How powerful is Elrond?

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  • @InDeepGeek
    @InDeepGeek  10 месяцев назад +428

    This is a revised and updated version of a video first published in August 2021.

    • @PiscatorLager
      @PiscatorLager 10 месяцев назад +10

      Ah, sounded so familiar to me. Still, well done!

    • @markusvlad7217
      @markusvlad7217 10 месяцев назад +5

      Mr. Frodoo....

    • @minibro73
      @minibro73 10 месяцев назад +11

      Can you give a quick summary of how your view on the topic changed when you revise older videos like this one ?

    • @bbgun061
      @bbgun061 10 месяцев назад +3

      The 'magic' in Tolkein's legendarium isn't like the magic in other fantasy stories. In many of those, an aspiring wizard can learn new spells and gain powers he did not previously have. But we don't really see that in Middle Earth. Rather, I think that certain characters have innate supernatural abilities instead of magic. They can learn and hone these abilities, becoming masters of their craft. They can even put their supernatural power into physical objects. But it always starts with them having these innate supernatural abilities based on who they are. The Maiar, the Elves, the Rangers, all have amounts of power equal proportionate to their race. Ordinary men, dwarves, and hobbits don't really have any supernatural power, although they can use 'magic' items. And some of them can resist more powerful beings, like Farmer Maggot telling the ringwaith to be gone.

    • @jackdavis855
      @jackdavis855 10 месяцев назад +5

      Sounds the same to me but still interesting!

  • @cactusimon
    @cactusimon 10 месяцев назад +758

    Hugo Weaving deserves huge respect for such an iconic performance.

    • @CryptidRenfri
      @CryptidRenfri 9 месяцев назад +31

      One of the GOATS of acting imo

    • @thefattesthagrid
      @thefattesthagrid 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@CryptidRenfri Smith and Elrond McBong were such a stark contrast man.

    • @wlfred.ed1930
      @wlfred.ed1930 4 месяца назад +1

      indeed

    • @Chellebelle121
      @Chellebelle121 4 месяца назад +1

      Agreed ☺️

    • @laurence2424
      @laurence2424 3 месяца назад

      And movies at that point weren't common for him to do, he did a lot more theatre

  • @brianmessemer2973
    @brianmessemer2973 10 месяцев назад +792

    Acknowledgements to Hugo Weaving who embodied Elrond so very convincingly and with great natural authority. The man played Elrond and Smith, two so very opposite characters yet both equally essential pillars to their respective universes. I don't see Smith when I'm watching Elrond, nor visa versa. A very, very great actor indeed. Love the channel and this video, I'd watched the older version more than once. Nice refresh!

    • @silmarian
      @silmarian 10 месяцев назад +23

      Don’t forget Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!

    • @gojewla
      @gojewla 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@silmarianthat’s always what I see when I watch him as elrond

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 10 месяцев назад +16

      Agreed! I´ve never seen the movies, but Elrond in the pictures I see on the internet is one of the few characters that absolutely agree with what I imagined them like in the 1990´s, while reading the books. The others are Gandalf, Saruman, Frodo, Galadriel, Aragorn and Boromir (except the hair colour, Aragorn and Boromir are supposed to have dark hair). Looking at pictures of Weaving as Elrond, I can accept that he´s lived thousands of years and has massive knowledge, is a healer as well as a warrior. And that´s quite an achievement for an actor.

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights 10 месяцев назад +8

      Plus he was also in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

    • @rayc321
      @rayc321 10 месяцев назад +19

      V in V for Vendetta as well :)

  • @alexiachimciuc3199
    @alexiachimciuc3199 10 месяцев назад +2947

    Dodging bullets , multiplying himself, punching concrete and flying.

    • @dagradaedelot
      @dagradaedelot 10 месяцев назад +254

      Agent elrond

    • @masterofdizzzaster
      @masterofdizzzaster 10 месяцев назад +106

      He's also bulletproof, like ideas

    • @tempodan
      @tempodan 10 месяцев назад +213

      Mr. Bagginson 🕴🏽

    • @Matthew10950
      @Matthew10950 10 месяцев назад +138

      Tell me, what good are elf songs when you don't have the ability...to speak?

    • @kleuafflatus
      @kleuafflatus 10 месяцев назад +28

      That's why I thought Hugo weaving an odd choice for Elrond in the beginning. I imagine Elrond to be a wise but powerful man figure, very similar that to gandalf in terms of demeanor but visibly younger. He's a bit too intense if you ask me, especially the scene when he gave the sword to Aragorn. But then of course he is Elrond now, beside a bit too intense, he's perfect

  • @colindunnigan8621
    @colindunnigan8621 10 месяцев назад +537

    Poor Elrond, over 1000 years of fostering Isildur's heirs, and seeing them die, over and over...and that's just one loss the guy endured.

    • @dandiehm8414
      @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад +102

      The story of Elrond could be a whole movie! And it would be tragic! The ending would go like this - Elrond disembarks from Cirdan's ship on the shores of Aman (or Eressea) and his wife Celebrian greets him with a giant hug, love in her eyes. She then asks "Where is Arwen"? And Elrond will have to tell her that she will NEVER see her daughter again. Elrond got to say his final Goodbyes to Arwen, but Celebrian will never have that chance. When Celebrian and Arwen initially parted, Celebrian looked forward to the day when her whole family could be togetther again in Valinor (or Eressea). Now that will never come to pass. ~ Heartbreaking~

    • @johnkeck
      @johnkeck 10 месяцев назад +8

      But he gained a son (in-law). lol

    • @UPTAUT
      @UPTAUT 10 месяцев назад +3

      One does what can for family

    • @honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126
      @honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126 10 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@johnkeck Who he also doesn't get to see. Most of his life, they were separated and the relationship was somewhat strained, because Elrond wouldn't let Aragorn and Arwen marry until Sauron was defeated and Aragorn was king. So Aragorn was off questing in Gondor, searching for Gollum in the Dead Marshes, visiting Harad and Rhun to further the resistance. He's around for maybe days every few years, and Arwen does not appear to hang around much either. Then they go and get engaged behind Elrond's back, and we have no idea how he feels about it, whether he is annoyed or secretly happy for them. But just when his beloved daughter and adopted son do become the king and queen he knew they could be and gain some tranquility, he has to leave them behind forever.

