My thoughts Orc Family in Rings of Power
Okay, so I've been watching the new season of Rings of Power, and so far, it's boring and bad. Now, one of the biggest surprises is this orc family.
That is my reaction. The writers of this show are trying to make orcs sympathetic. It doesn't work for Tolkien's universe because they are described as corrupt, evil beings, and I've seen theories and read discussions of there being good orcs in Middle Earth. It doesn't work because the orcs are corrupted evil beings in the Middle Earth series, and Tolkien wrote them as Morgoth's greatest sin because he tried to create life and only corrupted for evil can only corrupt.
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Don't get me wrong, there are good orcs, but in different fantasy books like Warcraft, for example, have good orcs. That works because Warcraft is its own thing, and the series shows everyone is grey in that universe. There are evil orcs, but there are good orcs. Also, Elder Scrolls does the same thing. Here is a link to fantasy novels with good orcs that Amazon and other studios should adapt on the big or small screen.
Hell, there was one fantasy about an orc prince who falls in love with an elf. There is an orc who is a cowboy trying to save some people, and there is the Orc First Blood series.
It would be interesting to adapt to the orcs' sense of honor and good from different stories, not Tolkien's.
It doesn't work for Tolkien's universe, and orcs do reproduce. It's more like they are born from the ground if you have seen the movies, and they follow any dark lord. In the opening of the first episode, I fail to understand that they don't follow Sauron. In the books, they followed Sauron just like that when he took over as the new dark lord. I still found it weird that this Adar, the original character, is their leader, and it's just bad writing in my eyes.
So, honestly, the whole family or idea feels forced. It doesn't work. If it were another fantasy series, it would work because, in Tolkien's work, there are no good orcs because, again, they represent Morgoth's greatest sin of corruption, and if you want to read about good orcs, read another fantasy.
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