#lagertha my beloved

[haharuspex]

a little colourful thingie i made for a dragon age ask (first time, suuuper excited to see how it goes)! featuring my girlie lagertha cadash in her tired inquisitor glory!! <3

[skreehaw]

love how i have a whole show abt vikings but the character that becomes my favorite is the token christian

[vikingshieldmaidenx]

Torvi is a shieldmaiden, who was trained by Lagertha. She was a princess, was the wife of Jarl Borg, Erlendur and Bjorn and is now the wife of Ubbe, was the mother of Guthrum, Hali and Asa, who all three died. She's the mother of Ragnar and Leja Talvi, her children with her husband Ubbe. She was the second hand maid of Lagertha, has a close relationship with her. Torvi is a caring, beautiful, smart, and strong-willed young woman. Bjorn described her as "having a wildness that can only be just contained," which Bjorn also says is what he loves and admires about her. Torvi is very protective of those she loves, willing to go as far as killing. For example, when she killed her second husband Erlendur, when he threaten to kill her son and attempted to force her to kill Bjorn. Since becoming a shield-maiden, Torvi has become ruthless and more fearless. She does not let her emotions get the better of her. She becomes Lagertha's second-in-command. Torvi is very observant. She is always quick to notice a potential attack. Torvi seems to be more shy and less outspoken with her now ex-husband Bjorn, despite how outspoken she generally is. She has a close bond with Edda and is a part of the shieldmaidens which are subordinate to Edda. With Xenia and Caya she has a strong and close bond and a sister like relationship.

Proud wife of @ubbesonofragnar and proud mother of @ragnarsonofubbe @daughterofashieldmaiden and @thyraubbesdottir my beloved favorite men and my perfect little girls, my family. I love you so much. We will stay together, always.

[hereforreadandwrite]

Daughter of Ragnar

Masterlist

You never had the best relationship with your father: Ragnar Lodbrok. You didn't like the way he teased you, the way he talked, the way he acted. You found him boring and too noisy. You preferred the company of your mother: Lagertha. It was nicer as well as that of your brother: Bjorn, and your sister, Gyda. You were the eldest of the siblings and that wasn't very pleasant. You were their first child, the eldest of the legendary Ragnar Lothbrok. Everyone expected a lot from you. Especially after he returned from England and defeated Jarl Haraldson, becoming the Jarl of Kattegat himself. Bjorn and Gyda admired you, they loved seeing you train with your mother or your uncle Rollo. You rarely trained with Ragnar.

No, you didn't want to train with him.

You preferred to train with all the inhabitants of Kattegat than with him. You respected his fighting skills, but as a person, you hated him. This feeling was accentuated when Ragnar decided to leave with Bjorn, leaving Kattegat prey to the plague which took away your beloved sister. You had cried in Athelstan and Lagertha's arms, asking why Ragnar wasn't there during such an important moment. When your brother and your father came home, you avoided him as if he were carrying a new plague. You acted like he was dead in your eyes. It was his fault your sister died, it was his fault the plague hit Kattegat, it was his fault you were unhappy. But the breaking point was when this woman: Alsaug, arrived in Kattegat, pregnant to the eyeballs, with Ragnar's child. You understood it when you saw the surprised expression on your father's face.

He dared to deceive your mother.

There’s no way you’re going to let this affront go by.

Ragnar ordered to prepare a party for his guest and to your dismay, you were seated across from her. Facing Aslaug. She was disgusting. She acted as if this Kattegat belonged to her. As if she deserved to be with your father.

No.

The only woman who deserved to stand by Ragnar was Lagertha and no one else. And you were going to make him understand it.

"It's nice to meet you (Y/N). Your father told me a lot about you," Alsaug said, giving you a smile that was meant to be friendly.

You took a sip of your mead, deliberately ignoring her. You preferred to focus your attention on your younger brother who was as uncomfortable as you. Ragnar looked at you, nervously stroking the lamb he held in his arms.

"You are truly a pretty young woman. Your father kept praising me of your beauty and intelligence," she continued, taking a bite of her meal. “I loved that we took the time to talk.”

You got up from your seat, going around the table to stand next to this whore. You brought your hand to her necklace, examining the jewelry.

"This necklace belonged to my grandmother, then my mother before me. It's very valuable," she said, smiling at you.

"Oh yes?"

“Yes, mother was Brynhildr, the shield warrior.”

“I see, so this gem is very precious.”

“Yes, he is.”

“Okay.”

