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“With Galadriel, the problem is she feels more than just vibes. She feels massive, monumental galaxy shifts whenever she feels anything. Somehow, what she sees as a hopeless mortal that she found stranded at sea has forever changed her. It was really fun exploring how vulnerable this mythical being Galadriel could be.

We spoke a lot about how we’d stage it, and both of us felt that looking at each other would even be just too intense. It’s, like, too much — whatever they’re feeling is too much.”

(Source)

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They admitted the obvious.

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(requested by anon)

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Charlie Vickers discusses Sauron's feelings about Galadriel and preying on her weakness for him. He knows she wants him. Smug 😏

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the fact sauron transforms into galadriel's brother at the end of season one, just for the thrill of galadriel looking upon him with complete and total love. and then, at the end of the second season, he transforms so he can once again experience galadriel looking upon him with complete and total love, only this time, he transforms into halbrand.

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Payne: We wanted to make it so everything he says to her could be true for Halbrand and Sauron. He didn't present a total false persona. So you think oh ok I spent an entire season getting to know someone that wasn't actually a character. Most of the things he says also resonate on a Sauron level.

McKay: You've gotten to know Sauron. You know what he's good at, you know what makes him angry [...] you know his playbook in a way.

You all: HALBRAND WAS NOT REAL. IT WAS TOTALLY FAKE

From JD Payne and Patrick McKay's podcast interview with The Ringer-verse.

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We really don't speak enough about the fact that we saw Sauron wave his hands to throw a girl above a parapet and force Elvish guards to kill each other, but when Galadriel came at him with a sword, not only he said he didn't want to harm her, but he didn't use magic during their fight to get the upper hand, except to destabilize her with the vision of his Halbrand form looking at her with adorable puppy eyes.

Then when he finally harmed her it was mostly because he wanted to bind her to him so she would be forever his.

I mean, I'm really trying to hate him, but he doesn't make things easy 🙃

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so he really let his guard down and let halbrand sneak in there for a moment with this voice huh... interesting

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WHY is no one talking about the freaky and horny energy sauron was giving off in this scene? like, sauron u good? the way he kept pushing closer as his eyes were LOCKED on her? THE LUST IN HIS VOICE? he really wanted to devour her there 😭

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Saurondriel truly is a Rom-con:

“Rings of Power” Season 1 didn’t really play coy with the “Celeborn, I’m going to take your woman.” innuendo:

“Celeborn was his name. We met in a glade of flowers. I was dancing and he saw me there. You were dancing? The war seemed so very far away then. When he went to it, I chided him. His armor didn't fit properly. I called him a silver clam. I never saw him again after that.” Galadriel tells Theo about her husband, Celeborn, 1x07

Tamar: And how close are you and the She-elf? You're on a lucky streak, low man. Free sail to our island, eating our food, drinking our ale... What will you take next? Our lands? Our trades? Halbrand/Mairon (eating clams): Don't forget your women. Tamar: Maybe he and the She-elf aren't so close after all. Wager she'd prefer someone of better breeding [Celeborn is a prince]. Halbrand/Mairon before he gets into a alley fight the Númenóreans smiths, 1x03

Oh, look: a silver clam on Mairon’s plate.

Bonus:

Galadriel: What happened? Halbrand/Mairon: Dispute about a woman. Galadriel visits Halbrand at Númenor prison, 1x03

"You're married to a prince, Galadriel? Watch me become a king."

"King of the Southlands isn't enough for you? How about King of all Middle-earth? Call me Tar-Mairon, "King Excellent"."

"No? You deny Mairon, again!? You kick me in the face? We are married, now! Blood marriage ritual on your glade of flowers!"

"Give me the rings and let's go to Mordor, we have a fortress to build. And I'm nicknaming it after Nenya*."

*In Tolkien lore "Nenya" is known as "Ring of Adamant", and Sauron's fortress in Mordor, Barad-dûr is also called "Tower of Adamant". 

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Inktober Day 5:

It’s not what happened, but it’s not not what happened

Full pic below, I broke it up for ease of reading my crypt-scrawl

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard | ▶ dev. Bioware

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“DEP-YOO-TEE.”

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SAG-AFTRA IS STRIKING AGAIN

This time, for video games.

Some key information:

They are striking so all performers will have protection against AI

The struck companies are those signed to the Interactive Media Agreement

The listed companies by SAG-AFTRA include Activision Productions Inc, Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc, Electronic Arts Productions Inc, Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc, Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc, VoiceWorks Productions Inc and WB Games Inc. Though this may not be everyone.

Important things from the FAQ:

Some games from struck companies are non-struck (due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement still being in effect)

Localisations will be affected if covered under the Interactive Localization Agreement

Actors who are part of SAG-AFTRA cannot work for non-union or independent/low-budged productions during the strike unless they are signed to an Interim Interactive Media Agreement, Interim Interactive Localization Agreement or a Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement

Similarly to the previous strike, struck work cannot be promoted. This includes accepting awards for performances in struck games. This does NOT include hosting/performing a skit at an awards show and San Diego Comic Con (the latter due to the close proximity to the calling of the strike)

As implied by the point above, SAG-AFTRA performers cannot partake in panels related to struck games or companies, including finished games produced by struck companies

The best way to check if a game is struck is to use the search tool provided by SAG-AFTRA

Most importantly: You are NOT being asked to stop playing video games, as highlighted in the FAQ for creators and streamers. This does NOT cross the picket line. Though please do talk about the strike and show your solidarity

I expect to see the same amount of support from y'all that we saw in the last strike. Just because it's video games doesn't mean performers deserve any less support and protection.

Also please reblog with any additions (with sources - we are NOT here to spread misinformation)! And please correct me if anything listed here is incorrect.

SOURCES:

Video Game Strike FAQs | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)

SAG-AFTRA Members Who Work on Video Games Go on Strike | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)