Rings of Power Has a FATAL Galadriel Problem 

I mention Deep Space 9 at one point and mean Babylon 5, oops. Either way episode 5 of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power REALLY exemplified just how much of a disaster Galadriel as a character is, and this is someone meant to pull me into the series! Combine that with the Harfoots and the expectation that we think these characters are actually GOOD people, what are they thinking? Whose morality is this? But what do you think of Galadriel and the Hobbits? Let me know your thoughts below, and as always, thanks for watching :)

Galadriel is just the most recent example of this kind of writing, where "strong female" to the writer evidently means "angry and/or violent female." They have zero clue what makes endearing characters.

Galadriel pulls the kind of facial expressions that should only be found in a demonically possessed woman in a third rate horror movie

"they could no longer distinguish me from the Evil I was fighting" -- She's not admitting that she was evil, nor even that she'd done evil (not the same thing); she's saying how *wrong* she thinks they were. "Poor me, I had to deal with all these people who were too stupid to see how good I am!"

Liv Tyler on Arwen: "You don't have to put a sword in her hands to make her strong.” I was recently watching the Two Towers extras and stumbled on the "From Book to Script" segment where they talk about how they realized they didn't need to make Arwen fight. Liv Tyler specifically says, "I went right back into the book and into the appendix and what we came to realize was that you don't have to put a sword in her hands to make her strong. And where we've come to now is all these true elements of who Arwen is. I mean this is an incredibly powerful and fearless woman filled with so much hope and belief, and that is strong enough."

In an army, no man is not left behind. By letting someone behind she lost respect from her subordinates. Amazon's Rings of Power is not even Tolkien's LOTR. It's just plagiarism. Galadriel is worse than Sauron. All these characters are villainous, as well as the writers that wrote them. These characters have no honor. Most of them are narcissistic, selfish, self-centered, show offs, all the human flaws from the evil human nature, these characters have. They are evil. There's no other word but evil that get others killed. "No one left behind" means something to soldier, true warriors. Tolkien understood good v evil. For Tolkien good v evil were not relative, actions had consequences,& people reacted to actions being executed by people. Tolkien's real Galadriel was humble, meek, friendly, respectful. This version is not Galadriel, it's a perversion of her.

Ironically in the end I will find Saron quite likeable. Afterall, he has a genuine plan , goal and not bossy.

So are we all in agreement then, that out of all the possibilities, Galadriel is the most likely candidate to be Sauron.

She's literally written like a bad guy. This is what characters are written like when you're supposed to hate them. This show is not just poorly written, it's villainous

This is why Eowyn was perfect in The Lord of the Rings she cared for her people and others, but also was kind In her dealings when she disagreed with others and fought like a lion when she needed not this Galadriel they ruined a great character.

Galadriel is a several-thousand year-old woman who somehow has yet to discover how to negotiate with people or selectively keep her mouth shut to avoid offending people, which are skills most real world humans learn by age 30.

There is a subtle similarity between how Galadriel treats others who "disrespect her" and how the show runners treat the audience that "disrespects them". In both cases, they can do no wrong and it's the other person's fault for not seeing their greatness.

Galadriel is in constant attack mode. She's never just, level headed and cool. ALWAYS on the off. It's quite exhausting to watch. She's got that crazy look in her eye, like all the time.

The inexplicable becomes explicable when you realize that Galadriel is Sauron in disguise. The real Galadriel is still trapped, like Mad-eye Moody, back at the ice castle. And Halbrand is just a pawn to consolidate power. Nancy Drew will sort it all out eventually.

"Why do you keep fighting?" ... "Because I cannot stop." ... Riveting. Amazing. Awesome writing.

The worst part for me about her manipulating Halbrand was that he gave what felt to be a genuine apology for what she went through, and then she manipulates him without a second thought.

The writing of Karadriel isn't just bad, it's practically plagiarism. A number of her dramatic scenes have been cut and pasted from Cate Blanchett roles: shots of Galadriel (obviously), scenes from her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth, scenes from her portrayal of Hela. They're trying to build an association between the two, and all it does is remind the audience that the lines were said elsewhere, in a better film, by a far superior actress. It doesn't help that Morfydd looks like a ferret whenever she's trying to look intense.

