Galadriel is a Psychopath

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  • @kurooaisu
    @kurooaisu ปีที่แล้ว +661

    Despite being a terribly written character on a bad series, Galadriel might unironically teach me a lesson on how to write a good villain

    • @nightenday687
      @nightenday687 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That’s what I was thinking!

    • @CS-pl8fc
      @CS-pl8fc ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Idk a 5'2" 95lb woman doesn't sound all that menacing to me

    • @solan7978
      @solan7978 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@CS-pl8fc Ever see the movie "The Bad Seed"?

    • @ericvulgate7091
      @ericvulgate7091 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Tiny people can be villains too.
      In my experience most of them are tiny.

    • @crowmanmoonlight946
      @crowmanmoonlight946 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ericvulgate7091true

  • @Lalle524
    @Lalle524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    It's scary how accurate this "satire" is. Galadriel comes off as a complete psycho, both in acting and writing. Fantastic work.

    • @lordsathariel4384
      @lordsathariel4384 ปีที่แล้ว

      legit i watched rings of power with some friends two of us are massive lotr fans the others liked the movies but by the end 3 of us said nearly on cue why is galadriel a socipath she is manipulative unhinged and wants to commit genocide in a specific way just to torture one uruk she is clearly unhinged no wander they wanted her to see the maiar in valinor for therapy

    • @ZodoLeeka
      @ZodoLeeka ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Couldn't have said it better, you took the thoughts out of my head and put them into words.
      Honestly the show writers would've ended up with a more entertaining product if they just admitted to wanting to erase our heroes and made Galadriel the villain.

    • @captainLoknar
      @captainLoknar ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Disney, if you value your product at all, hire this man!

    • @MrQuidy
      @MrQuidy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      What satire?

  • @BIGESTblade
    @BIGESTblade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    This is unironically a better story than the actual show.

    • @billybadass3056
      @billybadass3056 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      this IS the story.... it's just buried underneath the mountain of stupidity and trash of untalented writers/creators but either way those UNTALENTED writers/creators are still windows into darkness that WILL SHINE THRU When ever it has the chance.... the best way to put it is, was this message intentional? NO, but corrupt ppl produce corrupt content because that's just how it works you just have to be able to see if for what it is..

  • @peterpirate8163
    @peterpirate8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    Satirical and accurate at the same time. Whether the showrunners intended to write Galadriel as a psychopath is unknown.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      I don't think much is known at all about what exactly the showrunners intended to write. I doubt even they know.

    • @peterpirate8163
      @peterpirate8163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@DespotofAntrim The channel Disparu also has a video about Galadriel being a psychopath. He thinks it's because the two showrunners are psychopaths as well. I'm wondering that they may turn out to be misogynists.

    • @nadinefeiler9204
      @nadinefeiler9204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@peterpirate8163 if we look at the way this two wrote the Harfoots, who are supposed to be be a group of people with big hearts and strong bonds with each other and turned out to be absolutely callous, i don't think this assumption is a stretch.

    • @garethlewis1984
      @garethlewis1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Deliberately writing her as a psychopath lends credence to the showrunners' ability to create actual characters that they simply don't have.

    • @justachannel8600
      @justachannel8600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I don't think they do it intentional. I don't even think they are conscious about it. The writers are probably highly narcissistic. This complete lack of understanding has been quite visible in this sphere for a while now.

  • @maryokeeffe3528
    @maryokeeffe3528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    I had no idea the showrunners were so subtle and cunning in what they did! Cleverly misleading us as to who the villain might be, while parading the real monster in front of us all the time!

    • @chaiam
      @chaiam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s because they are degenerate, obviously raised in a culture of moral relativism and the worst ideologies of hollywoke. They can’t even hunk clearly, if anyone should be deplatformed it’s them. Of course I’m not suggesting that they be censored or cancelled - but to be given such a large platform for such garbage is telling of the age we live in.

    • @virgilxavier1
      @virgilxavier1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      My fan theory is that galadriel is actually sauron.

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

    • @Melodyofthesea78
      @Melodyofthesea78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@virgilxavier1 My fan theory is that Sauron is somehow pretending to be Gladriel without her knowledge or....Sauron killed Celeborn Gladriel's husband then killed and skinned Gladriel and is wearing a weird skin suit of Gladriel then somehow went unnoticed of his deeds. Lol

    • @ДмитрийМачулин-ч3т
      @ДмитрийМачулин-ч3т 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just one question: what does it have to do with the LOTR?

  • @Nopeasaurus
    @Nopeasaurus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1043

    I applaud the brave soldiers who formed a mutiny against Galadriel and her coldblooded tyranny. May they rest well in Valinor.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Hallowed be their name.

    • @82dorrin
      @82dorrin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Galadriel in RoP is the kind of military commander who would be in danger of suffering a fatal "friendly fire" accident.

    • @sidvyas8549
      @sidvyas8549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Sic semper tyrannis

    • @dumbidea1007
      @dumbidea1007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The rest is well earned

    • @ms1535
      @ms1535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn’t follow that psycho across a dirt trail.

  • @Nopeasaurus
    @Nopeasaurus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1397

    "The idea of entering heaven is so repellent to this demonness that she would rather die than go to a realm of supreme love where the light of God shines eternal." I cried.

    • @saymyname2417
      @saymyname2417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Valinor was not God's Heaven but "heaven on Earth", a different dimension reserved for Tolkien's self-centered fallen angels. But like the Watchers they were deceived to be wanting more...

    • @scottr2706
      @scottr2706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jesus, it is just a fantasy.
      And really, "realm of supreme love"! God help us.

    • @gainthailand
      @gainthailand 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@saymyname2417 What are you talking about? "Heaven on Earth" does have in the Bible. Valinor is a realm of light in Tolkien works there's nothing to do with fallen angels.

