#sometimes i do wonder if it would've been better to just focus on the elves and men
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One hope I have for S3 of Rings of Power is the writers really start to streamline all the major plot threads. Although it has its charms, I do think the Stranger/Nori plot is something that should be incorporated into one of the other plots next season or just cut altogether. It feels like something that is there more out of obligation than anything else, that this is Tolkien so there needs to be hobbits and wizards somewhere, and while I don't really have an issue with that on principle, the fact is they haven't really found a way to work it into the show well and now it just seem to take screentime away from more important plot threads, namely Númenor. That one has really suffered this season, not getting the focus it really needs despite being far more important to the overall story being told. I also feel like the Southlands plot has run its course, but I think they've stranded Isildur there to set the stage for the founding of Gondor.
#rings of power#trop#lord of the rings#lotr#sometimes i do wonder if it would've been better to just focus on the elves and men#since the second age story is mainly centred on their conflict with sauron#the dwarves don't have a major role except to get their rings#and there's nothing for hobbits#and fragments for blue wizards#but the show moved durin's bane forward an age#as well as the hobbits migration phase#just so all the major races will have a presence on the show#but with how things are I'm not sure if they should#might be best to put the hobbits to bed for now#as much as i like nori and poppy i really think this plot just isn't needed
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