She would be a rather flat character from what I can tell since she is so old. Time is time. It is a constant in the universe.
Except it isn't - time is relative, for an immortal who is many thousands of years old a few centuries is the equivalent of a decade or two.
I doubt someone as profound and strong as Galadriel would hold such a grudge over thousands of years.
Except she was perfectly capable of holding grudges, as Tolkien explains with the Faenor example.
Again her learning to let go of some of her rage is clearly intended to be part of her character arc.
But you also have people who only count what Tolkien published since he was alive because he was always tinkering with the lore. Some only only count the Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Some will take the those five and add the Unfinished Tales. And you can go on from there.
True - this is why the whole idea of a Tolkien "canon" is a little anachronistic - all are equally true.
She is hunting Orcs in her search for Sauron carrying out revenge for Finrod. Unfortunately that is the story they have laid out for us so far.
Different strokes for different folks but I see nothing wrong with that - if her determination to thwart Feanor for harming her kin fueled her in her crossing of the Helcaraxe (despite her agreeing with Faenor regarding the rebellion and them also being kin) then I absolutely can see her being at least equally determined to thwart and enact revenge on Sauron Gorthaur the great and terrible enemy of her people for the cruel torture and murder of her brother Finrod.
We will just have to see how the whole Faenor angle plays out plus anything else.
I don't really expect many callbacks to Faenor in the show - his story is over.
I was using the Faenor example to demonstrate that contrary to popular belief and perception Galadriel was more than capable of wrath, pride, vengefulness and grudge holding and that she was prepared to engage in battle to do so.
Everything that happened was way before she left the undying lands.
I don't really know what you mean here? The sacking of Alqualondë? That happened almost immediately prior to her leaving Valinor.
And I doubt anybody would place something that they hate so much on their chest for everybody to see. Can you imagine a Hollywood actor placing a red hat or their head? I would think not. Just something that wouldn’t happen.
As I said in a previous post thats not the Star of Faenor, which has 16 equal length prongs consisting of 8 points of the star and 8 rays of light - the biggest clue it isn't Faenor's star is that Galadriel's star is gold whereas the star of Faenor is famously silver.
Galadriel's star appears to be a stylised Star of Finarfin (her father's house) - which is famously gold to match their uniquely golden hair (unique among the Noldor), has four larger points in the four cardinal directions and four lesser points in between them. It also has the larger circle at the center same as Galadriel's unlike Faenor's star which has a much smaller circle.
I really doubt that is what they were referring to though. Especially, since the boat look up to the stars scene. Sorry, it was just a bad scene.
Just because you don't like it doesn't make it bad. This is your subjective opinion and you shouldn't confuse this with objective fact.
From my perspective the ONLY explanation for the line about not always being there is that it is referencing Finrod's knowledge of his dark future, which is why he never took a wife and knew he would never father a son - it seems only logical and the line was relatively clear about it - hence why it is immediately followed by the "we had no words for death" bit. One line followed on from the other.
As for the writing of the line itself - again thats a matter of opinion, I had no problems with it - it was a fairly elaborate metaphor for the difficulty in trying to do the right thing and an acknowledgement that sometimes the only way to know what is right is to make the "wrong" decisions and learn from them. What seems right could turn out to be wrong and whats wrong may end up being right and there is sometimes no way to tell until you experience them.
But again, this is a matter of personal taste whether you like the line itself or not - some people like this sort of writing and some people don't. Nothing inherently wrong with either position.
How so? They were married in the books they have rights to. They were the Middle Earth power couple.
There seems to be a mixup here.
I said I agree with you regarding Celeborn - the parts where I was talking about the rights issues limiting things was about Ungoliant and the death of Finrod by Werewolf.
The Second age is a long time. Definitely would be part of the end of the 2nd age. Part the problem when you try to put thousands of years into perhaps five seasons. And nobody is discussing the abundance of other characters that are not part of the lore. I can give them that since it is such a broad period with very little information. Hopefully that will go very well. I am not going to judge that yet.
It certainly is a long time.
Tolkien stated in later texts that the arrival of the Istari was near the time of the Forging of the Rings.
But like I say, which version you go with is a matter or personal taste.
I think its too early for any of us to definitively judge the show for either good or ill at this point. We will see soon enough.
