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Ecbert is awesome. Edit: Why do they show the "big reveal" of the next segment before every commercial break? Gyges fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Apr 4, 2014 |
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I forgot this whole time period is centuries after the roman empire.
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Apr 4, 2014 03:30
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Ecbert going all enlightened there. Refreshing take on medieval king-ness. Also an interesting interpretation; Pagan Rome ruled the world, then Christianity, then no more world ruling...so hey Athelstan,
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Apr 4, 2014 03:33
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Erghh posted:Ecbert going all enlightened there. Refreshing take on medieval king-ness. That was a popular if not entirely encouraged theory on why western Rome fell for a long time, so Ecbert wasn't exactly alone in this idea. EDIT: What, does he think one of those books has a "How to rule the world" step-by-step guide in it?
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Apr 4, 2014 03:37
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He brought that loving skull with him.
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Apr 4, 2014 03:38
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Ragnar's gonna kill some bitches and take their ships.DarklyDreaming posted:EDIT: What, does he think one of those books has a "How to rule the world" step-by-step guide in it? Edit: Loki can't keep a secret.
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Apr 4, 2014 03:40
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It is impossible to be better than Floki
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Apr 4, 2014 03:41
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hahahahaha at Loki just straight admitting he can't keep a secret
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Apr 4, 2014 03:41
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"Can you keep a secret?" No
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Apr 4, 2014 03:41
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Wonder how much blood does come out of a stabbed eye...
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Apr 4, 2014 03:43
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That Jarl has/had only 1 randomly firing neuron in his thick skull. It's the only explanation for his behavior
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Apr 4, 2014 03:45
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Apr 4, 2014 03:47
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Apr 4, 2014 03:48
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"He just wouldn't stop screaming, so I had to cut his head off, obviously!"
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Apr 4, 2014 03:48
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DarklyDreaming posted:That was a popular if not entirely encouraged theory on why western Rome fell for a long time, so Ecbert This show is going to make me recover some old history courses. I don't think I even finished "How the Irish Saved Civilization." PS; Well that was convenient.
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Apr 4, 2014 03:49
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So has Ragnar been reading on Vlad Tepis while Ecbert is reading up on Caesar? Vikings: There sure are a lot of hallucinations in this show Gyges fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Apr 4, 2014 |
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Apr 4, 2014 03:49
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Borg might be figuring out that the prophet meant "Blood eagle"
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Apr 4, 2014 03:51
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Isnt Bjorns girl in that barn too? With the servants..
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Apr 4, 2014 03:53
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No More Heroes posted:Isnt Bjorns girl in that barn too? With the servants.. Maybe she'll stay quiet so she'll be ok.
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Apr 4, 2014 03:55
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No More Heroes posted:Isnt Bjorns girl in that barn too? With the servants.. She's in Bjorn's crib
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Apr 4, 2014 03:57
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ok she got saved by his ding dong
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Apr 4, 2014 03:57
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At least Rollo is semi-civilized in his revenge killing. Edit: Hope Horik is taking notes on not loving with Ragnar.
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Apr 4, 2014 04:00
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Not that I read too much into promos for shows, but when they say "most shocking" and it comes a few weeks after getting to watch a freaking crucifixion...
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Apr 4, 2014 04:03
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Apr 4, 2014 04:03
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After that History Channel better allow it to be brutally depicted next week
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Apr 4, 2014 04:19
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Brennan posted:After that History Channel better allow it to be brutally depicted next week They'll do it as a sneak peak during a commercial break 
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Apr 4, 2014 04:27
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Sash! posted:It is impossible to be better than Floki Eh, that's easy. Just be Lagertha.
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Apr 4, 2014 04:35
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the friendzone in ancient times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blYcMWikCkw
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Apr 4, 2014 05:19
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Gyges posted:So, is everyone ... just completely batshit? Yes.
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Apr 4, 2014 05:32
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Error 404 posted:Yes. Floki is the only normal sane person in the show
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Apr 4, 2014 05:55
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etalian posted:Floki is the only normal sane person in the show That's saying something there.
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Apr 4, 2014 06:10
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Floki is more frightening in a way because you don't know what is going to do next. Dude would be all "hey look a puppy  " then turn around and headbutt a guy in the face. Or maybe he'd be "this boat ride is fun  " and later cut off someone's arm then slap the guy in the face with his own hand and laugh about it.
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Apr 4, 2014 07:29
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So I googled blood eagle Do not gently caress with Ragnar.
