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The user goes on to say: “The timing of the meteor falling and The Stranger/Sauron trying to pull a grand ruse on the elves also fits Galadriel leaving – the show establishes in the first episode that she is the one person in middle earth who is actively trying to hunt him.”
Finally, they draw parallels between the One Ring and the meteor, which are both strangely cool to the touch even when they come into contact with fire.
Adding: “Other evidence that he is Sauron – or at least a force of evil – is the moment where the Hobbits enter the crater of fire and find it cool. In the first episode in the ice caves we learn from Galadriel that extreme evil can be so strong that even fire cannot feel warm. I doubt they would have included this detail in this scene if the Stranger were a benevolent blue wizard or Gandalf.”
Fellow user durmiendoenelparque wrote: “I also found the phrasing very interesting when Nori says: ‘He could’ve landed anywhere, and he landed here. I know it sounds strange, but somehow I just know he’s important. It’s like there’s a reason this happened. Like I was supposed to find him. Me.”
They went on to reason: “Unfortunately this could work either way. If The Stranger is Sauron, it would draw a parallel between him and the Ring. If he is Gandalf, it would highlight how Gandalf was meant to meet the Hobbits. In that case there would be a lot of deliberate misdirection going on (with the crater looking vaguely like an eye or the fireflies dying).”
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