😂 (glad you still watch my stuff)

I still think the do colour blind casting.

@@ThePhilosophersGames Honestly, I am approaching it that way. I don't care if the Elf or Hobbit or Dwarf is black, brown or Asian. That said, Amazon Prime Video has a strict DEI policy with quotas for hiring and screen time. Having Rhûn be a desert makes the black Hobbits out there look natural, more than the whites. It also makes Sadoc and the other black Hobbits seem more viable. Bezos should have just made all the Harfoots black. For me, they should all be the same race. The United Nations of Harfoots is an obvious DEI virtue signal. They should hold hands in a big circle and sing "We Are the World."🙄

I already crated the Thumbnail 😄

Yes same 😄

dot dot dot.

Also I think it's Stickymullet not StickyMallet. Fn croquette dude, Ive never understood it. God save the Queen.

Pissed nobody on Deviant drew that shit.

Also how did they make something in Numenor for a Kingship that didn't exist yet?

Fuck

Fn gutentah' bro. Lol I'm not even gonna try to spell that right.

❤

Subtle

haha oh sorry. Eh - ah Stress on the first syllable (it's two syllables).

@@ThePhilosophersGames omg thank you thank you *THANK YOU!!!!* 🙏 Also, I really appreciate you not using the IP alphabet; I find it so confusing. Thank you again!! 🫶🥰

@@TheMotherofTacos No problem, glad I could help ^^ I like to use the IPA too, but not everybody is familiar enough with it, to derive the pronunciation. I also hope "eh" and "ah" are pronounced as I imagine by native English speakers 😅 (ah as in father; eh somewhat like in bed)

Don't be hasty with forgiveness.🙄 It explains why the Ent-wives never returned to their husbands.

maybe the sound was muted?

I like your optimism 😅

sorry to hear. Yes usually when I play video games, there is at least some cheese to the w(h)ine. PS: Jokes aside, I know that after Season 1, I will have a hard time to stay neutral or optimistic for Season 2. I'm primarily a book fan and some changes trigger me quite hard. E.g. Episode 8 is if you purely look at its making potentially the best or one of the best episodes of season 1, but it's story/lore wise the episode that disappointed me the most. I see so much potential, if they would have sticked more to what Tolkien wrote with only some minor changes to the main plot points. I hope they can improve in season 2 (pacing, the story leading somewhere, more scale,e tc), but it also feels like that the writers wanted to make things more difficult for them in some places and there they risk creating plot holes and having story arcs and character decisions not fitting perfectly together. Still I#m curious what they will do. I try to be more neutral, but it's hard.

​@@ThePhilosophersGames I don't think you are whining much. I think you are as fair as you can be, knowing as much about the lore as you do. Hang in there; it's just a month before all hell breaks loose in the Tolkien fandom.

I don't mind if somebody likes the show. But yes from the Books' perspective Galadriel did not trust Annatar, left Eregion and - as you say - recommended to destroy even the three or at least hide them, esp. not using them.

Yes best case would be that some parts of season 1 were just a dream of Celebrimbor's dog 😅

@@ThePhilosophersGames 🐶🌌

there is one version where Celebrimbor has a crush on Galadriel. But there is no canon in this area. Celebrimbor was not sure what to do with rings after he found out Sauron was behind it. And then held council with Galadriel and they agreed the rings should be hidden. You could interpret things as maybe he made Nenya with Galadriel in mind, but as said, that is just an interpretation. All the different versions Tolkien wrote, make this time very complicated and it's impossible to make definitive statements.

@@ThePhilosophersGames Well you obviously believe the version of the story where Celebrimbor has the Three Rings when Sauron puts on his One Ring. I think that he had already handed out two of them to Galadriel and Gil-galad and kept the third one for himself. And I believe that all three took off their Rings immediately after Sauron put on his for the first time. Can you prove to me that Celebrimbor did not make the Rings to immediately help Eregion, Lindon, and Lothlorien. I refuse to believe he forged those Rings and held onto them for ten years, and maybe would have held onto them forever had Sauron not put on his One Ring. Waiting for more than ten years to give those Elven Rings of Power is stupid. Celebrimbor made a deal with Annatar so he wasn't going to use any of the first 16 Rings of Power. He must have been impatient waiting for Annatar to return and so made Vilya, Nenya, and Narya. This is my headcanon anyway.

