Diana Gabaldon

The Need to Belong: Outlander’s Jamie and Claire as Outsiders Looking In

The heart of Outlander is Claire and Jamie’s story, but it is also the stories of outsiders — those who find themselves through circumstance, birth, character or social position outside of society. The need and drive to belong — to a family, a home, a place — and to feel loved is a deep-rooted human imperative. We…

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Top Ten Musical Moments of Outlander Season 2

  Ah, #Droughtlander. You sap my strength every day when there is not some new tidbit or piece of Outlander news to sink my teeth into.  I search for Outlander joy in the little things like Sam Heughan giving sweet love to Outlander fans on the BAFTA Red Carpet and Caitriona Balfe’s BAFTA Scotland win…

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Surviving Loss and Claire’s Second Chance

Written by: Anne Hawkinson In the Season 2 finale (“Dragonfly in Amber”), Roger asks Claire, “How do you say goodbye to that one person you’ve loved most in the world?” Claire answers, “Whether you want to say goodbye or not, they’re gone and you have to go on living without them.” Roger is referring to…

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Outlander Casting News! We Have Geneva, Isobel and Young Jamie!

In the vast sea that is Droughtlander III: Attack of the Obsessenachs (more on that in a later post), we welcome casting news announcements like Kate Winslet clinging to that door . . . as if our very lives depend on them. Perhaps no casting was as nervously anticipated as Geneva Dunsany. Geneva is the…

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Dinner with Ron: Sharing our hopes, dreams and fears with Outlander’s Ronald D. Moore

Written by: Janet Reynolds and Anne Gavin   We’ve all played this game: if you could invite three people to dinner, who would you invite? Usually people cite celebrities or historical figures such as Jesus, Michelangelo or Margaret Thatcher.  The list varies, depending on the kind of dinner party you would like to have.  But…

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The day I met Diana Gabaldon, the woman who gifted us Outlander

Written by: Julie Roberts, Guest Contributor When friends posted on Facebook that Diana Gabaldon would be speaking and signing books at the Entertainment Weekly PopFest in Los Angeles, I didn’t hesitate for a minute to whip out my credit card and pay for a VIP ticket.   In fact, my credit card may have left a…

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Ready to cry? Outlander’s Matt B. Roberts on the print shop & more!

Let’s be frank: The Outlander Twitterverse can be a dangerous place for cast and crew to enter. While predominantly a forum for happy sharing and announcements and fan love, it periodically swirls into a toxic soup of some fairly strange behavior where people forget that if you wouldn’t say it to the person’s face, then…

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Outlander-Inspired Halloween Costumes

Want to get your Outlander on for Halloween? Here are some Outlander-inspired Halloween costumes to consider.

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Fairies, Folklore, Witchcraft & Waterhorses – The Symbolism & Superstitions of Outlander

Scotland’s Highlands have a long history of myths, symbolism and superstitions. Learn about some of the more popular ones referenced in Outlander.

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Out of Faith: Fan uproar over an extended scene

So, a clandestine un-aired extended version of Season 2 EP. 7 “Faith”, written by Toni Graphia was released into the fandom ahead of the DVD release. I saw it when it was retweeted by episode’s director Metin Huseyin, with immense praise for Sam. And then Diana got involved, as how could anyone seriously not love…

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