Vikings 1x3 REACTION!! "Dispossessed"

[@1ProfessorPorksword1]

Ragnar is all like "I respect your argument, but look how blue my eyes are."

[@xavion15]

Kudos, amazing comment

[@ms_scribbles]

Floki grabbed the necklace, the Saxons overreacted by pulling their swords to attack him and the Vikings took that as their signal to just kill them all. Of course, the Vikings take a lot of things as their signal to kill everyone. 😁

[@swanpride]

Funny thing is that a version of this incident actually happened.

[@onenerd9573]

As usual.

[@FarikoWishless]

swanpride Lol seriously?

[@joeg6478]

the saxons didn't overreacted tho, Floki disrespected them. they had already given Rollo a gift as a peace-offering but i feel like Floki snatched the cross to provoke a fight cuz he hates Christians

[@ethanthamouse6695]

@@joeg6478 even so id take a slight disrespect that isnt anything major and have a group of skilled and valued traders rather then have those same pepole as enemies .........back then not alot of pepole thought things through and looked at the long game

[@SoupForBrainsss]

they're already talking about ragnar and athelstan's relationship awwwwwwwwwwwww

[@SiTHFuRioN]

You guys are gonna love this show.. Trust me!!

[@revanruler6404]

you would know

[@squashedeyeball]

THE LEGEND HIMSELF!! The first Viking on youtube, Sithfurion!

[@frostdragon7135]

HELL YEAH!! Love you man!

[@MrAchsas]

SiTHFuRioN Ayy its the homie

[@FMJaqenHghar]

+SiTHFuRioN A man trusts you, so of course Blind Wave must be trusting the SiTHFuRioN !

[@Rockstroem]

There seems to be a few misunderstandings when it comes to history and eras when you talk about this. The Viking age is considered to have begun in 793 when vikings first raided the monastery at Lindisfarne. This was centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire (or the Byzantine Empire) was still around, with their capital city being Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). The Norse people (let's just refer to them as Vikings although Viking means "to raid" rather than as a people) were both traders and warriors. The raiders were feared and the traders sailed as far as down to Constantinople several times, trading furs and similar Nordic items for steel and oddities and such. A good example of how far ahead vikings were as traders was that there are items like South Eastern Asian buddha figurines found among items found among archeological finds in Nordic/Russian areas. The Byzantine Emperor heard of the prowess of viking warriors and enlisted them to serve as his bodyguards and as a military company. The companies would consist mainly of Danish/Norwegian/Swedish warriors and those from the areas settled in Ruthenia, aka Rus, in Eastern Europe. These men brought a very different sort of style of combat to the area, where mainly Hellenic/Arabian types of warfare happened, and much like their tactics inspired fear during raids, they were often sent in to break the morale of the enemy. They wielded typical viking weapons, like the dane axe, which worked well against soldiers in those areas because they were not used to fighting against axes, and the vikings were used to pulling shields off enemy combatants with their long axes. Basically, they brought an element of surprise into the battles and, just like in Europe, while they were perhaps not the most brilliant military units, they were always hard for their enemies to understand and get used to fighting. Anyway, this all happened centuries after what is usually considered The Roman Empire had already fallen. Longbows would still be a few centuries away. The Romans are long gone, and later on we'll see some of the remnants of what the Romans did in Britain. Love you guys, keep watching and discussing, just wanted to point out a few things you might want to know. Also I am by no means a historian, just a Swede interested in these things and I may have gotten some stuff confused as well.

[@Merecir]

The vikings also had an advantage in that they believed that their fates were set. So when they stepped into battle they did so with full confidence that they would survive any battle until they reached the point in their lives that had been predetermined to be their last day.

[@Dalleee]

I wanted to start vikings on my own but I didn't. When i saw you started I had to watch and now I'm on season 2 already. :)

[@Usurpationblitz]

First season is my least favorite

[@AustinGonder]

Dalleee just wait till you catch up all the way, it's amazing

[@spriteqcx0]

Man yall are in for a treat. Season 3 and Season 4 get even better.

