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Lore of Middle-Earth The voice that you did for Galadriel sounded like one of the munchkins in the Wizard of Oz singing the lollipop Guild. Other than that it was a good video.
@@LanceblissfullyWalks I like the voice - it has an ethereal quality to it. It offers an interesting and different experience to the male/female voice combination in Peter Jackson’s film. And it is the book’s (longer) speech too, I think?
The one ring sure would make for a nice wedding ring XD. I don’t think the ring is the source of her dark form, as she had her dark form in the hobbit, desolation of Smaug I believe, when she Saruman and Elrond saved Gandalf
@CarnivoreZealot Here's the direct quote: 'She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful.' She didn't turn dark true, but she did cause darkness, light, and fear. It's really not far off.
Wow bro lol! How original of you to link two movies this actress starred in. I hope you get many likes and when you look back 50 years from now you shed a tear at all that you've accomplished.
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I may be remembering this wrong, but I think that Galadriel was one of the few Noldor that were banned from returning to Valinor after the final battle against Melkor/Morgoth. Rejecting the ring was what convinced the Valar that she had mastered her arrogance and pride and ended her exile.
@@alfredoprime5495 AI, not an actual test, written or oral. LOL. "I pass the test. I shall diminish and go into the West and remain Galadriel." Galadriel and Gandalf and Elrond (the keepers of the 3 elven rings) all realized they could not wield the ONE without becoming just like the dark lord. They resisted claiming the ring for their own. This was the test, to overcome their own desire to "set things straight" by use of the ring. They rejected the seducing power of the ring. Now, Saruman did not do this. He was seduced by the idea that it would be good for him to wield the ring; he fell into the trap of the ring. He "failed" to see that by possessing and wielding the ring he would just be perpetuating Sauron's evil desire for domination over and corruption of all good things.
Really? Mine doesn't. But it does irritate me when she leaves it down. Like, how dare she leave it down, doesn't she know that when I drain the dragon while the seat is down, it'll make a mess? Selfish people ya know?
This is one of the issues with The Hobbit movies--when Galadriel helps to remove Sauron from Gul Dulgur--she appears "dark" and malevolent but this is not her power and it was a poor choice on Peter Jackson's part because you would think that one who has lived among the Gods and the Two Trees of Light would use "light" not darkness to meet darkness. Yet, the films show her as malevolent instead of radiant. A poor imagination from the Jackson team and one not in the books.
TheJetstream10 I always thought why she changes to her dark form. So i assumed she uses all of her light to banish Sauron. She is channeling her light to light of Eärendil so that makes her dark.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT In the books (the chapter entitled, "The Mirror of Galadriel"), it could not be hidden from Frodo that Galadriel bore Nenya, since he carried the One Ring.
@@alpborakirte801 From a physics point of view, that makes sense. Due to Einstein's famous mass/energy equivalence, concenrating a huge amount of energy in a tiny area can, in theory, produce a black hole. So my take is, she was channeling such a massive amount of 'energy', thst she went dark ... From a cinematography perspective, even though it _did_ break with the orginal text, as a director, especially for those whom never read any of J. R. R. Tolkien's books/stories, there had to be a way of distinguishing between 'usual' self, and that of her projecting her full power. Poor artistic choice ...? Possibly ... but unfortunately, film making is often one of making compromises, especially with very established lore, especially an audience whom know it well, verses movie goers who may not know it at all ...
God ı wished to see Galadriel possesses the one ring in movies. By the way in the game Battle for Middle Earth; if you take Galadriel as a hero and capture the ring. She transforms dark form.
I love the use of oxymoron 'all shall love me and despair.' It makes me imagine what would happen if she failed the task. Middle earth falling into a trance, easily manipulated and blinded by her beauty and power. The idea of her ruling and love being easily mistaken with toxic, trance like admiration is possibly more terrifying than Sauron trying to rule through fear. I feel as if she really could skew the idea of love into her own idea, and that really would be a land that has lost hope.
The dark form is more of a movie depiction than anything. She was highly ambitious in her youth just like the rest of the Noldor in their dramatic past. Even though she didn't personally take part in the kinslayings it doesn't mean they don't affect her too. Still, in the book she doesn't turn visibly "evil," she mainly does a jest on the matter, possibly imagining what would happen if she turned dark. Then she said no.
Like turning the screen slightly yellowish to make it look hot. Or blueish to make it look cold. People cant seem to understand what symbolism means anymore
In the books, Galadriel's metamorphosis was "a light that left all else dark.... terrible and worshipful." Galadriel's metamorphosis is "not" peaceful or comfortable. It's beautiful beyond enduring because it's supposed to be terrible and frightening to inferiors. The misconception of Galadriel's power comes from human senses. She is an Elf, a High Elf, and one of the most powerful few. Elven beauty is not human beauty so we can't justify Galadriel with what a powerful human queen would be because Galadriel is an Elven queen, not human.
Galadriel was truly one of the great powers in Middle-Earth. She was one of the Noldor that returned. Her majesty with the ring would unquestionably be of both beauty and horror, a dark queen just as stated. Great video and nice explanation.
They still used the same Operating System software and architecture, if you will. The same magic made and "encoded" by Sauron. (Metaphorically speaking, of course.)
@@douglascolquhoun8502 Yes I agree with your metaphor, Douglas. It was while Sauron was still in fair form that he imparted knowledge to the elves that made it possible for Celebrimbor to make the 3 rings. Sauron even went nuts after they hid the 3 rings from him and demanded they give them to him since without him they couldn't have been made. The destruction of the One seems to drain the magic from the 3, so that Rivendell and Lothlorien are no longer perfectly preserved and unchanging. Thus Elrond and Galadriel go West rather than remain in a diminished state.
Gandalf literally does the same thing when convincing Bilbo to leave the One Ring to Frodo. Galadriel does this twice in the movies...once with Frodo to show him the folly of offering the ring to anyone, no matter how good, beautiful, and powerful. The "first" time is confronting the Shade of Sauron to save Gandalf...and the rest. I think that is no simple "costume" but Galadriel throwing off her gentle side to reveal the true extent of her power, which ultimately is her mental power...to resist.
Her Dark form was from before the third age arc.. In the prequel The Hobbit The banishing of Necromancer/Sauron was done by her black form. So don't misdirect it at that.
Not quite. That scene in the Hobbit, where she got green-ish and kind of wet, represented the power of her own ring. Nenya is the ring of water, which is why she developed that appearance while she used it. Furthermore, she used it against Sauron, which means that she had to use it at full power and in an offensive mode, which apparently enhanced her transformation.
@@NikolaosSkordilis Remember that it is not lore-friendly. The elven rings could only be used for purposes that did good. Nenya was not an attack weapon.
I do have to point out that the Noldor weren't banished from Valinor, but rather left driven by the desire to revenge. Feanor left first to take back the Silmarils and avenge his father, followed by Fingolfin and, although Finarfin chose to stay, some of his children went with the others (including Galadriel).
