I wonder if it was the palantir that corrupted Saruman? And to be fair, he was a Maia as well as Sauron. His voice was persuasive and there was a chance he could've used the palantir to control Sauron. Rather, maybe it was a risk he decided to take while still pure-hearted, but one which failed. He might've even known Sauron as Malion - they were both students of Aule. So would he have become evil if he hadn't used the palantir? Is Sauron solely to blame for his fall? Just a few conjectures. Also, I find it ironic that Tolkien emphasises the importance of compassion in his writing, but he shows none for orcs - who are corrupted through no fault of their own, yet have no chance of salvation - or Gollum, who ends up boiled alive in mt doom. Could not Tolkien have created one kind orc? Or couldn't he have saved Gollum, so that the ring went into the molten lava, but not Gollum? Both of these seem cruel to me. Another point, I'm not sure how a study from some US university is relevant to Tolkien's world. If it's the one I'm thinking about, it was unethical and it was poorly conducted. Lastly, Faramir also was another hero in that he resisted taking the ring and spared Gollum's life when Gollum sneaked his way into their secret headquarters, the pool. I don't understand why Peter Jackson had the soldiers beat up Gollum in the movie. The character of Faramir was meant to be good and noble.

@victoriakidd-cromis1124 He isn't a High King. He has to follow his liege. He'd be a commander. And all the elves were leaving, so he left with Elrond. And even with his power boost, he could not stand against Sauron and win

Except for the same music repeating on every video, these are really good.

Not Sir-ith. Kir-ith, I believe.

If Glorfindel was so powerful, why didn't he rid Moria of Durin's Bane? And why didn't he clear Cirus Ungol of Shelob? And why didn't he go to Minas Tirith to help against the nazgul there? After all, Glorfindel wasn't a man either, he was an elf.

It's funny to think that he was only revived because perhaps his death was an unfinished story that perhaps was never actually used. Good video!

Did Glorfindel leave middle-earth when Gandalf, Elrond, & Galadriel did? Was he with Elrond & Gilgalad during the battle with Sauron? Considering his previous behavior I find it hard to believe he'd stay safe in Rivendell while the rest of them were fighting Sauron when he had single-handedly fought a balrog of Morgoth and won and so earned reincarnation. I got Glorfindel and Gilgalad mixed up during an earlier episode but it seems to me that Glorfindel should hae been the one to lead the elves against Sauron becasue he had greater power than any of the others.

Yeah, there is one problem, the lightsabers do not give the power of force to the wielder, regardless of who they are, only the ones, who already have a connection to force can use the lightsaber to its full potential, and Melkor definitely could not have a connection to force, because he was from another universe, with different structure and laws of nature, which means, that it would just be a sword, that cuts anything So it would not be suitable for a use such as magnifying the existant abilities or especially, no world size creepy radio to seed hopelessness and despair into the hearts of men

The shame wasn't in breaking the oath, but in taking it. Feanor and his sons were basically mass murderers. As for what I would've done, that's a difficult question. Breaking an oath was so much more sinful during the period and culture that Tolkien's world is based on. Look at what happened to the people who broke their oath to isildur - they became the army of the dead. You just never broke an oath full stop. Most people today don't understand that. The short of it is that you should never make promises you can't keep lol

what if Rivendell had an Special Ops Elf Tactical Weapons Unit 😉

What if Gondor had nuclear capabilities?

Darth Melkor?

And then, one day, came a figure clad in the most obsidian of black armor, the sound of his breathing bringing fear to all. He stood before the Dark Lord Morgoth, and spakest thus in a deep, cold, and fear-inducing voice: "I believe you have something that belongs to ME.".

Isn't Gil-galad the elf who killed a balrog but died doing that and was reincernated?

Enjoyed your analysis of the story. Because of my Christian upbringing I would never have taken the vow but this story of the evil of Feanor is of course an object lesson.

