Thank you! I actually write larger than I originally intended, but with the tooth of these art boards, I couldn't get any smaller and have the characters be legible. After I finish this triptych, I'll switch to hot-pressed watercolor paper or something to allow for ridiculously tiny Tengwar details.

OMG This would legitimately make all the difference in the world for me.

I feel like this meme is a perfect representation of me and my partner's relationship as well! Like... how many things had to align for her to be the one who graded my Elvish homework over the internet and eventually my life partner for 12 years?! It's still bonkers to me that we found each other.

I did love the nuance of that particular delivery! LOL Benjamin Walker gives such amazing sass as Gil-Galad in this show. He's just SO DONE with all these Elves pulling crazy stunts around him! xD

S2, E8: Background Music

As with Episode 7, Bear McCreary has not yet blogged about the finale for Season 2 as of the reposting of this Master Thread. This is a placeholder so I can reply with a link when he posts all his notes about the various language lyrics!

Huge thx to Bear for his hard work!

S2, E8: Glimpse of Imladris

The vale revealed at the finale's end is where Imladris will be built. In the books, Elrond is able to escape because of backup from the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm. We'll have to see how relations mend in Season 3.

Thank you for following this Master Thread for Season 2!

S2, E8: Sassy Elf Appreciation Post

Nothing brings me more joy than seeing Elves be sassy in adaptations. Tolkien wrote the Elves in The Lord of the Rings as having a sense of humor. Gil-Galad giving sass to his Auntie Galadriel gives me LIFE.

S2, E8:

Love that we get to see Sauron actively use his shape-shifting ability! One background detail is that there is Ogham writing on the stones in the aftermath. I can't read it, but if anyone knows what it translates to, please share!

Whatcha gonna do with Fëanor's hammer in S3, Sauron? Hmm???

S2, E8: Gil-Galad's Quenya Plea

Look, I know you all wanna know, but with all the reverb, I can't parse this bit. I can only pick out things like Altáriel (the Quenya version of Galadriel's name)

🌱"Galadriel: by the light of the Elder King, I command all darkness to depart from thee..."

S2, E8: Adar with Galadriel

🍃Le hen absenin. - (lit. "You this I forgive.") "I forgive you."

Poignant that Adar has the appearance of a Noldo but deems his original name unimportant. He was likely of the Tatyar (2nd kindred of Elves), whether he was captured before or after leaving Cuiviénen.

S2, E8: Annatar

🍃Mellon. - "Friend."

Also, a moment of appreciation for the heartrending moment Sauron realizes he just killed the only one who truly understood him, simultaneously sealing his own fate.

He never called himself "Sauron" in-book. The "many names" refrain = ongoing identity crisis.

S2, E8: Finale Sindarin Dialogue

🍃Delio usnausent hui Eregion breniad! - (lit. "Conceal escape-notice-their such-that Eregion enduring.") "Conceal signs of escape so Eregion might yet endure!"

us- "escape"
naus "notice"
-nt "their"

They're just trying to save Galadriel and refugees at this point!