1/7. All living things in Arda are classified as either being of the Incarnates ("spirits put into flesh") or not.
Nature of ME— Incarnates include the likes of Eruhíni, Ents, Eagles, etc. Their bodies have 'souls' as Eru has endowed. Plants & most animals are not Incarnates.
2/7. The Great Tree of Lindon isn't an Incarnate.
The Life of the Tree (being w/o a soul) is not equal to the Life of the Eldar (beings w/ souls).
Yet Elves value life in all. Violence upon trees involves the death & ending of its own physical life— it grieves Elves. (NOME)
Augustinian indeed. In the sense that a character's choice (by their own free will) determines whether they are good or evil. 1/5
@chaneilduine@Bliss_Hughes 2/5 Take Morgoth as an example. Of his own will, he chose to stand against & apart from Eru. This stemmed from his inability to accept that his sub-creation cannot be distinct from Eru himself, bc ultimately all things come from Eru. Thus, his actions begot destruction.
@chaneilduine@Bliss_Hughes 3/5 Morgoth's greatest crime was attempting to bend the wills of Eru's children thru corrupting Elves to create Orcs. Interfering with another being's free will is the greatest no-no because the ability to choose determines whether you are good or evil.
1. Four LED lighting tubes were strapped to a horse running at Galadriel. Flames were added in post-VFX.
Flames on structures, floating cinders, and swirling ash were also added in post. Wet paper was used for ash on set. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. Galadriel finds an unscathed Theo. Isildur and Míriel rescue Valandil.
Míriel is hurt by flaming embers while rescuing survivors. Isildur sacrifices himself to save his Queen before the structure collapses on him. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nori first taught the Stranger to speak using sign language (E2).
Weeks later he speaks in the same dialect as Nori. Not surprising as he patterns his speech after her. He's also learning new words & with that a sense of right vs wrong as Nori sees it.
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Nori's explanation of perils and death pushes the Stranger to consider that he has the capacity to cause death (`fireflies` in S1.E2).
He recognizes that death (or destruction) is not a desirable outcome.