With a sharp jerk, you tore the necklace from Aslaug's neck, she looked at you surprised while you said that you would take good care of it. You put the necklace on, face down on the wood of the table, rubbing it as you returned to your chair. Ragnar shook his head slightly seeing you torturing her like this. You dipped your fingers in the sauce before coating the collar with it. You apologized for this clumsiness before dipping it into the jug of mead. All while looking into her eyes.

And this was all just the beginning.

One morning, you took advantage of Aslaug going to the market to go to her room and steal all of her things to give them to the pigs. You loved seeing her panicked and angry expression when she realized what had happened.

“(Y/N),” Lagertha called. "It has to stop."

"What are you talking about?" you asked without taking your attention away from your loom.

"Aslaug's things ended up in the pig pen. I know it's you."

"So what? If this whore is going to rule our house, she must pay the consequences," you say, pulling the scratched and deformed necklace out of your pocket. "I was thinking of giving it back to her. Two pigs ate it before shitting it. As a token of friendship. You see, I'm nice."

Lagertha sighed and returned to her loom. If there was one thing Lagertha knew about you, it was that you were as stubborn as Ragnar. No, you were Ragnar and that was something you never accepted.

Another evening arrived and this time Aslaug had decided to prepare a feast. Supposedly as a thank you. When the dishes were placed on the table, you left your seat, drawing your sword. You looked into Aslaug's eyes, pushing the feast across the floor with a deafening noise, attracting the attention of all the guests. Aslaug's smile faded as you leaned on the edge of the table, eyeing her with a blasé look.

“Sweetling,” Ragnar began, sighing and reaching for his mug of mead. "Why did you do that? You wasted food, you know."

"You'll just have to feed them to the pigs. They'll be nice and fat because of that," you said without taking your eyes off Aslaug. "I'm just showing our guest how things are done here, what happens when an unwanted insect shows up. It's crushed unceremoniously, no matter how hard that insect tries. That's what you got me always learned, father."

"Yes. Yes, that's what I taught you," he said, finishing his mug of mead.

“Good, and now this bug has to clean everything up.”

“A beg you pardon?” Aslaug asked, looking at you annoyed.

"You heard me right. You are the one who prepared this meal. You are the one who cleans and without the help of your maids. You are a big girl, Aslaug. Show us all, how a princess cleans . Is a princess capable of getting her hands dirty?"

"I am pregnant."

“And you think that stops other women from working?” you asked, giggling and going to take a seat on the invite seat. “Clean up.”

“I have no orders to receive from you,” Aslaug said through her teeth.

"Do you think so? You are not at home here. You have no title here. You are just one woman among many others. And the women here, they all worked. A capricious princess does not "Are you a capricious princess, Aslaug? It seems so, from your reaction. I mean… I'm sure you're the kind of woman who would sacrifice her child for a little bit. comfort, don't you? Who even tells us that you are the daughter of Brynhildr, the warrior with the shield, and Sigurd, the Dragon slayer? And to stop you, this necklace does not proves nothing at all."

You threw the damaged necklace at Aslaug's feet. You were delighted to see his face turn red with anger, his fists clenched. Would it be inappropriate for you if you could get her to lay a hand on you? If you did, all of Kattegat would hate her. But your mother asked you to come back and sit down and let the slaves take care of the cleaning. You sighed, returning to sit next to Ragnar, letting the guest of honor sit next to your brother.

“Sweetling, let our guest sit in the place of honor.”

"This woman has an honor? After all, this woman opened her legs to a married man," you said loudly enough for the entire longhouse to hear your words. "If she did it once, it's quite possible she did it with other men. Who knows whose child she's carrying."

At the end of her nerves, Aslaug left the longhouse, returning to her chambers. You smiled, happy to see her leave. But Lagertha got up from her seat to approach you. She grabbed your arm, forcing you to follow her to her room. She was angry.

"What are you playing at?! Do you realize you're humiliating us?! You're humiliating your father's guest!"

"Ragnar should have thought of that before he let that whore stay here. He should have thought of that before he fucked her! Ragnar has humiliated you for too long and he continues! I protect your place as a wife. I know what that woman has in mind! She just wants to take your place, so I am honored to show her how it works here.

"I don't need your protection. I need you to calm down! This has to stop (Y/N)! You've humiliated Aslaug enough. She's a princess!"

"Nothing tells us that it's true. Nothing tells us that the child she is carrying is indeed Ragnar's," you said, looking at your mother. "She doesn't deserve to be called by her name. She doesn't deserve my respect."

"So when will all this finally end? When will she be gone?"

