RIVENDELL—After a heated council meeting that lasted long past midday, Half-elven Lord of Rivendell Elrond was overheard lamenting to fellow Elves that he regretted not solving the issue of Sauron’s magical Ring three thousand years ago at the end of the Second Age of Middle-earth.
Aside from the big foreground characters, Isildur is one of the lore characters who got shafted the worst by the movies.
Neither Elrond or anyone else at the time Isildur kept the ring knew that doing that would keep Sauron “alive”. If they had, yeah, Elrond would probably have pushed him in, if he hadn’t done the job himself.
Isildur’s a hero. He already was when they fled Numenor, he stole the White Tree seedling from Sauron puppet Ar-Pharazon’s goons. Then he was one of the leaders who went head-to-head with Sauron for decades.
Tolkien even wrote a short story about the disaster of the Gladden Fields, where Isildur says to his son that he realizes he screwed up and that if he lives his plan is that “it should go to the keepers of the Three.”
Aside from the big foreground characters, Isildur is one of the lore characters who got shafted the worst by the movies.
Neither Elrond or anyone else at the time Isildur kept the ring knew that doing that would keep Sauron “alive”. If they had, yeah, Elrond would probably have pushed him in, if he hadn’t done the job himself.
Isildur’s a hero. He already was when they fled Numenor, he stole the White Tree seedling from Sauron puppet Ar-Pharazon’s goons. Then he was one of the leaders who went head-to-head with Sauron for decades.
Tolkien even wrote a short story about the disaster of the Gladden Fields, where Isildur says to his son that he realizes he screwed up and that if he lives his plan is that “it should go to the keepers of the Three.”
This is great- it could be an article from McSweeney's.
I bet Thranduil LOVES to bring this up at the centennial great Elven get-together.
"... has learned the language of sea birds as well as how to fly with wings like them."
Does she give lessons??-- I'm ready to sign up in both categories!! 😅
Sounds like the long defeat, personal style . . .
And besides, isn't burning heretics part of Tolkien's religious heritage?
AHHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!
Funnily enough, I thought the same thing!
Funnily enough, I thought the sane thing!
The more I revisit these stories, the more I realize Elrond’s been plagued by the selfish choices of fools for so goddamn long 😩
Hahahaha 🤓