tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post7961414193938119832..comments2024-03-28T20:07:41.073-06:00Comments on Read All The Things!: Discussion: Ten Profound Thoughts While Binge-Watching OutlanderAj @ Read All The Things!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-80336517079439535172018-06-08T08:45:29.686-06:002018-06-08T08:45:29.686-06:00You know, I've seen a lot of people make the p...You know, I've seen a lot of people make the point about Claire cheating, but I gave it a lot of thought and I don't think I can blame her. As far as she knows, she's stuck in the past indefinitely, so I can't fault her for making the best of things. I'd imagine it would be similar to becoming a widow? I totally agree with point 8 though! It reminds me of the girls in Pretty Little Liars NEVER closing the blinds! Tracy https://www.blogger.com/profile/10715236765292209452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-35925117637883863332018-05-28T14:53:52.120-06:002018-05-28T14:53:52.120-06:00Oh this was too entertaining to read! I haven'...Oh this was too entertaining to read! I haven't even read or watched Outlander but I do intend to do both. I just want to get through Game of Thrones because for some reason my brain has decided that I should not mix the two at any costs. I'm mentally preparing myself for all the dying, rape and sex that is going to be in this series. But I like the sound of Scotland as an ever-present setting in need of saving :P<br /><br />My recent post: https://oliviascatastrophe.com/2018/05/book-haul-the-bargain-edition/Olivia's Catastrophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-91257685089547077242018-05-27T04:04:45.346-06:002018-05-27T04:04:45.346-06:00My mom really loves Outlander :) but I have neithe...My mom really loves Outlander :) but I have neither watched it, nor read it. Hey, what would you recommend to my mom, if she loves this series? She always struggles with finding books.<br /><br />LOL your mom's reaction to the show is PRICELESS xD and yeah, I wonder about the drinking thing. Maybe it really was that way? And your pants theory is hilarious (and possibly true xD)<br /><br />Even though I haven't seen Outlander, I really did enjoy this post :DEvelina @ AvalinahsBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564183695294142501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-63429628128872985322018-05-26T09:33:52.944-06:002018-05-26T09:33:52.944-06:00I’m not Scottish, but I think I understand. There ...I’m not Scottish, but I think I understand. There are some parts of my country’s (USA) history that have been romanticized to an unacceptable level. The Civil War era comes to mind. Writers get swept up in all the uniforms and pretty dresses and ignore the all the death and slavery.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-729727118130998622018-05-26T09:29:06.969-06:002018-05-26T09:29:06.969-06:00Yep, I watched all 3 seasons. I like that we got t...Yep, I watched all 3 seasons. I like that we got to see Jack’s brother, but that wasn’t enough for me. I wanted more scenes of Jack doing something that’s NOT having sex, or trying to have sex, or thinking about sex.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a> <br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-14452261691693863602018-05-26T09:26:12.181-06:002018-05-26T09:26:12.181-06:00They do get frustratingly ridiculous sometimes.
A...They do get frustratingly ridiculous sometimes.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-53546172042358434932018-05-26T09:25:25.839-06:002018-05-26T09:25:25.839-06:00YES! Totally agree.
Aj @ Read All The Things!YES! Totally agree.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-64701904426978598152018-05-26T09:24:52.040-06:002018-05-26T09:24:52.040-06:00I don’t think I could deal with reading all that d...I don’t think I could deal with reading all that dialect. I guess I was bothered that Claire barely thought about her husband. Maybe it’s different in the books, but once she started having sexy times with Jamie, she seemed to forget that she ever had a husband.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-20124754436052888892018-05-26T09:21:21.063-06:002018-05-26T09:21:21.063-06:00Watching Outlander is WAY more fun than a work wee...Watching Outlander is WAY more fun than a work week. The world in Outlander is a bit like Westeros. There’s lots of sex, death, and war.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-3590433600281918972018-05-26T09:18:06.239-06:002018-05-26T09:18:06.239-06:00Haha, their relationship does eventually get more ...Haha, their relationship does eventually get more complicated, but it’s still mostly sex and plotting to save Scotland.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-5374890320253772562018-05-26T09:15:48.088-06:002018-05-26T09:15:48.088-06:00I guess the wife-beating was realistic for the tim...I guess the wife-beating was realistic for the time, but that doesn’t mean I have to forgive them for it.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-4249801853401082732018-05-26T09:14:31.223-06:002018-05-26T09:14:31.223-06:00That makes sense. If I ever go to a castle, I’ll l...That makes sense. If I ever go to a castle, I’ll leave my body armor at home. ;)<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-6334047115656732702018-05-26T09:13:29.604-06:002018-05-26T09:13:29.604-06:00The show has the best words! I spent way too much ...The show has the best words! I spent way too much time trying to perfect my Outlander accent. Good thing I mostly talk to the dog. She doesn’t care how stupid I sound.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-79250488264660052662018-05-26T09:10:46.038-06:002018-05-26T09:10:46.038-06:00I looked at the books after I finished the show, a...I looked at the books after I finished the show, and they’re so big! I didn’t like the show enough to put myself through that many pages of romance.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-24489367893060370892018-05-26T03:30:54.009-06:002018-05-26T03:30:54.009-06:00I can't watch Outlander.
