I’m so pumped! Viggo is such an impressive actor, artist, and character. He speaks several languages, on top of living in my birthplace of Madrid. Elessar, Aragorn son of Arathorn, the true king of Gondor and the Westlands
Tolkien being a World War 1 veteran, I have no doubt he knew first hand that some wounds can never heal, especially those inflicted on the mind. Hell, Tolkien was actually one of the lucky ones in that regard.
I think about the transition Elrond would go through in Valinor. He'd be reunited with most of his closest family members including his parents whom he hadn't seen since his youth but he'd go from one of the top 3 or 4 Eldar leaders in Middle-earth to rather a midlevel guy especially with many reembodied heroes from the First Age around.
Yup, huuuuge missed opportunity there. Could even have made her a warrior in place of how Galadriel is portrayed in the show to lessen the damage and complaints about Galadriel’s character.
@@Don9872 They could also portray her in her youth so that the foolishness and her character learning from those mistakes and trusting Sauron all made sense for her character and made for good character growth.
@@NerdoftheRings I sometimes wonder if the role wasn't originally written for Celebrian but some higher ups forced it to be tweaked for Galadriel. They probably thought it would make more money. Galadriel was probably a side character like the high king but they merged the roles to force Galadriel to be the main character.
For anyone who thinks Celebrian abandoned her family rather than live with her trauma, keep in mind she probably suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to her ordeal, something like that you don't get over and not many people can learn to live with it. I applaud Tolkien for not having Celebrian end her life like some other characters do and hopefully she found peace and healing in Valinor to one day be reunited with her Husband.
As a survivor of WW1 with its trench fighting and gas attacks, Tolkien probably saw several of his comrades dealing with PTSD. Like Celibrian, their bodies may have been healed, but their minds and spirits broken.
Also elves have their own perspective on separation. In the unused epilogue published in _Sauron Defeated_ Sam says this to Elanor when she wonders if Celeborn is sad after Galadriel went into the West: "I have learned that much from the Elves at any rate. They are not so troubled about time. And so I think Celeborn is still happy among his trees, in an Elvish way. His time hasn't come, and he isn't tired of his land yet. When he is tired he can go."
I actually like it better that way, i like how there is a certain healing in mental trauma in the world of LOTR. because mental illnesses in real world are incurable diseases, it might leave a long lasting bad effects upon your relationship with your loved ones. It’s better to stay away and heal rather than let it affect your love ones and stay consequently it might traumatize the people around you too.
Putting Celebrian in place of Galadriel would have made literally 100% more sense! Having a younger, brasher, independent and more headstrong elf-maiden who is a capable fighter or hunter (possibly from silvan marchwarden training) would work great with Elrond's political leadership, military tactics, lore-mastery and wisdom. This would have been a power couple! They seem very similar ages in the show, with Galadriel even seeming younger than Elrond at times, which would be true with Celebrian. Galadriel is thousands of years older than Elrond, and more experienced, wiser and powerful with magic. Combined with being tall, courageous and athletic, she doesn't need a weapon to win a battle, she is one! This could explain the absence of Celeborn better, having the lord and lady off in other locations and revealed at later dates.
My friend is adamant that it will be revealed that Galadriel is actually Celebrian masquerading as her mother and Elrond is in on it. I don't believe this theory but I can't deny it would be one heck of a plot twist.
I cannot even imagine what her eventual reunion with Elrond in Valinor must’ve been like for Celebrían. First overwhelming joy at seeing the love of her life again … and then the blow of him having to tell her that their daughter chose to become mortal.
Elrond: Hi Celebrian: Hi Elrond: What's new? Celebrian: Oh, you know, same old, same old? Elrond: Yep, well I have a tee time with my brother to get to. Check ya later.
7:49 It is quite heavily implied in the Unfinished Tales that the brothers stayed in Middle Earth and became the spirits of the land like all elves that stayed. Potentially helping those that can see them.
