Aethelwulf is the character I've always felt the most sorry for. His heart seemed pure as he only wanted to please his father and do right by his people. But it was as though forces behind his back and beyond his control always worked against him, subverting his intentions. That, and the fact that Ivar flat-out kicked his ass.
@jshah19615 жыл бұрын
He was my favorite character, honorable, brave, filled with anger but didn't take it out on those around him even when they deserved it. He was beaten in battle several times but he always went right back into the fray to fight again and lead from the front like a true king. He wasn't as clever as his dad or Ivar, but he was very loyal and even when the battle for York was lost he didn't want to leave his men, he was willing to die for his country and only left to save his sons.
@reksub105 жыл бұрын
The actor done an awesome job playing him aswell.
@siddarth39555 жыл бұрын
He literally let the son of that another woman (forgot her name, queen of the neighbouring kingdom who claimed to have borne a son of Ragnar) escape out of his concern for him. He was just doing what he felt right by his god no matter what, lived and ended his life like that ...
@clarkthompson53995 жыл бұрын
Ivars warriors beat them in battle, but he was a beast at fighting. I never saw him get knocked out. Ivar was a cripple and could not whoop anyone's ass in a one on one fist fight. Also this show portrayed all Christians to be weak. They shit all over Rollos legacy when in fact he was the most successful Viking of all. Whoever made this show was probably a bunch of Jews and of norse decedent people so it doesn't surprise me. The Saxons did get beat up bad but thanks to Alfred and his brave, strong, hard fighting Christians england is still England and not dane land. Though rollos great grandson took over England , but by then the normans had adopted French ways and converted to Christianity. Rollo also was very conflicted with his faith/ religion. But the show made him seem like a traitor. Also floki hated Christians but he protected MUSLIMS. WTF!! Even let his wife take a Muslim girl to be there kid. We have jews and now heathens running Hollywood. People love to hate on Christianity. Sad...
@clarkthompson53995 жыл бұрын
@@siddarth3955 yeah at least he gave magnus his life. I'm sure after what ragnar said to Magnus ecbert would have most def killed him as soon as ragnar left.
@christiemiller95057 жыл бұрын
I really like Aethelwulf. His father and wife used, embarrassed and humiliated him for many years. He had to learn to live with it.
@asruluveira6 жыл бұрын
MarchRosewater he is weak. He should have bring his real son and leave wessex. He should have rub it in old echbert face that now wessex is in ruin cos echbert mistake. Should have left judith and alfred with echbert to die. But he really love that woman even after he was humiliated. Should have follow ragnar footstep and take a new wife. But then again. This show reeks of feminist agenda.. the way they potrays viking woman as warrior is funny. I am from denmark. I can tell u that the shield maiden dont exist. Vikings usually doesnt bring woman. Thats why they love to rape any woman they came across cos they are horny after being without any woman in their camp. They only bring the woman when they want to build a settlement.thats it
@asruluveira6 жыл бұрын
MarchRosewater Alyss fiction dude. This show is reek of its feminist agenda.. we are talking about the vikings here. Who in the right mind would believe that there is any queen that rule the vikings.. just take a look at the scandanavian contry like norway. Denmark etc. There is no such thing as a female warrior. Woman are use to cook and breed
@nothingtoospiffy79136 жыл бұрын
MarchRosewater Alyss I will definitely ecbert that order the torture and aethelwulf could not say no to the king
@anirbanbhattacharya91856 жыл бұрын
duke asrul I'm starting to think you're right. But maybe they were the rearguard or auxillaries? Maybe not frontline warriors but definitely raiders or marauders? They would definitely be tougher than the average civilian. Maybe not strength but sheer brutality. The human spirit does not lack for brutality. I know I'd be crushed physically by any of the female WWE wrestlers. Some women in maximum secutity prisons are there for a reason. They are definitely capable of killing. So auxillaries- yes? Camp guards and foragers or skirmishers. And you're wrong about Aethelwulf. By the time his wife was fornicating with Aethelstan Aethelwulf had been faithful to her. He wasn't perfect. But he wasn't an abuser by then. And he never needed to prove himself to her. It was an arranged marriage. One of them just gave up too quickly on it. Because they were too incompatible to begin with. Judith was forward thinking, progressive. Aethelwulf was the typical conservative husband of the era. At least as far as he is portrayed here. Do you have evidence he was the posturing he-man you say he is? He is exactly neutral. Not good not bad. Better as a friend or ally. Hideously bad as a husband for Judith. Stop calling one half of a couple names. Judith was hardly a blameless lamb. She was cheating in the security that Aethelwulf bought for them on the front lines. Who's to say THAT was't the more desicable act? Stop comparing their crimes within the marriage. Both were to blame. And they were singularly unsuited for each other. Aethelwulf might well have wanted a good loyal and loving wife like Torvi. Just like Judith wanted an Aethelstan or Ecgbert.
@jshah19615 жыл бұрын
I don't think he loved Judith but he was a man of duty so he stuck it out because he made a vow before God. Same with Alfred who he most Likely did love even though he knows he wasn't his biological son, because he tried to be honorable and obey his father even if his father was a dick.
