#vinsaga

the fact that young thorfinn and young askeladd look so similar will never fail to make me feel sick idc

thinking about thorfinn and askeladd again. sorry just. like. what if he murdered your father and you swore to take revenge at six fucking years old and followed around the murderer in deranged attempts to kill him — and that's the thing, you can't kill him outside of an honorable duel, you refuse to. so you take the bait he dangles over your head and complete task after task after task like a feral dog bounding towards a reward it'll never receive. your father's murderer says, achieve something honorable on the battlefield and maybe I'll let you kill me. you're a nordic warrior, aren't you? and if nothing else, nothing else, without even realizing it: you trust him to honor his promise. is it because it's an oath made by a warrior (but he isn't even a warrior, he's a filthy murdering pirate (you're murdering people all the same how many fathers and mothers have you killed how many children have you orphaned how many—)) or is it because you know he'll have your back on the battlefield the same way you have his? is this because you've known each other for eleven years now? is it because he's essentially raised you? is it because you understand him better than even his only friend? you could kill him. it'd be easy. you're on even footing with him — maybe on higher footing. but you won't. you never will. because at the end of the day, no matter how skilled a fighter you are? you're just a brat who rises to the most obvious of baits and loses because of your temper. what hope does a seventeen year old brat have against a man with decades of experience on you?

Happy Women's Day!!!

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