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Interesting gifs... IMHO I believe that Tolkien's concept for Sauron is most likely Satan from Paradise Lost. Tolkein was a devout Christian and for British people, particularly the educated Paradise Lost was a definitive depiction of what their philosophical understanding of Satan or unrestrained evil was. Satan was meant to be charismatic demagogue and likeable person by his followers but unrestrained in his desires, and rejection of the concept of evil- in which he becomes more and more unrestrained until in the end he physically becomes more snakelike than the glorious archangel he was. The Christian idea is that Satan was originally a servant of God but found his lack of freedom oppressive and questions' God's authority & his rules. By doing so he questions the very concept of morality- and rejects it. Instead craves unlimited freedom to do whatever he wants. This is in the road to hell. IIRC from Simarillion Sauron is described by Tolkein a bit like that, but it's history/lore notes so we don't know for sure. I'm sure that Tolkein scholars already pinpointed where the character originated from. If they go this route with ROP S2 then Charlie has to play a challenging role- not everyone can be charismatic or even learn how to be. Come to think of it the idea of a gradual increase in evil is something that would work well in ROP.

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steph is kind of different in person than in her pictures she has a very small/delicate face especially when she pulls her hair back.

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I saw Alien again but this time in 4K and modernized. What a great, classic film. I think Ridley screwed up his own creation with Prometheus. The Xenomorph didn't need to be explained in a convoluted way. And the Space Jockey should have been like those of the old Dark Horse comics- some sort of higher alien being beyond human comprehension, like demi-gods.

The Simarillion is a history book made from Tolkein's notes- meaning that what Sauron did is there but there is very little characterization (like Fire & Blood/ House of the Dragon). This means that the showrunners will do what they want to do... Vickers basically was cosplaying as someone else in S1 so I guess it will be more of the same, but in the Elf-style.

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