"Yes, and I'm trying to do it like you. Ragnar is too cowardly to do anything. Not me."

You walked past your mother, leaving her room to lock yourself in yours. You locked the door, laying down on your bed, frustrated with the whole situation.

Why did Ragnar have to lift this woman?

Why did this woman decide to come here?

Why didn't your mother do anything to make this wayward princess go away?

But you couldn't help but feel guilty. Not for Aslaug, but for your mother. Lagertha was at her worst because of this unwanted guest and you were adding to it.

For Lagertha's sake, you decided to leave Aslaug alone.

You went about your business, ignoring her existence as well as that of her enormous belly. Lagertha and Ragnar were relieved to see that you had stopped attacking Aslaug. They could finally breathe. Until Ragnar, completely drunk, proposed to Lagertha and Aslaug a threesome, for the sake of the children.

It was too much humiliation for your mother.

This stupidity of Ragnar's was too much stupidity for you.

That evening, you and Lagertha packed your things with Bjorn's help, but Torstein spoke with your brother, telling him he had a choice to make. Either go with you and Lagertha, or stay with Ragnar, where he belonged. Apparently, Torstein had managed to convince him to stay in Kattegat. You hugged Bjorn close to you, whispering in his ear that he was the one to make a decision and that the others could go fuck themselves with the fact that he was Ragnar's son.

Ragnar was the only one at fault in this story and Bjorn didn't have to pay the price of losing his mother to a spoiled princess.

After that, you followed Lagertha to an unknown destination. According to your mother, an old friend owed her a favor. Kattegat was no longer in sight when Ragnar arrived, on horseback. He had made his mount run as fast as he could to catch up with you. Ragnar stood in the way, preventing your horse from continuing forward.

“Are you really going to abandon me?!” he exclaimed, dismounting to get closer to Lagertha. “Without even saying a word to me?”

"You insulted and humiliated me in public. I have no choice but to leave you and divorce you," Lagertha replied bitterly.

"I don't want you to go. Nor our daughter."

"It's fate."

You observed the scene without saying anything when you saw Ragnar looking towards the small bridge. You and your mother looked in that same direction to see Bjorn coming running. The boy looked sternly at his father, announcing that he had changed his mind and was leaving with you and Lagertha.

It was the first time you saw Ragnar so devastated.

But that wasn't surprising. Because of his stupidity, he had just lost his family. Ragnar hugged Bjorn, kissing him one last time and asking him to take care of you and your mother. He helped Bjorn into the cart, telling him to watch over you and your mother. You helped Bjorn onto your lap to save space when you felt your Ragnar grab your hand. You turned your attention to him, he looked at you with so much sadness.

"(Y/N)… even if you hate me… even if… I no longer mean anything to you… if you have the slightest problem. I will always be there for you, you can always count on my protection. You are my daughter… I love you…"

“We're going,” Lagertha announced.

Ragnar let go of your hand as the cart started moving again. Ragnar stood there, helpless, watching his family abandon him because of him.

[queenofcarrion]

I watched season 2 episode 1 finally and my thoughts on harald x freydis season 1 are:

My all time fave eternal beloveds are (tlk) Stiorra and Sigtryggr but they don’t get much opportunity to share humor and they’re story is 😭. The way Harald x Freydis are so honest, playful and different to every other romance is appealing to me.

I think Harald falls fast for Freydis, and for the Greenlanders as his mates, because their lack of reverence for him, and their honesty appeals to him. I know he tells Canute it’s Leif’s courage that draws him to him but I think it’s more than that.

Harald wears his heart on his sleeve so I think he loves that honesty of Freydis calling bullshit on his I’m a prince “… great grandson of Harold Finehair” etc bullshit.

She is a Greenlander and an outsider, so even the low key formalities of Norway are not her style. She knows a rich entitled kid when she sees one, but to Harald’s credit he just falls harder for her the more she mocks him (is that healthy? I don’t know, lol)

Extra: I love Freydis. She just shows up, bangs a prince, joins Haakon’s warriors, cuts off her enemy’s head, saves her dude, no fucks given.

Freydis is fucking badass. I think having her show up and save Harald at the end of season 1 was so cool and reminded me of Lagertha and I loved that. Thank you tv world for giving us strong female warrior leads.

“You’re no longer a hunter, you’re a warrior.”

Yeah, and…?

Love it.

But then Harald tells the Greenlanders’ story and makes her cry and I’m like 🥹🥰😍 yay for love. I love watching her fall for him.

