About a month ago as I was plugging away at my last essay for my course on the American Civil War, I had some thoughts concerning one of the tracks from @bearmccreary 's soundtrack for Rings of Power Season 2 and what it can tell us about the worldview and ideals of the show. Specifically for the scene when Adar reconciles with Galadriel. I've written about those thoughts extensively on other platforms, but I realized I've never shared them here, so here's a thread 🧵