It’s fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. 

God, I love Belle soooooooooooooo much!!! There’s a recent episode of Fake or Fortune up on Youtube (season 7) that solves the mystery of who painted the famous painting of her and her white cousin - the one featured in the film. It’s owned by a Scottish family and is part of their history.

A starring role for a young black actress. They are few and far between, I don’t fault her for taking this on, at all. 

It’s a wonderful book. It’s one of the better ones on this topic, which explores the very complicated realities of discrimination and war, including the fact that many people have absolutely no choice about their own lives, including if they fight and who they will fight for and why. Hindsight is 20/20. Vietnam was…

I don’t understand. Pull out of funding... ? Can someone explain?

But White Saviour Nonsense is what gets filmmakers the Oscars, don’t you know?

You’re right. There was something obnoxious about them towards the end. And their characters shine in simpler storylines against rugged terrain.

I MISS SCOTLAND! I agree, the Jamaica storyline was really complicated and there were too many convenient coincidences. I guess that it makes sense it was a stopping point on the way to America, but the last thing I want to see is Claire and Jamie in America. Go back to Scotland!

You stopped reading it because Claire and Jamie ended up owning slaves?

I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT. 

Jamie’s family in the Carolinas do.

She has a nice voice (HER voice, not the dumb characters she puts on) but her rhymes SUCK. 

Where you live, and not even always in those cases.

He he. I wonder how big his hair is now.

But with Ashlee we know why. 

“Like her mother in law.” 

I’d risk it.

So, there’s hope for the future?

Nicki Minaj should spend her time honing her rap skills, because her rhymes suck.

Is that supposed to be a bad joke? Gross.