The Rings of Power Post-watch Discussion (Spoilers)

{{ Yeah caught this earlier, 4chan leak so dubious source, normally I'd say stuff like Sauron tricking Galadriel by becoming Celeborn,or Sauron having a son, or Bombadil being Melkor! sounds too stupid to believe, but then we all saw series 1 so it's certainly possible. }}

Ugh, bloody hell, I stepped into the The One Ring.Net Discord server the other week, and there's this absolutely loathsome thing going on where the "fandom" basically trick each other into thinking that ANY of the trash the writers thought up is acceptable. For example, a discussion about how it works, exactly, that elves need to bask in Mithril-light or whatever to avoid dying.
A weird little culture of tiptoeing around whether elves can be various shades of toast but brazenly declaring that "I just couldn't accept the Blue Wizards cast as white men!"

Actually it sounds like a nice party game where somebody names something that purportedly happened in RoP and people vote on whether it actually was in the show or not. Only works for people who haven't watched it, but it's basically anything goes, with nothing too stupid to be ruled out.

Ayup All,

It’s been a while. Glad to see everyone here.

It’s been very interesting watching the ROP Of all things, I’m reminded of this being the ‘Soap Opera’ version of LOTR. The age it’s set in really doesn’t matter at all. And considering the alleged plans for Bombadil and Barrow wights, that’s the only thing it can be. So one to switch your brain off to. The dialogue really is a shame though, given the physical production values which are stunning. I hate to say it, but I’m looking forward to seeing what we get next. Namarië

Good having you back, Feanor!

If you forget it's supposed to be Tolkien you've won half the battle. Then you have to stop thinking that characters and motivations have to make any sense at all. Finally pour yourself a good stiff drink and FINALLY you're ready to watch the damn thing.

{{Welcome back Feanor! Though you appear to have gone mad if you can stomach RoP.
And Halfy I contest your last point, I drank gallons of buckie to get through that series and it was still the biggest dump of shit anyones ever taken on Tolkien and his work Ive ever seen.You cant numb that sort of awfulness away sadly.}}

That's why you have to start by forgetting it's supposed to be Tolkien.

{{ This is desperate and bad. May as well chuck a car chase into it at this point, it's from a completely different age of the Earth too!
Barrow Wights at this time makes zero sense -Numenor hasn't even fallen yet, let alone the establishing of the Northern Kingdom, or the centuries needed to pass from then to the use of the Barrows, then more centuries till the Kingdom falls, and its not until the Barrows are stirred up in the 3rd age with evil spirits they become places of horror with Wights possessing the bodies of the dead.

But hey why bother with all that careful fake history work Tolkien put so much care and effort into, when they can just take all the stuff Tolkien wrote, put it all into a big hat and shake and randomly pull ideas out and just shove them in anyway.
I look forward to when Gandalf, Bombadil and the Wights team up with Smith of Wooten Major as they go on a quest to rescue Beowulf from becoming trapped in the Letters of Father Christmas! }}

Isn't this breach of contract with the Tolkien estate? I thought they were supposed to be sticking with the second age.

 oh Petty, how you do make me laugh. They cant include Smith of Wooton or Leaf by Niggle yet until theyve had Ben Hur rush through on an epic chariot race ( pulled by Roman rabbits of course and happily left behind for Radagast to retrain ) and even then they cant do much until Galadriel learns to levitate and fly at subsonic speed and save the Shire single handed whilst rescuing Celeborn from the evil clutches of Shelob as hes walking his beloved dog Rover ! Oh you are silly !

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