You must be new, Anon. Why do I come off so toxic to shippers, you ask? Pull up a chair, grab a drink, and make yourself comfy, this may take awhile.Ā Ā
But first of all, let me clarify for the millionth time: I have NOTHING against regular SamCait shippers.Ā Iām fine with fans who wished Sam and Cait had gotten together in real life, but know thatās not the case, and are respectful of Cait and Tony and of Sam and any woman he dates. No problem with those shippers. The kind of shippers, I, and the rest of the fandom, have a problem with are Extreme Shippers. Extreme Shippers who cannot accept the REALITY that Sam and Cait are not together in real life, and now Cait is married to Tony McGill, and bully and attack anyone who says anything to sink their faux SamCait ship.
Back to enumerating why I have such disdain for ESā¦here goes, stream of consciousness likeā¦
When I joined the Outlander fandom in 2014, I was a SamCait shipper. Then, because I live in Los Angeles, and used to work in the industry, and have connections, I was contacted by different sourcesā¦credible and identifiable sources who gave me information that PROVED Sam and Cait were not a couple in real life. Because of WHO these sources were, I knew the info was trueā¦and I knew this was a hugeĀ āget,ā so I posted it publicly. Once I did that, Extreme Shippers began to attack me en masse and relentlessly. Iāve never seen anything like it. A lesser woman would have run for the hills. But Iām a strong b*tch and I stood up to them. So,Ā ES decided to make my life hell, and literally attacked me on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, for YEARS. Iām not joking. The attacks were constant. And by attacks, I mean calling me aĀ āb*tch,ā a āc*nt,ā āworse than AIDS,ā telling me I should die,Ā ādie, b*tch,ā telling me that they were going to set up a gang rape, telling me to have a house dropped on me, creating account after account on different social media for the SOLE purpose of bullying me, attacking all my friends, bullying my followers on Twitter to the point that many had to lock up their accounts or leave social media altogether, finding people they thought were me in real life and making THEIR lives hell, to the point that employers were contacted, family, friends, Tweeting Diana Gabaldon, and all the cast and crew, tagging them telling them horrible things about me, creating a hashtag campaign #takebackourfandom and then emailing and writing letters to Sony and Starz executives telling them what a horrible person I was, and most recently creating a GoFundMe account to raise money to have meĀ āinvestigated,ā my real identity found so that they could presumably intimidate me into leaving the fandom.Ā
Because practically EVERYTHING I said sources told me came true, and because so much time has passed, and because now there are many more people who wonāt stand for Extreme Shippersā bad behavior, and because they realize Iām here to stay, the attacks on me are less, but they still go on. I donāt visit Extreme Shippersā blogs or accounts anymore, and havenāt in a long time, but I get DMās from friends daily and Iām toldĀ āPurvā is still on ESā tongues. They will never let me go. Because they need a villain, a scapegoat, someone to project all their anger onto about HAVING BEEN WRONG. I accept that. And Iām here for the duration.
The fact that their disgusting behavior is all over a goddamn TV show and a TV couple would be laughable if it werenāt so pathetic. They have no limits and are capable of anything. Scary doesnāt begin to cover it. Luckily, I donāt scare easily. I took the brunt of their rabid lunacy because I was the first to sink the SamCait ship, and because I didnāt cower down to them, but they have attacked, bullied, and doxed literally EVERYONE who said anything that showed that Sam and Cait arenāt together in real life. No one escaped their wrath. Not Sam or Cait, or Caitās husband, Tony, or Samās girlfriends and their families and friends, or any woman in Samās vicinity, for that matter, or the rest of the Outlander cast, or the Outlander crew, or journalists, other fans, not even Diana Gabaldon herself was spared.Ā
This is just a quick summary of Extreme Shippersā BAD behaviorāthe tip of the iceberg. There is much, much more, but I donāt have the time, energy, or inclination right now to get into it further. Iām assuming the above is enough.Ā
So, Anon, itās not that Iām toxic to shippers for no reason, itās that Extreme Shippers have been SO toxic to me, and to many others, that my response to them is commensurate.Ā Ā
Okay, now Iām the one who needs a drink. *big long sigh* Cheers!