@grandadmiralthrawn92315 жыл бұрын
King Ecbert. A brilliant King but a terrible father
@harvestcanada4 жыл бұрын
It better to be feared than loved, Athelwulf should just learned to respect his father if respect was due. He wanted his father to be loved and feared, but as Machiavelli said centuries later you can't be both. Athelwulf is not being pathetic here, he was just asking what was reasonable. A great scene.
@061shubham74 жыл бұрын
Actually he was a bad king , i mean he knew that by destroying settlement he is starting a war and he still did it ,he took Ragnar for granted ,and then he and his son aethelwolf paid huge price..but Alfred is way better king than ecbert he understands both the people Vikings and english people like his Father did
@benfrankog61114 жыл бұрын
@@061shubham7 Vikings would have continued their raids irregardless of whether or not he killed the settlers or killed Ivar. You could probably make the argument that every single decision King Ecbert made in this series was the correct strategic decision.
@joemama-mk4zz4 жыл бұрын
Coming from an person that killed his son to get to their daughter lol
@JimmySteller4 жыл бұрын
David Lee You do realize that Machiavelli was being sarcastic right? His literary work was mostly comprised of satires and pro republican views. He spent years as a member of the Florentine republic after the ruling Medici family was driven out. When they came back and retook the city state, Machiavelli was tortured for treason and spent the rest of his life in exile. The book wasn’t meant to be a guide on how you needed to live life.
@savagesavant49645 жыл бұрын
*Watching Ragnar die, Ecbert seen himself in that cage & slowly realized that; not only had Ragnar outsmarted him, but he was also able to choose the time & place of his own death w/o committing suicide. Which ironically, led directly to Ecbert committing suicide & jeopardizing his own place in heaven.* By the time he realized that Ragnar was making a martyr of himself in order to coax his sons into conquering England - it was too late.
@godzsyosis36335 жыл бұрын
Yeah have to agree ecbert realised that ragnar had outsmarted him and basically he was fucked
@DajKamienia14 жыл бұрын
Ecbert realised it far earlier my friend. We can see this in scene where Ragnar is explaining to Ecbert that his sons won't take avenge on Ecbert, but on Aella. Ecbert realised how stupidly it sounds and he was sure that Ragnar's sons won't be so stupid to believe his explanation but yeah, it was far too late to turn it off. We can see (we never saw Ecbert acting as this before) truly terified Ecbert as he became speechless and his hands were shaking while in praying form. Ragnar just explained to him in that scene that he is fucked up and can't do NOTHING about it. Plus, that sentence : "Don't be afraid" :)
@boky77314 жыл бұрын
@@DajKamienia1 Yea but what if he had just killed Ivar?
@DajKamienia14 жыл бұрын
@@boky7731 He knew that sons of Ragnar are not stupid (because of their father). If Ragnar and Ivar would not return to the viking's society, there would be rumours for sure that they sailed to England, and didn't return. What do you think what Bjorn, Ubbe, Hvitserk etc would think about that Ivar and Ragnar didn't return from England? Ofcourse making blood eagle from Ecbert :D But Ecbert was clever (to be honest he was desperated) and realised that he is fucked up no matter what would he do. BUT his desperation made him believe that sparing Ivar will make Ivar tell his brothers that he did nothing wrong. He believed that brothers of Ragnar will take pity on him for not killing Ivar. Ofcourse Ecbert didn't know what Ragnar said to Ivar before dying. #allplanned
@061shubham74 жыл бұрын
@@DajKamienia1 actually ecbert and aethelwolf had this coming the moment they destroy the settlement..there were no any reason to destroy but they did foolishly because of them Ragnar felt gulit ,he wanted to do suicide by hanging himself but then he had the plan to destroy whole England by going there die to teach the final lesson to ecbert and his son ....king ecbert desevr every bit of it
@davidlynch4335 жыл бұрын
The acting is superb in this show.
@MAZaini935 жыл бұрын
David Lynch was*
@kevj45844 жыл бұрын
Hmm....with the exception of: Ivar Sigurd Hvitserk Alfred Lagertha (accent) Ubbe (somtimes) Bjorn (later seasons) So actually, anything after season 3 started to go downhill
@facundoparada81274 жыл бұрын
@@kevj4584 Alex Hogg do a great job with Ivar
@kevj45844 жыл бұрын
@@facundoparada8127 disagree. His performance is so over the top, unbelievable and cheesy.
@facundoparada81274 жыл бұрын
@@kevj4584 disagree x2. His character is the most interesting after Ragnar dies and has a great charisma
@DOMDZ909116 жыл бұрын
King Ecbert is your typical ck2 player.
@tomasznowak27986 жыл бұрын
no no no i always love my sons even if they are shit when my son is cucked i burn his wife on a stake i am good ruler ;)
@Mycroft935 жыл бұрын
Too fucking accurate.
@xerxesdreyar81275 жыл бұрын
Tomasz Nowak someone kills my sons I duel them or assasinatr them. Normally it’s my friends online.
@Sandals5784 жыл бұрын
The entire show feels like ck2...
@Nor1998_4 жыл бұрын
Don't say that. One playthrough showed my heir sucked at everything and since thr succession primogeniture meaning the eldest child inherits. I still loved him. (Who am i kidding.I simply couldn't imprison or assasinate him)
@markward39813 жыл бұрын
This was great acting by both of them. This was among the best dialogue in the whole series.
