#the dark lord

[dylansg]

the Ho llo hed 💥

[hailturinturambar]

“For Sauron as a character at the beginning of season two, he still thinks he's the hero, right? He's like, I'm going to fix the whole world," McKay explains. "I have to make magic rings to do it and the way I do that is to trick this guy, right? That's my plan. But then to succeed, he has to double down and basically descend into the worst version of himself, where, by the end, he's the villain of this story, and he knows it.”

He added: “So in some ways, the first two seasons have been the origin of Sauron, the Dark Lord. Season one, he was the aspiring Dark Lord, by the end of season two, he's the newly conquering Dark Lord.”

Patrick McKay for Total Film

To me, one of the most interesting things about Sauron is that in his mind, he is an underdog hero.

Unlike Morgoth, who desires to destroy the world and is perfectly content to do evil, Sauron truly believes that he is capable of healing Middle-earth and achieving peace.

Even if to achieve this peace he has to become a tyrant, a conqueror. Sauron thinks that only with his methods of deception and manipulation will he be able to achieve his ultimate goal. And this is where the real tragedy lies, isn't it?

He corrupts everything around him, betrays everyone who is on his side, to achieve his long-awaited peace. The interesting thing about Sauron is that he doesn't think he's doing evil, he's just using all the necessary efforts to save everyone.

I believe that after murdering Adar and being defeated by Galadriel, the last people in Middle-earth who were close to him since the loss of Morgoth, Sauron then realizes, as McKay said, that he is the villain of the story, the evil that rots the ground.

He's too corrupt, he's done too much harm to turn back. I imagine that's when he gives up, looking at Celebrimbor's hammer. Does he realize that he's the villain everyone's facing? A crack in Sauron's truth, in what he believes is right, without a doubt.

Sauron finally accepts that he is The Dark Lord. He no longer wishes to become one, because he already is. There are no more masks, only the dirty truth.

[j0celynh0rr0r]

I just love bats sm

[eshero]

So, I doodled some KingDark

Just for fun! Felt silly

Yay Eshi posted again!!

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- part 2 🌟

[kiruliom]

the chosen one and the dark lord I wanna do a thing where differerent stick figures have different art styles. for example both tco and tdl were created when alan was less skilled in art, so theyre in a style to reflect that

not rly happy with their attire but yk that could always be worked on

also headcanons since this is. yk a liom blog and I dont wanna stray too far

tco has aspd and a savior complex, theyre agender aroace and they use they/it pronouns

tdl is a maladaptive daydreamer, its pangender aplaroace and uses it/they/red pronouns. red believes they have to be evil because its literally in its name, and has a god complex

[ghostlycollectorchaos]

I'm too easy, just give me the vague idea of an eldritch evil and put some reverb on the voice and I'm down bad for this fictional podcast guy

[rosacreeper]

“Like an angel of death”

Idk, i have the HC that Dark was begind Chosen and someone saw that and thought that it was a shadow and a evil halo. Also explains why it looks like if nobody blames Dark, only Chosen.

Also, the “angel of death” nickname is becouse Chosen is always with an straight face, without emotions, contrary to Dark, who was “happy”

[0ketinha]

Suprisee! (AVA, ep 3)

og scene

3d background that i made for reference

[chewwypepsicola]

siblings !

[kai-7kh]

Sticks falling from the sky

[tiedsh0es]

ough...

[j0celynh0rr0r]

My heart

[sushiree]

Birthday wish!

Happy birthday to Chosen!!! it's a little rushed bit shhh

[halbrannatar]

My Lord is a shining star 🌟

[handledwithgloves]

harry potter pov: