u/Dragon-Sky

I know in the books neither Jenny nor Jamie (which I still find implausible) knew that Laoghaire was the reason Claire was tried as a witch, but still, her entire argument about why she pushed Jamie to marry Laoghaire was full of holes.

Jenny kept emphasizing that if Jamie were married to Laoghaire, he'd stay home, while if married to Claire, he'd leave? Why would she think that? Any previous traveling Jamie & Claire did during their marriage was to France cause Jamie HAD to leave the country. That was on Jamie, not on Claire. And when they returned, before being so rudely interrupted, Jamie told Claire they could farm some land at Lallybrooch, and her only objection was Jenny's newfound hatred of her.

Her other point was that "Jamie's not the kind of man who should sleep alone." WTF? The man was a virgin until 23, married Claire, sent her away, lived in a cave for 7 years & had sex once (which he didn't initiate), then goes to prison, gets paroled, is forced to have sex once and then leaves. How many years was that? 7?

So in 18 years, the man had sex twice, neither of which he initiated. Laoghaire was forced upon him, so in his entire life, the only person he really wanted to have sex with was Claire, showing that he indeed was the kind of man who could sleep alone.

I keep debating whether, if I were in Brianna & Roger's shoes, I'd stay in the past or return to my r own time. I think they had them have a third child who couldn't time-travel to signal to us that they were going to stay.

I understand them making the choice for themselves. Neither Roger or Brianna had family in the present. But is staying the right choice for Jem & Mandy? Brianna knows what's to come. Her grandchildren (great grand kids?) will be living in the south during the Civil War, a bloody, horrific war the south will lose.

They're too young to send back now, but what do you think--would you send Jem & Mandy back to their present time when they got older (maybe accompanied by Buc)?