I know everyone is laughing about the kiss now but I feel like it’s kind of a shame that Galadriel and Elrond will always be associated in that way now. Even taking it in a funny way, it’s so un-Tolkien to me that it’s quite a shame 😢 I get the laughter but it’s honestly sad
As someone else pointed out, Celebrian disobeying Galadriel and teaming up with Elrond to protect Eregion because her dad's still in the city would've been an awesome storyline. Which also reminds me, 2 seasons into RoP and Galadriel makes no mention of Lake Evendim, the Elessar (even though Celebrimbor is right there), or Lorien. By focusing on Galadriel's disobedience in s1, the writers ignored her imperial ambitions (which partly influenced her decision to rule Lorien) while her character gets shafted, mocked, and held hostage throughout s2 (deservedly perhaps, but this kine of characterization is expected of Fëanor's children, not Finarfin's, who we know are smarter than the other Ñoldor). The writers fr just dug themselves into a hole trying to impress everyone and nobody at the same time. If Celebrian was a main character, then her death (assuming they adapt Third Age) would tug some massive heartstrings
Celebrian had a very good entry point in S2! She could have been chosen and trusted by Elrond to join the party as an archer to Eregion while Galadriel disapproves! 😅 Celebrian estranged with mom for being busy chasing after vengeance instead of seeking light/hope that Celeborn is somewhere alive as a prisoner 😢
@@edrik3521 , maybe! I’m actually curious if they’re going to write Celebrian into the show since they’ve written Celeborn as MIA and presumed dead. I don’t think the kiss was anything more than Elrond slipping her the lock pick, but you never know with that show.
Yup when they kissed I instantly said “NOTR is gonna have a FIELD day with this one” where the f is Celeborn? Couldn’t they just do that platonic forehead to forehead touching sorta thing and have the same effect?
Fantastic summary for such an overlooked character! 😁 But I think I disagree with how you summed up that wounds of the mind sometimes cannot be healed - I feel, rather, that through Celebrían’s story we’re shown that some mental wounds take skills greater than our own or that of our loved ones to heal; sometimes perhaps only divine healing (such as Celebrían would find across the sea) will do? 🩵
It literally takes no more than 8 minutes of this video to realise how much the Rings of Power has diverted the whole story and created a completely different thing than the original books. It is absurdly misrepresented and a mockery to Tolkien's lore. Thanks, NOTR for making these videos and telling exactly how things are originally in the books. That's why JRR Tolkien spent decades of his work to create this masterpiece, for someone to re tell his stories, not change it completely.
This makes me wonder… why don’t we see hardly any married couples in The Rings of Power?? 🤔 It’s like they’re intentionally avoiding the spouses of major characters.. Disa is the only spouse regularly on camera and she’s a made up character I think?? The show leads you to believe everyone is “single and not looking to mingle”
That is a great question! The show certainly could have spouses for Galadriel, Elendil, & Isildur. Elrond meeting Celebrían during the show would have made sense as well.
Because they don’t want to show nuclear families in any type of media these days. They want families broken apart, it’s easier to divide and conquer that way.
Unrelated but I like to think Elladan and Elrohir stayed in Middle Earth for good. There is a mention that the elves that linger would fade from the world to the point of being unseen spirits. I imagine their hate for orcs and the endless thirst for revenge had them fade to wraiths, existing as a feeling of righteous anger when they passed mortals.
I always liked Elrond as a character dedicated, loyal , kind compassionate and strong-willed . Also i like how he is like " im going to get the confidence to tell that i love her " Almost 100 years later Elrond: i didn't expect that would work * him smiling like a loon probably * .
when I was a kid I always wondered what happened to Elrond's wife: it seemed strange to me that there was a Lord but not a Lady (unless you count Arwen) in Rivendell. my mom simply told me that while her body was injured (then healed) her mind never did so she had to leave in order to get better. it wasn't until I grew up that I was able to find out more background info. this video was great!
The sad thing about this whole business is that all those events exactly as they were accounted had enough political drama, generations of family drama and a blank slate for a brash and impulsive female role (Celebrian). Pretty sweet starting point for an interesting show. But somehow the showrunners decided to shuffle everything around instead of using the actual foundations. George Martin’s denouncing screenwriters trying to improve the original the material and snowballing their way into a convoluted mess resonates deeply.
My current going theory is that we are NOT going to see Celebrian in the Rings of Power. Galadrial might end up back with Celeborn, but my guess is all the Elrond/Celebrian/Arwen story will be implied to happen behind the scenes after season 5 and the movies. I think by making "young" versions of these Elvish characters, they wrote themselves into the corner here and made it pretty much impossible for them to do children and marrying of each others children to make more children, because casual fans (movie fans, and even more casual than that) will be weirded it out by it all maybe even to the point of turning off the show. These characters as we see them look around early late 20s/early 30s, and we humans associate that with people either not having kids yet, or having young babies/toddlers. So to marry someone's child at the ages they look now, feels very "Twilight imprinting on Bella's kid" to casual fans... and well, ick. I feel like the only way for them to possibly do this in the show they've set up, is to do a significant time jump, to cast older actors in the roles for the final season(s), or to just imply that it happens off screen after the show and before the movies. I'll happily be proven wrong about all of this, but my current thinking is the execs who are normies themselves and are thinking about the normies, will not let the show to let Elrond (who looks 25) marry Galadriel (who looks 32)'s daughter who will also have to be looking 25, in an effort to not freak out said normies. Personally, I think all this just to imply a Galadriel/Sauron romance (even if its' only philosophical), was a poor creative decision, but well, this show tends to do make a lot of poor creative decisions - whether at the behest of the writers or the more likely answer, the amazon executives
My headcanon is that one of Elladan/Elrohir chose mortality and the other the ship to valinor, echoing the split of their father and uncle 6000+ years earlier.
