I think it’s brilliant. AI just allows for another art form. Nothing is lost, all the earlier art forms still exist. Use what you want. People reacted in the same way when photography was invented. The more ways that there are of expressing thiings, the better.

Some of the valar aren't as pretty as they should be.

My imagination is better, I wish I could drawing it

He was not in status as he was a fallen one like Melkor During second Age he was at his most powerful , his one Ring was most powerful artifact in Arda

What is a fallen maia called?

She wasn't of the valar.

Exactly, Tulkas >>>>> Melkor 😄

Never really understood the whole melkor is the most powerful valar thing if he constantly lost to tulkas, i suppose its said he lost alot of his power corrupting the world but that didnt seem much of an issue when he was fighting the other valar, he held his own just fine till tulkas joined the fight so u telling me there's that much of a power difference between melkor tulkas and the other valar even manwe melkor's brother? Thats wild

Tulkas could give Hercules a run for his money.

I'm not sure "rip off" is the right way to put it. Tolkien certainly had many influences. Eru and the angelic beings were influenced and inspired by various European mythos as well as his own Catholic/Christian faith. Eru is, to Tolkien, middle earth's version of God. These other beings are basically angels, but they do have some aspects of deities from pagan european mythology. Artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers...any creative person, really...can't help but be influenced by things that came before. As Shakespeare said, there is nothing new under the sun. Tolkien was quite open about his intent to create a long-form epic in the vein of the sagas of the early middle ages and the viking era. Scholars have gone into great detail studying and writing about Tolkien and his various influences, so your "discovery" that these characters have inspiration in pre-existing myth is no great insight.

Tolkien himself said his books were "catholic". So, you´re right.

A lot of Tolkien's work is inspired by christianity, norse mythology and even greek mythology, like for ex numenor is clearly inspired by the myth of Atlantis, Rohan and Edoras are inspired by viking culture and the creation of Arda and the rebellion of Morgoth is inspired by christian tradition wherein Lucifer/Satan rebels against God. Are you just now taking notice of this well known facts?

There are no new ideas, just new ways of relaying them.

Why you ask a question and then asnwer it yourself lol , that is weird

Join the club.

They had to take some visible shape so most of then created like their own avatars resembling the children of Iluvatar, instad of just being shapeless spirits or a bag of eyes in the sky.

Since the race of Man is the second-born of the "Children of Eru"... we look something like HIM.

why not?

because its drawn by a stupid AI, that's why

Even more sad that it ever started 😂

Sad? That show is an insult to Tolkien's legacy.

Brother its AI generated content. Dont think too much about it. There's no pleasure in AI Content

Neither makes sense that he has a physical form, even less human-like

Same reason greeks & whoever else pictured their pantheons in human form, probably. Or would you prefer them to be drawn as blobs of light?

Read the Silmarillion and you'll understand. Eru commanded the Ainur to sing a song which created Arda ( Middle Earth) and showed them a vision of what they created through their song. Before then, the Ainur didn't have the gift of sight and were amazed by what they had created. They were then told by Eru that what they were seeing was just a vision, and that they must descend into Arda and create the world that they had seen in the vision. Eru also showed them a vision of the "Children of Illuvatar" which Eru ( Illuvatar) alone had created. The Ainur were amazed and filled with joy and excitement at the coming of the Firstborn (elves) and the Laterborn (men). ( it's been a while since I read the book. They may have been called the Secondborn.) The Ainur that descended into Arda were called the Valar. Their purpose was to prepare Arda for the Children of Illuvatar. The Valar were so excited about the coming of the Children of Illuvatar that the Valar Aule created dwarves in secret before Illuvatar had placed the elves in Middle Earth. Illuvatar immediately knew what Aule had done and scolded him for exceeding what the Valar were permitted to do. Aule explained that he was filled with love for the Children of Illuvatar and had created the dwarves because of his impatience. Then, being ashamed at having disobeyed Eru, Aule raised his hammer to destroy his creation and the dwarves recoiled in fear. Eru stopped Aule before he could destroy them, forgiving him for violating his command. But he put a deep sleep upon the dwarves until after the elves were born in Middle Earth. It's been many years since I read the Silmarillion and I'm writing from memory. I'm sure that I got something not quite right, but that's the gist of it. The Valar took the forms of men and elves at times because of their love for them.

