Obviously the series has strayed from history from the beginning, but I'm okay with that. Historical fiction almost always does, moving notable historical events and people from various times around to help tell their stories in a more compact and compelling timeline. And I'm not sure this show's writers would even categorize it as historical fiction, so really, to me, the anachronisms and smashing together of separate events has never bothered me really.
However, plagiarism is something else entirely. And I'm amazed that no one has pointed out that Lagertha's "fight no more forever" speech is almost directly lifted from Chief Joseph's famous speech of the same name, delivered what, 1,000 years later? Maybe I'm being petty, but that felt like very bad form in what is already a very strange and seemingly out-of-place story line surrounding Lagertha apparent "awakening."
However, plagiarism is something else entirely. And I'm amazed that no one has pointed out that Lagertha's "fight no more forever" speech is almost directly lifted from Chief Joseph's famous speech of the same name, delivered what, 1,000 years later? Maybe I'm being petty, but that felt like very bad form in what is already a very strange and seemingly out-of-place story line surrounding Lagertha apparent "awakening."