r/Outlander

I posted here a few days ago about watching Outlander with my boyfriend. I’ve already seen the show, so I gave him a heads-up about the season 1 finale (episode 16), because that episode is seriously traumatic.

Here’s the update: it was awful. I rewatched it feeling absolutely sick, and he was in complete shock. By the end of the episode, he couldn’t even put what he was feeling or thinking into words. I asked him more than once if we could skip ahead, but he insisted on watching and even suggested that I go do something else if I needed to.

When it was finally over, he ran to the bathroom to throw up.

Yeah, that episode is definitely traumatic.

I would pour boiling water on him in his sleep or poison his food

The threatening of him with a knife thing is not enough, become ungovernable

Before you say "that's not historically accurate" YES IT IS

Women killed bad husbands all the time throughout history and the saying "poison is a woman's weapon" came from husband killings

This is when your husband dies under mysterious circumstances and you are simply mourning too deeply to remarry, or if you do remarry, and the next one steps out of line you murk him too

Theory/speculation

Watching the prequel and knowing Claire's parents are time travellers,do you think Uncle Lamb is one and why. As an archaeologist, it would be a great asset. What do you think?

Oh my god...I absolutley loathe some of the renditions of the theme music. I'm currently rewatching S7, and the gaspy wheezy...I can't, y'all, I just can't. It makes me want to scream and I'm furious I can't completely skip it in the "skip intro".

Does it bother anyone else the way it makes my hair stand on end, my teeth ache, and my brain want to claw its way out of my skull?

For reference, I read the books as they were released with a re-read of each whenever a new one was released. 1st book - read 9 times, 2nd book 8 times, and so on. I started a full re-read again this year and decided to take my time and savor every word, knowing it will be a while before book 10 arrives.

A lot of people say the TFC is boring or that the first day takes too long, but I love the details. Except I forgot. About Roger. His impulsiveness causes problems for him throughout the books, and in this book it nearly cost his life. I do love the character but I find myself saying “why, Roger, why?”

Do you think he has bad judgement, or is controlled by emotions, or what? Is he too much of his own time? I’m ONLY referring to Roger in the books - the tall Roger with green eyes and dark hair.

Spoilers ahead

I think I preferred TV Roger to book Roger.

Brianna and his relationship just seems so empty, no chemistry, little desire, a lot of problems! I don't know, I'm not feeling it, I don't get why he's there. It feels like Jamie still has a problem with him too and yet they seem to work together sometimes also, I don't get that. Get over it and bond already.

The situations Roger gets himself into and why he keeps venturing off or being sent away ALONE in this dangerous wilderness with indians, bears, crazy folk who hang him etc. that's annoying me so much, he's a gentle, soft, non violent, no outdoor skill sort of person. He cannot be alone in the country. Why would he go off on these tasks to survey alone after being hanged by his own kin. If it upset him that much I'm sure he wouldn't be taking any risks like that.

Why is he kissing some great grandmother of his, how stupid, how does he not realize how dangerous that is in these times to kiss someone else's wife?

I'm hoping his character improves. I read a post earlier about how Roger should have died at the hanging and I agree, this seems such a frustrating storyline, he's like this unlucky person who just always happens to be in the wrong place and never speaks up for himself, absolutely no survival skills and I don't think Bree is impressed.

Am I misinterpreting it?

One thing that bothers me is that Roger and Brianna ultimately decide to live at Fraser’s Ridge after having children.

Jemmy, and especially Mandy, would arguably be better suited to the 20th century, where access to education and healthcare is much better. Mandy, as a woman, would get far fewer opportunities for independent social mobility, including the ability to pursue a meaningful career.

And it’s not just about the children. Brianna is an MIT graduate and Roger is an Oxford-educated historian/professor. They both had more opportunities for growth, independence, and autonomy. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with choosing a slower-paced life at Fraser’s Ridge, but given how passionate and ambitious they were about their respective fields, I’m surprised the characters were willing to give so much of that up.

Of course, Fraser’s Ridge is where Jamie and Claire live, and it has a degree of safety. I understand why that would be appealing to them.

But I still struggle with that decision of theirs to stay behind. Why deliberately raise your children in a world with vastly fewer educational, medical, career, and social opportunities when you can give them everything in the 20th century?

On S07E09 right now on a first watch. Mr. Bug is making me nervous.

I need an emotional spoiler please. Is Rollo hurt/killed in the rest of the series? And if so, an episode number and timestamp would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

I'm headed to the Warner Theater in Washington DC on Sunday, October 4, for Outlander In Concert: Echoes Through the Highlands. I bought my tickets months ago, and I was surprised to see that lots of good seats are still available. What gives? Anyway, if you're a fan and you're in the area...

I just finished season 3 and noticed that Claire is still wearing both rings.

I have not read the books, and I'm curious if I miss this being explained on the show.

I understood it for the first two seasons, but it seems it might be time to take off Frank's ring?