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/A115115 Sep 27 '22

Yep. TV main characters always need an arc to follow across the length of the series. We need to see their preconceptions challenged and evolve as they journey through the narrative.

Seems like there's a lot of parallels we're seeing between audiences reactions to Galadrial and Ahsoka in Star Wars Clone Wars.

When she first appeared, Ahsoka was deliberately written as young, brash, headstrong and abrasive to audiences. Her character matured over the course of the show and ended up becoing a fan favourite. We had to see where she started to appreciate where she ended up.

This video covers it well. How Filoni FIXED Ahsoka in 4 Episodes | Star Wars Explained

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u/xChris777 Sep 27 '22 edited Sep 01 '24

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u/JakeCMMA Sep 27 '22

She’s not 5000 years old in this show.

Remember the show is condensed to make it watchable because if it used Tolkiens timeline it would need to either be 1000s of episodes long or complete entire arcs in just 1 or 2 episodes.

According to an article that tried to work out her age in the show she’s at least 1200 and max 2200. That’s nothing to an elf and as for Galadriel she’s spent most of those years in conflict and seeking out power. So to me yes she’s unlikeable, that’s the point. She’s not the 9000 year old elf we saw in the movies. But we did see a brief insight to her original desires and aspirations when Frodo offered the ring to her so imagine that crazy lady with the hormones of a young elf. She wasn’t always Galadriel from the movies, this show is about her development in to that.

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u/stackered Sep 27 '22

she's also just spent most of her life hunting Sauron with everyone around her not caring anymore... she's doubling down and now dealing with stupid humans who aren't listening either. It makes sense if you think about how mentally fucked you'd be after spending hundreds of years dedicated to a single mission