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Dan Millman. Way of The Peaceful Warrior

No, not he who shall not be named and Sam. But Tobias and Sam, you know, her on screen tele-hubbies, platonic costars, one of whom she is very cozy with on and off screen. Yeah, those two. Came across these photos and captions by Caitriona via Bella Outlander Fan on IG and read them and then re-read them.

Hubby 1 aka Tobias aka Frank aka Fronk (sorry Tobias). An interesting hash tag. That’s it, that’s the tweet. #modestypouch

Dashing Sam Heughan. Hubby no. 2 x 🤔

I find it interesting, while I know this is early on in filming Outlander, she would hashtag modesty pouch with Tobias, but it’s a whole different mood with Sam’s. And “x” a favorite of Sam’s to use. As time progressed, and Claire stayed back in time and she didn’t really need to deal with Frank/Tobias, the modesty pouch was forgotten, as was indicated by the question posed by our secret fellow shipper Josh Horowitz: who is most likely not to wear their modesty pouch?

Lastly, this photo-op. Tobias being a gentle kisser but Sam is literally puckering right up. A side note, I do miss those red curls.

Found on X: an excerpt from an Access Hollywood interview recorded in spring 2016 while promoting Season 2.

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They're all beautiful, young, and no longer quite as carefree as they were in the beginning. Yet they seem far less guarded than they do today.

What surprised me most was CMB's way of speaking. The way she expresses herself feels much closer to the young model we remember from her early interviews than to the more cerebral, carefully curated public persona she seems to have adopted in recent years.

But the laugh? The laugh is exactly the same.

Warm, genuine, and utterly contagious.

I think we deserve a little guilt-free fun. And isn't Puppy Interview exactly that? With Spider-Man: Brand New Day around the corner, my feeds have become a full-time Tom Holland & Zendaya fan account.

Which has led me to an important scientific observation.

Actually... several.

. . . Let's compare these two couples, because the dynamic between the partners is practically identical, even though only one pair is publicly known to be married.

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Being in the same place is not the same thing as being in a relationship.

We've known Sam for almost 13 years. We know he's expressive. We know he's tactile. He hugs people, touches people, puts an arm around friends, strangers and fans without thinking twice. Warmth has never seemed difficult for him to show.

So even if, for some reason, he were consciously avoiding physical contact with Steph, whether for privacy (something she herself doesn't seem particularly interested in) or for any other strange reason, it's hard to believe that someone with such a glass face would be able to hide every trace of warmth or affection in every single interaction.

Even statistically, it just doesn't make sense:

After an entire year of highly public events, many attended by Sam's most dedicated fans, with hundreds of professional cameras and phone cameras pointed at them from every angle, we still don't have a single candid photo that unmistakably captures what most people would recognize as couple like behavior.

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Garth Stein. The Art of Racing in the Rain

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I couldn't find a video of Caitriona touching Sam's doll emotionally.

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