Did you know that this key moment between Brianna and Claire is different in the Books?

While we impatiently await part 2 of season 7 ofOutlandersome are diving back into the novels that inspired the series. This is the case of this Internet user who pointed out how different a key scene between Brianna and Claire is in Diana Gabaldon's Books.

We know, the series Outlander of which part 2 of season 7 arrives in November on Netflix is ​​adapted from the literary saga by Diana Gabaldon entitled Thistle and Tartan. But who says adaptation also means taking liberties for the famous Netflix series. Freedoms that have not gone unnoticed by fans of the saga as they tell it on a forum dedicated to Outlander on Reddit. The subject of the discussion? A scene from season 3 in which Claire leaves her daughter Brianna to return to the past in search of Jamie. “Don't get me wrong, I love Claire…but am I the only one who wonders how a woman can leave her daughter behind for a man?”asks a fan. “I know Brianna was an adult at the time, but to leave your daughter knowing that you might never see her again? That's a bit stupid.” comments another.

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All the more unforgivable in the eyes of some knowing that Claire herself lost her parents young and experienced the situation badly, believes another fan ofOutlander. But others come to the defense of the time traveler. “That ‘for a man’ doesn’t fit, it’s the love of his life!”underlines one of Claire's defenders who recalls: “Brianna is an adult”. “Is Claire supposed to be unhappy for the rest of her life?”asks this fan again.

Outlander : This scene is different in the novel

“If you are a parent of adult children, don’t you have the right to move freely or do whatever you want?”adds another fan to justify Claire's approach. “Brianna is over 20 years old, she can understand logic and she is able to speak and think”remarked another. If the scene is visibly problematic for some, it nevertheless differs from the literary version, if fans of the novels are to be believed. “In the books, Brianna forces her mother to go“notes an Internet user on Redditwhich details: “She threatens Claire to go herself if she doesn't. Claire has no choice but to take her seriously“. A very different scene in the series!

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