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Vikings!!!
Awesome.
I have to grit my teeth a little every time they show the English - that aspect is fucking ridiculous - seriously, the Kingdom of Northumbria, and they've got posh southern accents and demeanor - their soldiers wear uniforms and have an 'officer class' who stay at the back while the men fight - so much wrongness. The saxons would have been much more like the Vikings in many ways - no uniforms, and the housecarls of the king would have been full on warriors, leading from the front, not standing back and strategising like a modern general. At this stage saxon kings were still ring-givers - very similar culturally to what we see of the vikings when they are in the company of the Earl.
Game of Thrones is a more realistic depiction of Northern England, and that's complete fantasy.
Anyhoo --- that nonsense aside, it is a fantastic show.Loving Ragnar - also really love Loki.
And the only English character so far who has anything about him, Athelstan - is great.
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