Of Summer and Sun

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...