Yes, It Was Love In A Twisted Way (because Sauron Does Not Know What Exactly Love Is, I Guess). But It

Yes, it was love in a twisted way (because Sauron does not know what exactly love is, I guess). But it was close. And that's why Celebrimbor's words hurt him the most.

Maybe that's what Morgoth was doing to him. Torturing and caressing after.

Fuck me, I'm not crying, you are.

y’all ever read a fanfic so fucked up and devastating that you have a pit in your stomach for at least 24 hours?

mirdania so relatable crushing on her attractive older co-worker who’s actually a crazy gaslighting manipulator

…no just me?

FOR FUCK'S SAKE STOP BEING SO ADORABLE FOR ONE SECOND

IT'LL, QUITE LITERALLY, WILL BE THE DEATH OF YOU

https://screenrant.com/the-rings-of-power-sauron-love-interest-celebrimbor-not-galadriel/#:~:text=Celebrimbor%20And%20Sauron%20Developed%20A,for%20its%20Halbrand%2DGaladriel%20arc.

Hell yes.

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Sauron's The Rings Of Power Love Interest Should've Been This Elf Character, Not Galadriel

S2 should've teased another Sauron romance.

Ok y'all, if EVER there is a reason to get a Shakespearean actor to do Tolkien, Charles Edwards demonstrates it in this very under-discussed little monologue. (I know, it's not the world's greatest screen record. So sue me, I tried.)

It's not even 30 seconds, but it's a masterclass in how to go zero to sixty in a quarter mile. Even the writing itself is reminiscent of classic Shakespearean monologues. Celebrimbor is talking to a metal blank specifically and his project more generally, and you're just as invested in these questions as Celebrimbor is. You BELIEVE that he's genuinely asking and looking for an answer. There's something almost Hamletian about this monologue, and I absolutely adore it.

Literally just hand Charles Edwards ALL the acting awards, because even these tiny little moments, these few lines, are imbued with character, with real longing, frustration, and desire. And this isn't even the stuff that we all remember from the season (which is also amazing), it's just a little moment that I genuinely adored and was transfixed by on rewatch.