Fan Appreciation Friday 4/10/15

Fan Appreciation Friday 4/10/15

Hello all new and old fans and followers of the blog. I am happy to be back writing for you all, and sharing my words and humor with you. I have a few things to address about my latest recap so I’ll get on with it, aye.

Sometimes, when an episode has a controversial scene, it is hard for those of us to write about it without angering or upsetting some people. I am guilty of this the past week. There was a point where I said some things I shouldn’t have about a scene in the last episode and I took a lot of heat for it. So let me apologize. Sam, I didn’t mean to ay anything bad about your knees. I’m sorry, don’t hurt me.
#Kneegate quickly erupted. I had multiple tweets about how swoon worthy they are, how I should keep away from them, and how I don’t have the right “Gonads to speak about them” again, from the bottom of my heart, I apologize. Sometimes I get sarcastic, and well… I’m jealous of the guy, okay? They found the perfect guy in the universe. I’m trying to find an imperfection so I’ll feel better. Give a guy a chance, huh?
So I promise I won’t say anything else about it from now on. And a lot of times, I’m being sarcastic for fun’s sake anyway, and I think a lot of you took it that way. So there’s that.

Now, on to another topic that came up this week. I have read a few blogs from women who had an issue with the spanking scene and called it domestic violence. I resisted the urge to say anything to them for two reasons. 1, they clearly don’t get it. 2. Arguing with a feminist is like trying to get a five year old to read Shakespeare. It’s pointless. They come at it from a narrowminded point of view, and to say anything is an excersize in futility. You will never win that argument. You’d have an easier time turning a follower of Islam into a christian. So I’m going to leave them alone, and the whole topic alone. We have another scene coming up in episode 15 that dwarfs that in brutality, and I’m ready to move on to next episode.

Something else that is upsetting me this week, and I have to say this. I HATE THE COMPARISON OF OUTLANDER TO FIFTY SHADES OF GREY!!!! Every time I see it, from reviewers, magazines, and articles, it makes my brain hurt. Really, please, reviewers, stop this. It is sloppy and lazy writing. Invest a few hours in the show. Get into the books. Read something other than someone elses byline or getting your information off of wikipedia please. 50 shades of Grey is nothing, has nothing, and will never be nothing like Outlander. Trust me, I gave it a chance. The writing is trite, amateurish and seemingly written by a twelve year old girl just hitting puberty. There is nothing in this that equates in any way to the gorgeous beautiful writing of Diana Gabaldon. It is torture porn, domestic violence, and stalking. It is not a healthy relationship like that of Jamie and Claire. Anastasia and Grey are dysfunctional people who rely on codependence, not love. And I’m not apologizing for how I feel. I just hate the comparison, and I wish people would stop with the “Fifty shades of Tartan” thing already.

Also, let me go to bat for Jamie here and give you folks a man’s point of view on the whole Leghair at the river scene and Jamie’s reaction time. A lot of you ladies are hating the fact that Jamie lingers with his hand for a few beats longer than he should by the mere fact he is Jamie Machunkington Fraser. Stop it. He’s a man, and when a guy is offered ripe breasts in his hand it takes a few seconds for us to go through the following stages. Here’s what he was probably thinking.
1. Hey girl what’s up? Oh, you have just a corset and nothing else on?
2. Umm yeah I think I’m married. I know I’m married. Yes, I am married.
3. Boobs
4. Really boobs.
5. I’m married to boobs
6. Wait, am I touching another woman’s boobs?
7. What was she saying? Virgin? Boobs….
8. No. I’m sorry, I can’t I’m married. I cant kiss you. Boobs.
9. Sorry, just wanted to keep my hands on your boobs another second.
10. Ok. Now I know what they feel like. Those are real, and they’re spectacular.
11. You can run off now.
12. Damn I really wanted to touch those boobs longer.
So you see, we love boobs and Jamie Fraser is no exception. Confronted with a girl who wants him after having crazy honeymoon sex and having it taken away because he was an 18th century asshat a few days ago, he is going to linger and think about what is being offered. You ladies give him too much credit. This is a guy who likes the ladies and when he gets a chance to touch another woman’s breasts he will. And he will linger there a moment longer than a married man should. Sorry to disabuse you of your perfect jamie Fraser and how he would never do that. He’s a guy, and yes he would. Nuff said. See, he’s not perfect.

So that’s that. I hope everyone enjoys the show tomorrow. I know I will. And as always, the recap will be up soon after the next day. Thanks for reading! Peace!