看完了前五集之后我把自己的感受总结为“写给苏格兰的情书”。里面原汁原味的苏格兰场景、服装、音乐还有历史背景乃至其语言让我们不得不对这个阳刚古朴的国家升腾起亲密感。另外一个原因则是其主演Sam（饰演Jamie）。电视剧里看到他长发、胡子、格子裙我直接就硬了，然后追他的访谈。在访谈中他多次表达了作为一个苏格兰人，能够参演这样一部电视剧，对于他深入自己的文化并将苏格兰介绍给全世界对于他是多么珍贵的机会。所以我说这是一封情书，一方面这是Sam对苏格兰的一封情书，也是所有爱屋及乌的观众的一封情书。
我实在等不及它更新的速度，所以就找来原著快速扫描，专找令人心惊肉跳面红耳赤的段落。隆重推荐16到18章Jamie 和Claire 结婚蜜月的那些段落，男主生猛又体贴，还是小处男，读得我小心肝一颤一颤的。后来男主女主快乐地生活在一起，不幸男主被英国人抓住要吊死了，女主跑去营救结果把自己也搭进去了，然后呢，男主为了救女主脱离虎口提出只要放人任由Jack随！意！凌！虐！绝！不！还！手！
The cool Scottish voice was matter-of-fact. “Let the woman go, and ye can have me. Do what ye wish to me. I’ll not struggle, though I’ll allow you to bind me if ye think it needful. And I’ll not speak of it, come tomorrow. But first you’ll see the woman safe from the prison.”
Jack呢就开始占Jamie便宜，要求先吻一个作证明。
He took Jamie’s chin in his hand and turned his face up. “Now kiss me,” he said softly, and lowered his head to Jamie’s unresisting mouth. Randall’s face when he rose was dreamy, eyes gentle and faraway, long mouth quirked in a smile.（dreamy好销魂）
后来女主又发起了一次营救行动，这次营救成功了，恢复中的男主提供了大量的第一手资料，让我们得以详细了解Jack是怎么调教男主的。
“He lifted my face then, between his hands, and he licked the drops of brandy from my lips. I wanted to pull back from him, but I’d given my word, so I just sat still.”
“After a moment, I could feel a hand on my head, but I didn’t move. He began to stroke my hair, very gently, over and over.（卧槽，原来是真爱。）
“When he rose up, he took the knife and drew it across my chest, from one side to the other. It was not a deep cut, but it bled a bit. He watched my face a moment, then reached out a finger and dipped it in the blood.” Jamie’s voice was unsteady, tripping and stammering from time to time. “He licked my blood off his finger, with little flicks of his tongue, like a c-cat washing itself. He smiled a bit, then—very kind, like—and bent his head to my chest. I was not bound at all, but I could not have moved. I just…sat there, while he used his tongue to…It did not hurt, precisely, but it felt verra queer. After a time, he stood up and cleaned himself careful with a towel.”“He—he told me that.…I was delicious.
（这是什么玩法？）
He had his arms round my neck, and he pulled on me, and buried his face in my shoulder, and I could feel he was crying. I couldna tell what he was saying for a bit, and then I could; he was saying ‘I love you, I love you,’ over and over, with his tears and his spittle running down my chest. I canna think why I did it. But I put my arms about him, and we just lay still for a bit. He stopped crying, finally, and kissed me and stroked me. Then he whispered to me, ‘Tell me that you love me.’ ” He paused in the recital, smiling faintly. “I would not do it. I dinna know why. By then I would ha’ licked his boots and called him the King of Scotland, if he’d wanted it. But I wouldna tell him that. I don’t even remember thinking about it; I just—wouldn’t.” He sighed and his good hand twitched, gripping the coverlet. “He used me again—hard. And he kept on saying it: ‘Tell me that you love me, Alex. Say that you love me.’（看来Jack内心有一段虐恋难以忘怀啊。还有，Jamie你嘴上说不，身体挺诚实的嘛，竟然主动抱Jack.）
然后第一部就在这样诡异的气氛中结束了，读完我已是满头黑线。继续查维基，作者除了第一部外20年内一溜又写了6本，正在写第八本。其中第二本描述男主参加Jacobite起义之前强行把女主扭送到未来，女主怀着男主的血脉与Frank重温旧梦，20年后Frank去世，女主向女儿坦露实情，之后如此这般这般如此，她和女儿又穿回去重温旧梦，还带上了Jamie几世孙小拖油瓶等等，发现男主被俘逃回又有续弦生子等等。总之要有多狗血有多狗血。
这还不算完，第三部写男主又被俘，怎么和监狱长（此人是gay）发展出一段暧昧的关系。（这个监狱长自己还有三四部小说构成的spin-off）后来四部人物越来越多，场景也转移到了美国大陆，历史背景又变成了独立战争。跨度极大，情节万分跳跃，越写到后来越和苏格兰不搭界了，反而和作者自己熟悉的美国历史建立起了联系。至此再也不能说是写给苏格兰的情书了，把第一部和最后一部对比起来一看，人物换了个遍，感觉根本就不像是一个系列里的书。总之，如果说第一部看起来还不像是晋江，越到后来越有种狗尾续貂硬凑的感觉，网络小说的气质也就越浓厚。看完梗概之后我感觉脑洞大开，看世界的角度都不一样了呢。
不过作者在访谈中介绍，这套书本来也就是作者的练笔之作，写的时候连genre都没有想好，所以也就导致了这样的大杂烩。想不到美国读者这么喜欢SM，此书一炮打响，从此不断有续集。
总之。要想紧凑一些，我觉得改编两三季就可以，见好就收，不要恋栈。然后希望Starz拍以上镜头时能尺度大开，直追斯巴达克斯。
第16集
