Love love love your reactions girl! Thank you for all you put into them! Can’t WAIT til you post the next one! I hate how long they’re making us wait for part 2!
Jemmy was a bit older when they went through the stones, but I think they decided to just stick with the same child actor(s) until the time jump of two years after Mandy's heart got fixed and they had moved to Scotland. (They time-traveled from 1776 to 1978 and now it's 1980.) Now I think both actors playing Mandy and Jemmy may be a bit old for their roles, but the younger the child actor the more issues with production, so I certainly don't blame them for aging them up a bit. They've seriously truncated William's story from the book, so I was really surprised the "Fireship!" scene was included, but I guess it's intended to show us that despite his privilege, William does have compassion for people at a disadvantage. (Proof of Lord John's good parenting.) But the biggest change of William from book to show is that in the book he is described as looking so much like Jamie, that anyone who knows/sees both men knows INSTANTLY that they are father and son. So when Ian saw him in the Dismal Swamp, he knew instantly he was his cousin without any conversation. Regarding the obituary, it's a little confusing, but the books revealed that it was printed by mistake both because Tom Christie mistakenly reported it, and because the printer didn't check the dates. But in the books, right around this point, while Bree was getting a job and Roger was feeling aimless, he looked up the obituary again and saw that the date on the false obituary had CHANGED from what it was before he and Bree went back in time. So history CAN be changed, but only on a very small scale. The fire still happened. The false obituary still happened, but a minor detail changed. (I was annoyed when I read that. I'm a firm believer that even if time travel existed, you can't change history because in the past, a future-version-of-you ALWAYS went back and did things. But you don't KNOW what you did or how you did it, so free will still exists. But I digress.) What precisely that means for our time-traveling family is still somewhat in the air even in book 9. But we do find out that Frank knew a lot more than he ever let on, so the author, Diana Gabaldon, on top of book 10, and a book about Master Raymond, and who knows what else, also has plans to write a book called "What Frank Knew." I actually think I may be more excited about that than book 10. I'm convinced that Frank found evidence of his daughter in the past, and that's why he taught her to shoot and other survival skills. It's just too bad that he didn't share what he found with Claire or Bree, so they'd have a warning of what's to come in their lives that already happened 200 years ago.
I really wanna read the books, but 10 BOOKS??? 😭😭😭 and I know they’re quite BIG! It’s just too much, I think! It certainly must be an amazing experience… is the author even finished with the main story of Jamie and Claire and now only releasing spin offs? Or is the main plot still unfinished?
@@vicky722 Book 10 isn't out yet. Book 9 ended on a cliffhanger, so yes, they are still about Jamie and Claire. DG says book 10 will be the last Jamie/Claire book, but she also said the show wouldn't beat her in finishing, and it's already finished filming. But on top of the big main novels, there are also several short stories, novellas, and even a couple of novels about Lord John that all take place while Jamie was serving his parole at Helwater. There's also a prequel about Jamie and Ian Sr's time as mercenaries in France. There's also a novella that tells the love story of Lord John's brother Hal and his wife, Minnie, that takes place just before the Jacobite Rising. And a short story that takes place after book 7 that takes place in France from the perspective of Michael Murray (Ian's brother), Joan MacKimmie (Marsali's sister), and even Mother Hildegarde, Master Raymond, and shockingly the Comte St. Germaine.
Great reaction ,I always enjoy watching them your reactions .claire was shocked when Tom kissed her and her face expression was priceless.thanks again imon .