Anyway, those are my thoughts for anyone who is interested xo

Ps. I did not expect to like this spin off at all. I thought my Vikings days were over, but man has this sucked me in.

Pps. I am also still grieving hard for Stiorra x Sigtryggr. Srsly man. I need to stop with the falling in love with these fake dudes.

[callistod]

Few(actually a lot of) facts about my genshin OC and her family!!

pt 1, I suppose?

Feel free to ask questions if you’re interested 🥰

So..actually, she has 3 names:

Maria Hadung - birth name

Aline Blok - name she took for herself when she ran away from Snezhnaya to Sumeru Academy, so that she wouldn't be found and deported, because she as Maria was a famous person.

Furfur - demonic name given to her by Tsarisa.

So, she's native of Snezhnaya. Comes from the Hadung clan, originating in the Khaenri'ah.

Actual age: 156 years old

Age excluding time spent in the abyss: 

at the time of joining Fatui: 26 years old

at the time of the game's plot (Natlan): 30 years old

So she's already pretty battered by life-

Was born 470 years after the disaster as a result of the union of Kollbein Hadung(father) and Lagertha Ast'blinder(mother)

Her mother had known Thrain (Capitano) in the past because they belonged to the same faction?? during the time of the Khaenri'ah. They were in Natlan together. Lagertha was a good woman and smart, but naive. Her heart spoke for her.

She had a choice: a loud, strolling knight who held his position by physical strength or a court magician, who was pretty weak- and she chose the first one, who was Kollbein

But there is a big BUT

Lagertha had slightly strange morals and could afford to sleep with these two. In intimate way. She got pregnant and thought it was Kollbein's baby. But it was magician's child.

By the way, the magician I'm talking about now is named "Piero"

And this way, Aline's older brother Kalle is blood son of Fatui leader...

And now again about Aline!!

She was born on the outskirts of Morepesok village. At the time of her birth, her blood father was already considered missing. Towards the end of her pregnancy, Lagertha was lucky enough to meet a young man from Fontaine, with whom she later had a civil marriage.

Named Maria in memory of dead Kollbein (he wanted his daughter to be named Maria), she was raised by Lagertha and man named Inas.

Their family had little money. After giving birth, Lagertha was often very ill, Inas could not get a normal job, due to his lack of citizenship of Snezhnaya. Accumulated funds were barely enough to buy medicines and there were mere pennies left for food. So weak four-year-old Maria was also starting to get sick. 

Fortunately, a family living nearby, to whom Inas came several times to fix something, extended a helping hand. While Inas was treating his beloved and saving money, girl lived in a modest family of four.

This was Ajax family btw

As a child, Maria was a total sweetheart! Her hair was quite blond (it turned brown with age) and curly. Big brown eyes of this cutie looked into people souls. Perhaps because of her intense gaze she was considered creepy, it was hard for people to look into her eyes. But she was a typical happy child. Kind, funny, and really well-mannered. Opinions about her differed in the village, but most liked her.

I don't know why I colored the names. Anyway, I'll probably write pt 2. later.

[errruvande]

OR VIKINGS OR BOTH

Vikings baby yeaaaaah

My fave female character: obviously without any doubt Lagertha. I mean, she's literally the least questionable character in the show (if we forget the raping Harald scene we've spent hours talking about with @bilbotargaryen)

My fave male character: Aethelstan. I just love him. He's so confused and lost 24/7. My baby just needed rest

My favorite season: ahhh the second one. Bloody Aethelstan, who fight with Vikings, slutty Ecbert my beloved, blood eagling jarl Borj and killing Horik, cause they're pieces of shit, Aethelstan battling his faith driven battles... I can go on and on)

My fave episode: "whenever you go I will follow" my beloved the most important Athelnar episode ever. Too bad I don't remember the number lmao

My fave cast member: oh gods, a lot of them were so gooood. I think my fave is Gustaf Skarsgård, cause he played wicked Floki so damn flawless it's unbelievable!

My fave ship: Athelnar 100% and Ecbert/Lagertha!! They rocks

The character I'd die defending: Eathelwolf. He did nothing wrong. He was so damn robbed of EVERYTHING. Even the damn son wasn't his... And he died pathetically 😭

A character I just can't sympathize with: Ivar. Little me was practically in love with Ivar, but the older I get, the less I like him.

A character I grew to love: Harald. Not that I didn't like him from the beginning, but damn do I LOVE HIM NOW? Yes

My anti otp: Ivar and Heahmund. It just feels as if they tried to play around heathen/christian again, but it's just so off for me. And Heahmund, I hate him.