@@Tershula Sound to be a very good and accurate summary for me !!!

Melkor was dealing with the other Valar and Tulkas was the most physically strong among them. Melkor was definitely more powerful because he basically a a share of all the other Valars abilities but in pure strength alone Tulkas wins.

Melkor imbued much of his powers into his forces and into the lands, so he himself was not as powerful for a one on one fight. Tulkas’s whole thing was one on one fights.

Had they fought when Melkor first entered Arda, Melkor would have utterly curb stomped Tulkas. "And he descended upon Arda in power and majesty greater than any other of the Valar, as a mountain that wades in the sea and has its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of Melkor was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold"

Besides what has already been said, Melkor wasted so much of his energy that he became trapped inside a physical body, so that he could actually be killed, just like Sauron and the Balrogs, and unlike the other Valar, who wore a physical body but could dismiss it whenever they wanted to assume spiritual form. In fact, Melkor was even injured in battle by a simple elf, never fully recovering from his wound.

@@HerrPierre They could not be truly killed. They are all still spirit beings even though they were bound to certain things, Melkor the Earth most of all. Sauron had most of his power in the Ring after he made it, the Balrogs were just defeated and cast into the void.

According to Tolkien Gateway, Sauron ruled Middle-earth from S.A. 1600 to T.A. 3019. which is He ruled Middle-Earth more than Melkor :)

@@cangokce6750 WTF do you mean "ruled"?

If Celebrimbor had not created the 3 elven rings secretely using saurons knowledge, Sauron coud easliy destroy the elves after the war of the last alliance through the witch king as he did with arnor. The elves few as they were in the third age were not as weak because of the rings. The rings kept rivendell and lothlorien strong and hidden. And ofcourse need to mention gandalf's ring. Sharing his knowledge with celebrimbor and underestimating him was his downfall

@@timmian85 He was a threat to middle earth, so yeah he ruled.. in mordor..

@@aydoganberker2799 There is a big difference in "ruled middle-earth" and "ruled mordor" bro.

I see Hugh Laurie

Or that aule is aquaman

Dieties are fictional.

Hey, someone else also noticed !

And ulmo (momoa about 20 years from now). Ulmo/Aquaman

Yup

This AI did not draw him holding a beer.

Also alatar and palando the blue istari

I always thought that too. Aule also got his hand slapped by Eru for creating the dwarves before the elves woke up.

@@sethsomers603 There is a high chance that the Balrogs were Maiar of Aule as well considering that most spirits of Fire served him.

Aule was actually the only other original Valar besides Melkor that didn't follow the rules. Unlike Melkor, he stayed loyal to Eru. But Aule's creations were always somewhat suspect to corruption; Sauron was selfish, Saruman had this fear of great power, and Aule's dwarves were always stubborn and greedy.

Sounds like Muslim gatekeeping

You're saying Durin's Bane was unscary in Jackson's LOTR because you personally would not be scared of a giant demon on fire? If anything, he's way bigger and more imposing than the book made him sound.

@@MichaelSmith-un9ru Yeah, I didn't find him scary but I'm glad you did.

@@MichaelSmith-un9ru the lil guy just thinks he’s tough that’s all

kkkkkkkk so true

Was gonna say I like that!

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@@Hyperion-i9e is this supposed to be a comeback?

Which is okay, since Christopher Lee's Saruman was perfect.

ye only after he infused the world with almost all his power, before he would mop the floor with all the valar combined.

He is the most powerful, but not the strongest, he was also the only Valar to know fear. He is based on Lucifer who was God's most powerful angel but still was defeated by Archangel Michael.

@@Xhemnar yh of course I'm talking about after the creation of Arda. Manwe could have defeated him if not for his forgiving nature, and Morgorth literary ran away from Tulkas the first time

Take it up with Tolkien, he described Melkor as the most powerful. If it helps, there’s often a clear difference between the most powerful and the most physically strong in Tolkien’s work. He often used the word “Power” in the context of evil and corruption, and “Strength” in a more positive and virtuous context.

cry more

You're channeling Tolkien himself here 😅

No, Ilmarë and Airien were mightier.

And wasn’t Mandos really called Namo

Well said. ❤

And for that reason, Melkor feared and hated her more than any Valar. And her handmaiden, Ilmarë was the most powerful of the Maiar, not Mairon.