    • @jawstrock2215
      @jawstrock2215 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@dandiehm8414 She could have a chance, if Mandos allows it.

  • @DrankenDune
    @DrankenDune 10 месяцев назад +396

    Maybe Elrond’s “air” powers are used to give the Hidden Valley fair weather? That seems to be how the elves use their magic most frequently. Natural and enhancing things rather than forcing change.

    • @jackpowell9276
      @jackpowell9276 10 месяцев назад +29

      I think some element is preservation if i understand it right. Preserving the ancient magic of the world in their small corners, and in some cases enhancing a bit. In the earliest days, the world was far more magical and fantastical throughout.

    • @DrankenDune
      @DrankenDune 10 месяцев назад +17

      Preserving! Yes that’s a better description. But still the ring adds to it. You can feel the magic of Imladris before you reach the city.

    • @mikedeck8381
      @mikedeck8381 10 месяцев назад +13

      It was considered to be the most powerful of the elven rings but it wasn't designed to be a weapon of war. It seemed like it was used for healing and preserving knowledge. I suppose Elrond could handle himself in a fight if he needed to.

    • @bbgun061
      @bbgun061 10 месяцев назад +4

      Magic isn't really a good word for this in Tolkein's legendarium. I prefer to say, innate supernatural abilities.

    • @DrankenDune
      @DrankenDune 10 месяцев назад +8

      @@bbgun061 But they specifically use the word magic in that world? You just have to change your understanding.

  • @fydofire
    @fydofire 10 месяцев назад +1351

    All his power couldn't stop me from laughing in cinema when Frodo woke up and looked into Agent Smiths smiling face.

    • @renferal5290
      @renferal5290 10 месяцев назад +21

      LOL

    • @robburkhard9256
      @robburkhard9256 10 месяцев назад +32

      What can we say, it was a good time:)

    • @StrangerNoises
      @StrangerNoises 10 месяцев назад +206

      "Misster Underhill. It appears you've been leading two lives..."

    • @raymondcoventry1221
      @raymondcoventry1221 10 месяцев назад

      Agent Elrond: Humanity is a disease on Middle-Earth, we Elves are the cure.

    • @martinzyka6432
      @martinzyka6432 10 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@StrangerNoisesyou made my day with this 😂😂😂

  • @samuelvine
    @samuelvine 10 месяцев назад +232

    Huh, just thought of this:
    Galadriel had powers over water, which we of course in her Mirror, but there's another description of her abilities that is often overlooked... when the Aeothaid were riding to the aid of Gondor at one point SHE brought up a mist to hide the army of the future Rhoririm from Sauron's eyes at the nearby Dul Guldor.
    And Gandalf, had power over fire like you said, but of course also the fire of courage and hearts, he doesn't seem to have to do or say anything for his courage effect to work, it's passive though potent.
    With Elrond having power over air, what do we see him use the most? His WORDS. The expression of Air is speech. And Elrond's words are always powerful and influential.
    *One sidenote about the differences in "magic" use between Elrond and Galadriel is that Elrond may not have had as much experience in "active" "magic". Galadriel learned a lot from Melian the Maia on how things worked in the world, training that Elrond may not have had access to, which may be partly why his actions are less showy most of the time. Even the flood at the Bruinen (spelling?) was partly "showy" because of Gandalf's actions not Elrond's. Not saying Elrond couldn't have made the foamy horses in the river, only that he may not have been as skilled in doing at as Gandalf or Galadriel as his magic was focused in other directions.
    Ok, I'll stop babbling now :D - thanks for the video!!!!

    • @dandiehm8414
      @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад +17

      Galadriel also used her powers over water in the rivers surrounding Lorien. Nor Orc, (and not even Gollum), got into the Naith.

    • @bbgun061
      @bbgun061 10 месяцев назад +14

      I think a better term than magic is 'innate supernatural abilities.' As a Maiar, Gandalf was more powerful than Elrond and Galadriel, though their rings boosted them all.

    • @bbgun061
      @bbgun061 10 месяцев назад +22

      Also I want to add that I like your idea of power over the air being used for words to influence people. Many characters' supernatural abilities overlap with others. Saruman also used words to control people, but he used deceit, whereas Elrond used wisdom.

    • @adaslesniak
      @adaslesniak 10 месяцев назад +14

      It's not babbling. It was a nice read.

    • @samuelvine
      @samuelvine 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@adaslesniak

  • @tobiasstange8346
    @tobiasstange8346 10 месяцев назад +75

    Thank you very much for that insightful video.
    Elrond is one of my favorite characters, especially because he is a 'supportive' character, that accomplishes many tasks behind the scenes, indirectly or through guidance.

  • @pamelah6431
    @pamelah6431 10 месяцев назад +31

    In ROTK at Aragorn's coronation, when the banner is moved aside and Arwen emerges, Hugo's "my baby is all growed up" expression sparks the water works for me every time.

    • @LKMNOP
      @LKMNOP 9 месяцев назад

      His baby was a grown woman for god sakes. He always treated her as an adult. That was a disgusting 1950s type of line. "My baby", indeed...

    • @pamelah6431
      @pamelah6431 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@LKMNOP what exactly is your problem? 🙄

    • @waynepurcell6058
      @waynepurcell6058 7 месяцев назад

      @@pamelah6431 Well Arwen was well over 2500 years old so I think the poster is (rightfully) assuming that while Elrond obviously loves his daughter, he also would have gotten over the "my baby" stage of fatherhood like 2400+ years prior.
      Especially since Arwen traveled and lived extended periods of time with her G-ma Galadriel, who had SEVERAL thousand years of mature wisdom and knowledge to pass on to her granddaughter.

