The world is changed.
I feel it in the water.
I feel it in the earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.
Dear Galadriel,
I am not the biggest fan of LOTR, everyone is weak. Like, literally, they only won because Frodo was weak and failed and Gollum was also weak and in grabbing for the ring knocked it in by accident.
No. 9 times out of 10 Sauron wins that thing.
But I want to be very clear that I hold you responsible for a lot of what went down. Back then, you were smart. You were smart enough to spot Sauron. Why weren’t you smart enough to prevent his return?
By, of course, the power to read. After the total mess that was the Second Age, I would have trained everyone in the art of resisting Sauron. There would have been history books that the Hobbits read alongside their obsessive geneology texts. There would have been songs to encode an oral history and make sure everyone remembered
You talk about how none that live remember it. That is, first of all, an exaggeration. Elrond remembered, he made a whole council. Gandalf, yes. But this letter is to you. You remember it. You have lived this long. You take no ownership and provide the bare minimum of help while staying out of the crossfire.
So yeah, meh. I will not be playing this Modern Day Sauron Takeover as You. No. In Lord of the Rings I am no one. There were no Jewish mothers on Middle Earth.
If a modern day you is out there, get your hat in the ring.
Love,
Me