Lord of the Rings - [Amazon] *Spoilers*

As i understand it, they have rights to the Lord of the Rings books, and thats it - so

• The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Two Towers
• The Return of the King
• Notes Appendix

Having decided not to just Re-Do the trilogy, they have decided to do 'the second age' of Middle Earth - which is mentioned a few times in the main books, but is covered in notes in the Appendix - If that is all you have to go on - then Galadriel is

• Lady of Lorien
• Wielder of an Elvish Ring
• Married to Celeborne since the first age (curiously absent from the show)
• Powerful in Elvish Magic
• Inspiring of great courage, and virtue
• Member of White Council

So, yea thats it - so this Warrior Galadriel is a fabrication of the show runners -

there is no strict canon on Robin Hood - its a legend - as is Excalibur - thats why every one is entirely different

@liamtech

That's the Third Age. We have no real idea what she was up to 5000 years before that and neither did Tolkien either because he never really fleshed it out much. Elves live a long time. Who knows what 5000 years does to one of them?

That doesn't mean that Galadriel couldn't have been written better, or at least better than what we've seen so far, which has been precious little in fairness.

With respect we do know much of Galadriel during the second age

At the beginning of the Second Age, Celeborn and Galadriel dwelt for a time in Lindon, south of the Lune, while Gil-galad ruled in the north.[27] Both left Lindon before the years 10-20, when Gil-galad became king in that land, apparently thanks to her influence.[28] They entered Eriador and dwelt for a while around Lake Nenuial, being followed by many Noldor, Grey-elves and Green-elves. They were considered the Lord and Lady of the Eldar in Eriador.[29]:234 Probably around S.A. 300,[note 3] Galadriel and Celeborn had a daughter: Celebrían.[16]

Circa the year 500, Sauron began to stir in Middle-earth again,[27] but his name was not known. He was, however, perceived by Galadriel, who noticed there was a controlling evil, and that it was spreading above the world, coming from the East beyond the Misty Mountains. She also thought this 'residue of evil' could only be fought with an alliance of all its enemies. Therefore, she and Celeborn moved eastwards and established the realm of Eregion near Khazad-dûm. Celeborn was not fond of Dwarves, but she saw the importance of getting close to them, for she saw military interests even with them. Also, she was a Noldo, and therefore close to them in mind and in the passion for crafts; and in Valinor she had learned from Yavanna and Aulë, the creator of the Dwarves himself.[29]:235

Some Noldor were also interested in establishing a realm near Khazad-dûm because they knew mithril had been discovered there. Therefore, many Elven-smiths came to Eregion and created good relations with the Dwarves. Celebrimbor, a descendant of Fëanor (and therefore a distant cousin of Galadriel), was the greatest of the craft-men and the Lord of Eregion.[27] He was its main builder and in 750 Ost-in-Edhil, the main city of the realm, was begun. The power of Galadriel and Celeborn also grew: thanks to the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, they had contact with the Nandorin realm of Lórinand, on the other side of the Misty Mountains. Thanks to Galadriel's influence upon Lórinand, Sauron's machinations there were fruitless.[29]:236 She also got in contact with Númenor, having a meeting with King Aldarion when he came to Tharbad around 883-884.[30]

About the year 1200, Sauron came in disguise to Eriador, but he was only welcomed in Eregion by Celebrimbor and the Elven-smiths, who were interested in his advice on craftsmanship.[29]:236 Galadriel was not deceived, and rejected him, saying that he was not in the training of Aulë as he claimed.[31] "He perceived at once that Galadriel would be his chief adversary and obstacle, and he endeavoured therefore to placate her, bearing her scorn with outward patience and courtesy". At the same time, without her knowledge, Sauron influenced Celebrimbor and his Gwaith-i-Mírdain against Galadriel and Celeborn. Finally, he moved them to rebellion and they seized the power of Eregion at some time between 1350 and 1400. Thus, Galadriel and Celebrían left through Khazad-dûm to Lórinand, although Celeborn would not enter the Dwarvish realm and remained in Eregion.[29]:23

