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7x09 “UNFINISHED BUSINESS”

MAKE IT WORK - JAMIE X CLAIRE

Chapter 30 is now live: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31022585/chapters/87841183

Single Da Jamie Fraser and single mother Claire Beauchamp, are thrown together by the fate of the universe - meeting for the first time in the Headmaster’s office...

Will they be able to stay away from one another?

Oh, Anon...how much time do you have? Actually, it's me, I don't have the time, energy, or inclination to give you a detailed answer. This fandom is exhausting. So, let me try to give you some history but I can't promise it will be comprehensive.

Outlander has different groups of fans and within those groups, there are subgroups. These are the groups I can think of off the top of my head: original Outlander book fans, Outlander TV show fans, Outlander book and TV show fans, Wishful Shippers, Lalalala head in the clouds everything is fine Shippers, Extreme Shippers, Tinhat Shippers, Money Grubbing Shippers, Pretend Shippers with ulterior motives, Shippers with expendable incomes, mostly retirees, Shipper Sympathizers, Non-Shippers, Truthers, NSTs (Non-Shipper Truthers), Mean Girls, Haters, Trolls, Cait onlys, Sam onlys, Tobias onlys, Rik onlys, etc.

The main fighting has always been between SamCait Shippers and their subgroups, and ANYONE who accepted the TRUTH/REALITY, that there is no real SamCait.

Back in the day it was ALL of the Shippers and their subgroups against ME because I was the first to post insider source info confirming Sam and Cait weren't dating in real life. After that, I became persona non grata and there was a relentless witchhunt against me conducted by all the shippers. Luckily as time went by and as it became CLEAR I had been telling the truth, more and more people were willing to speak out publicly against shippers and their attacks on anyone who got in the way of the ship. Prior to that, they wouldn't do so publicly, because they had seen the level of daily harassment I received, and they were understandably afraid.

Extreme Shippers still like to propagate the legend of OmniPurv, that I am every account and I am everywhere. But the reality is that there are now MANY people who are fed up with Extreme Shippers' bad behavior, and they're no longer afraid to speak out.

As I said in a previous post, the current Sam and Cait haters are mostly disgruntled ex-shippers or shipper sympathizers, and the few existing shippers ban together with them. Because the mean girls have support from ex-shippers and current shippers, the natural enemy is still me and other non-shippers, hence fighting continues. Also, mean girls like to provoke fights just for shits and giggles, they're always fanning the flames--they seem to get some sick thrill from it.

So, the fight is STILL between shippers and non-shippers, but as is human nature, familiarity breeds contempt, and there is the inevitable INFIGHTING within each main group.

Shippers have had fights among themselves, with even more subgroups forming. The great shipper diaspora occurred years ago when the ex-shipper queen, Jess finally figured out Puffy was a faux shipper with ulterior motives and banned her from the shipdom. Puffy took her lackey, Amanda and they descended to Hades to a life of crime, which is extremely reckless, given that Amanda works for a government agency and Puffy gave herself away. But I digress... 

On the non-shipper side, we also had our infighting, mainly due to one person, but most non-shippers figured out what was what, and that infighting is over. It's been peaceful on this side ever since certain people got some sense served to them and they left us alone.

Soooo, Anon, I guess that was my attempt at "long story short," which for me is usually "long story longer" 😅. I'm sure I missed some stuff, but, oh well.

Hope that explained a few things and was helpful in understanding some of the dynamics on Tumblr. Thanks for stopping by, Anon! And welcome to the shitshow!

Hey guys! It’s been a while since I even opened my Tumblr app but I felt like I should check in and did have a few messages from folk who wanted to check on me which is really sweet so thank you. 😘

UK has been in lockdown now for 2 weeks. I live in a small town and I’m happy to say that everyone seems to be following government guidance and staying inside, only going out to the shops when absolutely necessary. We’re still able to get out for daily exercise but I haven’t been seeing many people out. The odd runner or someone having a walk around the beach. The shops are taking every precaution here and shelves are staying stocked so far which is a blessing. Grateful for the work of the National Health Service and it’s workers now more than ever. I’m getting on fine, staying with my partner and mostly just eating junk and bingeing Netflix. (Has everyone seen Tiger King? 🐯👑)

I would be remiss not to mention the absolute powerhouse that was Outlander Season 5, Episode 7 “The Ballad of Roger Mac. Everything that needs to be said about that episode has really been said, but I’ll just add that it was probably my favourite episode of the entire series. I loved, loved, loved it! Literal perfection and a marvellous example of how canon and adaption can come together and present something that is visually stunning, compelling and emotive. Plus, that cameo! Are you fucking kidding me!? I screamed! 😍👏🏼

Anyway, I haven’t been coming on here and really it’s because I no longer find Tumblr a source of joy. It’s become a source of stress for me, and a bit of a downer tbh. I’ve talked about it before but so much of the discussions on here centre around the judgement and criticism of members of the cast. Believe me I’m still 100% aware of everything going on in the fandom but I’m choosing not to partake these days. I also don’t really like seeing spoilers so have been avoiding a lot of Outlander related social media. 😲🙈 I have a small group of friends who met on here but chat via Messenger. It’s been such a comfort during all this madness to have a positive space with people to talk to that understand my love for the books and the show and the cast, which was really the reason I joined Tumblr to begin with. That being said, I’m not going to close my blog or leave for good because there are still people on here that I enjoy interacting with, some great fanfic being written and show gifs being made.

I hope that you are all safe, healthy and with the people you love. Sending prayers and positive thoughts to you and your families at this uncertain and scary time. We can get through this. You are not alone. I hope everyone is finding their own source of positivity during their isolation, whether that’s reading, baking, exercising, colouring or whatever! 😄🤷🏼‍♀️

Something that I’m incredibly grateful for right now is the generosity of the entire Outlander cast who have been keeping us entertained with daily posts, pictures, Q&A’s, IG Lives, podcasts, #OutlanderBakeOff which inspired a baking competition amongst our chat group! 🤤🎂🥧🍰🏅 These are good people that like everyone else right now deserve our kindness and understanding.

Sorry for the long post. Wishing you all the very best from my little corner of the world, aweesassenachlassie xx 😘