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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Whenever Alfred is unsure of himself and speculates about how he is going to be remembered, other characters (Ælswith, mostly) are quick to reassure him. Given how he is remembered even today, they often turn out to be completely right.
--> '''[=Æ=]lswith:''' God is great. As is Alfred. That is how you will be remembered.
--> '''[=Æ=]lswith:''' God is great. As is Alfred. That is how you will be remembered.
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* TearJerker:
** Everything surrounding [[spoiler: Ragnar's]] death, especially Brida frantically pushing a knife into his hand so that he may gain entry to Valhalla and her admitting that the thought of him in Niflheim is not one that she could bear.
** The final meeting between [[spoiler: Alfred and Uhtred, where the two men finally reconcile their differences, admit their great admiration for one another, and part as friends.]]
** The death of [[spoiler:Aethelflaed. Perhaps the truest love of Uhtred's life, she dies of cancer, after having concealed it for so long with only Uhtred by her side as they reaffirm their love for each other and pass away.]]
** Everything surrounding [[spoiler: Ragnar's]] death, especially Brida frantically pushing a knife into his hand so that he may gain entry to Valhalla and her admitting that the thought of him in Niflheim is not one that she could bear.
** The final meeting between [[spoiler: Alfred and Uhtred, where the two men finally reconcile their differences, admit their great admiration for one another, and part as friends.]]
** The death of [[spoiler:Aethelflaed. Perhaps the truest love of Uhtred's life, she dies of cancer, after having concealed it for so long with only Uhtred by her side as they reaffirm their love for each other and pass away.]]
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.** [[BarbarianHero Uhtred]], son of Uhtred, was a Saxon taken in by the Danish Earl Ragnar and raised as his own son. Framed for Ragnar's death, Uhtred becomes a warrior in service to the Saxon King Alfred, with whom he often clashes. Uhtred proves his value by leading expert raids, even facing and slaying the great Dane warlord Ubba. Saving Alfred's life, Uhtred continues on campaigns to help unify Wessex while using his wits and charisma to perform covert operations to weaken the enemy and rescue valuable hostages such as Alfred's daughter, Lady Aethelflaed, when she is held hostage by Danes. When cursed by the sorceress Skade, Uhtred breaks her curse by drowning Skade, killing her without a drop of bloodshed. Uhtred lures a powerful enemy army into a trap by [[FalseFlagOperation faking the murder of the leader's sons]] and continues his service after Alfred's death. Later saving the lives of King Edward's forces by infiltrating an enemy fortress and taking it from the inside, Uhtred brokers a peace with the enemy Scots by ensuring Northumbria's independence under his leadership, reclaiming his ancestral home of Bebbanburg in the process. Growing and maturing over decades of pain, love and loss, Uhtred ends the series by reasserting his one true belief: that [[TheFatalist destiny is all]].
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** Earl Guthrum of the Danes is an intelligent man who lures three Saxon armies into a trap to annihilate them. The right-hand of Ubba Ragnarson, the closest man the Danes have to a true king, Guthrum is the one who handles most of the strategy, arranging for the overthrow of kingdoms. A true threat to even Wessex, Guthrum leads the capture of Winchester abbey and attempts to use Alfred's scheming nephew Aethelwold to assassinate the King. Upon his defeat, Guthrum believes that the Christians' god is truly with them and submits to be baptized and renamed Aethelstan, honoured by Alfred for choosing peace over war in the end.
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** Earl Guthrum of the Danes is an intelligent man who lures three Saxon armies into a trap to annihilate them. The right-hand of Ubba Ragnarson, the closest man the Danes have to a true king, Guthrum is the one who handles most of the strategy, arranging for the overthrow of kingdoms. A true threat to even Wessex, Guthrum leads the capture of Winchester abbey and attempts to use Alfred's scheming nephew Aethelwold to assassinate the King. Upon his defeat, Guthrum believes that the Christians' god is truly with them and submits to be baptized and renamed Aethelstan, honoured honored by Alfred for choosing peace over war in the end.
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* OneSceneWonder: BadassGrandpa Ceolwulf, the "father of Mercia", who, better than anyone else before or after, sees straight through Alfred's schemes and calls him out, before proceeding to die of anger-induced heart failure.
