Outlander season 7 has officially copied one of Game of Thrones’ grossest romance twists. Though both TV series fall within the fantasy genre, they could hardly be more different. Outlander is a romance series at its core, and the politics that sit center stage of Game of Thrones is nowhere to be seen. Still, there are times, especially in season 7, when there is a bit of crossover. Game of Thrones was known for its bloody and disturbing twists. Now, Outlander has borrowed one.
One of the ways that Outlander and Game of Thrones are similar is the steamy sex scenes. Neither fantasy series shy away from getting up close and personal with characters who are making love. Outlander recently delivered on this with William Ransom and Jane Pocock. In season 7, part 2, William meets Jane at a brothel and pays for a night with her to save her from the violent Captain Harkness. While he hadn’t been expecting intimacy, they ultimately had a rather steamy time. It quickly became apparent that William had fallen in love with Jane in Outlander. Unfortunately, the finale revealed that they may be related.
Outlander Copied Game Of Thrones’ Jon Snow & Daenerys Incest Twist
It Looks Like Jane Is William’s Nephew
Back when Game of Thrones was in its heyday, audiences were thrilled to see Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen hook up with one another. As two fan favorites, they were a match made in heaven. Of course, this was dampened by the reveal that Jon Snow was secretly the son of Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys’ brother. So, the romance audiences had been enjoying wound up being incestuous—Jon was Daenerys’ nephew.
Now, Outlander has pulled a strikingly similar twist. Jane was William’s first love interest, and the fact that she ended up dead was a terribly tragic end to their story. However, this was only made worse by Claire’s suspicion in Outlander that Fanny Pocock’s mother, Faith, is really her own daughter who somehow lived after being stillborn. If Claire’s hunch in Outlander season 7’s finale is true, then Jane was actually William’s nephew.
How William & Jane Might Be Related In Outlander
Jane’s Mother Might Have Been William’s Biological Sister
Game of Thrones is known for its complicated family trees, but Outlander may take the cake in this regard. Back in Outlander season 2, Jamie and Claire became pregnant with their first child. Unfortunately, the baby arrived too early and didn’t survive. She was named Faith and buried in France. Later, Jamie and Claire had another baby, Brianna. However, while Outlander’s star-crossed lovers were separated for a couple of decades, Jamie fathered a bastard, William.
The finale of Outlander season 7 saw Claire come to believe that Faith had somehow lived. It’s implied that Master Raymond had something to do with this, though the details have yet to be revealed. If Faith Fraser truly is Faith Pocock, then the woman’s daughters, Jane and Fanny, are Jamie and Claire’s grandchildren. This would also mean that Jane’s mother had been William’s sister—making Jane herself his nephew. Of course, this has yet to be definitively confirmed in Outlander. Season 8 may reveal that Claire is mistaken. Still, if she is right, William has a rough journey ahead of him.
William Finding Out The Truth About Jane Could Be Just As Disastrous As Game Of Thrones
William’s Honor Continues To Be Challenged
The reveal that Jon and Daenerys were nephew and aunt in Game of Thrones was the beginning of a disastrous sequence of events. While incest didn’t bother Daenerys, she was upset that her lover could have a better claim to the throne than her. Long story short, it quickly became apparent that both Daenerys and Jon couldn’t live. This truth led to Game of Thrones’ ending being massively unpopular. The characters and their development fell to pieces.
Jane is already dead in Outlander, but the revelation that William had fallen in love and slept with his own niece could lead to a similarly chaotic mess within his own story. The whole reason he met Jane in the first place was because of a massive identity crisis. William had just learned in season 7 that Jamie Fraser was his biological father, which meant he was a bastard and not a true-born earl. This led him into a brothel and Jane’s arms. William is deciding on the type of man he is, following all these twists and turns.
If he discovers the truth about Jane, then William will have to grapple with the fact that he is the bastard son of a groom who had an incestuous relationship with his own niece.
William is all about being honorable and respectable, and learning that he is actually a bastard brings his life crashing down. He went from being the honorable Earl of Ellesmere to being the imposter son of a groom. If he discovers the truth about Jane, then William will have to grapple with the fact that he is the bastard son of a groom who had an incestuous relationship with his own niece. Outlander season 7 already demonstrated the sorts of destructive decisions William makes while grappling with his identity. Such a revelation in Outlander season 8 will surely send him spiraling even further.
William & Jane Aren’t The Grosses Incest Twist Of The Outlander Series
Outlander Is No Stranger To Bizarre Intimate Connections
The fact that William and Jane could be related is reason enough for Outlander audiences to hope that Claire is wrong about Faith. The connection these two shared was short-lived but sweet, and such a reveal would significantly taint the moment. Currently, it’s impossible to tell one way or the other. Outlander’s Faith twist is not a feature of Diana Gabaldon’s books, so nothing in canon supports the idea that William and Jane are related. Still, this isn’t to say that an incestuous relationship is anything new to Outlander.
Game of Thrones was full of romances between blood relatives, especially where the Targaryens are involved. While Outlander didn’t contain nearly as much of this, the book saw Buck MacKenzie share an intimate moment with Geillis Duncan, his biological mother. Unlike William, Buck knew full well how he was related to Geillis, and this seemed to make him even more curious about her body. By comparison, William accidentally sleeping with his niece is pretty tame. The Outlander TV show ultimately cut Buck’s grossest moment, and it’s also possible that William’s incest twist didn’t happen either.
Outlander’s Faith Twist Could Still Be Undone In Season 8
Claire Could Be Wrong About Jane & Fanny’s Mother
Claire came to the conclusion that Jane’s mother is her daughter based on a 20th-century song that Fanny sang, as well as Master Raymond’s appearance in her dream. For now, that’s not really much to go on. It’s perfectly possible that Outlander season 8 will reveal that Claire is wrong, though the false revelation is still sure to lead to some exciting twists and turns for the series. This would be a bit of a relief since Outlander’s Game of Thrones-like incest twist isn’t the best for William’s story. Still, with these types of fantasy series, it’s difficult to tell what uncomfortable surprises will come next.