#sauron and galadriel was there elrond kissed his mother in law now give me sauron dating him too

[allbycharles]

5am rings of power development idea

Annatar does not hook up with Tyelpe after thinking it through, he breaks up his engagement with Galadriel (he has no chance after stabbing her) and instead starts hitting on Elrond

I want to see this for reasons:

A) haladriel nation in shock

B) pissed silvergifting folks

C) devastated hopes of elrondiel army

D) believers of canon silmarillion going on strike

E) nobody but like nobody saw this coming

F) Durin wants to kill Sauron twice as much now that Elrond is involved

G) Elrond has no idea whats going on but there are beautifully decorated daggers and extraordinary jewellery in his morning post everyday

H) Gilgalad has a heart attack .... lets face it that was a long time coming, nobody is suprised at that (miraculously survives, which from his perspective is a curse from Mandos)

I) Maiya/peredhel ao3 category getting lit

[elrondapologist]

RoP Episode 7 spoilers

Messy thoughts about what the-, and musing on theories

SO THAT WAS THE KISS. I need to admit I was disgusted more than a little looking at it xD. But Galadriel's face in the end kind of made up for that. But fr, Elrond. You had no other idea to give her lockpick unaware than to _kiss_ your future mother in law??? (Who is also apparently married, just with no husband in sight???) Can't deny it worked, but...

And... Did Arondir just... died? Like that? I was so hyped after the last scene that I kind of brushed aside in my mind and now I am like hum??? Did he? He can't just be forgotten like that, I love him :C. But many good scenes this episode. I highly enjoyed the siege, as it was both kind of nice to look at - you know, as far as killing everything in sight can be nice to look at - but also had this weight to it, the danger. I liked that we can see Elrond get more and more tired as the fight progresses. I expected problems with dwarves, and yeah, I got it... Although I am not sure how it happened that as Narvi said one dwarf, even with an axe and being a king, decimated an army?????? What? But like honestly generally what is happening there with the dwarves and Disa xD I sincerely hope no one touches her tho or I am going to riot! I liked the progression of Celebrimbor's plot. I was afraid that realising Sauron's deception will be end of his agency, that they will make him passive, but I love that he has his last stand. I soooooooooo winced at the whole finger situation cause what the actual-. I was at the same time like yes (fight him!) and no (aua). I also loved and despaired at the scene with Galadriel - it was the best possible option, Celebrimbor was giving all he had, and he was going into torture and anguish knowingly, willingly and head held high despite the fear. I didn't even know I needed Celebrimbor like that until I saw him. And the thing with Mirdania? I think her death, for that is kinda undeniable I am afraid, proved without a doubt she was not Celebrian - which is kind of a pity, I must admit. There was something there that could develop nicely, as well as it is the case with Adar = Maglor, which I also think is highly unlikely now, as Elrond did not acknowledge the possible connection in any way. But if I am mistaken, please let me now! Also, I applaud Elrond for not giving the ring for Galadriel's life. Despite the whole weird kissing scene xDDD. I liked to see him take his commander role seriously and as an orc said - holding his own better than expected (or sth according the lines xD). It is a win for nerds, I think. Lord Elrond "according to the lore" Peredhel. Leading a siege. Feel old yet? Anyway, the dwarves will come (when Durin finally usurps the throne, I am afraid) and Celebrimbor and Elrond will be totally fine because I am delusional :).

P.S Also, Gil Galad in an armour. In an armour. P.P.S There this whole slow motion scene in one place that has in a foreground just an elf running away from an orc. Slay, bro. I laughed, tho, not gonna lie. P.P.P.S The last stand of Gil Galad and Elrond's army was suprisingly... Not to use the word... There were really like ten elves left? From the whole army? I know they said orcs unnumbered them, but that took me by surprise. P.P.P.P.S I was happy that Gil Galad's armour was not very visibly that much different from the rest of the elves - you know, like some shows have this whole ass target point basically by giving the commanders extremely weird and visible armours. Shoot here. I like Gil Galad here, even if Elrond kind of outshined him xD.

