Rings of Power, S1 E3

Ok, so after a long, long time, here we go with episode 3 (clearly I’ve been captivated by this series).

Liveblog for initial watch-through of Rings of Power S1 E3

I’ve put my initial thoughts as I was watching in the main bullets, and then pulled out any additional info I added afterward into sub-bullets.

Needless to say, spoilers abound.

• Yeah, so. I have no memory of this place. Credits are pretty, though!
• Snek thing in credits! Is Sauron?
• OH NO ORCSES HAVE ARONDIR
• Adar? Who TF is Adar?
• Oh hey, there’s that guy! The “We’re disbanding” guy!
• Who are these guys? What ship is this? Would somebody SAY something already!
• Are they going to Númenor?
• What is that sun symbol?
• BIG FACE
• BIG FACES
• I fucking called it. And Númenor is GORGEOUS.
• “These men are not like you.” Because these men are good, bro.
• Oh hahaha, I was right. 😂 
• OH FUCK YEAH WHITE TREE
• Let’s meet some Black Númenoreans!
• Galadriel, the hair again. You could put it over your ears or something.
• Queen Regent? That has got to be Tar-Míriel.
• “Kneel.” “No one kneels in Númenor.” “Sorry.” LOLOLOLOL
• Oh shit, Galadriel. You’re making it so much worse.
• Oh Halbrand, you’re a thief and I like you.
• OH SHIT, THAT CAPTAIN WAS ELENDIL!!!
• Is that Isildur? Haha, yes, thank you whisper-lady!
• Weeeeeee!
• Wait, are they on Tol Eressëa? Oh, no, I guess not.
• Yeeaaaah, maybe you shouldn’t be such dicks about the Valar. 
• “The sea cannot commit treason.” Oooo burn.
• Oh snap, are we going to see the fall of Númenor in this series?
• Ohhhhh, Adar is Sauron.
• Elves really are tree-hugging hippies. 
• That’s not water, is it. Oh it is, but RIP “We’re disbanding”, we hardly knew ye.
• LOLOLOL, Galadriel is a slippery one!
• There you go, Galadriel. Was that so hard?
• Ooooo Elvish! Elf friend, indeed.
• Ooooo horsies!
• Whoa, calm down Galadriel. It’s just a horse. You’re smiling so wide I thought you were your stunt double.
• It’s guild quest time, Habrand!
• LOL Halbrand is definitely getting one of those guild seals off those guys.
• OH SHIT, BEAST MODE HALBRAND
• OWWWWWW, RIP that guy’s ulna and radius
• Ohhhhh, she’s looking for that symbol. It’s got to be the Eye of Sauron, right?
• LOL, that tapestry. It looks like a kid drew it.
• Ohhhhh, it’s a map! Of MORDOR.
• Are we gonna see that naked guy again or what? 
• Oh haha, I guess so, we’re back with the hobbits.
• “Nobody goes off trail! And nobody walks alone!”
• LOL, I like the banter between Nori and Poppy.
• ProudFEET!
• Oh no, Poppy’s parents. 🙁 
• I have a bad feeling about this. I really hope this guy isn’t Gandalf. If he is, they made him an idiot. He’s supposed to be a Maia who can command fire. 
  • Also he didn’t come to Middle-earth until the Third Age.
• Welp, Nori’s boned.
• And so is her whole family.
• Anarion, did he lead the Numenoreans to Tol Eressëa? I can’t remember. I don’t think so. 
  • No, he was also one of the Faithful.
• Halbrand is a king? Of the Southlands? His ancestors swore a blood oath to Morgoth?
• Is… Halbrand he Sauron? 
• The sea trial is when the Númenoreans go to Tol Eressëa, isn’t it. 
• “The elf has arrived.” That’s not foreboding at all.
• “This big dude followed me home, can I keep him?”
• Chains! Who knew, right? 
• And this is how tug of war was invented!
• LOL, Arondir must have been taught by Legola, because that shit right there has BIG Legolas energy.
• One warg against elves with weapons? They should be fine. 
• LOLOLOL OMG LOOK AT THAT FUCKIN’ WARG LOLOLOLOLOL
• Go go go elf dude! Oh shit, RIP elf dude. Welp.
• Is elf dude’s name Carol?
  • Oh, apparently it’s Háno. 
• Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Adar! Adar! Adar! 
• Ok, so maybe Halbrand isn’t Sauron after all? Question mark?

Ok, I’m intrigued by Halbrand. I want to meet this “Adar”. I want to see Tol Eressëa! I want to see Númenor fall!