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VINLAND SAGA 1x9: "The Battle of London Bridge" // Reaction & Discussion

00:00 Intro 02:03 Reaction to Show 13:16 Discussion

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Tyler Owens

Regarding Thorkell's height, he's actually based off a apparently real person known by the name Thorkell the Tall. My understanding is he was supposed to be like 7 ft 7 in tall or something? Idk (Potential spoilers in wiki but I don't think so) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkell_the_Tall

Mitchell Hall

you guys ask the right questions and I think you will be very pleased with what this show does as it continues. you dont get too caught up in the fun and still pay attention to thorfinns character. Enjoy!!

Payam Sharifi

Thorkell the Tall is a guy who really shows up in old sagas, but I think it's one of those things where it's hard to know how much of the legend is true. He likely existed but wasn't as tall as portrayed. It's kind of a cool cross-cultural thing to me that the often exaggerated tone of anime allows for exaggerated, legendary figures like Thorkell to fit in. Like it feels like Vinland Saga does a similar thing to what old legends/sagas did: tell an epic, larger-than-life story grounded in real history.