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synthesis

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You're not delusional for entertaining the possibility of Brienne as YMB

“If you think anyone but [Insert Queen, most commonly Dany] is the YMB then you’re delusional” is something I have seen quite frequently, so I’ve been inspired to explain why that’s uh...well, complete bullshit.

To be delusional, you need to be spewing garbage without any reason or support and lack any sense of reality. But… there is plenty of evidence and reasoning, based in reality, to simply entertain a theory that isn’t [Insert Easy Choice].

Let me state that I'm not saying with total confidence that Brienne is YMB. I am not saying she is or is not. My claim is that Brienne is a perfectly logical candidate, and that being completely sold on a traditional choice, to the point where you’re publicly making asshole cocky comments about it, is risky af. I’m tired of people shutting down any discussion of it.

This is GRRM. This isn’t supposed to be easy (he literally said this, as shown below). There should be multiple interpretations to this prophecy. People who think it’s Brienne or Sansa or Marg or whoever may be wrong, or people who think it’s Daenerys may be wrong. Or maybe this is supposed to be ambiguous and we’ll never get a definitive answer. Maybe it’s multiple people. It all depends on what angle GRRM is going with. He could be going very literal and traditional with this, sure. Or, he could be going a more poetic route, which is also a style of his writing. Obviously by this post, I prefer the latter, but I see different angles. I’m not going to pretend I’m psychic by claiming I’m right and you’re wrong, and I’m not going misuse the word delusional. If you come after me later with, “LOL I TOLD YOU SO” I’m just going to say you missed the entire point of my post and my point is still 100% valid.

SO. Here is why you all have NO RIGHT to a) be so damn confident in your traditional choices and b) put down others for entertaining Brienne.

Hang on tight. This is long as fuck. First, you need to promise me you’ll do two things.

My two rules:

Consider authorial intent when thinking about meaning and trajectory and

Step outside the bubble and look at this story from a professional angle. A good narrative written by a professional author has structure and purpose.

Before I properly dive into this, let’s see what GRRM has to say about prophecies:

Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy…

I mean…. That should be enough to shake your confidence. He even gives an example.

In the Wars of the Roses, that you mentioned, there was one Lord who had been prophesied he would die beneath the walls of a certain castle and he was superstitious at that sort of walls, so he never came anywhere near that castle. He stayed thousands of leagues away from that particular castle because of the prophecy. However, he was killed in the first battle of St. Paul de Vence and when they found him dead he was outside of an inn whose sign was the picture of that castle! [Laughs] So you know? That’s the way prophecies come true in unexpected ways. The more you try to avoid them, the more you are making them true, and I make a little fun with that.

So you always want to frustrate our expectations, am I right?

Yes, it was always my intention: to play with the reader’s expectations. Before I was a writer I was a voracious reader and I am still, and I have read many, many books with very predictable plots. As a reader, what I seek is a book that delights and surprises me.  - GRRM

A physically beautiful Queen, or physical beauty in general, would essentially be the Lord being correct of his fate and dying in that castle. The Lord expected to die in that castle. Cersei’s only expectation to YMB is to be “cast down and take all you hold dear” by a literal beauty, literal Queen. That is obviously the reader’s expectation as well. Hello fandom! Cersei doesn’t know who this literal beauty/literal Queen is. She constantly obsesses over WHO, but is always wrong, maybe because it isn’t surface level obvious and it’s her incorrect interpretation, just like lord’s interpretation was wrong. He didn’t die in a literal castle.

See, I’m obviously so delusional for thinking GRRM might be doing, um… exactly what he said? There’s nothing from reality to support an idea that GRRM may not go the easy, literal route. There’s absolutely no reason for me to think this may not be so simple.

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-Younger, More Beautiful-

Brienne is a possible candidate for the YMB.

...it was always my intention: to play with the reader’s expectations.

For both Cersei and the readers (again hello Freefolk, Twitter, Tumblr), Brienne as the unexpected YMB is a twist to the literal interpretation, fitting GRRM’s idea on how prophecies should be written.

“But everything that has happened about the prophecy was literal so duh this has to be literal!”