Again, thank you for the ask love ✨💕

[anhed-nia]

BLOGTOBER 10/25/2024: SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER, I GUESS

Goddammit, Joe Bob. Why did you fucking do this to me? I was really counting on The Last Drive-In to give me something cool to write up, without me even having to go to the trouble of choosing, but you really can't trust anyone these days. I don't even know what I want to say about this, but I can't break my blogtober oath to myself over SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER.

Jeff Lieberman, who once made some fascinatingly subversive movies like JUST BEFORE DAWN and BLUE SUNSHINE, decided he absolutely had to come out of a ~10 year hiatus to make this grossly inappropriate cheapie about a delusional little boy who thinks a costumed serial killer is his favorite video game character. I guess one of the messages here is that if you go into show business you have to find a way to stay there, because it could be confusing and difficult to transition into getting a regular job later. A huge portion of this alleged horror movie is just family hi jinx; the kid thinks the killer is a living cartoon, the sexy older sister thinks he's her boyfriend in disguise, and there's just, for some reason, a relentless stream of jokes about how the whole family wants to fuck each other. I do not know what that's about. It's one thing for the little boy to have naively icky feelings about his vivacious sister, but then the mom (Amanda Plummer, my darling, blink twice if you're not safe!) and the sister are always exchanging horny banter about each other, and like, I really did not get it. It's the kind of thing I usually only see in Victor Salva movies, and as far as I know Jeff Lieberman is not a pedo, so I don't know what his fucking problem was on this movie.

The film's main quality is this push-pull between being extremely infantile, like something for really little kids, and being intrusively inappropriate, whether it's the family talking about each other's bodies or the child having to watch his father get graphically murdered right before his very eyes, knowing that it's all his personal fault. I just had a really hard time picturing the ideal viewer of this movie.

Anyway, the last thing I'll say about it is that the older sister is played by Katheryn Winnick from Vikings and it made me kind of sad. Lagertha, my beloved, what did you let these freaks do to you? I guess the moral of the story is that you just have to eat a lot of shit if you want to be the queen of the vikings. The End.

[queenfinehair]

Ask game: Vikings :)

Oooh thank you for sending this!

Ahem:

The first character I first fell in love with: It has to be Athelstan. He was soft and sweet and completely stole my heart the more I saw him develop.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Jarl Borg lol idk, he can carry my skull around in tormented love and agony any day 🤷‍♀️

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: idk that EVERYONE loves her... but it has to be Margrethe, sorry

The character I love that everyone else hates: Hmmm... Gosh idk about this one. Do people hate Harald?? If so, him lol

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: Probably Lagertha. Nothing against ya babe, but I've moved on ✌️

The character I would totally smooch: My beloved Halfdan, definitely

The character I’d want to be like: It's gotta be my woman Judith 😎

The character I’d slap: Ivar lmfao

A pairing that I love: Halfdan and Bjorn really surprised me with their friendship and I loved it

A pairing that I despise: lol Margrethe and anyone 😭😭😭

[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

CHARACTER ASK GAME!!!

Emma: 2, 4, 14, 24

Loki: 5, 15, 16, 25

Tony: 7, 11, 19, 22

Goodness! So many asks! YAY!

Emma Frost:

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

She's highly intelligent and incredibly snarky. She knows who she is, she knows what she wants, and at least by now (I hope), she's not going to let another person treat her like a consolation prize/second choice.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Well, she's been in a movie by a fantastic actress to play her, but the writers were shit and decided that they were just going to treat her like eye candy fluff instead of the beautiful badass that she is. I'd like to see her in a movie again, but I'm not sure how much I trust the MCU (Disney) with her portrayal - and she wouldn't get to interact with some of my favorite characters for her to interact with because the MCU killed those characters off or sent them back in time to 'dance' with the handsy, red-flag giving person who brought Hydra into S.H.I.E.L.D. Emma would probably be better utilized in a book where the powers of her snark and sass and mind aren't hinging on some screenplay writer's/director's shitty sexist agenda.

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

Expensive Parisian Runway in the Streets, Comfy Borrowing Her Boyfriend's T-shirts in the Sheets.

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

Lagertha from Vikings. Maybe a little bit Bedelia du Maurier from Hannibal but without Bedelia's petty jealousy in Season 3. Maybe a blending of Montespan, Palatine, and Henriette from Versailles.

Loki:

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

Nature Boy by Nat King Cole

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Tony Stark. Runners up: Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Emma Frost, Justin Hammer. Following those four: Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Fandral.

