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]

We're about ready to post the OOM where Ragnar returns from Gotland between Seasons 1 and 2 and Athelstan tells him that Gyda is dead.

http://athelstanthescribe.dreamwidth.org/1075.html

Is there anything else one of you mean to do before we can go ahead with that?

[my_brothers_shadow]

I'm good with this, though I wonder if we'd like to do a flashback thread with Ragnar and Rollo with Rollo staying behind? I don't imagine it will be long and I can wait until tonight or tomorrow for it as I've house chores I am working on.

ETA: Oh, I like that spin Ragnar put on Rollo's actions.

[yakalskovich]

Let us totally do that thread -- doesn't have to be long, and can be posted as 'before that, this happened' OOM -- can you thread from your work tomorrow?

[my_brothers_shadow]

Sure can I'll watch the episode tonight and write up an OOM for us to thread.

[yakalskovich]

Thanks -- that would be excellent! Leave me a link here?

Thanks!

[my_brothers_shadow]

So I am feeling out of sorts today, not sure if it is allergies, sleeping poorly, or both. Which means I don't know that I will feel up to writing the thread today.

I did watch the episode and it turns out they never showed Rollo telling Ragnar he was staying, as I had thought. They just do a fade to next season with Rollo agreeing to fight with Borg. If you wanted to post your bit with Ragnar and Athelstan, I'm fine with just writing an OOM with Rollo and Borg talking, and mentioning it occurs before your OOM.

[yakalskovich]

We can do that OOM whenever you feel like it -- today turned into the work day from hell, anyway.-

[my_brothers_shadow]

And here is the OOM: http://my-brothers-shadow.dreamwidth.org/996.html

Feel free to tag when you can. = ]

I'm not sure how much I'll around tonight, but I should be good tomorrow.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

Tagged it, as I am online in the middle of the night for work reasons...

[my_brothers_shadow]

Ick, I hope it won't keep you up too late. I am heading for bed now, thought I did tag back.

[gods_that_haunt_me]

I'm good with this!

So the way I see it, we can handwave that Floki has also been told the news before the next time he comes into Milliways.

[yakalskovich]

Yes, absolutely -- he will have been told it when he returned with Ragnar, before they went out again with more men to fight Jarl Borg and Rollo. I still don't want for Ragnar to know Gyda's in Milliways, though, as that would take away the poignancy from his grief in 2.01 when he talks to her just before Aslaug appears with her royal baby bump.