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I'm gearing up this week (rewatching the first season already wit my fam) for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power show so there's gonna be content here for a bit...hopefully you don't mind!

Ismael Cruz Córdova is getting harassed (he's playing Arondir in LOTR: Rings of Power)

Every. Time. Every single time a black actor plays a character of importance in any given franchise, these """fans"""" just crawl out of the woodwork and harass them.

He was already being harassed. For two years, prior to the show's release. Two years.

He shouldn't have to go through this.

I've been trying to see fan reactions to the series, and all I see are people throwing temper tantrums and having racist meltdowns, saying their favorite franchises are "ruined," and "smeared," and whatever else word they can use that isn't diverse. Actually, they're outright saying they don't think black people belong in the show at all.

Support Ismael Cruz Córdova, because I can only imagine how much shit he's going through right now.

Just shut up.

I'm trying to fantasize.

Credit: grinxer via Instagram

ROP finale spoilers

I knew it.....I freaking knew it. 

Halbrand was Sauron. I have been thinking about it since their first meeting. And The Stranger was none other than our favorite Istar, after all the Harfoots were rooting for him. But what a misdirection they started in this episode. 

Halbrand going to Eregion when Celebrimbor was going to make something was dead give away and the Adar conversation too. The Stranger revived that old tree, I knew without doubt who he was. 

And the whole Queen conversation- classic manipulation. Galadriel had touched the dark, it was referenced few times. She always wished to seek Sauron, look she found him. Gil galad was right about darkness coming if Galadriel were to not go to valinor. 

To be fair, Elrond does end up deciding that "saving" Celebrimbor is more important than attempting to end Sauron...

I'm sorry but I can't stop thinking about the fact that Adar thought that Elrond would give him the ring to save Galadriel. That Elrond would condemn them all to save one elf.

According to Adar, Galadriel's life is more important than everything really.

I really dislike the short-haired elves in the Rings of power. They just don't feel very elvish or tolkien. They remind me of pictures from behind the scenes of the Hobbit where the elves are trying on their costumes or are practicing for a scene. They feel unfinised. Like they all forgot to put on their wigs.

I really loved the opening scene in LOTR-fotr, when "Galadriel" was the commander of Gil-Galad's army and fought against Sauron. Epic battle.

Also the scene when we first met "Elrond" in Lothlòrien. Unforgettable. When everyone were amazed by his ethereal aura, his (short) flowing blond hair and his beautiful white clothing.......Oh wait.

I found this scene really weird and forced. If she knew Elros and apparently is Elrond's best friend, shouldn't she be nicer to their descendants. Also if she had mentioned it earlier, then maybe she would have had an easier time in Nùmenor. But what bother me the most about this scene is this painting. It looks like someone painted everything else except for Elronds head, and then someone different came in later and did his head in a completely different style. His head looks so realistic compared to the rest of the painting. Like someone photo-shopped his head on an old picture and used a filter or something.

Also aren't they suppose to be identical twins. I can't find anything similar about them. Their eyes, their headshape, their nose, their eyebrows, even their ears are different. I mean Elros looks more like Thorin's long lost twin. Maybe if you squint really hard, but something is just really weird about this painting.

The only great thing about this painting is that the elves have long hair, :)

" nobody goes off trail and nobody walks alone."

It may sound ok depending on the situation but It just takes up so much screentime. I think most of the hobbit story we have seen up to now is just about how bad things happens to you if you leave the trail. Also it's more like "nobody goes off trail and nobody walks alone …. unlesss something happens and you get hurt or you can't keep up, then you will be left behind without hesitation, every man for themselves, survival of the fittest and all that stuff..,bye". For someone with hearts bigger then their feet and who only wants to protect eachother, they sure can be cruel.

I want to see Galadriel be a strong and independant woman while fighting together with the boys and not against them. Just back to back, suporting each other, all while kicking ass. Strong female characters AND strong male characters working together.

Just imagine young Galadriel and young Elrond being sassy and witty teenagers going around destroying people.

Them making strategical moves, collectiong evidence, countering Sauron's advances, knowing he is out there but not know where. Visiting the other cities and races to gather evidence and information, Elrond going to Numenor to ask for help since they are his brothers decendants. Them encountering the other main characters on their journey. Them bantering like best friends, making mistakes, fighting, making up, making tough choices and them growing together as characters troughout their travels as the story gets more and more serious. Just them being great friends without any romantic feelings.

(not my picture)

I finally found what this warg reminded me of. It's from an old comic I loved to read when I was younger. Elfquest by Wendy and Richard Pini. Still loves it.

