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The Rings of Power - Season 1 Wrap-up

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Is the Silmarillion the Center of the Second Age Stories?

Glaatril was somebody who Tolkien did not have in his original conception of the Silmarillion. He had to sort of put her in there later and figure out ways to work her in. Did the show make the right decision in making Glaatril the focal point of the second age stories? I think so. There were a lot of logical reasons from a television media perspective.I like her arc. I really do with this one massive exception. What I saw in her was a sort of a Joan of Arc figure.

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