Unfortunately, these fans donât want to accept the fact that the OTP isnât a couple and they donât want to return to just âregular shippingâ (i.e., hoping that somehow the two find each other). To keep the ship afloat they need to come up with conspiracy theories as to why the obstacle to the OTP isnât ârealâ (e.g., the SO is a âbeardâ or they canât come out because âthe powers that beâ TPTB wonât allow it, or they canât come out until the awards season is over, etc.).Therefore, everyone close to the OTP (including the OTP) are assumed to be âlyingâ when they claim they arenât a couple.
Please read the entire article on this link
Even if this is about shippers, the same goes for people who claim all kind of 'evidence' or 'proof' of him not being straight. There's actually not much difference.
It even gets worse when you go to these extremes that you feel the need to create more than 400 AI images. I mean how many gifs and pics are there to be found from the show or even from interviews to show them together. Is it not enough and you have to create some unrealistic fantasy using AI? it simply crosses a line legally and ethically. And that is what I posted about. Am I surprised? No! We've seen so many things they've done, that is unethical and very disrespectful.
Note: Many thanks to @contemplatingoutlander for all the things I found in her archive and the many links to articles and other relevant information.
*YetAnotherYoungGirl
You can't win with some. No matter how many times he said he isn't gay or he's seen with women. Most of them are ex shippers or friends with shippers that jumped on the gay train. The mannerism, the "disappearence of Luke" (nevermind that this fandom trolled his IG and he still pop up at some première with his brother). As long as he was madly in love with Cait nothing mattered. Then it started the "better gay then with Skipper/uba/one eyed wonder" and the list of random men associated with Sam without logic. And now Alex.
Nothing wrong with being gay, nothing wrong with being single at 45, nothing wrong with being a man dating multiple women as long as there's is safety and honesty. He's living his life as he please.
Have you dated Sam? If not you do not know his sexual orientation. As much as you blast others for not having an open mind, you need to look at your own biases. Men who are not straight follow and date women in this day just straight men do. People are fluid. You have ignored evidence of his life prior to OL which there is video indicating he may be fluid which of course is his business. Recently a female friend married a man who married a man who she only experienced as a sexually involved with women, come to find out post marriage this 40 plus professional very masculine male has been involved with men and women his adult life and chose to marry a woman because he also wanted and family thinking post marriage she would agree with his lifestyle. You are just as small minded about these matters as shippers and only. Unless you have personal knowledge, prove it or get off your righteousness high horse.
Oh Anon, I don't know which nerve I hit or on what very large sensitive toe I stepped....
No, I haven't dated Sam. I am a single woman, as I have written more often on this blog and I most certainly tend to keep it that way.
I'm also not born yesterday nor 100 years ago, when sexual preference towards people other than the opposite sex was a crime or at the very least a huge taboo.
I'm a musician and have worked, partied, traveled, shared vacations and even hotel rooms and lots of good times with many friends, gay, fluid, hetero, whatever label you want to put on people. I don't put those labels on any of them, as it isn't of any importance to me nor my business unless they make it my business. For me they are friends, regardless of their sexual preference. I take them as they are. Their character and authenticity is more important to me than their sexual life, I don't care what they do in bed or with who.
I've been at a wedding of my best friend, who has a son from his prior relationship. His husband has a daughter together with his ex-wife. They all are fine with things as they are. So am I. Most important thing they are happy, and people that can not respect that, are not worth to spend time or thoughts on.
Anyway, enough about me, and on to what you write about Sam. I've been here now 5+ years, observing, reading, listening, talking to people here and researching things and do not ignore any information. Much has been posted and written before I even became interested in this fandom or tv show and the actors and their work and lives.
You might know, already at the very beginning, when filming hadn't even started yet but when it was announced that Sam would play Jamie, a number of book readers expressed their concerns to DG about his orientation. Now you may or may not like the woman, but one thing has to be said about her, and that is the woman doesn't lie or let her self be part of some kind of conspiracy.
