#the rings of power s01e04 the great wave

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“One would almost think it suspicious.” | Hands & Elrond (Robert Aramayo) | The Rings of Power 01x04 "The Great Wave" | 

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it should be illegal how good all of this looks  (1x04)

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The Rings of Power: Brief Recaps Masterpost

S01E01 "A Shadow of the Past"

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

S01E02 “Adrift”

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

S01E03 "Adar"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]

S01E04 "The Great Wave"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]

S01E05 "Partings"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]

S01E06 "Udun"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]

S01E07 "The Eye"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]  

S01E08 "Alloyed"

[Part 1]  [Part 2]  [Part 3]  [Part 4]  

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With what authority do you speak, Elf? That of your people? Or are you a castaway, grasping for a handhold in a tempest?

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (2022—) | S01E04 “The Great Wave” dir. Wayne Che Yip

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these gifs capture the lightning so well .. and his unbelievable hotness  this is amazing *.*

Joseph Mawle as Adar

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“Lord father... We found it." | Adar (Joseph Mawle) | The Rings of Power | 01x04 “The Great Wave” |    

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“Magrot! Adar ...” | Adar (Joseph Mawle) | The Rings of Power | 01x04 “The Great Wave” |  

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“He's hiding here somewhere." | Well aka. Bamboozled again | Vrath (Jed Brophy) | The Rings of Power | 01x04 “The Great Wave” |

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Uruk Vrath: "Nampat uglursha"

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Dwarves, Food & Language I do really wonder how many more phrases with food the dwarves have in their language, and I bet their cooking tastes fantastic.    * “That's a recipe for strong gravy."  * “Enough with the quail sauce. Give me the meat, and give it to me raw.”  | The Rings of Power | Durin IV (Owain Arthur) & Elrond (Robert Aramayo) 01x05 “Partings” | Disa (Sophia Nomvete) 01x04 “The Great Wave” | glitter |     

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"I need your oath."   Elrond & Durin IV "Promise me."          Bronwyn & Arondir

| The Rings of Power | Oath: 01x04 "The Great Wave" | Promise: 01x06 "Udûn" | Durin IV (Owain Arthur) & Elrond (Robert Aramayo), Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) & Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi) |     

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There is an interview (link below) with Anthony Crum (Ontamo) in which he talks about the actors they met in the gym and Joseph Mawle was one of them. He gets called “an absolute beast” (~22:28 💪). And they paint this picture of these Númenórean soldiers just watching the one playing the bad guy (looking “like the epitome of death”) they eventually have to fight just killing it. “I mean he is a nice guy but in the gym just wow”. They couldn´t compete, “he´s running in between sets (...) doing like twice the weight of us” he´s like “chiseled to the bone” (~23:25) “That was scary.” Crum gets asked, if they were ever tempted despite him being “massive in the gym” to mess with the “dark competition across” the room even then, “steal his water bottle” or something (~25:05 💧) “I wouldn´t mess with that dude, would you mess with that dude (referring to Adar not the actor).” It also ends with being “so motivated” to go to the gym, wanting to photoshop the characters/actors in there and the recommendation to “get a photo of Joseph/Adar, just put it on the wall and look into his eyes (...) as you kill weighs (...) (”just go ah...” ... “dude´s coming after you??)” “We´ve heard he´s such a lovely guy too like that´s the amazing thing, right how someone so nice could play someone so .. that´s the acting part I guess .. but ah we all have these sides in us the dark, the ....”  (~85:35 👀) Also totally recommend that whole interview! “15 daggers”!  | Adar (Joseph Mawle) 01x05 “Partings” | Chiseling axe & Elrond (Robert Aramayo) 01x04 “The Great Wave” | The Rings of Power | https://podtail.com/no/podcast/an-unexpected-podcast-talkin-tolkien/interview-w-anthony-crum-as-ontamo-from-rings-of-p/  Gratitude goes to @bluestaratsunrise for sharing the link in the Discord! (timestamps taken while listening to it on a PC, on phone they are a bit off, however that works or happens.)

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those are absolutely stunningly gorgeous gifs  (★◡★)

Joseph Mawle as Adar in The Rings of Power — Season One (2022)

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“Where'd you get that?” Imagine being Vrath there: "Day in day out, we´re looking for that thing under every stone and twig, lifting every rat´s ass to see if they´re sitting on it and this boy just puts it under my nose ..."    

| Sword hilt | Vrath (Jed Brophy), Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) | The Rings of Power | 01x04 “The Great Wave” |

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Why Waldreg?  Why was it Waldreg that got to push the self destruct button ["Why do we even have that lever, Kronk?!”(*)] on the dam? Because it makes sense. 

