My hopes weren't particularly high for Amazons Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. And after the season finale, despite the twist everyone was waiting for, my feelings didn't change much. While it's a beautiful show, the writing is pretty damn terrible. Writing has a pretty big hand in character development, so if a character is constantly spouting Hallmark-level sentiments, there's not much that makes one feel connected to them. My mixed feelings about the show do not reflect my opinion abo…

-RINGS OF POWER SPOILERS AHEAD- If you really think about it, there aren't many spoilers to be had on The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power. We all know that Isildur survives long enough to fall prey to the allure of the ‘One Ring,’ and we all know that Galadriel is alive and well during the Fellowship trilogy. Many of the characters we've met play some kind of well-known part in Tolkien's lore. The mysteries of the show revolve more around who TF certain people are. And nobody's identity h…