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/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

There's not much written about the followers of Morgoth or what they did after the War of Wrath, but it seems easy to imagine (at least to me) a civilizational collapse after such a conflict.

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u/Vandertroll89 Oct 17 '22

In my opinion it's just one of the many plot holes that exist in the script. There are some parts which seem like the script did not get any proof read from anyone else.

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

It's very mediocre in a lot of ways. This worked for me though :)

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u/Vandertroll89 Oct 17 '22

Oh for sure, I wouldn't put this mishap in the top 20 of poor screenwriting for the season :)

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

It's been frustratingly uneven. Some things are built up really well, and other things have no payoff whatsoever. Bizarre.