Generally, I'm with you on this one: I'm white, I get a pass on a shitload of stuff, I'm aware of this. I do not get followed in stores and I could probably walk into a supermarket, put half my items in my canvas shopping bag and not pay for them, and then breeze right out the door without being questioned. Much as my…

For the record, it wasn't your assessment that Jamie wasn't a good man that piqued my interest, it was:

To be fair, you are leaving out about 39 pages worth of them discussing Jamie's history of corporal punishment from his father and Colum (corrective and punitive) and the revelation of exactly what Randall is all about. It might be elements of Stockholm syndrome, but that is relevant context for Claire when she's just…

I'm having a hard time convincing you that I'm not taking ANY of this personally, I see. I'm not quite sure what to do with that - I figured that the fact that I'm parroting back bits of your posts would make that clear ("I'm a Scientist!" is directly echoed with "I'm an English Major!"), but now you're bringing…

You are very angry!

"I made myself a nice dressing gown for (backstage at) the theatre too. Maybe I should have a dressing gown line, there are not enough nice dressing gowns in the world..."

Heh, I was wondering about that - I've been hearing a host of Scottish accents through family all my life, so could tell everyone was slightly out of step, and then Geillis showed up, and whoa! Apparently she's Dutch? Good effort with a tricky accent, but it did have me laughing for her first few lines.

I think this is a massive misread - I think Jamie is repeatedly shown as someone who loathes violence against the WEAK, and he classes most women in that category along with animals and children. And I say that as someone who likes the Jamie character; I just think it's misguided to interpret those actions as…

Yeah, she stops a woman in the street and sneakily finds out her age (asking the child's age and then flattering the mother by claiming she must have had her young) and is thrilled to realize she looks much younger than a woman who's something like fifteen years younger than Claire.

Hunh? I do not recall this - I have reread these recently and certainly came away with her being brunette with blonde streaking, her hair going lighter as she aged. And she had a mess of curls, but TV Claire has curls, and I don't think that Curly Sue-style curls were hit that hard in the books?

Also: As an English Major and a Speaker of the language, I will continue to defend the use of the word "evolve" in non-scientific contexts. Because acknowledging the practical, colloquial use of language is important, as is understanding that words can have multiple meanings, and not all of those meanings relate back…

Ah, you're being too dramatic about "undergarment" - it's just like a shirt. Underwear I get, because it's actually in line with an orifice, but boobs are just skin like the rest of you.

I suppose it's taken as an insult because no one likes being called a pedant, no matter how accurate the label is to their behavior. To be honest, I can be annoyingly pedantic: sticklers for detail are rarely popular at parties because we tend to bring the conversation to a screeching halt by ignoring intent in favor…

I think she's pretty clear that beating her is NOT okay, at least in the books - she understands why it happened, but lays down the law about it happening again.

Hm. I'll take arrogant, classy and childish, but leave ignorant on the table, thank you. And how is it insulting to call you a pedant, when your comment about evolution was pretty damn textbook? I mean, come on: "a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning."…

Unfortunately, yes, it's sugar-coating history to ignore that spousal rape was not even a recognized complaint until the 1900s. Women couldn't even control their own money before the 1900s. They often didn't have rights to their own children, as the kids were considered to be the wards of the husband.

Greetings, pedant! I am of course using "evolve" in the context of behavior change, not as the scientific application of evolution in the natural world. I am sure it will also shock you that when rebels speak of "overthrowing the government" they do not actually intend to physically flip the Capitol building over, nor…

Can't you just buy a pair of looser cut jeans with a skinny leg opening? Am I the only one thinks this? Am I overthinking this? (Probably.)

I'm interested to see how the show deals with it - if I were them, I think I'd skate right by the idea that Jamie enjoyed it.

Modern men take no for an answer. In past eras, good men have been defined differently.