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Apr 4, 2014 08:09
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Erghh posted:Ecbert going all enlightened there. Refreshing take on medieval king-ness. Yup, Ecbert is pretty bright. The Romans ruled the world and had Pagan gods! We don't rule the world and worship Christ. Maybe we should worship Pagan gods? Don't laugh, people still thought like this well into the Renaissance. The Iconoclasm movement in Byzantium was spurred by the fact that Muslims refused to worship images, and they were conquering a lot of Byzantine territory, so maybe Byzantium should cut it out with the whole worshipping images thing. I really like Ecbert even though I know it's intentional that he's channeling the audience's opinion of the Romans. (So great! Much civilization! Rome wow!) I actually cringed when Athelstan opened that scroll. That's probably 400 years old at the time of the show! Then again it might just be a letter to Mom or a grocery list. (Roman literacy rates are literally staggering; discoveries from Roman Britain peg the literacy rate at something around 40-50%, a number that would not be equaled again, anywhere on Earth, until the industrial age.) Jarl Borg is so hosed. I don't really get where King Horik is coming from. (Filthy pagan Petty King that he is, I eat people like him for breakfast in Crusader Kings II.) He thought that Ragnar wouldn't forgive Jarl Borg, but he told him he should, so what's his angle? Does he want Ragnar to kill Jarl Borg for him, and if so why? Borg is Horik's traditional enemy, not Ragnar's. Weird. I hope the MOST SHOCKING MOMENT ON TELEVISION bullshit was about the Blood Eagle thing.
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Arglebargle III posted:I hope the MOST SHOCKING MOMENT ON TELEVISION bullshit was about the Blood Eagle thing. The MOST SHOCKING MOMENT ON TELEVISION will be Ragnar playing with more than 1 baby goat. They know their audience. I wonder if Athelstan will start to write down the viking myths now that he is now Ecbert's librarian. Although it would be funny if one of the scrolls he found was a teenage girl's diary or something.
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Arglebargle III posted:Jarl Borg is so hosed. I don't really get where King Horik is coming from. (Filthy pagan Petty King that he is, I eat people like him for breakfast in Crusader Kings II.) He thought that Ragnar wouldn't forgive Jarl Borg, but he told him he should, so what's his angle? Does he want Ragnar to kill Jarl Borg for him, and if so why? Borg is Horik's traditional enemy, not Ragnar's. Weird. I think he bought into Ragnar taking the big picture view. I also don't think Ragnar planned to do this, I think this was motivated by Floki figuring out and telling Rollo and Ragnar that Horik was banging Siggy.
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Apr 4, 2014 14:35
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Arglebargle III posted:
Horik's just a selfish, flighty dickhead and he stupidly treats his allies like they're his subjects. The whole reason things got ugly between Ragnar and Yarl Borg is because King Horik decided he couldn't stomach having Borg come along on the raid at the last minute and dumped the breakup speech off on Ragnar. Now he expects Ragnar to forgive Borg after Borg's done much worse to Ragnar than he ever did to Horik. It's gonna be a Double Blood Eagle.
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Apr 4, 2014 17:00
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Arglebargle III posted:Jarl Borg is so hosed. I don't really get where King Horik is coming from. (Filthy pagan Petty King that he is, I eat people like him for breakfast in Crusader Kings II.) He thought that Ragnar wouldn't forgive Jarl Borg, but he told him he should, so what's his angle? Does he want Ragnar to kill Jarl Borg for him, and if so why? Borg is Horik's traditional enemy, not Ragnar's. Weird. savinhill posted:Horik's just a selfish, flighty dickhead and he stupidly treats his allies like they're his subjects. The whole reason things got ugly between Ragnar and Yarl Borg is because King Horik decided he couldn't stomach having Borg come along on the raid at the last minute and dumped the breakup speech off on Ragnar. Now he expects Ragnar to forgive Borg after Borg's done much worse to Ragnar than he ever did to Horik. Pretty sure Horik is just trying to keep people fighting so they don't fight him. That's the "game".
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savinhill posted:Horik's just a selfish, flighty dickhead and he stupidly treats his allies like they're his subjects. The whole reason things got ugly between Ragnar and Yarl Borg is because King Horik decided he couldn't stomach having Borg come along on the raid at the last minute and dumped the breakup speech off on Ragnar. Now he expects Ragnar to forgive Borg after Borg's done much worse to Ragnar than he ever did to Horik. Well judging from the preview it looks like Borg tries to weasel Horik into helping him and most likely both will be exiting the show  Siggy will need to find a new slam piece
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Is there anything Viking legally keeping Lagertha from becoming the new Earl of drunk idiot's lands?
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