I Cant Believe This Is A Real Article (also Cant Believe The Showrunners Genuinely Acknowledged The Ship-weve

i can’t believe this is a real article (also can’t believe the showrunners genuinely acknowledged the ship-we’ve come a long way since johnlock/destiel/etc days). first thought- i was surprised by how much queer subtext we already got. i’m talking arrow stroking, clear abusive relationship dynamics, “all our suffering”. that being said i 100% agree that if we had more episodes and they had more screen time, adding in additional scenes between the two showing their partnership and genuine emotional connection would have been fantastic. follow up thought- and I may be proved wrong- amazon is too cowardly to include queer relationships in rings of power. they already have a very tiny but vocal group of tolkien-worshippers slandering the show on the daily, they won’t want to risk it. and yes unfortunately it is a “risk” still in 2024 especially among the lord of the rings demographic which does have a lot of older conservative fans.

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.

"Vilya, was made of gold with a great blue sapphire. It was also called the Ring of Sapphire, the Ring of Air or the Blue Ring. Vilya was the most powerful of the three rings of the Elves. It's first keeper was High King Gil-Galad." S2.E2 ∙ Where the Stars are Strange

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

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

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.

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.

ScreenRant

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.