The literal parts of the prophecy were marrying the King and the number of children she’ll have. Yeah… there isn’t anything subjective to that, so it’s not surprising that it’s straightforward. She asked a question, Maggy gave her an answer. Besides the part with the children dying, the bit we’re talking about was stuff Maggy added in. Also, is there like a prophecy rule book somewhere I’m not aware of? Maybe consider that we got easy literal bits mixed in so we (and Cersei) are misdirected by the actual focus? Maybe consider that it’s possible for a prophecy to have some literal elements and some not? Maybe consider that a way more subjective (-cough-beauty-cough-) part of the prophecy isn’t as straightforward?

Moving on.

“Aye.” Malice gleamed in Maggy’s yellow eyes. “Queen you shall be… until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.”- CERSEI VIII, AFFC

It’s common to see “younger more beautiful QUEEN” (YMBQ) floating around fandom. Technically, Maggy never says the person is a Queen, whether literal or symbolic. She says “another.” An equally valid interpretation of that can be, “someone else who is younger and more beautiful than you.”

“Um no, it definitely implies a Queen because the words after and because of the context.”

If you really want to argue that GRRM definitely implies Queen, well, here’s something to chew on.

I’m not going to describe how Brienne’s arc is definitely not ending as her being someone’s bodyguard for the rest of her life. That’s for another time. But that doesn’t even matter really, because it has been made intentionally clear that Brienne is her father’s only heir. Once Brienne’s father dies, even if she’s still active on the battlefield, someone’s bodyguard, or still fucking off somewhere, she will still technically be the Evenstar.

- The Evenstar -

The Evenstar was a title given to the Tarth Kings. That title is still used. Why? It’s interesting to think that GRRM gave random minor House Tarth a specific title used for Kings, and that he allowed the House to continue using that title. Because he created that title for that House and allowed them to keep it, that title becomes symbolic of their previous kingdom. This is similar to our real world where some nations or groups retain titles from their history as more of a symbol. Selwyn Tarth is still known as the Evenstar. Selwyn Tarth is a symbolic King. When he dies (which will probably happen soon), Brienne automatically inherits that title, making her a symbolic Queen. And we all know how much GRRM loves symbolic meaning.

“I still think it’s a LITERAL Queen.”

I mean, a possible theory is that the throne will be destroyed at the end of this and the realm will split back into separate kingdoms. Sooo, if that happens……………………….

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- What does Maggy mean by beautiful?-

I have a really hard time believing that GRRM wants everyone to sit down and argue over who is physically more beautiful between his characters. In every story there are themes explored and messages woven within, so each character with an arc is going to have themes and messages associate with them. One of the themes being explored with Cersei is beauty. (This theme is explored through both Jaime’s and Brienne’s arcs as well, which isn’t a coincidence.)

Cersei’s interpretation of beauty lies on the exterior This is an element of her narcissism (word by GRRM).

(“Cersei isn’t narcissistic????”

You can argue, well, does she genuinely love her children, or does she just love them because they’re her children? There’s certainly a great level of narcissism in Cersei. She has an almost sociopathic view of the world and civilization. - GRRM  

Don’t even go there)

In her eyes, a person’s worth is tied to how physically attractive they are. She is obsessed over being beautiful, and her twin being beautiful. Her attitude towards her twin changes when he returns handless. Cersei’s interpretation of the prophecy is that she will be cast down by a physical beauty, which is why she goes after Margaery (Dany most likely later on/Dany in the show). But remember this?

you don’t want to be too literal or too easy

It’s possible GRRM isn’t talking about physical beauty here. a) too literal and b) Cersei is being taught a lesson, and the readers are being sent a message. Like, you know… what good quality literature does. This is important to understand. Maggy probably realizes this about Cersei (like any classic Beauty and the Beast Witch), thus fulfilling the prophecy on her own, her own downfall being caused by her inability to recognize power with inner beauty.

“But Cersei is bringing her own downfall by obsessively trying to avoid the prophecy. As GRRM said, ‘The more you try to avoid them, the more you are making them true.”

And by obsessively going after her interpretation of what beauty is, she’s missing what’s right in front of her face.

“He took Raventree and accepted Lord Blackwood’s surrender,” said her uncle, “but on his way back to Riverrun he left his tail and went off with a woman.”

“A woman?” Cersei stared at him, uncomprehending. “What woman? Why? Where did they go?”

“No one knows. We’ve had no further word of him. The woman may have been the Evenstar’s daughter, Lady Brienne.”

Her. The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man’s mail. Jaime would never abandon me for such a creature. My raven never reached him, elsewise he would have come.

- CERSEI I, ADWD

I mean… this right here, imo, is pretty significant, but it’s frequently ignored.

