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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8763893" data-attributes="member: 6787503">The problem with Galadriel's character in this show isn't that she's depicted as a warrior. As has been noted, Tolkien's writings have many references to Galadriel directly taking part in armed conflicts, most notably that she defended the Teleri and their ships at the First Kinslaying.The problem is her character already contained a flaw - that despite her rejection of Morgoth, her mind had been infected by his lies, and she believed she could have dominion in Middle-earth if she rebelled against the Valar. Her character arc, resolving this flaw, takes place in the LotR when Frodo offers her the Ring, and she refuses. They can't resolve this flaw in this series. It has to wait until the LotR.So she can have an arc in this story, the writers have given her a new flaw - that she is driven to destroy Sauron by a desire for revenge for her brother's death - and this new flaw seems to drive pretty much all her decisions, so that the original character is nearly unrecognizable.The writers don't seem to have invented this new flaw from whole cloth, however. Galadriel is Sauron's chief enemy throughout the Second Age, and according to <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/x6gu04/comment/in7ckki/" target="_blank">this reddit post</a>, at one point, in conversation with Celebrimbor after the forging of the One Ring has been revealed, she vows to remain in Middle-earth until she has defeated Sauron.</blockquote>

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