Eh?

EVERYTIME AARAVOS OPENS HIS MOUTH SOMETHING WEIRD GOES OUT OF IT

Black holes swallow things 👀

Just like a sparkly elf

listen i Hate it here (but also the dark magic cannibalism motif becoming literal is a beautiful, validating thing)

me, binge-watching all 9 episodes in one sitting: 

So when's season 5?

At that time, before his imprisonment in Mandos, Melkor truly loved Mairon— and that love was mutual, though it would not remain so. Certainly, Melkor admired him for his skill and desired to have Mairon’s considerable power on his side, but there was, beneath all of those motives, the fact that there was nonetheless love there.

When Mairon joined Melkor officially after the destruction of the Lamps, Melkor raised him to great power— treating Mairon nearly at the same level as a Vala. Rather than having Mairon serve him in Utumno, Melkor gave to him his own fortress, Angband. With that, Mairon was also given powers to exercise authority over his own domain, and a status outside of the hierarchy of Melkor’s forces that, while it did not give him direct command, nonetheless placed him above them.