#outlander 4x04

[sassenach77yle]

I leaned back against him, feeling his warmth as a contrast to the coolness of the evening breeze. The season had not yet turned; it was still late summer, and the air was rich with the sun-roused scents of leaf and berry, but so high in the mountains, the nights turned cold. I felt the small rumble of a laugh in his chest, and warm breath brushed my ear.

“Is it so plain, then? “Plain enough.” I turned in his arms, and rested my forehead against his, so our eyes were inches apart. His were a very deep blue, the same color as the evening sky in the notch of the mountains. “Owl,” I said. He laughed, startled, and blinked as he pulled back, long auburn lashes sweeping briefly down. “What?” “You lose,” I explained. “It’s a game called ‘owl.’ First person to blink loses.” “Oh.” He took hold of my ears by the lobes and drew me gently back, forehead to forehead. “Owl, then. Ye do have eyes like an owl, have ye noticed?” “No,” I said. “Can’t say I have.”

“All clear and gold—and verra wise.” I didn’t blink. “Tell me then—why we’re staying.” He didn’t blink either, but I felt his chest rise under my hand, as he took a deep breath. “How shall I tell ye what it is, to feel the need of a place?” he said softly. “The need of snow beneath my shoon. The breath of the mountains, breathing their own breath in my nostrils as God gave breath to Adam. The scrape of rock under my hand, climbing, and the sight of the lichens on it, enduring in the sun and the wind.” His breath was gone and he breathed again, taking mine. His hands were linked behind my head, holding me, face-to-face. “If I am to live as a man, I must have a mountain,” he said simply. His eyes were open wide, searching mine for understanding.

“Will ye trust me, Sassenach?”

he said. His nose pressed against mine, but his eyes didn’t blink. Neither did mine.

“With my life,”

I said. I felt his lips smile, an inch from mine.

“And with your heart?” “Always,” I whispered, closed my eyes, and kissed him.

19 HEARTH BLESSING~ DRUMS OF AUTUMN

[samsheughan]

endless gifs of the frasers - 21/∞

[cajon-desastre]

Find me a house where no one can ever come. I like talking to you, but to no one else in the whole world.

Virginia Woolf. Letter to Lytton Strachey

[winnie-the-monster]

[themusicsweetly]

"I had noticed before that to sleep, actually sleep with someone did give this sense of intimacy, as though your dreams had flowed out of you to mingle with his and fold you both in a blanket of unconscious knowing. A throwback to some kind, I thought. In older, more primitive times (like these? asked another part of my mind), it was an act of trust to sleep in the presence of another person. If the trust was mutual, simple sleep could bring you closer together than the joining of bodies.”

—Outlander

[whiteraven-s]

404 ↣ 501

[murtaghsbeard]

Season 4 Ep 4

Let’s talk about how fairly impoverished settlers should be paying me more taxes in front of a giant rose bouquet the size of a wagon wheel. Jamie makes the deal for his land with the sketchy allegiances and looming conflict laid out very clearly. True Fraser fashion.

Young Ian is off on an expedition to trade with some tribes 😬. ...Well Ian didn’t get kidnapped by natives! Diana Galbadon let that one go!

Claire why don’t you want to stick around for childbirth of wee Marsali? We know you love a good childbirth. Claire gets all emotional thinking about how Brianna doesn’t have her to help birth her babies. Why do you think Brianna is having a child right this minute? She is 22! The show insists this must be the case.

It’s manifest destiny time! Let’s bang some posts into our property boundaries, find some old trees. Better carve our names into this old growth. Confrontation with natives comes very soon

Oh god, I’d rather watch someone get blasted by a Cherokee rifle than check in on how Roger is feeling. Don’t care, don’t care! Finally, a lady historian! And she has done what Roger for all his self interest has not done. Research! The author of Scottish settlers in colonial America or whatever sends Roger the results of her diligence and expertise because she is a dutiful historian.

Let’s discuss our frontier building projects. A wee shed for your doctor habits 🥰

Oh god Brianna, just hang up the phone and hang out with your beautiful friend and cool French bulldog. Live your life! Tell Roger to go fuck himself and go have brunch with your roommates. But Roger has some historical discovery to convey. Brianna! what an idiot, you give Roger a book without reading it first? He gets the historical tidbit. You could have had that tidbit about your mom yourself. You don’t need him! But of course now you will feel you do!