Or f.i in this article on celebitchy.com based on an often quoted interview with Sam around the time TSWDM was released.
Sam Heughan is not my fave. But I realize he has a fanbase, so here you go. I tend to think he looks like a pretty version of Frankensteinâs Monster⌠with a banginâ body. I also tend to think that his employers and his publicist want him to stay very, very deep in the closet. But in this day and age, we can and should take his word for it that heâs straight. Which brings me to this interview he did with a LGBTQ+ blog, all to promote his role in The Spy Who Dumped Me (he plays âthe gay friendâ I think?). Some highlights:
If heâs a straight guy, then his answers are pretty cool â âI mean, itâs not true, but I donât really care.â Itâs 2018 and actors donât give a damn if you think theyâre gay and theyâre not going to protest it loudly if you say they are. Of course, thereâs always the possibility that heâs a straight guy who has spent his whole career queerbaiting the gay audience too, which is something a lot of the younger entertainers are doing these days. I have no idea â I donât know the man and Iâll take him at his word.
Now see, that's what I call an unbiased opinion and I very much share the conclusion "I'll take him at his word".
That article originates from an interview on newnownext, which doesn't exist anymore, though screenshots of it still float around. Like this one from a post written in 2015 by @contemplatingoutlander
On another post from 2019 she wrote (and I take the freedom to quote from her post but do recommend to read the whole post):
Iâve said before that no one really knows anyone elseâs sexual orientation, but after Sam told Logo he wasnât gay, I believe he isnât. Like many actors, Sam is sensitive to the concerns of the LGBTQIA community and he would know that it would be incredibly disrespectful to that community to directly lie to them. If Sam were closeted, I believe that in the interview he would have said something ambiguous about his sexuality or avoided the topic all together. He wouldnât have outright denied being gay.
I also suggest to dig through her very large archive where you might find a shitload of evidence more credible than all the fabricated lies all together that float around.
She has also written a good number of posts about the relationships he had, all with women over the years, even before OL started. I'm not gonna rehash them all and don't see any merit in naming these women as they all have their own lives and moved on long ago. But if you're curious, dig around in her archive.
Talking about proof from before his OL time! A German article long before OL came around, posted January 2012 from the time he was touring with Batman, also mentions his girlfriend:
Silvester feierte Sam Heughan (31) mit seiner Freundin in Berlin. âBei der groĂen Party am Brandenburger Tor, es gab auch einige Biere, Berlin ist ja so unfassbar billigâ, schwärmt Heughan, der derzeit in London lebt und die dortigen Preise gewohnt ist.
For the ones that are not able to read or understand German or know how to use Google translate for that matter:
Sam Heughan (31) celebrated New Year's Eve with his girlfriend in Berlin . "At the big party at the Brandenburg Gate, there were quite a few beers, Berlin is so incredibly cheap," enthuses Heughan, who currently lives in London and is used to the prices there.
That's right, "seiner Freundin" - his girlfriend. Not a friend, as that would be "einer Freundin" and in German 'Freundin' is the female version of 'friend'. (so there is no confusion about the nature of their friendship imo)
And let's just mention as well how he tells about his girlfriend during his Theater days in his book Waypoints.
Now I don't know if you want to ignore all of the above, but to come here as an Anon, mentioning a video, you do not even link to and then tel me I'm ignoring 'evidence'? Makes me kinda feel a bit sorry for you.
Oh and before you claim otherwise, as all above indicates only one thing - he had girlfriends and the very things he said himself about not being gay - I have read countless threads on DL. Up to where it became very boring, as they only rehash the same old same old, and yes I researched it all with an open mind looking for merit in what was written there just to find out there isn't any, not a single assertion based on facts, only assumptions, lame gossip talk with even more lame gifs or dirty pics that hadn't got anything to do with Sam.
