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"The Last Temptation": One Megathread to Rule Them All - Clues and Speculation, PART 2

6) Galadriel's conflicted feelings for Sauron

Well, she hates him and wants to kill him, destroy him, causing him to be dead for good, right?

Right?

RIGHT?

Okay, I’ll just let Morfydd explain how Galadriel is feeling these days:

It would be like if you had the most intense type of synesthesia, and then you met someone else that had the same type of it, but then you find out they’re the worst person in the world. But you can’t undo that feeling of what it was to be understood and connected in that way.

I think they’ve made a mark on each other in whatever, however, that turns out. And that’s very significant when someone’s managed to actually make you question the way you think of things and the way you think of yourself... and I think they were both so lonely when they met.

Galadriel is heartbroken, and understandably so. She’s grieving the loss of her friend Halbrand. She thinks she has been played for a fool, and the connection they shared was a lie, and another one of Sauron’s deceptions, the cruel and cunning sorcerer. She's haunted by this moment, as we’ve seen on 2x02:

Everyone who has been deceived by someone they cared about can relate to this. Yes, Galadriel is sad and depressed, but she’s also angry and probably feeling a little bit humiliated and ashamed of herself for falling for Sauron’s lies. She’s going through all seven stages of grief. And so, she wants to destroy him, and make him pay for deceiving her, and manipulating her into caring this much about him.

She’s so obsessed with finding and defeat him, it blinds her (as we’ve discussed on Part 1).

The realization of having been played for a fool, pains her so much, here she is, in 2x06, emphasizing with Adar and oversharing.

And so, when she’ll go to seek out Sauron in the finale, she wants to kill him. Like 100%. No doubts there. She resisted him once, she will resist him again and again, because after her little chat with Adar (and probably with Celebrimbor in 2x07) she’s confident in herself. She’s prepared. She knows Sauron will bombard her with lies and visions to manipulate her. And since promises of power aren’t enough for her, there is nothing he can tempt her with. Like Adar said to her in 2x06, there is nothing he can give her, because she’s fully aware of his manipulations.

My guess is that she’ll probably use Adar’s theory (Morgoth’s iron crown + Nenya) to try and slay Sauron. That, most likely, will be her plan of attack.

7) The "Last Temptation"

As we’ve seen on the trailers, and with no surprise whatsoever, Sauron and Galadriel duel for a moment when they are, at last, reunited in 2x08.

Galadriel is looking at him full of anger and hatred, ready to destroy him, and his lies and deceptions. Sauron, on other hand, is just rejoicing he’s able to be in her presence again. From the interactions we, the audience, saw of him with Mirdania throughout the season, Sauron probably thinks dueling counts as flirting.

Anyway, I don’t know for how long the showrunners will drag the fight, but it will stop, because the Halbrand form will be back, back again (like we were teased in 2x04):

And this is not just “any” Halbrand: this is King Halbrand, the “I felt it too” Halbrand in all of his glory. My bet is Galadriel is prepared for this, and won’t fall for it.

But Sauron brought the big guns this time, and there is a plot twist. And I believe this is the scene that, according to Magda Walma aka “the Polish reviewer”, will make “Tolkien fans” (aka lorebros) lose their minds, the scene which caused her to believe Celeborn won’t ever be in “Rings of Power” and that someone in the production might have fallen on their head.

They might leave it ambiguous, however, Morfydd saying “they’ve made a mark on each other in whatever, however, that turns out” makes me believe the showrunners might have made it explicit, and reveal the truth of it. And that’s why the Tolkien purists will lose it.

My guess is Sauron will tempt Galadriel with what she least's expects: the truth. And the truth is their connection was real, and not a part of his schemes (the season pretty established he’s in love with her).

Now, I don’t know if there will be a kiss or not, because the mere notion of Sauron in love with Galadriel is enough to mind blow the lorebros. However: if this was a one-sided thing, why would the Polish reviewer believe that Celeborn will never be casted? So, here’s my two cents: Galadriel feels the same way, and this scene either explicitly states it or highly implies it.

Now, I don’t know how Sauron will prove his love for Galadriel, honestly. I don’t think visions are enough to put that point across, and from what we’ve learned from the director of the finale, I don’t think there will be any deception involved in this scene. So, he’ll probably prove himself through some selfless action (which is a bit odd, but I don’t see how he could convey his point in any other way without looking/sounding manipulative): he either saves her, surrenders himself for her to kill him, or whatever.

