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and since we were just talking about galadriel feeling weary of war the language about miriel is similar. she's trapped by queenship.
oh those women would rather not be making war or leading a nation oh no please take this burden from them
she blocked me for calling her out but i see we've alr hit the "leopards are eating MY face" from the person who did not want galadriel in the main plot. only took a day
🤡🤡🤡 anything that's done to the female lead will be done downstream to other women AS I SAID
"galadriel at the heart of the show is someone who is weary of war" code for "we're priming you to accept her retiring and settling down away from the main plot which is war" lmao
see when people been predicting this for years and you say exactly what we've been predicting...
#TROPspoilers fantastic interview
youtu.be/wEAIb8t-Ir4?si=0jyK…
do i think its possible its not code for that? anything is possible. it could just be color for her character sure. but why say it now when they've never once brought this up before? unless im wrong and they've said it before in previous seasons, there's a reason they say it now
so i wrote this thread analyzing how galadriel is meant to actualize by becoming softer and rejecting violence and i compared it to how elrond is meant to actualize by becoming harder and a warrior
i wrote this thread a long time ago and i connected it to patterns in genre media and how women are written. there is a gendered message in galadriel's story
mckay saying "galadriel at the heart of the show is someone who is weary of war"
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elrond rages and takes revenge on the orc by catapulting him. but part of gal's actualization is taught not to kill orcs. after she is wounded by sauron she is figuratively reborn. the wounding is gendered in light of galadriel's own violence made toothless in s2
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the contrast of where elrond began validates my pt about gender roles
in s2 he's initiated into war & violence as a rite of passage: he starts to embody trad masculine ideals
he's framed as entering manhood by becoming a commander & warrior. (per mcpayne) he'll become 'harder'
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3) These people fucking hate that haladriels exist b/c we are taking up space in the fandom they feel entitled to own. No amount of placating or proof of lore knowledge will change that. You should never seek acceptance from people who already disrespect you +
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2) Ergo attempts to ‘soften’ one’s stance around haladriel will not work. ‘We know it’s not a love story’ ‘We’re not asking for romance’ Non-shippers/antis will not believe these statements! If you as a haladriel think they should fuck nasty then stand your ground!!
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Even the notion of ‘Galadriel vs Sauron’ as ADVERSARIES on TROP is repulsive now to Tolkienites b/c ppl know that entails unresolved sexual tension. ‘It’s about so much more’—sure, but TROP used sexual tension as a device to express those things and they cannot now undo this.
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All due respect to moots but this argument of ‘it’s not just about shipping/romance’ is not compelling as a defence of haladriel in context of tolkien fandom.
#1 reason: TROP itself has sexualised this r/ship too much for Tolkien fans. We’ve passed point of no return now with s3+
see when you dont care if trop fandom likes you 😜 but honestly s2 cured me of that seeing how gladly they would push galadriel back for their ensemble show. fuck them
this is weak. im sorry. haladriels, free urself from wanting the acceptance of trop fandom establishment. they hyped up s2 eregion all for a 50% viewership drop. they are not powerful or relevant. they are loud that's it. they have nothing to offer that you need to placate them +
why are ppl even arguing w delusionals who automatically assume galadriels husband is important to her despite all evidence to the contrary in s1-2? the ga dont know this....we're going to see that when gen audience perceptions destroys the delusions of the fandom echo chamber
im not going to address the part about whether we view it as romantic or not because we're not a monolith. not my ministry but it is my ministry that the very people calling us stupid are incredibly delusional!
you don't need to beg for their acceptance