Animosity
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Thought the exact same thing based on the images. Granted they are very hi-res, hopefully the show looks that good.
Is that suppose to be Galadriel? Cuz no one replaces my girl Kate..
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Is that suppose to be Galadriel? Cuz no one replaces my girl Kate..
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The actress they got is pretty good in stuff I've seen her in, and I have to imagine Cate Blanchet wouldn't be keen on signing up for 5 seasons of this show.
We are getting a new Eldrond and Isildur for the same reason (not that Isildur was in the movies for very long, even the extended editions).
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I'm cool with black dwarves because they are supposed to be ugly anyway so it actually seems in character.
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all right bitch i gotta go i'm on a quest for a ring or some shit, bye!
the show also finally answers the question of why all dwarven men are away from home all the time, this is the dwarven queen lol
Black elves and we are going to have a problem.
They should make Sauron black out of principle but they won't.
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Yeah as said Guurn said its all fantasy, though those GoT examples arent too bad. The Viking examples are pure artistic fever dream though. Which overall I dont think is a bad thing as long as its not billing itself as a realistic depiction of X. Shows are meant to be interesting and have some flair to them.All these fantasy series have these incredibly complicated hairdos. Do we know if that is historical or if it's just movie production hiring fancy hairdressers and them wanting to show off?
we wuz minerz n shitthe show also finally answers the question of why all dwarven men are away from home all the time, this is the dwarven queen lol
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Big Phoenix
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They need the melanin to protect them from that all that blang they dig up.
Think about it, dwarves love them some gold. Who else loves gold?
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Black dwarves is fine as long as Durin's folk are white and these are some far east clan.
Black hobbits the same as long as they are not the Shire tribe.
Black humans... traders from the far south? OK.
Black elves, no there's no room in the established lore for that. Same with black Numenorean humans. These two I draw the line at and won't watch it, keep to the established lore and authentic North European setting.
Black hobbits the same as long as they are not the Shire tribe.
Black humans... traders from the far south? OK.
Black elves, no there's no room in the established lore for that. Same with black Numenorean humans. These two I draw the line at and won't watch it, keep to the established lore and authentic North European setting.
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Are drow actually black though? The common deception of drow elves are blue/purple, not black or is that a modern interpretation?
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I could see woodies being a bit tan and definitely shorter. Remember though that all the wood elven realms are ruled by high elves as far as I can remember.
In addition to being pale or even slightly luminous for the high elves, they also had strictly defined hair colours by house. The house of Felagund was blonde. All other elven houses had black hair. There were no red-heads.
Hobbits had a "ruddy" look to one of the subraces, I forget which.
I don't really know much about dwarves. They definitely had no queens, and kept their women a secret. I don't remember any instance of any non dwarf seeing a dwarven woman. They were mostly as secretive about the language they spoke, aside from a few battle shouts.
There isn't alot of detail in the accounts of the years of friendly cooperation between moria and eregion, but I'd like to imagine there were plenty of ambassadorial visits and feasting and whatnot, so I could well imagine someone trusted like Galadriel being allowed to meet a gaggle of dwarven wives.
In addition to being pale or even slightly luminous for the high elves, they also had strictly defined hair colours by house. The house of Felagund was blonde. All other elven houses had black hair. There were no red-heads.
Hobbits had a "ruddy" look to one of the subraces, I forget which.
I don't really know much about dwarves. They definitely had no queens, and kept their women a secret. I don't remember any instance of any non dwarf seeing a dwarven woman. They were mostly as secretive about the language they spoke, aside from a few battle shouts.
There isn't alot of detail in the accounts of the years of friendly cooperation between moria and eregion, but I'd like to imagine there were plenty of ambassadorial visits and feasting and whatnot, so I could well imagine someone trusted like Galadriel being allowed to meet a gaggle of dwarven wives.
Animosity
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I always thought of Drow as black but thats probably because of just all the visual art representation I grew up seeing. But Ive also seen them being referred to as pale white because they lived underground. So I guess it just is determined by whatever source material is used.
Agree with Wood Elves having the amazonian tribal look. Being savage elves that were outcasts of High Elves basically and looked down on.
Agree with Wood Elves having the amazonian tribal look. Being savage elves that were outcasts of High Elves basically and looked down on.
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When I read the Dark Elf trilogy years ago, my mind's eye always depicted them as slightly varied shades of purple. I never really imagined them as blue.
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Yeah but Legolas is a Wood Elf, they already showed the only two remaining Wood Elf kingdoms with Mirkwood and Lothlorien.
The new stuff is the old High Elf city before it was ruined and they went to Rivendell.
All elves are cultured compared to men, it's kinda the point of the books with men being finally ready to take over.
The new stuff is the old High Elf city before it was ruined and they went to Rivendell.
All elves are cultured compared to men, it's kinda the point of the books with men being finally ready to take over.
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I was holding out hope for it. No idea why since they splurged so much money on WoT and got nothing but hot garbage. Curious what the budget for this show is in comparison.