8) The Aftermath

As we’ve seen in Part 1, all foreshadowing points towards Galadriel succumbing to Sauron’s temptation.

Erasing all of that for a “she resists him at the end” or a rehash of S1 finale would be stupid, to be honest. And I know many criticize “Ring of Power” writers, but one thing they do well is building-up the season and the foreshadowing/clues (example: Sauron/Halbrand in S1).

The question is: what happens next?

Galadriel snaps out of it, for whatever reason: either Nenya, or Elrond (remember the promise? Turns out, he’s unable to keep it);

She sacrifices herself to save Middle-earth/stop the battle, and goes with Sauron (somewhat unwillingly but believing she might “keep him in check”);

She willingly goes with Sauron/joins him, in “full Dark queen” mode;

Any other scenario where Elrond is forced to choose between stopping Sauron or saving Galadriel; only see it happening if it’s from afar and not him actually intervening, because that would remove Galadriel’s agency (and I don’t see the show going there). For instance, Galadriel is injured for some reason, and Elrond has the chance to save her, but choses to save the Elves instead, or something like that).

Alright, that’s it. That’s the clues we’ve got. Let the debate begin.

Just don’t mention Celeborn (it’s confirmed he’s not in Season 2) and the stupid fake leaks.

#trop season 2 #trop season 2 speculation #trop s2 #galadriel #sauron #sauron x galadriel #galadriel x sauron #haladriel #annatar #saurondriel #halbrand #galadriel x halbrand

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that-girl-glader · 1 year

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Today has been one of those days, as in when you remember shows from your childhood that were like, reallyyy good.

#just add magic #hunter street #knight squad #regal academy #look these shows are what made my childhood a childhood kinda #100 things to do before highschool #such a legend that we all attempted to make a list ourselves and failed #Ik there a lot of goodies but let's talk about these hidden gems #and like 100 is there because it's a slay #childhood shows #nickelodeon

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silmecicle · 2 years

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would u let him in ur houhse :3

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kittygamesda · 2 months

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Opportunist and Cheated

#so to make a long story short the reason why cheated looks so feminine is that I headcanon rebel as a transman and before he transition he w #supposed to be the magistrate of his hometown village #even though it sucks that he never got the chance to rule but in the end he determined he probably would have been miserable so #cheated is what he imagined he'd be if he did rule. still miserable because he only found out he was trans after he became a hero lol #also opportunist gave me a bit of trouble but it was really the eyes #so i thought since I was having so much trouble with them i just removed them. like their voices #they don't have to be 100% human paranoid already doesn't have a mouth and contrarian isn't even close #slay the princess #rebel cookie #vagabel stp au

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horse-head-farms · 6 months

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played “slay the princess” and I’m thinking about monolithic again

#it is unfair how one of my favourite pieces of literature is a 100 kudos mcyt fic that only 4 other people can understand #and like. it isnt even my favourite because it involves hypno/xb. it is so well written it made hypno/xb one of my favourite pairings #and i cant even share it to people outside the fandom because it uses so many mine/craft mechanics #upcoming reblog with all my thoughts #also play slay the princess its so good #hhf

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voulez-vous-a-ha · 1 year

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Has anyone done this before?

#yellowjackets #jackie taylor #shauna shipman #lol has anyone done this before?#not me wanting to play them in fifa #it makes 100 percent more sense for Lottie to be captain as a CB which is def interesting to think about #was unsure whether to make Nat a RM or RW but I feel like they wouldn't want anyone besides the core babes to play a forward position #i think Mari could play as a CAM beside Shauna but depends on the strategy they go for #a nr 10 usually plays more forward #also RIP Rachel there was no better picture of her #i feel like kristen aka crystal would have nr 13 it just feels right #we really need more subs because this really isn't enough??!#kinda obsessed with the way Jackie is standing in the top picture slay #not me spending way too much time on this

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fingertipsmp3 · 15 days

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The good news is I accomplished my mission of buying trousers, the bad news is my knee is SUPER unhappy about it

