Prejudices Chapter 8 mainly summarizes the arrival of Lord John to Ardsmuir and his feelings about meeting Jamie Fraser again. Of note are the details that Colonel Quarry gives Lord John about Jamie. Of course, Quarry is aware of the incident that happened between Lord John and Jamie years back during the uprising, and he […]
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Outlander: Rereading Voyager – Are Vocations Predestined or Inherent? Part 2
Today’s post is also about vocations and roles in Voyager. My last post dealt mainly with Claire. Here is the link: Are Vocations Predestined or Inherent? Of note is Claire’s musing about the palm reading that Mrs. Graham did: . . . “The lines in your hand change as you change,” she had said. “It’s no so […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – Are Vocations Predestined or Inherent?
******SPOILER ALERT***** Happy New Year! During the Christmas break, I was able to read many chapters of Voyager. This week, I would mostly concentrate on one major theme of the series: Predestination. Are characters predestined to be who they are? First, I recommend reading the following post: http://www.porcelainthunderbird.com/?p=2519 The topic of predestination is brought up […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – Jamie’s Astral Body Projection in the Future?
My last Outlander post for 2016! First, I would like to thank everybody who read my posts. I am in the process of writing two more Outlander posts that will be published in the first week of January 2017. Today’s post will be highly speculative and thought-provoking. First, this post is related to another one – Symbolism […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – Second Sight, the Hidden Laird and More
– – – – -Spoiler Alert – – – – – This post will concentrate mainly on chapters 4 and 5, and it is not a summary of them. It is about some hints and quotations that I consider significant. Brianna’s Second Sight Voyager reveals one of the gifts that Brianna inherited from Jamie, the […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – Claire and Frank Part 1
———- SPOILER ALERT ——– This post will concentrate mainly on Chapter 2, and the first memory that Claire has about Frank in Voyager. The main reason for this post is the fact that Frank and Claire lived together for twenty years. Therefore, his conceptions and opinions play a major role in his relationship with both Claire […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – Chapter 1
I am currently writing several Outlander posts. Of course, I will be writing about Frank in subsequent posts. This short post is only about the first chapter of Voyager. Thanks for reading! Memory Lapses Chapter 1 opens with the events after the Battle of Culloden. The reader for the first time in the series experiences […]
Continue readingOutlander: Rereading Voyager – The Prologue
In Voyager, the narrator in the prologue expresses a fear of stepping onto puddles. Of course, at this stage, it is not clear who the narrator could be. There are two possibilities: Claire or Brianna. I tend to suspect it is Claire. The prologue also brings to mind the notion of time-traveling and different, parallel worlds. […]
Continue readingLord John Grey Series: Confirmation of Geillis Having Syphilis
While I was away, I was able to finish reading A Trail of Fire. This post will be mainly about a detail revealed in “Lord John and the Plague of Zombies,” the confirmation that Geillis had syphilis. In his interaction with her, Lord John recognizes the syphilitic infection. She rubbed absently at her forehead, and he […]
Continue readingOutlander: 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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