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moghraidhcaitriona-blog · 8 years ago

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Ahoy, Maties!

I finally decided to make a formal first post after literally months of lurking and sending innumerable anons, so here goes nothing:

Onto my story. My handle @moghraidhcaitriona takes its inspiration from S02E08 “The Fox’s Lair”, from the scene where Jamie is pouring his heart out to wee Kitty and calls her mo ghraidh Caitriona. Yes, I know that Kitty is short for Katherine (Caitriona in Gaelic), but IMHO, that was a huge intentionally placed easter egg (I see you, Matt B.) hinting at our duo, hence my name.

I first found the OL series in April of ‘16. Having finished ASOIAF, the Farseer Trilogy, and others, and still madly craving historical fantasy, I stumbled upon this enormous series by Diana Gabaldon. I will admit, that at first, reading the Google description, this sounded like another trashy bodice-ripping series for depressed, unloved, mid-life crisis victims and was slightly turned off. Digging further, I came upon the first couple of eps of S2 which had just premiered. I watched them and my Obsessable brain was immediately captivated, hook, line, and sinker! Realizing that this was not, in fact, your average bodice-ripping fanfiction situation, but actu ally quite a nuanced and layered storyline, I immediately downloaded all 8 audiobooks (superbly narrated by Davina Porter. Seriously guys, check them out if you haven’t yet. They are amazing!) and have since listened to them twice already.

Meanwhile, the show was progressing, and I was in love! Our Jamie and Claire were amazing, the cast was amazing, EVERYTHING was amazing! I love doing needless research, so as I do with most shows I watch, I looked up the actors right away. That’s how I found the gift that keeps on giving that is Sam and Cait. These two displayed what not only was a startling chemistry on-screen, but as I quickly discovered, an equally incendiary relationship off-screen. I binged ALL the available interviews (even IFH) and was hooked! Of course these two were together, no doubt about it. At that time, Sam and Caitriona were married, according to Google, so there was that as well.

I tell you, I tumbled (pun intended) down that rabbit hole so fast, there was no escape! Needless to say, it was the Dark Side that I came across first, as did most of you. I don’t know why that happens. Maybe they have better search optimization for “Sam Heughan girlfriend Caitriona Balfe” or maybe there’s just more of them. It’s truly puzzling. I don’t remember what they were discussing, as I’ve completely blocked that experience out since, but that’s how I found the deplorable shippers. There was so much light and happiness here, a place filled with truly kind and joyful people, so I stayed. This was right before Cannes, and I remember that everyone was speculating whether Sam would show up with Cait on the red carpet. Fact was, he didn’t and Tony did (99.9% convinced he’s Cait’s PA) but that didn’t stop me from shipping. @queencaitriona and @caitcrumbcake were among the first ones I “followed”. Yet, I kept seeing @jamesandclairefraser being reblogged by EVERYONE, so I went to check out her blog and found our amazing Jess, the awesome, confident, opinionated, generous lassie that she is! And the rest, as they say, is history.

The shippers here are such a source of positivity, even in the roughest seas. I think it says a lot about us and our “cause” that we are still here after all that’s been, with no intention (and let’s be honest, prospect, after the last couple of glorious weeks) of sinking. I love seeing the logical ( @cb4tb, @sherrigamblin, @tvuckic), the quietly confident ( @mama-tumblz, @sfidressage, @yellowfeather84), the wordsmiths ( @flocklander, @boyneriver, @fromheretoeternity1121) and of course, the squeeing ( @jamesandclairefraser, @queencaitriona, @balfeheughlywed) sides of this ship, to name just a few! Please forgive me if I’ve omitted you, each and every shipper has so much to add that this post would go on forever (not like it already has, ahem!).

I’m confident that something has shifted in the last couple of weeks, as many have pointed out, and that there are so much more goodies to come! I’m very much looking forward to SA and for ECCC, especially for those of you who are lucky enough to be there, and am so excited to see what happens!

Here concludes my unashamed, and fr*nkly blatant (see, I tagged so many people!), plea for followers, and I hope I haven’t just wasted two minutes of your time.

Thank you for making it this far in the post, and I will end with the obligatory

SHIP ON, SHIPSTERS!!!

P.S. I do have a wee theory on S/C which I will be posting soon, should you care to check it out.

#samcait #samxcait #sam x cait #samcaitriona #outlander #newshipperhere thanxforeadingthisfar

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