#there are two shows in this era and 72727389 characters named aethel something

[cibolasburn]

@smol-nemesis yeah that’s their mom! it’s weird! vikings does this thing where the women literally do not age Like At All (only one gets grey hair and it’s because of trauma and the wig is SO BAD). And Judith (that lady) is interesting cause she was introduced as a young girl (if I’m remembering correctly there are so many brown haired women) and then became a murdering milf but like. Those Boys Look So Old Too even though their actors are like 19 there (but that actress was 29! It’s so close!!!) and it’s like. I know period dramas that span decades are hard but can we PLEASE let the women have gray hair and wrinkles. PLEASE I promise I’ll still think they’re hot

And historically it’s...... a lot worse. In the show she is biologically those boy’s, Alfred and Aethelred, mom. In real life she was their step mom, and was like. 4 years older than Alfred. She was like 13. It’s weird. So the age gap between the actress and actor who play mother Judith and son Alfred is 10 years, and is double the age gap between historical stepmother Judith and stepson alfred. And I uuuuh. Hate that