The new challenges experienced by Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), the Royal Army nurse-turned-time traveller, her lover, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), and the others are revealed in Season 6 of Outlander.
Thanks to its superbly crafted characters, intricate stories, and thrilling narrative turns, the romance drama received amazing reviews from fans. It’s no surprise that Outlander’s time-traveling theme has inspired a TikTok challenge.
The ‘Outlander’ challenge asks TikTokers to do some do-it-yourself time travel.
The drought-lander has come to an end! Season 6 of Outlander premiered on Starz on March 6, 2022, with an action-packed episode that included multiple dramatic moments in the Ardsmuir Prison, a conversion to Freemasonry, and Claire’s medical breakthrough after boiling some ether.
The TikTok Outlander challenge began gaining traction a few days before the Season 6 debut. Influencers such as A Clothes Horse (@aclotheshorse), Teresa Jack (@teresa jack), and Leticia Gomes (@leticiafgomes) promoted the Season 6 launch with time-traveling-themed advertising. Ordinary users quickly took notice, filming small video that revisited the concept of a brave woman caught up in an astonishing journey that unfolded across multiple time spheres.
Take, for example, Jessica’s (@sassenachtiktok) TikTok, which incorporates props such as the first volume of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, as well as a Victorian-inspired outfit with a woven basket. Jessica is seated in a comfortable armchair in the first five seconds of the TikTok. She then places her foot on the book, which serves as a portal to a forest wonderland journey.
Jessica’s spot-on clips examining various narrative lines and fan hypotheses have astonished fans time and time again as a TikToker. Take, for example, Sassenach Scoop, her new video series that follows the newest Outlander news, including the talk show, red carpet appearances, and other public relations efforts by the actors.
The V Family Life (@thevfamilylife) also made a TikTok to commemorate the premiere of Outlander Season 6. Instead of emphasising on the time-traveling aspect of most video, the TikToker imagined a funny parody about the preparatory ritual she goes through before the show’s launch.
The V Family Life happily jumps around in the kitchen, gathering snacks while doing dance techniques reminiscent of strathspey, a Scottish folk dance, in a footage posted on March 6, 2022. The V Family Life finishes the video by plopping down on a couch and snatching the television control.
A copy of Diana Gabaldon’s ‘Outlander’ series and historic props are frequently featured in the videos.
The music “Outlander Main Title Theme (Skye Boat Song)” by Bear McCreary and Raya Yarbrough is frequently featured in TikToks created for the Outlander challenge. The majority of influencers who have joined the trend have used fashion makeovers to create the appearance of time travel.
Lindley (@littlelottiecosplay), a cosplayer with 75,300 Instagram followers, made a short video about a seamstress’s time-traveling adventures. She’s wearing a pale green cardigan with beautiful embroidery on the elbows in the opening few frames of the video. She later changes into a hunter-green suit with a dark brown belt and a wicker basket right out of Outlander later in the video.
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Outlander airs new episodes every Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on Starz.