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I could rewatch the final Galadriel vs Sauron scene a million times. So much lore wrapped into that perfect temptation.

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Charlie Vickers’ smirk is everything. Best. Sauron. Ever.

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I love all the machinery in Celebrimbor’s forge. It shows how, like Saruman, his pride is leading him down the wrong path.

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My favorite episode of S1! Sauron already offering gifts to Celebrimbor ❤️❤️❤️❤️
The best two characters in the whole show! (Well, besides Adar).

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Ah yes, Halbrand, the shape-shifting Maia, faking a wound that “needs Elvish medicine”. Sneaky bastard.

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Galadriel, Miriel, and Bronwyn—three powerful women all together ❤️

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Berek is the real hero of the Second Age. Isildur never would have cut the Ring from Sauron’s hand if Berek hadn’t gone back to rescue him here!

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The creepy weirdos are back. What is their purpose other than to be red herrings for the identity of Sauron?

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Elrond & Durin, greatest bromance ever.

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Since this is the Celeborn episode, just want to say that I’m #TeamCeleborn for the Who Is Jamie Campbell Bower Portraying guessing game.

How did I miss Sadoc mentioning Greenwood the Great the first four times I watched this?? 🤣 That’s why I love #TROPRewatch

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Sad Elendil looking for his baby boy will always break my heart! 😭

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I love the way the show leans into how the Elves are embalmers, trying to arrest time and preserve the world as it is. Using mithril to do that is an odd choice, but overall, the Tolkien themes of Death and Immortality are there!

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Halbrand’s almost redemption continues. So close!

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Adar calling out Galadriel on her falling into evil is a highlight of this season ❤️

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The Halbrand vs Adar confrontation in this episode 🔥🔥🔥

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I love the whole idea that Adar would “adopt” the Uruk in the leadership vacuum after Morgoth’s fall (and getting rid of Sauron) and make them a family. They’re all trauma survivors, just trying to make a home and start over!

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I don’t understand the criticism this show gets regarding costuming. It looks amazing to me! Is it because we don’t have nine hours of behind the scenes documentaries on a DVD Appendix showing off the craftsmanship to make it count as “legit”? Kate Hawley is fantastic.

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New life in defiance of death.
Find the light and the shadow will not find you.

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“I am sorry. For your brother. For all of it.” If only he had gone to Manwë to beg forgiveness like he should have 😭

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I love every time the characters talk about Elrond’s parents. ❤️

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I know that no Silmarils ended up in a tree, but I still love the “apocryphal” story about mithril. RoP departs from Tolkien in a lot of ways, but the obsession the Elves have with preserving things (and using the Rings to do that) is spot on!

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Sauron just wanting to stay in Númenor to make crafts is one of my favorite things about this series. The little hints that his (temporary) repentance might be sincere.

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Ok, so is Arondir, the elfiest Elf who ever elfed. ❤️

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Adar is hands down the BEST non-canon character ❤️

#TROPRewatch And I still don’t get how the mystics fit into the story, but again, their music is 🔥

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I still don’t like the Harfoot/Stranger storyline, but This Wandering Day is beautiful.

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The scene where Elrond wonders if Eärendil is proud of him gets me every time. 😭

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Characters dropping place names (and people names) from the legendarium and speaking Quenya are two of my favorite things about this series.

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The banter between Elrond & Dúrin and between Halbrand & Galadriel are so fantastic 😂