#melko

But in the north Melko built his strength, and he slept not, but watched, and laboured; and the evil things that he had perverted walked abroad, and the dark and slumbering woods were haunted by monsters and shapes of dread. And in Utumno he gathered his demons about him, those spirits who first adhered to him in the days of his splendour, and became most like him in his corruption: their hearts were of fire, but they were cloaked in darkness, and terror went before them; they had whips of flame. Balrogs were they named in Middle-earth in later days. And in the dark time Melkor bred many other monsters of divers shapes and kinds that long troubled the world; and his realm spread now ever southward over Middle-earth.

Oh god the Charmed reboot. Biggest disappointment ever. Nico and Mel were IT but even when they got ruined I still had hope. But the show really squashed that too like they never tried with Mel at all. In their defense though all the post season 1 relationships were subpar at best. I remember thinking Mel would finally have something with Kat, the pretty witch shop owner but then they made her crazy and shipped her away???? What the hell. And her next love interest couldn’t even touch her lol like say you don’t want to show gay intimacy without saying you don’t want to show gay intimacy! And don’t even get me started on the wasted chemistry between Macy and Abigail who were reduced to fighting over Harry like yuck. That show literally flopped on all fronts 😐

Kind of wild to think about very early Book of Lost Tales versions of Angband as Angamandi, the hell where it was seemingly acceptable and expected that torment would take place under Melko, for mortal souls essentially sentenced to hell (by Fui/proto-Nienna??)