Melkor aka Morgoth was pretty damn evil from the beginning. Everything bad and fell in middle earth came from him. He kidnapped and corrupted some of the original elves, turning them into orcs. He corrupted many Maia, including bad boy Sauron. Heck, he corrupted the land itself.
The entire History of the Silmarils involved his utter hatred for elves in general and the Noldar in particular.
He was Tolkiens thinly veiled Lucifer.
I have zero faith that they’ll portray him accurately.
Melkor aka Morgoth was pretty damn evil from the beginning
Worth highlighting that "evil" in the broader sense here was originally about disharmony as reality is/was a song/music that all beings joined in on and added to in harmony.
Except Melkor who wanted to go off and write his own music while forming a solo boy band with blackjack and hookers which is why his own brand ended up being edgy, emo grunge in various ways.
Melkor aka Morgoth was pretty damn evil from the beginning. Everything bad and fell in middle earth came from him. He kidnapped and corrupted some of the original elves, turning them into orcs. He corrupted many Maia, including bad boy Sauron. Heck, he corrupted the land itself.
The entire History of the Silmarils involved his utter hatred for elves in general and the Noldar in particular.
He was Tolkiens thinly veiled Lucifer.
I have zero faith that they’ll portray him accurately.
Worth highlighting that "evil" in the broader sense here was originally about disharmony as reality is/was a song/music that all beings joined in on and added to in harmony.
Except Melkor who wanted to go off and write his own music while forming a solo boy band with blackjack and hookers which is why his own brand ended up being edgy, emo grunge in various ways.