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?

Thor and the Grandmaster.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Okay my first-first impression of Loki as a Marvel character was that he looked fucking stupid and how could they disrespect my beloved deity that way. (My ex showed me the 80s comics he had, and I had this view of Loki from the first shot - nevermind that I don't mind the look now with Richard E. Grant because it served a fun purpose, a Glorious Purpose, as it were. But I mean, my ex also showed me Logan in those same/year comics, and I thought he looked stupid af, too.) Now I think they do better to portray a good look for Loki as well as his not-evil morally gray sass, but also I love him in the series as well because it shows a versatility to the character as is meant to be in a trickster and not just some one-mood (brooding/dark) that so much of his fans in fandom seem to cling to.

Tony Stark:

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

When fandom pays attention to his PTSD and lets other characters actually notice his PTSD and try to help him rather than mock or try to humiliate/denigrate him for it. When fandom highlights Tony's big loving heart and his love languages with other characters.

11. Would you date this character?

Without hesitation.

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

Pepper Potts. I love them as friends, I do not love them as a romantic relationship because she's too dismissive of his PTSD and all the good he's trying to do. I'm also not partial to his relationships with Janet Van Dyne and Patsy (Trish) Walker (comics).

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like?

Like: Kind of a repeat of the #7 question above, but also I love when writers perfectly capture Tony's sass and sarcasm. I love the extent that writers (including myself) will go to in order to come up with Tony's nicknames for other characters.

Don't Like: When writers imagine Tony as utterly selfish and spoiled and deliberately cruel. When they make his failures that he learns from and gets back up and does better the next time as some sort of unforgivable crime.

Thanks for all the asks! Don't be afraid, y'all! Give me more asks and other characters and fandoms if you like! These are a blast!

Character Ask Game.

[ataraxiamfrp]

Hewwo Nai my beloved! It is I, Tha, here to drop Lagertha from Vikings who, unfortunately, has gone to sleep. Maybe she'll be back someday... She was housed in Suite 11. Thank you, love you xuxuu! <3

anything for you, xuxu

LAGERTHA has been dropped for you.

🪐mod adagietto

[malenamoonlight]

Out of character argument = the person is in denial about the beloved character.

(I’m saying this based on my own experience because I’ve been there twice with Lagertha and, after quite some time, I realized that it was her normal behavior. I understood that she’s capable of such horrendous attitudes. It was a natural character progression and coherent to the show’s “power” thematic.)

[drogons]

You are already a legend, the greatest shieldmaiden of all time. A hero to thousands of women… Farewell, Lagertha. Farewell. 

[midqueenally]

I watched the ep :( I have lost Lagertha now </3

[thyshadowwriter]

Ragnarssons random headcanons.

A/n: Sort of dark, but more on a cutesy side and completely random. Got to post something as I write/edit my next chapter :)

Bjorn:

The one that just says: “I’m going to marry you”.

Isn’t a man to beat around the bush, he knows what he wants, when he wants and will get it.

If enamoured before the Thorrun fiasco, then he’ll be more considerate and patient.

On the other hand, if it happens after, unless his beloved is some powerful figure like a royalty, he won’t play any games to get them.

He is Bjorn Ironside, he doesn’t have to explain himself to anyone. Not a family would decline his proposal. Either by his fame and status, or by fear. And in case they don’t have family, then there’s no resistance.

He’s not at all hard to live with, mostly because he’s out a lot and isn’t very talkative, at times being completely disconnected. As long as his beloved doesn’t opposes him or neglect his needs (sex, mostly that, some cuddling but yeah, it’s sex) they have a lot of freedoms.

Doesn’t care a lot if they speak to other men/women, his confidence reaches Valhalla. Will however set area boundaries so they won’t go away.

Has momma Lagertha on his side.

Sigurd:

Probably the easiest one to deal with.

He works on getting his way, but he’s going to do it as much in the shadows as possible.

Prefers to not be forceful. High chance of having his beloved through a mixture of artistic talent and social interactions.

Is usually really sweet, but the moment something triggers his jealousy and deep rooted child issues, he’s vitriolic. His beloved is sure to hear some very spiteful things in that moment, either towards them or someone else depending on what triggered it.

Other than his brothers, he doesn’t mind if his beloved likes to have friends and a social circle. He likes it too and it’s guaranteed he’ll be part of it, assuming that wasn’t how he got them in the first place.

His beloved may go their entire life without knowing his tendencies, but should they betray him or try to leave, they’ll see just how far a bad word gets.