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* OneSceneWonder: BadassGrandpa CoolOldGuy Ceolwulf, the "father of Mercia", who, better than anyone else before or after, sees straight through Alfred's schemes and calls him out, before proceeding to die of anger-induced heart failure.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Season 1 BigBad Guthrum undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, but is never again seen afterwards. It would have been interesting to observe whether his newfound interest in Christianity is genuine, and which struggles are faced by someone having grown up with an entirely different, Norse, worldview.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Season 1 BigBad Guthrum undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, HeelFaithTurn, but is never again seen afterwards. It would have been interesting to observe whether his newfound interest in Christianity is genuine, and which struggles are faced by someone having grown up with an entirely different, Norse, worldview.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Ingilmundr has a lot of this, as the fast pace of the movie doesn't leave a lot of opportunities to explore his character, [[spoiler: and the little that is shown turns out to be a facade halfway through.]] Specifically, [[spoiler:was his false religious {{Gayngst}} actually sincere on some level? Ingilmundr turns out to not be a Christian, but he does prove to be a devout Norse pagan as he chooses to reach for his sword when it seems he is about to die rather than keep his beliefs concealed - and homosexuality was just as taboo in pre-Christian Norse culture it was in medieval Christian culture. So, when Ingilmundr argued to Aethelstan that they could redeem themselves for their "sin" by conquering Britain in the name of their faith, is it possible that was based on something he actually believed, only about himself and his role in helping Anlaf conquer Britain?]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Ingilmundr has a lot of this, as the fast pace of the movie doesn't leave a lot of opportunities to explore his character, [[spoiler: and the little that is shown turns out to be a facade halfway through.]] Specifically, [[spoiler:was his false religious {{Gayngst}} actually sincere on some level? Ingilmundr turns out to not be a Christian, but he does prove to be a devout Norse pagan as he chooses to reach for his sword when it seems he is about to die rather than keep his beliefs concealed - and homosexuality "ergi" was just as taboo in pre-Christian Norse culture it as "sodomy" was in medieval Christian culture. So, when Ingilmundr argued to Aethelstan that they could redeem themselves for their "sin" by conquering Britain in the name of their faith, is it possible that was based on something he actually believed, only about himself and his role in helping Anlaf conquer Britain?]]conquering Britain in the name of the Aesir?]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Ingilmundr has a lot of this, as the fast pace of the movie doesn't leave a lot of opportunities to explore his character, [[spoiler: and the little that is shown turns out to be a facade halfway through.]] Specifically, [[spoiler:was his false religious {{Gayngst}} actually sincere on some level? Ingilmundr turns out to not be a Christian, but he does prove to be a devout Norse pagan as he chooses to reach for his sword when it seems he is about to die rather than keep his beliefs concealed - and homosexuality was just as taboo in pre-Christian Norse culture it was in medieval Christian culture. So, when Ingilmundr argued to Aethelstan that they could redeem themselves for their "sin" by conquering Britain in the name of their faith, is it possible that was based on something he actually believed, only about himself and his role in helping Anlaf conquer Britain?]]
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* OneSceneWonder: BadassGrandpa Ceolwulf, the "father of Mercia", who, better than anyone else before or after, sees straight through Alfred's schemes and calls him out, before proceeding to die of anger-induced heart failure.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Season 1 BigBad Guthrum undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, but is never again seen afterwards. It would have been interesting to observe whether his newfound interest in Christianity is genuine, and which struggles are faced by someone having grown up with an entirely different, Norse, worldview.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The protagonist's constant apologism for and idealizing nostalgia towards the Danes over the local Christian Anglo-Saxons can come across somewhat grating considering how just about every viking shown who isn't a member of his immediate family circle or household (and some who are!) is depicted either as a gleeful raider, eager to murder and rape the innocent and defenseless, or at least supportive of this attitude.
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** Season 2's second & third episodes: [[BadBoss Sverri]] is an Icelandic [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slaver]] notorious for working and torturing his slaves to death. Having his slaves row to Iceland for days without food, Sverri [[EvilIsPetty forces them to fight over an apple he's already taken a bite out of]]. After recapturing Uhtred and Halig after their failed escape attempt, Sverri has the latter bound to the prow of his [[SlaveGalley ship]] and forces Uhtred and the other slaves to row the roaring seas, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly killing Halig]].
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** Season 2 episodes 2 & 3: [[BadBoss Sverri]] is an Icelandic [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slaver]] notorious for working and torturing his slaves to death. Having his slaves row to Iceland for days without food, Sverri [[EvilIsPetty forces them to fight over an apple he's already taken a bite out of]]. After recapturing Uhtred and Halig after their failed escape attempt, Sverri has the latter bound to the prow of his [[SlaveGalley ship]] and forces Uhtred and the other slaves to row the roaring seas, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly killing Halig]].
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: What is that? Forests on Iceland? Well, this is before excessive deforestation to make ships, creation of grazing grounds and climate change made Iceland the tree-less island it is today.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: What While the presence of forests on Iceland might seem strange from a modern perspective, the series is that? Forests on Iceland? Well, this is set before excessive deforestation to make ships, creation of grazing grounds grounds, and climate change made Iceland the largely tree-less island it is today. today.
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** The death of [[spoiler:Aethelflaed. Perhaps the truest love of Uhtred's life, she dies of cancer, after having concealed it for so long with only Uhtred by her side as they reaffirm their love for each other and pass away.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: [=Æ=]thelwold crosses it with his cowardly murder of Ragnar.]]
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** [[spoiler: [=Æ=]thelwold crosses it with his cowardly murder of Ragnar.]]]]
** If [[spoiler:Brida didn't cross it when she castrated Uhtred's son, she crosses it when she leads a genocidal purge of Danish Christians, gloating how she is "returning them to the gods."]]
** [[spoiler: [=Æ=]thelwold crosses it with his cowardly murder of Ragnar.
** If [[spoiler:Brida didn't cross it when she castrated Uhtred's son, she crosses it when she leads a genocidal purge of Danish Christians, gloating how she is "returning them to the gods."]]
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* CrazyAwesome: Skorpa, who tears out peoples' throats with his teeth.
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** Skorpa again, for basically the same reason. Added to that is the fact that his teeth are permanently stained red with blood.
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** Skorpa again, Skorpa, for basically the same reason.killing people with his teeth. Added to that is the fact that his teeth are permanently stained red with blood.
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** Alternatively, if you want to have a video game based on ''The Last Kingdom'' there's always ''VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga'' which takes place in the same time period as the show complete with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the Vikings as playable factions.
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** Alternatively, if you want to have a video game based on ''The Last Kingdom'' RealTimeStrategy adaptation of the series there's always ''VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga'' which takes place in the same time period as the show complete with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the Vikings as playable factions.
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** Alternatively, there is if you want to have a video game based on ''The Last Kingdom'' there's always ''VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga'' which takes place in the same time period as the show complete with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the Vikings as playable factions.
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** Alternatively, there's there is always ''VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga'' which takes place in the same time period as the show complete with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the Vikings as playable factions.
