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Okay, so this… thing… has been living rent free in my brain for months now and I still don’t know what to make of it.

You know that scene in Númenor where Halbrand makes that unforgettably wonderful murder glare?

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Originally posted by thatmansplayinggalaga

Yeah. That one. So, we have this dialogue:

Númenórean dude: “What are you called again?”
Halbrand: “Depends.”
“Depends on what?”
“How close we are.”

Then we have the alley scene. After Halbrand beats the shit out of those guys, the last thing he says is this:

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Originally posted by thatmansplayinggalaga

Okay, so here it is, the thing:

After Galadriel tells him her name on the raft, he doesn’t hesitate AT ALL before introducing himself as Halbrand.

WHAT ABOUT THE “DEPENDS,” HALBRAND? WHY IS SHE AUTOMATICALLY ON THE “HALBRAND” LIST, HALBRAND?

I’ve narrowed it down to three equally ridiculous theories:

1. He recognizes the name Galadriel and instantly goes FUCKING HELL THERE’S A HIGH ELF ON MY RAFT AND IT’S THE ANGRY BLONDE ONE, MAYDAY, ENEMY ALERT (Halbrand => not close, derogatory)

2. He thinks a good tavern brawl is a neat bonding experience and that the Númenórean dudes are now allowed to use his name (Halbrand => close, appreciative)

3. He simply wanted to seem like a Cool Guy and the “depends” seemed like a Cool Guy thing to say, no deeper meaning to it whatsoever (Halbrand => neutral) 

(Oooooor the showrunners just needed a setup so they could finish the fight with the badass “Call me Halbrand.” That’s a boring option though so I’m going to ignore that.)

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I’m so glad you pointed this out because THIS IS SO IMPORTANT! I’ve also been thinking about this for months. ‘Halbrand’ is obviously not a name that he gives to someone he trusts, or that he’s close with. So, when he immediately gives that name on the raft, that is a sure-fire indication that he does not trust Galadriel. He also (for obvious reasons) gives that name when he introduces himself in the Queen’s Court.

But here’s the thing! It also goes the other way around. What HE calls a person depends on how close they are, or how familiar he wants to be.

He barely refers to anyone at all, let alone by their actual name.

Míriel:
- Good Queen
- Your Majesty

Elendil:
- Captain

Aulë:
- “The master I apprenticed to”

Finrod:
- “your brother”

People in the Court:
- My friends

He only uses the names of FOUR people, and there is a very clear pattern.

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I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the...

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There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

Artists, speak out against this predatory practice! Our art should not be exploited without our consent, and we deserve to be compensated when our art is exploited for commercial use.