Clearly the or parents favored Ragnar and I have a hunch they were the only siblings. But the intensity of the love/ hate feelings Rollo harbors and his jealousy is pathological.
Good Post!
Thanks Caroline.
It's always nice to hear someone say how much they appreciate what's been said.
At one point ROLLO does briefly mention their parents to the SEER when he says his parents showed a preference for RAGNAR.
But it is VERY ODD that we've NEVER heard Ragnar mention his parents to his kids, or heard him have a conversation with ROLLO where he says remember the time when MOM did this or DAD did that.
But since most people back then never made it past the age of 30, one can also understand why their parents wouldn't still be around anymore.
But with LAGERTHA and RAGNAR being GRANDPARENTS, apparently it also wasn't impossible to still have a grandparent alive back then. And Ecbert is also a grandfather as well.
And YES, the way ROLLO feels about Ragnar is PATHOLOGICAL.
One also wonders if there's any justification for it other than ROLLO's misguided perception.
Because he also has the ENTIRE VIKING CAMP ... including INNOCENT WOMEN and CHILDREN ... MASSACRED simply because one guy told him that half of those in the CAMP were concerned about the return of RAGNAR and wanted to discuss the matter with him.
So there was also no justification for KILLING EVERYONE in that camp other than ROLLO's PARANOIA getting the best of him.
And we've also seen NO GOOD REASON why IVAR should direct so much HOSTILITY at his brother SIGURD either.
If anything, it's the other 3 boys who should be upset with the way that IVAR's been SPOILED by their MOTHER who's always FAVORED IVAR the most.
But regardless of his DISABILITY, they all seem to feel he has EQUAL STATUS to them, and don't seem to hold a grudge at all for the FAVORITISM that their mother has shown him.
Anyhow, perhaps we'll also learn something more about what happened between ROLLO and RAGNAR during their childhood ...
if and whenever Ragnar mentions something about it to IVAR ...
as a way to get him to see the reason why he needs to get over the HOSTILE way that he feels about his brother SIGURD.
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