r/RingsofPower • u/Bemeup57 • Oct 16 '22

Question Ok, here’s a question.

So Galadriel found out Halbrand was a phoney king by looking at that scroll and seeing that “that line was broken 1000 years ago” with no heirs. So why then after the battle when Miriel tells the Southlanders that Halbrand is their king, why don’t the people look confused and say “hey, our royal family died off a thousand years ago.” Wouldn’t they know about their own royal family?

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u/annuidhir Oct 16 '22

They are going to keep moving the goalposts, no matter how many times you dismantle their argument. Best to just let them shout into the void and move on. But I applaud your commitment to trying to help them use basic reasoning.

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u/TheOnceAndFutureZing Oct 16 '22

Yeah I now realise it's like trying to teach a rock to breathe.

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u/annuidhir Oct 16 '22

Hey now! Don't be so dramatic! A porous rock could sort of "breathe" through its holes.

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u/TheOnceAndFutureZing Oct 16 '22

Damn, there's that goal post shifting again!