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The fall of Numenor
I like the idea that Elrond felt what happened as Numenor was sunk because even though Numenor had gone off the rails, they were still his brother’s people and descendants and so they shared his blood
Also the stress of it gives him a grey streak
This is my main criticism about Tolkien's works (of which I am otherwise the biggest fan): the timescales he's working with are just absolutely absurd. By the time of the War of the Ring, Gondor has existed as a state for 3,140 years. The only thing on earth that comes close to that is Japanese throne's 1700+ years of historically verifiable existence. Before that, Númenor existed even longer, for 3,287 years.
And what gets me is how LITTLE seems to happen during this time. Tolkien gave himself oceans and oceans of time and simply didn't fill it. It's why his world can feel like there's almost no one living in it; so little of note happens for so long between the main events that it makes the world feel empty, when it really shouldn't.
starting an elite paramilitary black ops group who sneak into the homes of authors and cut one to three zeroes off any number of years given in a fantasy or sci-fi novel
I was looking through the timeline for something else, and just-- you mean to tell me there's a ninety year gap between Celebrimbor going "wait shit we've been had", and the war actually starting? Somehow I've never noticed that, somehow I'd convinced myself the time was shorter
That actually changes a lot of how I've been imagining it! Like, ninety years is plenty of time to actually sit down together and plan things. The attack didn't come with barely the time to prepare enough to send a warning to allies and send the Rings away. Everyone must've seen it coming way off, enough to actually prepare armies, prepare their cities and strongholds, and their people, for sieges and battles. (I wonder how many civilians in Eregion took that as their chance to get somewhere away, or at least send their children away, while they had the time to do it somewhat on their own terms, choose what things to bring with them, etc. And how many thought that surely Eregion was strong enough to stand, surely it would be fine if they stayed here, in the home that was so dear to them. It might suck for a while, but it'd be fine, right? In the end, surely Eregion would survive, surely they wouldn't have to leave... right?)
And Sauron still wiped Eregion out like nothing! And then proceeded to drive the rest of the elves into a really tight corner, and come damn near to wiping them out, before the Númenorean army got there to help!
Like, that's... kinda scary to think about. Like not that Sauron isn't a serious threat anyway, but there is a difference between taking someone near completely by surprise with a swift attack and so wiping them out, and wiping someone out who knew you'd be attacking and had decades to prepare
Friendly reminder to the RoP fans who don't know the original lore:
Valandil is Isildur's son (But let's be honest, he was more raised by Elrond)
Galadriel is older than the sun
Elven men canonically have long hair
Elrond was found by Maedhros and Maglor and also is not, in fact, an orphan, his mom is a bird and his dad is a star and they may or may not be divorced
Isildur, Ar-Pharazon, Miriel, Valandil, and almost all of the rest of Gondor and Numenor's royals are Elrond's nieces and nephews.
Galadriel has a husband and a daughter
A daughter who IS MARRIED TO ELROND
Gondolin
In Valinor, one year is a century long. 20 years to an elf is only about three months to a human.
A Durin would not be the son of another Durin
None of these events happen anywhere near one another in the timeline
Galadriel sees right through Sauron instantly, she does not fall in love with him
Nor does she fall in love with Elrond, as he is her son-in-law and also her therapist
And finally, a reminder to the Tolkein purists:
PEOPLE CAN BE BLACK.
Elves can, and in fact, probably were, people of color. Only the Noldor were probably ever genuinely white. The Sindar, the Vanyar, the Falmari, all of them were probably various POC.
In the final version of the canon, dwarf women having beards was uncertain, and even if it was 100% sure that the group of dwarves we know had women with beards, Disa is clearly a different ethnicity, and possibly a different culture, so it is entirely possible that she would not have a beard.
Arondir was a prisoner, and elven prisoners likely had their hair cut to insult or disgrace them, so it is entirely possible that he would have short hair at the time he is shown.
Elrond, Disa and Durin are cute. It does not matter that they aren't canon. People can like these characters. I liked several of them myself, though I found some quite flat and one-dimensional.
As long as you aren't hurting anybody, discriminating against anybody, or erasing someone else's hard work (ahem, Tolkein's elvish language and customs) you can do whatever you want. Hell, I kinda want to ship Disa and Celebrian. I'm not hurting anyone, so I can do just that! (Amazon, however, is hurting people. Know that before you go into this.)
The souls of those we have lost yearn for peace.
You know, for all that the elves are beautifully described by Tolkien to have a deep cultural connection to the stars, the only character in Middle Earth that I would really label an astronomer is a mortal man: Tar-Meneldur, the fifth king of Numenor.
