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runawaymun · 10 months ago

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I'm just going to say it. the attitude I'm seeing in the Silmarillion fandom from those who have never watched the ROP show, but are enjoying gifsets of the Annatar/Brimb scenes and expressing that it has them interested in those portrayals, while continuing to loudly assert that the Celebrimbor casting is atrocious because he's 'old and blond' fucking disgusts me.

#literally so what that he's over the age of 30 and blond #charles edwards LOVED this role and he poured his whole heart into it #and he loves Tolkien #and his portrayal was amazing and I'm so grateful that this was the celebrimbor we got #and at this point the rejection of him out of hand on his looks is so disgustingly shallow and ageist #especially after s2 #i'm so fucking done #he was PERFECT casting #literally PERFECT #and the interplay between him and charlie and the framing of that relationship as the progression of abuse #was amazing #it was everything the characters deserved #rings of power #tired of the ageism in this fandom fr #i'm tired of elves having to look like 30something twinks to be acceptable #anyway sorry i'm choosing violence over this one #i really am

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