Ragnar Lothbrok is dead. Of course this day was coming but what an end he had. No, Ragnar was not only a likable character, he had bad sides for sure. In his life he was selfish, partly cruel and ego-driven at some points, and then, of course he was all that because you don't become a leader and king with just being nice and friendly, humans don't work like that, they didn't back then, they still don't today. But Ragnar has gone through a metamorphosis, he questioned everything, especially his faith and in the end came to the result that he doubts the existence of the gods, or any god. He came to understand he wronged people and he apologized to those who deserved and needed it.
It was hard to watch him being tortured by King Aille, and yet it was impressive to see how he would not back down until the very end, no words of apology, and with his final speech, that he hisses and snarls out of his cage, covered in his own blood, he went down like a true Viking.
As I said, I was always impressed by Ragnar, but always aware that he had bad sides, very realistically shown, and that it would have felt wrong for me to just praise him without having those bad sides in mind. Yet, when I saw him die now in this way, and before, him remembering the important things in his life, then seeing Gyda, his daughter, the purest and most innocent soul he brought into life, I started crying. I didn't expect that. His character matured in the end, not without a last mischievous action against Ecbert, who will wake to a surprise when the sons of Ragnar will come for him. I was sad to see Ragnar die now, and deeply impressed how he went out. A fantastic episode, outstanding acting from both Travis Fimmel and Linus Roche, and a death that will be remembered as well as the rest of the legacy of Ragnar Lothbrok.
It was hard to watch him being tortured by King Aille, and yet it was impressive to see how he would not back down until the very end, no words of apology, and with his final speech, that he hisses and snarls out of his cage, covered in his own blood, he went down like a true Viking.
As I said, I was always impressed by Ragnar, but always aware that he had bad sides, very realistically shown, and that it would have felt wrong for me to just praise him without having those bad sides in mind. Yet, when I saw him die now in this way, and before, him remembering the important things in his life, then seeing Gyda, his daughter, the purest and most innocent soul he brought into life, I started crying. I didn't expect that. His character matured in the end, not without a last mischievous action against Ecbert, who will wake to a surprise when the sons of Ragnar will come for him. I was sad to see Ragnar die now, and deeply impressed how he went out. A fantastic episode, outstanding acting from both Travis Fimmel and Linus Roche, and a death that will be remembered as well as the rest of the legacy of Ragnar Lothbrok.