"From her earliest years, she had a marvelous gift of insight into the minds of others, but judged them with mercy and understanding, and she withheld her goodwill from none, save only Feanor." J.R.R. Tolkien That's the real Galadriel! RoP Galadriel is selfish, foolish, and manipulative, to say the least. Excellent video, Disparu!

They're basically making Galadriel the new Feanor - obsessed with revenge, arrogantly doubling down on her violent approach now matter how many people try to talk her out of it, threatening people to get ships, abandoning comrades on the ice - except Feanor actually got to make a few legitimately cool speeches (villain speeches, but very well written ones), and he was shown as a villain who tragically betrayed his potential and ruined everything.They're trying to show Galadriel doing these things and it supposed to make us root for her? If she does end up roping Halbrand into this fight and he is Sauron, they're also making her a mini Melkor in addition to a Wish brand Feanor. I can't decide if it would be worse if they did know the actual story in the Silmarillion and are clumsily trying to reference it, or if they're just that incompetent at writing characters who are good people in general. It's extra insulting to Galadriel in particular to have her behaving like Feanor, given that she recognize his hubris even before the Kinslaying and deliberately led her people in Middle Earth in a way that was as far from Feanor's style as possible. She did not like him one bit, and that only deepened after his multiple betrayals and violent acts. She was supposed to be wise, even back when she was ambitious and proud perhaps to a fault. By the second age she was absolutely past any sort of pride she may have had when she left Valinor. They gave her such a downgrade in this show.

She barely hesitated to leave that guy behind. Imagine going into battle with her, how can you expect that she'll be watching your back?

I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone that Galadriel broke into an Ice Troll’s home, vandalised his stuff and then murdered him while he was exercising his right to defend his home from intruders. Never forget.

I am so happy that this terrible series is vastly increasing the wealth of yourself, Drinker, Az, Nerdrotic, etc, etc. All power to you.

The thing with Galadriel is that she almost feels entitled specifically because she's an elf. She looks down on all the people of Numenor because they're mortal, not even the king's forbidden room means anything to her. She acts like she knows better than everyone and that they're required to drop everything and bend to her will because she says so. If Amazon wants to show equality, then this whole elf supremacy route they're taking is really confusing to me.

I hate the way they're making out Galadriel suffered so much more than anyone. So her brother died. Sad. So did Elrond's brother. He chose to live as a mortal man and died of old age. Look at Elrond's background, he suffered just as much trauma and loss as her. His grandparents were murdered and then he was captured as a child by the very people who killed them. His mother was driven mad by a Silmaril and then jumped off a cliff to escape them (fortunately she got turned into a bird and flew to her husband...I know), and he was then raised by Maglor, one the sons of Feanor. The Elves who had caused so much pain, death and destruction. They could very easily have murdered Elrond and his brother. In fact, his mother had two younger brothers who "disappeared" at the hands of one of the Sons of Feanor. Yet Elrond is not a self-centred, revenge obsessed, amoral asshole. Her "pain" does not justify her actions.

Tolkien’s stories were built on a foundation of good vs evil. Writers who don’t believe good and evil exist can’t write in this world

Agree. PS: Where did she get her armor back from!? She ditched it on the boat, jumped into the sea in her nightie, and then what? Ordered new custom Elfin armor from Amazon Prime? They can now make Elfish armor custom on the island in a day or two? Nonsense!

If the Halbrandy guy is Sauron no wonders why he decided to be evil, his motive will be to kill "Galadriel" the "Witch Karen of the Noldor". This "show" makes you literally want him to destroy the witch and also makes you want to support the baddies. Even the "we are the always good hearted Hobobbits" of this show are so evil that you want to see them suffer after a minute of them being on screen. This show is not bad, this show is a fragment of the corrupted song that Melkor sang in the Hall of Eru/Iluvatar that one time.

100% spot on Disparu. They cannot write like Tolkien because they don’t have the same moral compass. It’s like the Orc’s viewpoint of Middle Earth… Dang

Guyladriel is gaslighting, guilt tripping and manipulating the Dark Lord into returning to villainy like Lady Macbeth. I'm rooting for him at this point. Everything Sauron does from this point on is on her.

This is how the writers view leadership and how to advance their careers

the irony is this galadriel perfectly portrays tolkiens concept of evil as shown in the legendarium. And I think it's telling that the people who made this show hold her up as the hero.