    • @raijinoflimgrave8708
      @raijinoflimgrave8708 18 дней назад +1

      ​@waynepurcell6058 as a parent, my child will always be my baby. Even 2500 years from now

    • @pamelah6431
      @pamelah6431 18 дней назад

      @@waynepurcell6058 you don't stop loving someone just because they've been around a while. At least, normal people don't. She was still his daughter.

  • @TheDarkElder
    @TheDarkElder 10 месяцев назад +147

    How powerful was Elrond? Yes, very. One of the very good characters in Tolkien's world, where wisdom and power and merging into a solid guidance to anyone seeking good.

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon 10 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely the power of influence.

    • @Static331603
      @Static331603 8 месяцев назад +4

      Something Amazon's Rings of Power doesn't understand. They think being a kickass warrior is the only definition of power.

  • @LadyQ_1169
    @LadyQ_1169 10 месяцев назад +30

    My favorite good LotR character. Hugo Weaving did a wonderful job playing him. Thanks so much for the video!

  • @shaniaduchene8063
    @shaniaduchene8063 10 месяцев назад +15

    I have watched quite a few of your ASOIAF and Tolkien videos in the last few weeks. Every time you start a video with a question like this, I say “i don’t know, Robert, you tell me” and chuckle to myself. Every time. Never change!

  • @logangodofcandy
    @logangodofcandy 9 месяцев назад +5

    We talk of the brothers elrond and elross that chose to be either human or elf. We seldom hear of the third brother, Elroy, who chose to be a bootlegger and play legendary melodies in banjo, as his glorious mullet flows in the breeze.

  • @Martial-Mat
    @Martial-Mat 10 месяцев назад +31

    That was a lovely closing paragraph. You do have such a lovely way of looking at the world.

  • @alinaanto
    @alinaanto 10 месяцев назад +3

    I love the more subtle approach to power displayed throughout all of Tolkien work
    I love how deep and thoughtfully written a character Elrond is!
    I really like how you gave credit to the artists at the end of the video! Great video, thank you for posting!

  • @enoughothis
    @enoughothis 10 месяцев назад +119

    I love the line Elrond speaks to the Nazgul in the third Hobbit movie "You should have stayed dead."

    • @gptsiteuser
      @gptsiteuser 10 месяцев назад +12

      Bizzare take

    • @thanos_channel
      @thanos_channel 10 месяцев назад +31

      Which was cringe as hell. This happens when you try to embed lines from cheesy 90s movies into high fantasy epic stories

    • @suran396
      @suran396 10 месяцев назад +5

      They also added a bone head 80's movie quote in the 1st Hobbit. Thankfully, I can't recall it precisely.

    • @12classics39
      @12classics39 10 месяцев назад +6

      I haven’t seen the Hobbit films - PLEASE don’t tell me he actually says this…..!!!!???? You’re joking, right???!!!!

    • @suran396
      @suran396 10 месяцев назад +22

      @@12classics39 i'm.going to be straight with you. The art.and landscapes are beautiful and there are some wonderful moments, but overall the 3 films are a disappointment. They wove in all kinds of nonsense to drag it out to 3 films and often forgot they weren't producing a comedy. It would have been far better as a stand alone film, or perhaps 2 fulms.and the 3rd one could be a background story.

  • @QuantumHistorian
    @QuantumHistorian 10 месяцев назад +119

    A weird thing (though very common in fiction) in LotR is that the rulers of each realm are also the most (or close to the most) powerful / skilled / talented people there. This almost never happens in real life. The king is very rarely also going to be the wisest at giving advice, or the strongest warrior, or the most learnt mage. Or, in a modern setting, it's like if the Prime Minister of a country was also its most genius scientist. You'd expect the ruler to be a manager, hopefully a talented one, but that they're main skill set is in leading and organising rather than their personal ability to resolve plot points.

    • @kirkvoelcker5272
      @kirkvoelcker5272 10 месяцев назад +12

      That's why it's fiction. Or am I too disingenuous to know that you are helping yourself to a double portion of irony?

    • @Commander_Ray
      @Commander_Ray 10 месяцев назад +29

      well for most of human history that is the case Kings were given the best educations and were trained from birth to rule while peasants and even most lower nobility would not come close to that, as for being the best warrior or Many other things like the wisest that is also seen the first tribes of many cultures were founded because of strong leaders who were the strongest and smartest. as society advanced rulers relied on advisors and champions. as much of the world has democracies the rulers tend to be popular and well spoken because that's how they get the votes to be elected even if they lack great combat skills in the 21st century

    • @General12th
      @General12th 10 месяцев назад +14

      On one hand, Elrond is an elf, so learning wisdom and other skills alongside being a leader for millennia on end would come naturally.
      On the other hand, everyone else in Rivendell is an elf too, so you'd think at least a few of them would master a craft beyond what Elrond has managed. And maybe they have, but it's not important to the story, so we don't hear about it.

    • @Grozhevski
      @Grozhevski 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah but also Gil-galad during his rule chose Elrond as an able assistant. So there may be some amount of meritocracy to this

    • @EscapeTheMatrix3h5fi
      @EscapeTheMatrix3h5fi 10 месяцев назад

      No.. now rulers or those in charge are very very good and something. Being absolutely corrupt and weak. Easily seduced by the world and sin. From greed and narcissistic egomaniacal insanity and power mad to rampant pedophilia, oh yes... Our so-called leaders are quite adept at things... Just nothing good.

