The Valar and Maiar imagined by AI

[@Eye_Exist]

Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee's roles as Gandalf and Saruman were so incredibly good they have become synonymous to the characters. So much so that even the AI understands it.

[@Andy-dh2sv]

They were fucking perfect

[@jamesaron1967]

@@Andy-dh2sv Yep, impossible to find better actors for those roles.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Peter Jackson was a genius to hire these legendary actors.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Christopher Lee met Tolkien in person and got his blessing to play one of his characters should a live action movie ever got made.

[@burakucak]

You know what i liked the most? Uploader/maker didn't just leave the presentation at Picture/names only. The information which is given both at the beginning and with each visual made it so much better. Informative for who haven't read it yet and memory refreshing for those who already did.

[@masicb]

Spot on! I am a big fan of Tolkien, and of course I know much more then it is written. But I still enjoyed reading every single sentence!

[@ir8free]

The vid might need some quotes on physical details.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

@@masicb tolkien fan who is your favorite valar?

[@lilogden]

Arda isn't the universe. Arda is the world/planet. Ea is the universe

[@drownedwick5813]

The wizard's interpretation was spot on awesome. Loved how Saruman had Orthanc and birds in the backround.

[@margaretalbrecht4650]

I'm impressed. I could definitely see each of those as being who they're supposed to be. Excellent job.

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada1095]

Frodo:why do you pray to Varda and not Manwë? Elrond:we did at first,his response to everything was to send his eagles so we stopped trying

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Very funny.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Don't the elves pray to the other valar?

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada1095]

@@Butterflypegasus40 they do, but Elbereth or Varda is the one the reach out to the most, because the elves love stars above anything else.

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Theme music: Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Eru (Ilúvatar) 0:30 - Melkor (Morgoth) 0:45 - Manwë 1:00 - Varda 1:15 - Ulmo 1:30 - Aulë 1:40 - Yavanna 2:00 - Irmo 2:15 - Mandos 2:30 - Nienna 2:45 - Vairë 3:00 - Oromë 3:15 - Vána 3:30 - Estë 3:45 - Tulkas 4:00 - Nessa 4:15 - Mairon (Sauron) 4:30 - Gothmog 4:45 - Curumo (Saruman) 5:00 - Durin's Bane 5:15 - Aiwendil (Radagast) 5:30 - Olórin (Gandalf)

[@nachteulen_kollektiv2023]

"Aule Origin Story" - with Jason Momoa in a leading role!

[@dfringsofpower]

I love it, it very beautiful. 👏🔥👁🔥

[@angelayang1850]

This is the most interesting interpretation of Mandos I've ever seen.

[@ir8free]

just bald like Professor X?

[@Tohar7]

Very nice, But why was Melian missing. She played a major role in the first age and her descendants include: Lúthien, Elwing, Elrond, Arwen, Elendil, and Aragorn

[@glzasystm]

Mairon(Sauron) was not the greatest of the Miar............he was second or third......the greatest of the the Miar was Eonwe the herald of Manwe.

[@kitfisto9227]

He was propably greatest of miar in middle earth, but there were only around dozen of them in third age

[@ir8free]

Ilmarë and Eönwë were the chief Maiar.

[@ir8free]

@@kitfisto9227e was the greatest Úmaia.

[@WraYth-1776]

True. Mairon was the greatest Maiar that served Morgoth, not the greatest of the Maiar. The art is okay, but are too human looking. The Valar are supposed to be more akin to Elves than Men.

[@ЯпомнювсёЯникогданезабуду]

Yea. Most greatest trio is Ëonwe, Mairon and Ilmarë

[@faustomadebr]

Varda cant be generated by AI, because too great is her beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves; for the light of Ilúvatar lives still in her face.

[@saelind73]

Well said. ❤

[@acephas3]

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.

[@adlerzwei]

Damn Ilúvatar looks badass. I'm a believer now. o.O

[@Ipsifendis]

i think you missed the two blue wizards :) but this was great!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Amazon should have focused on these two since tolkien never wrote about their adventures.

[@wagnar]

Only in the movies Saruman wanted to serve Sauron…. In the books he wanted to replace Sauron as the ruler of Middle Earth.

[@dopaminn585]

Well yeah but he did still serve Sauron in the books, even if it was not his end goal. In both the books and the movies he rebelled by trying to bring the ring to orthanc instead of mordor

[@ZakhadWOW]

How do you leave out MELIAN??

