History Fridge / TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower

* Tolkien referred to Middle Earth and the other contintents of Arda as the Earth of old, i.e. a fantasy equivalent to RealLife prehistory. It shouldn't come as a surprise that some creatures in the series have an uncanny resemblance to some prehistoric animals, the most striking example being the pig-like wargs which were preying upon Proto-Hobbits and were driven off by [[spoiler: the Stranger]]. Those "wargs" are actually a take on entelodonts, a group of extinct pig-like relatives of hippos and whales. The same rules applies to the hyena-like wargs (i.e. Hyenadonts) and the Mumakil (four-tusked proboscideans) from the Peter Jackson trilogy.

* One of Halbrand's advice to Galadriel is to cease galloping and take a minute to breathe. So of course its when she's stuck on the sidelines watching smiths work that she finally has the time to start to piece together that [[spoiler: Halbrand is Sauron.]] The comparison is also apt since [[spoiler:Galadriel complains of the comparison to a horse, showing how Sauron viewed her as a useful servant and not an equal.]]

* Let's assume [[spoiler: Sauron wasn't exactly lying when he claimed he wanted Galadriel herself as his queen, "beautiful and terrible as the dawn". Let's assume Sauron wasn't just trying to talk Galadriel out of his case: he [[VillainousCrush wanted her at his side]]. He even was going to have Celebrimbor fashion two Rings of Power to be used as wedding bands. Galadriel is now stuck with a nigh Omnipotent StalkerWithACrush who killed her brother, took her husband from her, hurt her people and now he's going to hold her responsible for every atrocity he will ever commit unless she joins him]].

* Let's assume [[spoiler: Sauron wasn't exactly lying when he claimed he wanted Galadriel herself as his queen, "beautiful and terrible as the dawn". Let's assume Sauron wasn't just trying to talk Galadriel out of his case: he [[VillainousCrush wanted her at his side]]. He even was going to have Celebrimbor fashion two Rings of Power to be used as wedding bands. Galadriel is now stuck with a nigh Omnipotent StalkerWithACrush who killed her brother, took her husband from her, hurt her people and now he's going to hold her responsible for every atrocity he will ever commit unless she joins him]].

* Let's assume [[spoiler: Sauron wasn't exactly lying when he claimed he wanted Galadriel herself as his queen, "beautiful and terrible as the dawn". Let's assume Sauron wasn't just trying to talk Galadriel out of his case: he [[VillainousCrush wanted her at his side]]. He even was going to have Celebrimbor fashion two Rings of Power to be used as wedding bands. Galadriel is now stuck with a nigh Omnipotent StalkerWithACrush who killed her brother, took her husband from her, hurt her people and now he's going to held her responsible for every atrocity he will ever commit unless she joins him]].

* Tolkien referred to Middle Earth and the other contintents of Arda as the Earth of old, i.e. a fantasy equivalent to RealLife prehistory. It shouldn't come as a surprise that some creatures in the series have an uncanny resemblance to some prehistoric animals, the most striking example being the pig-like wargs which were preying upon Proto-Hibbits and were driven off by [[spoiler: the Stranger]]. Those "wargs" are actually a take on entelodonts, a group of extinct pig-like relatives of hippos and whales. The same rules applies to the hyena-like wargs (i.e. Hyenadonts) and the Mumakil (four-tusked proboscideans) from the Peter Jackson trilogy.

** Also, remember why Adar decided to conquer the Southlands? [[spoiler:He felt he needed to rehome all the Uruk because Sauron was a BadBoss prone to [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal experiment in cruel and unusual ways on the Uruk to gain more power for himself]].]]. And now [[spoiler:Sauron has a new Forge to experiment and Adar and his Uruk are already there, ready for the slaughter]].

* Remember Halbrand's previous rage against Adar for supposedly casting him out of his rightful position as King of the Southlands? Of course he would feel like that, as Adar already admitted that [[spoiler:he was the one who split Sauron open. As in, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Halbrand himself]]]].

* Remember Halbrand's previous rage against Adar for supposedly casting him out of his rightful position as King of the Southlands? Of course he would feel like that, as Adar already admitted that he was the one who split Sauron open. [[spoiler:As in, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Halbrand himself]]]].

* Remember Halbrand's previous rage against Adar for supposedly casting him out of his rightful position as King of the Southlands? Of course he would feel like that, as Adar already admitted that he was the one who split Sauron open. [[spoiler:As in, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Halbrand himself]].

* A creepy version: Waldreg’s surprise role as Adar’s last successful tool in causing Mount Orodruin to erupt makes a cruel kind of sense because Waldreg had proved his loyalty to Adar by killing his fellow villager Rowan, and thus was the only one of the Men Adar actually regarded as more loyal than mere CanonFodder.

* A creepy version: Waldreg’s surprise play as Adar’s last successful tool in causing the volcano to erupt makes a cruel kind of sense because Waldreg proved his loyalty to Adar by killing his own son and thus was the only one of the Men Adar actually regarded as more loyal than mere CanonFodder.