The first time I tri...I can't watch Outlander. <br />The first time I tried was just after the first Independence Referendum and the whole Scots Vs the wicked English thing was too raw for me. That referendum was BITTER and it drove a huge wedge down my country and across families.<br />Now I don't watch it because I hate how Scotland is represented in historical romance - even though this is TV it's TV based on historical romance books and it carries the same annoyances. <br />Plus, it's set in the time of the jacobite rebellions and that's another example of some Scots facing off against other Scots, against the rest of the UK... Of families tearing themselves apart and hating on people for no reason other than what part of this damp foggy island they're from and I detest it. <br /><br />*Shrugs* Niccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122972546470154598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-46799906869335330912018-05-26T01:17:37.273-06:002018-05-26T01:17:37.273-06:00This is hilarious! I will assume that you watched ...This is hilarious! I will assume that you watched up to the end of Season 2. The closest we get to another side of Blackjack is that he has a beloved brother who has health problems, but that is it. My main complaint about Claire drinking is that I think it should have crossed her mind that drinking while pregnant isn't healthy for the baby, since she was a WW2 nurse. She did give Jamie's sister a look for drinking while in labor. I think Season 3 is weird, but it was worth waiting for a Watchathon weekend for it. I will want to watch the fourth season.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596674946747694596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-67221436917019969832018-05-25T08:40:34.047-06:002018-05-25T08:40:34.047-06:00oh this post makes me want to bang my head on the ...oh this post makes me want to bang my head on the wall for not having read Outlander yet! I'm sure I'll love to hate Claire and Jaime. Are they kidding me??? HUMPH! Daniela Ark @ BOOKIVERSE (www.danielaark.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15777377723072645220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-64043522812701456002018-05-25T06:22:47.965-06:002018-05-25T06:22:47.965-06:00If you are running for your lives don't keep s...If you are running for your lives don't keep stopping to have sex in fields. When I was reading the first book I kept yelling, "I hope you get caught by the English!" every time they did this.heatherhttp://www.spiritblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-4449209401732164012018-05-25T04:10:18.637-06:002018-05-25T04:10:18.637-06:00OMG! This is so hilarious. I am a fan of the show,...OMG! This is so hilarious. I am a fan of the show, because I love all things romance and swoony, but I totally see the ridiculousness in much of it. I hated Claire's husband and loved Jamie, so I had no problem with the "affair". I think she was operating under the assumption that she would never return to the present, so that probably made it ok in her mind. I did try to read the book, but the dialect was so tedious. I just couldn't do it. Samantha@WLABBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589486165371852904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-55685989155875301722018-05-24T23:08:18.463-06:002018-05-24T23:08:18.463-06:00I love posts like this. 42 hours- that's like ...I love posts like this. 42 hours- that's like a week of work. Although more entertaining perhaps? Anyway while I haven't reads the books or seen the show, I always wondered about the affair thing too. Like, isn't that BAD? lol and he beats her???? Um, ok. <br /><br />And of course we have the whole changing history thing- when I read your bullet point about the assassination, I was like- should she be changing history? I guess why not. <br /><br />Commando... I guess yeah back then, Wow. Now THAT'S a discussion post. <br /><br />Sounds a bit like Westeros? Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-58814233929794060212018-05-24T12:30:48.536-06:002018-05-24T12:30:48.536-06:00I totally skimmed this as plan to watch this show...I totally skimmed this as plan to watch this show at one point. But my favorite part of this post was “I’m sorry to tell you this, but marriage isn’t all sex and plotting to save Scotland.” Ha!<br />Grace @ RebelMommyBookBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129217535499024513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-66970728949981260772018-05-24T11:35:00.386-06:002018-05-24T11:35:00.386-06:00I haven’t watched Outlander, but I’ve read the fir...I haven’t watched Outlander, but I’ve read the first three books, and literally all your points apply there too! I wasn’t a big fan of the whole wife beating scene in the book either (it made me hate them both too - Jamie for doing it, and Claire for letting him! She was such a strong character, why would she stand for that?) and Claire and Jamie do seem to make enemies literally everywhere they go! Great post! :)Laura Cooksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535393070248355283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-75929522144928239162018-05-24T09:34:29.022-06:002018-05-24T09:34:29.022-06:00I've been to Ireland. Castles have narrow stai...I've been to Ireland. Castles have narrow stairways to impede dudes in body armor. Elliptical Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516754757484718622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-12315165049436493842018-05-24T08:31:32.722-06:002018-05-24T08:31:32.722-06:00Such a fun post! I have read the first four books...Such a fun post! I have read the first four books and listened to the first six. I still have a few to get through. I love this series and the show. I like Jamie and Claire and think that the acting is very well done. I don't like the spanking scene but I do think that it would have been considered the norm at the time. Same with the drinking while pregnant. There is a lot of rape in the books and the show - more than one would think possible. I have been known to use some of the words and sayings from the show or books if I have been spending any amount of time reading or watching. Wee is fantastic word :)Carole's Random Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737905249530702688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-89015745285830378582018-05-24T08:18:48.933-06:002018-05-24T08:18:48.933-06:00Ha, fun commentary! I've read all the books, ...Ha, fun commentary! I've read all the books, but only watched about half of the first season. Book Claire can be really smug and self-righteous, but TV Claire was worse. Although, TV Jamie nearly made up for that. I agree, it is weird seeing a pregnant woman drinking, but I guess that was the time period, even the time Claire came from I think women were still drinking and smoking rampantly while pregnant. And yeah, Black Jack Randall is a weird character - he is beyond obsessed with Jamie.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746631124966726182noreply@blogger.com