Perhaps if there were a compelling reason to do so. Elros was offered the kingship of Númenor and he might have already been in love with a human woman although her age relative to his is unclear. Elladan and Elrohir spent time with the Dúnedain rangers but it seems like Rivendell was always their home base so I don't if either would feel especially akin to men.
@@dlxmarks I’d imagine they spent a lot of time with the Dunedain especially after their mother was traumatised by orcs and there was plenty of time after the war of the ring, during the restoration of Arnor maybe, where one of them might have fallen in love with a Dunedain lady. I dunno I just like the echoing of the past type thing, it’s why my headcanon is that Gil Galad is Fingon’s son as Gil Galad fighting Sauron echoes his grandfather Fingolfin fighting Morgoth.
@@Don9872 Yes, I prefer Gil-galad as Fingon's son even though that makes Turgon's status as High King of the Noldor problematic. The idea that he is the son of Orodreth (and brother of Finduilas) who in turn is the son of Angrod makes the Finarfin family tree oddly unbalanced. I also prefer Orodreth as the son of Finarfin and the underperforming child compared to his more competent siblings. 😄
@@dlxmarks I figure the Noldor don’t have a strict law of succession for the high kingship so Turgon being the most senior of the house of Fingolfin (the feanorians were I guess ruled out at that point) and I assume Gil galad was quite young at the time so would have been looked over, at least for the time being. Poor Orodreth 😂 he made the worst mistake someone in the late first age can make… go along with Turin on his path of violence.
@@Don9872 That and earlier being entrusted by Finrod with holding the original Minas Tirith only to abandon it when Sauron came. I like to think of Orodreth as the Fredo Corleone of House Finarfin. 😆
thanks for the clarification. I always thought that Celebrian withered and actually died. But if she went to the undying lands it means that Elrond reunited with her once he left Middle earth together with Galadriel and Gandalf. That is a comforting thought!
So when Elrond kissed Galadriel, he was actually kissing his mother-in-law. This is from the Amazon production. It's not exactly Canon, but Peter Jacksons isn't either. It would take forever to include everything. Thanks, this was very informative.
That was well done. Celebrían is such an interesting figure. I have one minor criticism. You pronounced the vowels in “Evendim” as if it were an Elvish name. It is actually Common Speech rendered as English. Evendim rhymes with “leavin’ him.” The first element is archaic English meaning “evening.” The second element is Old English “dim” meaning “dim light, dusk, twilight.”
Side note: if you COULD live forever and you basically stay looking the same as your prime 25-35 year old self for a large chunk of that time it would be weird that you look the same age as your daughter. Like Celebrion is the daughter of G but G and Elrond look to be the same age and eventually won’t Celebrion?
Thank you. This was so needed after watching that bit of stupidity of the last episode of ROP. I understand that the intent was to use that time as a distraction to give her a means of escape. But they could have made it her forehead or cheek. The show runners were two of the three writers of that episode. I want to know which one of those fools wrote that part.
I think the twins stayed in Middle Earth to be close to their sister, knowing that her time was short, in Elven terms, and wanting to be with her for as long as they could. After the death of Aragorn and her passing, they would have eventually made their way West.
Maybe this stone is not just a jewelry. It's a powerful stone created by Manwe. It has a power to call/to summon The Eagles for help in critical time. Just a wild theory.
02:08 "Celeborn would take part in the war in Eregion." Another wasted opportunity by the RoP people. Why they didn't allow Celeborn to exist (alive) is so strange. (Well, they wanted a love angle, so, maybe not so strange.) But Celeborn is such a mystery character to us -- almost a joke sometimes -- who is he, what did Galadriel see in him, etc. To have introduced him and gotten him onto the battlefield, we could have seen the character in a whole new light. Alas alack...
Of Elrond's twin sons, I prefer to think that their fate mirrors the fate of Elrond and his own brother, with one of them choosing to leave for Valinor and one choosing to stay in the human world with his sister. But maybe he dies before her, so she still ends alone. Maybe his soul then travels to Valinor while his sisters does not, making him the last soul to return and he is reunited with his brother. I like that story.
