
Eldy
Dor-Lomin

Sep 28 2022, 3:42am
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This is a curious reading of the show. You mentioned the trope that "[w]omen can do anything and do it better without men," whereas ROP has explicitly shown us that Galadriel is more effective when she listens to Halbrand—a man—and does as he suggests. Moreover, even if ROP does progress in the way you describe, I don't think it would prove much about cultural agendas or whatever unless it's reflected throughout the show. So far, I'm not seeing evidence of that. Bronwyn, who has an unambiguously romantic relationship with Arondir, is strengthened and heartened by his presence. Disa seems quite happy with her lot in life. One could argue her relationship with Durin leans into stereotypes of smart women and bumbling men (though Durin showed his sly side in episode 5), but it's not depicting this as bad for women. Kemen, meanwhile, disregards his father's advice and does something tremendously stupid in the hopes that it will please the girl he's crushing on. I suppose this could be taken out of context and used as "evidence" that ROP hates men, but it's hard to square with the idea that women are smarter and men should listen to them, since Kemen would have been better served listening to his father. Meanwhile, the most politically powerful woman in the show, Míriel, has no onscreen female advisors, yet is shown listening to and valuing the advice of two men, Pharazôn and Elendil, whose words she quite reasonably gives more weight to than Galadriel's.
(This post was edited by Eldy on Sep 28 2022, 3:45am)
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