There’s a ring that can think
And a map drawn with ink
That needs a very particular moon
To see the unreadable runes
Describing a hollow mountain
Where a talking dragon
(with a rather English grandiloquence)
Sleeps away the years on a dwarf-king’s inheritance
A magician lost a fight with an orchard
Four smol boys outran ghosts riding horses
A scruffy hiker hired a host of dead soldiers
And a frog feasting on a finger fell fatally into the fires
But apparently your suspension of disbelief falls under attack
When asked to accept that an elf can be black;
And if feels like your whole world is falling apart
When a black female dwarf is given a speaking part.
Being a comment on the reaction in certain quarters to Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”.
For the record, I bloody love it. Galadriel is the best character on TV. I love that we’re getting to see the real Galadriel and not just the lofty supermodel from the Jackson movies.
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