[sindar-princeling]

ep 7 thoughts

now THAT is a gorgeous ring

it's kind of sad that elven rings ended up looking underwhelming compared even just to this one of the men's rings

it's harder to care about elrond appearing when we saw him for all of like. 15 minutes in this season so far

celebrimbor confronting sauron is one of the strongest scenes this season, I especially liked the blood fragment

but hhhh I don't like that men's rings are Inherently More Evil because they have sauron's blood in them

mirdania being nearly all clean and her dress being vibrant green in the middle of the siege is annoying me. also....... her character feels so bizarrely unnecessary in context of the amount of time she had on the screen. it feels like she was mostly here to remind us about the sauron and galadriel plotline and for him to be creepy about it, and then die. I think we saw her as much as characters like miriel, elrond and gil-galad, and...... why?

orcs' machinery looks cool, I like it a lot!

where's gil-galad's spear :(

mixed feelings about the charge because one hand the whole army stopping at adar's reveal of galadriel was cool and a very good move by him, but on the other, I hate how little galadriel has to do this season

"melian of the valar" she was not a vala 😭

did NO-ONE see him unattach that???? no?? no-one?? okay

head in my hands crying that's his future mother in law you could have made him give that thing to her in so many different ways than a staged kiss I'm going to kill myself

you heard it here first folks! in rop Elrond and Galadriel kiss 😃🔫

oh that reminds me of the celeborn death bait from last season

durin's speech was so good FUCK yes

oh that was cruel..... like obviously it was a good scene to include if we're talking about humanising orcs but I don't know if elrond was the right character to do it? still a very good and strong choice to show elves killing cruelly for once, finally some good fucking content for this subplot

"you told us you loved us" this subplot is finally getting more meat in this episode, about damn time!!

ohh the choice durin has to make really hits

at least celebrimbor tried to destroy them, you have to give him that

ohhhhhhhhhh the scene with the thumb HITS. nice parallels nice emotional weight, nice juxtaposition of celebrimbor as a craftsman and a stubborn and proud grandson of feanor and the choice he needs to make between the two

the scene between galadriel and celebrimbor would hit harder if they shared any more time before. I still wouldn't like it because it just reminds me of all the plot points that annoy me most about galadriel's plotline, but at least it would have some weight?

besties if you want to humanise orcs then WHY are you showing them fighting with elves and killing them as celebrimbor goes on about how armies may fall but light will defeat darkness

also the elves are too united, these families have HISTORY. and those divisions should get in the way!

oh NOW he has Aeglos

dwarves not being able to come help is great, the scene hits

i don't think arondir is really dead, but if he is, it's the lamest choice possible

adar not killing elrond then and there feels plot armor-ish

this show is so all over the place, whether a subplot will appear in an episode is always uncertain and it makes most plotlines feel uneven and forgettable. episode 8 will have so much to do - showing the stranger's choice, closing the arc for this season for nori (was there even an arc???), closing the season's arc for numenor, closing the arc for the rings, preferably also returning to isildur because the last scene with him didn't do anything (I mean he in general didn't do anything this whole season so.)......... that's a lot of work and I'm not very hopeful ajanssnnssn

rop season 2 episode 1 thoughts

at this point you gotta admire the creators' dedication to absolutely bizarre choices when it comes to sauron. 15 minutes in I'm already going what the hell and fuck. like what was that supposed to be. genuinely

Charlie Vickers has grown on me; he still doesn't have much to work with in terms of the script or the plot though

this whole introductory sequence was there....... I'm not sure why? we could already extrapolate all that, and I mean All That, from the previous season

it still pisses me off that Galadriel is The Main Idiot and Everything Is Her Fault

also, I am reminded by all the plot and worldbuilding choices that annoyed me before. why is mithril important for the elves' survival again?

CIRDAN HIII CIRDAN <33333

I'm so glad they kept his beard

believe me, I AM trying to find things to like about this show, but the plot choices feel like so much unnecessary drama. Galadriel and Elrond fighting feels.... tiring. I feel like all Galadriel does is fight with people

oh are we getting Rhun?? 👀 Nice

this is a personal opinion but the elven women have wayyy too strong and modern-looking make-up

it's a shame galadriel gets the ring because she's power-hungry and reckless, not because she's one of the mightiest elves in middle-earth. she SHOULD be power-hungry, don't get me wrong, it's one of her best traits, but this way you don't put any sort of accent of how very important and mighty she is

sauron having a Badass Walk into mordor at the end of s1, which was a really cool shot to end a season on, only to then get himself in chains and then turn away and come back to Celebrimbor has got to be the most '???' moments of this show. they really have no idea what to do with him

overall I'd say my main gripe, apart from the plot solutions, is that this show doesn't have much to say. it's showy, it's lore-heavy (even if I don't like the lore they came up with), but so far it still has little heart and thought behind it. to me at least it doesn't feel like it really wants to tell you something