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aspiringnexu · 2 years

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I’ve played Shadows of Mordor and Shadows of War so I’m very used to Edgy, Sourpuss Wraith Celebrimbor who was game-canonically so fucking pissed at Sauron that he refused to leave Middle-Earth until he happened to find Talion and so began their decades long Old Married Couple dynamic. Until Celebrimbor fucks it up. Several times.

Now that Celebrimbor is very different to this new interpretation of Celebrimbor in TROP and honestly... I dig it. This Celebrimbor has eccentric uncle vibes. He has no thoughts other than for his forge and for Making Things in it. Every time we see him outside of the forge he seems nervous and he only gets fired up (forgive the pun) when Gil-Galad refuses to let him Make Stuff. He’s adorable. And I can totally see why he would fall into Sauron’s trap. The man has not an ounce of guile in his body if he isn’t following orders to keep a secret, why would he expect duplicity from his new smithing buddy?

And I know some in the fandom give him shit for not thinking of creating a mithril alloy but honestly I’ve done the same thing. Not with smithing of course but even if you’re an expert, sometimes the simplest answer can be staring you in the face and you won’t see it until someone pulls you out of your own head. And Celebrimbor is Feanor’s grandson, The master smith of Eregion. No one is going to contradict him. Until Sauron comes along and Celebrimbor latches onto this new partner like a touch-starved limpet.

Such a shame that when shit goes even more sideways Sauron’s gonna use his dead body as a war banner. They had such good chemistry.

#rings of power #the rings of power #that last bit isn't a joke #when Eregion falls Sauron uses Celebrimbor as a banner #its fucked up #and even if they can't use that because they don't have the rights #Celebrimbor still has to die before the third age #in a horrible way most likely #in a happier au Celebrimbor and Sauron are forging buddies #making pretty things #and one-upping Feanor every chance they get #still not over the fact that all it took for Sauron to get in Celebrimbor's good graces #was the most basic of flattery #and Sauron just casually dropping hints that Morgoth used to complain about Celebrimbor and that's why he knows his name #but of course the cinnamon roll doesn't know and is just very pleased that he's known as a good smith #like he seems REALLY happy #does he not get validation from the other elves?#do they just expect it by now?#touch and attention-starved Celebrimbor #that's not a sentence I thought I would write today #but now I just wanna hug him #and tell him his work is really good #sauron #celebrimbor

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