Did I miss the part where the ring resides on Sauron's finger in Numenor before his downfall and his spirit bearing it back to middle earth when Numenor sank?

I'm disappointed by the amount of AI you are using. There is such a difference in the writing of the body of narration and the ending, it makes me think you're using chat gpt or the like to write your stories for you as well. AI images, voice AND writing? It's depressing

This could fall into a what if scenario but what would happen if ungoliant had eaten the silmarils?

that’s kinda a disturbing image,homie was a playa with the elf ladies 😉

your a i is tallking to fast to get the stories over completed in the silmarillion there is to much onformation to gloss over it slow down and make part 1 and part 2 and part three GET ME

I really enjoy your content but you MUST STOP repeating yourself,it’s annoying 😬

maybe not the content I expected, but the content I needed... I loved the illustrations

This is actually so creative😮😮

I don't think Elrond left Middle Earth hopeless. I think he, Arwen, and Aragorn (not to mention Legolas and countless others sundered from loved ones by the divide between mortals and elves) held out hope and trusted that even if they would be separated until the ending of the world, they would be reunited in a future beyond the circles of the world. A higher power like Eru Iluvatar could not design things otherwise and still be benevolent and worthy of the power he had.

Losing his brother gave him compassion and wisdom. He did not have any of the issues you made up at the end.

Helpful video. Sounds like AI though. BTWxFrodo did not carry the ring “unwittingly.”

But a good overview of Elrond's life & efforts.

Círdan .. not pronounced like Sirdan ... but Kirdan.

I see him as we did at beginning of the film, The Fellowship of the Ring. However, Gollum apparently saw Sauron in person, even saying he still lacked a finger!

This is very good but could be improved by less repetition. For example, we don't really need to hear the squirrel story three times or ponder the fate of the entwives twice.

Turin's story would have made an amazing anime movie. In David Day's Tolkien Bestiary he's even wearing samurai inspired armor

I like your videos. On the road to 5k

Great video

Great vid

You managed to spell Túrin correctly but didn't manage to spell *Turambar* the right way as well, eh? Freaking stupid AI videos.

I like this, the vibe of the video is awesome, but the script is very repetitive. You say the same thing a bunch of times with slightly different words.

We need more #Shadowofwar #Shadowofmordor games with more characters like this

My theory is that overall, Turin never was cursed. After all, he was lucky in so many ways, like getting to live with elves or slaying Glaurung or being a great warrior from a noble house or never ending up in Angband or not dying from plague or not being the one who got hit on the head in the gorge. And we all have our bad patches. But that's just my opinion. If he'd really been cursed, he would've perhaps grown 2 noses or turned into an onion every week on Thursdays - that sort of thing. Lol clearly Morgoth didn't have much imagination. And as for Nargothrod, the elves didn't have to listen to him when it came to building that bridge. And why did he wait until Glaurung suggested it to him to go and find Morwen and Nianor?

Cool video. Manwe best understands Iluvatars vision so I assume they were acting how they were supposed to have acted in the greater vision of iluvatar

I recon he was there when Bilbo and the Dwarves came.

Yeah. Just .. stop. Get this material to Robert from indeepgeek. This AI shit fucking sucks.

Great content, much better and entertaining than Amazon's rings of woke crap!

He wasn’t reluctant.

Húrin Thalion’s story is absolutely gripping-his defiance against Morgoth, the unimaginable torment he endured, and the way his every action seemed to ripple through Middle-earth, bringing both hope and tragedy. It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? If Morgoth’s curse twisted even the noblest of Húrin’s intentions, was there ever a moment where he truly had control over his fate, or was he always bound to be a pawn in the Dark Lord’s grand design?

Good content

It’s hard to listen to AI mispronounce names, battles and quotes.

I would seek another path.

Really enjoyed your version of the story. It was straightforward and well narrated.😊

Very well told and condensed. Lots of atmospheric content! Motivating. Thanks