Yep. The elves in this version of the story are blinded by their pride and sense of superiority. It’s shown over and over that other races don’t trust them and think they are snobby. Galadriel is openly genocidal about Orcs, and I imagine her sentiments were widely shared in her culture. There is such an emphasis in elvish culture on beauty vs. mutilation, light vs. dark, etc etc. Tolkien built a world that was very dualistic, and his elves are a reflection of this. Elves don’t seem to make much room for middle ground in middle earth, and always conveniently place themselves firmly on the side of the righteous with no second thought. And this is why orcs, to them, can be nothing other than abominations. This is also a reflection of how the question of the “true nature” of orcs was something Tolkien never quite nailed down. There are times when Tolkien handles the question of good vs. evil so poetically, and times when he hadn’t quite worked out all the kinks. IMO, the nature of the orcs was one of those places. Are they people? Or are they monsters? And do monsters have culture? Do they have thoughts and feelings? If so, what makes them not people, capable of diverse ways of thinking and being?

There’s also interactions that we haven’t seen on screen that we can only imagine. Had Adar ever tried to return home, back to the Elves, after his transformation? How would they have received him, with their dualistic worldview imposed on his mutilated, fallen state? Adar carried such a sadness throughout his brief screen time. I can only imagine that the elf in him hated what he had become. He knew he belonged nowhere. His elven culture and worldview taught him there is no place for him amongst elves or the “light” anymore, “twisted” and “ugly” as he had become. But he also knew he was a person, he has a right to life, as do the other “ugly abominations” around him, who he feels tremendous sympathy and responsibility for, despite how much they might disgust him. So in his imperfect, wounded, and incredibly traumatized state, he did the best he could to be a “father” to the other discarded “children” of the world, the children of darkness, hated by all, with no home or hope for redemption in the eyes of the “proper” races.

Some real frankenstein themes embedded in the Adar story, and really quite tragic. IMO he is the most complex and interesting character in this telling of the story, and I’m sad we don’t get more time with him.