Vinland Saga Chapter 91 Discussion

Nidhoeggr said:
Stop complaining about the lack of action already, we just entered a skrimish and VS is not a gorefest where there is violence just for the sake of violence.

This. To quote myself from a little way back:



Lindle said:
This story is about quite a bit more than just vikings. Granted, the action in the earlier arcs was top-notch and it's easy to see how much of a cocktease the current arc is to some people, but if you think the Viking violence was the whole point then you're clearly missing the big picture.

Finally, the start of the battle-or bloodbath is the right word to describe it.



I've been wondering why a seasoned warrior like Thorgil had been eager to enter the battle when it was blatant they were going to lose, but it turned out he had a plan all along. I wonder if his plan will end up failing because his brother withdrew in the last minute. I can't wait to see how Canute is going to elude death in the next chapter. I hope there will be Ulf vs Thorgil: they seem to be equally strong.



Arneise's dream could be forshadowing she will not going to make it. If that happens, I wonder if it will be the incentive for Thorfinn to return to the farm and confront Ketil, which will lead to his reunion with Canute.

Damn Thorgill's a beast!!! Too bad he'll die nxt chapter.

Meh. I'm not really too concerned with a Thorfinn and Canute reunion.

Yes there is the parallelism going on but I think the relationship between

them is a tad bit overplayed by fans. That's not to say there's no drama

there. But I don't think there's really much of a rivalry going on at all.

Thorfinn has gotten past his want for revenge and it wouldn't make

much sense for him to still hold a grudge against Canute for killing his

prey--Askeladd. On the other hand I don't think Canute considers

Thorfinn particularly important. Maybe I need to re-read the volumes

but I don't remember Canute and Thorfinn ever becoming friends.

Yes, Canute spared Thorfinn's life when he could have easily killed

him but I don't see that as friendship but more a sign of understanding

on Canute's part. I see little motivation for either person to meet and

clash and I think confrontation while it could be interesting because

of their swapped and conflicting ideals would feel a bit forced.

Really I just rather have a dual story with Thorfinn's journey

juxtaposed with Canute's reign but no clash between the two.





As I have said before the confrontation that I AM looking forward to is

Thorfinn and Floki. I think this is is leagues more important given that

not only did Floki hire Askeladd to kill Thors the father of Thorfinn

but somehow I think there's a bit more going on to that story

and Askeladd knew something was fishy. With Thorfinn

being pretty much the "student" of Askeladd I think that

makes a Thorfinn vs Floki confrontation very interesting.

To me, Floki seems very much like "the man behind the curtain"

and well I ain't gonna lie but I'd like to see the bastard

be put to justice. Or at the very least I want Thorfinn

to find out the truth. I think he has the right to know.



In short--



Thorfinn vs Canute:



The contrast in ideals paralleling each other is interesting

but I don't think we need to go all Batman vs Joker here.

Conflict is possible but it would require some plot device

and/or break in character.



Thorfinn vs Floki



Huge potential for conflict given who Floki is and Thorfinn's new outlook on life.

Also Floki being basically The Dragon of both King Swyen and now Canute

Floki knows something that I think is The Plot Driving Secret which I think

it's about time both Thorfinn as the protagonist and us as the audience

should know.

Of course those farmers wouldn't be a match, but Thorgil can't be underestimated.



And uff, looks like Arneis won't make it or rather, she doesn't want to.

I just hope Snake doesn't die

Ruthless strategy by Thorgill. Sad that he's going to fail.

3delQ8 said:


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                        i need more action more damn it



haha what are you talking about? there's been more action in this last chapter than there's been in the last ten or twenty previous chapters combined

i really liked this one...stuff is happening and the plot got out of its long-held standstill