What If, when Sam was interviewed by Elle Magazine when they joked with him about dating Caitriona and instead of saying âgood,â he had said âI love that we exude that chemistry, but we arenât dating?
What if Sam hadnât liked tweets saying he wanted to have Caitrionaâs babies, he wanted to spend the New Year with her or called her âMrs,â âthe wife,â âMy Sassenachâ?
What if Caitriona didnât practically sit in his life during the AOL interview? What if she didnât twist a gold ring that was too big for her and have her knees touching Samâs and practically in his lap?Â
What if Caitriona hadnât said, âthey have it wrong. He is #1 {sexiest man} in my book?â
What if she didnât look at him like he was her everything for five years no less than 100 times?
What if Sam hadnât said he âhad tasted her banoffie pieâ and she hadnât looked pleased and happy? What if he hadnât looked glad and proud of himself?
What if Sam wasnât the âLeaning Tower of Heughan,â during the London âAgony Auntsâ questions?Â
What if Sam didnât start to answer KDS before Caitriona about her own siblings? What if Sam hadnât started to answer the journalist about who was taking care of Eddie before Caitriona could even respond? Why didnât Sam just answer KDS the first go-round about who he was dating and why blush and both look guilty ah? Why does Eddie bite Ollie but not Simon or Sam?Â
What if, during the IFH, Caitriona had just simply said she was seeing someone else, that she and Sam hung out a lot with the âOutlander Familyâ and did a lot together rather than saying they were different in their private lives, when they knew they hung out? A lot. What if Sam agreed, rather than blame & insult us, or get nasty and say it was ânot real?â What if he hadnât looked guilty or defensive?Â
What if Caitriona had smiled and looked indulgent rather than get super-pissed when KDS suggested Sam take off his shirt while women were cat-calling at the SDComic-Con? What if Sam hadnât known how she would take it, knew it would be an issue, and pass her a whisky glass without even looking at her?
What if the journalist who showed the work room and hadnât said "thereâs SamâŚ.oh, we better give them their privacy,â while they were in the corner. What if Caitriona hadnât had to make sure Sam didnât have any lipstick on him?
What if Sam didnât ask if Caitriona was wearing underwear on a radio interview when he knew she had a SO? ESPECIALLY because of the scenes they do and admitting she was least likely to wear a modesty pouch. What if they hadnât live-tweeted from a hotel bedroom when each had âsomeoneâ there for that season 1B premier?
What if Sam didnât truly look like he was #swallowing Balfe at Fife? What if Caitriona  wasn't crying and angry on the steps at fife? What if, inside of EIFF, she actually was standing with Tony and talking with people, rather than have her back to him completely? (I am not exaggerating. To the point of how my dog is behind me). What if Sam had just looked at her rather than avoid her face and eyes on the EIFF red carpet when she had heart eyes? What if they hadnât high-fived each other before the picture-taking but Sam still couldnât look at her like they were committed a coup?
Why did Caitriona agree to going to six cons was it, to be with Sam all over the world, when she actually had free time? Why did she bail out of the cons once Sam did?Â
What if both of them hadnât been offline or then reappeared at the same time after being off for days, hours over and over again? What if  they did they hadnât done this 13 times while Caitriona was at a beach on vacation and, when they reappeared, Sam was tan?Â
What if Cait hadnât liked a canned picture of Scotland while she was on vacation and Sam was MIA before his picture even posted?
What if they both hadnât lost power at the exact same time while live tweeting while supposedly in different cities and Caitriona hadnât screamed it from the roof tops? What if they both hadnât started following Margot Robbie and tweeting articles about her when she was there at Wimbledon that day?Â
What if when Paul, I mean Shatner, started harassing and stalking and bullying and threatening Jess and others for months, didnât one of them just kindly tell him to stop? What if they hadn't been silent. What if they had lived out their t#metoo stance, supported womenâs rights and stayed silent when the fighting was over THEM?
What if Caitrionaâs signature hadnât been on the Laophraig bottle?
What if Caitriona had just posted a simple engagement picture with Tony OR A WEDDING ONE on any of her SM and simply say they needed privacy, respect and be done with it?
What if Caitriona hadnât waited for Sam in a video BTS at T2 happily and schmoosh up against him and leave Tony in the dust? What if she didnât throw coats, sunglasses and things at him without even an acknowledgement or a look?
What if Caitriona hadnât only started showing Tony any PDA the month before the âengagement?" What if she had "simplyâ gotten engaged, posted a picture, and not had #hashtag road to OZ or a journalist there if it was a surprise or private?Â
What if Caitriona hadnât pretended to measure him with a bottle in the water and he hadnât had a big grin on his face?
What if Caitriona and Sam werenât caught scrunched together at a Vanity Fair Party and the âother twoâ werenât relegated to the back of them like chaperones?
What if at the last Vanity Fair Party, Sam had is picture taken with Caitriona, or Cait and Tony like normal costars?
What if Tony and Sam had ONCE appeared friendly prior to the ridiculous bro-hug sponsored by Maloneâs (who only a third of Ireland) video team?Â
What if they had done photo-shoots and there wasnât video of them stopped because it looked like they were going to kiss (which they did later for the Season 3 pictures)? What if Sam didnât stroke her wrists and arms and âaccidentally,â have his hands land in appropriate places when he knew she was with someone else?
What if Caitrionaâs team had stuck to one story â the true story â of how long she had known Tony? What if they had stuck to the actual truth of his profession? What if there hadnât been an article first saying his name was Brian and a financier?Â
What if everyone from the author, to the director, to the showrunnerâs wife had let people ship them and not called fans âdelusional,â âcrazy,â and all the rest like other shows from the beginning of time? What if executives hadnât posted inaccurate articles about Samâs love life?
What if they had just let shipping be the normal activity that it is, and not make it such a big crime?Â
What if Sam had told his (supposed) partner to be an adult, protect his privacy, kept the $hit show to a minimum rather than have/let her troll the fandom time and time again? What if Sam hadn't pointed to a Georgia sign if he wanted privacy?  What if Billy hadnât indicated his IG had no #staged pictures? Â
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What IF fans who supported them with all of their lives hadnât been played, or continued to be played, for the last five years? What of ANY of this was normal?Â
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