#svein knutsson

[jens-holland]

Wrote a thing inspired by Vikings Valhalla S3E7 when Knut gathers all his potential successors into one room! The tension is rife and the meta historical foreboding was insane.

[ivarthebadbitch]

Would you be willing to do a gifset of Svein Knutsson from Vikings: Valhalla? I love the scene where he isn’t using his knife properly (slashing, not thrusting) in 2x07 and when he begs Freydis for his life in 2x08, but I’d be happy with anything you’d make! Thanks!

anon, here you go: don't slash, thrust and reset.

[eternal-star-princess]

i never really read fiction other than comics so i don't have much to say but i DO have some examples of things IN canon that is complete bullshit

let's talk about macbeth.

since the play by shakespeare (or as he ACTUALLY wrote his name: shakp, shaksper, shakspe, shakspere and shakspeare, he NEVER signed anything "shakespeare") is based on historical events it is very possible for the "canon" to be complete bullshit when compared to what actually happened and perhaps not surprisingly macbeth is FULL of bullshit.

i'm not gonna cover everything but here are some examples:

1. at the start of the play, macbeth has been fighting off an invasion by "sweno, the norway's king". this character is svein knutsson, son of cnut the great. svein was king from 1030 until his death in 1035, and king duncan was king from 1034 until his death, meaning the play HAS to start in either 1034 or 1035. i am not sure if this invasion ever actually happened. this makes no sense because duncan was killed in 1040 and the play clearly does not span 5-6 years between the beginning and the murder of duncan.

2. speaking of king duncan, or donnchad mac crinain as he was called in scottish gaelic, he was not really "elderly", he would have been around 33-39 ish i believe?

3. macbeth is said to live at castle inverness. no he did not fucking live at inverness IT DID NOT EXIST. the EARLIEST supposed construction date of the first castle at inverness is the very year macbeth DIED. and some people claim it is newer yet. macbeth did however supposedly have some kind of fort or castle half a mile east of inverness, but i cannot verify this at all.

3. speaking of castles. duncan's castle, forres, could have existed, some sources mention a castle there already in the 900's, HOWEVER duncan did never actually live there. oh also the viking age fortification was made of wood. not a stone castle.

4. the final "castle" macbeth resides at in the play, dunsinane, possibly existed, but if it did it was already centuries old in his time. at the top of dunsinane hill was an iron age hill fort, its remains still visible today, but being a hill fort it was clearly not some grand stone castle as the play implies and i'm not so sure a probably at least partially wooden hillfort, centuries old, likely not in great condition, would be an ideal place for macbeth?

5. the play claims there was a battle at dunsinane. this is correct. it happened in 1054 though. the play claims macbeth was killed by macduff in this battle. false. he survived and died 3 years later at the battle of lumphanan where malcolm, not macduff, killed him.

6. the play says right after macbeth died malcolm became the new king. false. macbeth's step son lulach became the new king. about 7 months later malcolm murdered him and THEN he became the king.

@quiggel @capybara-on-the-ezh @watermelon-converse idk who to tag uh do you guys have anything to add

can we start a chain of cursed canon literary information?

i’ll go first: Dorian Gray is canonically blonde. BLONDE.

no pressure tagging: @againtodreaming @irritablepoe @lazyrunawayphilosopher @winryrockbellwannabe and anyone who’d like!!

[encomium-emmae]

Sleepover! Okay, top five...things that you'd like to see in Season 2.

Ohhhh, this will be fun!

5. More Godwin scheming/machinations! (Maybe in the service of seducing a Danish princess... or a particular lady-in-waiting?) I want more eavesdropping, hiding behind tapestries, stabbings in dark staircases, late night betrayals... #godwinning 

4. A subplot involving the littlest baby Vikings (i.e. Harald Harefoot and Svein Knutsson). They are adorable and I want them to hang out with their dad more. 

3. Forkbeard and Yrsa? (C’mon, a girl can dream!)

2. Freydis raising some gigantic shieldmaiden army and destroying Olaf. Harald will be totally into this idea, plus they’ll get Leif in on it before he heads off to find Vinland. 

1. All the Emma and Canute domesticity! (First we start with the reunion sex, then the power couple dynamics, maybe a moment of Emma yelling at the earldormen and Canute looking on fondly, like “Yeah, that’s my wife!” And obviously, I need a bathtub scene like I need air to breathe.)

[send me a sleepover saturday ask!]

[jens-holland]

THE BEEEEEEANS

[jens-holland]

UMM

I HAD NOT CONSIDERED THAT POSSIBILITY.

FUCK.

[jens-holland]

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Extended Macbeth Cast At The Grocery Store Part 3

Cnut: Buys haircare products, mints, a lot of things implies he’s getting laid.

Harold: Makes conversation with the cashier. Tells people to have a good day.

Svein: Does he speak? No one knows.

Harald Hardrada: Gets in a fight with Harold Godwinsson every time

Harthacnut: Mixes up the words, but you get the general idea. The look of relief on his face when someone understands what he’s trying to say happens not too often.

Gunhilda: Sometimes has to translate for Art. Mostly buys horse magazines and treats.

Edward: Tries to convince you his expired coupons are not expired. They are.

Alfred Aetheling: Trusts too easily. No one minds because he’s baby.

Maria: Refuses to make eye contact when buying her trashy viking romance novels.

Rognvald: Takes his puppy everywhere. Lets everyone pet the puppy. Anyone who wants to, is allowed. Except for Thorfinn.

Godwin: A total cheapskate. Even worse than Finlay. Committed credit fraud.

Osgod: He eats healthy and makes good life choices. Calls Edward out on his bullshit. Got banned for throwing Edward’s shitty coupons. Lets Torvi shop for herself.

Torvi: Buys what she wants. Does what she wants. She’s her own entity.

[jens-holland]

BABY HAROLD SVEIN!!!! BABY WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH OLAF?????

[jens-holland]

OLAF’S GOT BABY HAROLD SVEIN HOSTAGE AAAAAA SAVE HIM

[jens-holland]

Them 🥺🥺🥺

[jens-holland]

Highkey confusion, these are not the same kids

[jens-holland]

Anyone else just become attatched to random historical figures?

I’m currently partial to the Cnutssons