More so with the constant narrative about his friend he took to the premiere of OL and to Japan. A narrative repeated at nausea with no factual 'evidence'. And when this friend did a podcast years later on, which I (re)posted not a word from any of these people that constantly dragged the friends name in something he clearly doesn't want to be part of. No, instead now the word is his business partner is more than a friend and business partner, which sounds pretty desperate to say the least.
So perhaps it's you that should be a bit more cautious with the word 'evidence' about a video (? link? ) 'indicating he may be fluid' and consequently spewing accusations an assumptions about me. How open minded are you?
Do you really want me to post, yes I've seen him over the past 5 years with YAYG* but hey maybe after 40 years he might come to the conclusion he is fluid, or maybe after 50, 60? I've heard even people in their 70s did so....? Is that what you want? What reality is that? Maybe he's dating women but maybe he's fluid and maybe it will show or maybe he should write another memoir on it.... or wait, maybe he will marry his co-star and she will get a divorce. Oh wait... yeah that's a shipper narrative already... right?
Yeah sorry Anon if i get a bit sarcastic here. I post reality, pictures, videos that show simply what happens. And of course a picture, a video leaves a certain room for interpretation, which is often debated in the comments on my post. But to explain away simply because you so much need keep a narrative alive is from a whole other level.
I keep timelines since people in this fandom are very good to twist facts, times and places. And that's exactly the nerve I seem to hit, each time when a video or interview shows something that doesn't fit their (or your) narrative.
Again I like to quote from a post written by CO (as she wrote it better than I can ever do):
Extreme super-shippers (xs-shippers or âtinhattersâ) are super-shippers who have experienced a major setback in terms of their OTP (e.g., one of the two marries someone else, or the two do an unprecedented denial video, etc.).Unfortunately, these fans donât want to accept the fact that the OTP isnât a couple and they donât want to return to just âregular shippingâ (i.e., hoping that somehow the two find each other). To keep the ship afloat they need to come up with conspiracy theories as to why the obstacle to the OTP isnât ârealâ (e.g., the SO is a âbeardâ or they canât come out because âthe powers that beâ TPTB wonât allow it, or they canât come out until the awards season is over, etc.).Therefore, everyone close to the OTP (including the OTP) are assumed to be âlyingâ when they claim they arenât a couple.
Please read the entire article on this link
Even if this is about shippers, the same goes for people who claim all kind of 'evidence' or 'proof' of him not being straight. There's actually not much difference.
It even gets worse when you go to these extremes that you feel the need to create more than 400 AI images. I mean how many gifs and pics are there to be found from the show or even from interviews to show them together. Is it not enough and you have to create some unrealistic fantasy using AI? it simply crosses a line legally and ethically. And that is what I posted about. Am I surprised? No! We've seen so many things they've done, that is unethical and very disrespectful.
Note: Many thanks to @contemplatingoutlander for all the things I found in her archive and the many links to articles and other relevant information.
*YetAnotherYoungGirl
This is contemplatingoutlander (CO). I'm using my outlanderfandomfollies side blog to respond, because for the past 5 years my CO blog has been a political blog. Thanks for the shoutout about my archives @bcacstuff and for tagging me when you used my quotes.
As I've said before, I'm bisexual, so I don't care what S's sexual orientation is. But honestly, it's no one's business but S's. And he's said he's not gay. He has the right to define his own sexuality--fans do not have the right to define it for him.
And I honestly do not understand the obsession of certain heterosexual women in this fandom who try to "out" S as a form of entertainment, or as some warped idea of being in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. đ
But don't take my word that it isn't cool to try to out someone, including a celebrity.
