What aunt_zelda Thinks: Vikings (History Channel show) ... am I magic?
BADASS! BADASS! BADASS! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
BADASS FIGHTING!!!!!! BADASS VIKING WIFE!!!!!!! BADASS SHIP!!!!!! BADASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
So, I'm kinda crazy about the Vikings. I love them so much. Their history, their women's rights, their mythology, their ships and swords and ... yeah. Love 'em. Know a lot about 'em.
So this show, being as good and accurate as it is, is making me ridiculously happy.
I almost teared up when they got the ship sailing and the sail unfurled. Seriously.
And then, of course, there's that Awkward Moment where the show reminds the excited audience that the protagonists are vicious pirates spurred by boredom and poverty to go raiding and end up slaughtering a whole bunch of defenseless monks.
Oh.
Um ... *guiltily lowers hands that were previously punching the air with joy* I'm ... uh ... sorry?
Of course then I promptly began having Guilty, Guilty Thoughts about the Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk getting taken hostage and started daydreaming about cliche-ridden Viking porn, because there are few things I love more than Viking/male captive smut, honestly, it's a bit embarrassing.
This is partly because I wanted to stop my brain having a moral dilemma over enjoying a show where the protagonists are 1) Vikings (yay!) and 2) killing innocent monks (evil!) ... and partly out of a desire to see Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk in a sexy situation. Because the actor playing him bears an uncanny resemblance in a certain light to That Guy from Horrible Histories.
You know That Guy.
Here He Is. Isn't He Pretty? He's Giving So Many Children Their First Experience With Fetish Fuel. God Bless Him.
So anyhoodle, no sooner do I wish that, than the protagonist Viking pulls Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk out from behind the altar, finds out he speaks their language (where are they from? Norway? Sweden? They haven't said on the show ...) and he gets taken hostage. Protagonist's brother wants to kill the monk, Protagonist says the monk is worth more alive as a slave and gets into a testosterone growling match with his brother over the subject. And the episode ends with a few captive monks tied up on the ship and Protagonist Viking staring at Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk, who cringes, kisses his cross necklace, and puts his hood up so he doesn't have to look at the guy.
... am I magic?
... *wants to go watch Person of Interest now and see if these newfound powers will make Reese and Finch wake up in bed together after a mission*
BADASS FIGHTING!!!!!! BADASS VIKING WIFE!!!!!!! BADASS SHIP!!!!!! BADASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
So, I'm kinda crazy about the Vikings. I love them so much. Their history, their women's rights, their mythology, their ships and swords and ... yeah. Love 'em. Know a lot about 'em.
So this show, being as good and accurate as it is, is making me ridiculously happy.
I almost teared up when they got the ship sailing and the sail unfurled. Seriously.
And then, of course, there's that Awkward Moment where the show reminds the excited audience that the protagonists are vicious pirates spurred by boredom and poverty to go raiding and end up slaughtering a whole bunch of defenseless monks.
Oh.
Um ... *guiltily lowers hands that were previously punching the air with joy* I'm ... uh ... sorry?
Of course then I promptly began having Guilty, Guilty Thoughts about the Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk getting taken hostage and started daydreaming about cliche-ridden Viking porn, because there are few things I love more than Viking/male captive smut, honestly, it's a bit embarrassing.
This is partly because I wanted to stop my brain having a moral dilemma over enjoying a show where the protagonists are 1) Vikings (yay!) and 2) killing innocent monks (evil!) ... and partly out of a desire to see Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk in a sexy situation. Because the actor playing him bears an uncanny resemblance in a certain light to That Guy from Horrible Histories.
You know That Guy.
Here He Is. Isn't He Pretty? He's Giving So Many Children Their First Experience With Fetish Fuel. God Bless Him.
So anyhoodle, no sooner do I wish that, than the protagonist Viking pulls Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk out from behind the altar, finds out he speaks their language (where are they from? Norway? Sweden? They haven't said on the show ...) and he gets taken hostage. Protagonist's brother wants to kill the monk, Protagonist says the monk is worth more alive as a slave and gets into a testosterone growling match with his brother over the subject. And the episode ends with a few captive monks tied up on the ship and Protagonist Viking staring at Wide-Eyed-Curly-Haired Monk, who cringes, kisses his cross necklace, and puts his hood up so he doesn't have to look at the guy.
... am I magic?
... *wants to go watch Person of Interest now and see if these newfound powers will make Reese and Finch wake up in bed together after a mission*