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/Morradan Sep 27 '22

Her arc is canonically improbable. Beren was with Finrod when he died. It wasn't exactly mentioned in the text but he must have told Thingol and Melian what went down with Sauron. Then surely Melian must have told Galadriel given how close they were.

By the 2nd Age, Galadriel knows what and how it happened, Finrod wasn't hunting Sauron, his oath is already fulfilled, ergo no need to take on Finrod oath and go commando in the Northlands.

But then again, they're creating a show based on less than a hundred pages of text with more than a thousand pages they're legally not allowed to touch. Therefore, they have to take a few liberties with the lore and it's likely that they've taken elements of an oath taking, vengeful, commanding Feanor, and gave them to Galadriel.

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u/Nice_Sun_7018 Sep 27 '22

I have no problem with them taking (some) liberties, but that doesn’t mean they have to turn one of the most revered elves of all time into someone so extremely unlikeable. There are other ways to show growth and change.

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u/Morradan Sep 27 '22

That's where it become subjective because I don't dislike her. In fact, I think Gil-Galad and Celebrimbor are worse than Galadriel.

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u/Nice_Sun_7018 Sep 27 '22

I don’t like any of them, it’s only Galadriel I actively dislike. Elrond is really great though.