[@k9commander]

I started watching the day Blind Wave released their episode 2 reaction. I'm on season 3 episode 4.

[@internationalmanofmystery28]

Up in horsie heaven, here's the thing You trade your legs for angel wings And once we've all said goodbye You take a running leap and you learn to fly Bye, bye, lil' sebastian Miss you in the saddest fashion Bye, bye, lil' sebastian You're 5000 candles in the wind And though we all miss you everyday We know you're up there eating heaven's hay And here's the part that hurts the most Humans cannot ride a ghost Bye, bye, lil' sebastian Miss you in the saddest fashion Bye, bye, lil' sebastian You're 5000 candles in the wind Everybody singing now Bye, bye, lil' sebastian Miss you in the saddest fashion Bye, bye, lil' sebastian You're 5000 candles in the wind Maybe someday we'll saddle up again And I know I'll always miss my horsiest friend Spread your wings and fly Spread your wings and fly

[@Mevite]

it makes me very happy that you are interested in Athelstan and Ragnar dinamic, it´s one of my favorites, and Athelstan is my favorite character of the show

[@pcgaming4944]

Thursday is actually something to look forward to now 😍

[@HorseandHattock]

I think what you might be thinking of is the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire, when you talk about Roman Viking Generals. Technically still Roman but a little misleading since most people tend to think of the Western Roman Empire when someone says "Rome".

[@arlaalfrost8445]

Yeah the term Viking came long after Rome fell, the Romans met Scandinavians along with European barbarians in their conquest, but Viking culture came a few hundred years after Rome 👌

[@matthewy2j]

Agreed, he's not technically wrong as the Byzantine's referred to themselves as Roman but it is a bit misleading.

[@randy_n]

Svein is the Janos Slynt of Vikings.

[@brandonbaldeen5540]

Just because you guys started this I was able to pull the trigger on watching it. Almost finished season 2 already.

[@billyh9878]

Brandon Baldeen it only gets better from there!! 😊 enjoy!!

[@bankairocks93]

When you get here before the Patreon email. 🤘🏽 Vikings is everything! So glad you guys are reacting to the show and I'm looking forward to many more great reactions.

[@Respect_heliX]

Yes! Love this series.

[@housestark613]

THIS IS A EFFING GREAT SHOW.. WAIT UNTIL 2ND 3RD SEASON... ITS FREAKIN EPIC!!!

[@RaptorAtLaw]

Calvin no longer looks like a Viking, now he looks like Skrillex with a beard lol

[@dotsnhots2440]

Keep watching it guys, gets better and better!

[@demonkindx]

Eric missed his chance to say "Ménage à trois" when Ragnar and Lagertha invited Athelstan to their bed.

[@Algernon7]

Ya know I always had this feeling Eric was into D&D. Love the Critical Role shirt!!

[@TheRedLittleGirl]

I mean, as someone who also reads up on this history stuff for fun (and also did it in school), it's not like the show does EVERYTHING historically correct either. :P And that's fine (I would love to visit those... famous Danish mountains...), and it's also fine that you don't have exactly correct information about the history in the show. But it is kind of fun hearing you talking about it and getting some of it right and some of it... a tiny bit off. :D But you'll do fine. Getting Rick in on these reactions could be a lot of fun though. Really loved the discussion after this. You seem immediately sucked into this show, which is always fun. Poor Athelstan though. Like, sure, he might have gotten off easily compared to some of the others but man, this is all pretty harsh for him overall. I can relate though, I also get very talkative when I'm drunk. :P Looking forward to next Thursday (fitting, Thor is on their side afterall!) and to finally catch back up with this show.

[@msrdianagray]

Really nice hair, Calvin!

[@huamulan9279]

Another awesome reaction & discussion! ♥ Darn it, can't wait for next week!

[@undarkwin]

Don't check much of history or you might get it spoiled (not everything was done according to real history, of course, but you get what I mean) I did it, and I regret doing so. It did not ruin the series for me but I would have enjoyed it much more

[@frostdragon7135]

The way both you and the people in the show pronounce Knut is hilarious.

