200% Shipper SC

From Jill on TW(X):

Addenda to my original Fb posts: the video of the fireworks where you see T exiting the venue and SC's voices - Sam laughing and Cait saying "Oh my God!"

The Compstons at the Henley festival:

Sam and Martin:

Sam with Mrs. Compston(Tiana) and another lady:

" #1 They seem slightly closer in general. They'll stand a little closer than normal, almost like an invisible piece of string is pulling them together."

" #2 Look out for the lingering looks. Can you see looks which last longer than normal? That’s a surefire sign that something a little deeper than friendship is going on. Things have probably progressed."

" #3 They seem super-comfortable touching each other more often."

" #4 They suddenly become very protective of one another."

" #5 They seem to communicate in a secret language."

" #6 You will see them together more, at unusual times."

"If you see just one sign, that doesn’t necessarily mean the uglies are being bumped together. But if you see several, the chances are high. We all tend to act a certain way when we’re intimate with someone."

Oh anon…noooooo. Who smelled? I don’t wanna think about that!

For more than a decade, the Main Heroine has been living in Scotland. Yet not once has anyone randomly photographed her with 🧛🏻‍♂️ on a walk through Glasgow or Edinburgh, grabbing dinner, visiting an exhibition, or going to the cinema. The Little Soul’s hypothetical appearance on one of those “family outings”—which any bystander could easily have captured—I’ll generously ignore.

The only alleged candid shot of Mr & Ms 🧛🏻‍♂️ is the famous pub photo featuring the armed hare in the background—the one that was supposedly taken while they were “planning their wedding.” Except it wasn’t even taken in Scotland. It was Burton.

By contrast, someone who doesn’t even live in Britain somehow keeps showing up in conveniently timed “caught by chance” photos with the Main Character, either while “heading to” or “leaving” somewhere. Her young daughter is always part of the scene.

Probability theory is getting a migraine.

And that’s before we even mention the curious fact that every single “secret” shot of the happy couple somehow ends up on That One Particular Blog.

But yes. Completely ordinary. Entirely plausible. Nothing statistically odd about it whatsoever.

Just found this Gif and I need a Minute...... 🔥 🥵

I am NOT a shipper. Let's make that crystal clear. Cait is married to Tony and Sam is dating Stephanie. PERIOD.

However, you can't tell me that in the beginning, it didn't EVER happen. I personally find that hard to believe. They are both human beings with red blood that runs hot. They were BOTH SINGLE in the beginning as far as I know and I am willing to wager more then once, Sam had to strap that thing down. Sam was very OBVIOUSLY attracted to Cait as well. He might as well have written it in sharpie on his face for Godsakes.

I believe it happened, once, maybe even twice and then they both mutually decided for the sake of the series best not. Or maybe it happened once while a bit of whiskey was consumed. I know they both said they watched the wedding scene together and whiskey was involved..... I believe there was a lil roll in the hay. If not in am intoxicated state, possibly because feelings can sometimes get confused between real life and characters. I mean they're human beings afterall and you can clearly see in early photo shoots were Cait is caressing Sam's shoulder and playing with his shirt and hair and Sam places his hands in the wrong place more then once.

I do however firmly believe that they do 100% love each other ans would.do anything for the other. You can be someone's soulmate, but on a platonic level. It doesn't have to be romantic. I think that romantically it did not work for them for whatever reasons, but they agreed mutually to ALWAYS care about the other and have each other's backs on set, and I have seen interviews where Sam gets protective of Cait ans I havw seen Cait go Mama Bear over Sam and some inappropriate questions he was asked. They will forever care for each other how could you not?

So do they love each other? 100% Absolutely.

It just doesn't fly romantically. AND THAT SHIPPERS is OK.

IG sis_brazil

Fun fact: This part wasn't in the script… 😏

Every time another tiny piece of the game drops, whether from them directly or through their favorite blogger, the whole fandom jumps to attention. And yes, most of it is mockery, frustration, and second-hand embarrassment, but still. Traffic is traffic. Bad publicity is still publicity.

And that’s the sad part, because you can see the engagement slowly fading. Not all at once, but in little drops. Tumblr has become pretty boring. Sam is basically in permanent sales mode, and aside from gossip, there isn’t much to discuss. Caitriona only really pops up when she has a new project to promote, and it works for her. She doesn’t need an army of fans constantly maintaining her business for her.

It feels like Sam may be heading down a road many male leads from long-running shows have walked before, especially the ones who were part of a major romantic pairing. They start as heartthrobs, with tons of female fans and far more attention than the actresses beside them. Then the show ends, the slow fade begins, and you blink. Suddenly twenty years have passed, and their career is mostly small projects that keep a reduced fanbase alive, living off the nostalgia of the one role that made them famous, going from convention to convention, while the actress beside them is collecting awards and booking better roles.

And while that may work for some of those actors, and maybe it’s enough for them, Sam has built a very expensive little empire that is supposed to be funded by that same fanbase. But he isn’t doing much to expand his audience. Not through different acting roles, not through his alcohol business, not through his books. He has put all his eggs in one basket.

So maybe that explains, in some way, these pathetic attempts to revive a sleepy fandom.

Or maybe not.

This Anon was received by a well-known Anti account - many, hopefully unaware, shippers reblog without even a second thought - this evening. It comes exactly on point with S's Mallorca IG story and reads like this:

I am surprised the host did not check, or ask around. And I am surprised even more, given the stalking/obsessive reputation of that particular blogger.

Anyways, the two IG stories Anon could have referred to are these two reposts, from last Tuesday (06/30):

The IG account bio is not very conclusive:

It also links to one of those suspicious casino webpages - but hey, intelligence was never Barnyard Bimbo's forte. Still, their Threads bio is very clear about the creators' whereabouts:

The account is based in Germany. Not exactly Spain, isn't it?

The second and last IG story repost is this one:

This time, it's also very clear. But hey, why not let the masses dream, or in this case, emptily speculate?

Now let's see where Mrs. Bombonato is based, shall we?

Milan. Perhaps to Anon's surprise, that is not Spain, either.

I mean, I get it. Placing Missouri or North Dakota on a blank map is one of my ideas of intellectual terror, for sure. However, unlike Anon and their unsuspecting host, I am not ready to make a fool of myself in public over this. I prefer to double-check my own stupidity and believe a day when I did not learn anything new is a lost day.

And no, it's nowhere near Spain. But I suppose the Bullshit Story was too good to pass, wasn't it?

📍Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh - Scotland

Source: siobhan_mackenzie IGS (posted on 30 June 2026)

A garden party took place at the Royal Palace on Edinburgh yesterday evening. The tartan designer had posted her invitation on her account a few hours earlier.

So some people took this opportunity to network. Others, perhaps not so much?

So far, there’s no indication that at least one of a tiny distillery’s executives from the south of Scotland was invited or attended… 🤷‍♀️