Sensitive subject to Americans of course but historically, which you touched on, the British had ample cause to consider themselves righteous in trying to squash the rebellion. It was English merchants, priests and other emigrants who established the thirteen colonies, and the British army who fended off the French and Spanish from encroaching on them. For most of the pre-revolutionary time, the colonies were largely left to govern local matters themselves, the British only stepped in during times of great social disturbance or rebellion against their authority which was the same principle enacted by the Roman legions in their provinces. The seven years war, 1756-1763, by some called the first global war saw Britain expend enormous resource and manpower to defeat the other colonial powers, shield the colonies and protect the naval trade routes which the colonies had been given a lot of monopoly on. So when Britain faced great debt after winning the war, they asked the colonies to help pay for it given that they were the ones who were protected, the colonies however refused. This led to the enormous amount of taxes, leading to the Boston Tea Party, etc. etc. and badabing badaboom revolution. To the Americans, the war concerned liberty, freedom and an end to elitist tyranny, and to the British it was about dealing with ungrateful and disloyal subjects to the crown.
Thr one small amendment ill make to that, is that many colonists didn't see the 7 years war that way. Yes it was started in the colonies, but tension was already at a high point in other places as well. Britain and france were at war many times in the recent (to the 1760s) past. So many colonists didn't really see the war or their involvement in it as a positive thing. So to be forced to pay for something they didn't want in the first place, was also a factor to the "ungrateful" part. Many would see Britain as ungrateful for their helping fight the war, despite not wanting it.
@@therecalcitrantseditionist3613Yes that's true. Though I personally would object to the idea that they "were forced to pay for a war they did not want". Incursions from spanish and french colonial armies was always a threat pre-7 years war, it's not like Britain started war with the other European powers for the fun of it.
So about Jamie being conscripted. I think the show for budget and time reasons crested that scene to more quickly move to where the Frasers need to be. But it does unfortunately betray Jamie's carefulness and unwillingness to fight on others terms. In book 7, Jamie Claire and Ian board a ship and attempt to sneak through the British blockade. But they get caught and the British try to impress jamie and ian. Shenanigans happen that include fighting and ship transfers, and an interesting back story of 2 captains who have vendettas against each other. It would have made an amazing set piece. But i can understand why they cut it out for time and the massive budget it would take to film it. Just for a side story. But in discussed it here because it is so fun to read.
Love love love your reactions girl! Thank you for all you put into them! Can’t WAIT til you post the next one! I hate how long they’re making us wait for part 2!
This season is so much better than last season and I was very happy for it ❤
Love that William does look a bit like Jamie 😍
Jemmy was a bit older when they went through the stones, but I think they decided to just stick with the same child actor(s) until the time jump of two years after Mandy's heart got fixed and they had moved to Scotland. (They time-traveled from 1776 to 1978 and now it's 1980.) Now I think both actors playing Mandy and Jemmy may be a bit old for their roles, but the younger the child actor the more issues with production, so I certainly don't blame them for aging them up a bit.
They've seriously truncated William's story from the book, so I was really surprised the "Fireship!" scene was included, but I guess it's intended to show us that despite his privilege, William does have compassion for people at a disadvantage. (Proof of Lord John's good parenting.) But the biggest change of William from book to show is that in the book he is described as looking so much like Jamie, that anyone who knows/sees both men knows INSTANTLY that they are father and son. So when Ian saw him in the Dismal Swamp, he knew instantly he was his cousin without any conversation.
Regarding the obituary, it's a little confusing, but the books revealed that it was printed by mistake both because Tom Christie mistakenly reported it, and because the printer didn't check the dates. But in the books, right around this point, while Bree was getting a job and Roger was feeling aimless, he looked up the obituary again and saw that the date on the false obituary had CHANGED from what it was before he and Bree went back in time. So history CAN be changed, but only on a very small scale. The fire still happened. The false obituary still happened, but a minor detail changed. (I was annoyed when I read that. I'm a firm believer that even if time travel existed, you can't change history because in the past, a future-version-of-you ALWAYS went back and did things. But you don't KNOW what you did or how you did it, so free will still exists. But I digress.) What precisely that means for our time-traveling family is still somewhat in the air even in book 9. But we do find out that Frank knew a lot more than he ever let on, so the author, Diana Gabaldon, on top of book 10, and a book about Master Raymond, and who knows what else, also has plans to write a book called "What Frank Knew." I actually think I may be more excited about that than book 10. I'm convinced that Frank found evidence of his daughter in the past, and that's why he taught her to shoot and other survival skills. It's just too bad that he didn't share what he found with Claire or Bree, so they'd have a warning of what's to come in their lives that already happened 200 years ago.
