Vinland Saga 1x14 REACTION!!

[@gennadiym461]

She's elated because she realized her sin of stealing that ring and agonizing over it, is nothing compared to what she just saw them do.

[@thewandering01]

I think it's more about just being happy to be alive. She knows she should be sad and horrified, and she is, but there's also a part of herself that's naturally glad to still be alive, to not have been slaughtered with the rest.

[@3y35poihjpn]

@ChocoGamin3 Yeah that's the definitive meaning

[@ioannispolemarkhos7364]

Imagine the amount of burden that was taken out from you if you thought, you, in your small village of simple farmers and herders, are the worst of all of humanity because you stole something, then see all these Godless people who have no reason to not murder people and take their things like it's nothing. The fact that she's alive also meant that she can undo the personal wrong she had done before she died. She's excited because she can be forgiven.

[@神のユージン]

No it's just false, elated was a horrible mis-translation. Doki doki shiteru is like heart racing. She felt the same when she was stealing the ring as when she was watching them killing her village. The ring is representing sin.

[@MattMajcan]

that's not it at all. she's elated because she now realizes that it's possible to live without fear of god. all she's known is god fearing christians and then she sees these vikings who dont care at all. it feels liberating because she's been weighed down with guilt and fear all this time and now realizes it was unnecessary

[@TripleDet]

This was meant to remind you that our main characters are not necessarily good people. It's a harsh way of doing so but it was necessary for us to appreciate the complexity of the characters and this world.

[@Bayard1503]

Not necessarily?? They are very bad people even by the period standards. No allegiance, no morals, no rules, no nothing, basically pirates.

[@clarev.377]

Vlad Cirus Not really?? Not according to history. It was somewhat the norm for most Danes and Vikings. Even if it’s not based on accurate representation of the time period, the show emphasizes that most Danes do this according to the dinner scene with the English family, so it’s not just Askeladd’s particular group that’s “bad.” Not only that, the English army did the same thing where they killed all the Danes, including the women and children, to cause this war in the first place in the show, and they’re not pirates.

[@famezzz190]

@@clarev.377 that why war is suck

[@clarev.377]

Fame Zzz Yup, agreed.

[@bravesirrobinn]

Vlad Cirus That’s not true. Viking culture was amazingly rich. The only thing that differs is the mentality of Vikings to people today about the price of a human life (due to religion). There is no reason that a human life is above the life of any other organism and yet a lot of people do think that a human life is more important and this is because of judaism, christianity and islam. These religions and many other newer present day religions boast that human life is sacred and should never be taken. This has lead to massive changes in the mindset of most people. Today if you are a murderer you are condemned and rightly so because there is no reason to kill in the present day however just over 100 years ago there was plenty of reasons to kill another human and for it to be justified in many different ways. So no I do not believe the Vikings had no morals or rules or “nothing” as you claim.

[@kkkuroro]

the priest didnt knew thors, he interested about the love thors had tho

lol kkk

[@mr.niceguy777]

Pretty much all ancient and modern cultures have committed mass "war crimes" in the name of survival or a practical sense no matter how cruel.

[@xt3276]

This episode could be a short film it’s so good

[@youngrootv]

This episode is amazing! You could show this episode to anyone with no context and it would convey deep themes and messages to them for discussion

[@Andrea98755]

This episode is poetic and has a mystical aura with the religious themes involved, and you feel how terrible it could be a blizzard and overall the winter with these atmospherical sounds, the final scene with the dawn is amazing too, no matter if the night before was consumed a bloody tragedy, the world keeps going and a new day arrives. Indeed this episode is called "light of the dawn".

[@TheGrandTurk]

It's interesting how everyone forgets how we've seen Askeladd and his men do this before. We literally watched Thorfinn befriend a family only to see them later fall victim to one of these raids. The show successfully puts us on their side, then reminds us of exactly what that means. Something to remember, Thorfinn sat there and watched the massacre in this episode too.

[@LitchiBoba]

Anne is feeling survivor’s guilt. She is obviously distressed over her family’s brutal murder, but she is happy she survived which conflates her guilt even more. She experienced the same feeling she got when she stole the ring.

[@Kamina1]

So stocked how much you ladies are enjoying the show as much as you are (most notably Imon). Especially considering the first half of Vinland is regarded as the weaker part of the series in comparison to 13-24. This is gonna be good.

