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Kingtheninja posted:Since the show kind of ditched stating what year it was, how old is Bjorn around this time? 40? Late 30s? He has very graciously aged past his mother.
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Kingtheninja posted:Since the show kind of ditched stating what year it was, how old is Bjorn around this time? 40? Late 30s? Around 30-ish or so. He was +/- 20 before the twelve year time skip. Thinking about it Alfred should probably be older in the show since Athelstan was gone before the first Paris raid and obviously he got down with Judith before that. As for season 4.5; Ecbert's interactions with everybody are awesome but he and Ragnar are the highlight. The main let down was the Mediterranean raid. It was built up as Bjorn's destiny and the farthest anyone has sailed and all that but it only gets part of an episode. I'd think a lot more could have been done there. Maybe there was some behind the scenes stuff that lead to things getting shortened up? Whoever said there was probably another episode's worth of footage on the cutting room floor is probably right.
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I think Bjorn in the Mediterranean is probably going to be what they go to after the great heathen army, because aside from that, there's basically no content once that is done and over with.
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Well I mean they could raid any number of countries if they wish This show has Odin and poo poo in it, it is not a historically accurate show
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Zzulu posted:Well I mean they could raid any number of countries if they wish yeah, but they've stayed generally true to the myth.
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They could follow Ivar while he fucks up the Irish.  Keeping another Med. raid in the back pocket is something I could see them doing. It's just open ended enough to work in a bunch of other viking bits they haven't covered like Varangians, Antonio Banderas, and whatnot. Also whatever Fairhair is up to but they've just kind of just left him messing around in the background as mentioned above.
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Volkerball posted:yeah, but they've stayed generally true to the myth. I have yet to see a giant battle-cow.
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Show them going down rivers to start exciting trade networks as they establish Rus and basically breed themselves into Europe and out of relevance.
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It still took some dismemberment and a few bloody eagles to establish those trade routes. There's always that one guy who doesn't know to take a good deal when it's offered.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Well, she's usually standing right next to Lagertha. Oh no, I actually find him and his brother some of the most interesting and charismatic characters on the show right now, and their subplot is one of the rare few I look fo forward to seeing out of the way too many we got going on this season. I wish they'd kill off and eliminate some of the stagnant characters taking up screentime so my tattoo-headed bros and some of the other younger generation could get more time to shine. Volkerball posted:I think Bjorn in the Mediterranean is probably going to be what they go to after the great heathen army, because aside from that, there's basically no content once that is done and over with. Don't forget Rollo and the Viking dynasty of badassery he starts in France and spreads further. I'm sure that could give them plenty of interesting material for future seasons.
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I remember back when the show started, they said if it ran long enough we'd get to see the Great Heathen Army, King Alfred, Erik the Red, Leif Ericsson, and Vinland. Plenty of untapped stuff there!
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Should end with the defeat of Harald Hardrada and then Hastings imo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWJGOoRWtq4
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The least likely Viking
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Brokeback Kattegat
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Drunkboxer posted:I have yet to see a giant battle-cow.
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I just learned about the history of Russia and had no idea that it was founded by a viking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Wmc8C0Eq0 Zzulu fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jan 17, 2017 |
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Speaking of Harald Fairhair, the monument that commemorates the battle of Hafrsjord where he is said to have unified Norway is pretty cool:
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Astrid is hot as gently caress especially when "Vikinged up". That is all
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bronin posted:Astrid is hot as gently caress especially when "Vikinged up". That is all bjorn couldn't resist
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etalian posted:bjorn couldn't resist Raises the question of how Lagertha is going to respond to her son banging her girlfriend. She might be cool though.
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Erghh posted:Raises the question of how Lagertha is going to respond to her son banging her girlfriend. Aethelstan had the opportunity to bang her and Eiffel Tower it up with Ragnar and she wasn't too shy about that, so I bet
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I'm gonna gently caress the girl my mom is loving. This is a great idea - Björn
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omg I hope it doesnt lead to some fully retarded relationship drama that leads to lagerthas death and thus fulfilling the prophecy of one of her sons killing her
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poo poo...that's exactly what will happen.
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Perhaps she'll get pregnant and die in childbirth. That would be more boring than relationship drama though, I'd rather see Björn killing her.
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Jorgos Nuuh posted:Perhaps she'll get pregnant and die in childbirth. That would be more boring than relationship drama though, I'd rather see Björn killing her. She'll revenge gently caress
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Powershift posted:She'll revenge gently caress Ivar can't gently caress
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Volkerball posted:Ivar can't gently caress The slave lady, maybe. Lagertha is a whole different story. He'd be able to walk afterwards, too.
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So, what ever happened to Ragnar's daughter? The one who found Bjorn's daughter Siggy's body, spied on her mom boning Harbard, and did some other poo poo enough to be memorable? Seems like she would have been a good candidate for Lagertha replacement main shieldmaiden after Lagertha gets offed. I actually wondered if maybe Astrid was her until I remembered she had red hair, and then Astrid and Lagertha were revealed to be getting down. Love Crime posted:Lagertha: I have only one question. Will the sons of Ragnar kill me? Her death seems more likely to happen while the Great Heathen Army is on the move. Harald is making plans to take Kattegat and the one dumb gently caress who made fun of Ivar to Ubbe made the comment that they were all sons of Ragnar now. Given the way the Seer dodged the question then answered right away once Lagertha rephrased it, the implication is that she's getting offed by someone who isn't one of the sons of Ragnar but considers himself a son of Ragnar. Plus then we have future beef between Bjorn, future king of Sweden, and Harald, king of Norway.
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Ragnar's only daughter died in S2 before Harbard even showed up, she just got sick and died while Ragnar was out pillaging. It was Sigurd who found Siggy, he just had long girly hair. I think it was interesting that they killed off both Ragnar and Floki's daughters just through the harshness of the environment. It made the Viking raiding lifestyle and it's obsession with dieing in battle a lot more understandable as well as explaining why Ragnar was so interested in the better English farmland.
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The sons of Ragnar each inherited one of his best traits. Ubbe- looks and physical courage Sigurd- Ragnar trolling abilities Hvistserk- Hilarious smile Bjorn- leadership abilities Ivar- Rangnar's cunning
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etalian posted:
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DarklyDreaming posted:Harald Fairhair gets nervous around his crush Homie seems a little unstable... What's Old Norse for restraining order?
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Godsdammit Helga your kidnap victim does not want to go to England and pillage with youErghh posted:Homie seems a little unstable...
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DarklyDreaming posted:Exile usually did the trick Eh, could be worse ways to get told off in viking-dom. Also shout to the Seer in the background all like "hey guys, what's going on" 
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THF13 posted:I think it was interesting that they killed off both Ragnar and Floki's daughters just through the harshness of the environment. It made the Viking raiding lifestyle and it's obsession with dieing in battle a lot more understandable as well as explaining why Ragnar was so interested in the better English farmland. Better farmland would obviously be appealing but I'm not sure the chances of not dying in childhood to a random disease were any better in England than in Scandinavia in those days. I guess better land might lead to a better diet and therefore immune system, but I'm not sure that's something the Vikings understood. Also the Vikings had better hygiene (they washed once a week which the English saw as effeminate) so in my opinion as an armchair historian with no medical expertise whatsoever it probably balanced out.
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