Nailed it! It's from her Elven ring of power + being from Valinor + the life and times of Galadriel (like possibly hanging out with Melian the Maya). She's not just your average everyday accident Elf Queen!
I’m happy with the longer episodes as you can fit more information in. Could you do one on my favourite characters the ring wraiths. Especially angmar and his down fall thanks. I’ve loved this series
I will definitely consider making one about the ringwraiths, perhaps linking them up to amazon's middle-earth series. I will try to make some short and some longer as I will then cover both quantity and quality!
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT True, though didn't Celeborn and Thranduil team up to destroy Dol Goldur around the time the Ring was destroyed? I forget when in the timeline that happened in the War of the Ring.
Galadriel was not, nor had she ever been, "normal." Had she been a normal elf, she would have never developed any opportunity to be accept for perpetual domination by The One Ring. And becoming possessed by The Ring is the ultimate consequence that would have eventually happened had she (or for that matter, ANY, human or higher, leadership caste) even so much as touched it. Boromir gave it up, but only because he didn't actually touch it himself, but merely held it with his gloved hand by its chain. As Sauron had passed most of his own power over to One The Ring while it was forged during the middle of the Second Age, It had also intentionally been manufactured with an unbreakable bond over Sauron's own will to be. Even so, it is The Ring itself that further evolved its own subtly independent motive (or as we say in the modern vernacular, program) of tyrannical evil, even beyond the malignant mind that had initially created it. Being parasitic in nature, The Ring could absorb and dominate any strong as, or stronger Maia-level host, which certainly, Galadriel was. Instead, she chose to remain wholly independent of The Ring, allowing her to go back to Valinor "Heaven." Only an Ainur-level being (of which the Wizard-class such as Gandalf and Saruman were of the lower, Maia-class) could hope to use The Ring at anywhere near its full potential. Galadriel is one of the Calaquendi, meaning "Elves of the Light." As one of the earliest Elves born to be, Galadriel had come into her own inheritance of power before the First Age, and was at even a higher level of power greater than a White Wizard, no less powerful than Sauron himself, as long as she had her Elvin Ring, and he remained without physical possession of his One Ring of Power. Of one note, the Hobbits evolved as a distinct race during the earliest years of the Third Age, even while the Wizards had also been sent into Middle Earth. The simultaneous appearance of both at roughly the same time seems extremely opportunistic. Also, it's a peculiar incident that Hobbits were uniquely resistant to the more powerful subversions emanating from the One Ring of Power. Even though Gollum (a virtual neo-Hobbit), while certainly possessing and possessed by the One Ring, could not still be used by that Ring to produce the more complex expressions such as Overlorded Tyranny. Smeagol's personality flaw never developed beyond any need to (even by way of spontaneous murder) obsessively possess (the One Ring). Similarly, both Bilbo and Frodo (latter-day, more highly evolved Hobbits by thousands of years) remained uniquely unaffected by The Ring's ability to oppressively twist their psyches to the point of sustained evil. Bilbo's ability to actually walk away from The Ring after decades of possession suggests more than just a gifted talent, but a developed, countervailing trait, even as Sam seemed overwhelmingly immune to The Ring's seductive power. NOTE: Peter Jackson rigidly stayed truest to Tolkien's lore. The newest Amazon-version is actually anti-lore. the Amazon version -- along with Amazon itself -- should suffer the same fate as The One Ring and get thrown into an intellectual firepit consuming all that is evil.
Thanks finally understood. I watched the 6 films when younger but wasn't mature enough then to appreciate. I do enjoy the Rings of Power more maybe because of the hype.
It’s about her own battle with the evil that exists within her, as it does with all peoples, and about facing the temptation of power. She knows that given this power, even though she might seek to do good with it at first, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and she knows she would become the same evil she’s spent thousands of years fighting in Sauron and Morgoth. She faces her inner demons, and capacity for evil, and lust for power, and she rejects them, and beats them, thus passing the test, and showing herself to be a person of true character and integrity. This is symbolic of the inner battles we all must face. Given the opportunity for power, and your capacity for both good and evil, would you seize it? Or would you show yourself to be a person of virtue, integrity, and moral fortitude?
She turned dark in the hobbit whilst the ring was nowhere near, she yelled at Radagast to “GO!” with Gandalf and looked crazy, then turned black yelling at Sauron. It wasn’t Eärendil either as she was already dark, dark hair, clothes were torn before she pulled the light out.
I can't believe that magic Bottle actually drain Lady Galadriel energy the most and other two in the back with her battle against sauron in the Five army battle scene.
I assumed it is because she embodies all aspects of nature. A hurricane is stronger than a breeze, but it is dark and terrifying on sight. To channel the stronger and more violent/forceful aspects of nature, she had to turn into such.
She didn’t turned dark, she just showed her power unveiled before Frodo to show what will happen if she takes the one ring. Remember that she took the same form of power when she banished Sauron from Dol Guldur, this time using the light of earendil to make Sauron flee.
Despite the passage itself illustrating Galadriel's terrifying potentional, and Frodo's journey being introduced *after* Bilbo's own adventures, it always felt as though Tolkien was intimating that the ephemeral and intangible character qualities of wisdom and mercy and (lol) 'fellowship' would always supercede pure and immediate power. I mean, it only makes sense to be blunt that Sauron was going down the same path as his master; no amount of magical subjugation and raw sorcery was going to win the day. Galadriel did prove her wisdom over the temptation of the ring after all. I would have taken the ring though...just saying.
Based on what you have to say here and I am speaking of the movies only as this never happened in the books. Why did Galadriel turn dark in the Hobbit. She was not in the presence of the ring or tempted by it. I personally think this was a poor adaptation played by the movie. If you re-read the book she was tempted and she thought of owning the One RIng, but the power of Nenya made her shine bright so that everyone would be drawn to her.
It was none of that was Canon in the books as she wouldn't have been able to do that herself. Barely anyone would be able to endure saurons physical presence himself. They illustrated that with saruman and elrond in the same scene so for her to stand alone against him was silly.
No..she felt responsible and afraid for her kin and couldn't abandon them to face the world alone. So she decided to follow feanor to continue to do what she can to help her people.
I wish evil would realise that true power is walking away from power not consuming it and that is why galadriel is more powerful than souron and saruman maybe not in flashy way but her intelligence clear voincy and will to remain galadriel and not be twisted she would have became just as pathetic and sad as souron and saruman consumed by lust for power galadriel is probs my fav charecter in lord of the rings along with gandalf
Are you mostly just a Lord of the Rings aficionado, or is there more to your personal story, eg., having a master's degree in film or literary criticism?
Galadriel is one of the most powerful beings in Middle Earth. An elf of great beauty, majesty, and power. Amazon Prime: Nah. We'll nerf he power and make her behave like a spoiled, psychopathic, teenage brat
Imagine having that burden of being the reason her people going into extinction when she goes back to the blessed realm. Without her rule, the woodland elves would soon die out. I'd not want to be Galadriel.