[@DigitalFumbles]

As a Norwegian hearing the pronunciations of some names is hilarious. xD Like friggin' "Kuh-noot".

[@lmao4982]

also knut is "knot"

[@doop8436]

Blackbeard did same thing when he buried his treasure.. he would kill the one(s) that dug the holes.. main reason so only he knew where it was but also kind of a curse/protector of his treasure against anyone found it.. because back then if someone uncovered bones they would stop digging so usually treasure was safe

[@UuzerName]

I love Thursdays now.

[@Predator5992]

you are gonna love ragnar as the show goes on.

[@scruffyswede1690]

The fight on the beach is based on a skirmish that took place some years ( if I remember correctly ) before Lindisfarne. So that confrontation could be seen as the true start of the viking era. Pretty cool they added it in the show though, even if the timeline is wrong. But still.

[@Smatt78]

You guys should also react to The Last Kingdom. Very similar to Vikings but more about the England side of things. I think the time period is a few years after this show (historically I mean)

[@tcc5750]

6:35 would have said yes. Hands down. That woman is so damn beautiful. That monk should be canonized as a Saint.

[@joeg6478]

Calvin referenced *13th Warrior* but missed the fact that Vladimir Kulich aka "Bulwyf" played one of the vikings on Ragnar's raid

[@tcc5750]

7:50 Informational/Intel is useful as hell!

[@pittp1333]

the guy that plays rollo has his own show on NBC now called taken it's pretty good

[@ramonvdklooster9206]

Thanks for these reactions! Vikings is life

[@spr35441]

In case you guys didn't know, Vladimir Kulich (Ulfric Stormcloak), plays Erik in this. The giant viking that looks like Zakk Wylde.

[@TxuZai]

Show has to much awesome for 10 minutes! NEED MORE EPISODES A WEEK!!!

[@matheusbedeschii]

VIKINGS!! FUCK YEEEEAH

[@AnandT2000]

7:40 SHANE HAD ME DYING LOOOOOOOOOL

[@marianaborrelli4136]

PLEASE BRING RICK!!!

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Laughed out loud when the priest said people need to pay with gold to have their souls saved or whatever. Sad and funny how it's not a joke.

[@NativeSpartacus]

I'm pretty sure the English longbow didn't exist during the Viking age.

[@jkid323]

@10:45 was a better battle then battle of the basterds on game of thrones

[@mrtuktukla]

this show as youll soon see guys, is set in post roman or midevil times actually plays into "lore" slightly

[@the_antonios23]

More Vikings

[@J-Nigma]

Bring in Rick!

[@alexdumitrescu3025]

quote of 2017 "He's such a weirdo"- Calvin

[@PrinceTravis72]

So happy you guys are doing this now, but with being so far behind can you do more than one episode a week plz lol

[@katieee1203]

The crew prefer to keep all their shows at 1 episode a week, helps them out a lot more and keeps their schedule flowing nicely :

[@PrinceTravis72]

I understand, I just inpatient lol

[@Frediej21]

Calvin keeps looking more and more like Rollo each week. At that time the only rank above Yarl/Earl was King/High King, as I've read.

[@DragoniteKnight]

unrelated to the show but it's brilliant to see Erik rocking the Vox Machina T-shirt!

[@KimM13744]

It's just now occurred to me whilst watching this that the other monks were most likely killed I stead of being slaves so they could not give out any more information of England or other lands.

[@earendilthemariner5546]

I want to explain something i noticed, but i dont want to spoil it for people. if youve seen vikings until season 4, i can tell you (youve probably noticed too though)

[@jokonkwo123456]

Travis' eyes are actually that bright a blue.

[@JunkYardDog175]

High key love the Vikings reactions but low key really liking the Vox Machina shirt Eric, didn't know you were a fan

[@michaelmegson2778]

Still don't get names wrong as much as in game of thrones but for the love of god he's an earl, the only jarl in season one is introduced later.

