"who negotiates for peace by beating a man? i've only just met you today.. we dont know each other, or bear each other any grudge. Why should we have to beat one another? it's foolishness. There's absolute no reason for so many grown men to get together and shed blood. We just met today, you are not my enemies. I HAVE NO ENEMIES" -THORFINN GOATSELFNI
Great reaction Melissa 🙌 *Canute reveals his ultimate goal: to build a paradise on Earth, which he views as an act of rebellion against God's logic.* ☮🕊🌍 He believes that humanity can't find happiness under God's rule and that the current state of the world, filled with chaos and destruction, is a result of people being abandoned by God. Canute sees the Vikings, who are known for their violent and destructive behavior, as a prime example of this abandonment. He believes that these people, who commit sins as they wander lost, need to be saved in order to build a true paradise. To achieve this, Canute plans to unify and guide the Vikings, using their combined strength to defy God's rule. He sees himself as the only one capable of this task, and he is willing to go to great lengths, including war and conquest, to accomplish it. 🤴🏼👥👥👥 In essence, Canute's statement about defying or fighting God is a metaphor for his ambition to change the world order and create a utopia on Earth, contrary to what he perceives as God's flawed design. To better understand Canute we can think of the strict rules he imposes on his vassals; no looting, pillaging or dueling; all vices of Viking culture. All of these must be removed from his paradise. But to do this, he must first conquer all of the vikings to get them into the fold. Only once it's done will he be able to pacify them all, as he now wields all the power. *It's very much like Thorfinn's vision of a utopia, only Canute wants to seize it by any means necessary, with diplomacy first. They are two sides of the same coin.* Canute, for all intents and purposes, is a very progressive king. His display at the end wasn't to show how delusional he was but how powerless he was to do anything on his own.
"who negotiates for peace by beating a man? i've only just met you today.. we dont know each other, or bear each other any grudge. Why should we have to beat one another? it's foolishness. There's absolute no reason for so many grown men to get together and shed blood. We just met today, you are not my enemies. I HAVE NO ENEMIES"
-THORFINN GOATSELFNI
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Great reaction Melissa 🙌
*Canute reveals his ultimate goal: to build a paradise on Earth, which he views as an act of rebellion against God's logic.* ☮🕊🌍
He believes that humanity can't find happiness under God's rule and that the current state of the world, filled with chaos and destruction, is a result of people being abandoned by God. Canute sees the Vikings, who are known for their violent and destructive behavior, as a prime example of this abandonment. He believes that these people, who commit sins as they wander lost, need to be saved in order to build a true paradise.
To achieve this, Canute plans to unify and guide the Vikings, using their combined strength to defy God's rule. He sees himself as the only one capable of this task, and he is willing to go to great lengths, including war and conquest, to accomplish it. 🤴🏼👥👥👥
In essence, Canute's statement about defying or fighting God is a metaphor for his ambition to change the world order and create a utopia on Earth, contrary to what he perceives as God's flawed design.
To better understand Canute we can think of the strict rules he imposes on his vassals; no looting, pillaging or dueling; all vices of Viking culture. All of these must be removed from his paradise. But to do this, he must first conquer all of the vikings to get them into the fold. Only once it's done will he be able to pacify them all, as he now wields all the power.
*It's very much like Thorfinn's vision of a utopia, only Canute wants to seize it by any means necessary, with diplomacy first. They are two sides of the same coin.*
Canute, for all intents and purposes, is a very progressive king. His display at the end wasn't to show how delusional he was but how powerless he was to do anything on his own.
Did you just suggest OLMAR of all people to do something in that group?😭
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