She was like almost all the side characters, completely useless in the end.
Perhaps it will boil down to Ragnar becoming addicted to opium (? - she is from China after all but im no expert) as the sole reason for including her in Vikings. Seems overkill if that's the case. The character seems mostly a waste of time in the show.
The fighting scenes in France are awesome though, still liking this show a lot. With 20 episodes, I guess this will be the final season?
The numbers don't decide, the system is a lie. The river running dry, the wings of butterflies.
And you may pour us away like soup. Like we're pretty broken flowers.
We'll take back what is ours. One day at a time.
Well it looks like he didn't die, in the attack on Paris. Although according to legend that's exactly what happened.
So they must be going with the other legend, that says he died at the hand of King Aelle, by being thrown into a snake pit.
I can't see why they lost that battle. Frenchies had to get off the boats first, this should have given them a huge disadvantage. Probably a Rollo buff at work.
Yeah.. Another thing..I find it hard to believe that no one even suggested that they should have used "molotov cocktails" against vikings boats. It's a simple and a pretty effective trick.. throw something flammable over there and then shoot fire arrows..Actually if I'm not mistaken this method was used in the previous seasons/
Yeah.. Another thing..I find it hard to believe that no one even suggested that they should have used "molotov cocktails" against vikings boats. It's a simple and a pretty effective trick.. throw something flammable over there and then shoot fire arrows..Actually if I'm not mistaken this method was used in the previous seasons/
Two episodes before even, when they get caught by the chain over the river
The numbers don't decide, the system is a lie. The river running dry, the wings of butterflies.
And you may pour us away like soup. Like we're pretty broken flowers.
We'll take back what is ours. One day at a time.
Finished what's there of season 4 so far. I've gotta say, even though I like the show overall, I'm getting really tired of its randomness and lack of character development. It seems like most of the time the writers just press fast forward, present stuff/characters after it/they already changed and assume viewers won't ask too many questions. Not informing the viewers of the passage of said time also doesn't help All of this makes the show really chaotic and confusing at times, especially since characters have a tendency to pull complete 180's in their disposition and portrayal.
Like Rollo and Gisla:
"I hate him!", "Kill him!", "Animal!", "Barbarian!", "I don't want him!", "I want to divorce him!" - - - "Oh, you've learned our language!" - - - <3 <3 (==3 *munch munch* <3 *slurp slurp* <3 Y_Y
What the fuck?
Aslaug goes from mysterious princess with otherwordly origins to mistress to queen to typical woman to drunken sociopath. Athlestan mostly goes back and forth beetween monk, viking and anything in-between. Eckbert doesn't seem to know if he loves his son, his son's wife, or his and his son's wife's monk - or any combination of them. At least in his case the ambition remains a constant. That chinesse chick is a weird mutation of a slave, secret princess, seductress and a drug dealer, but ultimately doesn't seem to have any meaning for the story anyway, so fuck her. Floki... I don't even know what Floki does, that one's just too weird.
There are also some huge, glaring logical flaws in the story and the symbolism/mysticsm seems to be getting way out of hand.
Spoiler:
The vikings got a settlement in Wessex, so they can grow food. Okay, great! And then they proceeded with not giving a fuck about it, so they can get surprised by Ragnar's treachery a few decades later. No one tried to contact anyone from there? Or, I don't know, get that damn food they wanted to grow? Seriously?
On the bright side, cinematography and characterisation are some of the best you can currently see on TV, even though the 20-episode order obviously hurt the budget/episode and it shows, because battles from season 4 are nowhere near the impressive sacking of Paris from season 3.
well i agree that aslaug is a crappy character who is completely boring, but i still think Athelstan had fantastic growth and character development.. probably the best in the show, and everything that happened to him made sense and was interesting to watch.
floki was probably the most consistent character in the show, so i dont know why you would say anything against him... hes the only one that didnt change who or what they were.
as for eckbert.. in a way hes very similar to ragnar (i think maybe thats why he was written the way he was... to be the english version in some ways?) hes fascinated by everything, is all about expanding his influence and power, because he wants to be great.. and hes utterly selfish. he doesnt care about his son, but is fascinated by others who are.. interesting, i guess (which explains his love of athelstan and his sons wife.
but yeah the chinese chick was annoying, and aslaug is horrible and i hope they kill her off.. and yah the viking settlement thing was kinda weird and a stupid plot point.
Yeah, I agree Athelstan was a solid and interesting character, made the show better. Floki as you say has been the most consistent with his valhalla "bigotry", still pretty fun to watch Rollo was fun in S4.
That been said, Lagherta is still my favourite character in the show. Ragnar is the weird one
I would've agreed about Athlestan IF they didn't make a sudden and complete 180 there at the end with him. I found that strange and kinda implausible. But yeah, Lagherta is cool and Eckbert too - that was more a vent on my part than anything else
As for Floki - my main problem with him is that he's a bit too erratic. For example, in the beginning of the show and for a good while afterwards, there's really nothing in him that would point towards him being a religious fanatic, which is pretty much how he acts throughout season 3. He's religious, sure, but that isn't his sole defining characteristic, which it suddenly becomes later on, to the point of exteremity. I didn't find the change well presented or documented, hence his presence in the rant
All in all, while main characters aren't that bad, most secondary/side characters are very badly presented in the show, IMO.
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So lame and boring.