  • @Wolfeson28
    @Wolfeson28 10 месяцев назад +33

    I remember this being discussed in an earlier video, but think think the "power" we see in LotR in the sense of wisdom or lore comes from a very real sense of being "in tune" with the world. Considering that in-universe, the world was literally sung into existence as the Music of the Ainur, I think the musical analogy is very apt. Individuals who are in tune with that deeper music that underlies the world are more likely to sense the hidden patterns underlying events, have insight into how things may unfold in the future, and perhaps also recognize others who have that strong connection. Valar, maiar, and those with connections to them such as elves and Numenorian humans seem to have an innately stronger connection, but it takes intentional study to truly open one's mind to the music of the world. Elrond, very definitely, exemplifies all of these criteria.

    • @SSAXEL
      @SSAXEL 10 месяцев назад +2

      this is certainly true for Tom Bombadil. There's no one more powerful, and no one more in tune with the natural world

  • @theun4giv3n
    @theun4giv3n 10 месяцев назад +6

    Another great video. Thanks. Worth mentioning too that he was an excellent warrior given all the battles he survived.

  • @vortexgen1
    @vortexgen1 10 месяцев назад +10

    Those that do not seek power, are those that wield it best

  • @Ultrevolous
    @Ultrevolous 3 месяца назад +5

    Hell of a closing line. "Elrond left middle earth a safer, wiser, and better place for his having been there. And that is much closer to Tolkien's understanding of true power than anything that Sauron could dream of."

  • @Limubi1
    @Limubi1 10 месяцев назад +24

    I think the interesting (potential) manifestation of Elrond's ring as the Ring of Air is his role as Loremaster. Often, the element of Air is associated with study, rational thought, analysis, and language. While we don't see Elrond's command of on element at any point in the same way that we do with the other two Elven Ring bearers, his fame as being a font of knowledge is great. I wonder if Vilya helps him with his ability to accrue and hold onto knowledge, and dispense it as wisdom when it is needed?

    • @Tar-Elenion
      @Tar-Elenion 10 месяцев назад +4

      "The chief power (of all the rings alike) was the prevention or slowing of decay (i.e. 'change' viewed as a regrettable thing), the preservation of what is desired or loved, or its semblance - this is more or less an Elvish motive. But also they enhanced the natural powers of a possessor - thus approaching 'magic', a motive easily corruptible into evil, a lust for domination."
      Letter 131
      Oh, and Elrond commanded the Bruinen.

    • @jawstrock2215
      @jawstrock2215 10 месяцев назад

      @@Tar-ElenionHim "commanding" the Bruinen is more that he had access and control of it's source, more then him just, ordering the river to do things.
      He just did the same thing the Ent did on Isenguard, block the water flow, accumulate it into a dam, then released it when required. It's why Frodo was able to cross the river on well horse. The water level had lowered quite a bit.

    • @Tar-Elenion
      @Tar-Elenion 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@jawstrock2215 Can you provide a quote from Tolkien where he describes that Elrond had a dam built on the river and used that to control the river?
      What is written in LotR is:
      "‘Who made the flood?’ asked Frodo.
      *‘Elrond commanded it,’* answered Gandalf. *‘The river of this valley is under his power,* and *it will rise in anger when he has great need* to bar the Ford. As soon as the captain of the Ringwraiths rode into the water *the flood was released."*
      Many Meetings
      Frodo is crossing at a ford.

    • @jawstrock2215
      @jawstrock2215 10 месяцев назад

      @@Tar-Elenion Well, I don't think it's written per say, more that it doesn't require it to be magic in the sense we know it as.
      Maybe it's just an interpretation, but it feels more like figure of speech here then anything.
      The only actual magic we see are done by Maiars(Mostly Gandalf) or Galadriel, who studied under one.
      Elf "magic" is more about deep understanding of the world, (reading minds, conversing with trees, expert craftsmans, songs that affect the mind, etc.)

    • @Tar-Elenion
      @Tar-Elenion 10 месяцев назад

      @@jawstrock2215 I see. So you are just adding what you want, over what Tolkien wrote.

  • @claytonhaag6931
    @claytonhaag6931 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great video Robert! I absolutely love the lore of Elrond. He is a key player in many many ways

  • @haydwilljones
    @haydwilljones 10 месяцев назад +6

    @ InDeepGeek thanks for your videos of tolkien's work i enjoy them and learn a bit to, please keep up with them as they are very enjoyable and informative, again you have my thanks.

  • @MrGrimmNZ
    @MrGrimmNZ 8 месяцев назад +27

    Elrond is a GOAT. Id say he probably sat things out in the end to oversee that as many elves left middle earth as possible. Making sure the roads were as safe as possible, making sure there was a homely house for them to stay before continuing further. He was being a leader, and one of the last to leave. Great man

    • @aqdrobert
      @aqdrobert 8 месяцев назад +3

      Toriel: Elrond is my favorite GOAT. I shall bake him pie.

  • @Agreus93
    @Agreus93 10 месяцев назад +15

    I Love Lord Elrond even if he didn't seek or want any tittles.
    The book Elrond was so different from movies Elrond, book Elrond was "kind as summer" even if he had such a painful life: They parents became sky entities when he was a child, was a hostage in his childhood, he not only had separated ways (until the end of times!) of his beloved twin brother but to his treasured daughter as well and on top of that, he lost her wife for a very long time and her damage was even impossible for him to cure.
    I rejoice myself thinking when he cross the sea and reunited with his wife in the undying lands.
    Thanks IDG!

    • @dandiehm8414
      @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад +3

      True! - but I can't help but to imagine one powerfully poignent scene. Elrond disembarks from Cirdan's ship on the shores of Aman (or Eressea) and his wife Celebrian greets him with a giant hug, love in her eyes. She then asks "Where is Arwen"? And Elrond will have to tell her that she will NEVER see her daughter again. Elrond got to say his final Goodbyes to Arwen, but Celebrian will never have that chance. When Celebrian and Arwen initially parted, Celebrian looked forward to the day when her whole family could be togetther again in Valinor (or Eressea). Now that will never come to pass. ~ Heartbreaking~

    • @LKMNOP
      @LKMNOP 9 месяцев назад +2

      I always thought that he was so low key has to be boring in the movie. Got no feeling of fire or strength from him. And elrond had to have a lot of strength to survive all this time and to keep rivendale a safe haven.

