re: OUTLANDER SEASON LONG THREAD ep: 13: Season Finale

Oh for fricks sake it is a show. A fictional show. Get over yourself.


They have been very good about following the book series. I read all the books and don’t remember it being super political at all. And....these books were written like 20 years ago.

I mean Claire left the 1960s to find Jaime again....during the time of the 60s civil rights movement. Her best friend in the 1960s was a black doctor. So wouldn’t it make sense she would be appalled to see slavery with her own eyes? Wouldn’t any person from modern day be appalled?

I’ll spoil it for you just a little....Claire never accepts how Aunt Jocasta has made her fortune using slaves. They still will accept her help though. And Claire isn’t trying to go all “SJW” in the 1760s. She is more concerned about them forging their own lives and settling on their own land and aligning themselves on the right side of history before the American Revolution begins.

ETA: She learned from Culloden that you can’t channge major events in the past. Remember...no matter how hard they tried...it still happened. All she can do is use her knowledge of what will happen in history to keep her and her family safe.