OOC: Episode discussion: S3E9 - Breaking Point

[gods_that_haunt_me]

Under the cut are my reactions that I posted on my Facebook while watching this episode live. Perhaps I'll be more articulate and coherent once we get to discussing stuff.



- LADY VIKINGS BE LIKE FUCKING NINJAS IN THE NIGHT

- HOLY JESUS WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING

- WATCHING A VIKING ATTACK IS LIKE WATCHING A HOCKEY GAME. I SHOUT EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS AT THE TV.

- RAGNAR THIS IS FREAKY WHAT IS GOING ON

- OHHH SNAP VIKING BEHEADING FAKEOUT

- ECBERT & CO: WORST FAMILY DINNER EVER

- jfc ragnar laying down the law

- BAPTIZE ME BITCH

- OH FUCK OH SHIT OH FUCK OH SHIT THEY WERENT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT

ETA: Me watching this episode:

Comments

[yakalskovich]

My reaction post is here:

http://yakalskovich.dreamwidth.org/565737.html

and reads mostly just like your reaction post.

Floki turning away and waving his hands in disgust was oddly priceless, and so typical! On the other hand, the baptism of the Viking king would not have remained a secret; it is a major political point in a peace process involving Christians and heathens at that time. For Rollo to marry Gisela and get Normandy, something like that had to happen anyway.

[gods_that_haunt_me]

BARREL OF DOOM

Floki's spasticness is priceless in any situation, but this one especially. It was all his worst suspicions confirmed.

And yeah, I don't think in the bigger scheme of things that Ragnar's baptism would've been kept a secret. But he might have felt it was on a more personal level, maybe even out of desperation. And by the look in his eyes when he saw the other Vikings on the shore, he was probably not going to tell them right away. "btw guys, I got baptized!"

Oh hey, maybe the baptism miraculously healed him so we can have a Season 4.

[athelstanthescribe]

I think I heard season 4's already been commissioned? But whether Ragnar will still be the lead character...

[yakalskovich]

Yes, we ARE getting a 4th season, but it might be entirely without Ragnar. Nobody is safe, after all.

Also, Floki can go to Iceland...

[gods_that_haunt_me]

Ah, what I meant was that so we could HAVE him in Season 4. This has been a brutal season for deaths of characters we've gotten emotionally attached to and I am SO not ready for Ragnar to die!

[bigarmy_strangepants]

My Inner!Ragnar is totally ready to die at that point so he can be with Athelstan; but I supposed Athelstan isn't going to have any of that, neither in canon nor in Milliways when we get to that point, so Ragnar will just have to deal with it and go on living as a Christian. In the very few cases that Athelstan does put his foot down about something, Ragnar simply has to go along with it.-