@@ThePhilosophersGames By the way, the version of the story that shows Celebrimbor being in love with Galadriel has an extensive dialogue in Unfinished Tales, three pages before the Notes section of The History of Galadriel and Celeborn. Anyway, that is why I believe it is true.

Yes, just read the texts 😅 the Eregion Elves made Galadriel and Celeborn leave Eregion. Lothlórien had a different King/Ruler at this time, which was not Galadriel, but Galadriel gets the Ring not the Ruler. Gil-galad and Elrond advised Eregion to not trust Annatar. They trusted him despite the warning (with the words: "Alas, for the weakness of the great!For a mighty king is Gil-galad, and wise in all lore is Master Elrond, and yet they will not aid me in my labours. Can it be that they do not desire to see other lands become as blissful as their own?"), so the relationship between Lindon and Eregion was potentially not the best after that. So why would Eregion give away one of the best Rings to Lindon? And not some "lesser" ring if any ring at all? Also shouldn't the person, who claims that the video maker is wrong, provide sources to strengthen their claims? 😅 But I can provide evidence for my words. One Version from Unfinsihed Tales: "Sauron himself departed from Eregion about the year 1500, after the Mirdain had begun the making of the Rings of Power. Now Celebrimbor was not corrupted in heart or faith, but had accepted Sauron as what he posed to be; and when at length he discovered the existence of the One Ring he revolted against Sauron, and went to Lorinand to take counsel once more with Galadriel. They should have destroyed all the Rings of Power at this time, 'but they failed to find the strength'. Galadriel counselled him that the Three Rings of the Elves should be hidden, never used, and dispersed, far from Eregion where Sauron believed them to be. It was at that time that she received Nenya, the White Ring, from Celebrimbor [...]" Silmarillion: "Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them." LotR: "[...] and forged secretly in the Mountain of Fire the One Ring to be their master. But Celebrimbor was aware of him, and hid the Three which he had made; and there was war, and the land was laid waste, and the gate of Moria was shut." They all have in common the following order: three unsullied Rings of Power were made in secret, then Sauron forged the One Ring and the elves of Eregion became aware of who Annatar really was and then they hid the Three Rings. That is the order.

@@ThePhilosophersGames You are a bit overly sensitive. I never stated YOU were Wrong. There are so many versions of the story of Galadriel and Celeborn as well as Ost-in-Edhil that it makes everyone's head spin.😵‍💫 I was just stating to you what I believed. It had been so long since I had read Unfinished Tales that I forgot some important parts, some of which you generously included in your last post. It turned out that all you had to respond was: "But, Enerdhil, Celebrimbor DID keep the Elven Rings in Eregion for over ten years. He wore Vilya and two other Elf Lords wore Nenya and Narya. All three took off their Rings when Sauron put on the One Ring." Ooooops!😅😅😅😅😅😅 I think you took my words personally. For that I apologize. I have too much respect for you to call you out or question your knowledge. I do think I am entitled to have my own headcanon version of Galadriel's storyline. I just wanted you to tell me where you got the information you posted. I found it myself by spending 25 minutes combing through the chapter The History of Galadriel and Celeborn. Then I read about Amroth, first born son of Galadriel and Celeborn.🙄 Galadriel and Celeborn found Eregion or just Ost-in-Edhil.😵‍💫 Anyway, sorry for anything I posted by which you felt insulted or attacked. Thanks for your very detailed explanation. And I look forward to finishing the rest of this video.😁😓

Looks a bit too artificial/CGI-y. I hoped that over 20 years later Ents would look quite a bit better than in the PJ LotR films 😅 The design is fine imo.

Thank you too for joining and being active during the livestream ^^

Thank you ^^ Well it's just fanfiction at this point.