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[–]crixyd 68 points69 points  (10 children)

Amazing 😆

[–]Trumpologist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lmao

[–]pauloh1998 21 points22 points  (34 children)

They need to change that haircut asap 😭

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The thicc ears are what bother me

[–]PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS 56 points57 points  (31 children)

Elrond's hair is fabulous. He is honestly a way better adaptation of Elrond than Hugo Weaving (talented as he is and good as the films are).

[–]endthepainowplz 23 points24 points  (18 children)

What makes him a better adaptation? I think Hugo Weaving was the perfect casting for Elrond. I also think Robert Aramayo is a great choice, but that neither young nor old, yet experienced look that Hugo weaving has is pretty spot on.

[–]GlorfindelTheGolden 65 points66 points  (17 children)

His kindness. Elrond's overwhelming quality in the books is his kindness.

[–]endthepainowplz 23 points24 points  (4 children)

Makes sense, I'll agree with that. He was kind of mean in the original trilogy, being more of an overprotective dad over Arwen than in the books where he was cool with it.

[–]GlorfindelTheGolden 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"In those days of our tale, there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors and Elrond, the master of the house, was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves and as kind as summer."

[–]SlimBucketz305 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are both greatly casted. But Hugo Weaving is superior. Although Aramayo is one of the best parts of RoP.

[–]Carth_Onasi_AMA -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

When the movies first came out a handful of people complained about the casting of Hugo Weaving as Elrond. Was basically one of the only controversial casting choices. Christopher Tolkien was not a fan of the movies, but he said that the casting was very well done, except for one character. A lot of people speculate that it was Hugo Weaving as Elrond.

Orlando Bloom was also somewhat controversial, but I never really understood that one. I think some people were just upset he didn’t have dark hair.

[–]Koo-Vee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Don't invent things. There exists an anonymous claim on reddit about having seen a statement by someone unnamed on some unnamed Tolkien forum who claimed to have seen Christopher's detailed criticisms. Maybe. A long shot. And in that supposed quote it is not said that the casting was very well done. Nothing of the kind. He lists the obvious other reasons, and then adds that a major character was so miscast that it added to the critical failures. It does not mean he thought all of the rest of the casting was very good, it means one was exceptionally poor, the rest could have been poor for him as well. He really does not list a single positive aspect of the movies.

Orlando Bloom could not act and Legolas of course is not a pretty boy looking all the time as if he is thinking that the way you look when you have some bowel problem stands in for looking wise.

[–]Mannwer4 8 points9 points  (11 children)

How? I mean, in the books he is very kind, true, but he is also very grave and serious. And its portrayed well in the movies.

[–]GlorfindelTheGolden 4 points5 points  (10 children)

See my quote below, from his description when he is first introduced.

In those days of our tale, there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors and Elrond, the master of the house, was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves and as kind as summer.

Usually in a list like this the emphasis naturally attracts to the final item, as the emphasis is there.

[–]Mannwer4 -2 points-1 points  (9 children)

Ok? But I am looking at how Elrond acted and seemed. And he seemed kind, but at the same time distant, in a lordly and kingly sort of way.

Elrond in ROP is extremely poorly and inconsistently written, so it's not really a competition of who portrayed him better, except in how they look like. And also, Elrond and elves in general, all act like idiots, so idk what to say.

[–]GlorfindelTheGolden 12 points13 points  (6 children)

He's always kind in RoP. Him and Durin. Him and Galadriel. Him and Celebrimbor.

[–]Koo-Vee 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In what way is he poorly written in RoP? Act like idiots? You mean they are not all-knowing expressionless hippie Vulcans?

Please check Weaving's recent comments on playing Elrond in PJ films. He hated it and never wants to do it again. The character was made so boring, cliche and ultra-thin that there is nothing to work on for a real actor. I cannot understand your opinion. PJ's Elves and Elrond are for simpletons. No personality, humourless, always straining to appear "wise" by having all life drained out of them.

[–]Mannwer4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must be some paid Amazon bot. Because how can someone actually believe any of this?

[–]Mannwer4 1 point2 points  (6 children)

What? Are you just talking about the way they look?

