#nugget thorfinn

[chickensauras]

Cost of everything's goin up

[anactualinsomniac]

TTOI History Nuggets

1.2 - Karlsefni Lineage

{Image pulled off the Thorfinn Karlsefni Wikipedia page}

To say this family was loaded, is an understatement. As you can see, Thorfinn's father was a descendant of an Irish king, and Ragnar Loðbrók himself

which I take with a grain of salt bc you'd be surprised how many ppl claimed that XD

And his Grandfather, Snorri was not only a Goði {a religious leader in pre 11th century contexts only}, but a massive land owner, we're talking {likely, I could be wrong abt that interpritation} the entirity Skagafjörður {that snippet is here, in chapter 64}. And possible foster father of Óláf the Peacock {evidence for this in chapters 16 and 31}, another super rich guy and better known as inspiration for the character Askeladd from Vinland Saga.

Thórd

Other than the fact that this man was rich, we don't know much about him. So here's where I take some control, aka make shit up: his byname 'Horsehead' indicates that he could have had the might of a horse, which could have been earned on the battlefield. With that, I decided to make him one of the great Jómsvíkings!

Thórrun

As for her. . . we have nothing. Just her name. No saga or text has anything beyond that. So I decided to make her also from money as the daughter of a powerful Jómsvíking.

[ladyvgrey]

The McHappy Vinland Saga Family

[silverspadesss]

cbs ghosts theory time!!

so. in this lil snippet we’re introduced to the fact that young children can see ghosts. now i’ve been following this show and even if it is a bit more exposition-heavy than its bbc counterpart, i don’t think it’d just throw something like this in for no reason.

now on to the promo on ghostscbs instagram with hetty and thorfinn. in this hetty explains that she and thorfinn are not ‘hang out alone together outside the group’ friends. to which thorfinn, almost wistfully replies ‘we used to be closer.’ and hetty claims to not know what he’s talking about.

now we know that thorfinn is obviously a lot older than her ghost-wise. and given the nugget we have about kids seeing ghosts, i raise you this theory:

thorfinn and hetty were friends when hetty was little. an imaginary friend of sorts, because he faded away as hetty grew up. she forgot him. but he never forgot her.

[ao3feed-snape]

What if the wizarding community was less dumb and used muggle inventions

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5qtEser

by Wereig

A person who was in Dumbledore's army in their 6th year is inspired to use muggle weapons to try and defeat Voldemort and his lackeys. They decide to spend their summer building weapons and testing them out on dummies. After perfecting the weapons, they simply go about their days. Until as they are about to go to sleep, they feel the galleon heating up. They rush to battle.

  (Song at the beginning is Drunk Dial by Sueco)

Words: 1209, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Other

Characters: Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Original Non-Binary Character, Ron Weasley, Hogwarts Students, Fenrir Greyback, Minerva McGonagall, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley, Alex, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Bill Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Rubeus Hagrid, Death Eater Characters, Alecto Carrow, Amycus Carrow, Corban Yaxley, Gibbon (Harry Potter), Thorfinn Rowle

Additional Tags: the wizarding world is really dumb, Snipers, Dumbledore's Army, Fix-It of Sorts, did this on a whim while snacking on a chicken nugget, I found the names of these characters on the wiki

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/5qtEser

[chickensauras]

Read @mayakoroz fanfic: Dog Eat Dog - its about bjorn helping the angry nugget (thorfinn) survive and its exactly my kinda shit!! And hadta draw the botany lesson bit :]

the fic is 1 chapter- just over 5000 words, go check it out

[anactualinsomniac]

TTOI History Nuggets

1.1 - Reynistaðarkirkja & The Settlement Reynis

Welcome to The Taste Of Iron {TTOI} History Nuggets! A series of posts I decided to make to educate others and give context to the shenanigans occurring in my book on my alt. ao3 account. This includes characters, places, events, or whatever historical thing featured in the work that tickles my nerd brain. I will record where I take blatant creative liberties**; and keep in mind, I'm not a professional and all this information comes from my own research and most, if not all sources will be linked in these posts!

Reynistaðarkirkja

This is a location that still stands today, the actual home of Thorfinn Karlsefni. Though it was converted to a church in the 13th century and has been through its fair share of rough ups, the original foundations still exist. {source, translated}

{A reconstruction of the settlement based the content in the paper: pgs. 44-52, 56-75}

This map took me so long to make for no reason?? But I'm glad I did. I find it interesting that the original Viking settlement was mostly built around the river {called Reynistaðará} and that the fort is on the opposite side, away from the residential/agricultural buildings, which just makes sense.

"Tunnel{?}"

My creative interpretation of this is that Thórd made this tunnel after he deserted for his family and the venerable people of the settlement in case the Jómsvíkings came looking.

Soil

There is even evidence of Birch and Pine trees in the soil and area but I don't know how to fit it in yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

{Soil profile below, if you're interested XD}

as well as traces of Sedge, Mare's-tail, Buttercup, Sorrel, Cranberries, Bilberries, Violets, two unknown types of grass seeds, and large amounts of Barley. {pg. 18, 54-56}

And in the tephra {the term for rock ejected from erupting volcanos} layers underground, there was stuff dating to the year 1000 C.E which totally won't become a plot device from the Hrútafjordur area. {pg. 20}

Note, the results from this article is actually a follow up from the other one above vv

Soil profile✨ ^^

Soil PT. 2

Upon reanylization years later the team found additional traces of a kind of Willow and Rowan trees, chick weed, and. . . dung. {pgs. 4-5}

{I suppose I've reached peak nerd when I read this next section and found it interesting.}

Dung

The dung did not only belonged to livestock, but humans as well. Where this piques my interest, is that both types where sometimes found charred or partially charred. This indicates that the people Reynis used the dung, or its smoke, to preserve food in order to conserve wood fuel! {pg. 5}

I didn't know that was even a viable option?? It's genius??? And it's a method that's still in use in cultures today! {source/further reading}

Agriculture

The results from the soil points to fact that Reynis was partially a wetland, which makes sense bc it was right on water, and it shows as well their approach to agriculture: {pgs. 6-7}

The arrows look goofy but whatever XD

**To point out {maybe} the obvious, the existence of Thóra and everything that happens up until the voyage to North America is made up or based off real events.