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PeonForHer -> RE: Is anyone watching Outlander? (4/11/2016 4:38:28 PM)
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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance
At 9:38 I told Kay, "they have 20 minutes to make this right!" And voila! She was back with Jamie.
Not even trying to wrap my head around how she could get back with her husband when she has to see Black Jack Randall every time she looks On my way! At him.
There are a few things about the series that are just pretty brainless, and that's one of them. (Along with the fact that she's spent two years with another man ... and he's fine with taking her back, regardless - even though they'd only just got married before she flitted off back to the 18th C. Either that, or he's taking her back in the belief that she's as mad as a mongoose. Whatever: he's either a saint, or a bit lacking in some department.)
TBH, I have to say, there's a *lot* about the whole thing that's so annoyingly *female* to me. The writer wants to delve into all the love angles, and the logical stuff is a bit of a bore for her. Me, I keep thinking, 'Well how, and why, does this magical time travel stuff work?' I mean, Jesus, it uproots all the known laws of nature. But none of the characters seems to be particularly bothered by it - not even her supposedly ultra-rational, professional academic, 1948 husband. 'Yes, yes, you've travelled back in time two centuries. Who cares? Tedious, tedious, science stuff. The thing is, I love you, despite your having been humping some other man for two years (for real or in your delusions, whatever) - so let's just start again! '
Well, it *is* a silly story. It comes across like it was written by a pimply fourteen year old girl who *really* needed to get out a bit more (and particularly to places where real-life males could be seen and even, with much courage, talked to). But strangely absorbing, regardless.
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