    • @sgt_slobber.7628
      @sgt_slobber.7628 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To her it’s better to be FIRST IN HELL than second in Heaven!!!!!!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Better to reign in Hell than serve in heaven.

  • @swiftstrike4044
    @swiftstrike4044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    So Sauron turned his mark from a symbol of fear and bloodshed during his time heroically defending the orc's land into a symbol of safety and hope when he sadly couldn't stop the invasion. He's leaving them behind for any orcs who weren't apart of the mass exodus so that they too can reach the promise land where they can live in peace. His love and compassion for the innocent is awe inspiring.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Sauron-Moses is a beacon of light in the darkness.

    • @finnymathew6400
      @finnymathew6400 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sauron is an inspiration to us all

    • @vardiganxpl1698
      @vardiganxpl1698 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sauron is actually moses confirmed

  • @RoninDave
    @RoninDave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Fortunately, the later episodes course-corrected her character and made her more likeable and relatable. NAH, they doubled down and 3 episodes later after this video posted they had Galadriel threatening to torture a captured Adar by exterminating all his children then telling him so before she plunged a knife into his heart. What a hero!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      A true inspiration to all who fight on the side of light.

  • @yoruemiya9196
    @yoruemiya9196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    You know I did find it weird that the scene introducing Sauron has the light from the sun hitting him in a very heroic looking way but now I know who the true hero’s of the story are

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      You couldn't make him look more heroic in that scene if you tried.

  • @rhysproudmourne1646
    @rhysproudmourne1646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    This is both hilarious and completely accurate.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Thank you!

    • @rhysproudmourne1646
      @rhysproudmourne1646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@DespotofAntrim
      Shared it with my siblings. They loved it too. Great job. My sister in particular is a college trained editor and English major, so here’s what she texted me verbatim:
      “I love this so much! His analysis is totally spot on and the evidence for his interpretation is present. If this were the writers' intention I would say they were doing a decent job with their use of foreshadowing and symbolism!”

    • @sundogfarseer6070
      @sundogfarseer6070 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm sad that I can only give one thumbs-up for this video and comment. I'd give at least 10 for both, this is hilarious due to it's insightfulness.

    • @tomfromtartu9706
      @tomfromtartu9706 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Perfect. Now we need an @Auralnauts remake of it all, starring Guyladriel the Elven Psycho in her quest for revenge

    • @FreedomAndPeaceOnly
      @FreedomAndPeaceOnly ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's so funny how the Orcs are portrayed as *'not'* being pure evil, when in the lore it is state that the "Tolkien Orcs" *ARE* super evil.
      Not complete - but overall... *90%* and this is by design. Sauron is not a saviour, he was the designer who made them like that. 😏 They are not a normal race.
      They are a race *'made'* to be violent, installed to feel a desire for violent domination and when the Orcs have no other humanoid Races to fight, they torment each other like no tomorrow and treat each other like trash. 😎 Orcs from other fantasy universes are not the same as the "Tolkien Orcs". Tolkien Orcs are a lost cause, a race complete conquered by evil to such an extend, that they can never live in "normal peace".
      For those Orcs of course, being able to live in eternal violence, murder and rule of the strongest - this *IS* their peace.
      But yeah. They are the result of dark magic & intentions and they can never break free of that.
      Just how a Human can never live longer than maybe one century and the Tolkien Elfs are immortal until they themself decide they want to be mortal as well.
      Race plays a huge part in the Tolkien universe. It literally decides your fate and shows that people are different.
      No one is equal, no one is the same - *just like in real life* as well. 😌 People are different, unequal and it will always be like that.
      And that is good. Because it is the differences which make the whole globe so interesting.
      TRIBES should all live in their own lands.
      And multiculti should be abolished cause it will never cease to create conflicts, hatred, envy or repulsion. 👏😇
      The foreign is only interesting and positive, as long as it is not in your face constantly.
      And this is why "multicultural" countrys are the most racist and dehumanizing of all.

  • @devorhel4950
    @devorhel4950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I was so blind the whole time. You opened my eyes to this masterpiece. I thought it was boring and badly written. But seeing Galadriel as the Villain that she is makes so much sense now. That Sauron is the hero makes the whole thing actually interesting. Thank you

  • @steviegilliam5685
    @steviegilliam5685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    She always had this unhinged look about her when things don't go her way

  • @centurion8446
    @centurion8446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Rather ironic, they desperately tried to make her badass and likeable but made her cringe and insufferable

    • @dennisdouglas5941
      @dennisdouglas5941 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Have to be careful with people who strive for POWER... All the great villains in all the stories strive for total Power. Next up Snow (not so ) White and the 7 crackheads. Her great search for total Power, because sure, that will make her happy, right? right?... Cause all Girl bosses are so happy!

    • @bayraktarx1386
      @bayraktarx1386 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just like all other woke girl boss a$$hole characters. Just shows what the writers actually are.

  • @jojosg414
    @jojosg414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The screen writers of this train wreck clearly only saw the "all shall love me and despair" scene of LOTR as Galadriel's character build and called themselves 'experts' for it.
    It's specially unnerving, bc when I think of Galadriel the scenes that come to me are the ones when Gimli asks for a strand of her hair, and she gives him three, or when Frodo falls into the spider's lair and Galadriel picks him up with the most pure, tender, loving, patient and shining smile I've ever seen on screen.
    Love, patience, empathy, wisdom, tenderness, insight, gentleness, and yet strenght, authority.
    Gentle authority. Galadriel in two words is Gentle Authority
    This was character assassination and either the people responsible have mental impairment or they did this on purpose.

    • @dennisdouglas5941
      @dennisdouglas5941 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ON Purpose, cause she has to be the girl boss!

