#shoutout to tvline on twitter for tweeting about this

[clary-jace]

PACEY WITTER & JOEY POTTER Dawson's Creek - Season 3, Episode 23: "True Love" Originally Aired: May 24, 2000

[charismaticsage]

Hey i was wondering, how did you feel when you saw Cami in the season 4 trailer? I was sooo happy i had tears in my eyes. I love Camille more than i have ever loved any other TV character it’s impossible for me to describe how much i love her. When she died i literally felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest.I was soo sad no one understood why, everybody kept saying “she was just a fictional character” and that there are always other couples and shows that i can move on to. The only thing that got me through her death are your fanfics whenever i remember Cami is gone, I go read your fanfics and then i feel better I REALLY canot thank you enough no words can describe how beautiful your writing is. PLEASE PLEASE NEVER  STOP WRITING ABOUT KLAMILLE! When i read your fanfics it makes me feel like Cami isn’t really gone!  Like i still have some piece of her, you bring all of my klamille feels back and i really miss that feeling. i’m sad and bitter because i don’t think i will ever love any other character as much as Camille O'connell and klamille. They were beautiful, epic, legendary, unique and Cami was the kind of person i wanted to be my whole life. All i ever wanted in life was to be a good person and when i saw Cami i realised i want to be just like her. That’s why i love her so much. She is so beautiful inside and out she’s kind, compassionate, strong and brave and so many other things and i will forever be grateful to Leah Pipes for bringing this beautiful character to life Cami and Leah are my inspiration and now i will see my baby again i really hope she’ll be in more  than just one episode i really really need my Cami!  ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! She still lives in my heart.

anyway, sorry this is so long, none of my friends watch TO so i don’t have anyone to fangirl about Cami with and i really needed to write this down. Hope it’s not too weird

sending lots of  love your way.

I got emotional reading this just wow. I never thought my imagination and my stories would mean so much to people the constant love I get is overwhelming. I know how you feel, writing about Cami helps keep her alive for me. That's why even when I quit TO I didn't stop writing my ffs.

Onto everything else. Honey I agree with you, I completely relate. Here's the thing, for me nothing will replace Cami or klamille. It's not going to happen. They own my heart and my soul. I connected to them in such a deep way. I have other ships I also adore but klamille will always be there.

I don't pay attention to TO news anymore. Anything I learn is from my other friends. I had no idea the trailer dropped. I was scrolling twitter when I saw @freakishlyvintage tweet. Judy quoted the link to tvline that had bts photos and was freaking out. Even then, I didn't believe it until I saw with my own two eyes. There Cami was looking regal. So I freak, then I find out the trailer dropped and I watched for those 2 seconds of Cami. It hits me. Cami O'Connell is back. Klamille is back and then it started. My shadebration, and it still hasn't stopped. It's not going to CAMI IS BACK KLAUS IS HALLUCINATING HER. I never thought it would happen.

 I cried just seeing her face again. I  experienced so many emotions at once: jubilation, bitterness, anger, smug, pettiness. Then to have those words  be "I'm here" speaking to me, answering my questions because since Cami died I felt like Klaus. Hopeless, distraught, empty like I lost my best friend and then-

 I screamed. My mood has been 100% improved. Nothing kept me down. I'm grinning ear to ear typing this.

I expected nothing from TO.

It was clear in the weeks before Cami's death that the cast and crew were anxious. Looking back, I know why. The decision had already been made but they underestimated Cami's fanbase. The more worried tweets and comments they received the more they tried to assuage our fears and then they saw it. They saw that Cami was loved. They saw killing her would upset people because they already received complaints. Then thirty minutes before 3x19 aired Michael Narducci runs.

After it aired we exploded. Writers stayed off twitter for days on "hiatus". Narducci didn't come back for weeks. Cami's name trended, we are still pissed but we didn't let up for weeks. They kept sending Carina out to test the waters and when she drowned repeatedly others tried. They even got Leah to come on twitter to try and calm everyone down. It wasn't happening. This was a backlash they weren't prepared for. It was unanticipated why? I have no idea, did those idiots really think the general audience or even Cami's fanbase wouldn't react to her death? A character who's been apart of the show from the beginning? They listened to twitter trolls and biased haters instead of logic and look where we are.

Anyways, after the backlash we see things we hadn't seen before. Joseph addressing Leah on social media. Joseph mentioning Leah and Cami at conventions and during interviews. Julie tweeting about Cami. Cami's death being mentioned in reviews and being poorly received. I knew before the writers knew they fucked up  but now this, this hilarious attempt to act like you always loved and support Cami openly when you didn't? I was seething.

Julie Plec being who she is, I expected maybe a shoutout or a Cami mention. She saw the blowback and naturally she'd try to placate us with scraps like she's done other fandoms. Maybe Klaus calling Cami's name or someone mentioning her in passing. I had no expectations. Then the hints came. Leah tweeting about an airport in ATL, Persia White liking that tweet. I thought it was funny but again I expected nothing. The most I ever thought we'd get was maybe some flashback footage we hadn't seen before. You know something klay//ley style.

But they fucking did it. They brought Leah back for NEW scenes. More acknowledgment that they fucked up. Klaus is yelling Cami's name in agony. They heard us and now they're dangling Cami in front of us like a carrot. It's complete fanservice. If there hadn't been such an uproar I doubt we'd be getting this. But we are and I'm going to enjoy it but they aren't getting my viewership. They're only doing this to  try to keep the sinking ship afloat. They're so desperate for viewers not only do they bring Cami back but they spoil it by putting her in the trailer. She isn't even in the first episode (Thanks for the heads up Carina)! They only killed Cami off because of their own stupidity but they think by giving us ghost/hallucination Cami that makes everything alright again. Just like they thought giving us klamille in 3x19 would pacify us and quell our outrage.

I THINK THE FUCK NOT

Lastly, no this message is not weird at all. I get it, this is why I joined the fandom. It's why we exist, to connect to other people who share our love for our ships and favorite characters. Watching TO got way more enjoyable knowing I had fellow klamille shippers and Cami stans to fangirl with. So I urge you to join us. Make a tumblr, make a twitter, we're here and we aren't going anywhere. Join the klamfam we'd love to have you :)