Tar-Meneldur was actually born “Irimon”,...
I need your Rings of Power theories
how do we think season 2 will end? will we get all the way to the fall of Numenor and forging of the one ring, or will that be the subject of season 3? are we going to see the rise of the witch-king and Angmar?
catch me chanting “THE SEA IS ALWAYS RIGHT” for the next week
Amazon: Rings of power reflecting modern times.
Lord of the rings after corona:
Lord of the rings before corona:
(not my pictures, credit to original owners, I did edit the first one though)
I found this scene really weird and forced. If she knew Elros and apparently is Elrond's best friend, shouldn't she be nicer to their descendants. Also if she had mentioned it earlier, then maybe she would have had an easier time in Nùmenor. But what bother me the most about this scene is this painting. It looks like someone painted everything else except for Elronds head, and then someone different came in later and did his head in a completely different style. His head looks so realistic compared to the rest of the painting. Like someone photo-shopped his head on an old picture and used a filter or something.
Also aren't they suppose to be identical twins. I can't find anything similar about them. Their eyes, their headshape, their nose, their eyebrows, even their ears are different. I mean Elros looks more like Thorin's long lost twin. Maybe if you squint really hard, but something is just really weird about this painting.
The only great thing about this painting is that the elves have long hair, :)
When you see it you can't unsee it: Fidget spinner
For very boring council meetings.
Isildur and the Rings of power: the golden trio of Numenor.
The awkward lanky side-kick, the chosen one, the bookworm.
bonus:
Her father will hear about this.
Halbrand - bad plan
If Halbrand is Sauron, what do you think his plan was?
do some bad stuff -> get on boat -> get shipwrecked -> don't get eaten by giant sea monster -> Be only survivor on shipwreck -> randomly meet very important angry elf in the middle of the ocean -> become "friends" with angry elf -> Get saved by new important nice guy who also is in the middle of the ocean -> Join them to random place -> Great, it was Numenor -> just stay here and be blacksmith -> annoy angry elf some more -> make a lot of trouble -> get trown into prison -> NOT become king of the soutlands!! -> STAY -> infiltrate and watch them destroy themselves (on hold) -> gets bossed around by angry elf -> leave with angry elf and tiny army to destroy hisown army...... wait a minute.
he's basically just there randomly, no real motivation, just at the right place at the right time, or at the wrong place at the wrong time. depends on how you look at it. He just wants to be left alone and Galadriel keeps pushing him around and guilt-tripping him to do stuff. They are not really friends, they just happened to survive together for awhile and Galadriel won't let him go.
If this is Sauron, i'm either really disapointed by his planning abilities or really impressed.
Great battle of tiny village
why does the rings of power feel like they have just been building up to this "battle" and nothing happened. Why did Galadriel even recruit the numenorians? I mean, they didn't even make a difference. Apparently the few villagers managed to hold back the orcs and fight them off totally fine. Why where the numenorians even there? they knew where they where going since the calculated how long it would take them to arrive but no one is suppose to know what's going on in the Southlands. All the elves who were there died and Arondir didn't send a messege or anything. Galadriel only have a hunch that Sauron maybe is there. Not any conformation, just a really old piece of paper with instruction she don't even know if Sauron is following. And she doesn't know of any army, just suspecting he is bulding up his forces. And since Galadriel didn't know of these orcs attacking people, what was the numenorian army even suppose to fight? Galadriel didn't even know Adar existed. she could have seen it in the palatir but they only used it to show the flood vision, nothing more. Also shouldn't someone sent a message to the elves who where managing the area and have them meet up with Galadriel and the numenorian army and then have her lead their forces insted of the numenorians? Why does it feel like Galadriel rekruited the numenorians just to free a small village she didn't even know existed or needed help. Why is this such a great victory? they just saved a few people and an already destroyed village. most of the orcs were also already dead or gone.
And I guess the biggest question I currently have is, why is there so few poeple in this world? the village; maybe 30 peolpe total and half left, and they all seem to randomly appear or disappear. Numenorians; lookls like maybe 100 horses, but the army seems to disappear later and maybe 30 people going around the village and that is generous. it's like only the main characters exist and others just show up to deliver some lines and then disappear again. And don't get me started on the orcs; the Great army of what? 50 orcs or something. What great battle they all fought. It was good that the numenorians all trained to fight on foot since it's not like they where all fighting on horseback or something. I mean, It sure was worth going trough all the trouble to get the numenorian army there, right?