Beautifully explained. I will quite enjoy showing these videos to my grandsons and granddaughters as we go through the movies together. If there is one thing I wished I would have done as a teenager, when I encountered these stories, was learning the Elvish language and tengwar writing. I was a wayward child of the 70's and 80's... This was the only literature I fully admired and dreamed was real. I also liked Beowulf... Which, ties right in. I didn't understand it then. The Hobbit was required reading in my eng lit. class in 8th grade.
How I wish my school curriculum included LotR in our Literature class. We discussed Beowulf last year and it was an exquisite piece of art in literature, though in my opinion; all of Tolkien's literary works are second to none.
Did Galadriel and the other Elves actually go to Valinor, or just to that Elven island that was almost in sight of it? I've never quite understood that.
I have to read it up, but I know I read a note from Tolkien somewhere stating that the few surviving leaders of the Noldor's exodus from Valinor were actually not permitted to return - Galadriel included - and that her part in defeating Sauron as well as resisting the ring redeemed her eventually in the eyes of the Valar. This would suggest that staying in Middle-Earth was not a free choice actually.
The story of Galadriel is one of the most contradicting works in Tolkiens mythology. I highly suggest to check out my newer Galadriel video for even more information regarding this. Thanks for all your comments Crafty!
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT Thanks for reading them 🙂 So that explains it, Tolkien has left us with alternative versions (without revealing the real one, lol). By the way, are yoz from Sweden? I'm trying to guess that based on your accent
I think the Valar lifted the ban after she declined the one ring and redeemed herself in their eyes. Only then were she able to return to Aman. Not sure she had opportunity to travel back after the First Age. I don't have a copy of Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales at the moment to confirm it though. It's also entirely possible that her luminous "dark" form is actually her form from unseen world, for Elves who saw the light of Two Trees have both forms and live in seen and unseen world at the same time (similar to how Frodo saw Glorfindel when he was on his was to become a wraith).
The correct answer to this question is “because Peter Jackson is a campy director of B-grade horror flicks and put some stupid, senseless crap in his films.” In the books she *seemed* to Frodo to be “tall beyond measurement”, “beautiful”, and “terrible, and worshipful” as he thought about what she had said. She was illuminated by a great light from her ring as she spoke that made their surroundings dark by comparison. PJ ignored a perfectly good description of what happened and zeroed in on the word “terrible” and had a hair-brained idea about some bizarre vision of her baddie form just randomly happening because he gets off on that kind of cheesy horror stuff and had a large special effects budget to work with for the first time in his career.
i think the darker version of her comes out under extreme stress or pressure, it reflects her darker impulses and tendancies because she was not always fair and just, you elude to her wanting to be seen as powerful and wise, queenly, and that has a past reason- overshadowed by her peers, her brothers, being bullied, and we have the fact she very traumatically lost her brothers.. her character carries a lot of anger deep down, and so sometimes glimpses of that come when she is threatened with vulnerability, thanks to the world bending magical training she received, the telepathy, the power of nenya and earendil's vial, her darker side becomes literal not just metaphorical
Easy enough, even she knew she wasn't proof against the corruption of Sauron's "One-Ring." - she'd spent thousands of years hiding her own Elven Ring to protect herself from being indirectly corrupted by Sauron's ring. She'd watched each of her parents and siblings die from their own hubris in thinking they could take on Morgath and she realized that even the Noldor weren't powerful enough to take on a Maia let alone a Vala.
Hang on... Re - 2:29 where you said "It would have enhanced her beauty..." That's simply not possible!! If she's already perfectly beautiful, then it's no longer possible to become more beautiful. For the Ring to enhance Galadriel's beauty, it would have had to utterly destroy the universe and everything in it, then create a whole new universe, exactly like the previous one in every way except one; In the New Universe, the scale of perceivable beauty would have to be artificially increased to allow for someone who's already achieved perfect beauty, to still be able to become more beautiful, without creating any universe-destroying-paradoxes...
Wow thats cool dude i always wondered why she turned like that. I think Frodo was wondering too. But when you say ot like you did, how she would end up that way, it makes sense. Kinda like being drunk, it seems like a good idea at the time but never ends well.
I always believed that the ring would have stripped away everything true of her, and she would have become nothing but a shell for Sauron, a new skin for him to wear.
You should check out Men of the West's video on "What if Galadriel had taken the One Ring" I don't usually like what if videos ... but that one's pretty dope!
If galadriel had the ring it would've been closer to the elven rings, I think she had a good chance of getting the ring and somehow obtaining the other elven rings
One of the powers of Galadriel is divination, the foretelling of future events. I believe that the "Dark Galadriel" is a vision of her divining her own future should she accept the ring. The main theme of the Lord of the Rings is how absolute power corrupts absolutely. The hobbits, being simple folk are the most immune to its powers. To beings of great power, the ring is the ultimate temptation. Saruman did not pass this test and thus he was corrupted. Galadriel saw through the seductive powers of the ring to her true future and was able to choose well. This is true wisdom. To see clearly and make difficult choices even though they may cost you dearly. And so Galadriel lost much of her power and passed into the west. Yet she remained herself, uncorrupted by the ring.
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It was the One Ring and Sauron that tries to Contaminate her with Dark Influence the longer she's exposed to the Shadow Powers of Sauron. Her Ring even thought it's not under Sauron's Control is a dark lighting rod same as Saurumon & Elrond. However She has a backup LightStar & Elrond has a LightBlade pured by the Valor. Saurumon succumbs easily his ring does not protect him like Gandalf who serves it rather than control it.
What? The objective of the assault on Dol Guldur failed from the very onset; they danced to Sauron's tune all the way till he rose the towers of Barad-dur anew.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT I would love to see Feanor vs. the Balrog from The Silmarillion in a movie one day. They were pretty much evenly matched until Feanor was outnumbered.
I still don't understand something; why is the power of the Three Elf Rings tied to Sauron's Ring? I thought the lore stated that the Elves were wise to Sauron's deception and rejected the Rings he had made for them, choosing to instead forge their own rings - free of Sauron's influence. I mean, I suppose it would make sense to Sauron's title - if he is truly the Lord of the Rings - but it seems odd that he would have control over rings he did not have a hand in creating.
