You're seriously delusional if you think Ragnar was in love with Athelstan. He loved him in the same way I love my friends. I'll tell my male partner who is as hetero as I am "I love you" to his fucking face and cuddle him without the dread of being branded as a homosexual because it's a familiar and platonic love, not a idealistic one. Sometimes I believe people who ship those two have had neither a good family or a true friendship. Also, pls, I need a gif of Ragnar crying in the rain ;_;
I interpreted it one way and you another. You are basing your meaning on your own experience (which is commendable BTW, men like you are rare), I’m taking into account the entire series and all of Ragnar and Athelstan’s interactions. A scene of Aslaug directly asking Ragnar if he loved her and him responding with silence occurred, followed immediately by a scene —the full version which includes Ragnar propositioning another threesome and grabbing Athelstan’s ass— of Ragnar gently holding Athelstan’s hand and telling him that he’ll follow him wherever he goes. Ragnar later refuses to have sex with his wife and then tells Athelstan that he loves him and h
Vikings: 21 Wild Revelations About Ragnar And Athelstan's Relationship
The History Channel's Vikings has become a smash strike. One of the main reasons for this is the complex relationship between Ragnar and Athelstan. Though both men are prolonged gone now, they built the foundation of complex relationships between characters. After all, they were closer to each other than they were their respective mates. These men relied on each other to be strong and alter the world around them. Every scene between them was a genuine pleasure, and these two characters are missed to this day.
As Vikings moves into its sixth and last season, the story will be finishing up without these two fascinating characters. Despite their absence, they truly altered everything in the world around them. Without Ragnar and Athelstan, the conflict between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons would stare very different. Without them, it might have never happened at all.
Whether that means their kinship was good or bad for the world is subjective, but their influence cannot be denied. Both men made everyone they touched grow and evolve into entirely new people. Curious, fascinating, and exploratory, Athelstan and Ragnar
Even in season1 Ragnar offered him sex with Lagertha and he was like “no i choose to read a book”… i think a guy that says no to a viking vixen appreciate Lagertha must be gay. But then in the last episode i noticed vikings were making treasure to women and he was hiding and appreciate “ewww men making passion to ..women”. then how Athelstan tries to perform like a real male each time…lol reminded me of Obama trying to sound tough..its laughable and fake..just not realistic. So when he refused to go with Ragnar its prolly because he saw it as Ragnar going back to his wife or mistress. The bath scene made it apparent Ragnar isnt gay…thats why they put in that scene because Athelstan is just so gay…people would just make a whole gay subtext of him n ragnar. i believe Athelstan was initially sexually attracted to wild viking men so but then he found out theyre all like not lgbtq+ and only into women so he kind of longed back for england where he would more easily find homo friends.&nbs
But Really: In the 1x03, Ragnar invites Athelstan to join him and his wife Lagertha in bed, which he declines, citing his oath of celibacy. This scene is often dismissed as an insincere offer, but in 3x01 there is a callback to this scene, where Ragnar asks “If Lagertha and I were to invite you to contribute our bed today, would you still refuse as you once did?” while Aslaug, his second wife, looks at them jealously. His actor, Travis Fimmel, has also stated that he believes Ragnar was being sincere.
Throughout the series, his relationship with Athelstan hits the typical narrative beats of a adoration more than friendship, e.g. Ragnar spends as much of season 2 preoccupied with winning Athelstan support from King Ecbert as he does with winning the conflict with Wessex. He frequently places as much and sometimes more importance on his partnership with Athelstan as he does his brother, son and wife/ex-wife.
In 3x06 Athelstan converts back to Christianity and tells Ragnar he is going to restore to Wessex. Ragnar passionately declares “You cannot abandon me. I love you.” His to