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Celebrimbor being the only being that Marion felt comfortable bearing his soul to.... like Celebrimbor saw the REAL Marion, his true self, all of his emotions, all of his passions. The only being to see that part of him. The only being to listen to Marion talk about Morgoth, and the things he's been through. The only being to truly know how Marion thinks and feels...
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.
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.
can we talk about the face caressing...
and the way he caressed the arrow..... 🏹
so I really wasn’t sure how graphic they were going to get with the torture and I was alternating convincing myself it would be horrific and then tame all week. when the shot opens on the two trails of blood I said out loud “oh no”. then immediately thought “nah…. that’s leftover from one of the soldiers”. then we see poor beautiful celebrimbor and my stomach dropped. what a gorgeous intense scene. I haven’t felt so viscerally engaged in television in a long long time.
Look what you have done to yourself
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…
ok this is two interviews now where charlie and charlie have talked about wanting to do an au spinoff with sauron and celebrimbor, one they said annatar would be celebrimbor’s gardener and now charlie vickers said they would live together in New York 😭
this makes me absolutely crazy. my guy was so deep into character and the scene that he started genuinely crying. no one is doing it like the charlies.
re: sauron crying after he killed celebrimbor.
charlie revealed in an interview with nerdist that sauron crying in that moment wasn't actually scripted. it was something that just happened while they were filming and they decided to leave it in.
charlie v proposed “celebannatar” as the new ship name for silvergifting and i think that’s completely unhinged 🫶🏻
They show their truth one single time.
But they lie
and they lie
and they lie
a million little times
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (2022 - ) Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor & Charlie Vickers as Sauron 2.08 - Shadow and Flame
If you never touched me, I would've
Gone along with the righteous
If I never blushed, then they could've never whispered about this
And if you never saved me from boredom, I could've gone on as I was
But, Lord, you made me feel important... And then you tried to erase us
found the link!!
charlie v proposed “celebannatar” as the new ship name for silvergifting and i think that’s completely unhinged 🫶🏻
i need a whole season of just halbrand and celebrimbor working together bc their dynamic is soooo cute halbrand was so excited to show off and celebrimbor is so impressed with him we get some blushy staring going on it’s just *chefs kiss*
ok more over-analyzing of *that* scene between annatar and celebrimbor in 2x08 because i cannot be normal about them
the intensity and intimacy of their dynamic is on a whole other level. post gentle cheek touch which celebrimbor rejects (flinches away from)- you see annatar’s expression close off. then by bringing up the orcs’ blood lust, he implies that suffering at the hands of the orcs for weeks would be a much worse alternative to the torture that annatar himself is inflicting. i don’t think it’s a coincidence that he brings up the orcs right after celebrimbor flinches away from him. this is more manipulation to get celebrimbor to accept annatar’s touch and presence (and of course give up the location of the nine). and while he’s delivering this horrifying threat he’s fucking *caressing* that goddamn arrow in the most sensual way possible.
if we had a more canonical timeline, with months (years?) of torture instead of days or weeks, might we have seen celebrimbor be handed over to the orcs eventually? only for annatar to then “rescue” him before he was too close to death or fading…
All I have done has been for you. Yours was the fire that crafted the marvels of the age. I wish only to share them with the world. Please. Let me. But the Rings are beyond your reach. As I shall be, ere long. For soon I shall go to the shores of the morning. Borne hence by a wind that you can never follow!
Charles Edwards as CELEBRIMBOR & Charlie Vickers as SAURON THE RINGS OF POWER (2022–)
i still can't get over how sauron got this huge ass hammer in his pocket like some looney tunes shit. why do you have that around. thinking of your boyfriend huh.
unknown by hozier is so celebrimbor / silvergifting coded…
“do you know i could break beneath the weight of the goodness, love i still carry for you? and i’d walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you.”