#Ketil

[i-have-no-enemies]

Okay, imagine a AU in which Thorfinn didn’t become totally depressed after Askeladd died, and instead, after he becomes a slave, he is just sassy and petty, especially when it comes to Canute.

Einar says that he’s impressed that Ketil works in the field even though he’s right, and Thorfinn goes, “oh then you’re really not gonna believe what the prince does.” Referring to the fact that Canute cooks, (remembering that Canute told him to be quiet about it but simply not caring.)

Or he hears Thorgil say “nobody calls him prince anymore, we call him king” and Thorfinn just quietly turns to the person closest to him and whispers “most people actually called him princess.”

There’s so many opportunities for this sort of thing.

Don’t get me wrong, I really do love the depressed character arc, but this would just be hilarious.

[fagslopdaily]

someone needs to kill this fucking guy.

[saturnsedan]

The people wanted Fem! Ketil family so I give it to them.

[cafe-camelot]

Saw on Twitter that people compare Ketil to Askeladd???

Comparing a literal pile of shit to arguably the best character ever written??? Ok.

[potatostereo]

They roommates.

[4seasonsofart]

❀ Vinland Saga Hunger Games ❀

-> An AU where these Vinland Saga Characters end up in their version of the Hunger Games. Vote on each post to see who ends up as the winner of the Games!

-> Check masterlist to find small bits about the characters going through these challenging games.

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[angusfan1]

[everycanute]

[whumpqin]

Asking the important things 🤨

1. which ocs are the most touch-starved?

2. which ocs are most likely to be caught eating cheese at 3 am?

OOOOO these are some good ones!!

I went a little exposition heavy so these ones are going to go under a cut so my post isn't taking up a huge chunk of space. Content below the cut!

Which OCs are the most touch-starved?

This is a rough one, considering touch starved characters are genuinely my favorite! It's a common trope I find myself writing in general LOL But to narrow it down to the most.... I think it would have to be Artemio and Caleb, and Quinn!

Artemio is that typical loner whumper that generally hangs out alone in his cabin birdwatching and tending to his own needs. Being a "devil" made him an obvious outcast in the nearby human towns and he hates having to talk or deal with them at all, if said interaction doesn't have some sort of brutal end to whoever he's talking to. But being alone in the cabin for months on end actually makes him extremely terribly lonely. So when he kidnaps finds his angelic Little Bird/Ketil, he finds it hard to keep his hands off of them bc he's not had gentle contact with anyone for so so long.

With Caleb........ being touch starved was apart of his conditioning. His Masters would constantly leave him alone for days on end and use their touch (in gentle ways... most of the time) as a rewarding system for him, Jeremiah especially. If Caleb was good, he could lay in Jeremiah's lap or even hold onto him for comfort. Aridai in general always allowed Caleb to seek them for comfort so that he would be conditioned to look for them in periods of anxiety or stress, and Caleb is always anxious or stressed. In latter days of captivity this proved a good warning sign also bc he could warn Aridai if he was seeing/hearing things.

Quinn is just. He needs a lot of attention almost constantly, honestly, and gets a bit whiny when he doesn't get it. Though he's been on his own for a large chunk of his adult life due to wanting to be self-sufficient, getting tangled up in some unfortunate underground stuff never really help him get any of the comfort that he really wanted. It's part of the reason him and Caleb make such a good pair, considering that they tend to just seek each other out and hold each other when either of them feel bad.

Which OCs are most likely to be caught eating cheese at 3 AM?

MMM this would have to go to Ketil and also Caleb, TBH

Ketil as an angel doesn't... actually eat, except to indulge in their personal vices. They rely purely on bright sunlight to revitalize themself, being an angel of radiance and peace! HOWEVER, Ketil really, really likes to indulge in sweets such as honey and the like, despite Artemio being adamant that they not eat if they don't have to. When they can finally roam the cabin freely for... reasons, it's nothing to find Ketil hunched over their stores devouring what they can when hunger strikes them regardless of the time.

Caleb tends to be a bit odd with food in general after being routinely starved to break him a bit easier and to keep him weak. That, combined with horrible insomnia, and it makes for him being up at weird times eating all sorts of weird stuff he can get his hands on. He tends to sneak off to eat unless people sit him down and eat because sometimes he forgets he's actually allowed to eat whenever he wants. It's something he'll probably never break entirely, either.

[i-have-no-enemies]

Yet another thing I didn’t notice the first couple of times I watched Vinland saga

So, this is right after the farmhands leaves after Ketil refused to punish Thorfinn and Einar, because one of their buttons had been found on the field, but look at Pater’s sleeve. He didn’t just stumble upon that button, he was out there digging, doing all he could to find just the smallest piece of proof that the farmhands had done it.

We all know that Pater has always been on Thorfinn’s and Einar’s side, so it isn’t surprising, but it’s still so moving.

[amaranthsynthesis]

finally drawing my first Rook, Ketill Thorne! He’s kissing that old man, and worse.

[potatostereo]

Big cat is still just a cat

[4seasonsofart]

Vinland Saga Hunger Games (Round 1)

-> Check masterlist to find small bits about the characters going through these challenging games.

[nyssasblog]

Saw a poll about whether Ketil is a bad guy and all the comments where a bunch of dudes arguing as to why Ketil is a good guy, the nicest and purest character in the show in fact, going as far as to defend all of his actions and trying to twist and turn canon in their attempts to paint Arnheid as the villain in all of her and Ketil's interactions. Men are fucking scary.

I've seen quite a few people in the Vinland Saga fandom go "poor Einar" because of the whole Arnheid thing and umm not to spoil anybody's fun but like he's not the one suffering here... Not saying that Einar isn't being impacted emotionally, but his pain should not be in the spotlight??

Arnheid is held as a slave at Ketil's farm and has to sexually please her master (which is obviously not consensual, but for some reason that gets ignored), she's lost her son and husband, she gets treated like shit by Ketil's wife, she gets sexually harassed by the retainers and manga spoilers ahead she is literally beaten to death by Ketil for being there for her husband when he was dying... but yeah poor Einar 😕

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