Sauron Goes Brrrrrrrrr

I have little work to do, so I’ve been staring at this gif for, like, half an hour, and guess what?

You can see exactly the moment where his fear and disbelief, coming from some familiarity of the pose/position/Halbrand’s face, that this is Sauron turns into “no, I’m putting too much into it, shouldn’t be doing that, Sauron is dead and I saw him die“.

His “No” then is punctuating that.

Joseph Mawle is a king of micro-expressions, honestly.

gif credit: @bluedaddysgirl​

Then @papugaka​ said Adar’s gaze is moving slightly to Sauron’s spear and back to Sauron, and it seems true.

Knowing Sauron had a spear, just how many times exactly did Sauron take that dominating stance over Adar in the past that it takes Adar one second to recognize it in a low man?

don't deny it

two identities of my boy an enthusiastic little fucker and a hungry whore

WELL MARK ME AS SCARED AND HORNY

mr sauron pls fuck me

The next chapter of my what if TROP were like ATLA fic (a.k.a Elves with complicated feelings go on a journey) is up!!!

Summary:

Sauron presses his neck along Galadriel’s blade, laughing. “Go ahead.” He hums and the entire room vibrates with it. The shadows curl all around them, drift up their legs, threatening, entrapping. “Look at you both.” His words fall softly from his tongue, but the edges are all blade. “You with my ring, and you with my gauntlet.” Sauron’s smile stretches beatific, the picture of false innocence. “My precious things.” The sounds all but coo from his throat. “It is good to know where my things are, after all.”

The air in the room thickens, clouds around them, choking, and the scent of fire curdles in from nowhere.

“For when I want them.” He presses closer, looms over them. “For when I have need.”

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Or, Sauron, at last, rears his ugly head.

some hands~

my boy Xafir and Geral, npc from our campaign

This is the paired art to this one

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I'll sip your soul in Wake your desire I am the promise and a liar Show me your hands and No misbehaving I'll pin the wire and you'll be wa

@the-winnowing-wind thank you so much for the idea!

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Dark Lords

I understand that for many this might be a frustrating ending; it is indeed emotionally incredibly heavy, and it’s normal to feel sadness or anger! I would say that in Game of Thrones there is an extreme level of brutality, whereas here it’s still not as prevalent, which is something to be thankful for. I wouldn’t agree that his death is entirely meaningless. Yes, he lost his battle for the Uruks. But thanks in part to his involvement, Galadriel gained a lot of understanding about her own behavior and found her inner light, and through this, Adar - at least for a while - felt like his old self, healed from Sauron’s influence. And for several centuries, he and his children lived free from Sauron’s influence, which is also important. So, in my opinion, globally, Adar did lose to Sauron, but the moments of clarity in his life are still significant and should not be forgotten.

Honestly, I haven't seen such a terrible story as Adar's in a long time. Not in the sense that it is poorly written, but in the sense that his storyline and his entire life are absolutely hopeless. His life was spent in suffering alongside Morgoth and Sauron; he witnessed how they killed and tormented his children, he was tortured too. For a brief moment, they freed themselves from Sauron's power, and Adar did everything to ensure that Uruks did not fall under his control again. He was ready to turn them against him, to feel their distance and their waning love for him, he was prepared for them to kill him, just so they wouldn’t become slaves again.

He dies right after realizing that the ring could heal him, after a new path opened up for him in alliance with Galadriel. Sauron looks at him and Adar understands that Sauron has won, and that everything that came before was in vain.

This is an absolute, total nightmare and shattering of all hopes.

the episode from the shared past of two npcs in our campaign (he survived a crossbow bolt in the head, though he lost an eye)

Oh, I think his power was demonstrated sufficiently. He understood perfectly well that the orcs were starting to stop loving him, to stop believing in him. And he did nothing about it because he knew it was necessary. Some of them had to die so that many more generations after them would not fall under Sauron's power. He was not only willing to sacrifice his own children but was also ready to perish at their hands to ultimately stand up for their future, even at the cost of his own life. In my opinion, that is an incredible strength.

Honestly, I haven't seen such a terrible story as Adar's in a long time. Not in the sense that it is poorly written, but in the sense that his storyline and his entire life are absolutely hopeless. His life was spent in suffering alongside Morgoth and Sauron; he witnessed how they killed and tormented his children, he was tortured too. For a brief moment, they freed themselves from Sauron's power, and Adar did everything to ensure that Uruks did not fall under his control again. He was ready to turn them against him, to feel their distance and their waning love for him, he was prepared for them to kill him, just so they wouldn’t become slaves again.

He dies right after realizing that the ring could heal him, after a new path opened up for him in alliance with Galadriel. Sauron looks at him and Adar understands that Sauron has won, and that everything that came before was in vain.

This is an absolute, total nightmare and shattering of all hopes.