In an article about Harry Styles, The Danger With Speculating Someoneâs Sexual Identity, Sarah Sahim writes:
The context in which Harryâs sexuality is being discussed is unlike millions of LGBTQ peopleâs everyday lives. His innermost thoughts and feelings are being put up for debate in a public forum that has likely never met him, and most certainly doesnât know exactly what heâs thinking. That projection can be and is dangerous. Rory Gory, Safe Messaging Expert at The Trevor Project* advises that âit's never OK to tell a person what their gender identity or sexuality are before they've defined themselves or chosen to disclose, even if you're trying to demonstrate your support for LGBTQ people.â Whether youâve personally known someone your entire life or followed their career with conviction, you have no right to deduce someoneâs sexuality based on arbitrary information. Famous or not, no one owes you an explanation or justification of their feelings. [color/emphasis added]
________________ *The Trevor Project is an organization that focuses on suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
đЎđ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż
RIP Ozzy!
đ

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
I knew there was a yin-yang symbol hidden in there. âŻď¸
Gold and violet variations:
(Sorry, I couldn't resist. Thanks đđťfor your patience with my playing with this concept by using a part of your inspired work @necessary-disorder. )
______________ Yin-yang symbol source
The Most Wondrous Art in the World in 1,726 Objects
The Metropolitan Museum of Artâs Michael C. Rockefeller collection from Africa, the Ancient Americas and Oceania reopens with a pantheon of historic art stars.
In the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, a carved figure from Mali is the welcoming host.
This is a gift đ link so there is no paywall. Below are some excerpts.
If you want to feel the charge of excitement that great art â no imaginative limits â and new thinking about it can bring, head to the Metropolitan Museum of Artâs redesigned and reconceived Michael C. Rockefeller wing, and its collection of work from Africa, the Americas and Oceania that opens on Saturday. Go for the pure visual pleasure of the work there â believe me, itâll have your eyes spinning â and go for the still unfolding histories it tells. [...] These 1,726 objects â majestic carved wood figures from Africa; pocket-size mythical beings, cast in gold, from Mexico; a communally painted, Sistine-worthy ceiling of the South Seas from New Guinea â are as beautiful as any art anywhere on this earth, and represent the spiritual, political and emotional lives of people spread over five continents and eight millenniums.
Surrounded and embraced by the creative power of Africa in the entry to the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, with clusters of work from many cultures.
The Arts of Africa
The main point of entry to the African collection is still from the Greek and Roman galleries, but now when we enter, under a high white ribbed-arch ceiling, we are in Africa, surrounded and embraced by it. In the center is a savanna of wood-carved sculptures, with enfilades of intimate exhibition spaces on either side and, leading off to the left, deep into the wing.
Vista of the Arts of the Ancient Americas, where venerable objects made of stone, metal and ceramic have been brought out into the light from Central Park.
The Arts of the Ancient Americas
The Art of the Americas display, with its primary entrance across from the museumâs Modern and Contemporary galleries, begins with some of the oldest objects in the collection. One is a near life-size Olmec head from Mexico cut from sea-green jade and dated from 900-400 B.C. Its features look human but also, with catlike eyes, not. Another is an extraordinary, fragmented ceramic figure made sometime between 200 B.C. and 400 A.D. in Colombia or Ecuador. It depicts an avidly energetic-looking super-ager â a shaman? â who seems to occupy nonbinary terrain between genders and species. (The figureâs spine resembles an iguanaâs tail.)
The redesigned wing, by Kulapat Yantrasast of WHY Architecture with Beyer, Blinder, Belle, features a Ceremonial House Ceiling by Kwoma artists, Papua New Guinea.
The Arts of Oceana
Meanwhile, the bulk of the museumâs Oceanic material has now been repositioned within the Rockefeller wing. Much can be found in a string of galleries that cuts diagonally across the wing, forming a kind of tidal stream linking the south-facing space to a brand-new gallery of similarly monumental scale.
South Seas Ceremonial House Ceiling from pieces of painted sago palm leaf stems. The panels, through their designs, are a map of the cosmos, mythical knowledge and clan histories.