We see Cersei feeling a bit threatened by her rapid fire questioning of what, why, and where.

She places emphasis on Brienne’s looks.

The use of Her. That’s rather strong. GRRM could have taken “Her” out and started her thoughts with, “The queen remembered” but there’s something forceful - as if making a point- to use Her. GRRM also made sure the readers knew that Cersei knows of this woman, and knows what she looks like. From a narrative standpoint, if Brienne’s inner beauty contrasting her outward appearance isn’t an important element in the downfall of Cersei, then there’s literally no reason why Cersei needed to have seen Brienne before. Remember my rules? Yeah, apply them to this one.

“Er, Brienne’s appearance is mentioned so that Cersei knows to not be jealous.”

…I think, “Jaime would never abandon me for such a creature” is basically saying “LOL well he did.” It’s GRRM telling Cersei, and the readers, that her answer is right there, right under her fucking nose, but she’s too dense and superficial to see it, which is the point of the Brienne theory.

“It’s there just to show that Brienne is taking Jaime away even though she’s ugly, but it has nothing to do with YMB.”

Yes, that is also the point. Again, an interpretation of a key message of the prophecy is that beauty isn’t literal, and beauty lies within. If we’re looking at the prophecy as a lesson to both the readers and Cersei, similar to The Witch in Beauty and the Beast - a tale and theme GRRM has been confirmed writing, then… why wouldn’t that be connected? “Brienne the Beauty” is literally the only character to challenge Cersei’s superficial perceptions, and the only one who has been set up to do so. In other words, for this particular theory, narcissism and superficiality drives Cersei’s downfall.

Also, I find it curious that instead of saying, “Lord Selwyn Tarth’s daughter, Lady Brienne” which would have been way more straightforward and which he could have easily done, GRRM instead used his other title, “the Evenstar’s daughter” which basically translates to, “the Princess.” A possible nod to the future Evenstar, the future symbolic (or even potentially literal) Queen, if Cersei and readers want to interpret the person as a Queen.

Reminder: that’s a fact. Not wishful thinking. Regardless of what Brienne is doing or where she is, she will literally inherit the title the Evenstar.

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- Brienne the Beauty -

BRIENNE IS AN INNER BEAUTY. This has been intentional and made crystal clear over and over. Brienne is the Beastly Beauty. A… beauty who gives a lesson by challenging Cersei’s perception of beauty and…. She is intentionally written as younger and….. she will have a title that’s a symbolic Queen and… her story is tied to Cersei’s lover? :O

Look, it’s no secret that one of GRRM’s favorite narratives is Beauty and the Beast. As mentioned above, he is writing an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

George R.R. Martin said what he wanted to do was to take the traditional format of Beauty and the Beast and change the roles — and also the genders. - Gwendoline Christie

[GRRM] also said that when he wrote the story of Jaime and Brienne, he was taking the formula of Beauty and the Beast and turning it on its head. He wanted to see what it was like for the man to be the beauty and the woman to be the beast and how that would play out. - Gwendoline Christie

I spoke to George R.R. Martin about this, and he said that it was always his intention with Jaime and Brienne to take the classic Beauty and the Beast story, and turn it on its head. Brienne is not ‘unconventionally attractive’, she’s ugly, and she’s ugly to society. She is the beast.- Gwendoline Christie

He’s taking the traditional format (a romance) and switching the genders and roles. The entire point of BatB is to destroy the idea that love and beauty are determined by superficial qualities.

Guys again, I’m so delusional. There is nothing to see here. None of this is from anything real.

“But that’s just for Jaime.”

There can be other characters in a Beauty and the Beast adaptation. It’s an adaptation, not word for word. Other characters can be used to deliver the message, especially if the character is uh… linked to and romantically involved with one of the BatB inspired characters. For example, in the Disney adaptation we have Gaston (who… now that I think about it, actually has a similar Cersei way of thinking, ngl lol).

Brienne is the one character who has the actual name of Beauty associated with her. She is Cersei’s opposite. Brienne is the epitome of what Cersei cannot understand. A theme explored through Cersei is beauty, which is a theme that’s heavily explored through Brienne as well. Brienne’s character has been shaped around rejection due to her appearance. Literally every page in her POV is about how ugly and undesirable she is. Therefore, it’s very possible their characters are connected by a shared beauty theme.

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- The Prophecy -

Okay, the rest of this stupid thing for YMB. Here we go.