The actor has confirmed this kiss with Elrond and Galadriel was a goodbye but also a distraction so he could give her the pin. Never romantic. Have you never kissed a friend? They were clearly super close friends in tLotR
Thanks for the analysis! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I’m not sure if you’ve made a video on this topic before, it’s a bit of a heavier one but my idea would be how did Tolkien write trauma? I think it would be a very interesting
I wonder what type of torment the orcs did to her to break her spirit. Did they molest her? Is that something that Tolkien thought of as something that could happen in his writing? I mean in other literary works, that kind of torment exists.
VIGGO MORTENSEN joins me for a chat! Be sure to tune in Tuesday for my conversation with King Elessar: th-cam.com/video/qLaOk2w-H4o/w-d-xo.html
Awesome
Looking forward to that!!😊
I will watch it.
I’m so pumped! Viggo is such an impressive actor, artist, and character. He speaks several languages, on top of living in my birthplace of Madrid. Elessar, Aragorn son of Arathorn, the true king of Gondor and the Westlands
it’s just sad
I thought this would be a good time for a reminder of Elrond's true love. :)
Elrond : I would like to marry thee, Celebrian.
Celebrian: How do I know you're worthy!
Elrond: Ask your mum!
Something we all needed thank you
Thank you!
Thanks for saving our sanity from that perversion of Tolkien called ROP.
So next week when she kisses Sauron, what will your reaction be?
This being released right after that last episode of rings of power is just perfect, thank you LOL
It’s almost as if he planned it this way…
Lol
well done indeed! Perfect timing.
Tolkien being a World War 1 veteran, I have no doubt he knew first hand that some wounds can never heal, especially those inflicted on the mind. Hell, Tolkien was actually one of the lucky ones in that regard.
World War 1?
You must be old as Tom bombadill
Hahahaha ok now it makes sense
@@stevenweir7236 Yup. He fought in some of the worst battles including the Somme.
@@tiryaclearsong421 you didn't see the rough draft
Nerd of the Rings sending a subtle message to Amazon concerning the Rings of Power 😂
Perfect timing I must say. Not to mention the choice of video cover photo haha
I can only hope when Elrond returned to Valnior, he would have a happy, bittersweet reunion with Celebrian.
@@myriadmediamusings after all the battles and loses he had to endure, he deserves it.
I think about the transition Elrond would go through in Valinor. He'd be reunited with most of his closest family members including his parents whom he hadn't seen since his youth but he'd go from one of the top 3 or 4 Eldar leaders in Middle-earth to rather a midlevel guy especially with many reembodied heroes from the First Age around.
Celeborn: "Where is Elrond ? For I much desire to speak with him..."
😂😂😂😂😂
watch as adar comes back as celebrian in season 3. "galadriel, it’s ya boi adar reborn as your daugther from the hellfires of netu.
😂😂😂
She should've been the main character in The Rings of Power along with Elrond and their blossoming romance and children.
Yup, huuuuge missed opportunity there. Could even have made her a warrior in place of how Galadriel is portrayed in the show to lessen the damage and complaints about Galadriel’s character.
@@Don9872 They could also portray her in her youth so that the foolishness and her character learning from those mistakes and trusting Sauron all made sense for her character and made for good character growth.
This 100%. If you make Galadriel’s character into Celebrían, it solves so many issues with her
@@NerdoftheRings I sometimes wonder if the role wasn't originally written for Celebrian but some higher ups forced it to be tweaked for Galadriel. They probably thought it would make more money. Galadriel was probably a side character like the high king but they merged the roles to force Galadriel to be the main character.
@@NerdoftheRings agree too
Also I love how everything just comes to Aragorn thousands of years later. What a legend.
Matt's sarcasm reaches the next level :) Thanks!
For anyone who thinks Celebrian abandoned her family rather than live with her trauma, keep in mind she probably suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to her ordeal, something like that you don't get over and not many people can learn to live with it. I applaud Tolkien for not having Celebrian end her life like some other characters do and hopefully she found peace and healing in Valinor to one day be reunited with her Husband.
As a survivor of WW1 with its trench fighting and gas attacks, Tolkien probably saw several of his comrades dealing with PTSD. Like Celibrian, their bodies may have been healed, but their minds and spirits broken.
Also elves have their own perspective on separation. In the unused epilogue published in _Sauron Defeated_ Sam says this to Elanor when she wonders if Celeborn is sad after Galadriel went into the West: "I have learned that much from the Elves at any rate. They are not so troubled about time. And so I think Celeborn is still happy among his trees, in an Elvish way. His time hasn't come, and he isn't tired of his land yet. When he is tired he can go."
