William is insufferable

I’ve finally finished outlander after watching all these years and I would’ve never thought there would be a more annoying character than Brianna.

There are many arcs that I was annoyed by and with only watching the show and it being over the past decade Ive forgotten some things, but my god William is the most frustrating character to watch. I understand the circumstances and his reasons for being insufferable, but that doesn’t make it less frustrating to watch. I genuinely would’ve never guessed that the introduction and formation of Brianna’s character, would be less annoying than Jamie’s other child. And well I should’ve known because- Jamie is so stubborn and hotheaded so ofc his kids are brats too😭

Brianna was so annoying in the beginning (less than Roger) and even though she calmed down, her actress’s acting and accent skills sucked. But I would still totally take her nothingburger of a character and her trash performance over William.

I’m only comparing them because they had the same starting storyline and originally reacted the same way. But this is genuinely my only take away from the last season.

William was brought up with so much care and resources and still lacked so much understanding of the world. I know he’s supposed to be in his very early 20s but that just doesn’t excuse it. Like I genuinely want to know what went wrong that he would disrespect and abandon family members that he knows were dishonest for his own good in literal strict as hell 1700s. Imagine if the frasers explained to him claire’s time travel abilities- all hell would break loose and I don’t even think he would come to an understanding of it, even though that’s technically the most realistic viewpoint. He would make everyone’s lives even harder

William just sucks so much as a character and no matter how much I can understand where he’s coming from, there’s no reason to genuinely be the worst person alive lmao. I only have show knowledge so I’m not sure if he’s portrayed differently in the books, but whether his character is supposed to be liked, sympathized, empathized with etc, I will never like him and I just can’t get behind that. Like imagine a guy you know like this irl formatted with 21st century struggles- he would be cut off with the actual quickness

And well, the only other thing I gotta say about this entire show is, John Grey this is your world bro and we ride at dawn for you 5 🤞💯