I am currently on season 2 episode 4, and as I watch this show on my PC with over ear headphones, I have noticed that every episode seems to have a jump scare or two. Only one of them has actually startled me so far (Sauron feeding the warg season 2 episode 1). But it just feels so pointless. I am not watching a horror/thriller film. Jump scares do not automatically elevate a show. It's getting to be old at this point, especially since we can tell when 85% of them are about to happen.

It actually just annoyed me now to the point of hitting pause and writing this post out during the scene in Barrow Downs where the elf Vorohil is looking into the shadow of the rock and the jump scare occurs. I feel like it would have been more creepy or eerie if instead of blasting loud music into my ear as soon as the glowing eyes came on screen, they integrated it with silence or with creepy music already playing.

In their recent interview with the Rings and Realms duo of Corey Olsen and Maggie Parke, McPayne said something to the effect of "Galadriel, the Lady of Light, taking a step back. That kind of rattled me initially. SHE'S ALREADY SPENT AN ENTIRE SEASON BEING SHOVED TO THE BACK. Now that Celebrimbor is gone, there's NO REASON for her to be benched or to take a lesser role, at least not until the action shifts to Numenor. And I absolutely do think she should fight in the Last Alliance, as I've said before.

But then I finished my fifth rewatch of the Season, and I noticed two things that reassured me:

--She's the first person who mounts that promontory in full view of the Elven refugees, before Arondir, Gil-galad, or Elrond. This is something Corey and Maggie actually highlighted in their video for Episode 8 that came out even before their interview with McPayne.

--Before he draws his sword in benediction, Gil-galad looks to her first, and only looks to Elrond (a character many people have seemingly elevated in opposition to Galadriel) after she gives him a nod. A clear "nod" to Galadriel's continued importance, and a welcome progression in their sometimes antagonistic relationship

--Also, McPayne said that it was Morfydd's idea for Gil-galad, not her, to raise the sword. Honestly...I don't see how it could have been any other way. He IS the High King, and it is HIS sword. She doesn't have one in this scene (although she is still wearing her breeches and boots from her ranging outfit). Somewhat reassuring as well, Elrond isn't wearing his either, and Arondir still keeps his sheathed.

So hopefully, if they remember the story they themselves have shown us in Season 2, McPayne will do Galadriel justice in Season 3 so long as the story remains in Middle-earth, and she will, in fact, resume her rightful place as Sauron's Chief Obstacle and Adversary 😊

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I'm now completely unable to post multiple pics so I guess 3-4 single memes a day is what it's gonna be till I figure out what the problem is :(

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Hello everyone,

I’ve created a fan edit to highlight the rivalry between Galadriel and Sauron, spanning over 7k years. This montage combines scenes from Peter Jackson’s movies, Amazon’s ROP, and a soundtracks from various shows and movies.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on it !

https://youtu.be/ZEqcj8EMCLU?si=1nMYlr2ugcgfLUCr

Would you love it if they kept going? There is a lot of lore to cover between The last Alliance and The Hobbit.

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I've read about glaives and apparently their shaft can be made both of metal and of wood. Based on appearance and colour, I would say that Gil-galad's spear in TROP is made entirely of metal. What do you think? I also wonder whether it could have been broken during the battle for Eregion and needs to be reforged.

All that flannel about the staff finding the wizard. Gandalf has at least four in the LOTR trilogy: one broken by Sauron; one (Radagast’s?) he drops when the Balrog snags him; one gets destroyed by the Witch King at Minas Tirith, and a last one at the Grey Havens. They can’t be that special.

I know lots of folks dont care for the harfoots but i think next season will be interesting to witness how the "weak" groups in the show are going to be exploited and how they will react to that

So the low men are going to be victims the mighty numenrorean colonizers. It will be interesting to see how, or even if, the low men resist. The path of nonviolent and peaceful resistance i think will be one possible path but the other will be active resistance aided by these magical thingys. Also the land of rhun might hopefully show how the dark wizard exploits this place and how two different entities will spark some form of resistance. One more peaceful vs a more forceful resistance. The more violent or sorcerer method will likely produce more immediate and gratifying results but will have horrible long term problems.

I am also interested in seeing the resistance in numenor. What form will it take? How will it unfold?

Finally the peril of all the halflings can maybe be explored. Sauron will have no involvement with any of the halflings but i think the story can be interesting

Anyway not really even sure where im going with this. But it seems like a theme that should be in Tolkiens stories. Anyone have any thoughts on this as a potential theme in the next season or two?