Getting gang banged by orcs probably didn't help.
I actually like it better that way, i like how there is a certain healing in mental trauma in the world of LOTR. because mental illnesses in real world are incurable diseases, it might leave a long lasting bad effects upon your relationship with your loved ones. It’s better to stay away and heal rather than let it affect your love ones and stay consequently it might traumatize the people around you too.
Tolkien never gave this a moments thought.
Putting Celebrian in place of Galadriel would have made literally 100% more sense! Having a younger, brasher, independent and more headstrong elf-maiden who is a capable fighter or hunter (possibly from silvan marchwarden training) would work great with Elrond's political leadership, military tactics, lore-mastery and wisdom. This would have been a power couple! They seem very similar ages in the show, with Galadriel even seeming younger than Elrond at times, which would be true with Celebrian. Galadriel is thousands of years older than Elrond, and more experienced, wiser and powerful with magic. Combined with being tall, courageous and athletic, she doesn't need a weapon to win a battle, she is one! This could explain the absence of Celeborn better, having the lord and lady off in other locations and revealed at later dates.
Man Amazon really should have hired you instead
My friend is adamant that it will be revealed that Galadriel is actually Celebrian masquerading as her mother and Elrond is in on it. I don't believe this theory but I can't deny it would be one heck of a plot twist.
I cannot even imagine what her eventual reunion with Elrond in Valinor must’ve been like for Celebrían. First overwhelming joy at seeing the love of her life again … and then the blow of him having to tell her that their daughter chose to become mortal.
Elrond: Hi
Celebrian: Hi
Elrond: What's new?
Celebrian: Oh, you know, same old, same old?
Elrond: Yep, well I have a tee time with my brother to get to. Check ya later.
7:49 It is quite heavily implied in the Unfinished Tales that the brothers stayed in Middle Earth and became the spirits of the land like all elves that stayed. Potentially helping those that can see them.
Celebrian: So Elrond is my mum a good kisser?
Who is also your cousin.
@@malchir4036 meanwhile GOT, HOTD:
Elrond: "She's a better kisser than your dad."
Celebrían: "What?"
Elrond: "What?"
@@dlxmarkswhen did Elrond kissed Sauron 😂😂😂
@@BaTmanWhOPlay ?
Dropping this so soon after that abominable scene from RoP is a great flex move. Bravo sir!
The timing so on point for this video release 😂 👌🏻
They should have chosen Celebrian as main character instead of Galadriel for The Rings of Power. It would certainly have worked better
Agreed 100%.
I would have loved that. The character called Galadriel in the show is not very Galadriel.
@@NerdoftheRings@NerdoftheRings I can't believe that Amazon made Galadriel so hated in that series. Was that intentionally their goal?
That's a genius idea. Shame the show writers didn't think of it!
@@Dangermaniac206 leave it to Amazon to ruin great franchises and their great iconic characters.
I know everyone is laughing about the kiss now but I feel like it’s kind of a shame that Galadriel and Elrond will always be associated in that way now. Even taking it in a funny way, it’s so un-Tolkien to me that it’s quite a shame 😢 I get the laughter but it’s honestly sad
It's likely rings of power won't be remembered 100 years from now, but The Lord of the Rings will still be read.
No one is incorporating TROP into LOTR canon.
Thanks for dropping this, I needed it after watching the… elrond galadriel episode
I can’t believe you are watching that garbage.
As someone else pointed out, Celebrian disobeying Galadriel and teaming up with Elrond to protect Eregion because her dad's still in the city would've been an awesome storyline. Which also reminds me, 2 seasons into RoP and Galadriel makes no mention of Lake Evendim, the Elessar (even though Celebrimbor is right there), or Lorien. By focusing on Galadriel's disobedience in s1, the writers ignored her imperial ambitions (which partly influenced her decision to rule Lorien) while her character gets shafted, mocked, and held hostage throughout s2 (deservedly perhaps, but this kine of characterization is expected of Fëanor's children, not Finarfin's, who we know are smarter than the other Ñoldor). The writers fr just dug themselves into a hole trying to impress everyone and nobody at the same time. If Celebrian was a main character, then her death (assuming they adapt Third Age) would tug some massive heartstrings
Celebrian had a very good entry point in S2! She could have been chosen and trusted by Elrond to join the party as an archer to Eregion while Galadriel disapproves! 😅 Celebrian estranged with mom for being busy chasing after vengeance instead of seeking light/hope that Celeborn is somewhere alive as a prisoner 😢
That makes too much sense for these hack writers
This video contains no spoilers for rings of power, unfortunately 😬
haha! This is a great comment.
