#the three rings

[whiteladyofithilien]

The wielders of the three rings all three had the opportunity to seize the one...

We know Galadriel and Gandalf's fears about how it would turn them into a second Sauron but I wonder what Elrond's dark side would have looked like? Elrond who twice in his life could have taken it. Once by force the other by nature of being its guardian had it been left in Rivendell. Is that part of the reason why he wouldn't have it stay in Rivendell? He was afraid of temptation or was he both wise and disinterested like Faramir.

[undercat-overdog]

[The Three] were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.

The love of the Elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea.

The Elves of Eregion made Three supremely beautiful and powerful rings, almost solely of their own imagination, and directed to the preservation of beauty

[The Elves of Eregion] also retained the old motive of their kind, the adornment of earth, and the healing of its hurts.

[The Elves of Eregion] desired both to stay in Middle-earth, which indeed they loved, and yet to enjoy the bliss of those that had departed [...] they made Rings of Power [...] those who had [the Three] in their keeping could ward off the decayse of time and postpone the weariness of the world.

Yet after the fall of Sauron the [Three Rings’] power was ever at work, and where they abode mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the grief of time.

The Three were made to prevent the fading of the land the Elves loved, to make it beautiful and whole, to heal and adorn it. It was not to preserve their selves that the Rings were made; it was to preserve the well-loved lands, for beauty and joy and laughter.

(And oh, but the lands love them back: I hear the stones lament them: deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone. They are gone.)

And it’s not stupid. It’s tragic.

[watcherinwater]

Tolkien: The three rings were not corrupted, because Sauron never touched them.

ROP Sauron:  Look at me, touching both the Mithril and the jewels, touchy, touchy, touch touch touch!

Come on Amazon, I know you guys are getting creative because you don’t have the rights to all of the story*, but that part about the touching is pretty well spelled out in what you do have. It’s also a very major plot point and a big deal. Can we please keep those?

*For the life of me, I can’t understand why the Tolkien estate would do that. Either give them all the rights, or no rights. Or if you want to be more cautious, give them the rights to a complete story within a story like Akallabeth. It doesn’t make sense otherwise.

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[attheexactlyrighttimeandplace]

For the ROP themed asks, 1, 16 and 20 :)

You picked some really cool questions!

1. Favorite character?

I have anwered this one already here and my previous answer contains various options, so i think it's a complete answer.:)

16. What is your favorite item from the series? (For example, Finrods dagger, the piece of mithril Durin gave to Elrond, Adar’s gauntlet)

Arondir's bow and arrows without a a doubt!

It's more than a prop: Ismael made it look like it's an extension of Arondir's personality.

The elfiest elf is the most exceptional fighter of the show, thus all weapons should be very significative for him as a part of his fighting techniques, but the bow suits him specifically because of the essence of his movements: he moves like a dancer and with such grace and lightness, of course he was going to pick a weapon that produces the same effect of softeness and elegance while being very lethal, something that crushes his enemies but with gentleness and beauty.

It's like the arrows themselves sense it and thus abandon their orcs owners to comply with his orders: that scene of episode 4 in the woods where he's chased (with Theo) by orcs and stopped an arrow with his hands and sent it back is just superb for that in my view.

And i can't stop rewatching the destruction of The Watchtower of Ostirith.

It's his best fighting scenes for me (more than the fights against the orcs after he was captured in the tunnels or against the warg and the giant orc in episode 6), it's the way he likes to fight and i can feel it and i can feel his personality through it.

20. Are there any changes to the source material that you liked? (For example, Finrods death not being via werewolf but in battle or the making of the rings in the source material vs. their creation in the show)

I don't consider the creation of the rings has being that different of the source material, because of the rights issue. The writers are limited to what is said in The Appendices and honestly, these texts don't say more than what happened on the show. The chronology only mentions the elven rings (and there's an annexe about the dwarves which includes the ring of Durin III), and there's no detailed description of their creation, except for the part that mentioned that Sauron instructed the elven smiths about how to forge them.

It was asthetically beautiful for me to watch the elven smiths use their tools, the new forge in action, and the physical merger of the ores.

But i must admit it's the only reference to the canon that i enjoyed. After reading The Silmarillion, i really hate the changes in Finrod's storyline, and i don't really understand the point of transforming the way the mithril was created or altering its properties when it comes to the fading of the elves.

Thank you for asking! It was really fun to answer! 💛

[couldreallyeatawholecakerightnow]

Did not realize polls were timed...no wonder y'all be asking for rebogs

Anyway tell me about ur jewelry in the tags if u wanna!!

[sweetmapple]

@alberichfanpage mentioned that Freyja talks about Jerren but even if we had the option to ask Ansbach about Varre, I’d imagine we’d get something like this

[theribbajack]

"Now, the vow will be honoured, and my Lord brother's soul will return."

Radahn stans keep winning, but I personally am in Miyazaki's walls rn

[leillorien]

tres hunters….. tw*ttr liked this so i am posting it here 🗡️🪓🏹

[ariadne-mouse]

Time to get emotional about the lighting of the beacons

also props to the many folks in that chain whose job it is to hang out in the cold by a massive pile of firewood they can't use

[thatsluttytiefling]

All of my wildest dreams for this movie have come true

[eaissilyy]

Someone’s playing music.

Hello you can’t expect me not to feel anything when you placed Mogh the Sewer Guy™ and Morgott’s seal (sealed by Morgott the grace-given btw) in front of Frenzied jumping hell. There is no way they didn’t explore every corner of the sewer (so they can find the safe and least cold place to sleep… not to find the melting eyes disease) and found this abandoned catacombs with thousands corpses by accident.

Also this is perspective practice and then I found put that 1) I have no idea how it works 2) I make it up just to look believable enough and not look at it again 🙏🙏

[somerandomcockroach]

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 4: Haunted

[verecunda]

I like the thought that Celebrimbor puts a Fëanorian star on the Doors of Durin because it means he's made peace with his past; it's a sign he's let go of any bitterness and resentment he might - however justifiably! - hold towards his father and the rest of his family, and he's moving on.

But at the same time, I really like the idea that it's also a statement. That star is the device of the House of Fëanor, and he is the last member of that house still living in Middle-earth. And by putting the star on the West-gate, what he's saying, effectively, is: "I am the House of Fëanor now, I decide what our legacy in Middle-earth is to be, and I say this is what that house now stands for: friendship, inclusivity, co-operation, trust, peace."

And I don't think those two ideas are mutually exclusive. Often laying old ghosts is the necessary prelude to making that kind of positive change. And I do love the idea of Celebrimbor as someone who is constantly, consciously trying to do better.

[tlotrgifs]

There are plenty for both of us! May the best dwarf win!

[lotrlorien]

Not if we hold true to each other.