@shenmue55073 жыл бұрын
The last season had the worst dialogue ever. Its almost like the creator of the show got brain damage half way into the seasons.
@badrukk143 Жыл бұрын
@@shenmue5507 Yeah the last seasons were mostly garbage
@paulievespucci68672 ай бұрын
@@shenmue5507a lot of it is due to the writers fulfilling fan theories.
@derekconnors41285 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf was my favorite character. He honored his father, but was never his fool.
@anid61004 жыл бұрын
He was definitely his fool
@alexanderatallah66714 жыл бұрын
He was his slave honestly
@Laetitia11113 жыл бұрын
i love him much
@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw3 жыл бұрын
@@anid6100 a fool or ignored cuz he knew he could never win his fathers love? Did everything his king command and his father couldn’t even utter 8 words his son wants to hear
@goonner40562 жыл бұрын
Did you ever watch vikings at all?
@omarthewasp50985 жыл бұрын
What I love about this show is that no character is perfect. Each one of them has flaws, but the best among them, I think, was Aethelwulf.
@tuterangianderson40854 жыл бұрын
Omar The wasp no ragnar is perfect
@sill58764 жыл бұрын
@@tuterangianderson4085 Betraying Lagertha was perfect?
@tuterangianderson40854 жыл бұрын
Sill yes bro yes
@Mohagrus3 жыл бұрын
athelwulf was the most honorable of the English and ubbe was the most honorable of the vikings
@skyforgerpack36453 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf's only fault was being too loyal.
@JamieDionne2 жыл бұрын
Æthelwulf is honestly my favourite character. He tries to do everything right. He tries to do right by his father, by the ways of his people, by his God and acts upon what he thinks is right. He grew up without a mother, he was manipulated and shamed by both his father and wife, yet still tried to be the best man he could be. Yet, in the end, despite being able to survive all the mental torture and bloody battles in his life, he dies to a weak bee sting.
@Chadius_Thundercock Жыл бұрын
Judith getting her ear cut off was so satisfying
@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheenАй бұрын
Life's not fair. Vikings really showed that
@nuhalao5 жыл бұрын
King Ecbert finally realized how much damage he did to his sons psyche and how well he had broken him. He new his son would not live long after him. What an evil complicated and dynamic character.
@Rmydrkklr4 жыл бұрын
His son lived almost 20 years after his father death and his death was because his bad luck.
@devisdaldon35804 жыл бұрын
ramzi k01 Aethelred was about 13-14 when Ecbert died and then died at 22-23, shortly after Aethelwulf.
@Rmydrkklr4 жыл бұрын
@@devisdaldon3580 Ecbert died at the year 839 and aethelwulf died at 858 so it's almost 20 years bro.
@devisdaldon35804 жыл бұрын
Things are different between show and history
@dominictemple5 жыл бұрын
At 2:36 I love the look on Aethulwulf, "god dad, can you not talk about him for once? We're talking about us."
@user-nv2wt4hi8t2 жыл бұрын
Right? The entire conversation is just filled with moments of Ecbert's continued blatant disrespect and negligence for his lifetime of crimes towards his son: 'I see it very clearly now. Ragnar helped me to see it. So did Athelstan' The worst one might be 'He was the holiest man I ever knew.' in the face of the extremely devoted Christian, Aethelwulf, who lives for his country and his God.
@carlosari52222 жыл бұрын
I still believe, to this day, that just like FLoki killed Aethelstan out of jealousy, Ecbert destroyed that settlement out of jealousy too, that Aethelstan went with Ragnar instead of staying with him. If Aethelstan decided to stay with Ecbert, the settlement would've probably survived, because even if Ecbert tought of betraying the Vikigns, Aethelstan would've persuaded him to mantain his word.
@NeroAngelo616 Жыл бұрын
his word to who exactly?
@cristinademartini6653 Жыл бұрын
No, Ecbert didn't destroy the settlement for jelaousy, but because they were pagans on his lands and for ambition (see the face he made when he saw the norse putting his idol of their gods while he and Athelstan prayed for the settlement; that had me think: "yep, this colony isn't going to survive that much"). Maybe Aethelwulf did it for jelaousy and recentement against the people he thinks his father admire more than him, and because at his eyes they were pagans preying on his lands at the cost of his people's life.
@elxaime4 жыл бұрын
This scene resonates with any son who had a narcissist father.
@alluminox24733 жыл бұрын
And the sad truth about reality is that there are many many sons in the world that had narcissistic/unloving fathers
@davideiceman Жыл бұрын
If he was a narcissist (and I believe he was), in truth he did not love anyone, not even Athelstan, Ragnar or Judith. Not much of a consolation for Aethelwulf though.