[@ebaymku]

The music is so great and ominous! It reminds me of how terrifying it must have been for Maeglin to stand before Morgoth. And how fearful we were for Huron when he did the same. Tolkien communicated the terror of Morgoth’s presence so well that when you read the silmarilion you can almost clearly imagine how terrible it must be to be near him let alone speak to him

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I hate bald mandos.

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

Tulkas has way too much armor on. He has no need for such trifles.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

In mother russia, armour wears Tulkas

[@Sh5h5h]

Love how Tulkas is standing like he just entered a bar, in search for Melkor to f him up

[@justice4all190]

Exactly, Tulkas >>>>> Melkor 😄

[@ridgefrost]

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

[@RavenIdril2966]

Tulkas could give Hercules a run for his money.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Why was Melian, Osse and Unien not in this?

[@nefla2]

Arien, Tillion, Morinehtar, Pallando, Ilmare, Eonwë? Where are you?

[@tuor8087]

I approve of this great work.

[@Caledoniadream]

Melian? 😔

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Someone should do a segment on the maiar?

[@cronicasyleyendasdetolkien]

Falto Alatar, Palando, Melian, Eonwë y Thurigwethil

[@rodeojoe1938]

I think Eru is so far off but the rest are close

[@Boog_masskway]

Would have loved to see the prompt

[@syntaxed2]

Much of the info is incorrect: 1. Arda is the world, (middle-earth is a continent) , Eä is the universe. 2. Mandos judge all spirits. Men, Dwarves, Elves and even other Ainur - But only men can pass beyond the constraints of the world (Gift of Men granted by Eru) to a place not even the Ainur know.

[@yohef4537]

And wasn’t Mandos really called Namo

[@mugetsu4278]

4:37 and Gothmog was killed by Ecthelion, one of the most powerful elves to ever set foot in Middle-Earth.

[@GrinningNimbus]

Saruman didn't want to be Sauron's lieutenant, he wanted to take his place. He made the Uruk Hai as his own and told them to find the halflings and bring them to him alive so he could claim the ring and overthrow Sauron. He never told Sauron that he knew where the ring was.

[@rbjohmson77]

Well that was bloody awesome! I salute you.

[@Butterflypegasus40]

A job well done .

[@M_at_utub]

i see it almost once a day . this is incredible

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Sauron looks like a menacing matthew goode.

[@johnmuzic3475]

I named my daughter after one of these lovely female Valar...was also the name of my great grandmother who was originally from the Caucasian mountains...long story,...but anyways, so glad I did...timeless beautiful names...also on a side note, the attributes of some of the female Valar/Maiar in that sweet animals love them and follow them everywhere is true also of my daughter...all animals, even those that are scared of anyone, lovingly walk up to her and are not afraid to be near her, they know how much my daughter absolutely loves all living things, even bugs, trees, flowers, she loves it all...they can feel it ...

[@noldorwarrior7791]

Idk about you all but i really love those Balrogs.

[@tubehicks7037]

A Elbereth Gilthoniel...

[@cronicasyleyendasdetolkien]

Varda

[@Butterflypegasus40]

I liked her jewelry.

[@mariopokupec2652]

Good content. Good art, and short info about all of them.

[@andysoltysik7674]

Melian is missing. The Great Majar

[@anarion211983]

Manwe - Valar of doing nothing.

[@MegaMitrandir]

what about egles?)

[@anarion211983]

@@MegaMitrandir If he didn't fly himself to whip Morgoth behind it doesn't count much.

[@drownedwick5813]

Yeah all he did was nothing lol

[@ir8free]

Eru's will chose Manwë for loyalty over peace.

[@linsaitobeast4252]

​@@anarion211983напомню что из-за выпущенной силы в конце войны гнева затонул Белерианд, а там сражались только майр, эльфы и люди, если бы Манвэ выпустил всю свою силу там бы и Средиземью хана бы пришла, так что не совсем понимаю это утверждение, Манвэ понимал, что не может на полную махаться с Мелькором не уничтожив Средиземье, а может и А'рду в целом, к тому же Моргот был настолько ослаблен, что его бы и Эонвэ взял бы под стражу, слишком детское утверждение

[@johngeiger3770]

It's interesting that both the Maair of Aulé, Mairon (Sauron) and Curumo (Saruman) turned bad.