While watching the show, I started to expect it to end with the battle in Mordor, where Isildur cuts off Sauron's ring, based on what they have shown so far. But at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they change this iconic scene, so that Galadriel will be the one to cut off Sauron's finger, based on her being a Mary Sue and all.

In the '90s Somali conflict, the US military staged an extended operation just to save a couple of guys who survived a helicopter crash deep in enemy territory. "No one gets left behind." Meanwhile, the "good" and "noble" Harfoots: "Oh your cart got a bit stuck in snow? Too bad, guess you'll die!" Bit of bad luck? Lynch whoever's last!

She's such a girl boss that Sauron can't even be evil on his own, she has to force him to be evil. There comes a point when being responsible for everything becomes a fault. She's almost as evil as a Harfoot and that's saying something.

Guyladriel really makes me think of all the newb tables I've had as a dungeon master in D&D. They all want to be super power creeps and end up antagonizing the very NPCs supposed to help them just to prove a point. Simple solution is to beat the crap out of them with some random orc leader, take away their magic toys and put them in jail for a week.

Tolkien's Message: its the small thing in life that keeps evil at bay Rings of Power's message: Any means is necessary

As an x-amazon employee, the mentality of "your always right" bleeds deep in the management structure of the company. They actually write it down in their training material.

I think Galadriel's character could work... Somebody that is impulsive, aggressive, strong, driven by anger and revenge desire... It would be perfect for a 15 years old anime protagonist. A 2000 years old wise elf witch... You had centuries to learn how to manage at least your own emotions... Same way, if you meet an inmature 40 years old man, you can somehow feel he would never change. I have a really hard time picturing her becoming the wise lady we all know and love...

The funny thing is the only side of Galadriel they’re showing us is arrogance. Which isnt uncommon for Elves, we see a lot of instances of Elven arrogance in Tolkien. The Galadriel we know wasn’t arrogant so perhaps they’re going for the “she’ll grow into the Galadriel we know through the show”, which would be fine. But the biggest problem with her is that she’s one dimensional in this show. If we saw her grappling with having to be manipulative then that would at least give her some depth. Bht nope, she’s just vain, arrogant and manipulative because reasons. The writers seem to think “strong female” means “petulant”.

Just when I thought the Galadriel character could not get any worse, episode five happened. The sword fighting scene made it totally impossible to suspend disbelief.

It's an overdose of problems. At this point it's beyond counting. The problemo-meter exploded 3 episodes ago.

When Finrod is telling her about ships and stones she says that "sometimes the lights shine just as brightly reflected in the water as they do in the sky" which basically saying that sometimes it's hard to decide what is evil and what is good, and he answers: "Sometimes we cannot know until we have touched the darkness". That scene happened when they were still in valinor under the light of the Trees. Like, WTF is that cursed idea that Finrod was telling her?? To know how to be good you have to touch darkness first?? This show is disgustingly evil.

JRR Tolkien as a devout Roman Catholic could've given an entire lecture series on Catholic morality and that the end can never justify evil means, and that using evil means to achieve a good end only makes you evil yourself. And clearly the writers know nothing about morality or seem to care from their disgraceful actions.

When I criticized Galadriel insufferable was the word I thought up on my own because... well I've never experienced a character as insufferable as her. So it makes me happy to hear people continuously describe her as being insufferable.

You make a good argument for this Galadrial to be fake and is actually Sauron in disguise. It's why she jumped off the boat at the last moment. She can't get back to elf heaven so she has to wait until the last moment because she can't have the ship turn back.

Message to feminists: Here is the difference between the "women are the best at everything especially physical fighting and men are incompetent" feminists and women like me who live and work in the real world: any job outside of an office, be it a factory or construction site or emergency response - if the male coworkers are incompetent, it does not make women look better; rather, any incompetence can result in injury, disability and even death. For a woman to even have the desire to want her male coworkers to be incompetent makes me believe that she has the privilege of only having had to live and work in safe spaces where nobody's safety is ever at risk. It is a very immature attitude, and it does not reflect the real world!