#i bought cargo pants and a pair of sort of weird stretchy pants that are not smart Exactly #but are visibly not pyjamas so i will feel fairly comfortable roaming around in the world in them #also a big soft jumper #then my knee started complaining so i had to leave #it was feeling unstable and i was getting stabbing pains and.. sort of a pulling sensation in the back of my knee #i think it’s scar tissue. i had a lot of muscle fibre tears in the back of my knee and also in my hamstring #and my physio used to break them down with a massage gun but i don’t go to physio anymore because i’m ‘supposedly’ okay #maybe i could buy a massage gun. or like.. what can i even DO about scar tissue moving around in my body #don’t say ‘do your physio exercises’ i already know #oh i also decided to celebrate a month of sobriety by ordering weed cake. i don’t want to hear about it #look i was never planning on coming off it permanently. i just wanted to save money and fix my tolerance #now i’ve got all my bank shit straightened out and my tolerance is probably back to normal #girl when i tell you i was eating 100-200mg gummies and they were having no effect #it was BAD #oh in other news my spanish textbook arrived today and i thought i was just getting the book #but the 4 audio cds and a transcription booklet are included as well?? slay #i even have a working cd player for once. this is awesome #personal

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pathofreason · 1 month

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If I like women who look like stereotypical masculine af men am I still a lesbian. Bc idgaf what your gender is or what's between your legs I gaf if you're hot sometimes hot people look like stereotypical women sometimes they look like stereotypical men. Should I just kms

#I'm not even a lesbian #Or maybe I'm just in denial #I genuinely have no idea #At least 95% of the time I'm disgusted by men both their behaviour and appearance #And the other 5% of the time it's a form of humiliation because imagine being fucked by a dick or sucking one or just being with a man #That's not disgusting to me but it is 100% degrading and humiliating as hell #I can't tell if I like men or “the idea of men” whatever that means #Women who are feminine af 😍 Women who are masculine af 😍#Men 😬💥💀#Most of the time at least #I'm actually not sure #I would date a classy as hell man but in a best friends slaying it kind of way #But other than that I'd just suck one off purely as a form of humiliation. I would also be on my period most likely #I would never actually date a man that's kind of disgusting and disturbing to me especially as a woman LOL #If I was a man I would 100% be bisexual as hell #But as a woman idk men are kinda ehhhhh

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dreamiara · 1 year

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my average this semester is literally 5.0 LMAO

#🤓 <- me core #the grades are 2 (lowest) -> 5 (highest) and you can get only halves in between like 3.5 or 4.5 #and i slayed a little. and don't have to write any exams :3 #just have to defend the thesis and im done!!!! :]#to be fair it was really easy and my degree is a little unserious but. it's still nice :3 #+ im not 100% about one class because it's not in the system yet but my friend peeped the final grades and told me so :3

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cloudbends · 2 years

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I finished rewatching soul eater yesterday and I've come to multiple conclusions about it but mostly I didn't remember how gay stein and spirit were . Bro that shit isn't even in subtext it's right fucking there

#vi rambling #soul eater #well . more conclusions in the tags because thats not the point of this post but like #im sorry. they cannot be read as ANYTHING but exes. or idfk theyre insane and im obsessed w them #anyways to the multiple conclusions:#the ending of the show doesnt suck at all imo? idk why people hate on it so much. yeah it differs from the manga but i really liked #the direction of like. defeating the madness everyone has through another quality that everyone has. like this is an example for #ok this doesnt make 100% sense but it works thematically well imo #also asura was a lot more fun and interesting than i remembered. another slaying role from chris patton fr #death the kid my friend death the kid. not new but real regardless #and uhhh. oh crona is lowkey the best written character in this show fr

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theskyexists · 2 months

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Played some botw again. Stuck with it longer than last time. Still got bored. Like... Children have suuuuuuuch long attention spans. It's insane. They can repeat shit endlessly on the slightest provocation. I need constant stimulation and novel situations.

#thats why slay the spire was fun #its always different - always making strategic choices #its why boardgames are fun!#theres no strategy to botw #and the story....the story kind of sucks so far. i cant get into it anymore #the only thing that i absoltely loved about botw was....taming horses #that just goes to show that theres fantasies in botw (ranging far and wide...but not really cos some monster will kill you bc youre suddenl #in super high level territory even though the quest directed you there)#that dont appeal to me so much? when fantasies about idk building some kind of bond with the local wildlife #is apparently my thing #now. which is crazy because as a kid the ranging far and wide bit was amazing!#but its no longer novel its boring #ive got to the last major mechanic i think #so we're only doing shrines korok seeds killing monsters and finding memories now #i guess #crazy how it just doesnt... like it doesnt hook me AT ALL??#my stuff #personal #well anyway i have a friend who like idk 100 percent completed the game but she does that to all games #anyway what im trying to say is fantasies have died in my head

