Lore Vs Story in Rings of Power | S2, Ep2: A Children's Tale

Welcome back Earthlings!
We watched Ep. 2 of Season 2 of Rings of Power, and boy, do we have some thoughts!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Written By Children, For Children
02:45 Ring Lore
03:55 Celebrimbor & Annatar
06:55 The Main Problems!
11:08 The Dwarves
12:08 RoP Is Doomed Due to LoTR
12:37 Wheel of Time Analogy
13:18 Back to RoP
15:57 Can It Be Saved?
17:55 Ian Rages About the Ending Battle, Season 2
18:26 Outro