This is one of the things I really don't get about the Rangz of Powah series.
You've got Galadriel - bloody Galadriel - as some ninja warrior elf.
Galadriel, niece of Fëanor. She is one of the strongest magic users in the entire story. She can dismiss the Nine without struggle. Holding a pointy bit of tin is a hell of a step down for her.
Unless it's the Mary Sue logic that their chosen self-insert must dominate in all areas. Can't have a rounded character, with strengths and weaknesses, because that would be problematic.
So we can expect Galadriel to pause, close her eyes, take a deep breath, then say "I am all the Quendi Elves!" before she 360 backflip no-scopes Morgoth because just like the Witch King no hwite man can kill him!
Isn't that a Hobbit trilogy thing and not represented in any actual writings?
e: In Tolkien's writings strength is usually spiritual strength. The Witch-king was imbued with additional physical strength at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields but normally the wraiths are no physically stronger than men. Their power is in the fear they create which Galadriel would be immune to, and they would likely fear her as they feared Glorfindel. So if they nutted up and attacked her they would win easily but that would be like a group of men nutting up and fighting a ringwraith; they would win but it's unlikely that they would ever try.
The Hobbit movies had Galadriel defeat Sauron in Dol Guldur by hulking out and using Nenya (making her resemble her 'beautiful and terrible' Ring-bearing queen form), which is fucking ridiculous. Sauron is a Maia, or angel (albeit fallen) in Tolkien's cosmology, like Gandalf or Saruman or the Balrog, and Maiar are well above any Elf in power. IIRC it was Saruman & Elrond who fought the Ringwraiths in that particular scene, while Galadriel was focused on protecting Gandalf from Sauron.
While First Age Elves did fight Balrogs, only one was able to win - Glorfindel, who killed the Balrog chieftain Gothmog at the cost of his own life; and Gothmog in turn had previously killed Fëanor, canonically the greatest and mightiest Elf ever, although he needed the help of a small army of his fellows to do it. Sauron, of course, is mightier than the Balrogs (which was why he was Morgoth's #2 guy and not Gothmog) and even in his maimed Ringless form would've been more than a match for Saruman (hence why he just gave up and joined Sauron later) & Gandalf (at least as 'the Grey'), much less Galadriel.
This is one of the things I really don't get about the Rangz of Powah series.
You've got Galadriel - bloody Galadriel - as some ninja warrior elf.
Galadriel, niece of Fëanor. She is one of the strongest magic users in the entire story. She can dismiss the Nine without struggle. Holding a pointy bit of tin is a hell of a step down for her.
You'd think a strong female character waving all the problems away would be right up their ally, but nope.
Unless it's the Mary Sue logic that their chosen self-insert must dominate in all areas. Can't have a rounded character, with strengths and weaknesses, because that would be problematic.
So we can expect Galadriel to pause, close her eyes, take a deep breath, then say "I am all the
QuendiElves!" before she 360 backflip no-scopes Morgoth because just like the Witch King nohwiteman can kill him!Isn't that a Hobbit trilogy thing and not represented in any actual writings?
e: In Tolkien's writings strength is usually spiritual strength. The Witch-king was imbued with additional physical strength at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields but normally the wraiths are no physically stronger than men. Their power is in the fear they create which Galadriel would be immune to, and they would likely fear her as they feared Glorfindel. So if they nutted up and attacked her they would win easily but that would be like a group of men nutting up and fighting a ringwraith; they would win but it's unlikely that they would ever try.
The Hobbit movies had Galadriel defeat Sauron in Dol Guldur by hulking out and using Nenya (making her resemble her 'beautiful and terrible' Ring-bearing queen form), which is fucking ridiculous. Sauron is a Maia, or angel (albeit fallen) in Tolkien's cosmology, like Gandalf or Saruman or the Balrog, and Maiar are well above any Elf in power. IIRC it was Saruman & Elrond who fought the Ringwraiths in that particular scene, while Galadriel was focused on protecting Gandalf from Sauron.
While First Age Elves did fight Balrogs, only one was able to win - Glorfindel, who killed the Balrog chieftain Gothmog at the cost of his own life; and Gothmog in turn had previously killed Fëanor, canonically the greatest and mightiest Elf ever, although he needed the help of a small army of his fellows to do it. Sauron, of course, is mightier than the Balrogs (which was why he was Morgoth's #2 guy and not Gothmog) and even in his maimed Ringless form would've been more than a match for Saruman (hence why he just gave up and joined Sauron later) & Gandalf (at least as 'the Grey'), much less Galadriel.
Ahh, I couldn't remember if I'd seen that in a film or read it in a book. I've not read Hobbit anything like as much as I have LotR
No she must be macho