[@aaa1e2r3]

stoked* stocked means they've taken inventory

[@AR-ql4tj]

@@aaa1e2r3 Which is exactly what Askeladd did to those villagers lol

[@redhead3304]

Same with Re:zero the "good part" starts at the half of the season

[@aura7117]

Saw this on reddit: Some interpretation the priests comments: The brothers try to impress the priest with their love for each other, but that sort of love - loving someone close to you who loves you back and treats you well in return - while it's a good thing, it's the easiest, most common form of love. This is why the priest says it's "wonderful" but not what he's looking for. Loving your friends is easy, loving a stranger is much harder: this is why when the priest asks the brothers if they would have his back, they answer that they wouldn't; because they don't really know him and don't trust him. The hardest love of all, though, is loving your enemy. This is the sort of love Jesus preached, and it's the sort the priest is talking about. This is why he's transfixed by the story of Thors: Thors is someone who loved his enemies enough to spare their lives, at the likely cost of his own.

[@thewandering01]

Yep, it's like the different forms of love that Christian-Greek philosophers classified, Eros, Philia, Agape, etc. Love of a man for his wife (or wife for a husband) is different from the love between brothers, which is different from love for a child, etc. I think the priest is obsessed with Agape, which is considered the highest form of love, the love of God to humankind, that loves without conditions, no matter if someone does something to hurt or disappoint or upset you, to always have charity in your heart for all people. That's why he's struck by Thors, because to have love like that even for your enemies, to not kill them even despite them attacking you with the intent to kill you, is a little piece of the sort of love he believes is missing or absent from the world.

[@thamor4746]

In manga it was shown much more them raping and killing the villages, in this anime they really delayed showing how cruel the Vikings are to people they attack. One of the reasons Thorfinn was trying to sleep in the stables and seeing his nightmare was because all the horrible things happening outside.

[@robertcampbell8070]

I don't think you've read it in awhile. I just reread the chapter because I didn't remember any raping in this village, and the manga presents it in almost the exact same way. You see the axe fall, and then come away bloodied, once, and that's it. Edit: realized you said "villages" as in throughout the series, not "villagers" as in just this village. I'll leave my original response, but realized I misunderstood your comment.

[@thamor4746]

@@robertcampbell8070 Well you corrected your reply already and yes I was trying to say that earlier episodes of anime didn't show properly how cruel the vikings were and what Thorfinn was seeing when growing up compared to manga. This episode was the first real cruel reality shown how they come to a new village, even in episode 6 didn't show that much, but them attacking the village.

[@yaraduardo1287]

@@thamor4746 the episode 6 of the anime is the chapter 17 from the manga. And it shows the exact same thing.

[@DXDragon38]

Yeah, this episode was made to remind everyone that even though we follow Askeladd's band, and that they can be funny or charming at times, they are not GOOD people. And to be fair, Askeladd did have a point. He couldn't let them go, and he didn't have enough food for them and his men.

[@CP110]

Askeladd had a point but it only had to be done because he led his men there, if they were never there they wouldn't have a need to kill them. So it's still hard to justify having to kill a whole village solely because of your men's presence there.

[@turbozed]

Amazing synchronized sigh at 9:14 Both of you were like "ah damnit Askeladd you got a point there"

[@vith4553]

this show is masterpiece.

[@kamixae263]

It's sad that it's so underrated, definitely deserve Anime of the year 2019.

[@FlubbedPig]

The "I feel elated now" can be taken in a couple of ways. You could say that it's a mistranslation, 'cause what she says is more along the lines of "My heart is racing", so she may be talking about her stress. I however, take it as her realizing that stealing a ring was nothing. She's seen what real evil is, and so now no longer fears for her soul over something so trivial as pretty theft. It put into perspective just how insignificant her sin was, and how in a world where people can be THIS evil, surely God can forgive a ring. So her family may be dead, but now she has no doubt that she'll be with them again.

[@Sweet_Venom0027]

That is a marvelous interpretation of those words, or I might just want to believe that after this episode SOMETHING good might bring peace to her mind.

[@thewandering01]

I take it more as she's just naturally happy to be alive.

