#and i don't mind that sons of feanor have been so ignored in trop because galadriel's story has elements

[elvesofnoldor]

after finished watching the finale to r*ngs of power, i honestly was gonna make a post about how i found it very interesting that for a character motivated largely by the need to seek retribution and obtain revenge, Galadriel’s inability to let go of her anger towards the target of her vengeance (sauron) is the very thing that kept her from damnation. Had she been able to forgive sauron for killing her brother, she would have never been able to find peace and make it back home (and eventually back to her brother, who canonically came back to life in Aman, and her family). And despite not being very impressed with any part of the show, I found the way they wrote galadriel’s tale of vengeance to be very interesting. Then i logged on tumblr dot org and found out that apparently everybody was making halbrand!sauron x galadriel friends to enemies to lovers 3k slow burn fics and sitting around in circles singing “sauron and galadriel sitting under the tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G” and i think this is part of the reason why i didn’t log on for almost a month and half. 

#i mean it's been months and months of me logging on tumblr dot org and going 'what in the goddamn are you all talking abt' #when i took a look at the tags of the shows i've watched #but anyways im not even mad abt this whole charade of people shipping sauron and galadriel #one thing changed abt me while i was busy touching grass: i loosen up a lot and care abt a lot of unimportant things a lot less #unimportant thing like people are shipping galadriel and sauron #sauron was canonically weirdly obsessed with galadriel so who cares #but i still thought it was so weird nobody cared to talk about galadriel's personal tale of vengeance and how refreshing it was #cause i personally care abt it more than whatever chemistry she might have had with trop writers' sauron oc #mae overshares #i do have to say i like they explored some of galadriel's potential as a character #was too busy simping feanor and his sons (maedhros and maglor) to imagine what galadriel's story could have been #i know i know that's so un-feminist of me #there are actually a number of things that i found somewhat interesting in the show and galadriel's arc is one of them #yeah the show is acting like maedhros and maglor never existed and elrond never met them thus far #and i dont wanna talk abt celebrimbor smh i dont wanna talk about anything abt him in this show #but one thing that i love abt the feanorians is that their story is ultimately a journey seeking retribution and justice #like all the heroes of the myths and legends. they tried to uphold duty and honour. but the interesting thing is that #in doing so. they found themselves driven to dishonourable and even immoral actions #their journey of seeking justice lead them down a dark path and have them unwittingly helped their enemies #and i don't mind that sons of feanor have been so ignored in trop because galadriel's story has elements #that made the sons of feanor so interesting to me in the first place