GanonGhidorah - I hope this helps answer your question: While your thoughts on the lore are *almost* correct when taken as individual statements, the sequence of these events of your statements are out of order. Sauron did not make any of the rings besides The One Ring. It was an Elf-smith named Celebrimbor who forged them. Sauron (disguised with a fake name and appeared in a friendly and fair form to gain the elves trust) pretended to be a friend of the elves sent from Valinor to help them with knowledge to increase their own skills and power. Sauron taught the Elf-smith, Celebrimbor how to make Rings of Power using “magic”, if you will. Sauron gave him the “spellbound-blueprint” or “operating system” to be able to make the rings. It was Celebrimbor who made the rings, with Sauron supervising and doing “quality control” inspections when each ring was done (touching each ring). Sauron knew of 16 Rings of Powers that Celebrimbor made under his watch. At some point, Sauron left the Elvish city where Celebrimbor made the rings and returned to Mordor to forge The One Ring in Mt. Doom. While Sauron was away, Celebrimbor made three more rings.... making them with the same “spellbound-blueprint” taught to him by Sauron as the other 16 rings, BUT the main difference is Sauron wasn’t present while they were forged, as such Sauron didn’t know they existed. Had he known Celebrimbor made three extra rings and gave three elves his Chromecast/AppleTV password, I don’t think Sauron would have casted his One Ring’s “share screen” for them to see him and his intentions. There’s two things to note: Sauron never touched the three elvish rings so they didn’t hold the power of being controlled or manipulated by The One Ring, so that’s why the elves were on to him, instead of blinding getting manipulated. Sauron’s Will was not imbued into the three elf rings. However, the three rings were indeed crafted using the Sauron’s “spellbound blueprint” or operating system, and so they are still tied to Sauron’s One Ring...they are on the same WiFi network. The correct final sequence of events: Sauron putting on The One Ring, the elves getting that Screen-Share broadcasted to them where they learn of Sauron’s identity and true intentions. THEN they remove their three existing rings (they didn’t make more). I wouldn’t say the elves rejected their rings, because they don’t get rid of them. They just hid them until Sauron was defeated (the first time) and The One Ring was lost. Since Sauron wasn’t wearing The One Ring after his defeat and he lost his body form, the elves did put their rings back on and used its powers to enhance and protect their elvish realms. The three rings are the same three that Celebrimbor originally forged using Sauron-craft. That’s why they are tied to The One Ring. Phew that got long. Sorry. Hope that helps.
@@vl1006 honesty that was actually fairly short for a Tolkien lore explanation u nailed it well done its so easy to fall down a rabbit hole of lore someone could ask me the same question then 10 min later I'm somehow explaining the fall of gondolin
Great video love that voice over for galadriel, cannot wait to see what e next thing you are covering, I also believe if she did take the ring after a few years she would rule in terror.
Why was she so surprised that she passed the test? Isn't this basically the second time she had denied this power, since Sauron had basically offered her such a life?
There's no mention of Galadriel taking on the 'dark form' in the book. So, this video concerns exclusively the movie version. I wonder how relevant it is to ponder the meaning of director's fancy. As for the meaning of her words, accounts can be found in The Unfinished Tales and History of Middle Earth 12 - The Peoples of Middle-earth.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT You could have, but it wouldn't justify the statements you give in the video. There's nothing 'dark' about Galadriel throughout her entire life. Also, the statements you mention between 1:23 and 1:38 are not true. I don't know where did you find these information about her. Or it may be again just a poor choice of words. PS. The word 'enhanced' is also not mentioned in the book.
I was under the impression that the three rings given to the elves were not bound with the dark lard as they were built in secret by that elf guy.. sooooooooo.....yeahhhhh.......
If you guys are interested in this you should check out three video by Men of the West: "What if Galadriel had taken the one ring" It's an awesome vid!
i would dissagree with this, the reason why is that she did the same thing in one of the Hobbit films when she faced off against Sauron and sent him flying to the east, at that point she was not tempted by the ring she was defending her beloved Gandalf, the ring wasnt even close by, the more likely reason she goes Negitive filter (thanks Commander Rainbow Ducky i yoinked that from your comment) is that her inner light/radient power shines so bright it make her body and everything around her seem dark.
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Lore of Middle-Earth The voice that you did for Galadriel sounded like one of the munchkins in the Wizard of Oz singing the lollipop Guild. Other than that it was a good video.
@@LanceblissfullyWalks I like the voice - it has an ethereal quality to it. It offers an interesting and different experience to the male/female voice combination in Peter Jackson’s film. And it is the book’s (longer) speech too, I think?
Poor Frodo... He proposed with the most powerful ring but she rejected him...
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The one ring sure would make for a nice wedding ring XD. I don’t think the ring is the source of her dark form, as she had her dark form in the hobbit, desolation of Smaug I believe, when she Saruman and Elrond saved Gandalf
He didn't meet her height requirements?
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@CarnivoreZealot Here's the direct quote:
'She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful.'
She didn't turn dark true, but she did cause darkness, light, and fear. It's really not far off.
Her dark form eventually took over and thus....Hela was created.
The crossover anyone wouldn’t anticipate 😂
Wow bro lol! How original of you to link two movies this actress starred in. I hope you get many likes and when you look back 50 years from now you shed a tear at all that you've accomplished.
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Don’t recall, me, Galadriel speaking with a Chimpmonk voice.
Galadriel is so gorgeous when she goes negative filter it always makes me laugh.
Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn.
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@@borbo23 I find your take odd. It made perfect sense if you understand the story and lore.
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@@borbo23 tell me you know nothing about LotR without telling me you know nothing about LotR.
"negative filter" 😭
I may be remembering this wrong, but I think that Galadriel was one of the few Noldor that were banned from returning to Valinor after the final battle against Melkor/Morgoth. Rejecting the ring was what convinced the Valar that she had mastered her arrogance and pride and ended her exile.
Yep that's true.
AI, you're right. Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel all passed the test. Saruman got an F.
@@JeffRebornNow ??? I'm not sure I understand your statement. There was no test for Elrond or the wizards.
@@alfredoprime5495 AI, not an actual test, written or oral. LOL. "I pass the test. I shall diminish and go into the West and remain Galadriel." Galadriel and Gandalf and Elrond (the keepers of the 3 elven rings) all realized they could not wield the ONE without becoming just like the dark lord. They resisted claiming the ring for their own. This was the test, to overcome their own desire to "set things straight" by use of the ring. They rejected the seducing power of the ring. Now, Saruman did not do this. He was seduced by the idea that it would be good for him to wield the ring; he fell into the trap of the ring. He "failed" to see that by possessing and wielding the ring he would just be perpetuating Sauron's evil desire for domination over and corruption of all good things.
@@JeffRebornNow yes, but what has all that got to do with Galadriel's exile? that's the source of my confusion.
My wife took that very same dark form when I left the toilet seat up one night and she took a midnight swim.
Lmao
Really? Mine doesn't. But it does irritate me when she leaves it down. Like, how dare she leave it down, doesn't she know that when I drain the dragon while the seat is down, it'll make a mess? Selfish people ya know?
How smart you have to be to not check where you sit?
@@roberth4395 No
@@goodnightmyprince6734 u are one of those who keep sitting inside the toilet aren't you?
1:47 - 2:11 ...Galadriel transformed to a Chipmunk :D That voice! HAHAHAHAHAA!
This is one of the issues with The Hobbit movies--when Galadriel helps to remove Sauron from Gul Dulgur--she appears "dark" and malevolent but this is not her power and it was a poor choice on Peter Jackson's part because you would think that one who has lived among the Gods and the Two Trees of Light would use "light" not darkness to meet darkness. Yet, the films show her as malevolent instead of radiant. A poor imagination from the Jackson team and one not in the books.
True indeed! She would never reveal that she had Nenya to begin with. Both poor decisions.
