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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Allan and Malva – A Relationship of Abuse and Consent

This is my second to last post in regards to everything associated with Malva. I recommend reading the following post before reading this one. Malva’s Conception of Love and her Promiscuity Part 2 In this post, I exposed Malva’s ideas about marriage, love and sex. I also detailed how she has been abused throughout her […]

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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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Malva’s Mother and her Sister-in-Law Part 1

Malva’s mother is enigmatic. There are bits of information that are given about her throughout book 6. However, the reader is left wanting for more information even after the detailed description of her given by both Tom and Allan. This post is speculative since there is no much information given about Malva’s mother and her […]

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Malva’s Notion of Love and her Promiscuity – Part 2

This is my second post in regards to Malva Christie. Here is my first post about her: Malva’s Wickedness and Her Notion of Love – Part 1. I decided to modify the name of this post since it will be concentrated mainly on what is the notion that Malva has not only of love but also […]

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Malva’s Wickedness and Her Notion of Love – Part 1

Malva Christie is an enigmatic character in book 6 of the Outlander series. I tend to think that Malva is a tragic character designed to be despised by readers. My purpose in this post (and also in subsequent ones) is to show that she deserves to be pitied instead. Is Malva’s malice and wickedness inherited? […]

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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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