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bluetiefling · 11 hours ago

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interesting how often the ones claiming that galadriel's season 2 arc was perfect and everyone who doesn't think so is just too haladriel brainrotted or something are the same folks who openly say it's fine if she were to just... fade into the background in season 3 or disappear outright. sorry I actually do think it's sexist for galadriel to be introduced as the central protagonist only for her to be gradually phased out so that gil-galad and elendil or elrond or whichever legendarium dude can have more to do.

#I mean effectively s2 was elrond's 'turn' in that sense. lots of development for him that hinged on sticking gal in a holding pattern #(don't even get me started on the way brimby's ascension to a lead pov could only be done with gal's absence & tbh at sauron's expense too)#but now some of yall are like IT'S GIL-GALAD'S TURN & frothing at the mouth for even less of galadriel so that he can take the s3 reigns #'gil-galad is important because he's the king!' girl i do not care lmao and guess what neither do the normies #normies get invested in the characters and relationships + conflicts that they were following from the beginning - the touchstones #we're not making this up this is how television works #shows need that connective tether the foundational thing that stays consistent to build your audience #it's why louis in the amc iwtv show is not going anywhere in s3 - because he's been the heart and soul for 2 seasons #and you can't just discard him for the sake of adhering to book canon!#you can't swap protagonists around season to season and expect your audience to keep up. it's very very hard to get away with #i'd argue this is even more key in streaming series with the limited episode counts. there isn't *time* to dilute the focus so much #ugh anyway s2's arc for galadriel was rife with problems primarily because you could remove her from it and hardly change the overall story #she was in this weird limbo where she was intensely invested in the A Plot but barred from affecting or interrupting it #within the A Plot itself - eregion and sauron and celebrimbor - she effectively didn't exist #every active plot driving choice near her was made by elrond cirdan gil-galad adar celebrimbor. one after the other. she was a passenger #'it's fine for other characters to make choices tho!' not when it's the whole gd season kiddos #and what do you know viewership is down

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