#anti torvi x ubbe

[ulfrsmal]

brutally honest opinion on ships: Torvi and Ubbe

OH GODS HERE WE GO. This is going to be brutal and negative, so fans of this ship look away now.

I HATE THEM.

I. HATE. THEM.

Well, I hate them together, not as characters, though I do have a lot of thoughts and gripes with Torvi but that's for another time maybe. In Spanish we say that they don't stick together (=go well together) even with industrial cement. No pegan ni con cemento industrial! WHY are they together. WHY.

Don't get me wrong, in another type of story, the whole "babysitter who ends up dating the boy she babysat" could be interesting. We could go the dark exploratory route (my personal fave) and make it commentary on predatory women in positions of power, plus what it means to be a male victim in a society that places so much value on men-as-perpetrators.

But that would mean granting Ubbe some depth that isn't tied back to Ragnar and to how h*rst seemed to want Ubbe-as-a-Ragnar-clone, (and bless JPS for his acting as Ubbe), which I know is impossible. This isn't the show for that. And I know it isn't, but it!! still hurts!! There's so much POTENTIAL for fucked up DD;DNE surrounding these two and the "relationship" they have. I'm using quotation marks because, while gramatically accurate, that word doesn't feel right to me.

O H and another thing. Torvi had been with Björn before she was with Ubbe. Why did she choose Ubbe? Why did she bounce from (at best half-)brother from brother like that? Just so h*rst could maintain her in the narrative? Because I can rationalise it but it wasn't explained in canon I don't think. Makes her seem predatory at best. Which again could've been intersting to explore! But noooo vikings doesn't go there because Torvi can do no wrong.

UGH.

[mrsreyes2023]

Ubbe is like: Really bitch? I was trying to enjoy some time with my wife in peace

Bonus: Ubbe’s reaction.