Feel the magic of Outlander at your fingertips with this officially licensed book of knitting: twenty patterns inspired by the hit series from STARZ and Sony Pictures Television, based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels. From the Scottish Highlands to the courts of Versailles to the eastern shores of North America, the TV show Outlander brings to life in gorgeous detail the epic love story of Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser. But beyond the drama and passion, what … Continue reading Outlander Knitting →
TW/CW: Discussions of rape. We open in what I’m guessing is the 1960’s or 1970’s. A woman sits on a park bench while two little boys, dressed as “cowboys and Indians” chase each other around. A man on the next bench over lowers his newspaper. He’s Native American and wearing the stone Claire found with the skull. He’s clearly annoyed. We cut back to the past. Jamie, Claire, and Ian have arrived at the Mohawk … Continue reading Outlander S4 E13: A Man of Worth →
The title card for this episode is a Native man drinking what appears to be liquor out of large carved spoon. When we open Roger has just walked between two lines of Mohawk warriors where he is beaten with sticks, staffs and fists. He collapses and a man tells him that he will remain a captive. We cut to Fergus who is telling the other Regulators that Murtagh was captured and is likely to be … Continue reading Outlander S4 E12: Providence →
TW: For mentions of rape and also racism. Previously on Outlander, Roger escaped from the Mohawk and found a circle of stones in the forest similar to Craigh na Dun. He hears a buzzing sound coming from the stones and reaches his hand out to touch them. The show opens with a still badly injured Roger standing underneath a hot shower in a modern bathroom. He steps out of the shower and wipes the steam from … Continue reading Outlander S4 E11: If Not For Hope →
TW: Discussions of rape The title card for this episode is a homemade still. Bree is petting the goats when Jamie approaches. She notices his bandaged knuckles and asks what happened. He tells her he had an accident. Jamie tells her that he knows about her rape and asks if she knew the man who assaulted her. Bree says she didn’t. Then Jamie asks her to help him check the snares. As they walk through … Continue reading Outlander S4 E10: The Deep Heart’s Core →
TW: for discussions of rape The title card for this episode is bee landing on a small white flower. Bree returns to the room she’s sharing with Lizzie, who immediately notices that Bree is bleeding from her nose. Still shaking after being raped by Bonnet, Bree declines Lizzie’s offer of help and undresses herself slowly. There is a large bloodstain on the back of her skirt as well as bruises on her shoulder blades and … Continue reading Outlander 4.09: The Birds & the Bees →
Content warning for violent sexual assault. It’s at the very end of the recap. The title card is people sitting in an 18th century theater. Roger is in North Carolina, it is confirmed that it’s 1769, and he’s using the drawing of Brianna from the gathering to show to people and ask if they’ve seen her. He stops outside the printing office, and kind of glowers at the Wilmington Gazette. The proprietor sees him, and … Continue reading Outlander 4.08: Wilmington →
The title card is Brianna making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and then CUTTING IT SIDE TO SIDE INSTEAD OF TOP TO BOTTOM I CANNOT. We live in a SOCIETY. What non-symmetrical anarchy is THIS nonsense? Brianna walks across the snowy, freezing moors of 18th century Scotland. She has a map, and is planning on making her way pretty much across the entire country to a port. She walks and walks and walks (Word … Continue reading Outlander 4.07 “Down The Rabbit Hole” →
Previously, Brianna went through the stones. I hope you can wait another week before following up on that. The title card is a hand pulling a (suspiciously clean) snake from the outhouse. It’s not a thing that happens in the episode, it’s a reference to an event in the book that was probably cut for time. Jamie is sawing wood at Fraser’s Ridge when Lord John Grey in a FABULOUS coat shows up. Seriously, it’s … Continue reading Outlander 4.06 “Blood of My Blood” →
Content Warning for racial violence. The title card is a man buying a small doll, and it’s wrapped up in a checkered cloth. Claire and Adawehi sit by a creek, washing plants, and Adewahi teaches Claire some Cherokee. She also gives Claire a plant, and tells her it’s for “the mother.” You make a tea (from… the leaves? Stalk? Flowers? How much, how long do you let it steep? Look, I did not suffer through … Continue reading Outlander 4.05 Savages →
The title card is a Cherokee man getting dressed in all his finery. It’s damn impressive. Jamie sits with the Governor (his name is Tryon) and signs the land grant. As someone who is adjacent to document nerds, I gotta say the props department KILLED IT with this one. There’s wax seals, and you see the uneven edge at the top? There are two copies of the document, and they were written on the same … Continue reading Outlander 4.04: Common Ground →