Lol tough to have spoilers for ROP when the topic is Tolkien.
Mom, what are you doing?
😭😂
“Kissing your husband.”
"Wait, what are you doing here daughter? You aren't born yet? isn't most of this irrelevant?"
@@edrik3521 , maybe! I’m actually curious if they’re going to write Celebrian into the show since they’ve written Celeborn as MIA and presumed dead. I don’t think the kiss was anything more than Elrond slipping her the lock pick, but you never know with that show.
@@HuginnHufflepuff "slipping her the lock pick" Is that what the kids are calling it these days.
The timing is truly spot on **chef's kiss** 😂🤌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻
Your dropping this cuz of the Elrond and Galadriel kiss, lol. I was thinking when it happened, "Isn't her daughter his wife?"
I just know that kiss will haunt me forever bc of the number of times people will ask if it is in the books. ughhhh
XD
Rings of power is not canon ignore it
Yup when they kissed I instantly said “NOTR is gonna have a FIELD day with this one” where the f is Celeborn? Couldn’t they just do that platonic forehead to forehead touching sorta thing and have the same effect?
ROP is trash
Thank you; we all needed this.
Right timing, I came to see the Galadriel relation with Elrond here , after watching LOTR: The Rings of Power
Thank you NOTR
As always sir, thank you again for keeping the lore alive and well 📚🙏
Oh dear what a shame you didn't put this out a few years earlier. I think SOME PEOPLE really needed to see this.
Fantastic summary for such an overlooked character! 😁 But I think I disagree with how you summed up that wounds of the mind sometimes cannot be healed - I feel, rather, that through Celebrían’s story we’re shown that some mental wounds take skills greater than our own or that of our loved ones to heal; sometimes perhaps only divine healing (such as Celebrían would find across the sea) will do? 🩵
“Tell me where is Elrond. For I much desire to speak with him.”-Celeborn
This is fascinating! I’m looking into more Tolkien lore and this character has always fascinated me. Thanks for this video!
I’m impressed you were able to get this out so quickly! Thank you.
This is what I was hoping for in RoP. Maybe PJ will make it someday.
If they had adapted just this one story faithfully, it would have been a million times better than whatever happens in RoP.
It literally takes no more than 8 minutes of this video to realise how much the Rings of Power has diverted the whole story and created a completely different thing than the original books. It is absurdly misrepresented and a mockery to Tolkien's lore. Thanks, NOTR for making these videos and telling exactly how things are originally in the books. That's why JRR Tolkien spent decades of his work to create this masterpiece, for someone to re tell his stories, not change it completely.
I'm good at keeping secrets and quietly pining away for a crush...but 800 years!? Elrond is wild!
In elvish time would be like... Maybe a year or maximum five? That sound reasonable
Awesome Video! Thank you Matt! We needed this right now! :)
Great timing.
This makes me wonder… why don’t we see hardly any married couples in The Rings of Power?? 🤔 It’s like they’re intentionally avoiding the spouses of major characters.. Disa is the only spouse regularly on camera and she’s a made up character I think?? The show leads you to believe everyone is “single and not looking to mingle”
@@heychrisgreen because they want to use the more fleshed-out characters for shipping fuel.
That is a great question! The show certainly could have spouses for Galadriel, Elendil, & Isildur. Elrond meeting Celebrían during the show would have made sense as well.
Because the show is trash.
Because they don’t want to show nuclear families in any type of media these days. They want families broken apart, it’s easier to divide and conquer that way.
@@LeeLeeBellePBJLeethat's why you think it's trash? Lol
Been waiting for this one
Perfect time to remind the fandom
Such a beautiful episode. Nostalgic and emotional. ❤
Ive been waiting so long for this!
does he tell her that he kissed her mom in the process of freeing her? lol
Unrelated but I like to think Elladan and Elrohir stayed in Middle Earth for good. There is a mention that the elves that linger would fade from the world to the point of being unseen spirits. I imagine their hate for orcs and the endless thirst for revenge had them fade to wraiths, existing as a feeling of righteous anger when they passed mortals.
I always liked Elrond as a character dedicated, loyal , kind compassionate and strong-willed . Also i like how he is like " im going to get the confidence to tell that i love her "
Almost 100 years later Elrond: i didn't expect that would work * him smiling like a loon probably * .
i really appreciate your work, thank you
Well done, nicely written as always.
The new music (if it's new?) and art in this are fantastic. Very touching and draw the heart and mind towards Tolkein's beautiful world.
Man, your videos are great.
when I was a kid I always wondered what happened to Elrond's wife: it seemed strange to me that there was a Lord but not a Lady (unless you count Arwen) in Rivendell. my mom simply told me that while her body was injured (then healed) her mind never did so she had to leave in order to get better. it wasn't until I grew up that I was able to find out more background info. this video was great!
