#lord john and the brotherhood of the blade

[hisuchanly]

Outlander 7x14 "Ye Dinna Get Used To It"

- You believe him?

- I do. He's an unscrupulous bastard, loyal to no one but himself, but...

[starmaniswaiting]

Lord John Grey

'He paused by the window, looking up into a lavender sky, fingers pressed against the icy glass. No stars tonight; the snowflakes came down out of the dark, rushing towards him, endless, uncountable. Silent, too, but not like the stars. Falling snow whispered secrets to itself.'

— Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

[cookie-de-baunilha]

𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜 + Percy Wainwright | pt. 1

[gotham-ruaidh]

Hi @gotham-ruaidh I've been thinking lately about the bizzaro triangle that is Jamie, Claire, and John, and I always feel bad that John gets the visceral responses that he doesn't know where they come from... Obviously, there are things Jamie will NEVER tell him about but do you think he'll ever explain the bit of the past that I don't see how he could avoid associating between LJG and BJR

Ah, but John *does* know a bit about what happened with Jamie.

There’s a passage in the novella Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (set during the years while Claire was gone) where Jamie and John have the following heated exchange - and Lord John makes a heartbreaking realization:

[John speaking to Jamie] “I tell you, sir—were I to take you to my bed—I could make you scream. And by God, I would do it.” Later, he [John] would try to recall what had happened then. Had he moved, reflex and training cutting through the fog of rage that blinded him? Or had Fraser moved, some shred of reason altering his aim in the same split second in which he swung his fist? Hard as he tried, no answer came. He remembered nothing but the shock of impact as Fraser’s fist struck the boards an inch from his head, and the sob of breath, hot on his face… His vision cleared, eyes watering—but he saw neither the paddock, the wagon whose wheel he grasped, nor the house and lawns beyond. What he saw was Fraser’s face. When he had said that—what demon had given him that thought, those words? I could make you scream. Oh, Christ, oh, Christ. Someone had.

[littlecrabbs]

One thing I love about Outlander is the unique character dynamics, and I wondered what were other ppls favorites. You can also rank these if you’d like, cuz all of them are great in their own way.

[brotherhoodoftheblade]

It's hilarious to me that the first and last fortune John got in BotB was "The greatest danger could be your own stupidity" and "And the one you love could be closer than you think". I'm finding it pretty hard not to agree on both scores. xd

I also have to appreciate the way DG still had all her ducks in a row on the John/Percy front back then (at least until she lost her mind during the writing of Bees -_-).

*sigh*

[masterjedilenawrites]

List of books below, taken from the Star Wars wiki. Only included: Original Novels, Novel Adaptations, Script Books, and Young Adult Novels. Please no comments about books that are missing from the list... it is what it is.

The High Republic: Convergence - Zoraida Cordova

The High Republic: Path of Deceit - Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland

The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha - George Mann

The High Republic: Path of Vengeance - Cavan Scott

The High Republic: Cataclysm - Lydia Kang

The High Republic: Into the Dark - Claudia Gray

The High Republic: Light of the Jedi - Charles Soule

The High Republic: The Rising Storm - Cavan Scott

The High Republic: Out of the Shadows - Justina Ireland

The High Republic: Tempest Runner - Cavan Scott

The High Republic: Midnight Horizon - Daniel Jose Older

The High Republic: The Fallen Star - Claudia Gray

The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness - George Mann

The High Republic: Defy the Storm - Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland

The Vow of Silver Dawn - His Majesty the King

Dooku: Jedi Lost - Cavan Scott

Padawan - Kiersten White

Master & Apprentice - Claudia Gray

The Living Force - John Jackson Miller

Queen's Peril - E.K. Johnston

Queen's Shadow - E.K. Johnston

Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade - Delilah S. Dawson

Queen's Hope - E.K. Johnston

Brotherhood - Mike Chen

Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel - James Luceno

Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising - Timothy Zahn

Dark Disciple - Christie Golden

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good - Timothy Zahn

Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil - Timothy Zahn

Ahsoka - E.K. Johnston

Thrawn - Timothy Zahn

Lords of the Sith - Paul S. Kemp

Tarkin - James Luceno

Most Wanted - Rae Carson

Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition - Mur Lafferty

Rebel Rising - Beth Revis

Crimson Climb - E.K. Johnston

A New Dawn - John Jackson Miller

Jedi: Battle Scars - Sam Maggs

Lost Stars - Claudia Gray

Leia, Princess of Alderaan - Claudia Gray

Thrawn: Alliances - Timothy Zahn

Thrawn: Treason - Timothy Zahn

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Alexander Freed

Battlefront II: Inferno Squad - Christie Golden

Heir to the Jedi - Kevin Hearne

Doctor Aphra - Sarah Kuhn

Battlefront: Twilight Company - Alexander Freed

The Princess and the Scoundrel - Beth Revis

Alphabet Squadron - Alexander Freed

Aftermath - Chuck Wendig

Shadow Fall - Alexander Freed

Aftermath: Life Debt - Chuck Wendig

Victory's Price - Alexander Freed

Aftermath: Empire's End - Chuck Wendig

Last Shot - Daniel Jose Older

Poe Dameron: Free Fall - Alex Segura

Shadow of the Sith - Adam Christopher

Bloodline - Claudia Gray

Force Collector - Kevin Scinick

Phasma - Delilah S. Dawson

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Alan Dean Foster

Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire - Delilah S. Dawson

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition - Jason Fry

Resistance Reborn - Rebecca Roanhorse

A Crash of Fate - Zoraida Cordova

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition - Rae Carson

[cookie-de-baunilha]

👆🏻👆🏻This!!

No but fr when I was reading their scenes in Bees and came upon “One [promise] Percy had fucking broken” I actually laughed.

And yeah, John 100% acts like it was he and Percy getting married in that church 🤣 ngl I love the symbolism in that scene, but John has to stop acting like he gave Percy everything because that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

“You’re looking well, John,” Percy said, ignoring this. “Blue velvet always suits you. You recall the suits we wore to our parents’ wedding?” The smile was real, deep in those soft brown eyes, and Grey was astonished and annoyed to feel it run straight down his backbone and tighten his balls. Yes, he bloody remembered that wedding and those suits. And—as Percy so clearly intended—he remembered standing beside Percy in church as his mother married Percy’s stepfather, his hand and Percy’s touching, hidden in full skirts of royal-blue velvet, fingers slowly entwining, the touch a promise.

One Percy had fucking broken."

Diana Gabaldon, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone.

[hisuchanly]

having john x percy on the screen is a perfect year end.

[cookie-de-baunilha]

I love how John firmly and wholeheartedly believes that Jamie is the only person that knows about his relationship with Percy, when in reality there’s about 1% chance of that being the case.

There were a lot of people who probably suspected/knew about them. Maybe not before Percy’s exposure, but after that situation? Oh boy. They would look at their close friendship in hindsight + John being miserable after everything that happened and just put 2 and 2 together.

Especially the ones closer to John, but other people in his social circle too. People talk. The gossip would be wild. Before going on campaign those two were going out and about in London together, having dinners, attending plays, going to gaming clubs etc. At the time, no one would pay much attention to it. But that would drastically change after the incident with Percy.

Let’s not forget about the “near scandal” John was involved in with George Everett that had him exiled to Ardsmuir.

So… everyone kinda knew about them?? Ok not everyone, but a bunch of people. And it’s funny how John is delulu about it. Let’s see:

Hal

First of all, Hal knows John is gay. They just don’t talk about it openly.

Hal would notice John’s behavior after Percy was caught. He knew John would be a witness in Percy’s trial and was afraid of what could happen in that case. He knew John felt betrayed and tried to manipulate John’s anger towards Percy to get Percy killed. John couldn’t do it — if Hal still had any doubts, they ceased to exist the moment John came back from his conversation with Percy with that gun.

