Budden

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"But Pallando killed his partner"

Yes. Gandalf. We saw the 5 arriving together to Middle Earth together S3E3. We saw Gandalf returning in S1E1.

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"Tolkien drafted the Witch-king as a fallen member of Gandalf’s own order. In The War of the Ring, p. 331, Gandalf describes him as having belonged to their order before turning evil."

I mean. That's a stitched up wizard hat and blue robes if I've ever seen them.

Goodnight.

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So as for the kids...

S1E2: Play in oversized Dwarven heads, told to return to bed, carried off as Durin makes childish jokes. S1E4: Their singing-and-hitting "knocking game" repeatedly interrupts Disa. S2E2: Disa says they miss tugging Grandad’s beard. S2E3: "Wait till your children grow up". Etc etc

... but were allegedly 17-5 = 12 years old in S1-2. And not shown.

Nope. Kids don't exist. Soz.

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Let's talk about Disa and her two children, shall we

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@nerdoftherings1 Bet you didn't.

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@pmddomingos And on that day, pigs flew

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@Tylerdg Correct.

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I know people aren't here for my Rings of Power commentary, but here's my moderate-spoilers bet.

"Could the real witch king please stand up" is going to be the bait-and-switch of the season, like Sauron in S1.

- The Lossoth Nazgnagôl pulls an identical facial expression to the WK wraith at Amon Sûl in FotR
- The Harad Nazgnagôl's speech to Durin is word-for-word the WK's to Eowyn in the RotK book
- All of them have the dwarven runes for "spear of terror, shadow of despair" on their crowns, which is how Gandalf described the WK in the RotK book

It's been made too obvious. That "other fan theory" remains the correct one. Redemption is coming.

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@4thEorlingas Don't forget how she met Durin. He was engaged.

(It *won't* play out the same without it. Promise.)

But if you want to be doubly mad. What about the black elf homewrecker, too? 🤫

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@cedwardsdaily Jeez I wonder how the Necromancer will discover Celebrimbor's secrets

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@starry_clusters I think Waldreg is Alatar enslaved and Theo is his son. So "neither". Boom.

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Bet. Kemen, Anarion and Elros for the three Numenorian Nazgul. Can't be Pharazon, Elendil or Isildur. No Kings left. QED.

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@AzzurraS4 I'll take this bet, too

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I don't get how every "reveal' in the first two seasons of Rings of Power has been a fan base trolling bait-and-switch and yet the fan base is... Being trolled by how "obvious" the "big reveals" on Day 1 launch have been

Kid isn't even from Angmar you troglodytes

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@Evil__Smile I'll take that bet.

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@Tylerdg Who are the only two people who held the magic hilt in S1?

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@Tylerdg Read down

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Let's talk about Disa and her two children, shall we

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... Now hang on just one moment. Interesting hat, tattered blue robes, chopped long hair and slave-collar

Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

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And, context-free. Plot arcs all make sense now. GG