#blatantly

hello!!

so. i have seen that – and my bet would be that they'll focus on the relationships that they've already introduced (particularly elrond and galadriel with the way s2 left off) and either only introduce them at the very end (so they get to explore other relationships but can still claim to adhere to tolkien canon to a certain point) or simply leave them as an 'after the series' thing.

i can't see them backing down and just throwing them in there, mostly because of celebrian herself: if introduced now, with all that theyve set up with elrondriel, they risk becoming a twilight 2.0 in which elrond comes off as weird if not outright creepy and that's simply not an acceptable solution.

alternatively, galadriel is the one that comes off as some sort of bad, uncaring mother who didn't even bother thinking of her adult daughter. and that's also not acceptable.

so the easiest solutions are two: they can either wait and put them in at the very end, maybe even as a background thing, or just imply their existence and relationships come after the finale.

now, of course they're probably bringing them into the discussion if they're writing s3 and they might find a way to fix this issue but right now i could not tell you how, especially with the way they've set their existing characters up – they've essentially backed themselves into a corner, really, and i'll be very surprised if they don't address it in the next seasons.

Like at this point what has to happen for them to see that that mod should be kicked? Make a 180 and say Edelgard Bad? Where are their priorities?