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[cureuba]

all i'm SAYIN is that sandor and sansa have a CONNECTION and he's a WEEKS RIDE AWAY and sansa predicted he'd win the tourney of the hand and LITTLEFINGER NEVER COUNTED ON HIM OR CONSIDERED HIM he's the SMOKING GUN he was IN THE ROOM WHEN LF HELD A KNIFE TO NEDS THROAT, he's going to haul his ass UP the high road and put a stop to the suitor bullshit at the tourney JUST LIKE DUNK DID AT THE ASHFORD TOURNEY and then he's gonna be her SWORN SHIELD and everything will have come FULL CIRCLE from joffreys bodyguard to SANSAS TRUE KNIGHT and rekindling his faith in both HIMSELF and THE IDEALS he abandoned as a child!

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Yes, this is the absolute plot. It must be.

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Sandor Clegane is disfigured. He's NOT ugly.

It's such a pet peeve of mine when fans use the argument against SanSan that Sandor is hideously ugly and that would never happen. Especially when George has described his face in detail. His disfigurement is ugly, yeah. No one is arguing that. All the artists draw it. The other side of his face was described in detail, even to the point of mentioning that both his eyes were good. I do not remember reading the word ugly or any of its synonyms there, and George doesn't hold back on this stuff. I even remember something about high cheekbones. I took it as normal looking. If you appreciate the male form, you know he would be smokin' hot from the neck down. Don't even try to argue that one lol

Even Gregor Clegane wasn't described as specifically ugly, just massive with a horrifically ugly personality.

I would never suggest that Sandor is a supermodel, but he wasn't Quasimodo walking around before he was burned either. So after Sansa saw past the scars she was a little bit into it. It's there on the pages. Maybe she liked how he looks like a Northman? *gasp*

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I just heard the wildest theory about SanSan and the Unkiss. Apparently this theory is not uncommon.(but news to me) Basically it's that Sansa isn't misremembering anything or choosing to look at things a certain way. It's because she technically warged Sandor, and that's what he was thinking about in that moment. She'd bonded with Sandor. I guess in some similar way to Bran going into Hodor. I said it was the wildest theory, but this isn't even the wildest tinfoil theory out there, imo. Lady got taken from her early, so she didn't get a chance to really develop that link there. There's the whole "Get her a dog, she'll be happier for it" line. It also could put into context how she keeps thinking about him after he's gone. George said to watch that space. Could there be a situation where she would warg him again? I think it's interesting. I'm willing to buy that she did it unknowingly for a second in that fraught moment in her room.

[love-and-doom]

Everything reminds me of them

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So Celebrian? heh

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Hey there!

Have you already discussed what Adar really carved on the elf's body? 100% it could not be ' Where is he?' simply because Halbrand is not supposed to speak black speech, is he?

So, it seems at this point Adar already knows that Halbrand=Sauron without Galadriel confirming this to him.

What is written there?

'I have your little elf. Come and get her'

OR

'I know who you are, b*tch. I am coming for you'.

Thoughts? Anyone here who speaks black speech?

Yes, it was heavily discussed after episode 6 came out, but if my memory serves it led to a dead end? :( I think it was @fatcatlittlebox who had written a post about this? If not, sorry!

Several people on Reddit said it wasn't Black speech but "crappy Quenya", and that it really said "where is he?"... But it doesn't make sense indeed, because Halbrand wasn't supposed to speak Quenya. And why did Mirdania ask Sauron what was written if it was Quenya? Surely she can read her own language?

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At this point he's presenting himself as a demi-god as Annatar, not to mention Adar has been around the block for a few thousand years. It literally could have been anything. The way the scene was presented makes me think it was black speech. I didn't find the scene all that impactful, but just my personal take on it. I didn't like that way the battle was handled in general. My least fave part of the whole season.

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Sauron when Galadriel finally tells him, after a month, that she's married and that her husband is kind of dead but not really:

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Sauron: "Oh really? What does he look like???"

LOL Sauron lives to serve. Benefits of having a sorcerer who is obsessed with you.

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This artist's rendition is literally the perfect look for Sauron in S3. Best of both worlds, imo. You can see the mind palace from here lol

[willowaus]

“You wanted  me and my light.” She laid back and he sneered down at her, but she’d already closed her eyes. “Let’s see if you can truly handle them.” Her words nearly incensed him further, until he remembered a conversation they’d had not even a week from this point in time. Mutinied against. Sent away by those she’d loved. Halbrand leaned forward, face hovering over hers as he reached out, tracing the shell of her ear. “I shall handle them far better than your kin who so easily threw you away at this time.”

Among the Broken Altars of the Gods: Chapter Two

After returning to Valinor in the 3rd age, Galadriel is ready to spend time with Finrod and her parents, reconnect with her daughter and enjoy the peace she has more than earned. Unfortunately, Morgoth is set to become a problem again.

Even more unfortunate for her, she's being tasked by the Valar to help prevent his rising. Worse still, the plan will only succeed if she and Sauron work together. AKA the Valar send Sauron and Galadriel back in time to prevent Morgoth's rising.

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DARK ACADEMIA SET

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[helholden]

Helholden's Masterlist of Haladriel Fics:

I have written dozens of fics for The Rings of Power, featuring Haladriel, under the pen name Helholden, so here is a nice, neat masterlist of all of them in one place.