TheJetstream10 I always thought why she changes to her dark form. So i assumed she uses all of her light to banish Sauron. She is channeling her light to light of Eärendil so that makes her dark.
Just one more example on how the movies royally messed up JRR Tolkien's story.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT In the books (the chapter entitled, "The Mirror of Galadriel"), it could not be hidden from Frodo that Galadriel bore Nenya, since he carried the One Ring.
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From a physics point of view, that makes sense. Due to Einstein's famous mass/energy equivalence, concenrating a huge amount of energy in a tiny area can, in theory, produce a black hole.
So my take is, she was channeling such a massive amount of 'energy', thst she went dark ...
From a cinematography perspective, even though it _did_ break with the orginal text, as a director, especially for those whom never read any of J. R. R. Tolkien's books/stories, there had to be a way of distinguishing between 'usual' self, and that of her projecting her full power. Poor artistic choice ...? Possibly ... but unfortunately, film making is often one of making compromises, especially with very established lore, especially an audience whom know it well, verses movie goers who may not know it at all ...
God ı wished to see Galadriel possesses the one ring in movies. By the way in the game Battle for Middle Earth; if you take Galadriel as a hero and capture the ring. She transforms dark form.
Cool!
And she can summon hurricanes in the game, don't forget that
oh yeah, i love walking through enemy ranks swiftly and make the enemies fly through the air with every step Galadriel takes hahaha, great game.
Top 5 game ever created
@@MonasteryOfSilence I just recently discovered this game and I love using her to that effect! It is fulfilling! :D
I love the use of oxymoron 'all shall love me and despair.' It makes me imagine what would happen if she failed the task. Middle earth falling into a trance, easily manipulated and blinded by her beauty and power. The idea of her ruling and love being easily mistaken with toxic, trance like admiration is possibly more terrifying than Sauron trying to rule through fear. I feel as if she really could skew the idea of love into her own idea, and that really would be a land that has lost hope.
I would have preferred the line as "all shall love me, and know despair".
This scared the absolute SHIT out of me when I watched this movie as a kid.
Me too!
I too tried to run and hide when this scene was about to come
The dark form is more of a movie depiction than anything. She was highly ambitious in her youth just like the rest of the Noldor in their dramatic past. Even though she didn't personally take part in the kinslayings it doesn't mean they don't affect her too. Still, in the book she doesn't turn visibly "evil," she mainly does a jest on the matter, possibly imagining what would happen if she turned dark. Then she said no.
Like turning the screen slightly yellowish to make it look hot. Or blueish to make it look cold. People cant seem to understand what symbolism means anymore
Galadriel’s scene gave me goosebumps when I saw it the first time.
She is something special, certainly!
Actually read the passage.Just as powerful
This ^ tho honestly it kinda still does. They did it such justice in the film
In the books, Galadriel's metamorphosis was "a light that left all else dark.... terrible and worshipful." Galadriel's metamorphosis is "not" peaceful or comfortable. It's beautiful beyond enduring because it's supposed to be terrible and frightening to inferiors. The misconception of Galadriel's power comes from human senses. She is an Elf, a High Elf, and one of the most powerful few. Elven beauty is not human beauty so we can't justify Galadriel with what a powerful human queen would be because Galadriel is an Elven queen, not human.
Galadriel was truly one of the great powers in Middle-Earth. She was one of the Noldor that returned. Her majesty with the ring would unquestionably be of both beauty and horror, a dark queen just as stated. Great video and nice explanation.
Agree wholeheartedly!
She was the only Noldor that returned to Valinor, everyone else died.
Gabriel Alexander no... there were still few noldor residing in Rivendell.
@1:46 So she temporarily turns into a muppet when offered the One Ring? lol.
Pretty much xD
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT 😂
The elven rings were made solely by celebrimbor without any support from sauron, why are they still dependant on the one?
Because the One Ring was created with the intention to dominate other Rings of Power!
They still used the same Operating System software and architecture, if you will. The same magic made and "encoded" by Sauron. (Metaphorically speaking, of course.)
@@douglascolquhoun8502 Yes I agree with your metaphor, Douglas. It was while Sauron was still in fair form that he imparted knowledge to the elves that made it possible for Celebrimbor to make the 3 rings. Sauron even went nuts after they hid the 3 rings from him and demanded they give them to him since without him they couldn't have been made. The destruction of the One seems to drain the magic from the 3, so that Rivendell and Lothlorien are no longer perfectly preserved and unchanging. Thus Elrond and Galadriel go West rather than remain in a diminished state.
Sauron got dat 0 day
Douglas Colquhoun Well done little Hobbit you explained it well
So basically the ring would turn Galadriel into Beyoncé
Yes, that is the true power of the Ring!
@Jake I keep waiting for her to help her community somehow in an impactful way but it just isn't happening
@@amathur88 Hahahahah😂
All the single ladies, all the single ladies....
A WHITE BEYONCÉ...
EVERYONE WOULD LOVE HER!!!
AND
DESPAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gandalf literally does the same thing when convincing Bilbo to leave the One Ring to Frodo. Galadriel does this twice in the movies...once with Frodo to show him the folly of offering the ring to anyone, no matter how good, beautiful, and powerful. The "first" time is confronting the Shade of Sauron to save Gandalf...and the rest. I think that is no simple "costume" but Galadriel throwing off her gentle side to reveal the true extent of her power, which ultimately is her mental power...to resist.
All shall love me and despair!
Two positive and negative polar opposite verbs that if strewn go together overtly scream: WTF! Nothing good can come of that!
Her Dark form was from before the third age arc.. In the prequel The Hobbit The banishing of Necromancer/Sauron was done by her black form.
So don't misdirect it at that.
I feel like Galadriel is also showing her true power, as this dark form is the same one used when she banishes Sauron.
She does indeed! She wears Nenya after all!
@Aaron A420 Agreed.
Not quite. That scene in the Hobbit, where she got green-ish and kind of wet, represented the power of her own ring. Nenya is the ring of water, which is why she developed that appearance while she used it. Furthermore, she used it against Sauron, which means that she had to use it at full power and in an offensive mode, which apparently enhanced her transformation.
@@NikolaosSkordilis Remember that it is not lore-friendly. The elven rings could only be used for purposes that did good. Nenya was not an attack weapon.
She is definitely a bit evil like the actor that plays her who set up the goop website with jade cock rings of power
She did have a dark form when battling sauron in Dol Gudur as well but I think that was more of a movie thing rather than something in the book
I do have to point out that the Noldor weren't banished from Valinor, but rather left driven by the desire to revenge. Feanor left first to take back the Silmarils and avenge his father, followed by Fingolfin and, although Finarfin chose to stay, some of his children went with the others (including Galadriel).
They were banished by the Valars because during that process they had killed some of their own kind to acquire the means to leave
She used the same 'dark form' against Sauron. It is a projection of power she already possesses.
Nailed it!
It's from her Elven ring of power + being from Valinor + the life and times of Galadriel (like possibly hanging out with Melian the Maya).
She's not just your average everyday accident Elf Queen!
Dude this was awesome. Thank you so much for making it.