    • @Mestifi
      @Mestifi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder, is love/patience/wisdom blablabla what only she did after many years

    • @timesupea
      @timesupea 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She reminds me of Sophia from gnosticism who makes mistakes and isnt perfect but has the passion to protect whats right

  • @82dorrin
    @82dorrin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Galadriel in RoP is the kind of military commander who would be in danger of suffering a fatal "friendly fire" accident.

    • @kragary
      @kragary 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Kinda puts her troops' willingness to stand aside and watch her fight the troll on her own into perspective, doesn't it?

    • @shayla106
      @shayla106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@kragaryYep, either way they still would have to deal with a monster afterwards.

    • @Wolffur
      @Wolffur ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The first Elven commander to suffer multiple arrows in the back.

  • @МарияПетрова-ъ6н
    @МарияПетрова-ъ6н 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Beautiful, hope Sauron-Moses doesn't fall prey to this psycho

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The oppressed tribes of Mordor shall rise under the banner of Sauron-Moses!

  • @davidfrancisco3502
    @davidfrancisco3502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    According to Tolkien's works the elves and the dwarves are older than the sun itself when Galadriel was born the sun didn't existed yet. Her brother shouldn't even mention the sun in that metaphore.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      They have treated Tolkien's lore like a buffet, took they wanted, left the rest, threw in a side of McDonald's fries and a soda. ROP demonstrates why you can't pick and choose when it comes to lore.

    • @davidfrancisco3502
      @davidfrancisco3502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DespotofAntrim Anyone who keeps believing feminism has done anything good for humanity and only now is radical and toxic is either a propagandized ignorant, a mindless useful idiot or a malicious demagogue.

    • @graphixvizion
      @graphixvizion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ROP
      💍👑?
      more like RIP 🪦
      🤦‍♂️

    • @bosozoku1000
      @bosozoku1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DespotofAntrim You forget that Amazon was only allowed to use a tiny fraction of Tolkiens lore.

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 ปีที่แล้ว

      The elves created the dwarves and the orcs which is why Galadriel says their kind was a mistake. They had similiar thought about the dwarves but the dwarves were able to stand on their own.

  • @TheGuardingDark_
    @TheGuardingDark_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I managed to keep a straight face through most of this but hearing Galadriel be described as an “envoy of satan.” Finally got me to crack.

  • @ArvelDreth
    @ArvelDreth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    It's also interesting to note that when her brother clearly tries to tell Galadriel, through analogy, how to avoid sinking into darkness and amorality, her response that the stars are reflected in the darkness of the water as they are in the sky, essentially implying that she doesn't know right from wrong.

    • @donweatherwax9318
      @donweatherwax9318 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's brilliant.
      (I don't mean what she said. I mean what you said.)

    • @ArvelDreth
      @ArvelDreth ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@donweatherwax9318 thank you!

    • @GruntoSkunko
      @GruntoSkunko 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is no such thing as "right" or "wrong". Morality is subjective.

    • @ArvelDreth
      @ArvelDreth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GruntoSkunko I mean she doesn't really have a good grasp of her own personal sense of right and wrong.

    • @Ragitsu
      @Ragitsu 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@GruntoSkunko To an extent.

  • @AS-fu1kd
    @AS-fu1kd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    They made Galadriel this polar opposite of who she really is in the books

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      They didn't read the books.

    • @yagamifire7861
      @yagamifire7861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Honestly could have just written "they didn't read"

    • @AS-fu1kd
      @AS-fu1kd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@DespotofAntrim I think they flipped the books open, chose the first 6 names they found, and made a show with them

    • @verdifine
      @verdifine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      she has another 3,000 years to figure out. the timelines in tolkien are absurd. 8,000 years old. thats 2.2 million days.

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

  • @cyberpunkdarren
    @cyberpunkdarren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    This video is both disturbing and brilliant. The disturbing part is it probably reveals that the author(s) are themselves psycho sociopaths. They subconsciously revealed it in galadriel thinking that she is good and just.

    • @cosmicmuffin322
      @cosmicmuffin322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I don't think it's that deep. It's shitty writing - which also looks much deeper than it really is. They are probably mildly narcissistic hacks who thought they were writing a Stunning And Brave female character (because they can't understand and write people, and therefore can't write female characters). But they made her a brutal Lara Croft badass because that's a caricature of a strong woman, and hollow caricatures are the only things bad writers can create.
      When we watch bad writing we try to find meaning in it, even meaning the writers didn't mean to give. Our brains are wired that way. But bad writing has no meaning, it's utterly hollow, all facade, no depth or substance.

    • @TolmanCotton
      @TolmanCotton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@cosmicmuffin322 yes, shitty writing - but also a serious lack of understanding real feelings and human bonds. A character in the tv miniseries "Nurenberg" said that evil is lack of empathy. Well, the writers of RoP showed that they can't even understand what empathy means. So, either thay are really, really bad at writing, or narcissistic sociopaths - or both.

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton ปีที่แล้ว +5

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

    • @billybadass3056
      @billybadass3056 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TolmanCotton to confirm the last part of your comment.. I'll tell you that they are both because they are liberal and that's just how they work... Cosmic is correct on a base lvl but unfortunately he can't see the Forrest thru the trees and satan uses dummy's to relay his messages ALL the time whether ppl know what they are doing or not, The Message STILL Comes Thru... and just so we're clear i'm referring to the show runners and writers of this puke..

    • @9chilidog
      @9chilidog 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, they wrote her as a 1980's dickhead jock-that's what they think men are, and that's what they believe people admire...kind of like how bitch lesbians wear men's suits, and artificially lower their voices, because it gives them the power of the man.

