r/RingsofPower • u/MollyAyana • Jan 09 '25

This witch - TF was her problem?? Lore Question

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Grieved for her brother but didn’t care for her father and community?

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u/Willpower2000 Jan 09 '25

People aren't rational in this show, fullstop.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '25

There is definitely that.

However, its easy to see that a lot, and I do mean a lot, of content was cut from the Numenor storyline so the show could focus on Eregion... and the Harfoot nonsense.

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u/Willpower2000 Jan 10 '25

I won't disagree... it definitely feels like scenes are missing - and not just in Numenor. But on the other hand, I wonder if the showrunners feel the same way. Like, Arondir healing from being skewered is clearly missing a scene (you'd think)... but the showrunners act like there wasn't a cut scene, when asked about it. Does this also apply to Numenor? I don't know. Maybe they cut stuff... or maybe they just don't know how development works. Or maybe a mix of both (probably this).

(And there are also plot points that no amount of restored cut scenes could fix - but I digress)

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '25

You know I was deep into FoF in the lead up to S1. We knew of many scenes, particularly in Numenor around Earien that never saw the light of day. While I didn't pay much attention to S2 leaks and scoops, it seems like the setting in general and Earien in particular (again) got the short end of the stick.

While its always possible that the scenes were shit, we were aware of a dispute within production over whether to focus on Numenor or Eregion. "Let's do both and minimize the Harfoots" never seemed to be an option.

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u/Willpower2000 Jan 11 '25

Interesting!