I really wanna read the books, but 10 BOOKS??? 😭😭😭 and I know they’re quite BIG! It’s just too much, I think! It certainly must be an amazing experience… is the author even finished with the main story of Jamie and Claire and now only releasing spin offs? Or is the main plot still unfinished?
@@vicky722 Book 10 isn't out yet. Book 9 ended on a cliffhanger, so yes, they are still about Jamie and Claire. DG says book 10 will be the last Jamie/Claire book, but she also said the show wouldn't beat her in finishing, and it's already finished filming. But on top of the big main novels, there are also several short stories, novellas, and even a couple of novels about Lord John that all take place while Jamie was serving his parole at Helwater. There's also a prequel about Jamie and Ian Sr's time as mercenaries in France. There's also a novella that tells the love story of Lord John's brother Hal and his wife, Minnie, that takes place just before the Jacobite Rising. And a short story that takes place after book 7 that takes place in France from the perspective of Michael Murray (Ian's brother), Joan MacKimmie (Marsali's sister), and even Mother Hildegarde, Master Raymond, and shockingly the Comte St. Germaine.
Great reaction ,I always enjoy watching them your reactions .claire was shocked when Tom kissed her and her face expression was priceless.thanks again imon .
Sensitive subject to Americans of course but historically, which you touched on, the British had ample cause to consider themselves righteous in trying to squash the rebellion. It was English merchants, priests and other emigrants who established the thirteen colonies, and the British army who fended off the French and Spanish from encroaching on them. For most of the pre-revolutionary time, the colonies were largely left to govern local matters themselves, the British only stepped in during times of great social disturbance or rebellion against their authority which was the same principle enacted by the Roman legions in their provinces. The seven years war, 1756-1763, by some called the first global war saw Britain expend enormous resource and manpower to defeat the other colonial powers, shield the colonies and protect the naval trade routes which the colonies had been given a lot of monopoly on. So when Britain faced great debt after winning the war, they asked the colonies to help pay for it given that they were the ones who were protected, the colonies however refused. This led to the enormous amount of taxes, leading to the Boston Tea Party, etc. etc. and badabing badaboom revolution. To the Americans, the war concerned liberty, freedom and an end to elitist tyranny, and to the British it was about dealing with ungrateful and disloyal subjects to the crown.
Thr one small amendment ill make to that, is that many colonists didn't see the 7 years war that way.
Yes it was started in the colonies, but tension was already at a high point in other places as well. Britain and france were at war many times in the recent (to the 1760s) past. So many colonists didn't really see the war or their involvement in it as a positive thing. So to be forced to pay for something they didn't want in the first place, was also a factor to the "ungrateful" part.
Many would see Britain as ungrateful for their helping fight the war, despite not wanting it.
@@therecalcitrantseditionist3613Yes that's true. Though I personally would object to the idea that they "were forced to pay for a war they did not want". Incursions from spanish and french colonial armies was always a threat pre-7 years war, it's not like Britain started war with the other European powers for the fun of it.
So about Jamie being conscripted.
I think the show for budget and time reasons crested that scene to more quickly move to where the Frasers need to be. But it does unfortunately betray Jamie's carefulness and unwillingness to fight on others terms.
In book 7, Jamie Claire and Ian board a ship and attempt to sneak through the British blockade. But they get caught and the British try to impress jamie and ian. Shenanigans happen that include fighting and ship transfers, and an interesting back story of 2 captains who have vendettas against each other.
It would have made an amazing set piece. But i can understand why they cut it out for time and the massive budget it would take to film it. Just for a side story. But in discussed it here because it is so fun to read.
Another amazing reaction Imon ❤❤😁😁.
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