Surprise! The bear terrorizing the American wilderness is just a human in a bear suit. This surprises no one. In a bit of poetic subtlety, Jamie stabs the native bear avatar with his boundary marker like he is staking a vampire. Jamie builds a sledge to carry the bear man carcass back to the village. His absolute dearth of cultural knowledge allows him to make amends with the local tribe.

I’m very torn, they make this Cherokee representative say something like “sometimes the monster is man”in a way that must have felt like wad of peanut butter rolling off the tongue but they also say they banish rapists from their society, so that’s something.

So nice this Cherokee speaks perfect English .... and can understand the abomination that is Scottish English. They give Jamie a nice nickname, bear killer. Very ominous encounter with Cherokee healer grandma for Claire.

Oh, back to Roger. This poor homely friend is too nice to him. But at least she has some history to contribute. Jamie and Claire will be dead! Soon! I’m willing to wager though that they don’t actually die. We all know journalistic standards aren’t what they used to be.

Oh no. Brianna is going to Scotland. She is not prepared for this!

[avasetocallmyown]

“It’s perfect.”- Claire

[jamiedornaniseverything]

Claire & Jamie ► S04♥

[manders1984]

Outlander Parallels: 3x01 | 4x04

@inlovewicait​ said:

Speaking of being being an awesome gif maker... did you notice that the scene where Jaime shows Claire around the imaginary cabin, resembles Douchebag showing Clair around the Boston apartment? “This is the history professors study I presume? “ vs “ the front door I presume? “ DoucheHusband shows her the kitchen. The King of all Men shows her her future surgery. Would be swell to see that in gif form. 😜😬😘 please?

Thanks! I LOVE this request—perfectly highlights how Claire is back where she belongs. 

On the left we have an awkward discussion between two people who are essentially strangers. It’s distinctly focused primarily on what Frank wants. Though he tries to be reassuring and make her happy, it speaks volumes that he thinks she’ll be content just being a happy homemaker. They hardly need furniture for their new home with all the elephants in the room.

In contrast, she has an easy banter with the other man, who he isn’t forcing her to be something she’s not. She has complete love and adoration for him as he tells her of his dreams for their new life. He loves every single part of his wife and admires and respects her need to be a healer. Beautiful.

[give-me-a-thousandkisses]

With that bear around, I thought I’d see if I remembered how to shoot. Seems ye haven’t forgotten much.

[sassenach77yle]

||COUNTDOWN || SEASON 4 EPISODE 04 || COMMON GROUND ||

#83daysofoutlander☆

Siyo... ginali.

You k*lled him?

I did.

Tskili Yona. Tskili Yona.

He's only a man... not a monster.

Oftentimes, man is monster.

- You knew he was a man?

- Yes.

He lived among us. He was once a great warrior.

But no more?

He harmed his woman one year ago.

He laid with her against her wishes.

That is not our way, so he was banished, to live alone in the woods with no Cherokee.

He did not accept this.

He returned to us again and again, but we would not see him.

So he went deep into the woods, and his mind was lost forever.

Took the form of a bear.

He became Tskili.

He came to us again this year...

Destroying shelters, stealing food, but we could not k*ll what was already dead to us.

Now there will be no more trouble from him.

And from you?

Will there be trouble for me... for my family?

Death follows white men like the Great Spirit follows Aniyunwiya.

I'm not Tskili.

My family and I wish to live peacefully.

I give ye my word.

Our chief, Nawohali.

He prays that no more blood is spilled between us.

That is our wish as well.

Yona dihi.

"Yona dihi"?

It means "bear k*ller."

That is how you will be known to our people.

[samsheughan]

"You must not be troubled. Death is sent from the gods. It will not be your fault."

OUTLANDER 31 DAY CHALLENGE Day 9 : Favorite character who only appears in 1 episode ↳ Crystle Lightning as Giduhwa in 4x04 "Common Ground"

[cajon-desastre]

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

Jean-Paul Sartre

[winnie-the-monster]

[themusicsweetly]

Jamie x Claire [5 x 03 | 5 x 10]

“I assure you, sir, she has a great deal of fortitude... Couldn’t do it without her.”