#hild vinland saga

[itoendme]

i havent ranted about vinland saga in a hot second but after doing some manga rereading, i've been thinking about how vinland saga conveys so well how hard it is to actually break the cycle of violence.

thorfinn doesn't just become a pacifist. it takes time, effort, and self reflection both to decide that he wants to give up violence and to actually make good on that. and he does relapse. he punches the bullies retainers at the farm, he fights against snake, and during the baltic sea war, he fights garm ad nearly kills floki. just because he's not using weapons doesn't mean he's not being violent. in the instances of snake and garm, he's not being violent because he wants to hurt people, but because of the society he lives in and the circumstances he grew up in, fighting often occurs to him as the easiest and/or only way out. many of his problems would be solved more easily with violence. if he'd beat canute's guard at the farm, he wouldn't have had to endure 100 punches. if he'd fought garm earlier, they could have gotten out of the baltic sea war a hell of a lot easier. if he'd beat up ivar, maybe things would have turned out differently instead of raising tensions that ultimately led to violence in the end. swearing off violence is a choice that actively makes his life infinitely harder. it's not easy for him, and it's not something he succeeds at in one go.

and then we have hild. forgiving thorfinn for her father's murder and choosing not to continue the cycle is not a quick or easy decision for her. its something she agonizes over. even though she knows from the beginning that forgiving him is what her father wants her to do, it's not so easy for her to follow that advice. she hates thorfinn, she's the only one of the vinland gang that's seen what he did as a warrior first hand, and having the others try to tell her that her anger isn't justified because 'thorfinn is a good guy now' must have only fueled her anger. And even after she stops seeing thorfinn as a threat, it still takes time for that hatred to ebb away. and eventually making the decision not only to spare his life, but to forgive him, reconciling the vision of him that she built in her head with what she observed of him after joining the group was an internal battle.

breaking the cycle of violence isn't something you can do just by thinking that you should. it's greater than any one person. In the setting of vs, violence and revenge are societal norms. vagn is disappointed in thorfinn when thorfinn refuses to kill floki. I'm bad at writing conclusions, but i just really appreciate how, in vs the transition from wanting and indulging in violence to denouncing it is well-paced and realistic.

#shut me up #vinland saga #thorfinn #hild vinland saga

[amidonexor]

vinland saga requests + sketches

#artists on tumblr #digital art #anime and manga #fanart #anime fanart #vinland saga #canute #hild vinland saga #gudrid #thorfinn vinland saga #vinland saga canute #king canute #thorfinn

[bearytiny]

#vinlandsaga #vinland saga #hild #hild vinland saga #bearytiny #bearytinyart

[kb11rd]

Fear

#my art #vinland saga #ヴィンランド・サガ #vinland saga fanart #hild #hild vinland saga #thorfinn #thorfinn karlsefni #thorfinn vinland saga #gotta love hild and her menacing aura #girl go on threaten that little fucking guy (i love thorfinn)

[rampagingnoble]

look, i know the farm arc of vinland just started streaming... BUT!!! I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HER ANIMATED!!!! AND HEAR HER VOICE!!!!!

SHE IS THE MOMENT!!!!

#vinland saga #vinland saga manga #vinland #hild vinland saga #i may be simping

[anuuuubis]

Hild from Vinland Saga

#hild #fanart #digital art #my art 2024 #vinland saga #vinland anime #vinland manga #vinland fanart #vinlandedit #hild vinland saga

[claremikas]

My actual wife

#live laugh love hild #vinland saga #hild vinland saga #vinland saga manga #manga screencap #manga

[rookmagpie]

spoilers for vinland saga

#manga coloring #vinland saga #thorfinn #hild vinland saga #vinland saga spoilers #ch 191 #read right to left #im in love with her #god i wish she was real #forhead reveal

[ro-bottt]

what if you cheated on your fuckass boyfriend. what then.

#how can a ship be so lovely omg #im so used to the awful stuff that this feels like flowers n puppies n rainbows #shipping vikings is so bloody sometimes.. #gudhild #hild vinland saga #gudrid vinland saga #vinland saga

[roxinationarts]

Hild

#vinland saga #vinland saga spoilers #ヴィンランド・サガ #hild vinland saga

[babyknifechild]

The hunter and the hunted

#vinland saga #hild #hild vinland saga #hild my beloved

[darkdriver]

Hild is ahead of her time.

#vinland saga #Vinland saga manga #Hild #hild vinland saga

[amidonexor]

my hcs

#artists on tumblr #digital art #anime and manga #fanart #anime fanart #vinland saga #canute #vinland saga canute #king canute #thorfinn vinland saga #gudrid #hild vinland saga #einar vinland saga #gudrid vinland saga

[iheartcanute]

my cutie patootie goober pookie bear gf 😊😊

#lesbian #anime #manga #vinland saga #i’m sobbing #we’re married #hild vinland saga

[thepalaceofharuhime]

Sometimes a child can have more than just one mother. And sometimes those mothers can be a sailor that's also a runaway bride that stabbed her husband, an ex mercenary and freed slave who's working on bettering himself and those around him, a talented carpenter and huntress with a grudge and genius IQ and last but not least the viking era's possibly bravest dog.

#Karli will grow up to be very interesting no doubt #And I didn't even mention Einar and Bug eyes #Gudrid and Thorfinn may officially be considered his parents by evryone #But the truth is the 5 of them all are and they share custody with the dog #Vinland saga spoilers #Vinland saga manga #Karli #Karli's mama #peakland saga #thorfinn vinland saga #gudrid #einar vinland saga #hild vinland saga #bug eyes #vinland saga

[centaur-dreaming]

Vinland Saga man….

#yes I’m in my feels about them again #oomm knows exactly which one I mean #vinland saga #thorfinn #thorfinn karlsefni #hild Vinland saga #hild