When you see it you can't unsee it: Fidget spinner

For very boring council meetings.

Whoever made the costumes for Rings of Power sure do like weird looking gold and pearls. The second age were aparently not the age of jewelry making. (unless you are Celebrimbor and Sauron).

Really does make you miss and apreciate the Peter Jackson movies costume department a lot more. They did a great job making it so that each of the different races and peoples had their own characteritic design, style and culture. Separating them from each other.

The costumes in Rings of power looks like they all were designed by the same designer. There's not much that separate the different races. Only the Silvan elves weird wooden armor stands out, but once this is gone, you can't really differentiate between the humans and the elves.

Isildur and the Rings of power: the golden trio of Numenor.

The awkward lanky side-kick, the chosen one, the bookworm.

bonus:

Her father will hear about this.

Finrod blep. :p

(not my pictures)

The elves leaving Valinor:

Me and my sister was talking about Rings of power ep1, and I said something about how the elves left Valinor like a bunch of hattifatners in all their tiny boats. She loved it and said I had to make a comparison, so here it is. Please enjoy.

Even the pictures of the elves traveling back to Valinor fits the descripton.

We were all deceived! :)

Elrond is the real Sauron. He is in Eregion charming and helping Celebrimbor make the rings, and earning the trust of the dwarves using politics, bringing them together to secretly take them all down. This is why he has the ability to teleport between places and he is so skilled in breaking rocks (secret blacksmith). Halbrand is just a distraction who dont know if he is suppose to be from the south or early rohan.

You never know in this show. It could be true :) Elrond does seem to get every other characters story except for his own so far so....

edit: I just figured out this is why the painting in Numenor looks so weird. Sauron went there and photoshopped himself over Elrond. That is why "Elrond" looks so different then the rest of the painting.

Lore question

I don't know much of the lore from the Silmarillion and the second age, but I think the second age is supposed to be really long and Sauron is visiting a lot of places. So where is he actually suppose to be in this show? I dont understand the timeline , also they just keep jumping around from one place to another and have important stuff happening off-screen.

Since from what I have gathered ; He is in the Southlands building an army, in Eregion with Celebrimbor convincing him to make the rings, manipulation both the dwarves and Gil-galad, playing hide'n seek with Galadriel all over Middle-earth, maybe traveling with the harfoots and is also infiltrating Numenor. All at the same time. So yeah.....the question is where is he suppose to be?

Halbrand - bad plan

If Halbrand is Sauron, what do you think his plan was?

do some bad stuff -> get on boat -> get shipwrecked -> don't get eaten by giant sea monster -> Be only survivor on shipwreck -> randomly meet very important angry elf in the middle of the ocean -> become "friends" with angry elf -> Get saved by new important nice guy who also is in the middle of the ocean -> Join them to random place -> Great, it was Numenor -> just stay here and be blacksmith -> annoy angry elf some more -> make a lot of trouble -> get trown into prison -> NOT become king of the soutlands!! -> STAY -> infiltrate and watch them destroy themselves (on hold) -> gets bossed around by angry elf -> leave with angry elf and tiny army to destroy hisown army...... wait a minute.

he's basically just there randomly, no real motivation, just at the right place at the right time, or at the wrong place at the wrong time. depends on how you look at it. He just wants to be left alone and Galadriel keeps pushing him around and guilt-tripping him to do stuff. They are not really friends, they just happened to survive together for awhile and Galadriel won't let him go.

If this is Sauron, i'm either really disapointed by his planning abilities or really impressed.

So, does anyone know why Sauron marked Finrod?? Does Sauron normally go around branding people?

I mean, if it was an eye; then ok. It is Saurons mark, it's been his mark the entire time. It's his signature. That is why it's in his castle/forge and on the sword he probably made. He marked Finrod to say it was he who killed him. This makes sense.

But now it's a map. A map of Mordor. But Mordor does not exist yet. If it was left as a clue in the castle so that poeple who came there later would know where too meet up, like a secret messege only some would understand, then that's also ok. Then the mark on the sword would just mean "made in Mordor" or something similar. But then it doesn't make sense why Finrod was marked. IF this mark is directions, then wouldn't it be a bad idea to send it to your enemies? like "hey, we moved, this is the adress for the new secret evil headquarter, see you there.."

Did Sauron just settle in the Southlands just bacause it matched up with his mark? Was it the plan all along?? I don't understand the writers of this show.

I don't know when Finrod died, but if it was before the plan to settle in the Southlands was made, then the mark is older than the plan. So the idea of it being directions dont make sense either.