I appreciate you reaching out with this, Anon. But after being in this fandom for 7 years, I know that for the truly entrenched Extreme Shippers NOTHING will make them see reality. 

Everyone and their mother, literally Cait's mother, told them that Sam and Cait weren't a couple in real life. They said they'd only believe if it Sam AND Cait said so themselves on VIDEO. Sam and Cait said so in the Kristin Dos Santos video. They said they'd only believe it if Cait or Sam became engaged to someone else. Tony put on a ring on it. They said they'd only believe it if one of them got married. Cait and Tony became The McGills on August 10, 2019, legally, and for good measure, religiously IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH in front of their friends, family, God, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, The Virgin Mary, all the angels in Heaven...and Mr. Sam Heughan. They said they'd only believe it if Cait had Tony's baby. Wellll, baby Balfe McGill was just born and Cait HERSELF announced it. 

You can see what's coming next right? Digging for the birth certificate to see who's listed as the father and/or demanding a paternity test at a lab of ES's choosing. And even if all that craziness happened, ES would still find a way to explain it away. You know why? Because THEY DON'T WANT THE TRUTH. They’ve said as much.

And there are faux shippers in this fandom who know this and take advantage of it. Whether it's by milking these gullible ES out of their disposable income via websites, events, or merchandise. OR by continuing a false narrative to string ES along, because they know they have a captive audience of women who are SO lacking something in their own lives that they would see the evidence above and DISMISS it. Because the SamCait fantasy is too much of a drug. It gives them a high...and there's nothing like chasing that high. It would be sad, and I would have pity on them, if the majority of them hadn't been such assholes to everyone who told them the TRUTH. They only have themselves to blame for their continued misery. The rest of us are HAPPY because we came to terms with the fact that Sam and Cait are great friends and costars, they promoted their show brilliantly, but they are not a couple in real life. And Cait has her fairytale ending with Tony, a REAL love story. That's a high that lasts a life time. I'd take that over the transitory 5 second crack high ES get every time they think the ship has been revived.

Anyhoo, I've given up on the truly out of touch with reality ES, I'm still here to steer any new fans in the right direction...to stay on terra firma where we never get seasick and where we experience REAL joy...as opposed to sailing on the Flying Dutchman SamCait faux ghost ship to NOWHERE, where they stock up on economy size boxes of Dramamine and hold on tight for the rollercoaster that is their ship of lies.

Hi, Anon. It doesn't make sense to normal, emotionally mature, sane people, does it?

Most of them are disgruntled ex-shippers, who, once they realized they'd wasted their time on a faux ship, set out to "burn down the fandom."

Some aren't outright shippers, but "mean girls" who get off on what they consider "snark," when it's actually assholery.

Ex-shippers gravitate to the mean girls because they can vent their frustrations about Sam and Cait to them, and the mean girls will take it to the next level.

I do think some of them feel like Sam has personally hurt them, so now he must pay. They can't own up to the fact that THEY chose to continue believing Sam and Cait were a real couple, LONG after everyone and their mother (literally Cait's mother) and including Sam and Cait themselves, gave plenty of proof that Sam and Cait were not together. They can't accept accountability for their own actions. And so, they blame everyone else, especially Sam because they thought he was the captain of their ship. They feel betrayed by him.

You ask "why waste their time on someone they don't know who doesn't owe them anything?" That's a great question to ask them. They obviously get something out of being bitter bitches. Pathetic, isn’t it?

The way Extreme Shippers have treated Sam and Cait IS absolutely disgusting, Anon. And not only Sam and Cait, but ANYONE and EVERYONE who got in the way of their fantasy. And sadly for them, everyone in the fandom, and outside the fandom knows it.

Anon, can you hear the voices now? How about now? Now?

Why is it ALWAYS these conspiracy theories with Extreme Shippers? Why can’t you ever just see what the rest of us see? REALITY. 

Hot actor is dating hot model and since they can both afford to travel, they decided to go into seclusion in a private home AWAY from people. And since they both are active on social media and both post when they go on trips, they did what they NORMALLY do, posted from their trip. That’s it. That simple. What they’re doing or posting HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, or me, or anyone. Listen closely: THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU. Please repeat that several times, and while you’re at it, tell the voices in your head as well.

Sam and Gia are in a beautiful place alone, with all the time in the world. None of us is even a bleep on their radar. Let me list all of the things Sam and Gia are thinking about before they would even come up for air to even remember they have fans: beach, pineapples, whisky, great sex, TMGD, Gia’s perfect body, Sam’s perfect body, great sex, pineapple, whisky, beach, great sex, sunsets on the beach, great sex, pineapple, whisky, great sex. Lather, rinse, repeat. I can assure you that at NO point have either of them turned to the other and said “Hey, instead of “beach, pineapple, whisky, great sex, let’s spend some time trolling fans by *gasp* posting pics from our trip!” If you actually believe that, you need to tell that voice “Shhhh, that’s crazy talk.” Because it is. There’s no narrative, there’s no strategy. It’s LITERALLY, a hot actor and a hot model spending time together in a beachfront home. That’s it.

So, whatever else Sam and Gia post, even if it is a pic together will HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, OR ME, OR ANYONE ELSE. Is every celebrity who posts pics from trips posting “innuendo,” or sending fans “secret messages?” You realize that’s literally what someone with psychosis thinks--that others are sending them secret messages or doing something to specifically target them. It’s not normal thinking. And before I get the inevitable frothy Anons or a certain blogger chastising me for trying to “irresponsibly“diagnose people. I’m not diagnosing anyone. Thinking that Sam and Gia are sending fans secret messages IS totally out of touch with reality, and I’m not going to sugarcoat it. 

Hi Anon,

My first reaction is: at this point, who cares? *yawn* It's all ancient history. FACT: Sam and Mackenzie dated for 2 years and they are no longer together. Any old pics of them that are unearthed now are really beside the point. ANOTHER FACT: Extreme Shippers hide, have hidden, and will continue to hide pics that go against their faux SamCait ship. Same shit, different year. Again, *yawn* It's not a big, shocking, "oh my God" moment anymore. At least not for me.

For those interested, here is the pic in question. 👇 Apparently, Sam has been cropped out of the pic. 🤷‍♀️

Below is the Anon Ask that prompted this post. 

If you haven’t looked at Part 1 first, please click on the link for Part 1. 

https://p-redux.tumblr.com/post/175289583997/part-1-per-anon-request-revisiting-a-former  

It shows former shipper K’s original eyewitness account of going to Cait fiance’s Tony’s bar and getting confirmation that Cait and Tony were dating (first posted in the Spring of 2015). Then come back here to read Part 2.

What I’m posting in THIS post are the screencaps of former SamCait shipper K’s follow up post one year later when she gave MORE DETAIL about her visit to Tony’s bar AND where she recounts how she was bullied by her former shipper besties, as well as banished from shipperville for posting ship sinking info aka the truth. 

As I said in Part 1, please remember that K was not just some random shipper, she was Jess aka jamesandclairefraser’s close friend and K had the second most popular and most followed shipper Tumblr blog, right below Jess. She and Jess were thick as thieves, and she was part of the shipper inner circle…yet when she DARED to post the truth, she was instantly persona non grata. The screencaps below are proof positive that Extreme Shippers try to hide the truth, that they bully those who post the truth, and that they go as far as turning on their best friends if they threaten the SamCait ship. In other words, there is NOTHING Extreme Shippers won’t do to keep their faux ship afloat. Pathetic, isn’t it?

Please click on the “keep reading” link to see the rest of the screencaps in Part 2.