#karli

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sketch dump of the sillies

[babyknifechild]

https://twitter.com/vinlandkatkat/status/1567402880704954368?s=19

Credit to vinlandkatkat on twitter

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #939

Karli loves to play monster ball.

Source:

Karli. Muppet Wiki.

[aurorawgrice]

Iceland

[ro-bottt]

thorfinn and einar taking care of baby karli <33

[i-have-no-enemies]

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[crowslikeclockwork]

I am not over Karli copying Thorfinn on this cover. That’s so cute 😭😭😭

[midnight-in-town]

Leaving Vinland...? (spoilers for ch205!)

After reading the chapter, I actually think we had it coming, even if they went through all that trouble to reach Vinland and create a peaceful village of settlers there. :D

I mean, remember Ketil's Farm arc?

Like I said before, I think the last arc parallels it a lot (like the War on the Baltic Sea arc mirrored some parts of the Prologue).

Back then, when confronting Canute's violent ways, Thorfinn was asked whether or not he would kill Canute to stop him (illustrating that "righteous violence" Einar talked about in a previous chapter) and he answered...

...that in front of violence, he'll always choose to run (and he did so against first Sigurd and then Garm as well, when they first met, during the War on the Baltic Sea arc).

Now in the last arc, faced with a devastating epidemic in both Europe and Vinland, Canute chose his usual approach of "killing a few to save the many" (ch202)...

whereas Thorfinn once again chose to run in the latest chapter:

Don't get me wrong, it's understandable why some readers might side with Einar and Hild after reading ch205, because in the past, whenever Thorfinn would choose to run, it was always in order to make it to Vinland and to create there "a country of peace".

Now that they're driven out of Vinland though (or, more accurately, that Thorfinn intends to leave in order to avoid war), it makes sense that many would wonder "but to go where?!":

However, I think wondering about "where" is missing the point Yukimura-sensei is trying to make.

Obviously, we were always led to think that reaching Vinland was the end goal of Thorfinn's journey, because it was also Thors' dream to go live there in peace. That being said if, even after reaching Vinland, Thorfinn and the settlers trigger a never-ending conflict that many generations after them will inherit and recreate, then how are they doing any better than all the violence they fled from all the countries at war in Europe?

Peace is not just about "where", but also about "how" and "with who".

In my opinion, Hild forgiving Thorfinn was the conclusion of Thorfinn's journey to reach Vinland: this success is why he can forgive himself and start living free from guilt.

But Yukimura-sensei just chose to illustrate that Thorfinn's road pursuing pacifism and living his life without guilt doesn't just end by reaching Vinland: it is also about his family's survival and about what he passes onto his children.

Like Thors did with him, despite Thors never reaching Vinland.

Well done, Yukimura-sensei, that's an excellent lesson for this series' final arc. Can't wait to see how it continues!

(PS: Gudrid is giving birth next month :D and I love that the birth of Thorfinn's second child happens precisely as he says he doesn't want his kids to inherit war in Vinland :D)

[aakipple]

vinsaga dump woooo

[m0thscandle]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY RADIANT, GORGEOUS, FLAWLESS, ANGELIC, WIFE FOR WHO MEN WOULD GO TO BLOODY WARS FOR JUST TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO GLANCE UPON HIS FACE WHICH WAS BLESSED BY THE HEAVENS THEMSELVES AND MAKES FLOWERS CLOSE OUT OF SHAME FOR BEING UNABLE TO MATCH HIS BEAUTY

[canute-saga]

ThorNute Week 2023 Arts

[areslyfe]

Sometimes all you need is to see Thorfinn’s smile and eyes. Vinland Saga is just something that makes me so happy, my first ever manga that I read <3

[i-have-no-enemies]

I love their reaction to seeing Thorfinn get angry,

But especially Karli who just looks like he’s thinking “oh, daddy can get angry.”

[fairyceridwen]

Happy Mother's Day to Thorfinn, Son of Thors!

[midnight-in-town]

((Spoilers for anime-only watchers !))

For manga readers: sounds familiar?

In the final arc, Sensei slowly developed settings (ch195) that are unfortunately probably heading towards a similar predicament:

(i love u Gudrid, thank you for supporting Thorfinn so well)

I don't think the Lnu people will be the real threat, though it's true that the rampaging epidemic is certainly a cause for concern and I'm looking forward to finding out how Thorfinn will handle the whole "kill a few to save the many" approach that Canute is meanwhile conducting in Europe.

TBH I'm wayyy more worried about that guy Styrk...

...because his identity is a misery for a probably very relevant reason. I first thought he was Garm (because of the fake face marks and the spear), but at times he sounds too clever to be Garm lmao. He makes me think of Askeladd (purposely written that way by Sensei), though we know for certain that Askeladd is dead.

However, since it's the final arc, it is also to be expected that some events to come will parallel prior events of the series, so that Thorfinn realizes and proves how far he's come since the Prologue. That's why I think Karli might eventually be in danger, leading Thorfinn to live exactly through the situation that caused his own father's death, during the Prologue.

Meanwhile, in the village, since men slowly get ready for war against the Lnu people (thanks for nothing, Styrk), there will probably be a decisive moment in which the left alone women and children will be in danger, exactly like it happened to Arnheid, from the Ketil Farm Arc.

Hopefully, Thorfinn and his allies (Einar, Gudrid, Hild, Bug-Eye, Cordelia, etc) will both times manage to outlive these parallels.

Oh and by the way, I don't know yet if Sensei did it on purpose, but Thorfinn's village of settlers in Vinland is even called Arnheid's Village. If that's not possible foreshadowing, I don't know what is. T_T

[silvaonline]

my drawing tablet broke so have some manga panels i like