[ SECRET POST #5796 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5796 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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08. [SPOILERS for Rings of Power]




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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #829.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[fscom]

08. [SPOILERS for Rings of Power]
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[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, you're completely right about this one.

[meadowphoenix]

Yes, I would like less mystery box, this genre simply doesn't work with it imo.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's just a basic storytelling thing, really. Writers need to be good at figuring out what structure makes the most sense for the story they're telling. And modern TV shows definitely have a bad habit of defaulting to mystery box even when that makes no sense.

[meadowphoenix]

It's a really bad habit, and it actually frustrates the show thematically imo here. As well as makes it tonally very discordant from an adaptation perspective. like it's annoying elsehwere, but i think it's very much works against this type of fantasy.

[sparklywalls]

I think they did it that way because they wanted to save "the viewer knows who he is and some of the characters don't necessarily know" for season 2 but that said...I knew something was up almost instantly and was surprised by the 'twist' at all. And I know I definitely wasn't the only one. I wasn't as hard on the show as some people (there were aspects I loved) but if your viewers have already arrived at an inevitable conclusion, it does feel like a time-wasting exercise by that point.

[philstar22]

I think it could have been cool to reveal to the audience early on but not to the character in-universe until the end. But I didn't mind the way they did it. I don't think it was intended to be a big twist.

[(Anonymous)]

you're right and you should say it

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! I really wanted to love this show but the way they’ve produced it just isn’t working for me at all :(

[(Anonymous)]

I have to say it is unfortunately an effective tactic to get the show streaming more, because I went back and watched the whole thing again after I knew because it all felt different.

[(Anonymous)]

Had the opposite effect for me because now every scene that's only in the show to be red herrings feel extra useless.

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't ship him with Galadriel before, but after the reveal I certainly do. Hot like the fires of Mt Doom.

[philstar22]

I shipped them before in a cracky way (him as Annatar obsessing over this elf woman who hates him, and he just doesn't understand why anyone would hate him because he's perfect). But now I ship it semi-seriously. Both are hot (and both versions of Galadriel).

[(Anonymous)]

Still can't get over how ridiculously bland and basic this dude looks but that's kinda this show's thing for everyone so what did I expect.