Odogwu Kenneth

This scene from Rings of Power season 3 is perhaps the most egregious and flippant distortion of Tolkien’s work. In fact, there is so much wrong in this scene that if the cosmology of Tolkien’s legendarium were a real living religion, with Eru Ilúvatar as the Creator and the Flame Imperishable (Secret Fire) as his uncreated creative power, the scene would expose the writers to several classic religious charges: Blasphemy, heresy, profanity, sacrilege, impiety or irreverence, and a lesser charge of false prophecy (and stupidity). Fortunately for the show runners, this is only a literary crime and the Inquisition has no power to enforce redemption!