  • @steveaverett
    @steveaverett 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks!

  • @Destroyer94100
    @Destroyer94100 4 месяца назад +4

    When you consider all the events there’s a case to be made that Elrond might be the most important figure in all of Middle Earth.

  • @Scientist_Salarian
    @Scientist_Salarian 10 месяцев назад

    Robert could write and narrate the drying of paint and I’d listen in fascination. The sublime nuance of his performance is masterful.

  • @shokmusic_AC
    @shokmusic_AC 10 месяцев назад +6

    Excellent video! Elrond could have truly laid claim to the title of High King but chose not to. This says much about his character.

  • @Debba521
    @Debba521 10 месяцев назад +8

    Well done, thanks! I always found it puzzling why Elrond wasn't a King, especially after the demise of Gilgalad. He was the grandson of a King. But maybe that was a role too specific, and he wanted to keep things more general. As the Lord Elrond, he could be all things to all Elves, and even other peoples. Also a bit strange that Frodo never called him out on his ring of power, or Gandalf's for that matter. He could perceive Galadriel's. But maybe she allowed that for her own purpose. I just can't imagine how sad it was for him to walk down the ages without his twin, who chose mortality. Can't blame him for being so aggrieved by Arwen's choice. I think he and Galadriel were the greatest Elves in the history of Middle Earth. They stayed there, engaged the whole long while, fighting the good fight. Never wavering. A true heir of Beren and Luthien.

    • @dolam
      @dolam 6 месяцев назад

      I have always wondered that as well. I finally just assumed that it was because the high elves were no longer a dominant race and they did not have large enough numbers to require a high king. Having a king like Gilgalad hearkened back to the time where they had magnificent cities and entire realms. I think it just wasn’t needed anymore. Maybe, Elrond wanted to be all things to all people and being a high king was just a little too lofty for what he felt the Noldor needed.

    • @DanDartington
      @DanDartington 3 месяца назад +1

      I always assumed that was part of the deal. Elros becomes mortal but a great king. Elrond is immortal but is never a king

    • @dolam
      @dolam 3 месяца назад

      @@DanDartington interesting, I never thought of it that way.

    • @DanDartington
      @DanDartington 3 месяца назад

      @@dolam I think it’s the only was Elros’s decision makes sense

  • @CleverGirlAAH
    @CleverGirlAAH 10 месяцев назад

    I really like seeing the maps and distributions!! It helps illustrate things so much more clearly! Keep going in that direction, man, it really works!

  • @stephenbenner4353
    @stephenbenner4353 10 месяцев назад +4

    Before The Lord of The Rings was published, C S Lewis Mentioned Imladris and Numinor in That Hideous Strength, the third book in his space trilogy. There’s a note at the end of the book to the effect that if you want to know more about Numinor, keep an eye out for a future release by his friend J R R Tolkein

  • @adeep187
    @adeep187 Месяц назад

    Accidentally watched one of your videos rhe other day randomly. 10 more since then and had to go watch S2 of the show lol.

  • @langlest
    @langlest 10 месяцев назад +25

    The casting for Elrond was perfect in LOTR but absolutely terrible in Rings of Power

    • @Tar-Míriel
      @Tar-Míriel 8 месяцев назад +1

      Robert Aramayo is excellent. We are only 1 season in. Give it time

    • @faustomadebr
      @faustomadebr 8 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@Tar-MírielROP is wrong in its very root. Good cast or not, the text is totally wrong.

    • @Tar-Míriel
      @Tar-Míriel 8 месяцев назад

      @@faustomadebr you're wrong in your very root.

    • @faustomadebr
      @faustomadebr 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Tar-Míriel Oh! Yeah. Specially about mithril.

    • @thistles
      @thistles 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Tar-Mírielno, it’s garbage. The showrunners and writers don’t understand Tolkien at all and have no respect for his characters.

  • @chrisfxi1216
    @chrisfxi1216 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you so much for all your videos man. They really are a pleasure to listen to

  • @JohnAmidon-c6r
    @JohnAmidon-c6r 10 месяцев назад +5

    👍👍 Gandalf, Elrond and Aragon. Three pivotal characters, for sure.

  • @Jett125
    @Jett125 10 месяцев назад

    What a great video. Ive always liked elrond but he may be one of my favourites now

  • @martavdz4972
    @martavdz4972 10 месяцев назад +7

    Greetings from Czechia, you have a new fan! The first upload I get to witness is about my favourite character! ❤ I´ve always had a crush on Elrond, even as a teenager in the 1990´s. It fascinated me how his role is hard to define, but we have no problem accepting it, as if it was deep inside us, like an archetype. And yet, I know no archetype like that.
    He´s full of paradoxes. Removed far away, yet in the centre of things. Calm and wise, yet a fierce warrior. Living at a fixed place and very much connected to it, yet his hand is in half of all the things that happen. A crucial advisor to politicians with millennia of learning, yet running a house of simple hospitality.
    He´s like... as if twenty good men put together had thousands of years to grow in wisdom and humility and various fields of study. His character showcases what it means when elves live in Arda for a very long time and use that time for the very best purposes. Thank you for laying out his complexity and greatness! 👍

  • @WhiteNoiseDeClonk-mt7xu
    @WhiteNoiseDeClonk-mt7xu 3 месяца назад +1

    From my understanding, Elrond very much embodies the qualities of a proper leader according to Taoism, which I btw agree with. Great example really

  • @juankovacs6033
    @juankovacs6033 10 месяцев назад +42

    Is somewhat wholesome to think how Elrond fostered and cared about his grand grand grand grand grand nephews... Until he married his daughter to one of them 😂

    • @dandiehm8414
      @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад +4

      Well - Aragor was descended about 6000 years from Elros!