  • @happytravelling
    @happytravelling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This reminds me of Jar Jar uncovered as a Sith Lord, advancing the cause of the Sith. Wonderful take on Galadriel.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Jar Jar should have been the main villain in Episode VII.

    • @sayonaradesu1087
      @sayonaradesu1087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@DespotofAntrim the fact that Jar Jar might be a Sith Lord all along makes me so angry. But the fault is not in Jar Jar, no. The fault is mine because Jar Jar tricked me so well...

    • @swiftstrike4044
      @swiftstrike4044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No not Jar Jar! He was the hero we needed even tho by all rights we didn't deserve him! 😢

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

    • @alesksander
      @alesksander ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonmilton Go go Sauron kill them all.

  • @Tina93_
    @Tina93_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This is indeed a horror story of a sociopath - Galadriel

  • @hereticsaint100
    @hereticsaint100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is pure genius.

  • @SilhouetteSE
    @SilhouetteSE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I couldn't understand at first why those other elf children would attack Galadriel. Never pictured elves as pointlessly agressive. But now I think I know why. The hated the little beast Galadriel!

    • @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п
      @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's typical reaction of people (especially children) on someone who is calm, dreamy and with slightly autistic character. And thus, little stupid shits pushes a peaceful one into the darkness, and after this, they hypocritically blaming him or her, calling "psychopath" or "sociopath".
      But yes, it's not suited for the story about elves and Galadriel.

    • @abooga8
      @abooga8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п did you experience this yourself or read about this?

    • @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п
      @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abooga8 I experienced this myself, saw others suffers, and read about this.

    • @abooga8
      @abooga8 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п Can you recommend further reading, or hearing about others' similar experiences?

    • @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п
      @АлексейРащектаев-ъ5п ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abooga8 lt was personal experience and random sources on Russian, not a single wise book on English.

  • @herrsachse6759
    @herrsachse6759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Watched it 10 times now and still have tears in my eyes. "This execution, this cold blooded murder of a new mother in her own home is to Galadriel mere sport" HAHAHAHAH

  • @chartreusecircle1546
    @chartreusecircle1546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    👏 DEFUND 👏 THE 👏 ELVES
    That ice troll literally did nothing wrong. The elves were trespassing and threatening her home. This genocide cannot continue.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The murder of the ice troll made me hate Guyladriel immediately.

    • @thirdlegolas7415
      @thirdlegolas7415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Rip paulson

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Knife ears

    • @underfire987
      @underfire987 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dont become the same thing you hate in them! ​@@robertagren9360

  • @NickOleksiakMusic
    @NickOleksiakMusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Lingering on that heroic music with Sauron got me 🤣

  • @happylobsterpatatas
    @happylobsterpatatas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I was laughing so much at the beginning of this video, but as it goes on, it became such an accurate analysis of her psychology. It is even more accurate that the later episodes until the end of season 1 keep showing how psychopathic she is in a manner more and more obvious as it goes on.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      If they were trying to write her as a villain, they did a great job.

    • @happylobsterpatatas
      @happylobsterpatatas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@DespotofAntrim Perhaps, they want her to fall down into the darkness until she finds a kind of redemption, then she can look up (like the stupid boat image they use in this 1st season). So they can make her progress as the show goes on. I even thought she would fall in love with Sauron in the season 1, and afterward Celeborn would come back and there would be some love triangle between Celeborn - Galadriel -Sauron. This would have been so stupid that I almost believe that would happen (as this show is so badly written) lol. But she's just unable to be in any kind of relationship (not only love, just create any kind of binding with another living being, if not by the hatred or the will of killing it) as you showed in your video.

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

    • @happylobsterpatatas
      @happylobsterpatatas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jasonmilton I am Team Sauron and Team Adar 😁

    • @bodricthered
      @bodricthered 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, this starts somewhat funny but I'm now thinking it's a good resource for my mate who teaches psychology at a level....

  • @englishlady9797
    @englishlady9797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The thing is, Amazon totally changed Tolkien's work when it came to the Elves leaving Valinor. In the book, the Noldor left Valinor because Melkor (the Satan figure) destroyed the two trees and then stole the Silmarils and murdered the King. They also left in defiance of the Valar who told them not to. Feanor, one of the sons of the King, slaughtered a load of other Elves who would not give him their boats, and many then went to pursue him.
    It was an act of rebellion against the semi-divine powers in Tolkien's work, almost like the Fall of man, not a heroic act of resistance like the series presents.

    • @christopherbravo1813
      @christopherbravo1813 ปีที่แล้ว

      of course they changed it. here, Melkor is a justification by the Elves to enact their colonization of Middle-Earth and the destruction of Orc society.

  • @pachuko5192
    @pachuko5192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is utterly brilliant.
    There is something about this show that has resulted in a mini-golden age of social commentary, I can't remember the last time I've been exposed to so many new, small, independent and sometimes shockingly talented people, it has ironically brought out the best in so many.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've seen the same thing. 'A little platoon' is one I've seen as a result of this show. And thank you!

    • @barbarabaker1457
      @barbarabaker1457 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe it started with Ghostbusters 2016 but each subsequent work brought deeper, braver poets to the table. So glad to have found this gem, almost worth the destruction of all my favorite works whether book or film.

  • @annunakim525
    @annunakim525 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    the way she kills the troll is like a vet shooting a cow in the head
    remorseless

  • @mr.s2005
    @mr.s2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I would blame the brother for her being a psychopath, with those crappy analogies would drive anybody crazy.
    ....lets face it, they can claim all they want about this being a younger Galadriel, but at by the second age she was well past middle age and not a whiny teenager who either degrades or pulls daggers on people who don't immediately do what she says, she doesn't show an ounce of wisdom....other than the fact we all know she's going to turn out to be right about Sauron still being around.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The elves in this show suck. They're just men and women in white dresses with pointy ears, you get no sense that this is someone who's been around for hundreds of years and has aquired vast wisdom and beautiful personal comportment in that time.

