Outlander: Richardson as a Member of the Sons of Liberty

I have been wanting to write about Richardson for a while, especially after reading An Echo in the Bone, around two years ago. Ezekiel Richardson is an enigmatic character. Is he a double agent or an American spy?  Of course, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood reveals more about him. However, the purpose of this post […]

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Lord John Grey: The Snake as Lord John’s Spirit Animal

Snakes seem to be everywhere in “Lord John and the Plague of Zombies.” In this post, I will try to interpret what snakes represent. Of course, I have not read yet any of the books that the author used as a source to write the novella, even though I acquired one of them, The Serpent […]

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Outlander: Did Malva love Claire? How Did She Know About Jamie’s Scars?

Readers have different opinions regarding Malva’s love for Claire. This post will be an analysis of the evidence detailed in the books in regards to Malva loving Claire. The second part of this post will be focused on how Malva knew about Jamie’s scars. This is my last post about A Breath of Snow and Ashes. […]

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Outlander: The Hidden Villain, Arch Bug

Since his introduction in The Fiery Cross, nobody would have suspected that Arch Bug would become a villain. If some hints were given, they were subtlety written. However, in A Breath of Snow and Ashes, some hints are given about his wickedness and his vengeful nature. In this post, I will include many quotations in order […]

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Outlander: Symbolism of the Blue Color, How It Relates to Claire, and Jamie’s Ghost

This post is an idea that came to me while discussing Dragonfly in Amber on Twitter. The association between Claire and the blue color was brought up to me by one of the ladies who manages Outlander Central. Since then, I decided to delve further into this topic. The featured image is a “Montana Sapphire” […]

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Outlander: Symbolism of Jamie’s Color

The color associated with Jamie is red. One of my favorite lines in regards to Jamie’s coloring is how the old fortuneteller in Paris describes him in A Breath of Snow and Ashes. “T’es un chat, toi,” the old woman had remarked, in tones of malicious interest. “You’re a cat, you. A little red cat.” […]

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Outlander: Symbolism of Claire’s Color

Different colors are used throughout the series in reference to both Claire and Jamie. This post is actually a continuation of a former one, White Animals and the King of Ireland, in which I detailed Claire’s association with mainly white animals. My next two posts will be about Jamie’s color which is red and the blue […]

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Revelation in MOBY: Malva’s Mother was an Apothecary from the Eighteenth Century

This post is an addendum to a former one, Malva’s Mother as a Time-Traveler, which I considered hypothetical. First, I exposed two possible explanations for Malva’s mother background. She is a person from the eighteenth century with good observation skills who was able to develop a substance similar to ether. She is a time-traveler with similar […]

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Malva’s Mother as a Time-Traveler

Today’s post is an extension of a former one, in which I discussed the strong similarities between Geillis and Mona: Malva’s Mother and her Sister-In-Law Part 1. Some of these resemblances are the use of pentacles in rituals, and the fact that they are both femmes fatales. I also discussed the notion that Mona was probably from […]

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Tom Christie’s Emulation of Jamie

Since the introduction of the Christie family in The Fiery Cross, several details have been dropped about the rivalry between Tom Christie and Jamie Fraser. Before the arrival of the fisher-folk, Jamie was the one everybody trusted and looked for advice or guidance at the Ridge. The simple tract was that people came to Jamie […]

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