#isildur x estrid

[crazyaboutto]

Hear me out

that sexy spin, that lock she can't escape and those toned arms 😶‍🌫️🔥🔥

My OT3 of season 2. They share one braincell and insane chemistry. Hope nothing bad happens to any of them :)

Isildur looking at Estrid with lovesick eyes, Arondir's sexy twist and Arondir saving these two from wildmen. Then that advanced groot scene...

Of course there is also a moment they truly shared one braincell.

P.S: 3 episodes left for me to finish the season so no spoilers from them please

[wildwren]

Whenever you're stabbed, you leave it in.

NIA TOWLE and MAXIM BALDRY as ESTRID and ISILDUR

[bluetiefling]

I don't know if you can earn a thing like that. You just have to accept it as a gift. One that she gave freely because you were precious to her.

[sluttyseacadet]

Isildur + looking horrendously down bad

[earthshine-moon]

I’m completely normal about this

[boromirswife]

Isildur & Estrid + Almost Kisses

[deus-sema]

Can't an adult in Middle Earth enjoy a potential romantic moment in peace without getting interrupted?

[luzriels]

Isildur and Estrid in Season 2 of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[aadmelioraa]

i'm being extremely normal about this btw

[rey-jake-therapist]

I must confess one thing : I don't care at all about Isildur and Estrid's romance. I can't say I don't like it, and I hope they'll find each other in season 3 I guess, but I don't vibe for them.

But what I find interesting about this romance is how it's clearly meant to be a mirror to Haladriel... How? Here's how :

Both romances start as friends who fall in love with one of them deceiving the other, but the genders are reversed; Estrid is the one pretending to be one of the "good guys" here. Both she and Sauron believe they'll be rejected if they tell the truth about their villainous past.

Galadriel has a missing husband, Estrid has a missing fiancé. But while Galadriel believes Celeborn's dead and doesn't search for him, Estrid still hopes to find her fiancé alive. And as a matter of fact, she finds him. Oops.

In both cases, there's a he-Elf who gets involved : Arondir first distrusts Estrid but sympathetic to Isildur's heartbreak, he leaves him the choice to free her or not ; Elrond, on the other hand, doesn't sympathize at all and rejects Galadriel's friendship because she insists on wearing a Ring he thinks corrupted by Sauron.

Estrid's literally a prisoner of Isildur. Galadriel's not a prisoner of Sauron, but she still is not free of him. As Elrond reminds her : "he never left". Spoiler alert : he lives rent free in her mind now *evil laugh*.

Isildur forgives Estrid and still wants to be with her, while Galadriel rejects Sauron as soon as she learns what he is, and never changes her mind.

Sauron's unredeemable because he insists in his evil ways, while Estrid seems headed towards getting a redemption arc, probably because she did what she did for survival and not for ambition.

Isildur and Estrid are separated by circumstances at the of season 2. Galadriel and Sauron are also separated, but because Galadriel jumps off a cliff to escape him.

Did I forget something ? :)

[the-lonelybarricade]

THE RINGS OF POWER 2.03 ― Isildur x Estrid

[wildwren]

ISILDUR AND ESTRID in 2.04

for @aadmelioraa and @sluttyseacadet

[dadattebayo]

You know what guys…

I just watched this teaser for the final episode, and of course I am thrilled and blown away by Sauron's maniac face telling he is gonna rape his preciousssss eat Galadriel alive

oh fuck help me i can´t

BUT

I still have something to say. Like okay, i get it, all this unspoken sexual tension and stuff between them, and kinda obvious crazy thirst for her in his creepy face - all could be fine by me except the one tiny detail. What we can see more in this teaser is another freaking kiss that is going to happen this time between Isildur and his girl sorry I forgot her name,

so what’s really pissing me off is that so far we would have 4 kisses in the show and basically these are 4 KISSES NO ONE ACTUALLY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT.

1. Harfoots. Who cares about the hobbits kissing scene? Like what the hell was it for? Does someone for real ship them? Was this kiss important to the story?

Fucking NO.

2. Elrond and Galadriel. Totally unnecessary. No one expected this and no one would want this to happen actually. Especially considering the fact he eventually just put the key into her hand without any special use of his mouth required.

Okay I get it can explained he wanted to distract the orcs, but anyway, somehow the writers did came up with this particular idea!

3. Arondir and Bronwin. Totally fine by me except she´s dead now.

4. Now Isildur and Estrid (I remembered the name).

At first I was blind enough watching the teaser to think it was Halbrand so I got a mini stroke.

Pretty sure once we will see Elendil/Miriel kissing too. Of course I do not mind any of these kisses happening, I even ship some of them but still these are not something the whole fandom is waiting for.

There is literally only one kiss EVERYONE is expecting. Not only the haladriel shippers, but everyone (some might want it to happen, some might not, but it would not be a surprise for anyone) since in fact nobody has ever asked for Saurondriel in the first place, it was totally up to the showrunners to literally just start pushing this ship into our throats from their first meeting using all scrupulously planned moments between them throughout the season 1 and countless hints and moments of nostalgia in the season 2! God, they even invented the whole Mirdania character just to prove Sauron´s feelings (and of course to show his cruelty later, but thats not the point)

guess where the kiss should have happened if they hadn't been interrupted

The writers made this ship up consciously and intentionally. THEY HAVE BEEN FEEDING US WITH HALADRIEL SINCE THE BEGINING,

So why the fuck this couple which has always been promoted in such obvious way is the only one that is not likely to get a goddamn kiss?! At this point i would rather believe that even Stranger and Nori would kiss, but not Saurondriel.

This is disturbing. BECAUSE EXCUSE ME WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT 2 MORE YEARS to get the s3. I am not still quite sure though cause there is still no official announcement on s3

So, they all have already messed up enough with the original plot by putting some of the kisses mentioned above in the series, so why just not let also Saurondriel finally happen? What difference would it make anyway? none! all plot holes will all be fixed thanks to impossibility to fix sauron.

I am just fed up with another 'LETS TOUCH THE DARKNESS TOGETHER', "NO NEVER', 'DIE BECAUSE OF ME', BLABLA...

It needs something better to get us screaming and making views to the show.

[sluttyseacadet]

Third time's the charm 💙

[wtslpod]

when the ship is babygirl4babygirl

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[boromirswife]

Isildur and Estrid in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power s02e04 ‘Eldest’