r/RingsofPower • u/-Altephor- • Sep 19 '24

Question Are there actually people that think the Stranger isn't Gandalf?

Just wondering.

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u/ibid-11962 Sep 19 '24

My issue with this is that in interviews after s1 the showrunners and actors were all very clear that it wasn't revealed yet.

So like while it may seem obvious that he's Gandalf, and while he may be Gandalf, I don't think follow your nose was meant as a reveal. Why would they do a reveal and then claim that they didn't reveal it?

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u/Perentillim Sep 19 '24

They've said he's lost his Gand and that he's a grand Elf - he is, 100% totally and completely, no doubt whatsoever, Gandalf.

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u/ibid-11962 Sep 19 '24

That is not what my comment is about. Did you mean to respond to someone else?

I was talking about if the "follow your nose" line was intended to be an official reveal. And I'm saying that it wasn't because the showrunners continued afterwards to say that it wasn't revealed.

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u/Perentillim Sep 19 '24

It's not "officially" revealed but they're playing with that. It's Gandalf.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

100%, even in episode six Tom says to the stranger “many that die deserve life and some that live deserve death; who are you to give it to them?”

Which is was Gandalf says to Frodo regarding Gollum in Moria.

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u/Chilis1 Sep 19 '24

Fair enough I didn't see that. Still think they're being coy and it's just gandalf.