Poor Galadriel - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Diamond18 · 12-11-2002, 11:26 AM

I read in the photo guide that Elrond and Arwen and other Elves from Rivendell go to Lothlorien to have some kind of Elvish council to decide whether or not to get involved with the struggles of Rohan and Gondor.<P>Anyway, I don't think Galadriel will be portrayed as nasty. In FotR you can see that once she "passes the test" she has a burden lifted from her and she's free to "just be Galadriel" again. It's evident in the gift giving scene, where she smiles and counsels Aragorn about Arwen in a motherly fashion. All the stressful foreboding "In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen" is past...she surmounted that temptation.<P>P.S. Aragorn_The_King, you called Galadriel an "elf queen". Tolkien states in Letter 210 that "She is not in fact one."<p>[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ]

12-11-2002, 11:26 AM	#7
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I read in the photo guide that Elrond and Arwen and other Elves from Rivendell go to Lothlorien to have some kind of Elvish council to decide whether or not to get involved with the struggles of Rohan and Gondor.<P>Anyway, I don't think Galadriel will be portrayed as nasty. In FotR you can see that once she "passes the test" she has a burden lifted from her and she's free to "just be Galadriel" again. It's evident in the gift giving scene, where she smiles and counsels Aragorn about Arwen in a motherly fashion. All the stressful foreboding "In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen" is past...she surmounted that temptation.<P>P.S. Aragorn_The_King, you called Galadriel an "elf queen". Tolkien states in Letter 210 that "She is not in fact one."<p>[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.