The Asmat people of southwest New Guinea honored their ancestors with rituals that reminded the living to avenge their deaths. Their towering carved âbisâ poles in the Oceania section, circa 1960, incorporate ancestor figures and were a focal point for memorial feasts.Â
Rest in peace Pope Francis.
You were a sorely needed light of compassion in a darkening world.
You will be greatly missed.
source (before edits)
The subtle expression of longing in the 2005 adaptation wasnât meant to be a key moment. Even the director is surprised it took on a life of
This is a gift đ link, so there is no paywall to read the article. Below are some excerpts.
By Esther Zuckerman | April 18, 2025
Say âhand flexâ to a fan of the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austenâs âPride & Prejudiceâ and they will know exactly what you mean. The gesture comes early in the director Joe Wrightâs sumptuous version of the story. Keira Knightleyâs bold Elizabeth Bennet is leaving Netherfield Park after picking up her ill sister Jane (Rosamund Pike). The reserved Mr. Darcy, played by Matthew Macfadyen, helps Elizabeth into a carriage. She had previously overheard Darcy insult her, calling her âtolerable,â and the tension between them is palpable. But when he touches her, something happens. She looks down, her gaze lingering on his gesture. As he walks away, the camera captures Darcyâs hand. His fingers stretch outward like an impulsive, unconscious tic. Her touch is almost too intense for him to handle. In the nearly 20 years since the film came out, the hand flex has become perhaps the defining beat from Wrightâs take on the novel. Itâs the subject of countless social-media posts, critical essays and TikTok dissertations. Search âhand flexâ on TikTok or X and youâll find the term even being applied to scenes from other films and TV shows. âThis is my equivalent of the hand flexâ is shorthand for âthis tiny gesture gives me butterflies.â The word I kept encountering when talking to people and reading about the hand flex is âyearning.â Darcy, in the early phases of the story, keeps up a mask around Elizabeth, but his subconscious actions reveal just how much he desires her. To many, itâs devastatingly hot. And now, for the anniversary rerelease of âPride & Prejudiceâ on April 20, the hand flex is commemorated with official merchandise.
I still prefer the 1995 BBC version, but I will give the "hand flex" its due.

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
I have a lot of doubts. I've been around for six years. And this story always repeats itself. Scandalous patterns. Maybe it's true that he dates these women and moves on to the next. I don't know. It's all so strange. It's the peculiar way information reaches the fandom. If he doesn't want anyone to know where he is, why are they posting the waterfall video? Why does he talk about it in the waterfall video? Why does Sam follow the IG account of the place he's staying? Why does VF follow the same IG account? Even if the photo with the fan had leaked, Mexico is so vast, they could be anywhere. No one could have linked them together. They've taken the steps and clues to follow. As always. If I were famous, I wouldn't touch my phone or social media until I got home to preserve my safety and anonymity. Besides, when he wants it and desires it, no one sees him. Caps, hoods, sunglasses. He was in NY for almost a month and only got one photo walking down the street. And this has happened with all the women. Can someone explain? Does anyone have a theory? đ?????
đ
đŚđ
Anon, hereâs my theory. You are upset because you didnât find the clues. Iâm assuming you didnât. I didnât. A few people see a couple of things and someone else puts them together. I canât see anything Sam follows or his activity for years. I think most people canât. So a bartender? Out of the 3,564 booze people he follows Iâm suppose to question? Iâm sorry that in over the span of a week, between the two people we are talking about, thereâs one video, on a private/closed account, with someone talking over a waterfall. They should both be reprimanded or reported to ICE or something for using their phones or social media while on vacation. Is that a celebrity rule? Iâll warn him the next time I see him.
If he were more popular there might be pics of him on the beach or whatever. Nobody cares. And if you think âthis story repeats itselfâ, please know there are other women you havenât seen, or know about, with timelines and pictures not even shared on this stupid app. If youâre here six years, I assume itâs because youâre curious or want information. Letâs not criticize the way itâs delivered.
Aaaw đ so happy for her. What a beautiful name! âĽď¸