[@sethsomers603]

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

[@darnunt]

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

[@Watermelon_Man92]

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.

[@goodini026]

Manwe looks like a combination of Henry Cavill and John Cena with long hair lol

[@LucasRubini]

kkkkkkkk so true

[@Solitude507]

Amazing video man keep it up!

[@Matthew_080]

Amazing work! I loved it❤

[@RavenIdril2966]

Nessa looks like rose mciver.

[@ir8free]

Some basic canon details are wrong. Manwë has blue eyes and wears (sky) blue robes. Ulmo wears green scale armor and metallic headgear.

[@DreamLordGarsha]

I love the images and music in this video.

[@annecarter5181]

The music is spectacular! Hauntingly beautiful and so fitting for the Ainur.

[@LanfrancoAlbani]

I always think that the Valar and Maiar are not human at all, unless they wear a body to be physically in Arda, like Morgoth, Sauron, Melian and the Istari.

[@tomasrolter6729]

I suspect that the idea was to show the physical forms of these characters.

[@RavenIdril2966]

Ulmo looks sort of serpentine.

[@ir8free]

They aren't, but they shift into humanoid forms to sit on their physical thrones.

[@QueenMonny]

They can look however they want, and change their form the way we change clothes. They can also go about formless.

[@Blananoo]

Ilύvatar is neither a Vala nor a Maia. Still cool picture though.

[@austypebbles]

he is the one

[@scottnolan2833]

Nice job, but where is Melian?

[@pascalmarro391]

Magnifique

[@jujitsujew23]

Aulë is basically Jason Momoa 😂

[@Keija094]

Nop, so simple representation, so human…

[@edudelval6188]

More tolkien 🙏

[@ocbday]

Epic. Although ill admit i was hoping to see Ungoliant. I know shes not vala or maia.

[@williamking3301]

Actually, Ungoliant is classified as a Maia, one of many, like the Balrogs and Sauron, corrupted by Melkor long before Arda was made.

[@arsnotoria3755]

​​@@williamking3301 no, Ungoliant is a being as old as Arda itself and classified as a Nameless Thing, neither Maiar or Valar. Ungoliant was on Arda, along with a few other primordial beasts, like The Watcher, long before Melkor and the other Valar arrived. He did not have any control over Ungoliant either, they both shared the same goal and became partners. She wasn't corrupted by him, nor his slave. After she fed on the trees, she became too powerful for Morgoth and almost killed him. If it wasn't for Gothmog, Durin's Bane, along with a Balrog army pushing her back, making her retreat, she would have devoured Melkor. She eventually got trapped due to her size, and her hunger was so insatiable she ate herself alive. Shelob, her offspring is also older than Sauron and was on Arda before he was.

[@jared4188]

Anyone else notice manwe is john cena with long hair😅

[@timmian85]

I see Hugh Laurie

[@Stringer13ell]

Or that aule is aquaman

[@apostolospapamicheal557]

In their true form ainur maiar and valar are all beautiful and bright like a shining diamond they are angelic beings of god eru iluvatar after all

[@Butterflypegasus40]

I find nienna and vana total knockouts.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Este looks like sleeping beauty.

[@carsonnesbit1178]

Manwë lookin like Mr. Clean with long hair

[@jimbeaux89]

So cool

[@ddrfraser1]

What?! No Eonwe? Osse? :( But great job. Also, what music was this? It’s awesome.

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient Fathers by Kyle Preston, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@mithilbhattacharyya135]

Saruon was not the greatest Maiar, he was one of the greatest but not greatest, Melian, Arien, Eönwë they were also extremely powerful. And Sauron aka Mairon was unable to defeat Melian and was scared of Eönwë.

[@bdleo300]

The Valar - archangels, Maiar - angels, Morgoth - Lucifer...

[@Morzok]

Awesome video but i gotta ask, what is this music, its godlike!

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient Fathers by Kyle Preston. Thanks for watching!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

Bet sauron didn't look so good when frodo came along.

[@martinek4826]

Eonwë?

[@nevarmaor]

Why does Eru look like Neptune? Why do any of them look so human?

[@joshflugel]

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.

[@Iluvantir]

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

[@Sh5h5h]

why not?