The sad thing about this whole business is that all those events exactly as they were accounted had enough political drama, generations of family drama and a blank slate for a brash and impulsive female role (Celebrian). Pretty sweet starting point for an interesting show.
But somehow the showrunners decided to shuffle everything around instead of using the actual foundations. George Martin’s denouncing screenwriters trying to improve the original the material and snowballing their way into a convoluted mess resonates deeply.
Lord Elrond is the ultimate playa of Middle-earth: Kisses the Lady Galadriel in one age only to be married to her daughter in the next 😭
🤣🤣🤣🤣💯
@@JurassicTheory excuse me for a second.... 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮.... I am better now.
And this is the world we now live in. ughhh lol.
You have to experience the original before moving onto the sequel, duh.
@@melkhiordarkfell4354 oh dear...
An elf dying is like returning a book to a library shelf. They just goes in storage for a while.
Ninety one years between children? Impeccable family planning by those elves.
My current going theory is that we are NOT going to see Celebrian in the Rings of Power. Galadrial might end up back with Celeborn, but my guess is all the Elrond/Celebrian/Arwen story will be implied to happen behind the scenes after season 5 and the movies. I think by making "young" versions of these Elvish characters, they wrote themselves into the corner here and made it pretty much impossible for them to do children and marrying of each others children to make more children, because casual fans (movie fans, and even more casual than that) will be weirded it out by it all maybe even to the point of turning off the show. These characters as we see them look around early late 20s/early 30s, and we humans associate that with people either not having kids yet, or having young babies/toddlers. So to marry someone's child at the ages they look now, feels very "Twilight imprinting on Bella's kid" to casual fans... and well, ick.
I feel like the only way for them to possibly do this in the show they've set up, is to do a significant time jump, to cast older actors in the roles for the final season(s), or to just imply that it happens off screen after the show and before the movies. I'll happily be proven wrong about all of this, but my current thinking is the execs who are normies themselves and are thinking about the normies, will not let the show to let Elrond (who looks 25) marry Galadriel (who looks 32)'s daughter who will also have to be looking 25, in an effort to not freak out said normies.
Personally, I think all this just to imply a Galadriel/Sauron romance (even if its' only philosophical), was a poor creative decision, but well, this show tends to do make a lot of poor creative decisions - whether at the behest of the writers or the more likely answer, the amazon executives
following up the last episode of ROP with this video is a power move
Nice timing lmao
My headcanon is that one of Elladan/Elrohir chose mortality and the other the ship to valinor, echoing the split of their father and uncle 6000+ years earlier.
Perhaps if there were a compelling reason to do so. Elros was offered the kingship of Númenor and he might have already been in love with a human woman although her age relative to his is unclear. Elladan and Elrohir spent time with the Dúnedain rangers but it seems like Rivendell was always their home base so I don't if either would feel especially akin to men.
@@dlxmarks I’d imagine they spent a lot of time with the Dunedain especially after their mother was traumatised by orcs and there was plenty of time after the war of the ring, during the restoration of Arnor maybe, where one of them might have fallen in love with a Dunedain lady. I dunno I just like the echoing of the past type thing, it’s why my headcanon is that Gil Galad is Fingon’s son as Gil Galad fighting Sauron echoes his grandfather Fingolfin fighting Morgoth.
@@Don9872 Yes, I prefer Gil-galad as Fingon's son even though that makes Turgon's status as High King of the Noldor problematic. The idea that he is the son of Orodreth (and brother of Finduilas) who in turn is the son of Angrod makes the Finarfin family tree oddly unbalanced. I also prefer Orodreth as the son of Finarfin and the underperforming child compared to his more competent siblings. 😄
@@dlxmarks I figure the Noldor don’t have a strict law of succession for the high kingship so Turgon being the most senior of the house of Fingolfin (the feanorians were I guess ruled out at that point) and I assume Gil galad was quite young at the time so would have been looked over, at least for the time being. Poor Orodreth 😂 he made the worst mistake someone in the late first age can make… go along with Turin on his path of violence.
@@Don9872 That and earlier being entrusted by Finrod with holding the original Minas Tirith only to abandon it when Sauron came. I like to think of Orodreth as the Fredo Corleone of House Finarfin. 😆
thanks for the clarification. I always thought that Celebrian withered and actually died. But if she went to the undying lands it means that Elrond reunited with her once he left Middle earth together with Galadriel and Gandalf. That is a comforting thought!
