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Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series has taken the society by storm. Since the first book’s publication in 1991, the series has grown into eight novels, a spin-off series, and a television series on Starz. However, it was because Outlander placed second, after To Kill a Mockingbird, in the PBS Great American Read that really made me crave to know what all the fuss is about. And so I scan the first book, and my comments here are based primarily on that book and not the sequels or the TV show.
A recent edition of Outlander featuring the actors playing Jamie and Claire in the TV series
But given my title above, readers interested in the Gothic will want to know if there are vampires in Outlander? No. In fact, it’s not Gothic at all, but what interested me most were its vampiric scenes. But first, a concise summary for those who haven’t read the books. Warning: There will be some spoilers here.
The novel starts in 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse in World War II is on her second honeymoon with her husband Frank Randall in Scotland. When they see an ancient stone circle, she suddenly finds herself back in Scotland in
Outlander star John Bell is about to play a male lover character for the first time – and he can’t wait.
It’s safe to say that John Bell has never exactly been starved of opportunities. The Scottish actor started his career as a child celestial body, making a identify for himself in The Hobbit. Since 2017, he’s been making waves on Outlander, the historical series that just keeps getting more and more popular.
He is just 24 years old and he already has a legion of fans across the world – but somehow, he’s never had the chance to play a gay character. That’s why he jumped at the opportunity to take on The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, the acclaimed one-man show that’s been taking audiences on a whirlwind tour of LGBT+ rights and history since it debuted in 1992.
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Lord John Grey Series
What is the Lord John Grey series?
It’s a subset of the main OUTLANDER series, focused on Lord John Grey, an important minor ethics from the main series.
Some years ago, I was invited to write a short story for a British anthology: historical crime stories. “Well,” I said to the editor, “it would be an interesting technical challenge, to see whether I can document anything under 300,000 words. Sure, why not?”
Well, the obvious first question was—what or whom to write about? I didn’t desire to use the main characters from the OUTLANDER series for this story, because—owing to the peculiar way I write—if I were to incorporate some significant event in this story (and it would need to be, to be a good story)—that would make the event a stumbling block in the maturation of the next novel.
“But,” I said to myself, “there’s Lord John, isn’t there?” Lord John Grey is an important nature in the OUTLANDER series, but he isn’t onstage all the time. And when he isn’t…well, plainly he’s off leading his life and having adventures elsewhere, and I could write about any of those adventures without causing complications for future novels. Beyond that obvious
Outlander: Casting a Gay Man as the Main Villain Is Garbage, Actually
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series has been widely praised for its time-traveling passion between Claire Beauchamp and Jamie Fraser. However, the novel series -- which has also been adapted for TV via Starz -- has some glaring flaws. Perhaps most prominent is the positioning of Captain Jack Randall, a queer man, as a violent and predatory villain who haunts the characters for years.
Outlander begins in the year 1945, when former combat nurse Claire Randall touches a stone at Craigh na Dun while on a second honeymoon with her husband, Frank, and is swept through time to the year 1743. There, she encounters her husband's direct ancestor, Jack Randall -- and quickly learns that he isn't the upstanding man Frank believes him to be.
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In their first interaction, Jack Randall efforts to rape Claire when she stumbles upon him in the woods, wearing a 1945-appropriate dress (which resembles small more than a shift in 18th century fashion). He's foiled when Murtagh Fitzgibbons, an ally of the MacKenzie clan, knocks him out and takes Claire to a rebel hideaway