#a rejection of anything transgressive especially transgressive sexuality lol
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"Her time with Halbrand was a time where she was very much herself in some ways because she was an Elf alone. She wasn't following the rules of her people at that point. So, he knows a part of her that other people, other beings, don't, and there's a tragedy to losing that, and through losing him, she's also lost that part of herself. " --Morfydd Clark
I thought we were done with LA press day bounties and the latest drop brought the most devastating line yet. 😭 I could go on and on about this aspect of Galadriel's characterization and in particular what being around Halbrand/Sauron brings out of her compared to how she acts when she's back in the 'nest' as it were. I don't know if it's intentional or not but something about the way they've written Galadriel reintegrating back into her community just felt subtly stifling and like that'd be one thing if the writers were self-aware about it but I got the impression it's meant to be this 100% good/wholesome thing about maturation and growth. I think this is the first time someone from the show has spoken of it differently, because there is a Loss there too. A pretty profound one.
Yes she had reasons to feel guilty and that would mean a humbled Galadriel in season 2, but I couldn't help but also notice the way she holds herself, bites her tongue, struggles to contain her anger and pain, are all pretty similar to how she acted around the elves in season 1 before she was exiled. And we subsequently saw her really sparking and expressing everything she felt after jumping off that ship, meeting Halbrand, causing a ruckus on Numenor, etc etc. (With Habrand especially, I think the way I described it once when watching s1, the reason the dynamic really grabbed me and what I saw as Galadriel coming alive, is that he spoke to her like she was just a woman, the real flesh and blood person in between the black sheep of the elves or the untouchable Lady of Light. It's no wonder he got her to bare her soul in that forge.) I reject the idea that all of that was just this flawed part of her she needs to erase from her character to become the true Galadriel. Character growth should temper her more impulsive and reckless traits but not figuratively lobotomize her.
#haladriel#I said on twt that I also don't know if the (male) showrunners do this on purpose or not lol#sometimes it's like even when male writers like their female character they still think her actualization arc requires conformity#a rejection of anything transgressive especially transgressive sexuality lol#it's something society really internalizes in everyone sigh#even if they feel galadriel needs to 'quiet' herself in this way i hope they lean in more on this also being tragic not just growth/maturit#in order to resist the draw to evil and protect the elves galadriel also has to - essentially - be unhappy#galadriel#galadriel x sauron#the rings of power#I'm reminded a bit of themes you see in cbms and other action movies that feature a villain shaped by a deeply flawed society#and the cishet patriarchal hero sympathizes with the villain but ultimately must stop them because the villain went 'too far'#and once the villain is dealt with the flawed society goes back to normal and nothing changes lol
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