When Sauron made the One Ring in S.A. 1600, his treachery was discovered by Celebrimbor.[27] The elven-smith came to Lórinand, seeking counsel from Galadriel. They did not find the strength to destroy the Rings of Power, but she advised him to hide the Three Rings of the Elves where Sauron could not find them. Therefore he gave her Nenya, the White Ring, and the other Rings were given to other Elven lords.[29]:237 This was done in 1693, the same year Sauron began the war against the Elves.[27]

With the invasion of Eriador, Eregion was destroyed and Celebrimbor killed. Despite using torture, Sauron could not learn from him where the Elven Rings were, but suspected they were kept by Galadriel and Gil-galad.[29]:238 But thanks to the military intervention of Númenor, Sauron was defeated in 1700.[27] Soon afterwards, Galadriel was affected by sea-longing, and she decided to leave Lórinand and dwell beside the sea.[29]:240 As one of the High-elves, her yearning for the sea was unavoidable, and now she became burdened with the desire to cross to the Blessed Realm, but the ban upon her impeded it.[12] Thus she did not go to the sea yet, but crossed west of the mountains through Khazad-dûm with Celebrían. Seeking Celeborn, they travelled to Imladris, a refuge created by Elrond during the war. Once there, a Council was held, in which it was decided that Imladris would be the Elvish stronghold in the East, rather than the desolate Eregion.[29]:239-40

Galadriel, Celeborn and Celebrían dwelt a long time in Imladris, but at some point they left and moved near the sea, to Belfalas, at the place later known as Dol Amroth. There were few inhabitants there, but they were visited by Nandorin companies.[29]:238 Apparently, they returned to Lórien twice before the Last Alliance and the end of the Second Age.[32]

From Tolkiengate

Well we will agree to disagree then - there is a lot there, along with her HUSBAND who has been excised (to give Galadriel female agency, down with the patriarchy) for unknown reasons. But in any case, she is the lady of Lorien. Certainly powerful and influential -

No where in the writings of Tolkien does she

• Wear body armor
• Lead Soldiers
• Is out for Vengence
• was 'ordered' back to Valinor (no one was ordered back to valinor btw)
• 
  

In any one of the large gaps of hundreds of years, she could have done all of those things.

I think it started with Gamergate as the games journalists were too close to the Gaming companies and could be accused as being biased, so people started flocking to independent youtuber reviewers. You see so many youtube videos critical of gaming companies and I think that sort of negativity has seeped into movie reviewing on the site. If a reviewer mentions wokeness or not enough diversity in casting in a movie review I just ignore it. The entertainment value in the plot and acting is what should be called out.

Doesnt matter, its someones view on it, biased or not, now if they want to delete duplicate reviews proven to be from the same person/IP whatever fair enough. But all? its crazy!

They want her to be everything all at once Tony . Her Hubby hasn't shown up in the 1st 2 eps so CLEARLY they have written him out , they also haven't established Galadriels nebulous vaguely defined powerset in the 1st 2 eps so clearly she's just xenafied Mary Sue and will never be anything more. The sky is always falling with some people.

As for the ones saying all would have been well if they had just created a new character , Tauriel from the Hobbit says hello. Any new female elf who didn't require rescuing or wasnt getting her ass handed to her regularly would have been accused of being a Mary Sue.

Censorship is not censorship ffs.

Government censorship could tell you the economy is booming while 1m people starve in Ukraine or that the 1000s of people falling out of helicoptors into the ocean are accidents.

You are talking about a private company hiding how bad a TV show is.

I'de say turn off the YouTube incels and get some air kid.

IMDB was an independent company at one stage - its over 30 years old, i predates the proper rise of the internet - and now, thanks to Bezos' vanity project, it has lost its credibility - by limiting what people can and cannot say, on a supposed free movie rating database - thats it. IMDB is effectively dead -

Just to demonstrate how you cannot engage in a civil conversation, you then proceed to whataboutism - yes the fall of IMDB is not as serious as the wars in Ukraine. did i say it was????

I'd say turn off the YouTube incels and get some air kid. - this is just pure insult @breezy1985 -dont refer to me as a kid - i dont refer to you as sweety, or doll, or babes - given that i tried to engage you in conversation and you continually retort to this horrid form of response - i assume now there is no chance that you and I can discuss this civilly.

Therefore i suggest you ignore my posts in future -