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damndude69 · 5 months

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#Been in a serious long term relationship for 5 years now & we are engaged but she is having a sexuality crisis currently &#it’s not that she’s not attracted to me but she is really leaving into her sapphic side which is great slay except I am not a woman and #align myself no where near that side of the aisle & shes throwing around the lesbian label which is like complicated & I don’t care who call #calls themselves what but my previous shitty relationship a similar issue arose & I know I’m feeling triggered by it because of my ex shit #but I really don’t like the idea that I fit into that category which like I know there are non-binary lesbians and lesbians who date #non-binary ppl #but I do not call myself no binary to the general populace & I present 100% as a man #also I hate the non-binary label for myself despite not 100% identifying as a man #idk this is just bringing up a lot of past feelings #like I am full bearded ass motherfucker like it just makes me really uncomfortable but also I don’t wanna rain on her self discovery era #I am a queer masc transexual like that’s what I identify with these days #We just never have 'relationship' issues so this is making me nauseous & I know it s the past trauma #but fucking ugh #it’s also that she low key doesn’t refer to me in online spaces so she comes across ~more queer~ which is not to say she isn’t queer it’s #just makes me feel yucky #and none of it really matters and our relationship is just our business but ugh #cryptid rants

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eluminium · 23 days

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sometimes i think about how absolutely BANGER Gem's villain aesthetic was in Secret Life. Like, she's got this whole vibe of infection and disease around her and it slaps so hard. First you got the End portal stuff with her arm and eye when she goes Yellow (alongside the implication of her ripping out her own eye to use for the End Portal) and later you have her as Patient Zero for the boogeyman/zombie outbreak. And she kills just as indiscriminately as an epidemic would, including her own allies when they offer themselves to her. Hell, she kills Scott TWICE and technically kills Impulse twice too, once by her own hands and once when Bdubs kills him right in front of her to continue the spread of the curse.

And then you combine all this with the idea of her being a deer and it just gets better. Not only are deer prone to uncanny valley vibes, but they're also extremely susceptible to Chronic Wasting Disease, aka Zombie Deer Disease. Which is scary as shit, like all prion diseases. It literally eats away at the brain and leaves the animal a husk. And it's completely incurable, 100% fatal, and spreads easily (not to humans though, thank fuck.)

Now imagine this diseased horned prey creature hunting and killing whatever gets in its way while infections far beyond its ability to comprehend ravage its body and mind. And everything it kills comes back just as screwed up and terrifying. Very few can fight back against it, let alone slay it. No one is safe, the ones who survive either do so because they're Something Not Human (Grian the Watcher), Already Biologically Dead (ZOMBIECleo) or just got lucky and never got caught (Scott). However, there is one last piece of horror unaccounted for. The carrier, no matter how thin, no matter how much drool leaks from her mouth, no matter how erratic and unholy her behavior, is still aware. Still in control.

There's an independent will behind the spread.

#geminitay #secret life #can you tell i'm still kinda wacky about secret life #the VIBES and AESTHETICS went SO HARD #I warmed up to the whole “zombie apocalypse” with time what can i say #anyways disease is TERRIFYING #PRION DISEASES ESPECIALLY #SECRET LIFE GEM IS SCARY AF FOR THAT. FUCKED UP DISEASED DEER GIRL WHO ONLY A FEW OTHERS CAN GO TOE TO TOE WITH #dose of gem

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dumbseee · 5 months

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matchmaker.

in which max is tired of lando being a single mess, so he plays matchmaker.

lando norris x famous!reader.

fc: sabrina carpenter.

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y/n: lil photodump 💭

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madisonbeer: my goddess!! miss you pookie xx

liked by y/n.

user: QUEEN OMGGBSKSKSL

user: she’s addicted to slaying

user: pls come to brazil!!

user: can’t wait to see you in paris!!

user: she’s so pretty wtf

user: Y/N AND MADISON COLLAB WHEN??

user: emails i can’t send is a masterpiece y/n!!

user: JUST ONE CHANGE IM BEGGING AHKSOSLSL

user: the man who’s going to date her is literally the luckiest man on earth

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imessages between max and lando.

max:

mate

i have good news

lando:

what?

i’m scared actually

max:

fuck off

it’s for your own sake

lando:

okay NOW i’m terrified

max:

SHUT IT

you’re going on a blind date tonight

lando:

um

no?

max:

wasn’t a question you idiot

be ready at 9

a car will come pick you up

lando:

DHAT

WHAT

MAX ANWSER

WITH WHO???

