Vikings Finale: Is Vikings Ending Better Than GOT? (NO SPOILERS)
By: Aqsa Ali
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The second and final part of Vikings season 6 has been concluded just recently and fans are giving mixed reactions. Is Vikings Finale good? Does the Vikings ending satisfy its fans? Is it well enough to beat the final season of GOT that left its fans suspended in disappointment when the GOT series launched its final season in April 2019. Fans hoped that Vikings finale would be able to fill the gap that was left dangling helplessly with GOT ending.

Vikings Vs Game of Thrones

Vikings series is considered to be similar to GOT in some though not many ways for Vikings series has a historical-based plot while GOT is based on pure fantasy. Still both shows have had a certain competition between them which escalated with the release of Vikings finale and raised the question “Did Vikings conclude better than GOT?”

The Storytelling

Although the Show “Vikings” has a true historical based plot, there is a significant blend of fiction in the storyline by Michael Hirst, the screenwriter of the Vikings series and I think the man has done a great deal of work.

As we know that no one can beat G RR Martin in telling a story with great twists and complexity as he did in his volume of A Song of Ice and Fire but then we got the ending of GOT that does not go parallel with Martin’s mind and the reason is obvious in a way that the show finale had suffered because of the difference in approaches between G RR Martin and the GOT showrunners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and so having no source material from George RR Martin (Mr. Martin Sir, you’re still the best!). While on the other hand, Vikings give a well-knitted plot with a real historical based story mixed with some spicy fictional theories doing a certain justice with its characters in the show. The whole story goes with such fluency and every character is exactly doing what it is supposed to do. Even after the exit of the most favorite character of Viking fans (including me) “Ragnar Lodbrok” played by Travis Fimmel, the show kept its charms throughout the time continuing with the story of the “Sons Of Ragnar”.

The story of brothers, the rivalry between Bjorn Ironside and Ivar the Boneless (I loved the character of Ivar played by Alex H Anderson, such an amazing actor!), the quest of Ubbe, and the complex character of Hvitserk, all of them contributed very well in keeping the show interesting after the departure of Ragnar. (Yes you’re right, the show still in fact lost a great deal of its fandom with the leaving of Travis Fimmel (King Ragnar Lodbrok)).

The Ending

As I have just finished watching Vikings Finale, I would love to say that it ends pretty cool (yeah, I am not going to spoil anything so you’re good to go). Well, there are of course some flaws (Everything has its flaws) but I think Vikings Finale is far better than GOT finale where the whole thing was put together in some kind of emergency and so many things were left unexplained and in chaos while in Vikings finale, everything seems to be going with a flow. Of course, both shows did kill some of their main characters but in Vikings, the deaths are made essentially required, thoroughly explained, and well deserved (which is not in the case of GOT which made its death scenes of “some main” characters so normal that it gave fans a shock not of surprising admiration but of disappointment).

So, as GOT remains one of the top best TV shows ever for its excellent complex story with outstanding characters and their background stories(Tyrion Lannister is my favorite!), its greatness in diversity(so many characters and so many different themes), a marvelous direction and amazing cinematography ( without any doubt, GOT has got some wonderful scenes worthy of high praise like dragons and white walkers) and of course it’s on the top of most high budget TV series ($15 million per episode), Vikings being a show describing the hard work and struggle of people for surviving is also going to be included in my list of the most favorite shows of all time.