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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?

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Hey gorgeous, back in Madrid we'd say you can see right through them from a mile away. They put so much effort into staging the whole little show that it completely blew up in their faces. And there you are, watching it all from the sidelines, thinking, "Do they seriously believe anyone's actually going to swallow that load of nonsense?"

Pues parece que aún hay gente que se traga sapos, caballos y cualquier bicho que saquen a pasear...

Well, apparently there are still people willing to swallow toads, horses, and just about any other creature they decide to parade around…

Stunning 😍

Victor Hugo. Les Misérables

Los anillos son parte del atrezzo de chico malo, en el verdadero tiempo libre no los necesita.

Rings are part of the bad-boy look; in his real free time, he doesn’t need them.

Me desculpem, mas essa teve que ser em português...

At the time this piqued my interest, and in all the hoopla following the Rankin wedding, I don’t remember anyone talking about it. If they did, please forgive me as I was new and still in my lurking stage and I may have missed it.

Either way, let’s take a walk down memory lane to one year ago, as I would like to draw attention to this sweet exchange between C and Tim:

IG 🎥 Tim Downie, July 14, 2025

I’m sure when Tim says “you both” the other half of the pairing he’s referring to is the jack of all trades and future Airbnb mega-host and not his good friend of 15+ years.

I just know that during his 7-episode arc as Governor Tryon throughout seasons 4 and 5 of Outlander, his limited screen time as a recurring character must have given him ample time to befriend a man who didn’t appear to live in Scotland full-time.

He definitely wasn’t referring to the man who he went to see play Macbeth months later and claimed how ridiculously proud of him he was. No. It definitely wasn’t the man who since 2019 has appeared frequently on his personal Instagram grid.

IG 🎥 Tim Downie, Various Posts 2019-2025

It most definitely was that shy other man. He must be the one with the big appetite.

So to further celebrate Tim's birthday this year, I've included the series of adverts for Tennent’s Lager that first aired on June 17, 2010 and then the last one on May 30, 2012. You know, the ones with his friend.

If I may: from my Fb memories of March 3, 2019:

From my Fb memories of March 24, 2020 - Tim calls them "Him and her"

More reference: Bafta London May 2018 (the year of the EFH-Engagement From Hell, yet look at the descriptions and comments)

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Sam & Caitriona || Chemistry Test

I miss first season Jamie and Claire. 😪😪😪

I also miss season 1 Sam and Caitriona. 💔💔💔

They really were magical together...

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my partner in crime…..