I Cannot Get Enough Of Celebrimbor So Im Manifesting Him Appearing In Flashbacks In Season 3 As Sauron

i cannot get enough of celebrimbor so im manifesting him appearing in flashbacks in season 3 as sauron contemplates and plans to make the One Ring. i need sauron nostalgically reminiscing about celebrimbor, his puppet and his tool, but also his partner and his muse whose conversations inspired him. i need the twisted intimacy and genuine sincerity of sauron thanking celebrimbor as he picks up fëanor's hammer in order to make the One, with the vibe of "despite the ill words you spoke to me at our parting, i wish i could show you my greatest creation but alas, you are not here by my side." let celebrimbor haunt the narrative as sauron proceeds towards his greatest triumph— and also his eventual downfall.

Celebrimbor’s final words deal a death blow to Sauron’s self image. he names him “Sauron, Lord of the Rings”, in direct contrast to episode two where Sauron names himself “Annatar” and Celebrimbor provides the translation “Lord of Gifts”. Charlie Vickers has stated in interviews that Sauron fully immerses himself in his own deceptions and everything he does is 100% genuine. throughout season two he really leaned into his persona as “Lord of Gifts”. he believes he is going to heal Middle Earth, he is the one “holding the storm at bay”. Celebrimbor’s role in episode seven and eight becomes one of confronting Sauron with truths that he is not willing to acknowledge, leading up to the culmination of calling him Lord of the Rings instead of Lord of Gifts, Sauron, not Annatar. the fact that he immediately then dies by Sauron’s hand (which was never part of Annatar’s plan) puts Sauron in a place to actually start to reflect and see how his actions are not aligning with “Annatar’s” purported goals. I think he just starts to realize how he has deceived himself but then his response is to lean into “Sauron”, abandoning “Annatar” altogether. losing Celebrimbor and then facing a second rejection from Galadriel is going to push him further into Sauron out of spite. but he still mourns the loss of Annatar, I think because Annatar had friends, and trust.

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

one of my favorite things about of rings of power, especially season two, is the strength of the bonds between the characters and the diversity of the types of bonds. we’ve got a great mix of familial, romantic, and platonic relationships, plus a sprinkling of intense-unhealthy-obsessive-abusive?-left-up-to-interpretation relationships. all of these relationships are treated as equally important which means so much to me.

it doesn’t really matter who you ship or how you headcanon different relationships because there is so much emotional complexity to explore in this world.

"That's a wrap!" with CHARLIE VICKERS, CHARLES EDWARDS & MORFYDD CLARK for Season 2 of The Rings of Power

sauron threatening celebrimbor with the implied atrocities of being violated by orcs for weeks on end, casting himself as a better alternative, and then claiming possession of celebrimbor via not allowing him to die…