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[itsmetheabnormalone]

Obsessed with this 😭

our smol lady of light

[asianrabbit]

The Rings of Power: Season 2 (2024) 2x01 Galadriel & Nenya

[ulenehlervu]

doodled ladies from foggy falkreath (more)

[bunnynoldo]

I'll just leave this here:

Tolkien wrote an essay called, The Laws and Customs of the Eldar, wherein he describes Elven marriages in great detail. 

When the two Elves involved decide that they are going to marry for certain, they promise to marry each other. The act is called betrothal.

They give each other silver rings.

A great feast is held in celebration of the couple’s decision to marry.

They give back the silver rings they gave each other in betrothal; these rings are treasured forever.

Then they give gold rings to each other. The gold rings are worn on the index finger of the right hand.

So in The Rings of Power Galadriel wears the silver ring from Sauron, and no wedding nor betrothal ring from Celeborn. We could argue that Galadriel's ring represents all that's best and uncorrupted in Mairon / Sauron, and that it brings great good to elves and to the world.

In the books she only removes the ring shortly after the one ring is made by Sauron, and she wears the ring again after Sauron is defeated in the Second Era. She never destroys or removes the ring after that, even after it looses it's power after Sauron's defeat in the Third Age. She takes the ring with her when she returns to Valinor.

Sauron creates and wears the one gold ring that is connected to his very being and pours most of his power into it, he covets it above all else. Galadriel's and Sauron's rings are connected.

He even wears the golden ring on the right hand index finger in the movies as shown above, I can't fucking even by the way

Now I don't think Tolkien had anything like that in mind when he wrote the books, but it's so funny how the idea of 'cosmic connection' between Galadriel and Sauron seemlesly fits into canon again.

And the rings seem like a symbol of that cosmic connection, like a broken or twisted betrothal or marriage on a spiritual scale between those two powerful beings, that's never quite fulfilled, but still there nevertheles.

EDIT:

I just had a thought that as far as Sauron is concerned, they are practically engaged / married. He proposed. She is wearing his silver ring. There is a teensy-weensy issue of her not actually saying yes, but in his mind that could easily be remedied by forgeing the one ring and forceing her into submission with it.

Edit: I remember discussions about the One Ring after season 1, but I couldn't find it until now (turns out it was a discussion under a meme post so no wonder I couldn't find it!). Anyway it delves into Sauron puring some of his feelings for Galadriel (obsession, need of control, desire, love in a dark and twisted form) into the Precioussss.

[august-diehl]

ROBERT ARAMAYO as Elrond in Rings of Power (2022-) | Season 2

for @mlle-teapot

[luzriels]

Why is that? You know the reason. I'm asking if you know it.

[fukutomichi]

"Nenya, was made of mithril and set with a white stone of adamant. It was also called the Ring of Adamant, the Ring of Water or the White Ring. Nenya's power was preservation, protection, and concealment from evil. It's keeper was Lady Galadriel." S2.E2 ∙ Where the Stars are Strange

[anne-wolfe]

Nenboop, Narboop, and Vilboop: the three elven boops of power.

[inthiskingdomwewillendure]

Three Rings for the elvenkings under the sky.

Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone.

Nine for mortal men doomed to die.

[halcyonmoments]

I can't stop thinking about this moment where Nenya tumbles to Galadriel's feet (in a sequence of iconic LotR imagery). I wish we had an insight into her thoughts in this moment beyond her expressions.

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A ring presented as if in offering, temptation at her feet. A breath in which she bends slowly, almost kneels to retrieve it; a pace that denotes hesitancy, and yet, steadiness, certainty.

As she examines it at her finger tips, is she surprised to find a ring of power in her grasp? Or does she know this to be a moment of fate—a ring bestowed upon her despite her previous refusal? Does she imagine how it might have been presented to her differently? Imagine it offered to her from the hands of another?

"In my heart, I know the three rings are free of his influence."

"But are you?"

As she slips Nenya on her finger—the White Ring, the Ring of Adamant, the Ring of Water—does she first perceive its light, or its absence of darkness? Does she feel the weight of it on her finger in her chest, her throat, like a flood of water in her mouth? Like the weight of the choice she made when she refused the Dark Lord? Does she feel as if she has been here before?

"The tides of fate are flowing. Yours may be going in... or out."

"I cannot let him in again. I... cannot."

"I felt it too."

"He never left, Galadriel."

[atimefordragons]

GALADRIEL + NENYA RINGS OF POWER SEASON 2 SDCC TRAILER

[southaway]

Corrupted Elven Ring Bearers AU Series

First up: Galadriel with Nenya the Ring of Water

[spiderliliez]

Time alone will reveal whether that was folly or wisdom. THE RINGS OF POWER: S2 (2024) [+] MORFYDD CLARK [GIF Collection] 🌼 [+] ..more on Galadriel ✨

[earthshine-moon]

Been watching this on repeat for the last minute at least

Look at this. See how high the ring bounces before it stops? By all logic, it should have carried on bouncing

But it screeches to a halt right in front of Galadriel!!

That’s genius

[camille-lachenille]

I precise it’s a piece of jewellery you can wear either daily or only for special occasions like weddings, you choose!And there isn’t a ‘none’ option because this isn’t a post for cowards.

[metatomatoes]

They're on the middle fingers so they can flip Sauron the bird.