Brilliant. Adding to what you said Tolkien had a strong moral foundation that he built his saga on. BUT, the post modern show runners for TROP have a completely different conception of what good and evil are, and that truth is ultimately subjective. For Tolkien, self sacrifice to combat evil and save the world while resisting temptation is the ultimate heroic act (Frodo and Sam). While in TROP self actualization and finding your own truth while tearing down the social structures that oppress is the ultimate virtue, (Galadriel). Tolkien has Catholic themes while the TROP is Luciferian. This is fundamentally why TROP show is having so many problems, it's an inversion of Tolkien's morality and the audience knows it. In LOTR Galadriel is the exact opposite of who she is in TROP and the vision she shows Frodo of what would happen if she took the ring is the Galadriel in TROP.

Guyladriel "The ends justify the means..." (Totally not) Sauron: "That is what Morgoth told me, too." ... Audience: "We root for (totally not) Sauron. At least he is not insufferable.-"

That “there is a tempest in me” line is actually so cringe. Its crazy.

Galadriel has been on her period since she was born and it did not stop yet.

They managed to achieve the unthinkable: I'm rooting for Sauron and the orcs.

The ironic thing is that she's accidentally really well written as a villain. Many really good villains come from a "ends justify the means" perspective, "I have to be evil, it has to be done". The villain never thinks of themselves as evil. But we don't have a brave Frodo here who challenges and opposes this unstoppable force. Lord of the Rings was a story about small, innocent and selfless people being able to save the world from unfathomable forces of evil, through nothing but bravery and self sacrifice. In this series, that message seems to be turned on its head.

Galadriel in the movies (Cate Blanchett) was mysteriously terrifying and beautiful. We clearly see her, we were told that she's one of the most beautiful and powerful elf, but at the same time, we dont really know her. She's close as well as distant. Including her voice and movement, it's endearing and warm, at the same time, cold and mystique. That's what made her alluring and dangerous to the viewers eyes. She's like a Goddess that could never be understood even if you try. Viewers become engulfed by this, they cant get enough of her because they cant really figure her out. The Galadriel of Rings of Power is different from the movies. She's beautiful and pleasant to look at, and the viewers clearly know she's one of the powerful elves out there in the story but this Galadriel is easy to figure out. Instead of Alluring, she's aggressive and almost too womanly, She's not like a Goddess compared to her movie counterpart. She says whats on her mind, she's blunt like a warrior while the movie Galadriel would somehow suppress her real emotions like an angel. I think thats the reason why fans are not too happy with the tv shows Galadriel. They are used to her being the Goddess like Elf that she is, that this flawed counterpart of hers ruins peoples imagination of what true Galadriel should be.

“….because you’re right.” Honestly, bro, you nailed one of the biggest problems on our society. Seems like many eople will do anything and everything to prove to themselves that what they think and believe is “right,” whilst rarely stopping to ponder how poorly they treat others in their pursuit of needing to be right.

Why is that every attempt at creating a strong heroine inevitably ends up creating a psychopath nowadays?

Can you imagine what would happen if Frodo offered this version of Galadriel the One Ring?

To expand on the "insufferable" part of your description of Galadriel: Galadriel does not give a single tism about anyone else. She defies her king's orders. She forces her platoon into a snow storm and tells them to leave the stragglers behind. When she sees her "closest friend" Elrond after Illuvatar knows how long she blows him off and demands to talk to his superior. She has no idea who Halbrand is and yet still forces him to go east back to the Southlands. Her first meeting with Miriel she shamelessly insults their ships and DEMANDS they let her go after they saved her life. She treats every single person around her like they aren't worthy to kiss her feet. Galadriel is a selfish, arrogant, manipulative cow. And this is what the writers think a virtuous strong female hero is supposed to be.

I don't think I've ever seen Disparu more angry or frustrated.... I feel the same anger and frustration. That these talentless hacks would do this to something so beautiful AND BE FUCKING PROUD OF IT really really grinds my gears. Thank you for putting into words the feelings of all true Tolkien fans - let's hold the line (as George says) and keep the gate against these barbarians and destroyers

Galadriel would be a great ally to Sauron. She actually could teach him a few tricks like she taught the numenoreans how to swordfight.

Im rooting for the orcs. The show makes the ORCS the more likeable people in the show.

I just said to my friends: Galadriel is a whole other level of mary sue. She is deeply flawed, but every character accepts her in spite of that and she still gets what she wants. It's so twisted...So yeah, you took the words out of my mouth. I had hoped for a redemtion arc where she realises her errors, but it gets increasingly more unlikely....