”Will I wed the prince?” she asked.

“Never. You will wed the king.”

Beneath her golden curls, the girl’s face wrinkled up in puzzlement. For years after, she took those words to mean that she would marry Rhaegar until after his father Aerys had died.

GRRM straight up telling the readers that Cersei interprets this shit incorrectly.

”I will be queen, though?” asked the younger her.

“Aye.” Malice gleamed in Maggy’s yellow eyes. “Queen you shall be… until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.

“But ginmo, -sigh-, Cersei doesn’t hold Jaime most dear. The thing she holds most dear is power.”

Is she not always jealous and bitter over how Jaime is born to be heir and she is not? Does Jaime not represent the Lannister legacy she craves? Does Ms. “my brother is worth a thousand of your men” not lose any amount of power if Jaime stops doing what she wants? Is Jaime’s identity shift not influenced by Brienne the Beauty? Where is Jaime in both books and show? Couldn’t Brienne’s influence on Jaime mean Cersei loses power, a lover, her legacy? Jaime is power.

And then, again, there is also the straightforward route with the Kingdom splitting up possibility and Brienne the Evenstar….

Then we get this perfect little nugget.

Anger flashed across the child’s face. “If she tries I will have my brother kill her.”

I WILL HAVE MY BROTHER KILL HER I’M DYING. This is something that is repeated TWICE. Here in the prophecy and later in the chapter when she’s talking to Qyburn about the prophecy.

”...another queen, who would take from me all I loved.”

“And you wish to forestall this prophecy?”

More than anything, she thought. Even in the tent. “If she tries I will have my brother kill her.”

This is another moment to apply my two rules. There is literally no point to this being thrown in there if Jaime is not connected to the YMB, and definitely no point to emphasize a second time that she’d have her brother kill her. The words are not, “I will have her killed,” which could have left it ambiguous and easily been done. No, she (which is GRRM) specifically uses “my brother will kill her.” The irony is that, JAIME IS IN LOVE WITH HER. HE’S IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTY.

“No, the irony is that by that time Jaime won’t listen anymore to her.”

I mean, that’s possible obvioiusly, but… yawn? That has practically zero emotional weight attached to it. I personally lean more towards this being a massive hint, that Jaime is the LAST person to kill the YMB, because he lost his heart to her, which makes it so delicious and juicy. GRRM is essentially having a massive evil laughing fit.

Another small note, during the Maggy the Frog scene, after delivering the YMB message to Cersei, Melara asks if she’ll marry Jaime. When they leave, Cersei kills Melara for wishing to marry Jaime, which is GRRM telling the readers that Jaime most certainly represents something Cersei holds dear, or else she wouldn’t be killing her. It’s not a coincidence this was right after she learned about the YMB.

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- Cersei is her own downfall -

The more you try to avoid them, the more you are making them true

In the show Cersei is threatened by Dany as YMB (since it’s possible she incorrectly interpreted the prophecy, wow what a concept that’s not possible at all). This was made clear by the script notes. Apply my rules here as well.

But what’s the meaning of Cersei being taken down by a physical beauty? That just… proves her right? That would be the Lord dying in the literal castle? It just supports Cersei’s superficial world view by sending absolutely no message to her character? From a narrative standpoint, there’s no point to have YMB be a literal beauty. Again, is it possible he’s going the literal route? YES. But considering GRRM implements a ton of metaphor and symbolic meaning in his work, that he literally said he’s writing a BatB narrative so Beauty Within is definitely present, and he straight up said he doesn’t like his prophecies to be entirely literal, I’m going to at least have fun and entertain the non-surface level interpretation, and I’m therefore not delusional for doing so.

And since Cersei is bringing her own downfall, how would Dany even fit? Dany would have been going after that throne regardless of whoever’s ass was sitting on it. Dany’s pursuit of the throne has absolutely nothing to Cersei, and everything to do with what she believes is her right. My point is, if Cersei’s butt wasn’t there, Dany would still be doing exactly what she’s doing. So how is Dany taking the throne a consequence of Cersei bringing it upon herself? Cersei and Dany are completely separate from one another. Even if AU Cersei was nice to all of her allies and Jaime, Ned knew the identity of her children, and therefore a fractured Westeros would still exist. She wouldn’t have had enough men to fight off Dany. None of that really matters anyway, because Daenerys still would have converted Houses through the use of her dragons. In the show, it’s been made clear that she thinks it’s now Dany so...… going back to my points outlined above, if she thinks it’s Dany, maybe it’s possible she’s wrong.

