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Of Summer and Sun

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Elrond and Galadriel. The subject of much debate and anger since The Rings of Power started. Some of that I already addressed. Today, I wanna talk about their friendship in general. Because these two mean so much to me, I cannot even begin to express, and there is a lot going on with them. I have loved them since the moment I first saw Galadriel arrive back in Lindon. They had taken my heart captive and not let it go. I will never get over how excited Elrond looks when that messenger told him Galadriel is back. Even if he didn’t know she had nothing else to say, he would have just taken off to greet his friend. From that reaction alone, we can tell that Elrond harbors great love toward Galadriel. Soon shown to be reciprocated to whatever extent Galadriel, in her broken state, can. Elrond is genuinely so relieved to be in Galadriel’s presence again, practically melting into her touch. And seeing Elrond again is literally the first instance we see Galadriel smile, and by then she had som...
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Cruelty or Consequence?

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Well, I never thought I’d end up writing about this, but I’ve seen way too many people drawing the wrong conclusions. Not necesarily out of stupidity or delusion, but way too many people want to put all blame of the Fall of Númenor on Pharazôn and act like sinking the rest of the island was a dick move. This is a wrong take, so let’s talk about it. Before you come at me, I have the Silmarillion and have read the Akallabeth, or Downfall of Númenor, several times, and neither of those times has it translated as “Númenor was collateral damage” or “Númenor shouldn’t have been sunk”. Númenor’s fall was triggered by Pharazôn’s actions, yes, but that was hardly the only reason for it happening. The reason for the island sinking into the sea was centuries of corruption coming to a tipping point. As we read in the Akallabeth, over time, Númenor grew jealous of the elves. Though they were descended in part from elves, had long lives, and did not succumb to illness, they did not have eternal life...
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Dance of Darkness and Light

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AHHHHHH Haladriel! Causing much shipping and much hate. I’ve written about them before, while season 2 was still coming out. In that essay, I talked about how I believe they were never in love with each other, or at least not in the way most shippers want them to be. At the time, season 2 hadn’t concluded, but now that it has and I rewatched it several times, especially their confrontation, I wanted to talk about them again. As discussed in previous essays, Galadriel pinned a lot on Halbrand. He was a companion, the first she believed could understand a part of everything she had gone through, he provided her with a sense of purpose, and he made her feel something other than misery for the first time in about a thousand years. So obviously, she would be deeply attached to him. I still don’t believe she loved him romantically, though. People can be attached to one another without it being romantic. As for Halbrand, Galadriel made him believe he could be redeemed. But in a twisted way wh...
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