You are so right, the writers don't have the ability to recognize what being a good person actually entails! And to make it worse, they seem to think that bad traits are positive things to have!

"they could no longer distinguish me from the evil i pursue". Maybe that's because your character and your behaviors are indeed indistinguishable from the evil you supposedly pursued.

This video is about Guyladriel but never forget.... THE SEA IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!!!!

I just saw RoTK in theaters with my kids and, jfc, the contrast is enormous. That film moves like music. The worst thing for the RoP showrunners is their audience either watching Jackson's trilogy or reading the books.

Imagine Gimli asking for a hair from this Galadriel's head. She'd be like "YOU WHOAAT?!"

"What's your reason?" "Well I genuinely believe Sauron is coming back and going to murder everyone" She's already got a reason lol, that's the only reason but "I CANT STOP FIGHTING" er what

I believe Amazon is just building up to the biggest plot twist in history. In the end Sauron will win and everybody who watched the show will be like: that was the most satisfying ending I ever saw.

Change one of the most powerful sorceresses in Tolkien’s cannon. Make her a brash sword wielding idiot in the TV show.

Galadriel was the antithesis of the warmonger she’s being portrayed as. She abstained from the wars against Morgoth because of the destruction they left in their wake. That wasn’t just Galadriel’s take in that instance but it was her belief at large. Galadriel saw the hubris and conceit in Feanor early on, long before the Kinslaying, and she recognized those traits as destructive. This was Galadriel’s insight and wisdom that was so perceptive that we, as the audience, interpreted as a sort of prescience. Maybe there was some of that. But it’s more that she was so insightful and perceptive that she saw where certain traits would lead people. As in the case of Boromir. Galadriel’s impetus to go to Middle earth was at first ambition. But after Feanor her mission became to be a counter to Feanor as far as leadership. Galadriel was a strong and wise leader. She just wasn’t a warmonger. She was anything but. Her goal was to steer her kin away from war. Which is where Feanor’s path led. Galadriel was a preserver and nurturer of all things. It’s why Tolkien imparts her with so much wisdom. Galadriel has ‘seen much’. And what she has seen of war she wants to avoid at all cost. Galadriel seeking out war is so counter to everything about her character. Galadriel used Nenya to preserve all that surrounded her. Now Amazon has Galadriel seeking out war. It’s just wrong at multiple levels. Galadriel was never impetuous, and she certainly was no such thing by the second age. Anyone who tries to tell you Galadriel was anything else is just gaslighting. Finding some obscure passage about her ‘Amazonian disposition’ in reference to her capacity for sport is just reaching. Galadriel may have had considerable martial prowess. I don’t know, bc all we have is that singular reference. But the point is, being skilled in the martial arts does not make one a relentless warmonger. She feels a bit like Dany to me. Like they took Dany and transposed her over Galadriel. But of course instead of going mental at the end Galadriel will make the correct choices and finally realize the wisdom she has had all along. Galadriel was as close to a pacifist as existed in middle earth.

Does Sauron/Halbrand just want to walk away from the past, and is it it Galadriel's incessant need to involve him that actually acts as catalyst for reactivating him to follow in Morgoth's footsteps? Is this what the writers are going with?

Meekness vs Might. I think Tolkien's Christian value for the meek inheriting the earth and overcoming evil through good is not shared by the writers. They wrote a very instinctually human show, and so the story is not otherworldly or otherwise captivating in the way that Tolkien's is.

Remember when Gil-Galad said that "a wind that seeks to extinguish a flame may also cause its spread"? I think that's exactly what's going to happen because Galadriel's arrogance probably will be what causes Sauron/Halbrand to be actively evil again.

I believe that if this rendition of galadriel were to be tempted by the ring when frodo offers it to her, galadriel would fail the test miserable and fulfill self imposed prophecy by becoming the next dark lady. All will love (not) and fear her.

Galadriel operates like a pathological Narcissist. When they apologize you got to be careful, because it is just another level of their manipulative game.

Let's just appreciate how she blackmailed SAURON, into giving a token apology for her brother's death. Let that sink in, SAURON, the dark lord trying to enslave all of middle earth, the guy who manipulates everyone around him and causes the fall of Numenor after his "capture", is better at owning up and giving a fake apology, than GALADRIEL is at even attempting to give a REAL apology!

Saurons original goal was to bring about order to benefit the free people. However due to impatience and the incompetence of said people he began to turn evil, wishing to dominate others for the percieved greater good. This is pretty much Galadriels arc.

Galadriel is unlikeable and she doesn’t even look like an elf unless we see her ears. This show has too many issues. Time for them to announce that they are replacing the show runners and give season 2 a chance. PS. Great channel, love the awesome videos.

The emotional blackmail can also be applied to Elrond with Durin

I'm pretty sure she's a scholastic template for all future writers on how to NOT create a character that people give a shyte about. She just gives me a massive feeling of "meh" whenever she appears on screen (tho I do groan a bit if I think she's going to drop another "classic" one liner or talk at all).

I think Rings of Power has an everything problem. The script is so irreparably broken the only solution I can think of is to throw it out and start again.

So spot on in this video! I really don't think the writers understand, either. They're terrible writers with a lack of maturity, emotional intelligence and as you've rightly pointed out -- no moral compass.

This is so spot on I can’t even begin to express it. I think your point on the diverge in morals in society is key. Ruthlessness is too often rewarded in our society with personal progress. Tolkien was about the good guys winning against all odds due precisely to their high road approach. If the scriptwriters are jaded they couldn’t possibly empathize.

I'm beginning to think this show is more from Sauron's perspective and why he needed to create the one ring to control everyone and bring order. They even showed a more humane side to the orcs compared to the original LOTR trilogy. If that was the intention then truly brilliant a solid 7/10

I can't wait for a She Hulk cameo

If they, at least, make it so that Galadriel takes the ring and become sauron herselt, the new pure evil and the one we know from the books and films just happens to be another person with the same name. At least, that wouldn't destroy the "real" one.

Honestly, she is an achievement. Has to be the least likeable protagonist ever. Which, unlike most of this show's dialog, is saying something.

“Galadriel is a psychopath” is the best video that I found about Galadriel motives. I really recommend it

In the end, Galadriel proved Gil-Galad correct: she did cause the evil she tried to fight.

Isildur is over 100 years old when Numenor sinks. He has a wife and son. He’s not a kid. This entire show is young adult girl boss fiction

Its like how Daemon Targaryen has his evil side, but also has his charm and you understand where he is coming from. That shows good writing, and ROP has none of that.

It's a contest between Guyladriel and -Gishgallop- Gil ga lad on who can be a bigger jerk.

I see Galadriel also suffers from the "I hate it when men try to explain my area of expertise to me" disease! Surely it is just a coincidence!

I know how to redeem the show: This is actually Sauron, and he has taken her form and hidden her away, in a mountain or something, and he reveals himself by accident, starting a quest to rescue the real Galadriel. They would also need to fire every writer and producer involved in this season, but they can get it done.

The last character I remember who always claimed to be right, and acted accordingly without considering anyone else's opinions, was The Emperor in 40k. And see where that got him and the entire galaxy.

The major problem of this show in regards to Galadriel, besides incompetent writers, is the question of how you write a character arc for someone who is already thousands of years old at the start of the story. I feel like the writers are suggesting that a 2-3000 year-old elf might still be immature and rash, and will evolve over the seasons to be a better person. I think skilled writers would have a problem with this, and these are NOT skilled writers lol...

I love watching your breakdowns of shows. They always point out the total lack of morals in todays media and how backwards they have become. You are so right that Galadriel is completely evil and manipulative. She has no heart for anyone else, and if Halbran is Sauron, she is the one and only caused of all the evil events that occur from this point forward. How am I supposed to care for a character like that? How can I get invested in someone who could become the spark that lights the flint AND fires the gun? I am very glad that Tolken is not here to see his beautiful, complex and MORAL exploration completely destroyed by this current, me, me, me culture. Thank you for you input and I very much look forward to your next video.

Basically, she is more Sauron than Sauron. She's super evil.

The ends justifying the means is the ultimate proof they do not understand works of Tolkien in the slightest. Tolkien firmly believed that there was a bit of good and bit of evil in every person but that were was no evil in a good act and no good in an evil act. This is one of the fundamental themes of middle earth as a setting. The one ring could never have been destroyed by any amount of utilitarianism. It’s destruction was instead made possible by impractical but morally right actions that played out in ways no one could anticipate.

I really didn't think it would be possible to make a less likable character than Yennifer from the Witcher shows, but....wow... they managed it.