    • @aze0012
      @aze0012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@DespotofAntrim by that time, galadriel's age was in the thousands
      a thousand year old bratty "elf" in the middle of her rebellious phase apparently

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Girls will be girls.

    • @behrens97
      @behrens97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DespotofAntrim I call them Elvish Presley

    • @barbarabaker1457
      @barbarabaker1457 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aze0012 Huh, wonder if they copied the Black/Wicked Lady arc from Sailor Moon Crystal? Easier than reading the source material I suppose. Long story short she was old (only 900 but still) no one knew why she couldn't stop being a bratty kid.

  • @GD-os8mz
    @GD-os8mz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Thank you!
    I wondered who this beast was, and how it dared to wear Tolkien’s Galadriel as a skin suit.
    You have offered us understand that would have otherwise eluded me, proving again how deceptive true evil is.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amazon have bravely chosen the 'beautiful monster' villain. It shows a great deal of trust in their audience, refreshing in an age in which much media seems to be made for brain dead morons (Thanks Disney).

    • @jessicamessica2271
      @jessicamessica2271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Galadriel is 1000s of years old. Personally I think its a great show. And anyone who takes this video seriously does not understand how distructive Morgoth was. That middle earth was largly peaceful and that Morgoth sought to enslave all peoples there with epic distruction and violence.
      Im not saying Galadriel doesnt have flaws but this video makes a lot of claims that are totally rediculous

  • @ozmul5810
    @ozmul5810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    A good point in the beginning, Sociopathic leaders don't strengthen their underlings. That way none of their underlings can challenge them, because if they could... They would!

  • @thorkellkaemphon
    @thorkellkaemphon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Amazon's be giving us evil Superman, now it's time for evil Galadriel

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We need an evil Spiderman next, preferably played by a woman.

    • @albertdeluxe8966
      @albertdeluxe8966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They meant to write Galadriel, but ended up writing a somewhat competent Hillary Clinton.

  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When you make Galadriel the villain and Sauron the level-headed everyman, you know you f*cked up.

  • @charlesw5919
    @charlesw5919 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Galadriel's leadership style: "if he dies, he dies."

  • @rexesshadow8628
    @rexesshadow8628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Please continue this, I wan every episode covered in this way.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's another one coming soon.

  • @John-rn1nm
    @John-rn1nm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Somehow Galadriel does sound and feel like an evil hero. Persuing the extinction of an already defeated enemy.
    While Sauron sounds and feels like a hero trying to save as many orcs as he can away from genocide.

  • @PaulA-pg7jm
    @PaulA-pg7jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I hate to say it but your analysis is correct. From being willing to abandon an injured elf soldier to her psychotic obsession with killing all orcs she makes Saroun seem a kindly and just reformer. Compare to the book and movie version. She is wise, empathetic, strong of will yet also has excellent people skills. God how I miss that version of Galadriel. And hate the abomination this show has thrust upon us.

    • @GotoMaki4Micah
      @GotoMaki4Micah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i dont know if you are familiar with the tv show supernatural and dean winchester but i get that same feeling from him as well. his enemies call him a serial killer and revenge driven psychopath but his friends and fans see him as a hero. he has a psychotic obsession with killing ''monsters.'' he uses people as bait, tortures, kills, gets his friends killed. would never kill his bro if his bro ''went dark'' but would kill other 'monsters' while their families begged him not to. hes done just as bad or worse then what the ''monster'' has done and most of them are just trying to eat to live. i was hoping to a get bit of insight. is that an anti hero? i feel its a nazi like villain. I havent seen varying discussions about his character. most worship him. maybe because it was a WB show, fans just like him because he's hot.

    • @PaulA-pg7jm
      @PaulA-pg7jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I have some familiarity with old Dean. The difference between Dean and Galadriel in

    • @PaulA-pg7jm
      @PaulA-pg7jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sorry for the interruption. The difference between Dean and Galadriel is that we have an example of a better version of Galadriel. When I first heared that Galadriel was returning I was excited. This version of the character reminds me of a line from Shakespeare. She is full of sound and fury signifying nothing. At least with Dean Winchester you see flashes of humanity underneath the obsession to destroy monsters. Sometimes even regret for some of his actions. There is still a little bit of humanity left in Dean's character. And while I was a more casual viewer of Supernatural I recall that on rare occasions Dean occasionally seems to realize the moral price he has paid for his choices. But not Galadriel.She starts out as an obsessed butthead and ends the same. No regrets. No self doubts. Nothing at all.

  • @chartreusecircle1546
    @chartreusecircle1546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Galadriel makes Reinhard Heydrich look like Mister Rogers. She is the true “blonde beast”.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I may just have to steal that 'blonde beast' nickname for the part II video.

  • @richardlafleur8389
    @richardlafleur8389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Grrrrladriel didn't just practice origami, she invented it.

  • @IronDragon-2143
    @IronDragon-2143 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's scary when a video meant to be satire is so accurate in character analysis

  • @phillkilgore6154
    @phillkilgore6154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Your analysis is pure genius. I can’t thank you enough for your riveting insight, it has exposed the deepest meanings contained in the Rings of Power. I am truly moved.

  • @thecaptain6730
    @thecaptain6730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    So I just discovered your channel, and I have to say that your videos are the funniest things I have ever seen and listened to in my life. This video in particular is so funny. Thank you so much for making it, I have gotten hours of pleasure from watching these videos. Keep up the great work!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the videos. Welcome to the channel!

