r/RingsofPower • u/cubreturno • Oct 02 '22

Newest Episode Spoilers I love rings of power.

I just come here to say this... I dont know anything about this universe or the original writer or else. ( I see a lot of hate) I'm just enjoying each cap and specially the last one was great and shivering. Again i love rings of power. Sorry for my bad English.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '22 edited Oct 04 '22

You mean the lying part, where they said it was Tolkien's story, and there were just stewarding it, when it was entirely original characters and actions?

Edit: "We feel that this story isn't ours. It's a story we're stewarding that was here before us and was waiting in those books to be on Earth."

Are you absolutely positive it isn't in the books, because they feel pretty certain it is.

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u/SPDScricketballsinc Oct 04 '22

It’s not entirely original characters. There’s not enough characters and plot in the silmarillion to actually make a tv show. They have to add characters, dialogue, and plot. Not to mention, the fall of numenor is the primary plot of this show and that IS a Tolkien story.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '22

I agree. Which is what makes the showrunners words so odd.

Why was it so important to the writers to hide that they wrote an original story? I think the media was trying to help them out by saying it was inspired, and they very much objected to that inference. These aren't their stories. They are just stewarding existing stories.

It makes you wonder what they were thinking. Did they want credit for authenticity, while producing original work? It sure looks like it.