[@groynin]

Can't wait for the "are you corrupt?" conversation, it is my favorite scene of the show, but it is so far away. Loving these reactions, maybe I should rewatch it, it's been so long since I've watched Season 1 and 2.

[@anairsta6507]

The guys should watch the BBC Merlin series. That is an awesome series. Someone send them the series on DVD. XD

[@technolegends306]

5 years later and im still waiting lol

[@swanpride]

Just to clarify, Northumbria is roughly where Scotland is nowadays.

[@juliavalmada]

Bring rick! And about the people complaining about the disappearing screen, just put a screen shot in it's place :D

[@scottsaltman]

When is the next episode? This show is addictive!!!

[@katieee1203]

Next Thursday :)

[@modednerd5138]

Love the vox machina shirt

[@JRF32100]

Ragnar wasn't a real historical figure and you can't spoil yourself by looking him up (unless you see show spoilers). He's heroic figure from viking stories and poems. The viking named Rollo was a real historical figure, and extremely famous if you look up what he did and the line of royalty he spawned all the way to modern day.

[@ranialian8537]

Speaking from personal experience, they can most definitely spoil themselves by looking up any of these characters.

[@JJD5150]

I don't like that the screen kept disappearing so used to it being on til the whole episode. But Vikings is one of my shows and happy the Crew is reacting to it!

[@misternightstar]

The absent screen saves time so more footage can be shown from different scenes. It's standard practice for many reactors.

[@TeddyBearBonfire]

+misternightstar Yeah, it makes sense. I prefer the screen disappearing and seeing more of the reaction than bits of the reaction being cut out for the sake of the screen being constantly there.

[@spriteqcx0]

I read the comments before watching and saw that you had posted this, i watched the whole thing and didnt even notice what you're talking about so it's really not a big deal.

[@pcgaming4944]

SpriteVR I think they just mean the screen needing to be cut for 10 minutes of footage

[@Theilppi13]

misternightstar Well it's fine if they add more, however they still showed under 10min of footage. So I guess this was a thing the new editor did.

[@sarahsmiles9127]

They bury the gold also for the next life similar to Egyptian tombs.

[@cookj6899]

Lol I wanted to see that last fight scene

[@entropyfun]

1:26 Crow Calvin

[@WileChile51]

"Hey, babe." We all heard that xD

[@loaditz]

Shane is talking about the Varangian Guard who were made up of Norse and Northern Germanic warriors who served the Byzantine Empire (or East Roman Empire).

[@krichardj]

Historically the Roman Empire is long gone. England has several kings south of the Wall and clans to the North. The English are Saxons, Angles, Jutes, celts, etc. Most people never go more than five miles from home. English Yeomen and the longbows don't exist yet.

[@Mikhael_bureau]

Honestly, the Yarl and most of his people should know about lands in the west, most of them are played by Irish actors.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

I hope the disappearing screen will not be an habit...great reactions guys !!

[@Toren8002]

I think anything you see without the screen is "extra" -- they're only allowed to show 10 minutes of the show itself, or they run the risk of having the video taken down because of copyright stuff. It can be irritating, but it means we get to see more of the crew's thoughts and reactions.

[@katieee1203]

The crew likes to stay within that 10 minute fair use rule for all shows. Other reactors find ways of doing it, loop holes but thats a massive gamble anytime they do it. The crew have had problems before and they'd rather not go through them again. If they get 3 strikes than the channel could get deleted, they rather be safe than sorry.

[@Toren8002]

I think it also depends somewhat on the how the show's owners feel about it. Sometimes, they can be more laid back, other times they can be fairly aggressive. In general, though, fair use laws allow for 10 minutes, so that's what most of the bigger reaction channels try to stick to. Smaller channels that don't pull as much traffic may be able to get away with more, and as Katie mentioned, there are workarounds. It's also worth mentioning, there have lots of comments on other videos (I know I've seen it on their GoT reactions) that basically read "Man, why do you cut so much out? Even if you don't show us the screen, at least let us see how you react to it!!" So...they get complaints either way. Welcome to the internet. =P

[@tgmaps]

Since they do not read the comments due to spoiler i was wonder if you could let them know that it is Earl not Jarl in the case of the head of katagat

[@liamcook2670]

why? if you want to watch the episode itself this aint the place.