Not to mention the fact that Hal read the letter that Percy sent to John. The very first paragraph of that letter is basically Percy using pretty words to say that he would die for John. And at some point in the letter Percy writes that John told him about his father’s murder. Like??? It took 17 years for John and Hal to talk about it, and suddenly John would be openly discussing his family’s secrets with his new stepbrother? And you expect me to believe that somehow Hal thought that it was a normal friendship?? Nope.

Also, Hal’s advice to John in MOBY:

Hal merely snorted. "Men like that never die so conveniently. Why the bloody hell is he telling you this, do you think?"

Grey suppressed the vivid memory of bergamot, red wine, and petitgrain.

"I don't know. But I do know he's deeply involved with French interests, and-"

"Wainwright's never been involved with any interests other than his own," Hal interrupted brusquely. He gave John a sharp look. "You'd do well to remember that."

"I doubt I shall ever see the fellow again," John replied, overlooking the implication that his brother considered him gullible — or worse.

It’s impossible that he doesn’t know.

Benedicta

Mothers just know ok?

But seriously, Benedicta is really smart and she definitely knows that John is gay. In fact, if anyone suspected anything before the incident, I would bet on her.

Minnie

She knows.

Olivia?

I’m not sure about her, tbh. Maybe she was clueless. But then we have this conversation between her and John and it’s kinda sus (mind you, John is depressed af at this point):

Lucinda Joffrey and her husband

Firstly, both John and Percy running away from Lucinda’s arranged marriage plans like the plague might have made her a little suspicious. She might have suspected about John way before Percy came into the picture, in fact.

And she notices how bad John is after everything. She gets really concerned with him:

She goes as far as tricking John to see a doctor for his mental health, with the help of Horace Walpole:

Ally queen!!

Her husband not so much though, side eyeing John like Whitney Chewston, the homophobic dog:

Sir Richard be like 🤨🏳️‍🌈?

Horace Walpole

This is the funniest one to me, but also the sweetest.

First of all, Horace sees how shitty John is and works in cahoots with Lucinda Joffrey to trick John into going to the 18th century version of a therapist.

And then:

What I love about this interaction is the way that John knows that Horace is queer, but refuses to admit that Horace would know about him too.

The way Horace hesitates because HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO REFER TO PERCY. He wants to say lover (or ex-lover) but he knows that he isn’t that close to John and that it would be weird to be so open about it — and he also doesn’t know how John would react. Even if he is 100% sure that John is gay, he can’t be sure that John wouldn’t feel offended or react in a violent way.

But he also doesn’t want to say “friend” or “stepbrother” because he KNOWS THEY WERE SO MUCH MORE TO EACH OTHER. He knows those are not the right words to use. So he hesitates until John makes it simple.

HOWEVER. He knows that Percy being caught with another man must mean that John was betrayed. He knows John is hurting, not just because of the betrayal, but because of the brutality of it all — after all, betrayal notwithstanding, Percy got arrested and could get executed for being gay; for being just like them. That’s something that affects all of them as queer people.

So even though he can’t be open about it, you can feel that he wants to bring that comfort to John, because he knows how bad the whole thing is and how lonely John must be feeling. He wants John to know that he will do whatever he can to save Percy’s life. He wants John to have hope.

It’s sad, but also so sweet?? That silent solidarity.

AND JOHN “DOUBTS” WALPOLE KNOWS!!! MY DUDE!!! YOU. ARE. NOT. THAT. DISCREET.

A bunch of people in Hal’s regiment would be suspicious of John just because of their family connection — due to, you know, homophobia (and John being unmarried, unlike Hal)

TL;DR: John and Percy weren’t that much of a secret tbh, everyone close to them (or not that close) kinda knew. Everyone except General Stanley. That dude was clueless.

[cookie-de-baunilha]

it’s giving:

“Do you still wish to marry me, George?”

“Benedicta, I would take you bankrupt, in your shift,” he said, smiling. His mother smiled back, and Grey cleared his throat.

“Shall I consider myself flattered,” Grey inquired, “that you consent to be seen in public with me, then?”

Percy glanced at him and uttered a short laugh.

“Oh, you would be a catch, my dear, were you bankrupt and common as dirt—or as I am.”