[@AngeloTomasi85]

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

[@bobspalding2477]

Love what you did with the Balrogs. Would have loved to see this implemented in the adaptations.

[@ir8free]

But why the stereotypical horns that Tolkien never mentioned?

[@edudelval6188]

More about lotr

[@Dragonrdm]

Eonwe?

[@tluangasailo3663]

where is geralt of rivia lol

[@DarthRevan655]

What ai generation you use ? These are awsome

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Midjourney

[@RavenIdril2966]

The Balrogs are vicious looking which is how I imagined them to be.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

Aule Momoa felt off, and so did Mandos. The Balrogs should have been in their fire-spirit form, and the future Istari also should not have been in the form they took in Middle Earth. I really thought we'd see Melian.

[@bluebird3281]

Why does Manwe look like John Cena?

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Why does morgoth look like Megatron from transformers?

[@edwardmcallister5681]

Nice work, I would like to see some of the other inhabitants of Middle Earth, maybe the Nazgul and Hobbits, the Ents as well.

[@Ameslan1]

Forgot Melian!

[@stefanpieper3757]

No. There a hundreds if not thousands of Maiar. He didn't forget her just as much he didn't forget all the others.

[@Ameslan1]

@@stefanpieper3757 But Melian was a central character in the First Age which she being Maiar should not have been overlooked.

[@stefanpieper3757]

@@Ameslan1 More important than the literal Sun and Moon? More important than the Commander-in-Chief of the Host of the Valar? There are 16-17 (depending on Canon) named Maiar, some named character are possible Maiars, and he only included 6.

[@Ameslan1]

@@stefanpieper3757 Yes Melian is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than those other Maiar that you mention because she was a CENTRAL CHARACTER of the FIRST AGE! She is Maiar just like Sauron, Saruman, Gandolf, Radagast, The Blue Wizards, and the Balrogs! Melian was not in the background like those other Maiar during the Age of the Music.. Melian had dialogue, she was the one and only Maiar to have sex with her Elf King husband and given birth to Luthien .. She used her Maiar powers to defend her realm. So YES.. She is more important and should have been INCLUDED among that group of AI Maiar!

[@stefanpieper3757]

@@Ameslan1 The first rise of the sun woke the first Humans. Pretty important. The rest of your argument rests on what WE see. But the most important Maiar lived in Valinor, not Middle Earth, were our story takes place. Melian is simply an outlier, because she is one of the few Maiar who kept residence in Middle Earth.

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

What was the music you used for this video?

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Very good pick.

[@saelind73]

I like Ulmo.

[@bangarangjack]

Jason Momoa as Aule anyone?

[@numakthegreat]

Hey, someone else also noticed !

[@dbs3f]

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

[@josephflanagan2527]

Yup

[@Mushisamurai]

No blue wizards? 😢

[@draconian_dragonlord]

Comment section full of people talking utter BS without any understanding about these things. Though I might question myself why I even waste my time being here, watching this and writing this comment..

[@skullleaderx4986]

Where is Melian?

[@RavenIdril2966]

She wasn't of the valar.

[@robertpearson8798]

Aule looks a lot like Jason Momoa.

[@eddienewman01]

Was gonna say I like that!

[@trestabernae7250]

Why imagine the Ainurs and the Maiars in these forms when man was not yet created even if the latter had the physiognomy of an elf created before him, i.e. two arms, two legs...?

[@KRIGSSV1N]

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

[@Tershula]

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.

[@philippes.9571]

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

[@brianpalaganas8774]

Great imagery! But where are the Blue Wizards?

[@karlgw]

even an AI would need a little more to go on than we have for the Blue Wizards

[@Boog_masskway]

Blue wizards have no names AFAIK

[@LauraJdogmom]

@@Boog_masskway Not from LotR, but from other Tolkien works their names were Alatar and Pallando, at least in Valinor. They probably adopted names in one or more local languages, depending on where they settled.

[@philippes.9571]

@@Boog_masskway Alatar and Palando...

[@yohef4537]

Tbh I cared not for the depictions, least of all Eru. It was nice to read the blurbs though. Though I’m pretty sure mairon was not necessarily the most powerful maiar, and that Mandos’s name was actually Namo.

[@Danny_285]

Saruman literally just Christopher Lee version with seagulls

[@LauraJdogmom]

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

[@Estel_98]

Eönwë was the mightiest of the Maiar in arms, Mairon/Sauron was the most powerful and Olórin was the wisest Maia. I think Melian would be able to hold off Sauron but Olórin said he was too weak for the Istar job and feared Sauron.

