Outlander's seventh season concluded with a jaw-dropping twist, revealing that Faith Fraser miraculously survived.

Fans were left reeling after Jamie (portrayed by Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe) mourned the stillbirth of their first child in the show's second season.

Master Raymond (Dominique Pinon) was pivotal in saving Claire from near death during the tragic event.

Yet, in a shocking turn of events in season seven, Master Raymond appears to Claire in a feverish dream, expressing his regret.

The Outlander team, including author Diana Gabaldon, have announced that the series will now veer away from the original books, reports the Scottish Daily Express.

In an unexpected narrative twist, it is revealed that Master Raymond managed to save Faith, who was then raised in a different era.

This new direction has sparked debate among Outlander enthusiasts, with many voicing their opinions online.

A Reddit user expressed their disappointment: "I feel incredibly let down by the ending of the current season."

They added, "I feel that the stillbirth of Faith was such beautiful acting and incredibly poignant and to suddenly retcon it as if she didn't die is unbelievably infuriating."

The fan also questioned the plausibility of Faith knowing a modern song, arguing, "If by some miracle Faith did survive there is absolutely no possible way she would know a song from the future as she wouldn't have been brought up with it.

"There are numerous time travellers in the show so it would make more sense that Fanny and Jane's mother was from the future and sang the song to them.

"I know there's magic and so on and anything can happen in Outlander but this idea of Faith being alive is ridiculous and completely undermines the whole beautiful storyline they did with her death."

A second viewer responded: "It makes no sense for Fanny to know the song, unless someone from the future sang it too her. Even if Faith lived, she would have only been hours old when Claire sang the song to her.

"Faith would have had to dead for hours, before being brought back to life. Wouldn't that make her a zombie baby? Then zombie baby would have had to travel from France to the colonies, and then had two children to cross path with Claire. Lame story arc.

"Time travel makes more sense, since there is a 50//50 chance Claire inherited her ability to time travel from her mother [sic]."

A third fan concurred: "In the books, the baby had been dead for five days before Raymond showed up."

Another forum user penned: "Quite agree with you. The idea of baby Faith being alive, growing up, having children, teaching them a 20th century song,and then those children ending up on the other side of the world, in exactly the same time and place as Claire. Totally ridiculous!".

There have also been theories that Claire's mother could have been the one to have taught the song to others in the past and she accidentally time travelled.

Outlander author Gabaldon has previously hinted that the song I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside will feature in the prequel series Blood of My Blood.

The tune, a dancehall number from Julia Moriston's (Hermione Corfield) time, adds weight to theories suggesting Claire's mother didn't die in a car crash as initially believed, but instead travelled through time.

Outlander season 7 is available to buy now on Digital and is streaming on MGM+ via Prime Video now