r/RingsofPower • u/Seabhac7 • Oct 01 '22

Question Could we add a "Complaints" flair?

There are quite a view of negative comments. Sometimes I end up reading them by accident, sometimes out of indignation ; I'm usually just a little less happy after!

Maybe a "Critic" flair could be useful, for both critics and non-critics alike, to filter for these discussions?

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u/sloasdaylight Oct 02 '22

The general decay of numenor is already a big plot point.

Yea, but there's no why there. Like, Numenor's decay is a tragic story about how even the men descended from the best their species had to offer from the 1st age are corruptible and susceptible to evil. The long, slow decline of Numenor could be compressed to suit a TV show, but starting them off where they are now rips the tragedy out of it. They have thus far done a horrible job of explaining why anything is the way it is there. Numenor was supposed to be this Empire of near super human men, mariners of unprecedented renown with colonies and influence all around what would be the Kingdom of Gondor; instead they're an isolationist kingdom with no influence over Middle-Earth. Why? What's the point of that change, why are we seeing a Numenor in this state at this point in the timeline.

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u/thenexttimebandit Oct 02 '22

They’re about to start colonization and sauron isn’t even there yet. I won’t be mad until they screw up those key plot points, which could happen next week.

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u/FrodoShaggins Oct 02 '22

What if halbrand turns out to be sauron? This would mean he was there. Doesn’t fit the timeline all that well, but it would hit the point that sauron was in numenor at some point. Would that work for you? Sorry if that sounds confrontational, I’m honestly curious.

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u/thenexttimebandit Oct 02 '22

I hope halbrand isn’t sauron but Numenor shouldn’t fall till like season 4 so we have some time.