It’s pretty hilarious that no matter which way they take it, the fandom interprets it as negative. Little to no promo? Clearly a sign that they’ve screwed up and trying to sweep the whole project under the rug. Tons of promo? Clearly a sign that they’re trying to hide the flaws under a lot of bling. 

If I remember correctly, Louis theorised that it was just an “ordinary” vampire who had gone hopelessly insane from being buried alive. 

Ancient Greece, the first that comes to my mind, was very much open to relationships being with whomever.

That being said, nearly every single American animated show has no problem putting out their shows on a yearly basis, including shows with “good animation” like Castlevania or even Avatar which put out like 60 episodes in just 3 years.

Spoken like someone who doesn’t watch anime. This isn’t even the generic style used in some cheaper shows. 

Two years is very good for an anime. Live action show can be done in the matter of months, but animation takes a lot of time. It’s entirely common for anime seasons to have 2-3 years between them unless there are multiple studios involved. 

Two years is pretty standard for an animated show. They aren’t quick to make. For instance, Made In Abyss first came out in 2017, the movie in 2020 and the second season just now, 2022. There are no shortcuts for good animation. 

Yeah, looks like they’re making the Corithian into a whole arc villain in this. A pretty big departure from the comic where Dream was only halfheartedly searching for him along with a few other missing nightmares, ran into him mostly by chance and unmade him with contemptible ease. 

Time compression has been already confirmed. I suspect that the War of Elves and Sauron will be combined with Ar-Pharazôn’s campaign against Sauron, and rather than just being thoroughly trounced by the Elves and Númenoreans, he’ll end up being captured and taken to Númenor in the course of the same events. 

The bulk of the lore is available in the Appendices and within the LotR’s own text, but the ComicCon previews have now allegedly shown scenes not available in either, meaning that Amazon has at least limited access to text in The Silmarillion.

Yeah sure. They’ve got the rights to a handful of relevant pages in the appendixes. This just sounds like pure interview kayfabe.

And you came into this conclusion based on watching the show...where?

Why do you think that they don’t care about Tolkien’s worldbuilding? Yes, they’re compressing the timeline, which I’m not a huge fan of, but I’ve seen no indifference to the world that Tolkien wrote so far.

I would argue that GoT had a few, until the writing lapsed for the final seasons. But this is a different show with different showrunners and writers. And unlike with GoT, they can’t rely on imitating GRRM’s text with minor changes blindly, they have to show their talent right from the get-go. 

90% of the time I hear the word “pandering” it translates to “this story doesn’t match my personal politics so I’ll interpret it as a direct attack on them”.

Seeing that it’s a fantasy world, probably not. Still doesn’t explain what you mean with progressive idealism; I’ve read Fire and Blood and there’s not a lot of either progressiveness or idealism going around in that story.

Say what now? Are you under the impression that succession crises over female heir to the throne didn’t happen in real life?

The trick is to get people care about the characters, even when they are despicable assholes. But if Breaking Bad can do it, why not House of the Dragon?

The Morgoth’s Ring and other sources contain plenty of passages stating that Galadriel, and Elven women in general, took up arms on occasion:

He could have become the High King of Noldor in Middle-Earth if he wanted, after Gil-Galad passed away, but at that point it would probably have felt a bit silly to call yourself the High King of a people you could fit inside a standard high school auditorium and still have some seats left empty.