  • @joebyrne9187
    @joebyrne9187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Well played! Just finished ep 6, and for the first time I was feeling some empathy for characters. The Orcs and Adar. Really wanted them to win, they are simply a people whose land has been stolen unfairly. It's impossible to view it any other way.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The Orcs are the best thing about ROP. The show is very bad but, in fairness, it's not as bad as She Hulk, that show is one of the worst things I have ever seen in my life.

    • @joebyrne9187
      @joebyrne9187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DespotofAntrim Hah, I've avoided that one so far

    • @jasonmilton
      @jasonmilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      After watching the show, I am now on Team Sauron (Halbrand)...

  • @DarthSidian
    @DarthSidian ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy shit. Never watched any videos of yours before, but this is an amazing perspective despite the obvious "satire". From the lens of a villain, she actually _is_ a great villain!

  • @isabelguzmanmiranda5025
    @isabelguzmanmiranda5025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Well, when people said she was unlikable, I thought "It's on purpose". When they criticized the actress, I thought "the character is meant to be dislikable, and she is". I always thought that if the nazis thought they were so superior to other human beings that they justified a genocide, Noldor elves who are really superior to everyone else might have similar ideas. Well, as of episode 6 I got my wish of seeing Noldo elves at their worst. It was on purpose from the beginning.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There are definitely Nazi parallels in episode 6, I will go into detail about them in the sequel video to this one.

    • @cardenova
      @cardenova 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I actually agree. I know the video is satire but it actually explains a lot. Tolkien’s work was done before the second world war and the lessons learned from that era. The writing still sucks but at least with this perspective I can assure myself I’m not crazy in thinking Galadriel is meant to appear genocidal. What they’ll do with Sauron will be interesting as I have no idea how they’ll be able to tie this mess together.

  • @patrickkanas3874
    @patrickkanas3874 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    More proof of how little she cares for anyone other than herself. When she first sees the troll, she stands there and does nothing. She waits until the troll hurts or kills at least three of her men to finally step in and doesn't even try to save them

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
    @pyrrhusofepirus8491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Honestly the story of a psychopath working for the forces of good or towards a good goal, is a great premise for a show. The problem is, she's not meant to be a psychopath.

    • @Corus3
      @Corus3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dexter?

    • @newhappythoughts1628
      @newhappythoughts1628 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Corus3 But he’s still considered mostly good at first because he’s stopping other criminals from hurting innocent people.

    • @S.D.323
      @S.D.323 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Corus3 dexter isnt a psychopath

  • @user-is7xs1mr9y
    @user-is7xs1mr9y 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    English is not my first language, so I hope I can convey my thoughts as clearly as possible.
    However atrocious Rings Of Power is, I'm grateful it introduced me to the wonderful work of JRR Tolkien. I had never seen the movies, and much less read the books, but after seeing all the negative comments towards RoP, I knew I needed to get into the rabbit hole (more like hobbit hole, heh). I saw the LotR trilogy for the first time in the summer of 2023 and I've seen the three of them at least 5 times by now. I'm currently reading The Fellowship of the Ring right after reading The Hobbit a few days ago.
    All I know about Galadriel so far is through Peter Jackson's movies, so I'm aware she could be a bit different in the books. She's one of my favorite characters because of her kindness and wisdom, and she's undeniably powerful without needing weapons or violence, she's like an oasis in times of great sorrow. Despite all of this, she's still vulnerable to the One ring, and she knows it, so despite all temptation, she's still able to resist it, because at her very core, she's good. As a woman myself, she's a great role model.
    I haven't seen RoP and I doubt I'll ever will, so I don't know how much of this video is serious and how much is satire, but if it is mostly serious, it doesn't surprise me. We've seen all too often in the last ten years or so how moral ambiguity (a.k.a. post-modernism) has tainted the stories told in all kinds of media, so writing a character with the intention of them being the hero but accidentally creating a villain is only expected when the writers are unskilled and can't tell the difference between right or wrong.
    This video is truly unnerving, and this character they chose to name Galadriel (because she's not actually Galadriel), seems more like the “alternate” of Archangel Gabriel in the Mandela Catalogue. For those who are not familiar, the premise of the story is that Archangel Gabriel was replaced with an evil alternate, so the fake Gabriel replaced Jesus. He proclaimed himself the savior of humanity, but his ultimate goal is to destroy humanity. Maybe it's a silly comparison, but that's one of the first things that came to my mind at the beginning of the video.
    This was brilliantly executed, congratulations!

    • @AHorrorFanatic
      @AHorrorFanatic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As someone whose first language is also not English, I think that this is beautifully worded.

  • @spiritedwisent
    @spiritedwisent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Damn, when you put it this way, thats a magnificent story.

  • @jmace2424
    @jmace2424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The part where she doesn’t join in the singing reminds me of Melkor (Morgoth) trying to mess up Eru Iluvatar’s song.

    • @brockdavid
      @brockdavid ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amazon = Melkor

    • @underfire987
      @underfire987 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@brockdavidyes

  • @isomeme
    @isomeme 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excellent video. You get bonus points for a perfect use of Stravinsky. 🙂🎵

  • @yourfanfictionhd
    @yourfanfictionhd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The plot twist that we never expected. Now I understand Rings of Power, and it is much deeper than I thought. Thank you for giving meaning to it.
    P.S: this is the best Galadriel analysis that I have watched. I’m not even kidding. And I watched at least 20 by this time 😂

  • @IconicwithD
    @IconicwithD ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Woah woah woah!!! That title is VERY harsh! You shouldn't compare psychopaths with Galadrieal! Psychopaths shouldn't be insulted like that...

  • @FunPicard
    @FunPicard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You actually made Rings of Power seem like an interesting series.

  • @Bob-sz9bl
    @Bob-sz9bl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoyed your version of this movie hundred times more than the movie self which I walked out of

  • @albrechtvonwallenstein2952
    @albrechtvonwallenstein2952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    ~ She is beauty and she is grace. She'll exterminate your entire race. She is Galadriel. ~

    • @camv3236
      @camv3236 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hah! Gold!

