OK, since I'm bored and we have a few more days to kill before the next ep, a round of FMK: Uhtred, Leofric, and Ragnar Ragnarsson. I'll go first—fuck Uhtred because he'd be fun for a night but beyond that I'd want to smack him upside his head continually, marry Leofric because he's awesome in so many ways, and with a…

Well, looks like the cute servant dude wasn't beaten to death the last ep he was in. Good for him. Can't really say much else good about this show. The only characters I really like anymore are Isabel and Bernadette. I hope sheep-fucker didn't get to her. Used to like Love but they're ruining her and seeing that poor…

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He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature… and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection… they find only…

I'M A VIRGIN

Viking Women Vs the Sea Serpent is a good one, and has a perfect short to precede it. Fugitive Alien is great, and has about 100,000 male characters named Ken. It Conquered the World is a nifty Roger Corman fail. Catalina Caper introduces Tom Servo's first crush, Creepy Girl. Also, check other people's recs re. the…

It's not surprising that Saxon and Viking societies had similar treatment of women. Both are Germanic societies (the Anglos and Saxons came from what is now Germany) and have similar customs, languages, and religious beliefs (pre-Christian times, of course). For example, Wednesday is named in honor of Woden, which is…

Oh my dog yes. Someone get on the phone.

This entire exchange was emotional as shit.

Funny thing is, I felt that Storri (and the Seer in at least the first season of Vikings) was kinda winging it. Like when they're going to negotiate with Alfred in ep 3 and he says "silver" and lets Ubba and Guthrum assume the Saxons will be begging them not to kill them. Anyone could've guessed that Alfred would…

Not to give spoilers, but you're going to be very very disappointed. Sorry.

I don't know if it's that Alfred believes Odda Jr. or that he doesn't really care who takes the credit as long as the kingdom is safe. It's like when I was working in a library and some kids were acting up. One in the group protested that he wasn't part of the ones being loud and I said "Here's the thing about…

The beauty of your last comment re. Glenn is that it works both ways.

On one hand I'm glad your pa survived. On the other, I'd really like to see that superhero gig.

I thought the joke was more about Holt being very precise. Funny thing is, some URLs don't work if you leave off the random numbers and such.

Change it to Denise (doctor girl) and A-A-Ron and his bf.

Just a couple of quick notes about this ep: the wee baby boy that Alfred was cradling was his son Edward, who became King Edward the Elder (historians call him that to differentiate him from later Edwards). The adorable blonde girl who was hugging Alfred is almost certainly his daughter Æthelflæd. Do not Google her…

He might have figured that the Saxons wouldn't agree to a funeral pyre. And the Vikings buried enough of their dead to provide us with lovely peeks into their culture via grave goods, jewels, and sometimes even clothing (every time a piece of cloth is found in these hoards and bogs it's delightful because natural…

I'm wondering that too. I hope not because Wessex is big enough for two kickarse Saxon warriors.

We modern viewers forget that we've had centuries of scientific advancement plus philosophical movements that give us very different experiences re. religion. For both the Christians and the pagans (hey, that's a Dar Williams song!) at the time, their religious beliefs were intensely personal and crucial to their…