I need to bitch about Claire for a minute (Outlanders)

[MrsAxilla]

Spoilers from book 2 (and maybe another book?  I'm not sure)

I'm at the part in book 2 when Claire is all worried about Jamie killing Randall because he HAS to father a son so Frank will eventually be born.  She just learned that Jamie cut off his dick (lol!), yet she still has Frank's ring so how can that POSSIBLY be explained?!?  I'm like, "you dummy!"  She already knows that Mary Hawkins is the female ancestor.  She knows Randall's brother, Alex, looks JUST like him.  She knows that Alex and Mary are in love.  Yet she CAN'T FATHOM why she still has Frank's ring!!  OMG.  Get a clue, lady.

[hopecounts]

Yeah that part is very much a WTF for me to.
Pregnancy brain maybe? 

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[aurora]

Ah, the paradoxes of time travel.

Sometimes Claire is brilliantly insightful. Other times, not so much.

[pooh8402]

I chalked it up to pregnancy brain too. Also, those of us who are more dense (like myself) didn't see it coming. Color me totally shocked when Jonathan married Mary for Alex. I thought of the pregnancy brain argument in hindsight.

Also, DG was, of course, writing for dramatic effect. It just wouldn't do for Claire to think logically ahead of time that Frank's ancestor must be Alex instead of Jonathan.

[hopecounts]

Not related but had to post!
Here is a new scene from the series!
I love it and really think the actors are nailing the dynamic, of course this is a 50 second scene but it's PERFECT!
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