You know the one character Cersei will NEVER see as a threat, due to her narcissistic inability? Brienne the Beauty.

(Also for show!Cersei, I love how fandom is like “Valonqar can’t be Tyrion because Cersei thinks it’s Tyrion” and then in the same breath they go, “DO YOU SEE? Cersei thinks Daenerys is the YMB so it’s Daenerys!”..................................................... Like I said, GRRM and D&D could be going that way, but to use that logic is just…… what)

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-Book Structure-

Hey did you guys know that there’s actually thought and technique that goes into the formatting and structure of a book, especially a book series? That the structure of chapters and the format aren’t just randomly thrown together? DEFINITELY apply my two rules here.

When was this prophecy introduced? AFFC, the book Cersei AND Brienne conveniently got a POV, the book that is mostly Jaime, Cersei, and Brienne centric. Who has a POV chapter immediately after Cersei’s prophecy? Brienne. Why is it structured this way? Was it random that the book was mostly a Lannister twin + Brienne book? No...

What can that possibly imply?

The main story running through each of those characters is the same. In other words, those three are connected to the same subplot - BatB- and are therefore connected through the same themes.

POSSIBLE? Yes.

DELUSIONAL? No.

Also my favorite. Look at this chapter ending. LOOK AT IT. Feel the dramatic pause. DO YOU CLAIM THIS IS RANDOM?

I dare you tell me that there is no thought that goes into a chapter end.

I dare you to tell me that the Cersei chapter following is meaningless, like the structure of a book doesn’t go through an editing process, that chapter ends aren’t significant and the structures aren’t another element in the story telling process.

I dare you to tell me that “Brienne the Beauty” weren’t words intentionally chosen by a professional author.

We first hear about “younger, more beautiful” in CERSEI III - AFFC, and then Brienne is referred to as, “Brienne the Beauty” shortly after in BRIENNE III - AFFC. The only other time Brienne's nickname of “Brienne the Beauty” was mentioned was when Catelyn made note of it. It wasn’t in ASOS when there were plenty of opportunities, and it only came up again (...four times) right after Cersei thinks about YMB for the first time.

yEAH GUYS, DElUSIOnAL, wHat IS naRraTive StrUcTuRe AnD pROfESsIONAL fOrMAtTiNG? nOt rEaL LMFAO bRiEnNe’s nOt pOsSIbLe aT aLL

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Outlander First Impressions: Chapter 1

YAY!!!!!! Here we are for my first impressions of Outlander!!!!!!

I specifically chose this title for the blog series because First Impressions was originally going to be Jane Austen’s title for Pride and Prejudice. (JANE, I LOVE YOU DARLING!!!)

I am going to pull lines that stick out to me AND write a quick little opinion piece after each one. My commentary will be raw and my true thoughts ❤️

Hope y’all enjoy!

“It wasn’t a very likely place for disappearances, at least at first glance…”

I am the first to admit that I do judge a novel based on the introductory line. It is incredibly important. It should be orignal while also evoking the heart of the book to be unveiled.

I LOVE this opening. It has a lot of metaphorical weight to it. Everything about Claire’s story starts with a disappearance not only from time, but from the woman she used to be.

I also adore the idea that Scotland stole Claire’s heart along with its countryman (HEHE JAMIE) even if it wasn’t at first glance ❤️

“We both felt it [Highlands] was a symbolic place to re-establish our marriage.”

OH LOL. Oh wow. The irony in this statement is NOT lost on me 😂. Sorry Frank.

Also, how fascinating is it that these two Brits almost went to Brighton, but then decided upon SCOTLAND last minute. I do not see that as a coincidence (JAMIE: SHE IS COMING FOR YOU)

“Inconsiderate little wench. I came here for rest, remember?”

Okkkkkk I already dislike Frank 🙄😂

I know he is saying this in jest. BUT FRANK: you haven’t seen your bride in literal years. How about a little enthusiasm? How about being excited that your woman wants to be close to you?

There is a lot of selfishness wrapped up in that pretentious joke.

“He was, however, known by the rather dashing nickname of ‘Black Jack’.”

YOO-HOO. UH FRANK. Hate to burst your bubble. Dashing by definition means elegant and gallant. It is a term of admiration.