@mozes88 Жыл бұрын
O/
@justinwillingale2086 Жыл бұрын
My conversation with my grandfather, after I got back from Afghan He asked me if I was ok as he could see the ptsd he said I know that look my father had that same look in his eyes after. ww2 I too after Vietnam my grandfather served Vietnam he said I wasn’t good to your mother after the war I wasn’t good to my wife I understand that you are going through things. I snapped and said you were a drunk that bashed his family abandon my mother to the streets at 14 she ran away from home in 72 you did the most part to yourself and may act like you give a shit if you can get something out of me or Weasle your way back into our lives we ld man my ptsd is my own to deal with I’m not like you I didn’t take pleasure in any of the shit I’ve done he looked at me and said you are more me then what you think what did those poor men do to you when you snapped at them from your ptsd got yourself locked up for hurting them I said if you want to call me snapping at a couple of men who slapped a woman I Front of me bad then yes I fucking snapped you want to know why her screams reminded me of a house that was on fire and a woman screaming inside my men holding me down to the ground to stop me from running in their. As the house was engulfed by flames.
@joannaneuhoff-murawska895810 ай бұрын
Having a narcissistic mother is sad, too, belive me😢
@saeedafridi25004 жыл бұрын
I cried so hard 😭 ... Aethalwolf is so faithful to his father and did much fr his family and kingdon .. bt no one understands him... He really deserves to be loved ❤️
@facundoparada81274 жыл бұрын
Only Kentrit do it and she was killed by Judith. That poor man...
@kirus57273 жыл бұрын
I recommend you to watch 'King Aethelwulf - Son of God' by Zurik23M Really, really good tribute.
@saeedafridi25003 жыл бұрын
@@kirus5727 ok ,, I will ,, thank u
@stiofanloingsigh3512 жыл бұрын
...he literally slaughtered unarmed women and children.
@emrearslan90574 жыл бұрын
This scene deserved an Emmy...Pure acting
@alluminox24733 жыл бұрын
“We are fated to die on a certain day, but it is up to us on what we want to do before that day” - Ragnar Lothbrok
@jack-el9xt6 жыл бұрын
5:58 such a powerful moment when Athelwulf hears his father admit that he had used him all his life
@ArckAngel755 жыл бұрын
What kind of father are you? Years later What kind of mother are you?
@jg14gerhard_bar5 жыл бұрын
well she placed her bets and he did conspire to kill him ...and with that wife of his it wouldn't have been long before he thought of over throwing him again "
@TheChosen20305 жыл бұрын
@@jg14gerhard_bar could u blame him. The throne was his by right
@jg14gerhard_bar5 жыл бұрын
@@TheChosen2030 its the 800s not 1800s, hell following history he made alfred king > his own son, not exactly a right to be king it was an election
@TheChosen20305 жыл бұрын
@@jg14gerhard_bar well this show is not following real history is it. In the show athelred is the rightful king. Not that bastard born of adultery.
@artemisg72205 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking this 😂😂
@Nervii_Champion Жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf is probably one of the most honorable men in this entire show. People can disrespect a good and honorable man all they want, but they know deep down he is more of a man than they are, and more of a man than his wife deserves. They all know it, and that arguably makes their disrespect more of a "I wish I was like you but I'm mad that I'm not" rather than "I'm dominant over you" disrespect. He is the most dominant because he has honor and morality and actually tries to maintain that integrity.
@anthonyw9454 Жыл бұрын
I guess people forget he slaughtered women and children at that settlement. He should’ve had his lungs ripped out for that.
@cristinademartini66535 ай бұрын
@@anthonyw9454like the vikings did to his people before that?
@MarouenAK4 жыл бұрын
We are born alone, we die alone One of the finest scenes of the series
@joeyrozic11004 жыл бұрын
We aren't born alone though. Lol
@LeventeCzelnai3 жыл бұрын
well, we dont really know
@jakobavanti32696 жыл бұрын
"You saaaw, what you wanted to seeee." --- As do nearly countless other people. Me included :-)
@KJW-js9bv6 жыл бұрын
What a terrible father. It doesn't get any lower than that
@Targatay5 жыл бұрын
Not true... It can get much more lower than that belive me...
@siddarth39555 жыл бұрын
Father sexually abusing the son, Abusive alcoholic father, many things are lower than this although it doesn't reduce the problems faced by Aethelwulf
@KomamuraSajin5 жыл бұрын
Prefacing that I am not trying to belittle rape victims (looking at you SJW's that take things out of context), but you guys are forgetting this is a TV show. While it's based on a historical setting, it is still highly dramatized for entertainment. The shit Athelwulf, the character, went through, would psychologically damage a normal person. Was he raped by his father? No, but to say he didn't have it that bad doesn't make what he went through any less tragic. Honestly, the kingdom is lucky that once he had the crown he didn't go all Nero on his own people. Look at Ivar, he's just about there. He'll kill anybody he doesn't like, Viking, or Saxon, doesn't matter, and a lot of that psychological damage was due to how people looked down on him growing up, and his own viewpoint on life. I don't recall a scene where he was raped or abused by Ragnar (in fact quite the opposite, contrary to custom he spared his malformed son), though his inability to perform in bed with a woman could amount to a measure of sexual humiliation that helped further break him. You don't have to have been physically assaulted to be damaged.
@Beerbottles1234 жыл бұрын
But he is somewhat a competent king. Sometime there is no room for both.
@roach5902 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf is actually a nice guy, I felt really sad for him.
@sabrinaerickson70982 жыл бұрын
Yes, he is. He just is not as interesting or open-minded as other characters, like Ecbert, Ragnar, Athelstan. Aethelwulf is the black and white hero of media in the past. But in this era, we are given more complex characters. Aethwelwulf is a good man, always tried to do the right thing, ultimately staying stagnant.
