People are so anti on Roger Mackenzie but then when Jamie grabs Claire and doesn't let her leave, and forces kisses on her when she's clearly upset, they say nothing, and that shit makes me REALLY fucking uncomfortable. I'm sorry, i love Jamie, but i fucking HATE when they write him doing that shit, and it makes me very grossed out. And then they sit there afterwords and laugh about the fact that he left a bruise on her. Nope. Don't like it. But god forbid Roger get upset about someone keeping a secret from him.

Girl scream and shout until you turn blue because I am too. If they plan on saving the conversation where she tells him she gave it all up for him I’m fine with that, but that hug and the end scene could have gone a very long way in making this episode okay for me. Why are they cutting every piece that makes this couple who they are? This is season 2 logic all over again. They might be working up to something big in the next couple of episodes, but I am not here for straight up Jamie and Claire angst with two episodes of sweetness to try and make up for it. There better be a big pay off at the end of all this.

ITA agree though. They’re probably going to combine Bree/Willie showing up at the Ridge at the same time so each kid gets equal chance to bond with daddy, but it’s really going to be Jamie/Willie while Bree gets the shaft coz she’s going to be a pregnant whore by then. Hopefully we get Bree/Murtagh to at least make this palatable. 

I was trying to get through this book so I could read about Young Ian, Fergus, and Marsali, but I just can’t. 90% of these books are Jamie and Claire, and the way Diana writes them makes me uncomfortable.

Tbh I wish I’d never read the book because that’s where most of my disillusionment comes from. I don’t think I’d be quite as disappointed if I’d just stuck with the show. But still, the show turned out to be... underwhelming, which was really disappointing because it had seemed so promising.

I know I’m being overly dramatic, but thinking about it makes me sincerely sad. Watching the opening credits still gives me that giddy sort of fannish thrill you get when you think you’re about to watch something you’re really, really going to love, and just, ugh, it could have been so great. WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL.