Jamie was able to laugh off and make a funny story out of his earlier experience with the homosexual advances made by the foppish duke, and IMHO he knew Black Jack was something rather different, a rapist and sadist who took pleasure in control and pain, and tried to commit similar crimes against women as well, though perhaps not with the same intensity. I think here, though, his homophobic hostility stems more from his rage at John for keeping him stashed in England, away from his men, his suffering over the loss of Claire, and anguish and anger over Geneva's death (which would remind him of his fear for Claire). It's true that his intolerance, which is so deeply insulting to John, could accurately reflect dominant attitudes in 18th century Britain, but I do think he is actually trying to be hurtful to John here, and that his earlier joking about the duke shows that he's actually inclined to be more tolerant. We know he will be later (The Scottish Prisoner can't come soon enough!). -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 06:24:30 09/24/07 Mon
Author: pamelalass
Subject: Jamie was able to laugh off and make a funny story out of his earlier experience with the homosexual advances made by the foppish duke, and IMHO he knew Black Jack was something rather different, a rapist and sadist who took pleasure in control and pain, and tried to commit similar crimes against women as well, though perhaps not with the same intensity. I think here, though, his homophobic hostility stems more from his rage at John for keeping him stashed in England, away from his men, his suffering over the loss of Claire, and anguish and anger over Geneva's death (which would remind him of his fear for Claire). It's true that his intolerance, which is so deeply insulting to John, could accurately reflect dominant attitudes in 18th century Britain, but I do think he is actually trying to be hurtful to John here, and that his earlier joking about the duke shows that he's actually inclined to be more tolerant. We know he will be later (The Scottish Prisoner can't come soon enough!).
In reply to: Lady Orelia 's message, "Considering Jamie's experiences with Black Jack Randall, I can totally understand him being a bit anti-homosexual." on 23:44:10 09/23/07 Sun

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