    • @General12th
      @General12th 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@dandiehm8414Which would be a millennia more distant than Egyptian Pharaoh Iry-hor and anybody alive today, for reference.

    • @typacsk
      @typacsk 10 месяцев назад +6

      Arwen: "You know who's looking fine tonight? Estel."
      Legolas: "Okay, you did not just say that."
      Arwen: "What? He's a good kisser."
      Legolas: "He's your cousin."
      Arwen: "Wait, what?! ...DAD!"

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah, the famous composer Antonín Dvořák married the daughter of his teacher, and if I imagine that his teacher had been here since the times of Ancient Mesopotamia, his daughter since the Ancient Greece, and Dvořák had been his thousandth pupil or thereabouts... Now I think of it, I hugely respect Arwen for not thinking Aragorn was just an inexperienced baby.

    • @Veylon
      @Veylon 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@typacsk
      Elrond: "It's true. He's your first cousin, sixty-two times removed."

  • @flawedperspective
    @flawedperspective 10 месяцев назад +2

    It is interesting to compare and contrast the Tolkien's concept of Power comparing Elrond vs. Sauron but also what we today view as power (a.k.a. money and control over others).

  • @kotadawndragon
    @kotadawndragon 10 месяцев назад +3

    Elrond is my favorite elven character in Tolkien's works. He's just awesome. I do wonder if one of Vilya's powers is clairvoyance. In lots of other fantasy works, the power of air tends toward information gathering, i.e., the wind telling the user things and other such.

    • @lepeixe22
      @lepeixe22 10 месяцев назад

      Well it sure explains telepathy, as if the wind is carrying his words across middle-earth

  • @mitchbarredo3990
    @mitchbarredo3990 5 месяцев назад

    The second I saw Hugo Weaving as Lord Elrond I could feel his kindness through the screen.

  • @SurnaturalM
    @SurnaturalM 4 месяца назад +3

    Being played by Hugo Weaving makes him immediately more powerful.

  • @michaeltreon4034
    @michaeltreon4034 3 месяца назад

    With all the negative press against the Rings of Power show, I love watching your lore videos and then seeing them enacted in the show. I don't know why, but I love the show.

  • @omgblastbeatslol
    @omgblastbeatslol 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow man, I conflated this video's title with the one next to it in my recs and actually thought for a second that IDG made a video called "How powerful is Gary Busey?"
    Could you please make that video anyway?

  • @tjm11015
    @tjm11015 2 месяца назад +1

    Tolkien understood better than anyone about seemingly small, insignificant folk playing important roles in big events, due in large part to his experience in war. His idea of power and influence was more nuanced than other writers. Hence, he wrote the entire world with that in mind, from obviously the hobbits, to the gifts from Galadrial, to the influence and "power" of Gandalf and Elrond.

  • @babsbybend
    @babsbybend 10 месяцев назад +5

    I read "The Hobbit" back in the 1960's, read TLoTR, Silmarillion, some of the Lost Tales, and still cannot wrap my mind around Elrond having a red silk handkerchief to loan to Bilbo. And did Bilbo return it? Or was he always mooching off him?

    • @meganofsherwood3665
      @meganofsherwood3665 10 месяцев назад +1

      ... I completely forgot about that, ans now I'm curious 😂

  • @GuitaRN-David
    @GuitaRN-David 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love all videos from In Deep Geek!

  • @LordRunolfrUlfsson
    @LordRunolfrUlfsson 10 месяцев назад +4

    (5:27) It's what we would call "soft power" today. You don't easily see it, but it's influence is potent.
    (6:05) Arguably the greatest power of the Great Rings is the power to preserve things. Rivendell and Lorien stand strong against the power of Sauron (without the One Ring) because they resist change. With the One Ring, the power of the other Great Rings would belong to Sauron, and anything made with their power would belong to him. With the One Ring destroyed, the power that kept them safe and unchanging ceased to be.

    • @raizoshinja-st3ky
      @raizoshinja-st3ky День назад

      Nerdoftherings have more depth in discussing Tolkien’s work.

  • @mikevanderman2727
    @mikevanderman2727 4 месяца назад

    Real deep and real geeky, love it, thanks.

  • @dandiehm8414
    @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад +3

    Nice video as always Robert. But at 7:56, you read the sentence "I think that this task is appointed for you Frodo, and that if you do not find a way, no one will" with the emphasis on the word "You" (many others do this as well). I have always read that line with the key word being APPOINTED (not "you"). Elrond is saying, if he has heard aright everything that was presented, that Frodo was CHOSEN to be the Ring Bearer, and not by Elrond, Gandalf, or even Frodo himself. It goes back to Elrond's comment earlier in the Council (paraphrasing here) "Strangers from strange lands being called to the council. Called I say, but I did not summon you". The hand of Iluvatar was clearly present here, and it was He who chose Frodo.

  • @omarbinno4390
    @omarbinno4390 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome way to end it. Keep up the great work!

  • @bielribeiro6622
    @bielribeiro6622 10 месяцев назад +4

    A true hero and friend to all free folk.

  • @sharonbeautyforgooddotnet
    @sharonbeautyforgooddotnet 10 месяцев назад

    It would be so interesting to hear your take on the brothers’ choices, why Elros chose mortality, in particular.

  • @arkdeniz
    @arkdeniz 10 месяцев назад +4

    Hugo Weaving threaded all through this video and not a single sighting of Robert Aramayo’s portrayal.
    IDG Robert is trying to say something, I think.

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 10 месяцев назад +1

      I was curious, so I looked at Robert Aramayo´s pictures as Elrond and nearly threw up. That isn´t Elrond, not by a long shot.

    • @Tar-Míriel
      @Tar-Míriel 8 месяцев назад

      ​@martavdz4972 maybe watch the show. He's great as Elrond.

