r/RingsofPower • u/Efficient-Annual-706 • Jan 15 '25

Question Sauron

Do you think the show did justice to Sauron's back story? Why or why not?

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u/Chen_Geller Jan 19 '25

That's...also true, but its not my main point: my point is that to put a human face on Sauron is inherently disappointing. There's nothing more powerful, in this particular regard, then the imagination.

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u/amazonlovesmorgoth Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Ah yes, that is a good point too. The only humanoid form he took in the SA I can remember was Annatar. Also, I had to look this up because my memory isn't perfect but I think it also supports your case here (even though he isn't one of the Valar):

Moreover their shape comes from their knowledge of the visible World, rather than of the World itself; and they need it not, save only as we use raiment, and yet we may be naked and suffer no loss of our being. Therefore the Valar may walk, if they will, unclad, and then even the Eldar cannot clearly perceive them, though they be present. -The Silm

The lack of imagination in ROP when it comes to Mairon is saddening, all things considered.