Epic Multi-chapters:

❀ Litost. Canon-divergence fic set decades after the events of S1 & S2. Sauron thrives in Númenor as the High Priest when Galadriel is taken prisoner, and they are reunited on the eve of disaster. Together, they re-establish themselves in Pelargir, creating Gondor with the help of Elendil and his Men, but deceit and lies run deep and the truth will out. 276k. Ongoing.

❀ Beasts of the Hill and Serpents of the Den. Alternate Universe set in the First Age. The War of Wrath changes course. Instead of sending his wolves out to kill Finrod after capturing Felagund in his dungeons, Sauron demands an exchange for his life. Galadriel offers herself. 214k. Ongoing.

❀ Though the Gods and the Years Relent, Shall Be. After the final Breaking of the World when existence is remade by its creator Eru Ilúvatar, second chances are possible. Artanis meets Mairon and keeps coming by to visit him throughout the years. They develop a fast friendship, but it is hard to remain just friends. 25k. Complete.

❀ The Greatest Slavery. Dead Dove. Celeborn is Sauron's prisoner. If Galadriel wants her husband returned to her alive, there are terms. Many years later, Sauron comes back for his daughter, Celebrían. 48k. Complete.

❀ Symbiosis. Modern AU. Galadriel goes out drinking after a bad breakup, and Halbrand shows up to put all the pieces back together. 77k. Complete.

Completed One-shots and Short Stories:

❀ In the Golden Vein of All Your Broken Promises. It's a threesome fic with Galadriel, Annatar, and Celeborn. Pure smut. 15k.

❀ Jewel Spoilt. A tale inspired by The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty with Galadriel as Beauty and Sauron as the one to break the curse Morgoth has lain upon her. 15k.

❀ Crown, and Caress Thee, and Chain. Galadriel says yes, becoming his Dark Queen. Sauron transmutes her into a god in the fires of Mount Doom instead of creating the One Ring. 11k.

❀ Maybe You Were the Ocean, When I Was Just a Stone. A series of one-shots written for RoP Week 2023 featuring various relationships. 11k.

❀ À Côté de la Plaque. Another threesome fic, only this time it's Galadriel, Halbrand, and Bronwyn with a surprise entrance from Arondir. 10k.

❀ Light Weight. A story of Mairon and Artanis told in seven parts, spanning over thousands of years from their very first meeting in Valinor to the Sundering Seas — a tale of touch, obsession, and addiction. 9k.

❀ Heart of Gold. They bang on Celebrimbor's large anvil table, Your Honor. 6k.

❀ An Inexorable Fate. My very first Haladriel fic ever written that started all of this. Halbrand struggles to tell Galadriel how he feels after the eruption of Mount Doom. 5k.

❀ Abundance. Written for an anonymous tumblr prompt that wanted a take on Halbrand’s reaction to seeing Galadriel in the green dress in Eregion for the first time. 5k.

❀ Bite Hard, Lest Remembrance Come After. Galadriel and Halbrand take what moments of reprieve they can behind Celeborn’s back. Always wanting, but never quite together in whole. 4k.

❀ Mortal Laws. Galadriel says yes during Episode 8, "Alloyed." 3k.

❀ Just Deserts. After Sauron's successful assault on Eregion, Celeborn and Galadriel are both his prisoners along with the rest of the city. It's another threesome fic. Enjoy. 3k.

❀ Daughter of Death. ASOIAF crossover. Dany seeks out a sorcerer to help her preserve the life of her baby. The only sorcerer here, the red priestesses whisper, who could cheat death. 3k.

❀ With Music That Scares the Profane. Halbrand wakes up in Eregion for the first time. 3k.

❀ Twain Halves of a Perfect Heart, Made Fast. A child Artanis meets a child Mairon, only he is not an Elf like her. He is a Maia, and he hasn't been on this plane of existence for very long, nor had a body for very long. Artanis teaches him a few things—like friendship. 2k.

❀ Queen of Love and Beauty. A child Artanis reunites with a child Mairon at a festival for Vána the Ever-young and Queen of Flowers in Valmar. 2k.

❀ And I'll Ask for the Sea. The infamous bath!fic. 2k.

❀ It’s the Last Thing I Wanted (It’s the First Thing I Do). Mairon and Artanis during the Years of the Trees. 1k.

❀ Green-Eyed Fallacy. On the eve of the Sack of Eregion, Halbrand tries to reason with Galadriel once more before the war. Only now, it’s too late. 1k.

Completed Dead Dove:

❀ Eyes Closed. Morgoth Bauglir returns from beyond The Void, and draws his wayward servant, Sauron, back under his thumb with the one temptation he can't deny—his Lady of Light, Galadriel. 10k.

❀ Into the Light of the Dark Black Night. Modern AU. He winds their fingers together, holds her hand like a lover that has never caused her harm. Their rings are cold side by side. Metal against metal. A binding link holding them together against her will. 8k.

❀ Dark, Dark My Light, and Darker My Desire. In which Artanis thinks Mairon is her rescuer, but it couldn't be further from the truth. 18k.

❀ Vestige. He wants her for her power. He never wanted her for her love. 3k.

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