@J040PL7 Жыл бұрын
Nah he was a piece of shit, him killing the nord people in England threw a whole bunch of shit into the fan 🤣
@ericcloud10232 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal acting! They sound like a father & son having their last conversation, after a lifetime of conflict
@user-nv2wt4hi8t Жыл бұрын
Man, Judith is just appalling lmao. Season 4 Judith onwards is the worst character in the show for me. She cheats on Aethelwulf twice, once with his father, the other with a priest who the first time she meets she French kisses his crucified hand right in front of Aethelwulf. She insults Aethelwulf when he finally gives in after having resisted Kwenthirith's seduction once, this being despite having already endured the double cheat by Judith, the first of which she all but pursued aggressively in trying to cheat with Athelstan, going so far as to beg him to allow her to confess to him, only stopping at the last moment despite entering the bathhouse with him. She repeatedly condescends this man, sternly telling him off like a mother would despite having deliberately crossed his path and only just escaped his rightful vengeance, despite having engaged in a second affair with his own father and yet she acts like she has the moral high ground on Aethelwulf, for anything he says or does? The woman absolutely snipes at the increasingly exhausted Aethelwulf, who is utterly spent after years of being in the company of this pair, to the point where she even ignores the absolute facts Aethelwulf is presenting in that Ecbert was a blind fool and an idiot in underestimating Ragnar's vengeance, warning Aethelwulf 'don't talk to your father like that', like she has any authority because she's Ecbert's mistress? Vile character, truly makes your skin crawl with her hypocrisy and condescension.
@OO-jd4yc8 ай бұрын
Judith is the worst representation of womanhood I have ever seen on screen. Such a bad bad woman, I hate the fact they tried to make her look worthy in any form.
@josephstalin2606Ай бұрын
@@OO-jd4ycSame can be said about Lagertha, she’s a power hungry hypocrite like how at the beginning of the show she forces a man to take care of another man’s child because his name was “Rig” so she believed the gods had a hand in his wife cheating, but when the gods had a hand in making Ragnar cheat on her and fathering many sons she does a 180 and accuses Aslaug of witchcraft 😂 Not to mention she decides to get revenge YEARS later after playing nice and even offering womanly advice to her for all that time before and basically causes the rift between Ragnars sons that lasted the entire show and ended with 3 of the sons dead including her own and the remaining 2 on opposite sides of the world and not on speaking terms
@ethanfuller1509Ай бұрын
What an incredible circle jerk of venom we have here.
@Gofaw10 күн бұрын
@@ethanfuller1509 shut up redditor
@joshuajackson75962 жыл бұрын
Aethulwulf just got the wrong end of the deal constantly. He was a good dude. A brave warrior who fought for his God, father, family and country. And he dealt with every injustice and kept doing his best. He was the most honorable character in the show in my opinion.
@asjaosaline59872 жыл бұрын
He was honorable i agree, but he could have divorced or if not established new side family.
@joshuajackson75962 жыл бұрын
Idk if divorce for a royal guy was really an option back then. Ecbert wanted him married to Judith for the alliance with North Umbria.( I think that was king Ella's kingdom) he just kept getting screwed over and humiliated constantly. Cucked by his own dad lol
@asjaosaline59872 жыл бұрын
@@joshuajackson7596 Lets be Honest do you still consider woman your wife if she has been unfaithful even if you are forced to be married her. So no point to feel anexius, just find new wife who you respect and care and be done with it. Even if you need to sleep with that unfaithful woman to get heir to realm it dosent mean you need to have feeling or even care what she does. Royalitys lives wasent ever easy they didnt marrie for love, they coulnt do what they wanted they had duty and was up to them to find little enjoyment of life as they went on.
@avi.chan235 ай бұрын
Aethelwulf is an amazing character, pure, strong, intelligent. I felt always sorry for him.
@runedova1265 жыл бұрын
Ecbert was a great and clever king. However, releasing Ivar was a mistake that can't be denied. Killing him might have caused the heaven army never to attack.
@avekatten32074 жыл бұрын
Not really, the army would arrive no matter what. He couldn’t release Ragnar and Ivan being there was to make sure the plan worked perfectly. He was fucked no matter what he did and Ecbert new it well enough
@shinybaldboy43842 жыл бұрын
the heaven army XDD
@runedova1262 жыл бұрын
@@shinybaldboy4384 Shut up you bald fuck. No one criticizes me. :)
@doxholiday13722 жыл бұрын
But he wanted it to attack - Aelle.
@ceberskie1196 ай бұрын
This was the peak of this show...it should've ended shortly after this.
@saviourmensah48736 жыл бұрын
This scene makes perfect sense
@justinwillingale2086 Жыл бұрын
I love how awhleolf was the only one that didn’t underestimate Ivar, as Ecbert did. When he said he is a crippled. His son he is still a Viking!!
@mannieyoung547710 ай бұрын
Such a powerful dialogue and profoundly executed by these two! It hits deeply.
