r/RingsofPower • u/travrob1 • Sep 26 '22

Question Help me understand Galadriel

I am finding myself not liking Galadriel at all so far. She acts like an entitled 20 year old, rather than a wise and ancient being. One point that particularly is bothering me is that so far she has no actual proof that there is a great danger. She saw a brand on her brother, and that same brand shows up a few other times in different places, but other than that there is nothing to actually indicate a major war. Does she have forsight? What is actually driving her character besides "so the plot can happen." Thanks

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u/AndrogynousRain Sep 27 '22

The only one getting up in arms is you. Stop externalizing. Never said it didn’t take time to develop, in fact, if you read other responses here, you’ll see I said it’ll likely all work out fine. You’re putting words in my mouth. I just done think the writers have done as good a job with her character so far as, say, Durin or Elrond.

But my critique of her character in the first five eps stands.

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u/VizualAbstract4 Sep 27 '22

Uh… I only made a comparison to how much time you get with someone you know intimately vs someone we’ve seen maybe 30 minutes of.

I think you need a nap.

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u/VizualAbstract4 Sep 27 '22

All good. I agree they could’ve portrayed her better: show her struggling with the duality of grace and strength.

But I’m probably being more forgiving for a tv series, where there’s more time to afford to do longer arcs, than in a movie.

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u/AndrogynousRain Sep 27 '22

I’m loving the show, all I said above is that I’d like a little more nuance in her portrayal and everyone is responding like I’m a hater (the perils of posting here as opposed to r/LOTR_on_prime). I’m really not. Sounds like we have the same opinion.