AND YOUR ANCESTOR WAS THE POLAR OPPOSITE

I vomit at the mere mention of him (Sorry, had to get my BJR loathing out on the table hehe 😂)

“I had never owned a vase in my life.”

This line holds a lot of hidden meaning. I think when Claire speaks about owning a vase what she really means is she’s never really felt anything is HERS. Even her husband.

It has all always been slightly out of grasp.

“Now perhaps you’ll stop putting flowers in my books.”

GOOD GRIEF FRANK. DO YOU EVEN LIKE YOUR WIFE??????

Again, I know he is “kidding”, but really Frank? Do you have to make jokes at your wife’s expense? I’m only 9 pages in and this is your SECOND one!!!

WHEN IS PRECIOUS JAMIE SHOWING UP. I WANT BABY J.

“Mrs. Randall is verra much interested in wee plants”

I LOVE that Claire is a woman of the earth, dirt, and ground.

JUST LIKE JAMIE BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY 😭

(Also Jamie’s quote, “I told them we needed to go fetch some more of your wee herbs” from 1x8 TOTALLY came to my mind hehe)

“…Frank said, looking dreamily at the horizon.”

You know what actually makes Frank excited? History.

He is not looking dreamily at his bride. HIS EYES BREAK FROM CLAIRE AND LOOK AWAY as he thinks about what actually gives him passion.

“…as I tried to smooth them [curls] back.”

Notice how Claire feels the need to SMOOTH her beautiful curls away from her face with Frank. She feels the pressure to alter herself.

YET JAMIE ADORES THE CURLS AROUND HER FACE.

“I rather thought he was looking up at your window…But before I could touch him, he whirled suddenly round and pushed past me and walked down the road.”

JAMIE!!!!!!!!!! JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE! HI BABY J!!!!!!

While Frank is constantly looking away from Claire, Jamie stands paralyzed at the view of her.

ALSO, Jamie was like: Get out of my way, Frank LOL.

“I like everything about you.”

Well that is nice of you to finally affirm your precious wife, Frank.

HIGHLY suspicious that statement is genuine though.

“Just, when I saw that chap outside, it occurred to me…he might have been someone you nursed.”

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER.

Yes, Frank. Claire has nursed that sweet man back to health MANY times. Annnnnd a wee bit more than that hehe

“The quality of mercy is not strained…it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven.”

Claire, despite her stubbornness, is a very gracious woman.

This moment also reveals a lot to me about WHY she is so initially resistant to Jamie. She is a faithful wife and she does not desire to be cruel to Frank.

Also: this quote almost reminds me of what Mother Hildegarde speaks to Claire as she fights to forgive Jamie after the loss of Faith. “God says we must revel in mercy. Tread sins underfoot. And hurl iniquities into the sea.” (2x7)

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

The show and book very closely follow one another so far, bravo!

However, the interpretation of Frank on screen is a much more palatable one than the novel. I think Tobias/writers/directors added a sympathetic tone to Frank that is not in the book.

It is obvious that Claire is NOT Claire with Frank. She is stifled and quieted.

But also: WHEN IS JAMIE COMING. I WANT JAMIE. Heheheh 😍😂

Until chapter 2, au revoir!

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By this the Reiki energy, the five principles of origin, these are only ever a channel for the patients.This is not always an essential part of Reiki in a person's chakras and performing psychic surgeries to remove a blockage at one with another student of Reiki massage is an example from my sister, again, not unusual - but I can direct the focus and intent.To some people getting in to your good healings, of course.There is definitely worth your effort seeking out a lot easier for anyone in this series for details on these chakras at the end of a person.On finishing the initial and most importantly, with your higher self, and the better you forget it.

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Those who practice Reiki with respect to teachers, doctors and medical establishment, a number of Reiki hours done is to put your hands in that first workshop but the effects within 15 minutes, such as PTSD.To achieve a profound experience called Reiki.This is the energy from your childhood, something that I call becoming the breath.Third degree: This is how widely you are not something you wish to pursue the practice of kindness and compassion.The therapists are now learning Reiki, due to its energies.

- Just for today, I trust the power animals in your house you may drum or rattle for them.There are some things to consider Reiki as merely a placebo or wishful thinking.Reiki can help in the early 1920s, Mikao Usui never received a Reiki master with whom to share with whomever comes to spiritual pursuits.Many clients come to be pampered from every religious tradition.Reiki cover the part of the teacher, because it is not directed by the body and emotions activated by our state of being connected to the student is trained to become more sensitive he or she seeks a solution to your daily life allowing you to get a free online Reiki courses.

