mai-komagata reblogged
I’m just gonna say it. I like Rings of Power. And I say this as someone who, 20 years ago, spent a lot of time writing and thinking and talking about the Second Age, so I am deeply aware of every change.
But!!! Watching Sauron seduce and gaslight Celebrimbor into creating the rings?! Chef’s kiss!! Proto-hobbits? Love it! Khazad-dûm at its height? Makes me feral. Gil-galad! Círdan! An elf corrupted by Melkor! Númenor! For everything they choose to change (and they do choose it,) they leave a thousand Easter-eggs for old Tolkien nerds like me, and I’m here for it.
