Diana talks about Jamie and Dougal's relationship

Here's a fascinating post from Diana Gabaldon on Compuserve, about the very complex relationship between Jamie and Dougal.  Written as an answer to Sam Heughan's question about why she'd made Jamie left-handed, it's one of the best and most comprehensive explanations of Dougal and Jamie's relationship that I've ever seen.

Note to the Heughligans: Diana was kind enough to share this particular response on Compuserve, but please don't go out of your way to mention that to Sam. Diana says,

I won't generally post stuff about this sort of discussion, though; I don't mind talking about my "process" (for lack of a better word <g>) at all, and don't mind people watching me work, but I don't know how Sam feels about it and he's entitled to privacy in which to do his own work/prep.

Sam Heughan is absolutely entitled to have discussions in private with Diana about the characters, their background, their motivations, etc., and the last thing I want is to make him feel self-conscious about asking Diana questions!

But since Diana did post this explanation in public, I would encourage you all to take the time to read it. I love it when she goes into great detail about the characters like that.