@ichangedmyusernamebecausei2551 Жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf deserved better. He gave his life to his father and kingdom. And in return he gets a narcissistic father and an unloving wife who cheats on him. He even raised Alfred like his own son. Also the ending almost gets me in tears. He asks his own father if he loves him and his father doesn’t even answer
@kkonacreed8638Ай бұрын
This might be one of my favorite scenes in all of TV. Moe dunford knocks it out of the park here. A son, unloved and damaged by his father, a man of god tortured by demons of his fathers creation, finally confronting years of suffering and the man who caused it. I’d really like to see him in some more high quality productions that haven’t been tainted by the mindvirus of American Hollywood, cause that guy can act.
@trac103 жыл бұрын
And with this scene, Moe Dunford won me over. Hard to believe this show was as good as it was.
@dozer7028 Жыл бұрын
Yup I couldn’t wait to see how he did and nope they kill him off not even in a dope ass battle with a fucking bug bro
@theauthentictacoshow Жыл бұрын
This is what a pure hearted man who is honest and loyal gets treated
@runevi3 жыл бұрын
In a show where people are beheaded, eviscerated, maimed and tortured in HORRIBLE ways, somehow this is one of the hardest scenes for me to watch. I feel so bad for Aethelwulf here.
@osvaldoprado9906 Жыл бұрын
This always brakes me. I love my son with all my heart, i can´t imagine how Aethewulf could feel and how Ecbert can't love his son.
@pedro_marques925 жыл бұрын
ecbert manipulated him all his life, at least he could say he loved him just a little bit
@Altherot4 жыл бұрын
I think he did love him, but his problem was that he finally felt guilty and saw in himself that his son did not deserve Ecberth to tell him such thing. He knew that telling him that he loves wouldn't be as honest as he deserves. He liked his son but felt brutally honest about not valueing him as a son but rather as a tool, and he did feel sorry about it.
@laser7925 Жыл бұрын
My words here are not meant to be a replacement, they are said to remind all of us we are not alone. To all of us who have never heard our fathers tell us they love us, I love you. And to all those who have lived without those words being confirmed from our fathers, I am proud of all of you for being here with me.
@calvin55415 жыл бұрын
This is right up there with game of thrones, probably even better than the later seasons. Better pacing and acting by far
@vogel20775 жыл бұрын
lasts seasons of game of thrones writing wise, are really bad. Rome, Vikings, etc are all better than those seasons
@ainfajofaf81185 жыл бұрын
@@dawn-blade oh boy this didn't age well my man
@skullkrusher40785 жыл бұрын
@@ainfajofaf8118 LOL was going to say the same thing.
@TheZBUCKNER4 жыл бұрын
@@dawn-blade Well dang
@ayandak474 жыл бұрын
@@dawn-blade lol
@HardTruthsReviews5 жыл бұрын
Such an incredible scene.
@Edvinas972 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf is such underrated character
@Caiyde2 жыл бұрын
I can name the truly good men in this show on one hand, and Aethelwulf is the most virtuous of them. Poor guy.
@JimmySteller Жыл бұрын
He literally helped butcher women and children as they screamed. All because they didn’t worship his god. Nobody in this show counts as a decent person. Not a single one.
@emeraldeyedstruggler33624 жыл бұрын
Athlesthan was just making men gay for him
@brianmorgan65243 жыл бұрын
Ragnar and Ecbert were the 2 most well written characters in the series imo
@Ben24soccer2 жыл бұрын
Preach
@reksub105 жыл бұрын
I thought game of thrones was a good show,then I was told to watch vikings.i must say this show was awesome plus these people existed and shaped certain aspects of our culture.fantastic story telling and acting.thanks to all for this show.
@daneyraju84335 жыл бұрын
Moreover no fantasy...dragons and whitewalkers
@danshotguns42262 жыл бұрын
@@daneyraju8433 there was plenty of fantasy in vikings...lol. but I get what you meant. I know, this is 3 years late.
@OwnedEpicStyle2 жыл бұрын
Jon Snow was a real person though. same with the Stark family. they were all real
@josephstalin2606Ай бұрын
I’m very late I know but almost nothing about this show is grounded in reality it’s VERY loosely based on real history, basically just taking real people that existed and mashing them together in one story/timeline, especially considering how most of them didn’t even exist at the same time as each other, and then using a few real life events as well. And plus with all the religious symbolism and encounters it basically makes this show just as much fantasy as game of thrones
@colossihitman Жыл бұрын
One of the most profound exchanges in Vikings ⚔️
@elpina96574 жыл бұрын
this scene is so powerful
@cristinademartini12843 жыл бұрын
What a great scene! I feel so sorry for Aethelwulf :( you can see and feel his pain in his confrontation with his "father".
@alyjahzavisa25062 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen this show many times and this is the first time seeing this extended scene.
@Sk_cule7473 ай бұрын
This is the most underrated scene in all of Vikings. The acting The lines The music It’s perfect 💯
@Tren873 ай бұрын
I always enjoyed Linus Roache acting prior to Vikings but DAMN if this isnt one of his best roles/performances while on this show. At different points you loved, hated, admired and pitied his character. Absolutely brilliant!!!
@lordmorgan236510 ай бұрын
Thanks for these clips, we appreciate your efforts, Valhalla sends Love and Happiness, our Victory is Secure and Honest. Valor is Victorious not Malicious, Wars are fought and won, not forgotten, that is why our Heraldry and Legacy abound, we are not confounded we are enlightened.