I love your lore videos! Thank you for this! It is a shame ROP cares not for Tolkien's lore.
So when Elrond kissed Galadriel, he was actually kissing his mother-in-law. This is from the Amazon production. It's not exactly Canon, but Peter Jacksons isn't either. It would take forever to include everything. Thanks, this was very informative.
In Rings of Power they digested Celebrian's story into Galadriels expereince in Season 2.
I love how elf couples leave each other and be like “see you in 500 years” like it’s quite normal for them.
That was well done. Celebrían is such an interesting figure. I have one minor criticism. You pronounced the vowels in “Evendim” as if it were an Elvish name. It is actually Common Speech rendered as English. Evendim rhymes with “leavin’ him.” The first element is archaic English meaning “evening.” The second element is Old English “dim” meaning “dim light, dusk, twilight.”
Side note: if you COULD live forever and you basically stay looking the same as your prime 25-35 year old self for a large chunk of that time it would be weird that you look the same age as your daughter. Like Celebrion is the daughter of G but G and Elrond look to be the same age and eventually won’t Celebrion?
Elves do get older and die. Only to be reborn again. So the body changes over time and they get a new one eventually.
Interesting story of Celebrian, daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn and wife of Elrond.
Thank you. This was so needed after watching that bit of stupidity of the last episode of ROP. I understand that the intent was to use that time as a distraction to give her a means of escape. But they could have made it her forehead or cheek. The show runners were two of the three writers of that episode. I want to know which one of those fools wrote that part.
I think the twins stayed in Middle Earth to be close to their sister, knowing that her time was short, in Elven terms, and wanting to be with her for as long as they could. After the death of Aragorn and her passing, they would have eventually made their way West.
Thank you man I had to shut off the tv and go to bed when I saw Elrond and Galadriel kiss
Maybe this stone is not just a jewelry. It's a powerful stone created by Manwe. It has a power to call/to summon The Eagles for help in critical time. Just a wild theory.
I knew they were hinting at this but I decided to pretend I was not seeing it because it was just too vile to think about
GIVE HER TO US AMAZON!!!
02:08 "Celeborn would take part in the war in Eregion." Another wasted opportunity by the RoP people. Why they didn't allow Celeborn to exist (alive) is so strange. (Well, they wanted a love angle, so, maybe not so strange.) But Celeborn is such a mystery character to us -- almost a joke sometimes -- who is he, what did Galadriel see in him, etc. To have introduced him and gotten him onto the battlefield, we could have seen the character in a whole new light. Alas alack...
Hey @NerdoftheRings can you make a video looking into what Sauron defines as "order" ? What's his goal?
Elrond and Galadriel have probably been playing Kissy Kissy for thousands of years.
Of Elrond's twin sons, I prefer to think that their fate mirrors the fate of Elrond and his own brother, with one of them choosing to leave for Valinor and one choosing to stay in the human world with his sister. But maybe he dies before her, so she still ends alone. Maybe his soul then travels to Valinor while his sisters does not, making him the last soul to return and he is reunited with his brother. I like that story.
Elrond is a rockstar in rings of power
Elrond: "She gets it from her mama."
💀 Elrond got some explaining to do.
My day always becomes better when Nerd of the rings uploads a new video
The actor has confirmed this kiss with Elrond and Galadriel was a goodbye but also a distraction so he could give her the pin. Never romantic. Have you never kissed a friend? They were clearly super close friends in tLotR
Thank you so much for making this masterful video 🙏🤍✨
Video on Celebrían? VIDEO ON CELEBRÍAN!!!!
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Why did elrond kiss galadriel in rings of power series? Are they lovers too ?
They absolutely are not lovers.
I’m not sure if you’ve made a video on this topic before, it’s a bit of a heavier one but my idea would be how did Tolkien write trauma? I think it would be a very interesting
Could you please mention the seriously ethereal music playing in the background ?
If it's not too much to ask, would u be able to tag the music used in all your videos please, i enjoy listening to them as well. Thanks.
"Does your wife know you kissed her mother?'🤣
"Hey mom, remember that time my husband slipped you some tongue?" 😂
I wonder what type of torment the orcs did to her to break her spirit. Did they molest her? Is that something that Tolkien thought of as something that could happen in his writing? I mean in other literary works, that kind of torment exists.
Trying to imagine being together 800 years
Just talking about the real story tugs at the heartstrings.
Is it possible to do a video on what if morgoth never created the dragons.
It would have helped a lot if the writers of Rings of Power would haved waited for this video before writing season 2 lol
Waiting 800 years to marry the woman who you love. 😂 Talk about commitment.
"Tell me where is Elrond, for I much desire to snap his neck."