Witchfinder-General is about Matthew Hopkins, not Tomas de Torquemada. It’s set during the English Civil War not the Spanish Inquisition.

You’re right - it was Anguirel wielded by Maeglin, not Anglachel, I got them confused. However, they’re basically sister swords, forged from the same meteorite.

There’s also people suggesting that Theo’s sword is at least partially inspired by Gurthang - which, fun fact, was Maeglin’s sword (under a different name) before it was Turin’s.

This new episode mentions Armenelos by name as the capital city of Numenor, a name that only appears in The Silmarillion.

The Gray Havens are not to the west of Middle-earth. They are a harbor  city within Lindon, also called Mithlond. 

They said he went hunting for Sauron, but not after the war. Right before the bit about his death, Galadriel said “Morgoth was defeated... but not before much sorrow.” This at the very least leaves the timeline of his death an open question.

This article is about how it is being review bombed, and you’re looking at an audience score. I was talking about the critics score, because you mentioned reviews.

Except that’s a lie, considering it is sitting at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes (one point more than House of the Dragon).

Finrod doesn’t actually die after Morgoth is defeated, he dies during the War of Wrath. This isn’t just me saying “In the books!”, the show actually doesn’t say he goes searching after the war - we’re just told about his death after we’re told about the war. The actual timeline of his death is left vague.

Literally the first image released for the show was of Valinor - albeit, Valinor in the First Age. That shot of the Two Trees, and the city of Tirion in front of them. It has also been shown in more than one trailer.

Better a pig than a fascist!

Both!

The show has changed the timeline a bit here - this is actually nine years into his reign. 

There is a very compelling theory that Amelia Earhart was eaten by crabs.

Actually, HBO itself wanted more seasons, and also suggested going to around 10. It was D&D who insisted at keeping it at 8, because they were tired.

No, it got an advance order for five seasons. It’s already renewed.

Young Ned Stark is going to be busy playing Elrond on The Rings of Power for the next several years

I actually heard the opposite - HBO axed it in part because it was so visually different from Game of Thrones, and they felt that it wouldn’t feel like the same franchise. They were going for more of an ancient, Bronze Age esque aesthetic for the First Men.

Rivendell doesn’t appear in the trailer at all, considering it hasn’t been founded yet, so I don’t know what visual cues you’re seeing of it at all.

What I’ve found that is a bit interesting, is the motivation aside from the hoax. He did it in part as a joke, but you also look at his place in life - he had graduated high school but struggled with several false starts at college and by 30 had flunked out and felt like his life had hit a dead end, and he says he’d…