The Rings of Power

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power with an open mind.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because I watched Season One of the Rings of Power.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because there were sequences in Season One of the Rings of Power which I didn't actively hate.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because I am mildly curious about where they are going to go with it.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power out of morbid curiosity.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because everyone will be talking about it.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because whether I do or not, people are going to ask me what I thought of it. 

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because I have already foresworn Doctor Who and I don't want to make a habit of doing that kind of thing as I edge towards old age.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because the Lord of the Rings is an important component of my identity: lower down than Doctor Who and Spider-Man but higher up than Star Wars and Richard Wagner.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power as a stand alone entity, casting Season One entirely from my mind.

As a matter of fact, I cast Season One of the Rings of Power entirely from my mind approximately eleven minutes after the end of Episode Eight.    

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because I like Tolkien, cheap Tolkien knock-offs, and knock-offs of cheap Tolkien knock-offs.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power because I miss playing Dungeons & Dragons. [*]

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power for the dragons, dark lords, goblins, elves, trolls, balrogs, dwarves, sword fights, bows and arrows, shiny armour, +2 magic swords.

I will watch Season Two of Rings of Power entirely without reference to the Akallabeth or the Tale of Years because frankly only a saddo would watch a movie about the early history of an imaginary world and expect it to have anything at all to do with what the original author wrote about the early history of that imaginary world.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power without remotely expecting it to aspire to the level of Villeneuve's Dune movie, because, I mean, why would I?

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power without remotely expecting it to aspire to the level of Game of Thrones because, I mean, again, why would I?

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power without remotely expecting to take it seriously as a piece of fantasy world building honestly what do you take me for?

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power as if I were reading a piece of moderately well informed and tolerably well written Tolkien fan-fiction.

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power as if I were playing a moderately decent M.E.R.P [**] campaign in which only some of the other players have read the books. 

I will watch Season Two of the Rings of Power while reminding myself that it is only a book, only a TV series, only a work of literature.

I will permit the Rings of Power Season Two to pass over me and through me. 

And when the Rings of Power Season Two has finished, there will be nothing. 

Only the original book will remain.

[*] Other roleplaying games are available. Read me talking about D&D.

[**] Other Tolkien inspired roleplaying games are available. 

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