Thank you :)
I’m happy with the longer episodes as you can fit more information in. Could you do one on my favourite characters the ring wraiths. Especially angmar and his down fall thanks. I’ve loved this series
I will definitely consider making one about the ringwraiths, perhaps linking them up to amazon's middle-earth series. I will try to make some short and some longer as I will then cover both quantity and quality!
When I saw Galadriel glow sea-green I remarked, "And that is why Celeborn has yet to win an argument with Galadriel."
I feel like Celeborn is perhaps the most useless character in the Lord of the Rings. He is deemed "very wise" but he never show any sign of wisdom
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT True, though didn't Celeborn and Thranduil team up to destroy Dol Goldur around the time the Ring was destroyed? I forget when in the timeline that happened in the War of the Ring.
Galadriel was not, nor had she ever been, "normal." Had she been a normal elf, she would have never developed any opportunity to be accept for perpetual domination by The One Ring. And becoming possessed by The Ring is the ultimate consequence that would have eventually happened had she (or for that matter, ANY, human or higher, leadership caste) even so much as touched it. Boromir gave it up, but only because he didn't actually touch it himself, but merely held it with his gloved hand by its chain.
As Sauron had passed most of his own power over to One The Ring while it was forged during the middle of the Second Age, It had also intentionally been manufactured with an unbreakable bond over Sauron's own will to be. Even so, it is The Ring itself that further evolved its own subtly independent motive (or as we say in the modern vernacular, program) of tyrannical evil, even beyond the malignant mind that had initially created it. Being parasitic in nature, The Ring could absorb and dominate any strong as, or stronger Maia-level host, which certainly, Galadriel was. Instead, she chose to remain wholly independent of The Ring, allowing her to go back to Valinor "Heaven."
Only an Ainur-level being (of which the Wizard-class such as Gandalf and Saruman were of the lower, Maia-class) could hope to use The Ring at anywhere near its full potential. Galadriel is one of the Calaquendi, meaning "Elves of the Light." As one of the earliest Elves born to be, Galadriel had come into her own inheritance of power before the First Age, and was at even a higher level of power greater than a White Wizard, no less powerful than Sauron himself, as long as she had her Elvin Ring, and he remained without physical possession of his One Ring of Power.
Of one note, the Hobbits evolved as a distinct race during the earliest years of the Third Age, even while the Wizards had also been sent into Middle Earth. The simultaneous appearance of both at roughly the same time seems extremely opportunistic. Also, it's a peculiar incident that Hobbits were uniquely resistant to the more powerful subversions emanating from the One Ring of Power. Even though Gollum (a virtual neo-Hobbit), while certainly possessing and possessed by the One Ring, could not still be used by that Ring to produce the more complex expressions such as Overlorded Tyranny. Smeagol's personality flaw never developed beyond any need to (even by way of spontaneous murder) obsessively possess (the One Ring).
Similarly, both Bilbo and Frodo (latter-day, more highly evolved Hobbits by thousands of years) remained uniquely unaffected by The Ring's ability to oppressively twist their psyches to the point of sustained evil. Bilbo's ability to actually walk away from The Ring after decades of possession suggests more than just a gifted talent, but a developed, countervailing trait, even as Sam seemed overwhelmingly immune to The Ring's seductive power.
NOTE: Peter Jackson rigidly stayed truest to Tolkien's lore. The newest Amazon-version is actually anti-lore. the Amazon version -- along with Amazon itself -- should suffer the same fate as The One Ring and get thrown into an intellectual firepit consuming all that is evil.
Thanks finally understood. I watched the 6 films when younger but wasn't mature enough then to appreciate. I do enjoy the Rings of Power more maybe because of the hype.
And yet she is probably the only one that is powerful enough to handle the ring.
Gandalf was also afraid of the ring and refused to take it. He would have looked exactly like Galadriel. Well ... not exactly...
It’s about her own battle with the evil that exists within her, as it does with all peoples, and about facing the temptation of power. She knows that given this power, even though she might seek to do good with it at first, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and she knows she would become the same evil she’s spent thousands of years fighting in Sauron and Morgoth. She faces her inner demons, and capacity for evil, and lust for power, and she rejects them, and beats them, thus passing the test, and showing herself to be a person of true character and integrity.
This is symbolic of the inner battles we all must face. Given the opportunity for power, and your capacity for both good and evil, would you seize it? Or would you show yourself to be a person of virtue, integrity, and moral fortitude?
She turned dark in the hobbit whilst the ring was nowhere near, she yelled at Radagast to “GO!” with Gandalf and looked crazy, then turned black yelling at Sauron. It wasn’t Eärendil either as she was already dark, dark hair, clothes were torn before she pulled the light out.
everyone should have a dark form once in their life - it puts things into perspectives
So then why does she take this form while casting Sauron out in the Hobbit?
Who’s here after watching The Rings of Power?
😁
I can't believe that magic Bottle actually drain Lady Galadriel energy the most and other two in the back with her battle against sauron in the Five army battle scene.
I assumed it is because she embodies all aspects of nature. A hurricane is stronger than a breeze, but it is dark and terrifying on sight. To channel the stronger and more violent/forceful aspects of nature, she had to turn into such.
She didn’t turned dark, she just showed her power unveiled before Frodo to show what will happen if she takes the one ring. Remember that she took the same form of power when she banished Sauron from Dol Guldur, this time using the light of earendil to make Sauron flee.
Despite the passage itself illustrating Galadriel's terrifying potentional, and Frodo's journey being introduced *after* Bilbo's own adventures, it always felt as though Tolkien was intimating that the ephemeral and intangible character qualities of wisdom and mercy and (lol) 'fellowship' would always supercede pure and immediate power. I mean, it only makes sense to be blunt that Sauron was going down the same path as his master; no amount of magical subjugation and raw sorcery was going to win the day. Galadriel did prove her wisdom over the temptation of the ring after all. I would have taken the ring though...just saying.
You know it! Exactly!
Sauron crush is galadriel 😂
Based on what you have to say here and I am speaking of the movies only as this never happened in the books. Why did Galadriel turn dark in the Hobbit. She was not in the presence of the ring or tempted by it.
I personally think this was a poor adaptation played by the movie. If you re-read the book she was tempted and she thought of owning the One RIng, but the power of Nenya made her shine bright so that everyone would be drawn to her.
It was none of that was Canon in the books as she wouldn't have been able to do that herself. Barely anyone would be able to endure saurons physical presence himself. They illustrated that with saruman and elrond in the same scene so for her to stand alone against him was silly.
Best summary "Because Peter Jackson is crazy" There is nothing to support this in Tolkien's books or letters
No..she felt responsible and afraid for her kin and couldn't abandon them to face the world alone. So she decided to follow feanor to continue to do what she can to help her people.
It’s the old saying ... power corrupts... everyone knows that those who seek power are corrupted by it and that’s how Sauron got so powerful
So if Galadriel had taken the ring, she would have turned into Amazon?
she doesnt turn dark form at all
I was more scared of your audio version of Galadriels darkness than the movie scene where she became dark. 😟
As a kid, i remember the scene where she turned dark after being offered the ring, scared the ever living hell out of me... and rightly so apparently!
