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I was on vacation, so I can pretend the whole MPC Gala drama passed me by. It didn't, of course. But I'm choosing not to engage with it... at least for now. Instead, I happened to stumble across these brand-new Instagram Stories (courtesy of @readswithdaisy), posted yesterday and today. Let's just say my immediate reaction was: I want to see this movie. Preferably today. Never mind that we'll probably have to wait another two years.

. . . So it appears CMB is Queen Arianna. Looking at this, I'd say the casting makes perfect sense. The resemblance is already there - before a single layer of cinematic transformation 😉.

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For geographical accuracy: the photo was taken outside the Cathedral of Girona in Spain.

Will Disney release another prince and princess story? Poor princess!!!!!!

I would watch it.

But only if they do the handfasting scene

I’m a huge fan of Caitríona’s signature run in period costume, skirts hitched up as she charges ahead 😁

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As skeptical as I am about Disney’s live-action remakes, I’m genuinely looking forward to #TangledLiveAction.

I’m a huge fan of Caitríona’s signature run in period costume, skirts hitched up as she charges ahead 😁

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As skeptical as I am about Disney’s live-action remakes, I’m genuinely looking forward to #TangledLiveAction.

Perdón por el retraso.

Como se puede apreciar están sentados Davie, el chófer boca chancla, la niña y la madre de la niña. Sam termina su actuación y pasa descaradamente de los tres a pesar de llevar una diadema de unicornio, diadema que a una niña de nueve años seguramente le hubiese gustado recibir. El desprecio y desapego hacia tanto madre como hija por parte de Sam es tan vergonzoso que da verdadera vergüenza ajena tener que señalar esta falta de empatía y mínimo respeto hacia quien dice ser parte fundamental de su actual vida. Por muchas historias que comparta sigue siendo el mismo cobarde incapaz de reconocerlas orgánicamente. 🤡

Sorry for the delay.

As you can see, seated there are Davie, the outspoken driver, the little girl, and her mother. Sam finishes his appearance and quite blatantly walks past all three of them, despite wearing a unicorn headband—a headband that a nine-year-old girl would most likely have loved to receive.

His coldness and detachment toward both the mother and her daughter are so striking that it is genuinely embarrassing to have to point out such a clear lack of empathy and even the most basic courtesy toward people he claims are a fundamental part of his life today.

No matter how many stories he posts, he remains the same coward, incapable of acknowledging them naturally and openly. 🤡

caitrionabalfe

It's Back.

Without an animal farting hearts this time 💞

Also because there is a slight factual mistake in my reply to her, which I am acknowledging immediately and correcting on the spot.

So, we are talking about this detail I enlarged:

Red arrow is Sammie Russell's left hand, with her own jacket hanging on it, flowers and all. That ring is on that finger because she married Rik Rankin last July. I am sure @ready4newyear knows that, too.

Bottom blue arrow is Madam Mao's right hand, holding another cup. And her own jacket.

Top blue arrow is Madam Mao's left hand, holding nothing at all.

[Later edit]: And even if it is a belt buckle (it could be, the pic is not clear at all), then perhaps the two persons hold hands or are just caught in one of those loosely embracing poses people usually strike in similar circumstances.

Bottom line of all this is: if you do not want to look like an absolute, gullible fool posting extravagant conclusions like that, it's probably always better to ask around or - as in my own case - discuss this with an eagle-eyed friend.

The way I look at my co-star's boobs vs the way I look at my girlfriend 🤭

L is for the way Sam Looks at Cait (on video chat)

O is for it’s Obvious anyone can see (for how many flipping years)

V is for Very, Very, not so subtlely (Mr. Glass face Heughan)

E is for Ever see a man adore her more? (NO!)

Gifs by @stewartandclarke and they are so awesome.

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Anon, mira que llevo muchos años y muchos anons estúpidos a mis espaldas, pues enhorabuena, has consegudo la máxima puntuación al anon mas idiota de todos. Si tu objetivo era hacer el ridículo, enhorabuena, misión cumplida 🤣

Anon, I've been around for a lot of years and dealt with more stupid anons than I can count, but congratulations, you've officially earned the title of the dumbest anon of them all.

If your goal was to make a complete fool of yourself, congratulations. Mission accomplished. 🤣

With huge thanks to @benfeldmanlove21-blog , who first spotted the differences between the images, and to @hopelostinmemories for helping with the search, I spent far too much time trying to understand the photo MW posted last night.

The conclusion seems fairly clear. The question of why is another matter, and that’s where I’ll need your help.

Let me walk you through what I did.

First, @benfeldmanlove21-blog pointed out the differences between the images, and there are simply too many of them to dismiss as a resolution issue. I stopped counting after five.

So we know that the version P posted appears to have undergone fairly extensive AI retouching. The differences are visible, as are the unnaturally smooth skin and hair.

My first thought was that P had taken the circular profile picture posted here and used an AI prompt to fill in the missing parts, turning it into a complete square image.

So I tried doing exactly that using three of the leading AI platforms. I’m attaching one of the results.

What did I learn?

The circular image doesn’t give the AI enough information about the man. With most of his face cut off, it has no way of knowing that the person is supposed to be Sam Heughan, so it simply invents someone.

Then I tried again, this time specifically telling it that the man was Sam Heughan. This time it did generate him. I’m including more examples here.

Grok:

ChatGPT:

(Not posting Gemini because it just created something completely different.)

So what did that show me?

Even when the AI knows who the man is supposed to be, it still doesn’t recreate him as perfectly as he appears in the image P posted. The angle and features are always slightly different and things are missing or added.

The most obvious conclusion is that Purv received the full image rather than generating the missing section herself. But the version she received had already been heavily retouched using AI.

Who would have access to the complete original photo? One guess.

Why retouch this particular image when she herself had already uploaded a different version? Excellent question.

But at the very least, this strongly suggests that AI is indeed being used by her, as I’ve suspected and mentioned here several times before.

As for whether the original image itself is real?

Using AI is akin to desperation in my book. And I wonder why. Why all this effort to show off and react almost in real time to whatever is posted on Tumblr? Doesn't she - at least supposedly - have it all? Why even bother?

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Well, well, well… Sam's out on the town with Steven in London, Cait's doing promo… in London too! Steph, better start stretching, you might be getting subbed in! 👋😂

Remember Sam's Star Force 2 surroundings? Please take a look at this photo Cait posted of Eddie in May, 2015: "things are just different over here", hashtag: Scotland.

Walls and floor are exactly the same, thank you, very much! 😁

Lookie, lookie, even Outlander_Starz and Starz have become shippers! (Finally!)

Outlander _Starz says "MOM AND DAD"

Starz says "No matter the century, they serve"

So I read that as Sam and Caitriona are MOM AND DAD not only in the film (18th century) but also in this century! 👀 💙💚💍