Outlander, Forever, and Fall TV Schedule

[sherrilina]

Thanks to a free marathon promotion on my cable rn, I have spent the last few days marathoning the fantastic Outlander (in honor of Scotland's vote against independence, oop)! It is definitely my new favorite show. I had been hearing great things about it, and wanted to watch it even more once I learned that RDM and Bear McCreary of BSG were

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[sherrilina]

It sounds like they have changed other things though, like Frank's characterization (he sounds like he was a dick in the books), which is an improvement too (and makes it more logical she would be motivated to return to him). BTW, is the dealbreaker you are referring to [Spoiler (click to open)]Black Jack raping Jamie? A friend let it slip when I watched the mid-season finale with him today...if that's not it though, please don't tell me what it is.

And thanks, I love the icon too, I was so happy to find such a good F/C icon right away! (I still haven't even found a C/J one I like, ironically).

I thought Zoey Deutch was adorable... "Vampire Academy" wasn't a movie I planned on watching but when I did I thought it was surprisingly fun.

Oh lol I love the VA book series (I would recommend them if you are in the market for some decent YA that focuses on female friendship and has some interesting worldbuilding), so I was definitely planning on seeing the film, but I was worried about it and Zoey's casting ahead of time...I ended up thinking she was perfect though (even if still whitewashed), and quite enjoyed the film for the most part, aside from a few things (like for example making Lissa's cuts on her arms a spontaneous side effect of her magic use rather than self-harm because of her depression--but maybe they didn't want it to be triggery.

[honeymink]

Well, I thought Frank wasn't much in the first book at all so there wasn't anything about his character good or bad that'd make you feel one way or the other, Claire barely ever thought of him which I thought was pretty odd, they definitely did that better on the show.

And now that wasn't it, it was [Spoiler (click to open)] Jaime beating Claire and admitting to finding it arousing. I understood from a period/cultural point of view why he thought he had to beat her, so I suppose I could have dealt with that. But it wasn't a consensual experience at all and him admitting to finding excitement in her truculence and the beating... that was too much for me.

I read the books after I watched the movie. I'm not terribly fond of vampires but like the movie I thought they were good fun.

[sherrilina]

Wow, that does sound awful and gross. O_o Although I feel that action doesn't really go with how he has behaved/treated her so far on the show, so I sincerely hope that they don't include that on the show. :s

And yeah, with the VA series the emphasis really isn't so much on them being vampires, which is nice (I often forget the vampire characters are vampires). I'm glad you enjoyed the books--did you ever read the spinoff series, Bloodlines? In many respects I enjoy these even more, in terms of the romantic ship and in terms of identifying with the main character.

[honeymink]

It didn't necessarily go with his behaviour in the book either which made it so appalling. I mean as I said, I could have lived with it had he solely thought he had to discipline her because the other men in their riding party expected it from him to show that he had his wife under control and because he thought it was necessary since he was taught things the same way - enforcing the point by beatings so that you wouldn't forget it and act stupidly again. All that I could have lived with... it was the taking pleasure from it part on top of that was too much for me.

The show is better written than the book, so I do hope they just... do things differently there.

And no, I never read "Bloodlines" - does it contain some of the original characters?

[sherrilina]

And no, I never read "Bloodlines" - does it contain some of the original characters?

Yes--it focuses on all of the characters who were screwed over at the end of the VA series: Sydney, Adrian, Eddie, and Jill. Sydney is the main narrator, although books 4 and 5 have Adrian narrating as well. Characters like Rose, Dimitri, Lissa, and Sonia also appear from time to time.