[@ethanpost9774]

It would be another. 600-something years before England had long bows ha

[@maryjane89]

...Is that a Vox Machina shirt? It's two of my favourite things in one place!

[@PRATIK1900]

GUYS, we need more than i episode per week please...3 maybe? t least 2....consider it at least...thanks :)

[@frostdragon7135]

OMG Eric, a Vox Machina T-shirt. Critical Role? And I thought I could not t love you guys more.

[@runningsuperska]

I'm not sure Vikings and Romans ever encountered each other. Different times.

[@K3MBLE]

they killed the kid so he wouldn't tell anyone where the gold was or so he didn't dig it up himself... is that not obvious?

[@stellaletoile9318]

Personnaly the editing don't bother me at all. And big up to Katie to repeat on and on the 10 mn rules ! You're patient !

[@katieee1203]

I grow tough skin doing this :P

[@nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417]

He's not a yarl, he's an earl, There is a yarl latter in the show.

[@anniedotson1165]

A human sacrifice that's involuntary is seen as no good and could "ruin the gods good favor" for the people. Those poor boys...

[@gunslinger11bravo]

Digging the Vox Machina shirt!

[@internationalmanofmystery28]

Vous êtes un grand poulet, suivi d'une énorme plaque jaune de gelée vacillante, tout bordé d'une crème lâche et acheté dans la branche Scaredycat de Wimpy

[@kreehomel]

"He's gonna' be pissed they went east instead of west to Russia." Eric failed geography in school, didn't he?

[@mrlikerdh]

Its earl not jarl xD.

[@abuhassanabo]

MrLiker It's jarl in the original language

[@mrlikerdh]

Sundqvist Really? My bad.

[@arlaalfrost8445]

Actually both were used, with jarl being more common, but as trade and raiding with neighbouring countries increased they adopted certain phrases. But yeah true jarl was the original 😂

[@viktorkarlsson3662]

Love ur reaction. But holy shit it's sad that the views are so low. Thought alot more had watched Vikings or wanted to see this...

[@angelwastaken]

AthelNar :D

[@arkenstar3979]

Athelstan's character development is as good as Ragnar's character development imo :D

[@shayan6291]

Shane should change his instagram handle to Shane the Magnanimous

[@DewkChronic]

I'd like to travel scandinavia with a metal detector. I can imagine ho must treasure is buried for people hording for afterlife.

[@tesdal9999]

yas

[@ArcheoVariety]

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[@Apple-rx1ik]

they can only use 10 min of footage, or else they'll risk getting a strike on their channel. :(

[@katieee1203]

Well the crew are only allowed to use 10 minutes of TV footage, with the screen disappearing it allows the crew more time to show more of the reaction. When the screen disappears it's because the crew are talking about something not related to whats going on on screen so it makes sense to remove it so more things from the reaction can be used.

[@GirlPowder3007]

Am I the only one there see the Vox Machina t-shirt?! Critical role for the win!

[@darciepowell]

PLEASE make your Vikings Patron posts for $ 1.00 Patrons !! PLEASE

[@loganburgess5001]

It's pronounced Earl not Yearl, lol

[@tannerhudson3382]

Is Eric wearing a critical role shirt?

[@MangaLuffy]

whats this new editing were you bearly show the show your reacting too

[@jenp6146]

You guys should check out the real life stories of these characters, it's pretty interesting. For example, Rollo founded what's now Normandy France. They did change some things for the show, but their real life stories are fascinating...

[@Traegor]

jarl = duke

[@JadeSeaRivera]

Don't look their history up!! it will ruin the show for you!

[@jonathanmalangis2323]

haha so wrong about siggy though

[@everbeltran8417]

Yes! Make Rick, Aaron's permanent replacement... Jk xD