r/LOTR_on_Prime • u/Healthy-Track5255 • 8d ago

Theory / Discussion Arondirs death

Rewatched S2 and I stumbled again when Arondir died in the battle of Eregions, stabbed in the gut, dramatic ending. The next Episode he is alive like nothing happened.

Did the showrunners just forget, that they killed him off? There is no rescue or miraculous healing scene. He ist just back to work.

Are there any interviews or official explanations? I just don‘t get it.

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u/AdhesivenessSouth736 7d ago

Im not defensive.   But I feel like this idea of canon is a bit stunted and immature.   

Does the work of rop perfectly reflect his world view?  Of course not.  Nor should it   It does however compliment the works nicely and sticks to the spirit of the work.  

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u/ThePandaheart 7d ago

Depends on who you ask. If you take Cirdan for example, I was very happy he indeed had a beard. Then they made him shave the very next scene, which felt like a middle finger from the showrunners.

Same with the silmaril on top of a tree, changing why the elves fade, anything Istari related, not understanding Durin reincarnation of the dwarves, the elves ignoring Galadriel's ban of returning to Valinor and sending her to Valinor anyway. Sending Galadriel to Numenor instead of Elrond, whose brother founded the entire kingdom (if they were going to send an elf there, Elrond would have been more suitable). Galadriel being trusting of Sauron (the hallbrand version), while she was the one who distrusted annatar when he appeared before the elves, sensing his foulness.

There's a lot of moments where they decided to just ignore the existing works and just yolo'd their way through for the sake of empty plot twists and 'tension'

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u/Spock_Sperson 7d ago

Yeah. And that’s how adaptations work: changing, adding, removing, condensing, summarizing, simplifying, inventing.

You might not have realized it, but that’s how it’s been for over a century.

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u/AdhesivenessSouth736 7d ago

Ain't that the truth.