"What kind of mother are you?"
Well, Judith is the kind of mother who who clearly favored Alfred's right to the Wessex throne. She's the kind of mother who enjoyed pulling the stings of power behind the scenes. She's the kind of mother a son should never, never attempt to put in her place. She's the kind of mother who should be required to taste your food at every family dinner.
Yeah and it wasn't first time she had poisoned someone in her family. When Ragnar was alive, she did the same thing. I just didn't guess that she were going to dirty her hands, when Mummy Dearest was so concerned over Alfred having epileptic fit. Except they showed him being almost paralysed. Completely knocked out.
Too bad that in the real life it'll reset your brain and you will have problems on adjusting back to the reality. The blessing is that you won't remember anything. But I don't think they're going to show Alfred in the state, where he cannot function, because he still have to face those Saxon's to unite the kingdom. But all that Mum has been doing points out to that the Royalties need to establish the Tower at banks of Londonium. After all that was the place, where you'd end if you were a royalties and your head was on the block.
If you'll go to visit it today, the Yeoman will tell you that last execution was just back in the 1800's. A little over hundred years ago. Before that at least 700 hundred years of murders and plots to get to the throne.
It surprised me that the Vikings currently looks like Game of Thrones, except in this one there aren't only one, but many. And their owners keeps rabidly changing. The other surprise was the appearance of the Buddha in this episode. In China, there are caves that have mummified corpses, with definite scandinavian features, like blond hair and broad shoulders.
So, it is very likely that we ventured farther than Damascus in pursuit for knowledge. It wasn't just North West, Iceland, Greenland and ultimate Canada. Some of the Vikings were great explorers as they weren't scared of going into the strange lands or meeting with people, who clearly weren't theirs. Thing is, the Buddha that appeared seemed to be like the Buddha in real life.
There are tales that say the Buddha was as real as all Hindu Gods. It is just a surprise to think that a Mongolian looking man could be found from Kattagat. Yet, you only have to look into Russia and Ural Mountains and these features start to appear. If, Buddha is the same as the AllFather appearing as Wanderer it is also another nod towards the mythology becoming reality in this series.
But so far I have not written a word about Hagard even though Peter Franzen got titled as first in the series. I think he has more plot armour then Ivar at the moment, but it is interesting that he willingly accepted Björn's and Brunhilda's newly forged relationship. It's just can that Brunhilda be the Brunhilda?