why are so many vls fans still so into violence & gore
Like Thorfinn's character is a caricature of toxic masculinity and societal pressures to act as a man. He is seeking revenge for his father, he is actively extremely violent, he murders with no thought, it's the whole shabang all starting at the age of six (which seems utterly ridiculous, but that's part of the point!) But so many ppl just say he's cool and badass for it?? Like that's a child..just a baby
But then ofc we have season 2 (peak btw) where Thorfinn goes through the most change. The way most (specifically male) fans react to this are divided into 2 sections.
Claim that Thorfinn is 'based', say 'I'm him', and overall just connect this progression w just self improvement and becoming a better person and not to the non-violent ideals now placed in the character. [the problem w this interpretation is that many of these fans still praise the violence of the show! they praise the exact thing vinland is against.]
2. Say that Vinland 'fell off' and that it sucks now bc there's no longer violence and wars (or at least, not as many) [the problem w this is more obvious. They are so violence addicted that they don't even realize the anti-war ideas the show has been slapping in their faces the whole time. vinland saga isnt a shonen anime made for fights. get over it!]
Either way, these types of responses just don't understand the purpose of the show because they are, at the end of the day, too into anime fights and gore and I really don't understand it. Is there a name for this phenomenon? stupid man syndrome?