A) He´s not an uruk. Strategically Waldreg is simply the obvious choice. With the Númenóreans around any stray uruk would be suspicious and likely chased. I´m not sure if they would or could have known about human defectors, but even then one random human fleeing the scene would have had a significantly higher chance at making it than someone the Númenóreans would undoubtedly deem an enemy at mere sight. As a human Waldreg is not automatically suspicious, even if the Númenóreans know that some Southlanders joined the enemy, they wouldn´t know which side he´s on just seeing him.  B) He´s going to do it.  Would Adar really leave that important a task to someone else? He´s obviously not bogged down by a misguided ego of the “important” person has to do the important thing but lead by pragmatism and in that sense the leader riding off on a decoy mission is what increases their chances.  Moreover Waldreg has well presented himself as trustworthy. He´s been leading the Southlanders joining them and at least the viewer (**) knows his previous enthusiasm about questionable dark leaders but what was pretty unambiguous is that he paid the costly price and killed Rowan in the “Only blood can bind.” scene (1x05). (And after all forcing such a deed onto a prospect or applicant is a long and well tried technique of gangs, cults, sororities, fraternities etc., having aspiring members commit some kind of bad thing not only binds to the new group it also very much separates them from the rest of society. (xx))  C?) He´s not an uruk Part 2. I think A & B well suffice as answer but there was another idea, I thought I had already read about somewhere but couldn´t dig up anymore (if someone has a link pls send it my way) there´s the theory that possibly the sword hilt might need “red blood”. We only see it used and working with human blood and not black blood. Why? Perhaps that´s just the mechanics of that magic and you would need to install an extra black blood extension to make it work on different blood types. Perhaps Sauron fashioned it to work that way on purpose. Why? Who knows, because he has no respect for orcs and doesn´t want his sword to be tainted or because he believes there is no need  cause he already has the orcs under his full control but the sword´s thrall on red blooded beings could be useful, perhaps he does not want to hand over the power and options the sword grants to orcs, the headcanon possibilities are endless. 

(**) and regarding B) I would say the real question here is: Did Adar get to know that Waldreg was the one that had the sword hilt in his possession all that time?!!  They get to know about Theo having it, but before Theo snatched it from Waldreg, he was the one holding onto it and keeping it hidden. - Did Waldreg tell Adar about that?  - Did Adar believe Waldreg?  - Did they have a conversation about why Waldreg kept the sword hilt?  - Did Adar chide him over letting Theo just take it away?  - Or did Adar just eye roll him away everytime Waldreg got close to even mentioning that certain dark lord and he never got to know about the sword hilt having been in Waldreg´s possession? 

I need answers.  

(*) No seriously why? Was that mechanism always meant to flood the volcano or just something that came in handy? Why the sword specifically? Janitor sword hilt for structural maintenance? Was that a spare weapon he used for another task or was that weapon fashioned as multitool? Are there other mechanisms that sword operates in other structures around middle earth? If the dam self destruct button was not meant for the creation of Mordor what was it for? Do dams generally have a self destruct mechanism? What´s going on? Whose plan was it anyways? Adar? Morgoth? Sauron? Others? Joint project? The sword gets associated with Sauron, so if it was meant to be part of the volcano plan he would have been involved? Galadriel´s words could point to it being Morgoth´s idea and project that a successor has to put into action in case, but it could point to that successor already being in on the project as well or even it being a successors project that Morgoth isn´t even involved in.   “I must be blind. This is no sigil. It is a map of the South lands. (...) It is the Black Speech. It speaks not only of a place, but a plan. A plan by which to create a realm of their own, where evil would not only endure, but thrive. A plan to be enacted in the event of Morgoth's defeat... By his successor.” (1x03) - Also how does Adar feel about aligning with that very plan (of whomever) and putting it into action? Was he following the initial idea or repurposing it for their own goals? How did he get to know about it? Was he, after Morgoth´s defeat expecting and waiting for it to be put into action just to be disappointed by Sauron, who had better things to do (like fusing uruks with walls) and then taking matters into his own hands? Did he get rid of Sauron as a threat for them first and did he then look for a path to how they could proceed and find this plan?   | Waldreg (Geoff Morrell), Adar (Joseph Mawle), “Fabio” (Jed Brophy), "Fury" (Luke Hawker) | The Rings of Power | 01x04 “The Great Wave” & 01x06 "Udûn" |