  • @btswt101
    @btswt101 10 месяцев назад

    “Why Mr. Frodo? Why? Why do you persist?” is my favorite quote from the trilogy.

  • @manso306
    @manso306 10 месяцев назад +15

    Ok but the real question is How powerful is Hugo Weaving?

  • @ronmil7010
    @ronmil7010 7 месяцев назад

    Very very well narrated. Thank you.

  • @LibertarianLeninistRants
    @LibertarianLeninistRants 10 месяцев назад +6

    Wait what? Elrond is Aragorn's great-great-great-...-great-uncle?
    I never looked that deep into LotR lore to notice that

    • @Tar-Elenion
      @Tar-Elenion 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yep, something like 65 greats in there.

    • @LibertarianLeninistRants
      @LibertarianLeninistRants 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Tar-Elenion still family, especially if you are basically immortal like Elrond and remember everyone

    • @TheMarcHicks
      @TheMarcHicks 10 месяцев назад

      Yep, both descended from Earendil the Mariner.

  • @4emcarthur
    @4emcarthur 3 месяца назад

    Bravo! What a well done video! It would seem to be that Lord Elrond is the true Merlin of Lord of the Rings. The true Wiseman & Protector of the Line of Kings.

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 10 месяцев назад +16

    Very.
    But not enough apparently to get Isildur to drop the ring into mount doom.

    • @KorriTimigan
      @KorriTimigan 10 месяцев назад +13

      In fairness, NOBODY was powerful enough to do that

    • @Japangf2345
      @Japangf2345 10 месяцев назад +2

      Does anyone know how the good guys even knew that was how to destroy it? Did Sauron brag about that being the only way how would anyone know that? Did if have to be destroyed there or could u just find any volcano ? I need answers

    • @TheMarcHicks
      @TheMarcHicks 10 месяцев назад +1

      Even Elrond himself would have failed to throw the Ring into Mount Doom if he'd been the one to pick it up. Heck; even Sauron couldn't have thrown the Ring into Mount Doom, even if he'd wanted to.

    • @Nala15-Artist
      @Nala15-Artist 10 месяцев назад

      @@Japangf2345 Logic. What makes a thing must be able to unmake it.

    • @ThommyofThenn
      @ThommyofThenn 10 месяцев назад +2

      Isildur kinda stonewalled him with that "No."
      How the heck do you carry on a discussion like that?!

  • @fightronin3753
    @fightronin3753 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome video!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

  • @InglouriousBradsterd
    @InglouriousBradsterd 10 месяцев назад +3

    I want to live in Rivendell.

  • @jamesgrieve8435
    @jamesgrieve8435 10 месяцев назад

    This was awesome, thank you for such a great video

  • @trillius1990
    @trillius1990 10 месяцев назад +3

    Is this a reupload?

  • @ChadRuland
    @ChadRuland Месяц назад

    I've been watching a grip of these over the last month and this one is probably one of my favorites

  • @connerbrown8237
    @connerbrown8237 4 месяца назад

    these are excellent video's especially for passive fans. thank you

  • @poneill65
    @poneill65 10 месяцев назад +5

    "Galadriel was a lot less engaged (with Sauron)"
    Whaaaaaa? Didn't she hunt him for centuries, save him from drowning, help him in Numenor, help him found Mordor, and almost fall for him??
    Have I been misled?? Surely not! After all,.. "back to the book, back to the book, back to the book"

    • @anni.68
      @anni.68 10 месяцев назад +2

      "But eventually Galadriel became aware that Sauron again, as in the ancient days of the captivity of Melkor, had been left behind. Or rather, since Sauron had as yet no single name, and his operations had not been perceived to proceed from a single evil spirit, prime servant of Melkor, she perceived that there was an evil controlling purpose abroad in the world, and that it seemed to proceed from a source further to the East, beyond Eriador and the Misty Mountains." (Unfinished Tales)
      "[Sauron] perceived at once that Galadriel would be his chief adversary and obstacle" (Unfinished Tales)
      “I say to you Frodo that even as I speak to you I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns elves, and he gropes ever to see me and my thought but still the door is closed.” (Galadriel, Fellowship of the Ring)

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 10 месяцев назад

      @@anni.68 Ok, and?

  • @bromazepam781
    @bromazepam781 25 дней назад

    Absolute MVP, that's how much power Agent Elrond has.

  • @J3FF4SON
    @J3FF4SON 10 месяцев назад +8

    Rings of Power is a different universe. It’s not what Tolkien wrote. It’s fan fiction.

    • @markstott6689
      @markstott6689 10 месяцев назад +6

      You're being too kind 😊

    • @istari0
      @istari0 10 месяцев назад +7

      That implies the people behind it were fans. That's highly questionable.

    • @TheDunbartxeen
      @TheDunbartxeen 10 месяцев назад +4

      I have read more elaborate fan fiction period. 😂

    • @TheMarcHicks
      @TheMarcHicks 10 месяцев назад +1

      I've seen better Middle Earth fan fiction on 4Chan 😆

  • @MarkMoore-xk2rn
    @MarkMoore-xk2rn 4 месяца назад

    very nice rendition. Thank you

  • @geo5254
    @geo5254 10 месяцев назад +6

    2:24 bruh why you gotta use that goofy aa screenshot of him.

  • @joesphomalley4263
    @joesphomalley4263 5 месяцев назад

    This was phenomenal.

  • @mandorevanchist
    @mandorevanchist 10 месяцев назад +5

    VERY POWERFUL

  • @drkcrstl
    @drkcrstl 6 месяцев назад

    Beautiful video as always

  • @conormurphy4328
    @conormurphy4328 4 месяца назад +10

    Powerful enough to kiss his stepmom

    • @unrealamas
      @unrealamas 3 месяца назад +1

      Galadriel is Elrond's Stepmom? I have much to learn about Tolkien lore

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 3 месяца назад +3

      @@unrealamas mhm Arwen is Galadriel’s granddaughter

    • @unrealamas
      @unrealamas 3 месяца назад +1

      @@conormurphy4328 Elves are weird 😂

    • @thistles
      @thistles 3 месяца назад +3

      @@unrealamasno, mother in law. He married her daughter, Celebrian.