@memento5113 Жыл бұрын
He let himself be decieved, yet he knew the truth all along. Every man must make their own choices and live with them
@extremebrahАй бұрын
Aethelwulf is like the "Faramir" of this series...what a sad situation.
@universalpage95915 жыл бұрын
His father didn't love him he made him to adopt a bastard son he went with his wife yet he respected him tell me what holds Aethelwulf not to kill here his father his wife and her bastard he was truly a good and honorable man.
@misterbickisАй бұрын
To all the noble men and honourable men like Aethelwulf, may God enter them into the highest place of heaven and give them a status and gift everyone should be envious of. They deserve it. Ameen. If you don't believe in religion, then at least look at the gesture of this prayer. It's just recognition of those men, even in today's age who exist, but we don't know their names.
@davidenko24683 жыл бұрын
Stellar acting on display magnificent show gentlemen
@farisrazali61915 жыл бұрын
At 6.39 king ecbert face like he wanted to tell his son that he love him but he can't
@hanswurst67127 ай бұрын
Aethelwulf is all u can ask for as a son. He is pious, loyal, brave and honorable. And still his father disrespects him and his wife is a wh*re.
@petergormsen29623 жыл бұрын
This might be one of the best scenes in the whole show
@UFCANT2 жыл бұрын
This scene and the one where Ecbert and Ragnar discuss Valhalla and Heaven.
@samirraza90692 жыл бұрын
@@UFCANT And the scene where ragnar gives his last speech to Ivar and Ragnar's death scene.
@xheksondeda86394 жыл бұрын
WHAT A SCENE.
@chrisidore0233 жыл бұрын
Such another powerful actors and scene
@thelight28892 жыл бұрын
The most noble king i have ever watched on tv... King of kings... King aethelwulf
@justamannothingmore6394 Жыл бұрын
Only Our Heavenly Father is King of Kings. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That title could never be reserved for any man
@thelight2889 Жыл бұрын
@@justamannothingmore6394 sure it is true... Just talking about the series
@justamannothingmore6394 Жыл бұрын
@@thelight2889 Oh okay I understand. Didn't mean to go so hard when I see statements like that I just feel the need to Proclaim the truth of Christ
@thelight2889 Жыл бұрын
@@justamannothingmore6394 oh no as a true Christian I love and appreciate what you just did and I hope there is billions who can be like you
@TheOneAndTrueHead3 жыл бұрын
He always had a clever answer
@j-dawg4774 Жыл бұрын
When you realize Ecbert never told his own son he loved him through the whole show.
@L.2.L Жыл бұрын
Those were his last words to him if I’m not mistaken
@jollyquinn430 Жыл бұрын
@j-dawg4774 Nah. He said it eventually. But we don't know how honest he was. Felt like he was still manipulating and using him.
@josephstalin2606Ай бұрын
@@jollyquinn430 Considering that he was saying it under the context that he was never gonna see Aethelwulf or his family again because he was choosing to stay behind and face Ragnars sons wrath, and the fact that he’s seen weeping after they leave makes me think he was being honest. It was all right before he died anyways so idk why he would lie or feel the need to somehow manipulate Aethelwulf. The point is he felt really sorry for him and had already cut ties with Judith after this talk they had in the video
@Havik993 жыл бұрын
“We’re born alone we die alone, and we make what we can of life”.
@Whitetooth10305 ай бұрын
WOAHHHHH THATS A COLD NIGGA RIGHT THERE !! Didn’t even say it. Got damn they don’t make shows with writing like that no more, shoutout to the brilliant acting too!
@enzoma72535 жыл бұрын
what a scene!
@nathanbailey62313 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf was weak. Dutiful and loyal to a fault, so much so that he'd rather watch his own wife be with his own father and raise her bastard child than do anything else. Ragnar would've never stood by and watched that, and would've actively plotted to screw the guy screwing his wife in the most shameful manner possible. This scene shows the sad tragedy that even though all this is true, Aethelwulf still somehow needed his father's approval, instead of finding his own way and charting his own path.
@asjaosaline59873 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf is heir of the throne he has duty to his people a kingdom and leaders and nobility often need to sacrifice everything for the realm. They can marry who they love but they marry who is most useful to throne and dynasty.
@jorgebersabe29314 күн бұрын
@@asjaosaline5987 The only way a noble can marry for love is if they are too far down the successory line.
@biglocc220911 ай бұрын
Ecbert was spinet but he is genuinely one of my favourite characters
@bigoz17342 жыл бұрын
What an amazing scene. So many more like this in season 5. If the show had ended in season 5 I would have been so glad. This was the perfect season
@ir28415 жыл бұрын
King Ecbert‘s actions reflect a maxim as formulated by King Philip in the series „Knightfall“, namely ==> „You must always be the wolf, never the sheep. This world only responds to the closed fist, not the open hand.“ - In the 21st century Europe is a sheep, the wolves are aware of that and coming for us all.
@osamayounis82295 жыл бұрын
ok Nostradamus
@Jelly-hq7ug3 жыл бұрын
Correct, I wish you guys well.
