#isildurposting

i just love how this show continues to undermine certain heroic expectations for isildur. he's not the first to volunteer for the expedition, he volunteers AFTER valandil and ontamo (whose lives he's just ruined, absolute disaster son that he is). he shows up at galadriel's training camp but just to watch, not to hop into the ring and demonstrate his sword skill. he makes mistakes (huge ones! holy shit!) but he makes them out of an earnest desire to right and find his purpose. he's so clearly motivated by the people and the home he loves but when he tries to make amends for his missteps, his impulses get the best of him and he ends up making things worse. we have the rest of the series to see him evolve into some version of the mythic, larger than life leader and tragic hero we know he becomes, but it's something he will strive for, it's not a given at this point. idk i just think he's neat!

isildur and kemen…numenorean failsons…disaster children…trying their hardest to unfuck their lives and making things 100 times worse for themselves and everyone else in the process…but somehow still making it out alive…iconic, amazing, spectacular, 12/10, no notes…keep it up, kids