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67 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

A Novel Adaptation

Release Date: 05/30/2022

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In this episode, we intellectually discuss the character development and the benefits of having the author on standby when making a series. It’s all very high brow. Just kidding! We talk about how hot this show is, the female gaze for sex scenes and how this might have been a sexual awakening for one of us.

 

Episode Drink: The Outlander Fairy Pool Cocktail

 

Ingredients

2 oz. Tequila

1 oz. Blue Curacao

1 oz. Triple Sec

Juice of 1/2 lime use other half for garnish

4 oz. Lemon Lime Soda

Salt or Sugar

Ice

 

Instructions 

Add tequila, blue curacao, triple sec, and lime juice to a drink shaker and shake lightly.

Pour over a glass of ice rimmed with sugar or salt (you pick!) - This is where you have to be on good terms with the faire folk to get the one you want

Top off with lemon lime soda and a lemon wedge.

 

Recipe From: SugarandSoul.co



Our Drinking Game for this Story 

Take a drink:

Whenever a rape is about to happen

Take a shot when a rape does a happen

Whenever you get wet for Jamie or Claire

Take a drink every time Jamie calls Claire Sassanach

Take two drinks if and when Jamie ever calls her Claire

Whenever Claire heals someone

Take a drink anytime you ask yourself “Could I survive in this time period?”

Finish your drink when you come to the inevitable conclusion that you won’t



Covid Comfort

Jordan:WeCrashed the TV Show

Emily: Wordle, Nerdle, Heardle, Worldle, Framed

 

A Novel Adaptation was created by Emily Eppley and Jordan Redwine. See more details at www.anoveladaptation.com and see what’s coming up next to read along with us. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads to join the conversation.

Our artwork is by Kit Bernal. Our music is “Harlequin” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.