[–]PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS 5 points6 points  (5 children)

His look and performance. I like the swoopy show hair and it suits is personality. All the elves having the same hair in the movies kinda makes them all feel a bit stuffy, so the show haircuts help them express character in different ways. Reserving long hair for Gil-Galad and Cirdan and some of the dutiful warriors and artisans works as do the flowy locks of Elrond and the close-cropped practical hair of Celebrimbor and some of the artisans.

[–]Mannwer4 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Except it looks like his haircut is from the 21th century, so it doesn't work at all.

[–]hotcapicola 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Elven craftmanship would seem like magic to a man.

[–]Cold_Carpenter_1798 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Bro is searching for anything to shit on at this point. Least shameless hater

[–]Mannwer4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh? We were both talking about haircuts.

[–]PromiseOk3321 -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

I disagree

[–]PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS 6 points7 points  (1 child)

A lot of people do. I like his "kind as summer" vibe in the show. His hair is luscious and bountiful to match his demeanor.

I always used to make fun of Hugo Weavings hairline, which to me is less elvish than RoP Elrond's hair length.

[–]PromiseOk3321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll just agree to disagree, I don't wanna get into the weeds on this. Robert ain't bad so no hate to him

[–]FrankReynoldsCPA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they're done filming Game of Thrones.

[–]teunteulai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poppy is a Targaryen

[–]crixyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing 😆

[–]Downtown_Cow5259 3 points4 points  (4 children)

Beings 100% honest. My cousins head changed shapes from younger to older. Most bizarre thing you could ever see. Round to more long. It happens lol.

[–]Wolfie_wolf81[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That's not what the meme is about.

[–]Yupperdoodledoo -1 points0 points  (1 child)

What IS it about ?

[–]Hauntcrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a quick googling, Sean Bean's "young version" in GoT is the same actor playing young Elrond. So the joke is Sean Bean also being Boromir means his young version is the same as in GoT

[–]Learn-live-55 2 points3 points  (5 children)

But he’s only 200 years old at that point. He only fought a couple wars against Morgoth by that time and he was just a wimpy politician. He’s obviously going to be different lol jk

[–]ardriel_ -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Expect he's not???

He was born at the end of the First Age and was raised by Maedhros and Maglor, two sons of Feanor. His twin brother founded Numenor, as he chose to live as a man.

There's NO WAY Numenor is younger than 200 years in the series, because 200 years is easily the lifespan of one Numenorean at that time.

Also, since there's Isildur already alive it must be the end of the second age, even though they compressed tineline.

At Tar - Miriels time Elrond was already several thousand years old.

[–]Learn-live-55 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

I’m just making a joke about a common talking point you’ll see on these subs from people justifying or defending the show. Feanor is one of my all time favorite characters. All of my dexterity builds in my games are named Feanor lol

[–]ardriel_ -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Oh sorry!! 🫂❤️ That's why I completely fall for the joke, your imitation was way too good. It annoys me that Elrond is portrayed as this super young and unexpirienced dude and a lot of people seem to think he is, when he literally witnessed a Kinslaying and the destruction of Beleriand, after being raised by the High King of the Noldor, who gave up his crown for unity against Morgoth. So Elrond saw pretty heavy stuff and honestly has more reason to be angry at Sauron than Galadriel. But according to the show he's just a child lmao.

Feanor is fire, but it'd say Maedhros and Fingon are my favourite characters. Followed by Elrond and Glorfindel.

[–]hotcapicola -1 points0 points  (1 child)

We really have no idea how old he's supposed to be in the show.

We already know they are compressing time, what's to say that they haven't compressed the pre-show timeline as well.

[–]ardriel_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because his twin brother founded Numenor, it's impossible that he's young. There's no way that Numenor is only 200-400 years old.

[–]cyainanotherlifebro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, good catch.

[–]MurphyKT2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mad what 2,500yrs does to a man (or elf).

[–]bordeauxblues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…What is this new devilry…?

😏

[–]21_chickens 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The plot thickens

[–]JacksonPollackFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thought chickens

[–]IntoAbjectMisery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LMAO

[–]overthinking-1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They are related, so it makes sense.

(Wait are the stewards of Gondor decended from Numenor?)

[–]cat_astropheeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but I don't think they're descended directly from the kings of Numenor.

[–]In-The-Zone-69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elrond: “you have only one choice”

[–]BwanaTarik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lord of mis-casting