  • @alekmartin4958
    @alekmartin4958 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The opening idea of needing to have her will made real or violence is so much like Morgoath.

  • @ahighhorseman
    @ahighhorseman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is amazing. Many people have demolished The Rings of Power and the inept culture that created it. This goes deeper, to reveal the dark heart of that creative bankruptcy.

  • @jasonfrost6947
    @jasonfrost6947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The writing in this video is obviously God tier, an to have it topped off with the background music truly makes it a masterful.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you. The music is Bartók. Great composer.

  • @1uplink169
    @1uplink169 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent work man, hilarious and thought provoking at the same time. Sooo biting but the sarcasm, earnestness, conviction, and actual valid points all mingling... makes you ponder like "oh shit he is going deep into the heart of the ocean, not just playing in the waves.... but why do I feel like he is just barely keeping a straight face?" Is he just taking the piss?
    And the clips, hammer in the point, while simultaneously making the viewer crack up. The part where she was folding the boat while you talked about her bending things to her will, and the repeat footage, sublime man! And that's just a case in point, you really didn't waste many words... the vocabulary made this elite.
    What puts it over the top for me is how the music choices coincide so in sync with the flow of words and ideas with the show footage. At some places you start to feel ethereal and atmospheric, like an Edgar Allen Poe poem.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the wonderful feedback, I spent quite a lot of time finding the right music for this video.

  • @henrykfu
    @henrykfu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would call her the "anti-Galadriel"

  • @TheGreatMalefic
    @TheGreatMalefic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thanks to you, I got unexpectantly interested into the Rings of Power, I just got amazon prime and watched the first four episodes from the point of view which you explored in your video! You are absolutely right, she is an insane, obsessed and violent psychopath, posing as the savior and white knight. I might add, she is a narcissist too. Also, I ship Halbrand & Galadriel, haha!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The writers have achieved the complete opposite of everything they aimed for. It is a reflection in media of how leftist policies effect the real world.

    • @chaiam
      @chaiam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed, it’s like they read Eric Blaire aka George Orwell 1984 and thought, unconsciously ‘this is the world I want to live in, up is down, ignorance is bliss and into the memory hole anything that stands for objective morality’ 😢

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      George Orwell was a prophet

  • @mattpenny6554
    @mattpenny6554 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Me: Are you an angel?
    Galadriel: Why yes, yes I am the most stunning and powerful angel
    of them all. How did you know you silly man?
    Me: You remind me of Lucifer.

  • @Sarcastic4300
    @Sarcastic4300 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Robert Paulson didn't deserve that. She was just trying to chill on a Friday night 😭

  • @josephjackson4312
    @josephjackson4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Funny thing about this is how true this all is for the character, and yet the writers believe they are writing a heroic character. Woke writers seem to be only capable of writing heros as if they are in their origin story of becoming villains, and then they like to make villains sympathetic, and they tend to do so enough that the villains are more sympathetic than the so-called heroes they wrote to fight them.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The probem with ROP is that they just never actually showed why Sauron is the villain. They just assumed the audience would know he's the bad guy from the movies. That's lazy. You have to give the audience a reason to root against the villain. It's almost unbelievable how badly written this show is.

    • @Ilya.Pirogov
      @Ilya.Pirogov ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DespotofAntrim Nowhere in the films is it revealed why Sauron is the antagonist. We are invited to simply accept this as a fact.

    • @natereynolds2783
      @natereynolds2783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ilya.Pirogov right but he already descended into evil, we know it, while here he is just a noble dude trying to stop a genocide. Why should we assume he is a terrible person, when he has been one of the best the entire time? That is the difference, if you are trying to say that a noble character is evil, give them the traits that they disguise or foreshadowing of their fall, and not just do it out of no where.

    • @MrNone-d5s
      @MrNone-d5s ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Ilya.Pirogov ... In this ring he poured his malice, his cruelty and his will do dominate all life- Galadriel

  • @dcbluenose1873
    @dcbluenose1873 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastic. This channel is criminally under-subbed.

  • @lmc4964
    @lmc4964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    fantastic video , the other theory I heard was that she is an insertion of the show runners, 2 individuals with no prior credits so their personality is frustrated "why dont people listen to me" now that they got their chance they have projected this on to Galadriel. I prefer the psychopath explanation.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fascinating, I'm sure there is a subconscious element of the 'why don't people listen to me' playing out in the script.

  • @HumanIsMeself
    @HumanIsMeself 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Holy shit this is brilliant perspective

  • @misterpractical
    @misterpractical 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bruh. Literally moments after the origami ship get sunk, there's a conversation between Finrod and Galadriel where she tells him she made it (the origami ship) just as he taught her.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even after someone teaches you how to do something, much practice is required before it can be perfected.

  • @TheCapedWanderer
    @TheCapedWanderer ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Choral singing is a communal ritual that celebrates beauty . . . the humbling of the self to a greater power.” My man, you are nailing this satiric essay to the _door._

  • @kno6ndg7
    @kno6ndg7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video is a prime example how bad writing, terrible casting and thereby, acting in some parts may lead to creativity in good members of humankind.
    Bravo, it was great fun, thank you!

  • @daniraevys6661
    @daniraevys6661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Idk whether to laugh or cry. This is so damn funny and accurate at the same time.
    Looking forward for more analysis from you.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, part 2 is gonna be good.

    • @picklerick.n.666
      @picklerick.n.666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DespotofAntrim part 3 maybe??? Please 😇😇😇😇🔊🔊🔊🔊😎😎😎😎😇😇😇😇

  • @jacqloock
    @jacqloock 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a work of art

  • @frozen1762
    @frozen1762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It's so tragic how at the end of a season Sauron offers her love and redemption if she turns away from darkness but she rejects him.