I wish evil would realise that true power is walking away from power not consuming it and that is why galadriel is more powerful than souron and saruman maybe not in flashy way but her intelligence clear voincy and will to remain galadriel and not be twisted she would have became just as pathetic and sad as souron and saruman consumed by lust for power galadriel is probs my fav charecter in lord of the rings along with gandalf
Are you mostly just a Lord of the Rings aficionado, or is there more to your personal story, eg., having a master's degree in film or literary criticism?
Just a Lord of the Rings nerd :)
Light only burns for so long but darkness.... darkness is eternal and no matter who you are all will be corrupted by darkness
Nice theory, I like your music selection too!
it's like Sith Yoda: you just don't want that magnitude of shit to hit the fan because the resulting shitstorm would drown the world
Galadriel is one of the most powerful beings in Middle Earth. An elf of great beauty, majesty, and power.
Amazon Prime: Nah. We'll nerf he power and make her behave like a spoiled, psychopathic, teenage brat
1:45 hahaha😂 correct way to show this part
If this dark form is a representation of what could be, then why does it also happen when she banishes Sauron to the east in The Hobbit?
That's not lore friendly, so I didnt include that.
Bruh you nailed Galadriel's voice
Imagine having that burden of being the reason her people going into extinction when she goes back to the blessed realm. Without her rule, the woodland elves would soon die out. I'd not want to be Galadriel.
The Elves of Lothlorien would not die out, but the mallorn trees would wither.
Who, all her people, the High Elves, go with her. It just doesn't show that in the films.
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Because she has not having her cave visited in a while
Beautifully explained. I will quite enjoy showing these videos to my grandsons and granddaughters as we go through the movies together. If there is one thing I wished I would have done as a teenager, when I encountered these stories, was learning the Elvish language and tengwar writing. I was a wayward child of the 70's and 80's... This was the only literature I fully admired and dreamed was real. I also liked Beowulf... Which, ties right in. I didn't understand it then. The Hobbit was required reading in my eng lit. class in 8th grade.
How I wish my school curriculum included LotR in our Literature class. We discussed Beowulf last year and it was an exquisite piece of art in literature, though in my opinion; all of Tolkien's literary works are second to none.
Did Galadriel and the other Elves actually go to Valinor, or just to that Elven island that was almost in sight of it? I've never quite understood that.
They went to Valinor :)
Not all of them. But why don't you read the books and find out the whole story.
You don't know? they all went to greenland.
This part is so confusing. Its been 20 years and im still trying to figure out why she did this
I have to read it up, but I know I read a note from Tolkien somewhere stating that the few surviving leaders of the Noldor's exodus from Valinor were actually not permitted to return - Galadriel included - and that her part in defeating Sauron as well as resisting the ring redeemed her eventually in the eyes of the Valar. This would suggest that staying in Middle-Earth was not a free choice actually.
The story of Galadriel is one of the most contradicting works in Tolkiens mythology. I highly suggest to check out my newer Galadriel video for even more information regarding this. Thanks for all your comments Crafty!
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT Thanks for reading them 🙂 So that explains it, Tolkien has left us with alternative versions (without revealing the real one, lol). By the way, are yoz from Sweden? I'm trying to guess that based on your accent
@@Crafty_Spirit Tolkien's narrative changed throughout history. He never finished many of his tales. I am from Norway, so very close guess :)
I think the Valar lifted the ban after she declined the one ring and redeemed herself in their eyes. Only then were she able to return to Aman. Not sure she had opportunity to travel back after the First Age. I don't have a copy of Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales at the moment to confirm it though.
It's also entirely possible that her luminous "dark" form is actually her form from unseen world, for Elves who saw the light of Two Trees have both forms and live in seen and unseen world at the same time (similar to how Frodo saw Glorfindel when he was on his was to become a wraith).
Nice video! Summed up in a good concise timeframe.
The correct answer to this question is “because Peter Jackson is a campy director of B-grade horror flicks and put some stupid, senseless crap in his films.” In the books she *seemed* to Frodo to be “tall beyond measurement”, “beautiful”, and “terrible, and worshipful” as he thought about what she had said. She was illuminated by a great light from her ring as she spoke that made their surroundings dark by comparison. PJ ignored a perfectly good description of what happened and zeroed in on the word “terrible” and had a hair-brained idea about some bizarre vision of her baddie form just randomly happening because he gets off on that kind of cheesy horror stuff and had a large special effects budget to work with for the first time in his career.
Ref. 1:26 You say she fantasized having the ring pre-Frodo? What's your source?
Ya I’d like to know the source too. I’ve never read that anywhere
i think the darker version of her comes out under extreme stress or pressure, it reflects her darker impulses and tendancies because she was not always fair and just, you elude to her wanting to be seen as powerful and wise, queenly, and that has a past reason- overshadowed by her peers, her brothers, being bullied, and we have the fact she very traumatically lost her brothers.. her character carries a lot of anger deep down, and so sometimes glimpses of that come when she is threatened with vulnerability, thanks to the world bending magical training she received, the telepathy, the power of nenya and earendil's vial, her darker side becomes literal not just metaphorical
because when u give other light u take their darkness on yourself and if u don't have strong root/body/ego u can get swept away by the darkness
Easy enough, even she knew she wasn't proof against the corruption of Sauron's "One-Ring." - she'd spent thousands of years hiding her own Elven Ring to protect herself from being indirectly corrupted by Sauron's ring. She'd watched each of her parents and siblings die from their own hubris in thinking they could take on Morgath and she realized that even the Noldor weren't powerful enough to take on a Maia let alone a Vala.
Hang on...
Re - 2:29 where you said "It would have enhanced her beauty..."
That's simply not possible!! If she's already perfectly beautiful, then it's no longer possible to become more beautiful. For the Ring to enhance Galadriel's beauty, it would have had to utterly destroy the universe and everything in it, then create a whole new universe, exactly like the previous one in every way except one; In the New Universe, the scale of perceivable beauty would have to be artificially increased to allow for someone who's already achieved perfect beauty, to still be able to become more beautiful, without creating any universe-destroying-paradoxes...
because when u give other light u take their darkness on yourself and if u don't have strong root/body/ego u can get swept away by the darkness
Isn’t this all women with dating apps ?
Wow thats cool dude i always wondered why she turned like that. I think Frodo was wondering too. But when you say ot like you did, how she would end up that way, it makes sense. Kinda like being drunk, it seems like a good idea at the time but never ends well.
Bassically Galadriel's intrusive toughts
" You have no power here~"
" You have no name~"
I always believed that the ring would have stripped away everything true of her, and she would have become nothing but a shell for Sauron, a new skin for him to wear.
You should check out Men of the West's video on "What if Galadriel had taken the One Ring"
I don't usually like what if videos ... but that one's pretty dope!
Super interesting Galadriel analysis. Subbed!