  • @KazaarLotha
    @KazaarLotha 4 месяца назад +1

    Subtlety is something I miss very much in almost all other fantasy franchises.

  • @LuxiBelle
    @LuxiBelle 10 месяцев назад +8

    When I was a kid, I always thought this guy was going to turn evil because he was played by Agent Smith.

  • @Mathemagical55
    @Mathemagical55 10 месяцев назад +1

    The flooding of the Ford of Bruinen is powered by Vilya in the same way Galadriel uses Nenya to protect Lothlorien. Since the location of the Three could not be discussed, Gandalf had to fudge slightly and say that Elrond commanded it.

  • @m_c_8656
    @m_c_8656 5 месяцев назад +4

    That boy Elrond look like Neo's nemesis Agent Smith.

    • @theharper1
      @theharper1 4 месяца назад

      I wonder why... 🤔

  • @wlfred.ed1930
    @wlfred.ed1930 4 месяца назад

    What a time for Hugo Weaving, Agent Smith and Elrond. I'm a big fan of both characters and his work on them

  • @christopherfernandez8153
    @christopherfernandez8153 10 месяцев назад +11

    Actually, it was the Church of Scientology created by Elrond Hubbard that defeated Sauron. 😂

  • @sakemp3480
    @sakemp3480 10 месяцев назад +2

    Considering his pop is in the air with a simaril, the air ring makes sense

  • @erikgomez6843
    @erikgomez6843 10 месяцев назад +19

    None of this seen in rings of power, a weak character

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 10 месяцев назад +7

      He has the power to walk around and ineffectually talk to a few people.

    • @TUGMusicRules
      @TUGMusicRules 10 месяцев назад +20

      Fact 👏🏻 Rings of Power is an awful, terrible, garbage show and an embarrassment to Tolkien’s work.

    • @TheMarcHicks
      @TheMarcHicks 10 месяцев назад +8

      All of Tolkein's canon characters are weak in the Rings of Power series. Such a massive waste of potential 🙁

    • @TheMarcHicks
      @TheMarcHicks 10 месяцев назад +3

      Just when I thought Elrond's character couldn't be more poorly depicted than he was in Peter Jackson's films.....along comes Rings of Power to prove me wrong.

    • @ThommyofThenn
      @ThommyofThenn 10 месяцев назад

      I'm admittedly a big-time Hobbithead but the Harfoots village looked really nice. Full disclosure, I was only on episode 3 of RoP when I was forced to cut down on streaming platforms. It was a tough choice but I ended up keeping two others instead

  • @taidee
    @taidee 10 месяцев назад

    Elrond being a magnificent being who is part of all, cares about them all, has duty of care and he carries it with honor.

  • @jacktribble5253
    @jacktribble5253 10 месяцев назад

    Quite well done and well said. I would call that power, shaping a world.

  • @violator7964
    @violator7964 10 месяцев назад +1

    Elrond to Sauron: “You might think that I have something personal against you.
    You’re right.”

  • @JimNZ
    @JimNZ 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hugo Weaving became Elrond. Even though he was already so recognisable with Smith but .. can you imagine someone else as Elrond now?

  • @TheInfamousHoreldo
    @TheInfamousHoreldo 6 месяцев назад

    He has... okay you were getting there lol
    Good video.
    Obviously much of the first 6 minutes is also supported by his foresight.
    So ring, foresight, healing, long life, elvish grace and many leadership qualities among much else. Absolutely a boss and also an outstanding warrior.
    Wiser than other notable elves, like Thranduil (legodaddy) !

  • @TechBearSeattle
    @TechBearSeattle 10 месяцев назад +1

    Vilya, the Ring of Air, controlled time itself. That is what preserved Rivendell through millennia, and that is why Elrond was considered wise: he could see the general shape of the future, or at least patterns in the past and present that, with careful study, let him infer what was to come. That may also be where his healing talent came from, as he could review past treatments and maybe even experiment with the probabilities of various courses to see what one had the best chance of success.

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 10 месяцев назад

    I'm sure it'd warm Tolkien's heart to know that his stories are just as beloved now as they were when he was still around 😊

  • @katiedid1851
    @katiedid1851 10 месяцев назад +1

    Picking up Silmarillion next.
    Elrod is one of my favorite characters in the books. He is so understated- and yet effective.

    • @dandiehm8414
      @dandiehm8414 10 месяцев назад

      The Silmarillion is WONDERFUL. Not an easy read at first but such a treasure trove of lore and motivations. It was truly the Professor's life's work.

  • @katherine.benson4489
    @katherine.benson4489 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love this stuff. Thanks.

  • @rkgaustin
    @rkgaustin 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ioreth: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known.
    Gandalf: I wish Elrond was here instead.
    Aragorn: Dude, WTF I'm like right here.

    • @kdubs83
      @kdubs83 10 месяцев назад

      I love that line in the books. ❤
      The first one obviously. 🤣

  • @truthseeker6532
    @truthseeker6532 7 месяцев назад

    WOW!!!!!
    Incredible points and I am glad I watched this video!!!!
    Realization of these things were there but, never gathered up the situations from the books nor, the movies when it was all ......right there.
    His character was over shadowed too much for me to realize THE MASSIVE FACTOR HE WAS AS TO WHY, GOOD ALWAYS HAD A CHANCE TO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ladydiannepalogan3597
    @ladydiannepalogan3597 3 месяца назад

    And I agree with you. Elrond is powerful, but he doesn't seek power for his own. A character of a great leader.

  • @CurtHowland
    @CurtHowland 10 месяцев назад

    Well done. Thank you.