Ubbe:

Along with Sigurd in being easier to deal with.

Prefers to not draw blood, why would he when he can most likely achieve the same goal by his charm and scheming abilities?

Goes easy on them because he knows you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. His tendencies begin to appear later on.

Is controlling in a discreet manner. Asks who they talked with, what they spent their day on, has more insightful talks, etc. Uses all of this, plus his observations, to evaluate whether or not he should do something, when and what.

Not fond of arguments. If he finds a problem he deals with it and will advise his beloved to not do whatever they were doing before.

Unlike Bjorn, has an ideal image of a family, preferably a large one, and he will get that. Either his beloved is able to give him children, or he’ll find another way.

Wants to shape a respectable image and will make his beloved step up to that.

Hvitserk:

The wildcard. Can be a really sweetheart you barely notice his darker side, or anyway to a completely hard one.

He’s the one that goes through the most changes in life and in each of those he behaves differently.

At a core, he deeply wants a family and someone that will have his back. But making the transition from hookups to committed relationships is not always easy and may not be possible depending on the period of his life.

He’s on that weird spot of being the middle child and once Ivar was born, he definitely suffered from the lack of attention.

Unlike Sigurd, he’s not as much an instigator as he is a follower. For that reason he doesn’t mind if his beloved is on a more dominant side, he might just relish in it as it gives a sense of security.

The worst period is if he’s not recovered yet. He might unintentionally hurt his beloved while on withdrawal.

Has a lingering fear his beloved will just drop him once they can.

Ivar:

You mean: “Default disposition?”

Forget anything about ‘me’ time and private life. He will demand his beloved to spend almost every waking hour with him, not even sleep breaks it off because he likes to sleep warm and comfortable.

Depending on where in his life he is, he’s either more methodical, or outright will simply marry them.

It’s like walking a minefield because he’s almost always on high guard and is prone to understand things as slights to him, even if it isn’t at all.

Doesn’t like to share and that includes his beloved’s attention and time.

Can be overwhelming to his beloved and if they don’t figure out how to live with him, things spiral down pretty quickly.

He is dotting and likes pda. It’s possible to gain his trust, but that takes a lot longer.

Has momma Aslaug on his side. If she still lives.

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Convention babbling

Last weekend, I had another chance to meet some of the Vikings cast. We germans are quite lucky, aren't we?

In comparison to the Vikings Con last month (that was really really crowded [Alex himself said it was fcking mental 😂]) it was so much more chill this time (at least in regard to queues in front of our beloved Vikings).

There wasn't really a queue in front of Alex on Saturday morning. That never happened before in my convention experience 🤣 So we went straight to him and gosh. I think everybody knows by now what an absolute sweetheart he is. So kind, so welcoming, so touchy. He already greets one with such a big smile on his face that even haters must be melting by then :D

He also most of the time stays next to his table (and not behind) to be nearer to his fans (maybe it's also more convenient because of all the selfies).

He said something about my hairdo and looked at it more closely and I said I have a question but might be too nervous to read it (from my phone) so he said oh don't be nervous and he laid his arm around my shoulder and squished me nearer against him - as if this would help to not be nervous anymore 🤣🤣So I gave him my phone so he could read the question: Which part of your character would you have loved to explore more in-depth.

He said oh it's a good question and I said..I know (in a joking way)...and he mimicked me and snorted :D (gif 1 ♥)

Then he said...maybe the softness...and I asked if he meant this in regard of his brothers or his wife and he said, in general because there was not a lot of love with him...I threw something in about Igor (that he was soft with him after he got humbled down in season 6) and he went on saying Ivar deserved the most to get some love and Alex proposed the idea for a romcom for Ivar to me. He would find this hilarious (and gosh he spoke this part with a smile on his face - gif 2 ♥) :D...and then he got serious again and said he would have loved to see Ivar experiencing some true and heartfelt love...I chimed in and said, but he did love Freydis though, right? He said yes, but it was also soooooo toxic..it was a toxic relationship for sure...and maybe the love for himself /selflove would also be a good answer to my original question. That would have been interesting for him to portray more in-depth--because if you don't love yourself you can't love others (he said it).

