Review of Vinland Saga Season 2

Yeah, I'm not one to complain about a lack of action when compared to Season 1. I, for one, think it's great when authors take risks and lead the story in a completely different direction. But, but, BUT! The story and character development aren't in any way an improvement over Season 1. I'd go as far as to say they are a complete disappointment. I mean, really? That is the conclusion Thorfinn reaches? And it's presented as some divine enlightenment? Lol, yeah, sure. I get that a young mind might be impressed with his unapologetic pacifism in the face of each and every cruelty the world throwsat him, but it's just not how it works.
I liked Season 1 for the nuance and moral ambiguity. It mostly presented questions with no definite answers, but the way it did so and the context really made you ponder different things.
Season 2, on the other hand, doubles down hard on absolute non-violence being the right answer to all the problems. In a Viking era, no less. Naive. Too naive. So naive, in fact, that it just stops being believable or relatable in any way. Even Season 1 showed just how much of a problem being defenseless poses in the 11th or so century. You simply get killed. Cause, really, who gives a damn about your lofty ideals. You get put into the ground, while your family gets graped and slaved away.
Run away? Sure, what a solution, how didn't anyone think about that? Why don't the whole Ukraine just up and run from the Russians? And then the whole Poland, Germany, France and so on. Never a better time to colonize Mars, I guess.
Extremely childish and simple-minded. The promise of Season 1 is wasted on this being the big revelation and a conclusion to Thorfinn's development. Disappointing, really.