You donāt have to hate on Bree and Willie.
Iām not.
I am like Kal said, in a small group who are excited for the William arc. There is storyline later on in the books that he goes through, and itās really exciting stuff. His story is one of self discovery and growth, and trying to find who he is as a person while accepting the history that made him. Itās interesting to see how his arc even allows other characters to grow. Jamie for one: doesnāt want to stare the end of gun and see his son on the other side. (Later during the American revolution when William is in the British army and Jamie is a revolutionary.) For Claire, it challenges her to learn how to love and accept him- he wasnāt planned and she didnāt give him to Jamie. She has to learn how to love and even help raise and guide William in some partsā¦.He does wind up calling her āMother Claireā later in the series. I also love how William is Jamie Fraser incarnate. I love the scene in the canon where Jenny finds out William is Jamieās, and he throws a grown up temper tantrum.
With Bree, itās also still a road of self discovery. Sheās accepting the choices her mother and Jamie made, while still trying to get over Frankās deathā¦ All while falling in love herself, having a baby, and traveling back in time 200 years. Sheās trying to learn who this āJamie Fraserā is, what he is like, his favorite foods, what makes hi laugh, all his quirks. Sheās learning about the man who gave her life and who was willing to give his life so she was safe. Thereās a bond that is just *there* because Jamie is her biological father and he loves her with every fiber in his being, but on her end I would argue that it is there, but with all sheās done and seen in her short life, itās a hard reality for her to accept when she was so close to Fr*nk and doesnāt want to dishonor his memory.
Iām not hating on them, rather just the opposite. With the possibility of Jamie giving Claire the new ring, like I said I find it to be a renewal on the oath that Jamie and Claire made to each other all those years ago. They made it once and then fought through war and separation between time and centuries. Only to think they would never be reunited and then once again, they areā¦ This time 20+ years later and having lived two separate lives. Now theyāre once again given the opportunity for a life and all that comes with it, the good, the bad, and everything in between. Him giving her a new ring is a reminder on that oath they made once, that they plan to keep their entire lives. That whatever they face from here on out, they are alive and whole and together- and all that stems from their choice to get married. They have baggage, but are always on each otherās team.
I think the giving of a new ring will parallel the story arc that Jamie/Claire/William/Bree are all going to go through. My point is just without that first bow between Jamie and Claire, the other plot lines wouldnāt exist. šš