And then it was Selfie time :) I put my arms around his waist, squeezed into his arm, and got my photos and some funny scenes. Thanks to @vaire-gwir who recorded the whole encounter ♥♥♥

Afterward, I went to Clive and pretty much asked him the same question after I thanked him as well for being here again and always being so kind and engaging with us fans. He also took his time answering and I could ask a few additional question and tell him about my own opinion. I !of course! have this encounter recorded as well, thanks to the wonderful Vivi ♥♥ Who would never forget to record a special moment (I got forced to write this now xd)

Clive would have loved for Rollo to explore his story with Lagertha more. They had this scene when they talked about Bjorn being his child (i chimed in and asked..is he??? and Clive said YES!! but he nevertheless wasn't his father because for that it means more then giving sperm) and he would have loved to go back and showing a few more scene with Lagertha and him back in time, because it is somehow important to understand Rollo as a character, cause he always gets things taken from him (like his first love by Ragnar, his ambitions by Ragnar and so on. He would have loved to have something of his own, not always be in the shadow of someone else like it was with Ragnar. He always was overlooked in his ambitions and Clive would also have loved to see more of Rollos later achievements or the ones of his son - as in making a Sequel for what is going on in Frankia. We talked a bit over that...if there is a sequel planned or any mentions in Vikings Valhalla, but he doesn't know but might pitch the idea to Leo Sutter (who was there as well) XD At some point the conversation led to Siggy and Gisla (I can't remember why it happened), but we ended up agreeing that he treated Siggy poorly and that he deserved a wife like Gisla who had him somehow under control :D

When it came to the Selfie we started figuring out the pose and suddenly there was a wild Alex with us in the picture 🤣🤣 He photobombed us and I so don't mind XD When you do a Selfie with them, they often have the power over the phone (they are pros in doing Sefies xd) and they push the button not just once so I still have also a Selfie with just Clive 🤓

Jordan: Oh gosh, he is also such a charmer ♥ and his thick Australian accent sounds so soo good. First thing he said after the hello how are you, was, that my eyes are pretty cool and my mind went blank 🤣🤣🤣 I bounced it right back at him and we talked a bit about why he had the surfboard with him at the airport (he's going to Australia after the weekend) and he wondered how many people knew of this and I said..yeah I mean you posted it on your Instagram?? (Why is he wondering, right XD) And he said he never thinks about that people actually watch his stories 😂

A changed the question a tiny bit and asked him if there was anything he wished Ubbe could have done more.

He answered that he would have loved to act out Ubbe's aggressive side more / he wished he could have done more violent scenes. Ubbe was always the responsible one and he would have loved to just slice some more people xd Especially for him, Jordan, that would have been fun. Also, a bit like Clive, he said that he wanted something that Ubbe had for his own. Not always be just a part of something his brothers did, but taking his own space instead.

He was also so kind to allow another selfie after the paid one, where my friend could also squeezed in ♥♥

I went back to him on Sunday as well to get the selfie signed by him (printed it as a photo). The Vikings panel was before that and one question there was if there is any scene they shot that didn't make the cut. He talked about the scene where he is sitting at Sigurd's grave, talking to him. Originally Sigurd talked back to him, but it ended up looking weird. So when I went to him afterward, I told him that this scene is an extra on the DVD and he was so surprised and asked me how it turned out and I told him it's 'just' him talking to Sigurd but no talking back and that I always wondered why they deleted this scene cause it's so important in my opinion and it's also kinda nice to see that at least one brother cared about Sigurd (Jordan didn't even remember Sigurd's name during the panel XD) and he said he needs to check it out. And then he started the signing and I asked him in the meanwhile if he remembers the scene in York when Ivar is sitting in front of his chariot, screaming and Ubbe comes into the place, but holds all his warriors back for a minute - why did he do it?? And Jordan said he also wondered about it while shooting the scene but he thinks that Ubbe already sensed that Ivar lost himself a bit and that it would only get worse. He went on a bit philosophizing about his answer :)

During explaining his thoughts about it, he pointed the open pen at me and made a gesture like scolding me and out of reflex I chimed in and guided the pen down what made him laugh (luckily 🙈) and he went on thinking about the scene and at the end he kind of thanked me for this good question 🤓🤟🏻 He also asked me if I wanted a hug as well when I was about to grab my photo and of course I went for a hug with him XD Who would have said no thanks 😂😂

For Alex, my friend and I went to the Meet & Greet with him and there were only 3 more people so we had a great experience and I again could interact with him some more (asking questions, just holding a conversation, sharing a laugh and so on). Last time in Düsseldorf were over 20 people so it wasn't that interactive. It was such a great experience ♥♥ He is just such a sunshine ♥♥

Sorry it got so long (not sorry at all xd) and I could go on and on about it, but I don't want to bore you all to death. Don't pay too much attention at spelling and grammar...I wrote everything in a rush :P