Jamie tells Claire about an important dream in Outlander Book 6, Chapter 121
Jamie has a dream in Outlander Book 6, Chapter 121. It turns out that it’s far more than just a dream.
From as early as Voyager, we’ve known that Jamie isn’t all that ordinary. Okay, we’ve known that from the very beginning, but it’s Voyager that really brings up Jamie’s abilities and his connection with his family. Brianna also has this same ability.
Jamie dreams of the future. It’s not just a dream of what the future could be like. He sees the future, which means he can tell Claire that Bree and Roger made it through the stones safely. However, I do spot an inconsistency with the timing, although it could be another element to Jamie’s abilities.
I would love to see this included in the TV show. There is the opportunity for it, and I’ll get to my thoughts on that in the adaptation section.
I do think it is more foreshadowing than anything else. I’ll get to my thoughts about that and what it means for Jamie’s abilities in the foreshadowing section of this post.
Let’s dive into A Breath of Snow and Ashes Chapter 121.
Just the Outlander chapter
The chapter starts with Claire waking from her sleep. Jamie’s side of the bed is empty, and that’s because he is sitting alone in the dark.
Jamie shares that he had a dream. He has seen Bree and Roger in the future, but it’s more than just a dream of what their future could be like. He talks about the manse in Inverness and even describes Fiona. There is also a mention of a telephone. Claire realizes that Jamie is seeing the future in his dreams.
I think this is rather important about Jamie’s abilities. While he can’t travel through the stones, he is able to see what the future is actually like. This isn’t the first time he’s done this, either. He’s shared before how he’s dreamed of being in the future with Claire surrounded by electric lights. Bree has also done something similar, coming through a psychic in her dreams to see her parents in the past.
I love the telephone moment. Jemmy wants to use the phone to call granddad. It’s almost like Jemmy is the one that’s helped bring Jamie to this point. He wants to communicate with Jamie, and so that’s what has happened.
At least we know the MacKenzies are in the future safe and sound.
Foreshadowing in the Outlander chapter
There is a lot of foreshadowing in this post. One of those elements is Jamie’s ability to travel through his dreams to another time. Remember the ghost at the start? I’m sure this is all foreshadowing as to how that ghost was there.
Then there’s the foreshadowing of where the MacKenzies will go. You see, it’s only been a few days since Bree and Roger took the children through the stones. They should still be in America right now. The first port of call was to Joe Abernathy. That suggests that not only is Jamie traveling to the future, he’s seeing what’s still to come for Bree and Roger.
It could also be possible that the timelines aren’t traveling in sync with each other. We already know the MacKenzies traveled 202 years into the future, so is it possible that Jamie goes to different time periods in his dreams? Again, I think it’s all going to connect to Jamie and the ghost.
Adapting A Breath of Snow and Ashes chapter
I would love to see this play out in some way in the TV series. I want to see Jemmy want to use the phone to call Jamie, and I want to see Jamie see what the future is like. However, I’m not sure there’s going to be time for it.
If there isn’t time, just a quick mention would be nice. We’ve had this happen before. During Outlander Season 4, Jamie tells Claire that he dreamed about Brianna. It was clear from his descriptions that this wasn’t just a dream. He’d traveled to her in his sleep in some way. We could have something like that happen again here to make a note of Jamie’s abilities.
What did you spot while reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes Chapter 121? Let us know in the comments below.
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