When watching this drama, it was very contradictory. I think the director or screenwriter set the role of priests just to help us manage this mental process.
First of all, my heart is definitely anti-robbery, thinking that the Vikings are a barbaric nation. Including now, the same is true when I leave this show to think independently. However, when I was in this drama, I kept thinking about who is right and who is wrong? The Englishmen didn't hire anyone and didn't provoke anyone. They were looted in vain. They are innocent, right? The cowardly national culture does not conform to the historical background of the time. Can these be regarded as the fault of a nation? A cultural fault? Viking lives in a harsh environment, unable to create more wealth, and may not be able to support himself. This gave birth to a warlike culture, and fighting was integrated into everyone's blood. There are even people who desire to die in battle, or none of them have a fear of death. What is a man going to do? He fights Take care of his family. If he doesn’t take care of his family, he doesn’t have the spirit of this nation and he is irresponsible to his family. We will criticize their national culture from our own perspective. Barbaric, rude, and ruthless, but without this kind of culture, Northern Europe might be a land of no man or a wild country. In short, there can be no strong civilization. Therefore, it seems that we cannot simply say that they are wrong.
Just like the priests at the beginning, as a devout Christian, follow the rules. Facing a powerful enemy, holding the Bible tightly, behind the counter was a deep fear, showing helplessness on the boat. I hate them in my life and think that they are savages. Blame yourself for telling the basic information of your country. After he arrived in a foreign country, he tried to understand their living habits, culture, laws, etc., like a newborn child or a scholar, and found that they treated their free folks, respected their trust, and obeyed the law, all of them were flesh and blood. Eventually blend into them. Especially the doubts about one's own beliefs, and the curiosity about the Nordic theology, gradually lost faith. In the end, on the sacred mountain, I was terrified of everything, but there was a deep awe in my bones. He saw that the sacrifices of the living were not slaves. The believers were so calm in the face of death, and were grateful for their sacrifices. I can’t help making people feel cold behind their backs. This kind of people hates others and is even more cruel to their own people. Besides, they don’t feel it.
From sticking to shaving to luxuriant beard, from keeping the Bible to forgetting, abiding by dogma to first eating forbidden fruit, this is a process of assimilation. It is also a process of showing the Viking civilization and letting the audience blend in with it.
I only watched the first season, and I made a few mistakes, and Quandang recorded his thoughts at the time.
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