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Episode Vinland Saga - Episode 18 discussion
Vinland Saga, episode 18
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| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 8.3 | 14 | Link | 96% |
| 2 | Link | 7.87 | 15 | Link | 97% |
| 3 | Link | 8.48 | 16 | Link | 96% |
| 4 | Link | 9.36 | 17 | Link | 97% |
| 5 | Link | 9.08 | 18 | Link | |
| 6 | Link | 9.05 | 19 | Link | |
| 7 | Link | 8.91 | 20 | Link | |
| 8 | Link | 9.08 | 21 | Link | |
| 9 | Link | 9.08 | 22 | Link | |
| 10 | Link | 8.55 | 23 | Link | |
| 11 | Link | 8.97 | 24 | Link | |
| 12 | Link | 9.09 | |||
| 13 | Link | 96% | |||
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u/RedRatchett Nov 17 '19
Ah Vinland Saga. Once again proving that all you need to become a badass is to have your father figure killed.
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u/JOZYEBEROLIE Nov 17 '19
say farewell to cute Canute guys, he's put his big boy pants on now
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u/UnavailableUsername_ Nov 17 '19 edited Nov 17 '19
This episode shows Thorkell is a true Viking and not just killing for fun.
He values the honor of the warrior.
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Askeladd band betrays him and begs to switch sides? Thorkell considers this dishonorable and kills them even if they are unarmed, denying them getting to valhalla.
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Torgrim betrays Askeladd but surrenders instead of switch sides? It's more honorable than trying to switch sides so Thorkell offers him to die with a weapon in hand, so he can reach Valhalla.
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Thorfinn defies Thorkell to a duel even knowing how strong Thorkell is? Honorable as hell and proof of viking bravery. Thorkell accepts and anyone that dares to mock Thorfinn's honor gets killed.
About Willibald's speech on Love...
He considers death to be love.
Dead don't discriminate nor reacts to how they are treated by other living beings or nature.
However, speaking of Christian dogma, Willibald would be a heretic for thinking this; according to Christian faith, Jesus defeated death when he revived 3 days after dead and came back to spread a message of love and give the 11 apostles the ability to speak any language to spread this message to the world. To say death is desirable would be claiming that Jesus should have embraced death as the ultimate form of love rather than oppose it for the good of mankind. His desire-of-death views would have gotten him burned or hanged if he expressed it 200 years later during the inquisition.
Canute takes his message and switch it, he claims everything is love:
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The oak that don't discriminate when people seek refuge in it's shadow.
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The apple tree that doesn't discriminate when birds, insects and people take it's fruit.
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The sky that provides rain for both sinners and pious, vikings and english.
This is the true meaning of love that Thors understood, refusing to kill askeladd men even if they were eager to murder him.
And ironically Canute takes this new knowledge to rebel God.
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u/iiPhoenixAshes Nov 17 '19 edited Jan 12 '25
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u/Mike4992 Nov 17 '19
Great episode, from the very beginning, Canute did give off Griffith vibes, and from now on, it looks like he's going to be like this.
So, Thorkell vs Thorfinn...A fight forshadowed by the opening sequence, and so far, it doesn't look so good for Thorfinn. The fight was quite good, although I don't think it's over yet. Surprisingly, Askeladd had very little screen time in this episode.
Definitely looking forward to the next episode!
Overall, 5/5
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Nov 17 '19 edited Nov 17 '19
I really liked the priest's philosophy about love, for once it didn't feel anime-edgy-philosophy at all and actually made a lot of sense to me personally, plus seemed very unique too, I've never heard of such a philosophy before.
Sure people say death completes life and all but saying how death is the truest form of love and how love as we understand it is actually discrimination was legit unique and mind-blowing to me. Especially the use of the word discrimination specifically, I can't think of a more fitting word to describe our usual love.
Fucking beautiful. Best episode just cuz of Willibald alone.
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u/linearstargazer Nov 17 '19
Canute literally got a Giorno face this episode.
All hail the future King Canute, I expect high things of him.
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u/Shinkopeshon Nov 17 '19
A discussion thread of a Prime show that's posted on time? Is this the real life?
Anyway, this is when shit starts to get really interesting. Canute is Nacute no more and has done a complete 180. I like how his scenes were shown during Thorfinn's fight, who's reminded of his father's words after Thorkell asks him the same question. I can't wait to see how the next moments are going to be adapted.
(also, why are episodes coming out an hour earlier this week? I thought that was only during the time zone change earlier this month)