Thanks Mr. Jensen!
If galadriel had the ring it would've been closer to the elven rings, I think she had a good chance of getting the ring and somehow obtaining the other elven rings
all this VS: "I have a tempest in me!" HAHAHAHA
One of the powers of Galadriel is divination, the foretelling of future events. I believe that the "Dark Galadriel" is a vision of her divining her own future should she accept the ring. The main theme of the Lord of the Rings is how absolute power corrupts absolutely. The hobbits, being simple folk are the most immune to its powers. To beings of great power, the ring is the ultimate temptation. Saruman did not pass this test and thus he was corrupted. Galadriel saw through the seductive powers of the ring to her true future and was able to choose well. This is true wisdom. To see clearly and make difficult choices even though they may cost you dearly. And so Galadriel lost much of her power and passed into the west. Yet she remained herself, uncorrupted by the ring.
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It was the One Ring and Sauron that tries to Contaminate her with Dark Influence the longer she's exposed to the Shadow Powers of Sauron. Her Ring even thought it's not under Sauron's Control is a dark lighting rod same as Saurumon & Elrond.
However She has a backup LightStar & Elrond has a LightBlade pured by the Valor. Saurumon succumbs easily his ring does not protect him like Gandalf who serves it rather than control it.
What? The objective of the assault on Dol Guldur failed from the very onset; they danced to Sauron's tune all the way till he rose the towers of Barad-dur anew.
She went Super Saiyan basically.
Yup!
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT I would love to see Feanor vs. the Balrog from The Silmarillion in a movie one day. They were pretty much evenly matched until Feanor was outnumbered.
@@Mors_Ontologica Or Ecthelion vs Gothmog!
She wanted to see if the saying, "Once you go black, you never go back." was true.
Time to reread these. Thanks for the nudge.
Great to hear that :)
I still don't understand something; why is the power of the Three Elf Rings tied to Sauron's Ring? I thought the lore stated that the Elves were wise to Sauron's deception and rejected the Rings he had made for them, choosing to instead forge their own rings - free of Sauron's influence.
I mean, I suppose it would make sense to Sauron's title - if he is truly the Lord of the Rings - but it seems odd that he would have control over rings he did not have a hand in creating.
He still thought them the lore and aided in their knowledge; and the one ring was created with the intention to dominate the other rings. That's how.
GanonGhidorah - I hope this helps answer your question: While your thoughts on the lore are *almost* correct when taken as individual statements, the sequence of these events of your statements are out of order. Sauron did not make any of the rings besides The One Ring. It was an Elf-smith named Celebrimbor who forged them. Sauron (disguised with a fake name and appeared in a friendly and fair form to gain the elves trust) pretended to be a friend of the elves sent from Valinor to help them with knowledge to increase their own skills and power. Sauron taught the Elf-smith, Celebrimbor how to make Rings of Power using “magic”, if you will. Sauron gave him the “spellbound-blueprint” or “operating system” to be able to make the rings. It was Celebrimbor who made the rings, with Sauron supervising and doing “quality control” inspections when each ring was done (touching each ring). Sauron knew of 16 Rings of Powers that Celebrimbor made under his watch. At some point, Sauron left the Elvish city where Celebrimbor made the rings and returned to Mordor to forge The One Ring in Mt. Doom. While Sauron was away, Celebrimbor made three more rings.... making them with the same “spellbound-blueprint” taught to him by Sauron as the other 16 rings, BUT the main difference is Sauron wasn’t present while they were forged, as such Sauron didn’t know they existed. Had he known Celebrimbor made three extra rings and gave three elves his Chromecast/AppleTV password, I don’t think Sauron would have casted his One Ring’s “share screen” for them to see him and his intentions. There’s two things to note: Sauron never touched the three elvish rings so they didn’t hold the power of being controlled or manipulated by The One Ring, so that’s why the elves were on to him, instead of blinding getting manipulated. Sauron’s Will was not imbued into the three elf rings. However, the three rings were indeed crafted using the Sauron’s “spellbound blueprint” or operating system, and so they are still tied to Sauron’s One Ring...they are on the same WiFi network. The correct final sequence of events: Sauron putting on The One Ring, the elves getting that Screen-Share broadcasted to them where they learn of Sauron’s identity and true intentions. THEN they remove their three existing rings (they didn’t make more). I wouldn’t say the elves rejected their rings, because they don’t get rid of them. They just hid them until Sauron was defeated (the first time) and The One Ring was lost. Since Sauron wasn’t wearing The One Ring after his defeat and he lost his body form, the elves did put their rings back on and used its powers to enhance and protect their elvish realms. The three rings are the same three that Celebrimbor originally forged using Sauron-craft. That’s why they are tied to The One Ring.
Phew that got long. Sorry. Hope that helps.
@@vl1006 honesty that was actually fairly short for a Tolkien lore explanation u nailed it well done its so easy to fall down a rabbit hole of lore someone could ask me the same question then 10 min later I'm somehow explaining the fall of gondolin
"You will give me the ring freeleh"
Great video love that voice over for galadriel, cannot wait to see what e next thing you are covering, I also believe if she did take the ring after a few years she would rule in terror.
Thanks Duncan! Glad you liked that voice!
okay but if it was just "a glimpse into what she would have become" then how come she took that form 100 years earlier in the Hobbit?
Why was she so surprised that she passed the test? Isn't this basically the second time she had denied this power, since Sauron had basically offered her such a life?
There's no mention of Galadriel taking on the 'dark form' in the book. So, this video concerns exclusively the movie version. I wonder how relevant it is to ponder the meaning of director's fancy.
As for the meaning of her words, accounts can be found in The Unfinished Tales and History of Middle Earth 12 - The Peoples of Middle-earth.
With dark, I mean "enhanced" as it was mentioned in the book. I guess I could have clarified that.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT You could have, but it wouldn't justify the statements you give in the video. There's nothing 'dark' about Galadriel throughout her entire life. Also, the statements you mention between 1:23 and 1:38 are not true. I don't know where did you find these information about her. Or it may be again just a poor choice of words.
PS. The word 'enhanced' is also not mentioned in the book.
Is it impossible if the silmalirion will be film? I want to know more about sauron and his war with isildur
Not the Silmarrillion, but the Second Age is coming to life by the hand of Amazon.
I was under the impression that the three rings given to the elves were not bound with the dark lard as they were built in secret by that elf guy.. sooooooooo.....yeahhhhh.......
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Because Jackson perceived it that way. More drama, less realism.
If you guys are interested in this you should check out three video by
Men of the West: "What if Galadriel had taken the one ring"
It's an awesome vid!
i would dissagree with this, the reason why is that she did the same thing in one of the Hobbit films when she faced off against Sauron and sent him flying to the east, at that point she was not tempted by the ring she was defending her beloved Gandalf, the ring wasnt even close by, the more likely reason she goes Negitive filter (thanks
Commander Rainbow Ducky i yoinked that from your comment) is that her inner light/radient power shines so bright it make her body and everything around her seem dark.
Sunspots are hot.