[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Season 1 Episode 5, “Needfire.”]
Outlander: Blood of My Blood could have put Ellen (Harriet Slater) and Brian (Jamie Roy) middle stage, however the installment additionally arrange an intriguing thriller as Lord Lovat’s (Tony Curran) seer, Maisri (Katharine O’Donnelly), delivered a prophecy about Julia’s (Hermione Corfield).
Lord Lovat requested Maisri to talk about any visions she’d had in regards to the forthcoming child, and what she stated actually raised the intrigue surrounding the person who could or could not have been seen onscreen within the authentic Outlander. “Two bairn, one after the opposite. I see a lass, on their lonesome, with darkish curls and clear blue eyes,” Maisri stated, as she seemingly described child Claire, whom we all know Julia left behind within the 1900s when she by accident traveled via time.
“I’ve no want of a daughter,” Lord Lovat informed the seer, who reassured, “Dinna fash, milord. Her time continues to be to come back.”
When he pushed for extra details about the opposite little one, as he believed Julia’s child belonged to him, she stated, “A boy of nice significance.”
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After all, viewers know the infant belongs to Julia’s husband Henry (Jeremy Irvine), however as Lord Lovat pressed for extra data, the seer denied any perception this boy could be titled, slightly, “Higher. A better goal, uniting clans for hundreds of years to come back. His destiny is one which hangs within the steadiness. What I imply is, when the destiny of our nation is in peril, he’ll have his half to play.”
As Lord Lovat requested, “The place does this path finish?” She informed him, “Ye keep in mind ideas… of the stone of future. And ye’re proper to press. I see it clearly now… a throne.”
Whereas Lord Lovat interpreted this to imply a king was on the horizon for the Fraser bloodline, we are able to’t assist however interpret Maisri’s imaginative and prescient another way.
Though we’re extremely curious in regards to the child that Julia is carrying, there are a number of particulars talked about that appear to align with one different character we all know fairly effectively, and that may be none aside from Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan).
Clearly, this little one Julia carries isn’t a Fraser, and will by no means be Jamie, however what if Maisri’s imaginative and prescient foretold the prophecy of Jamie and Claire’s epic love story? As Ellen and Brian sealed their destiny at Beltane, it was clear they had been gearing up for no matter comes subsequent after consummating their relationship.
Maybe Jamie’s future was envisioned by Maisri amid Julia’s presence, particularly as we take into account Jamie’s hyperlink to Claire brings his household throughout centuries, as Maisri said. Their daughter, Brianna (Sophie Skelton), conceived within the 18th century and raised within the twentieth century, solely serves to show that time.
The point out of a throne might additionally seek advice from Jamie’s nickname, King of Males, and allude to his management roles sooner or later. And when the destiny of Scotland was in peril, Jamie risked his life to reserve it on Culloden Moor. Once more, whereas we’re dying to know who Julia’s child and Claire’s sibling will transform, we are able to’t assist however see Maisri’s imaginative and prescient as a prophecy of Jamie and Claire.
However what do you assume? Tell us your theories within the feedback part under, and keep tuned to see how the prophecy unfolds as Outlander: Blood of My Blood continues.
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