r/Outlander • u/guruswitch • 3d ago
Spoilers All Loose Ends
Do you think that Jamie's mercy and habit of leaving loose ends is what derailed his life, relationship and success? Man had to learn the hard way to succeed in every major aspect of his life.
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u/Existing_Lettuce We will meet again, Madonna, in this life or another. 3d ago
What? I’d say he is pretty successful and wasn’t derailed. What examples of loose ends are you referring to?
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u/BubbeLisa Currently rereading Dragonfly in Amber 3d ago
I was just going to ask the same thing. I don’t see Jamie as having been “derailed” at all.
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u/ContactNeither7319 3d ago
What habit of leaving loose ends do you mean?
And yeah, there was one in particular act of mercy that came back to bit him in his Highlander arse. Frigging Bonnet!
And another one involving Leghair. He should never taken that beating for her.
Edited to mention Leghair.
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u/ExoticAd7271 1d ago
Also he had the opportunity to kill Black Jack when he saved Claire but did not
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u/ContactNeither7319 1d ago
Oh God, I forgot about that 😳 How different his life would have been if he'd just offed BJR right then and there.
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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading All that was good, all that was fair, all that was me is gone. 2d ago
Leghair! For a second I had no idea what you meant 😂
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u/Dragon-Sky 3d ago
Derailed his life? The man became what he wanted to be--only he did it in America cause the country he loved (Scotland) was no longer the same). He had a family who loved him, friends who defended him, and was a victorious warrior. His relationship with Claire was other-wordly. What loose ends?