    • @alexthelizardking
      @alexthelizardking ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sauron tried to make the ultimate sacrifice by marrying his worst enemy.

    • @AliciatheCho
      @AliciatheCho ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexthelizardking😂😂😂 That was a good one

  • @mardy2630
    @mardy2630 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have some very interesting takes.
    What I don't understand is how you only have 68K subs. Way underrated.

  • @channindusilva1555
    @channindusilva1555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow. This explains a lot. How come this video doesn't have more views.

  • @terrellmeade526
    @terrellmeade526 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you have fantasy satan being portrayed as a hero, know you fucked up.

    • @S.D.323
      @S.D.323 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to be fair paradise lost did that kind of

  • @jamie_d0g978
    @jamie_d0g978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That moment when she go full Adolf H on Adar was so fuckin terrible that I just laugh my ass off

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know, that was full on SS shit.

  • @sphyre1196
    @sphyre1196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a beautiful pisstake. Fitting for a poorly written Mary Sue. Thank for making my day.

  • @blueelliss101
    @blueelliss101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Lol, I have seen this somewhere...
    There is a book called "The Last Ringbearer" by Kirill Eskov. This is an alternative view of the events of the War of the Ring from the side of Mordor. The positions of good and evil are reversed here. So the elves there are exactly like that - psychopaths and murderers with empty eyes.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have made a note to check that book out, thanks!

  • @dave55ides
    @dave55ides 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting satire - and well assembled. It makes me go back to the violent cinematic heroes of the past and see the extent to which they too could be psychotic but you missed it because they were killing the bad guys. Ethan Edwards in the Searchers comes to mind - as does the Man with No Name. There are probably others too. And it’s also interesting to compare this Galadriel with Aragorn - a great man and clearly (while ruthless in battle) the opposite of psychotic.

  • @maclunkey7275
    @maclunkey7275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is priceless. Nearly cried of laughter at work when I listened to this. I was recently recommended your channel by the all powerful algorithm, and for once I’m thankful for it. Subbed and watching all of your content. Keep it up man, best of luck to you in developing this channel. Will definitely be sticking around for more. Cheers

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the sub and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

  • @Left4Coragem
    @Left4Coragem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG! I let myself be lead by those clickbaiter youtubers saying this was crap, but it's the most masterful subversion of them all.
    Thank you kind sir, for showing me the error of my ways!

  • @bligc8672
    @bligc8672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow you just made this show interesting 👏

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And it didn't cost me a billion dollars.

  • @0412983
    @0412983 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's a bit disturbing that writers of the series think these are the qualities of a good person....

  • @DonovanAenslaed
    @DonovanAenslaed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh dear Lord, you have completely and successfully demonized young Galadriel. I love it.

  • @johndough7942
    @johndough7942 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How the heck did I miss this content?!?!?!

  • @miversen2674
    @miversen2674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant!! The show runners/writers need to see this!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe Amazon will see it and hire me as Showrunner for Season 2.

  • @SaschKrassBass
    @SaschKrassBass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This re-interpretation is truly awesome. There is quote in the 10 commandments that I associate:
    "You can't break god's law. You can only break yourself against it."
    The authors are trying to break laws of what is good and evil. The result is the abomination. It is a Frankensteinian pattern.
    Do you know The 7 Basic Plots by Christopher Booker? I wouldn't surpised if yes. :)
    Live long and prosper
    Sascha

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good analysis. I agree that the writers have produced garbage by breaking basic rules of storytelling and confusing what audiences will gravitate toward in terms of hero / villain. They broke the cardinal rule, 'Never bore the audience.' I did not know of that book but I just bought a copy on audible (I love audiobooks). Thank you for the recommendation!

  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    On a related note, I don’t like how the Elves look in this show. In the LOTR movies, they looked ethereal and beautiful. In this show, they look like humans with pointy ears. There’s no otherworldliness or beauty to them.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also Gil Galad looked like a meth junkie.

    • @megan6867
      @megan6867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed! I never once looked at Galadriel and thought "elf". She comes off no different than any other human on the show.

  • @jarthkebil
    @jarthkebil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's like the writers read Paradise Lost and unironically believed Satan was the actual selfless hero.

  • @maxmagnus3793
    @maxmagnus3793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow this video is a work of art. The funny part is that so much of "Daemoness Galadriel" is present in the show. Alone and violent from childhood. No soul, no beauty, no compassion, no light. And yes Morgoth and the orcs are never shown and established as actual villains in the show. Not Sauron either

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know they should have done the Morgoth story.

    • @nsgcommando2861
      @nsgcommando2861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even assuming everything upto Morgoth's fall and expulsion into the void did happen as in canon, since the show never cements Sauron as a villain, we can just say that after he ran away from Eönwë at the thought of punishment by 14 valar, he didn't build a powerbase to continue Morgoth's work, instead just tried to help the people created by Morgoth, aka the orcs.
      Which results in him being chosen to be their king equivalent, which pissed off some of the noldor elves, including Guyladriel

  • @jmace2424
    @jmace2424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The showrunners thought they were writing the story Tolkien never could. When actually, Rings of Power is the show Sauron would make to roast his enemies if he had a film studio.

    • @TRivan-kx2bi
      @TRivan-kx2bi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Rings of Power, an Annatar Studios production

  • @jmrios942
    @jmrios942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video keep them coming, this is far more interesting insite than the original. Crazy how this makes more sense about her character.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you. This is the only way to make sense of the show.

  • @mmluon
    @mmluon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow. That was a completely gripping - and accurate - analysis. Bravo, sir. .