Look, The Latest Rivals Trailer Has David Tennant Loosing It AND Getting Slammed Against A Wall And Honestly

Look, the latest Rivals trailer has David Tennant loosing it AND getting slammed against a wall and honestly that’s more than enough for me (to watch it)

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still thinking about how sauron sees pain and struggle and cruelty and push-and-pull as good things, perhaps even love; and how it seems that in his own way he genuinely believes himself to be a very good and loving lord to all those he's scorned and hurt in his wake

do you ever become obsessed with a character and you just go "of fucking course its that one" at yourself because you are so incredibly predictable

The creators of Rings of Power have said that they have a five season plan for the show and are going to stick to it. Knowing what happens in the Second Age, this is how I think that might play out.

Warning: Book Spoilers Ahead

Season 3

This is where Sauron will fully establish himself as the new Dark Lord, taking full control of Mordor, recruiting the Nine, building Barad-dûr built, and waging The War of the Elves and Sauron, culminating in Númenor coming to the aid of the Elves at the decisive Battle of the Gwathló (supposed to be the biggest battle of Middle Earth after the War of Wrath), and Sauron being taken back as a prisoner by Ar-Pharazôn. We'll also see the founding of Rivendell and the eventual siege by Sauron.

Season 4

Sauron's imprisonment on, and eventual corruption of Númenor, leading to the destruction of the entire island and the escape of the Faithful. Think we'll also see Lothlórien under King Amdír and how Galadriel eventually comes to settle and rule there. Might also see the establishment of the Black Númenorian colonies in the south prior to the island's fall.

Season 5

The establishment of the Kingdoms in Exile (although I can see them starting the season with a time skip over that part) and finally the War of the Last Alliance and Sauron's first defeat, possibly ending with the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.

These are just the main events, of course. I'm sure the writers will have to invent a lot stuff for all the characters to do since there are so many big gaps as Tolkien never really fleshed out the Second Age like he did with the First and Third.