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Up to episode 10 of this, and I've been enjoying it so far. I'm a little surprised that people think Thorfinn is static, since I feel like the development we're seeing is slow and subtle. In the previous episode, we had the line asking about "what's so fun about killing?" (paraphrasing.) And we had his dream this episode about Vinland and his family, with his father telling him he's forgotten what's most important.
He's been so bent on revenge that he's been hanging out with a bunch of raping pillagers (it sits really uneasily throughout our travels with Askeladd and his men, but I like that they don't sugar coat it.) When he has a family back home who love him and need him, the most precious thing in the world. Is revenge worth ignoring what is most important to do things he'll never be proud of?
He's not dropped everything to run home yet, but I appreciate that. In real life, people don't just change overnight, unlike in shounen/seinen anime, where characters undergo climatic changes in an instant.
But people aren't really like that. Otherwise no one would fuck up their life forever.
I also appreciate Askeladd as both the most interesting character and the worst. Like, undeniably so. But he does have wisdom to share, like what he tells Thorfinn about history and the end of the world. Nothing lasts forever, including our people.
He's been so bent on revenge that he's been hanging out with a bunch of raping pillagers (it sits really uneasily throughout our travels with Askeladd and his men, but I like that they don't sugar coat it.) When he has a family back home who love him and need him, the most precious thing in the world. Is revenge worth ignoring what is most important to do things he'll never be proud of?
He's not dropped everything to run home yet, but I appreciate that. In real life, people don't just change overnight, unlike in shounen/seinen anime, where characters undergo climatic changes in an instant.
But people aren't really like that. Otherwise no one would fuck up their life forever.
I also appreciate Askeladd as both the most interesting character and the worst. Like, undeniably so. But he does have wisdom to share, like what he tells Thorfinn about history and the end of the world. Nothing lasts forever, including our people.
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