Vikings Valhalla: Season 1 Episode 1

Vikings Valhalla: Season 1 Episode 1

 Warning- Spoilers!

Disclaimer: This is just my opinion on the series. I do not mean to cause offense to anyone. I do like to look at the history behind the time period. I sincerely do not mean to cause offense or upset anyone.

Costuming: I liked the costuming so far. Nothing seemed to far fetched. The background characters had pretty plausible outfits. I really liked what they put the Greenlanders in.

Characters: I like the sibling bond between Leif and Freydis. I look forward to seeing more of it.

Harald Sigurdsson is a hottie with a body! He’s channeling that Harald Finehair energy with that top knot. I’m pretty sure King Harald would be rolling in his grave if he found out his descendants were Christians. 

King Canute: aka my new fav. I guess I am a sucker for dark haired, deep voiced kings.

Estrid Haakon- She takes me out of the show, in my opinion. I want to know how she got to this position of power.  Did she marry into it? It will be interesting how the show explains it. The Norse were heavily involved in the slave trade with the Muslims. In this time period, people from across Europe, Asia, and Africa could be slaves. They literally shows slaves in the first few minutes of the first episode. I just hope the shows gives a good back story for Jarl Haakon on how she got to power.

King Aethelred II: I hope he is not a one-dimension villain or a Ecbert copycat.

History:

 St. Brigid Massacre did occur in 1002. 

Slavery is still occurring in this time period. In the Doomsday Book, about 10% of England’s population were slaves (c. 1086).

Jarl Haakon was a real man from c. 937-995. Estrid Haakon is apparently a purely fictional character.

King Canute becomes king of England as King Cnut. I can’t wait to see him and Emma of Normandy!

I really like the conflict of Christians V. Pagans. I hope they do not make Christians the ‘bad guys’ or overly favor the the Norse religion, and leave it up to interpretation. 

Those Hands! 

King Harald; a public display of affection for Astrid

Yandere Nametag: Ubbe

Unique: Would they do anything different from the classic yandere?

- He is willing to share you with others. If you want Torvi or Hvitserk to join, that no problem (as long as you love him the most. You’re allowed to be with family or friends as long as they do not interfere with your relationship.

Blood: How messy are they willing to get when it comes to their darling?

He will never hurt you (unless your into that). You are to be protected above all others!  he has no trouble killing any man that may (or may not)  pose a threat to you.

B:

Exposed: How much of their heart do they bare to their darling? How vulnerable are they when it comes to their darling?

He’s pretty much an open book. He goes to you to vent and express his worries. To him you are his soulmate, and don’t soulmates share everything?

Great Writing!

🔥 + Bindings for Harald? 😌

The battle was hard-fought, hard-won, just not for King Harald’s men. They bring him in chains to have an audience with the queen who laid him low. He sits on hands and knees before the wooden throne, waiting to learn what will become of him and his fighters. Yours is a face Harald has not looked upon in many years, and he cannot hide his surprise when you sit before him —a lone queen widowed many years ago and a woman he once, no still, loved. You cannot let him go without punishment. It would risk the faith your people have in you as their ruler. But not all punishments need be carried out publicly. Free of his shackles, Harald’s kiss is just how you remember, fervent and desperate. His hands are rougher though, and there are more scars on his chest and arms than had been in the past. He lets you push him back to the bed and climb atop him, but the feel of something soft wrapping around his wrists, binding them so he cannot touch you. He has traded iron for silk, but this is a punishment he will happily endure.

[send me a 🔥 and a character name and/or prompt word and I’ll write a spicy headcanon]

Character Thoughts 02: Judith

Does anyone else hate everything the character Judith did on Vikings? Cheats on her husband, neglects her child, KILLS HER SON! I think it would of been more interesting if Hirst included actual history in his show. He should of given Aethelwulf a love story with Osburh and had children by her , and then have her tragically die in childbirth. Echbert needs an alliance with Northumbira  so he still has Aethewulf marry Judith.

I feel like it would of been more interesting if Alfred being illegitimate was kept a secret and Echbert found out and took advantage of it. 

Another way it could or gone was the historical route and have Judith marry her stepson, Aethelbald. That could bring drama to the show.

“ In 855, King Æthelwulf of Wessex made a pilgrimage to Rome with his youngest son Alfred, who was about six years old. On the way back, in 856, he stayed at the court of Charles the Bald. Back in July, on the way to Rome, Æthelwulf negotiated his marriage with Judith,...  Shortly after the death of Æthelwulf, the new king, Æthelbald, married his stepmother. By agreeing to this marriage, Judith may have tried to avoid the usual fate of dowagers - a nunnery “-wikipedia

- Then again I am a Christian so it could just be my bias against how Hirst wrote the show. Anyone’s thoughts?

#walking into a trap with confidence 

King Harald returns to Kattegat