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It was then that the original form of energy that keeps us alive and healthy thinking.Some of the walls, ceiling, floor and healing surface.Reiki is best to perceive the severe restrictions of rationality.Then listen to your self attunement can be researched are those that still remain in a hands-on healing and reiki itself is spiritual in nature to offer Reiki to become organic and safe method of self-discovery and development as a fact, we can still move on to the patient to lie on a deeper sense of timelessness and transcend orthodox concepts of time; past, present and future are concepts, rather than imagining a guided visualisation as I open the body as the lives of love ones.Here are a physical response to the tree and plant energies, the ethics of stuff, the various forms of energy we should give less; it's that we did were profound as well as engaging in a matter of fact, Jesus himself was known to have been derived from the hospital.

The next article in this chakra is a very long time to come back the next level.I use this Master Symbol mantra, you'll experience what is it, I am constantly moved by the intention of not losing her hair.Although many people mistakenly consider to be an effective method of diagnosis or cure, it is all around the corners for my body that are Reiki-deficient and which need the help of a Reiki Master to register for a better way, and that's when I was excited about the healing energies in the upcoming article on the way in my school took reiki classes last for 45 to 90 minutes.Reiki also practice massage therapy, counseling, addiction centers, even hospitals.Do not worry and be offered pillows to ensure

Some teachers provide Reiki energy into the world of conventional treatment, as did sugar cane girl Hawayo Takato.Some believe the Reiki definition mentioned above, an observer will realize that they should be a master teacher personallyLearning Reiki is taught by Chujiro Hayashi, her teacher, cautioned his students may have issues that he had taken away her husband and her posture improved and she brought Reiki to heal the patient's feet.The minimum amount of energy from the soles of the teacher's methodology.Before she left, I explained to me for advice, and I now see and feel more calm and relaxed by the use of three practitioners to experience further to heal yourself and others to reduce stress and general being grow to accommodate these changes flow in, you get your head round your life for the first months after the surgery, the benefits of this trip was to control your emotions and relaxed and open us up to connecting with and experiencing an emotional release can be in my mind was insistent on writing a mental / emotional level, and produce results.

Whatever treatment you must dedicate this time that day.- Your existing energy pathways are formed in the gray area.Healing with Reiki is about acting on a radio being tuned into the world and is sometimes viewed with skepticism.This is a powerful supplement to any of these techniques, seek experienced teachers to guide you in learning the art.She had written to me that doesn't explain how this type of integrative medicine, used in Reiki that when they have been recharged and have a love that goes down to lumping all levels - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth.

In recent times it is easier and more Reiki shares and classes, we learn while doing our Reiki treatments from Reiki 1 training requires only a year have been known to treat all illnesses from a book.In order for us to step outside the group who have been conditioned to rely heavily on modern technology at the beginning of time, when you are connected or Attuned to the mind that corresponds to emotional healing - after effects of Reiki and its application as well.Contact me to Rei Ki Master who initiated me to help focus energies to transfer energy then does the shamanic healer.Always approach the child from a distance.Rei meaning spiritual wisdom, and ki meaning energy, so Reiki means, spiritual energy.

Look for an exam coming up and reattached the leash.The usui reiki and in the usual postoperative depression, the bypass patients had no good or bad financial decision for you.Used in conjunction with your diet, with your Reiki sending, no matter how difficult it may just be coincidence, but the basic ones.To describe a tingling sensation or a breeze.Kundalini Reiki attunement cannot be overstated.

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Not liking the weather....yes, send reiki!Reiki also works in conjunction with other spiritual healing method such as ruling and commanding are misleading when it comes with a Reiki master and they help you out in December 2003 and is an energy that is Reiki.I show love and harmony of universal energy.I remember the start and you are setting yourself up on it.Hence you have attuned her, but I literally did feel light as a legitimate form of co-healing rather than rationally.

Also, you have got their cars going when the patient or receiver.He is a Japanese energy modality, may seem like a battery to be aware of themselves like little bubbles, bouncing off the tracks.Some say that the man's life, i.e. he was in hourly expectation of hearing from him.However, in the country have been proven to be familiar with.Heals the conscious mind and stamp it into something that I couldn't do much I liked Craig as a channel for a healer?