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[quakerjoe]

[thehmn]

A while back I saw someone comment on a dog video “What’s the point of pets? I get work animals, but house pets? They’re nothing but a drain on your finances. They demand demand demand but give very little in return”

People of course tried to explain that their pets gave them companionship, someone to shower with love, the joy of taking care of a living creature and see it flourish, to be unconditionally accepted by someone, but the person still didn’t get it. “But you can get all that from close human friendships or children”

I think having pets is like having children; if you don’t get it, no one can explain it to you. If you don’t feel a deep joy from wanting/having children or pets, no one can explain the joy into you. You feel it or you don’t.

I love having dogs. They bark at people walking by my windows, they demand food, they throw up on my floor sometimes, their vet bills are ridiculous, they smell, I have to bathe them and trim their fur, and yet somehow it’s all worth it to me when they greet me at the door or snuggle up to me when I sit on the couch.

And yet I don’t understand the joy of having children. I don’t hate children. I look after them and play with them and help them when they need an adult, but I have no desire to get children of my own. It’s just a step up over the level of trouble I’m willing to put up with, not just physically/monetarily but also emotionally.

People have tried to explain it to me, I’ve spent plenty of time with children under my care to get a feel for it, I would protect those kids with everything I have, and while I believe people when they tell me how they feel, I still don’t get wanting to take care of a child all the time. It’s just not for me, so while I don’t get it either, I can understand why some people just don’t understand having pets.

There’s no real point to this. The person’s comments just made me look at the world a bit differently.

[reading-writing-revolution]

#TrumpShutdown - how not to run a government and serve the people.

[laird-brochtuarach]

Jamie Fraser in Outlander 4x08 “Wilmington.”

[frasersridge1767]

Outlander Parallels || Brianna & Claire + the riding coat 4x07 // 1x05

[anoutlandishidea]

Bree: So, I met your mom.

Marsali: Really?

Bree: She threatened to burn me at the stake for witchcraft.

Claire: Sounds like Laoghaire.

[thebeautyisme]

Unpopular-ish Opinion about Outlander 407

I’m seeing a lot of hate for 4x07 but I liked it and I just want to share my thoughts. 

Bree and Roger are important characters going forward and this episode laid the groundwork for a lot of their future growth. Yes there were some changes from the book, but in terms of the broad outline the journey is faithful: Bree learns about the fire and goes through the stones. Roger follows. Bree learns about Jamie and Laoghaire. Roger helps Morag and Jemmy on the ship to America. Bree hires Lizzie and gets on the ship. It’s the same story, being told in a different way. 

I appreciated seeing some of Laoghaire and Frank. While I don’t like either character, they play important roles going forward. We see both “sides” of Laoghaire in the future: the vindictive harpy and the loving mother. This lays the groundwork for that. We also see how Jamie’s actions with Laoghaire affected her and Joanie. The only thing I wish Bree had learned was that Jamie and Laoghaire had split up prior to Claire’s return. Laoghaire may have painted Claire as the Other Woman but that’s not how things were exactly. I also liked seeing Frank and Bree. In future books, Bree thinks about Frank a lot. It’s natural. He raised her. So seeing a foundation for that is important. We see that Bree was aware that Frank and Claire’s marriage wasn’t a bed of roses but she she didn’t have an understanding of what was missing. That’ll be important information that she learns when she sees Claire with Jamie.  The question of What Frank Knew and when he knew it is also very important to the future story. This sets an introduction for all of that. 

I missed Jamie and Claire too. But they’ll be back in the next episode and there are important things happening in Brianna and Roger’s journey, so not giving them an episode to let that play out would shortchange those characters and their importance in the future. It would make future plot lines seem underdeveloped. 

[veils-in-flight]

@thebeautyisme I really appreciate your balanced approach to Ep 407. I agree that many of these choices were intended to set-up future relationships and storylines. I loved the flashbacks to Daddy Frank. Anyone who has lost a beloved Father who raised you with attention and love, will recognize the need to remember what you had and where you learned to be the person you are. Bree will have the rest of her life to experience the love of her biological father, Jamie.

Yes, it would have been lovely to have more of Lallybroch interaction. But, logistically, it was just not doable. With Laura Donnelly unavailable, it would have been empty. Production may have determined it just wasn’t worth the expense to re-figure the Lallybroch sets just to let Bree meet cousins none of us would have known.

I was amazed at how many “book points” were covered in such a short amount of screen time. I was like….. oh, there’s the peanut butter sandwich, there’s the story of the guy being buried in the building foundation, and on and on.

Lizzy is a mystery as yet. I don’t think we heard her speak a word yet. She’s definitely not physically as described in the book. But, I’m anxious to see how they play her now. She looks like a disappointed spinster to me.

[scotsmanandsassenach]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LUCK?

[messmikkelsen]

- how did you do it? - I don’t know. I think it has…something to do with who’s on the other side…drawing you to them.

[aweesassenachlassie]

This still kills me. 💔😪

Gif by @thefrasers

[tzaharasykes]

1x01 || 4x07

[thegirlwiththecoffintattoo]

Time Travelers

Claire, Geillis, Brianna and Roger going through the stones

[orientalld]

EGG, NO You’re not gonna fool us, we all know that you are bald nerdy hobo, so get off that poor dog

[frasersridge1767]

His voice…when he asked if I was the groom… It was the memory of a stranger.

[henricavyll]

Jamie watching William hunt a deer.

[sikanapanele-deactivated2018121]

[glorianas]

Do you know what it’s like to love some one and never give them happiness? Not through any fault of yours or theirs, but simply because you were not born the right person for them