I REFUSE

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imessages between max and lando.

lando:

max fewtrell.

did you REALLY sent me on a blind date with Y/N FUCKING L/N??

WITHOUT WARNING ME??

i was SO embarrassing

max:

okay for my defense, i didn’t know

i asked kika to find me someone who could match your vibe and apparently it had to be y/n…

BUT apparently it went well so we good

lando:

mate

i fucking spilled my wine on her expensive looking dress

i tripped over my own feet when i got up to pay the bill

i stuttered when she asked for my NAME

i almost slipped when i tried to open the car door for her

i answered « that’s cool » when she told me that the inspiration for her new album was her past and traumatic relationship

max:

holy shit dude

she’s never calling you again that’s for SURE

well at least we tried

lando:

wait till i catch you and kika

i’ll run you over with my car

BOTH OF YOU TRAITORS

max:

i’m innocent

it’s all kika’s fault

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imessages between max, kika and lando.

kika:

YOU COWARD

SHE THINKS YOU DIDN’T LIKE HER

TEXT HER NOW

max:

why are we yelling

kika:

go on twitter and see for yourself

lando:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DIDN’T LIKE HER??

she should be the one to dislike me i literally made a fool out of myself BECAUSE I WASN’T PREPARED TO MEET MY CELEBRITY CRUSH???

kika:

you should be always prepared lando norris

lando:

omg give me a break

what should i do?

max:

her fans hate you lmao

text her maybe?

kika:

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA

invite her for the miami gp!

yes i’m a genius

lando:

do you want me to crash on the wall francisca?

i will 100% fumble the race if i know she’s watching

max:

oh my god

why are you such a pussy?

lando:

fuck YOU

this is all your fault

kika:

if you don’t invite her, i WILL

lando:

FINE

but if i die i’ll haunt your ass forever

kika:

who knows maybe you’ll finally win a race ;)

mister lando NOwins

lando:

wow i didn’t know mister pierre gasly was a race winner already

max:

okay enough you two

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y/n: may not know a lot about formula one, but i know for a fact that you deserved that win. i can’t wait to be with you during your journey, pretty boy <3

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landonorris: i couldn’t ask for a better partner, pretty girl <3

user: YESSS FINALLY

user: omg they’re together??

user: WTFFFABSKSLMSLS

user: no bc why are they so cute??

user: aww she was so happy for him when he won

user: lmao the cameraman kept zooming in on her when lando won ajsksllz

user: PARENTS

user: CONGRATS LANDO

user: he better treat her right

user: they’re cute ngl

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urbanfiltered · 1 year

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being in ur 20s be like

#physically my body is decaying and fraying in every way it knows how #mentally though i am having a STUPENDOUS day #i love my friends!!!!!!#i love my FUCKING friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#my life is so good it's like all the effort i made is randomly starting to pay off everywhere all at once #my insane strategy of ''give 100% everywhere you go and eventually one of those things will work out'' was not a slay actually #a lot of people and pastimes did not deserve 100% of me or even any of me #and it turns out that when you're a lot more selective with what you craft #good shit happens #anyways i AM typing this through intense pain and anguish #every muscle in my body is screaming for a painkiller of some kind and i am at my parents' house so i cannot even smoke any weed about it #aching hands tense wrists sore shoulders sore back pulsating migraine dry eyes fucked up knees swollen ankles jaw tension #one day i used to think i would never sell my soul to capitalism and now my job wrecks my body on the daily #with the stress and sleep deprivation it pours into my life #and i just have to be like ''well this is ok i guess because i do love having money''#wish i would spend that money on a decent MASSAGE!!!! god !

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inhumanfuckingdogman · 1 year

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Um also hi roman with the actual business sense slay. Hi little miss management training arc. I see you babygirl

#succ #like id do anyrhing. for him.#also him being like guys can we just stop. feeding dad. can we just cut him out #can we just run a buisiness. can we just not obssess about our father for two seconds. SLAY #and with how the thing with waystar needing to be sold before they get their cut is #i bet his being with logan is actually him putting through the deal after lukas wobbles #like mattson is going to shake on the deal and now rome has to step up and bring hkm back #so they even have the money to buy pierce #ie ‘we are sand in the gears’ hes posturing to try to scare lukas into the deal #which wont work. obviously.#i dont think theyre gonna have the money for pierce i think their banker is full of shit #and 100% playing them because theyre nepo morons with too much money #what the fuck i cant believe i actually care about the buisiness dynamics wtf.#anyways this will all end in tears. ❤️

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