@mcsibs4 жыл бұрын
nearly every character and every scene in this show is paralleled to some facet. I see now that aethelwulf is paralleled to a great degree with floki. aethelwulf is the straight forward traditional english voice of reason, as floki is the voice of reason from the gods point of view. both are used by their leaders, both are jealous of athelstan. ragnar, as ecbert points out in this scene, does however legitimately love floki, his sons, lagertha, rollo etc... ragnar ruled with his heart, ecbert with his mind (despite ragnars warning to bjorn not to rule with his heart)
@user-nv2wt4hi8t2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic comparison.
@Druwuwho13372 жыл бұрын
This scene hits home so fucking hard. I know it can be hard being a parent, but it sure as shit can be hard being the child of said parent.
@margieparker8800 Жыл бұрын
This part broke my heart, I never knew if my father truly loved me
@halbarbour73402 жыл бұрын
Heathen, a reference to those people who do not pray or have religions that require being in a church, or those who pray in the heather, or outside, Pagans.
@salamander80552 жыл бұрын
The amount of shit Ecbert made Aetherwolf go through and he still stayed loyal to his father is worth praise and also very toxic.
@jackgill91633 жыл бұрын
King Ecbert loved his enemies more than his allies
@aishaumar2915 Жыл бұрын
This show had lot of breathtaking scenes & for me this confrontation is one of them
@connoriquada5429 Жыл бұрын
I hated Aethelwulf when he was introduced, but he becomes a straight badass. Unlike Ecbert Aethelwulf knew that sure, god has a presence but humans can make their own stupid choices, and blaming your stupidity on god isn’t an excuse. Plus he got done dirty as hell by both his wife and father. He deserved better. Great character. I also sorta like how he died. I know it was extremely anti climactic but that’s how shit was back then. It was realistic. They didn’t have remedies for the simplest of things, so people would die from common shit like the flu.
@studentofstoicism3 ай бұрын
If your son needs to ask you if you ever loved him you know you fucked up.
@stiofanloingsigh3512 жыл бұрын
Ecbert low-key knew this was coming and accepted it as his punishment. He never forgave himself for betraying Ragnar.
@redsol3629 Жыл бұрын
It's a strange thing to live for your parents dream, they never really know you so how can they love you? Aethulwulf was a dutiful son, a good son but he was never his own man. That is why his father loved Ragnar and Athelstan more. They showed him something new, they wouldn't do as they were told. If we are too obedient people will make tools of us, it's human nature.
@emrearslan90575 жыл бұрын
But you have mistaken, you saw what you wanted to see
@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385 Жыл бұрын
I wish the brothers had gotten their hands on Aethelwulf.
@Heeem133 жыл бұрын
Ecbert always had this coming to him sooner or later by Aethelwulf
@mianhussain23572 жыл бұрын
Aethelwulf is so so underrated wtf
@grimtopia48044 жыл бұрын
Imagine this for not but 40 years you keep trying to impress your father again and again to earn his affection and love but you have no clue if he actually loves you poor aethelwulf
@oliverstianhugaas7493 Жыл бұрын
For someone so obessed about his legacy, he sure likes to chop at the stem of his own tree.
@YoungSperm4 жыл бұрын
Why they had to cut most of this scene out, this scene is way more impactful than the cut version. Especially for prince aethelwulf and how ecbert used him
@rickygravil6850 Жыл бұрын
If any of you yanks or tourists general interested Ecbert and Athelwoulf are both buried in Westminster Cathedral it’s the oldest one in UK
@mrmonster75182 жыл бұрын
Brilliant acting
@jredacted82298 ай бұрын
This is an incredibly underrated scene. What an amazong, complicated, realistic relationship.
@i3lackH4wk7 жыл бұрын
That was such a powerful scene, how come did they delete it ?! I can't get what Ecbert says at 3:12 after "we learn from others", what does he say ? Btw is there somewhere I can watch the complete episodes including all these extended scenes ? I know the american version has to be 40 minutes long, but in other countries episodes may be a few minutes longer.
@Lily1127channel7 жыл бұрын
What we learn from others must chime with something inside oneself. There must have always been something cold, calculated and perverted about me. I see it very clearly now. Ragnar helped me to see it. So did Athelstan.
@user-nv2wt4hi8t2 жыл бұрын
@@Lily1127channel '...I hate that name'.
@user-nv2wt4hi8t2 жыл бұрын
I know I'm five years too late and I'd really hope you've found this by now but Amazon Prime has every uncut episode.
@josephcarney76552 жыл бұрын
Like many of the comments praising this series. It's fantastic, the acting is amazing. I watched this over and over, and I actually felt so sad when the great ragnar was killed. Yes the history behind it is spectacular also, 🙌. Just can't say enough, AMAZING SERIES. ps. If you like this watch THE LAST KINGDOM.. see the viking saga continues from a different period of time . Be safe everyone. 🙏. J
@oguzhantekden4 жыл бұрын
Please tell me the name of this bloody song in this scene.
@prouser71505 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell which soundtrack is playing in the second half ?
@currangill4303 жыл бұрын
Did you find it? I'm looking it for it too
@gregmadore63655 жыл бұрын
Such a powerful scene, even though I hated both of them in the show they are both great actors