[@Necron00b]

@9:43 - little kids grow up...they look for revenge or they bolster enemy forces, in terms of war...reducing your enemies numbers has always been a popular strategy

[@Keviqeri]

Glad to see this ep hit yall as hard as it hit me. Had me in tears the first time.

[@KrazyFlippa]

These your men’s out here.

[@Bdakkon]

Its messed up but Askeladd was being merciful in a way. (as messed up as that line of thinking is) His troops needed that food to survive so they were not going to leave without it but that would have meant leaving the villagers without any food at all to slowly starve to death over the winter. Giving them a quick death is a mercy in this situation. Its a judgement made purely in heartless logic but it isn't wrong.

[@sota331]

true that man. although we could assume that some other factor can come in play to give them food or aid survival but also those villagers are going to snitch, which will fuck up Askelaad, so he had to do what he had to do to further his goal. At the end of the day, both Askelaad and the villagers are fighting for their own self-preservation/survival.

[@alphaleonis6252]

That ending theme hit different this episode

[@magortom]

Also of they don't kill the kids they might end up with another Thorfin who can actually kill people in their sleep or a kid with the hatred of Askelaad but with the genetic potential of Thorkell. Askelaad makes himself an enemy with his cruelty so he has to make sure his enemies never survive long enough to cause him trouble. None of this is humane of course

[@TheMaitoPulla]

Well, sparing just the little kids would be even more cruel, they would just slowly die to the cold and hunger. At the point where they decided to take everything, killing them was fairly...merciful?

[@setsuna7618]

Double upload omg let's gooooo

[@suly3243]

nice new intro art! the channel art is good too.

[@muhammadhashir7537]

I think her being elated meant that she was happy that she was a sinner and away from her family because that kind of death is what she wasn't willing to pay to go to heaven. That's why she kept the ring on after seeing her family die. Because she is okay with being a sinner because it saved her.

[@sebastianmccaughey9985]

It's actually the same animation studio as aot, thats why it looks similar

[@svgftw351]

this is the episode that made my mom drop this show she couldn't handle how bad it was

[@bravesirrobinn]

It’s important to note that the real Vikings did not round up and kill everyone in villages, this is something that Askeladd chose to do in this particular situation because if he didn’t kill them all then they would have told the English where they were and all of Askeladd’s men would have been killed including Askeladd. This would obviously have stopped Askeladd’s plan to protect his Roman Celtic people in Wales from the Danes so he did the only thing he could.

[@Jack_H179]

Those broths were real people too

[@zachq9005]

VIKING REALITY CHECK HOO BOY

[@wormengine]

elated isn't a good translation, it was more like adrenaline rush generally, but there isn't a great english word for that grammar context

[@daryeusford9696]

Why are all of the comments are from 1 or 2 months ago?

[@aaa1e2r3]

Patrons got to see it earlier.

[@daryeusford9696]

aaa1e2r3 oh that makes since

[@RHS1305]

They're time travellers who came from the future. If you want to rent a time machine donate $5 to their Patreon

[@reopreop4690]

One episode from the victims point of view. Askelad's men have been doing this from the begining......

[@Donderu]

1:44 kinda spoiler No, they don't die :)

[@hishinunit6609]

U girls havent seen this much characterization since Hunter x Hunter.

[@shariquenguyen4945]

This aint real Christianity doe...... not supposed to teach like that and it ain’t accurate. Feels like they makin em look bad on purpose

[@AR-yd2nd]

Making christians look bad? This is litterally an anime/manga on Christian escatology, my dude Also that is "not supposed to be taught like that" well, it depends. Catechism is a modern invention, until the council of Trent there wasn't a unified way of teaching the Christian religion

[@shariquenguyen4945]

Alessandro P oh wait I forgot this is Catholicism not Christianity nvm 😭😭😭 completely diff things

[@yohtobe655]

@@shariquenguyen4945 you do realize that catholics are the OG christians? christianity means worship of jesus christ, any religion who worships jesus practice christianity not to mention again catholics are the first and original christians, everyone else are copy cats.

[@Juggs009]

@@AR-yd2nd Let's not forget for a long time the average man was not able, or even allowed to, read or own a copy of the Scriptures. They went off of what the church and the priests taught them, and many were corrupt with control and power. This is why we had the printing press and separation of church and state. If they truly read and understood the scriptures, a lot of these peasants wouldn't have been in the dark.