Oh, Percy 💔 my beloved

[bel-7823]

So I have this fanfiction idea folks that includes fandom input!

The premise is this: Hector dies at Culloden, and now he’s in the afterlife and able to communicate with John through letters. The thing is, Hectors not the only one… other ghosts in heaven follow John’s story and think it’s interesting, they also have opinions. Sooo

This may be a hit or miss. The ask: if you were a spirit in outlander and could write anything to Lord John Grey during his brotherhood of the blade era, what would it be?

(Ps I had in my head this is going to be a Percy/John fic, but honestly I’d be open to take this story in other directions [though I don’t have a handle on Stephen or Jamie so I won’t write ships with them in it]. I’ll include what I can and what inspired me. And if there’s any way you’d like me to credit or reference your name lmk. Also if anyone has ideas for how to do this premise I’d love to hear it! We’ll see how it goes or if I end up actually writing this lol.)

[jin-zixun]

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[hurt-comfort-cache]

outlander side novels whump list

i'm still working on a list for the main series, since i only started keeping track of the whump midway through book 5, but here is all the whump for everything outside the 9 "big books" of outlander! these are listed in publication order, but if you're interested in reading them in chronological order, there's a list on diana gabaldon's website.

spoilers for the series abound! enjoy :D

some clarification: published books are in bold, some of which are short story collections. individual short stories within each book are listed in quotes (i.e. "the custom of the army" is a short story in seven stones to stand or fall). the short stories aren't in chronological order within the books, which is annoying when you're trying to read them in order... but such is life. also, some of the short stories were first published in other collections. fortunately, most of the lord john novels can be read to stand alone.

lord john and the private matter

john grey: passes out, vomits, given opium, poisoned (ch15); still nauseous (ch16)

lord john and the brotherhood of the blade

john grey: attacked in alley, beaten, vomits (ch10); whipped (consensual, ch22); vomits (ch23); skirmish, injured eye (ch24); shrapnel in chest, surgery (ch29-30)

lord john and the hand of devils

"lord john and the hellfire club"

john grey: drugged (pt 3)

"lord john and the succubus" - none

"lord john and the haunted soldier"

john grey: extreme stress (part 1); shrapnel from explosion comes out, blood, pain (part 3)

the scottish prisoner

jamie fraser: almost faints (ch8); panic attack-ish (ch10); fight, arm numb + bruised, ass bruised (ch20); arm + ass pain lingering (ch27); slapped + challenged to a duel, nosebleed (ch30)

john grey: arrested for murder (ch23), cold + wet (ch26); duel: sword slash on thigh, hit on head, stabbed in sternum, passes out (ch32), aftermath (ch33)

tom byrd: shot in the arm, passes out, tourniquet (ch25-26)

hal grey: migraine, nauseous (ch43)

seven stones to stand or fall

"the custom of the army"

lord john: touches electric eel

"the space between"

michael murray: pain; drunk, vomits, grieves dead wife

"a plague of zombies"

john grey: fight, choked; drugged

tom byrd: kidnapped (though unharmed)

"a leaf on the wind of all hallows"

jerry mackenzie: knee pain, vertigo; punched repeatedly

"virgins"

jamie fraser: aftermath of whipping & father's death (bloody bandages, pain, emotional whump); hit on the head

ian murray: punched in the face (~halfway through)

"a fugitive green"

hal grey: faints (ch6ish); asthma attach (ch13ish)

"besieged"

john grey: hit on the head

happy whumping! if you haven't read the lord john novels, give 'em a shot! they're great, and they don't tend to wander like the plots of some of the later outlander novels. all of the stories except "besieged" and "a leaf on the wind of all hallows" take place before voyager, the third outlander novel, so if you haven't read/finished the books, you should be good if you've seen the first 2 seasons of the show.

[brotherhoodoftheblade]

My copy of BotB is getting there.❣

What books have you done this to?

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[brotherhoodoftheblade]

The Brotherhood of the Blade being my favourite LJG book is like "wow I sure do love this beautifully tragic story, maybe if I read it enough times it'll stop being so damn tragic". ^.^;