[@acephas3]

Ilmarë was more powerful than all three. Airien was also much more powerful than them. They just had other jobs.

[@Watermelon_Man92]

Irmo looks like the white version of Gandalf.

[@Vovoverine]

Where is Tulkas' smile?

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

This AI did not draw him holding a beer.

[@Tauramehtar]

Damn...what is that music 😮🤩

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Theme music: Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston

[@Tauramehtar]

@@NeoArtiStudios Thank you so much, I appreciate you letting me know. Killer video, by the way. Subbed. _EDIT_ I was #100, hell yeah)

[@NeoArtiStudios]

@@Tauramehtar You're very welcome. My pleasure.

[@evertomsouza3194]

Osse, Uinen, Ariem,Eonwe,Tilion

[@pedrovillela6813]

Also alatar and palando the blue istari

[@mehrunaway3293]

I wish one day , made first age as a movie or series 😢

[@RavenIdril2966]

Join the club.

[@deadbrother5355]

Nienna is Tolkiens equivalent of the cholo Sad Girl.

[@terrystewart1973]

I'm not sure why this starts with Eru Iluvatar, who was neither a Valar or a Maiar, but God who created both them and Arda.

[@panicpowerhouse8158]

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

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

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

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Nice.

[@ketugrahagraha3673]

Why does Irmo look so old?!

[@Butterflypegasus40]

My thoughts exactly.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Aule looks like how I imagined him to be.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

@@lilacgirl-z8w he looks a little too much like Jason Mamoa

[@gautamchopra-b2n]

Where are the blue wizards ?

[@juancarmusic]

learn to do things right, amazon

[@Butterflypegasus40]

You sound like my brother.

[@ir8free]

some basic details are wrong, costume-wise.

[@robertmiskell8117]

Eonwe is the mightiest of the Maiar and herald of Manwe

[@acephas3]

No, Ilmarë and Airien were mightier.

[@Fiyshem]

Gandalf and sauron

[@kerem8190]

holy goosefuckingbumping

[@fotosvond_]

So nice that we have AI, we don't need to think ourselves anymore nor imagine anything. 😮‍💨🤮

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

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.

[@RavenIdril2966]

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

[@paijokotak6996]

My imagination is better, I wish I could drawing it

[@helios2379]

i saw some of those on pinterest

[@christiano9693]

Minor point: Mairon is not really a canon name. It's what we can call ascended canon or pseudo canon just because most people believe it so it's accepted but there is no traceable origin from Tolkien. My opinion, just let's pretend it's the real name, is a welcome addition to the lore.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

I mean if there is reliably Word of Tolkien, then it's canon, even if unpublished.

[@KirkLangford-nf8bs]

Gandalf was the wisest of all the Maiar and beat Sauron with strategy he played chess, and Sauron played checkers so Gandalf should be in the top 3 !

[@afz3003]

I dont like that idea that Melkor is the modt powerful Valar. Most powerfull will probably, but both Tulkas and Manwe are stronger than him

[@Xhemnar]

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

[@airixxxx]

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.

[@afz3003]

@@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

[@welly115]

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.

[@polybian_bicycle]

I love how they are all white. AI was not yet been corrupted by wokeness.

[@tevildo45]

Haha wokeness equals non white people existing.

[@polybian_bicycle]

@@tevildo45 Well yeah, in a fantasy setting that is basically medieval northern Europe.

[@tevildo45]

It’s fantasy pal. It never ever happened. Wizards, goblins, orcs ye no problem but somebody with non white skin just offends the life out of you. Also black people existed in medieval Europe. This is just an incontrovertible fact

[@torkilddenhje20]

@@tevildo45 so, by your own estimate you should have no problem if we do a representation of Wakanda as a full white population since white people also has live in Africa. This is just an incontrovertible fact.

[@rikk319]

@@torkilddenhje20 Getting worked up over who plays a character in a work of fantasy fiction is about the least important thing I can imagine. If that's the sum total of your worries in life then you're either a child with no life experiences or an impressively coddled snowflake.

[@ghaldurinanubios4290]

To think these are all just fictional characters... they all feel as if they were real deities.

[@crhu319]

Dieties are fictional.