Did Sauron Repent?

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  @BumphreyYoughurt · 3 years ago

  Poor Sauron. He was such an organized, loving genius of a leader. By the end of LOTR his paradise has grown more powerful than the rest of the world combined. And that through hard work, dedication, wise decisions and a great economy. His great work was ruined by some nasty hobbit terrorists, flewn in by terrible eagles, detonating a nuke in mount Love, close to his capital.

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  @WimRijksen · 3 years ago

  He just wanted to make the trains run on time, if there had been any.

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  @Bruced82 · 3 years ago

  Gandalf vehemently did not want to take the one ring, when Frodo offered it to him, he did not want to become another Sauron, even with "good intentions".

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  @Steambull1 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Sauron does repent, but he repents in fear, not out of any feeling that he did wrong.&quot;<br>In other words, he did not repent. It was a Youtuber apology video.

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  @thedragondemands · 3 years ago (edited)

  The problem is that Sauron was being entirely honest when he said he wanted to bring about Order - his attitude, as later voiced by Saruman, was that &quot;only our methods will change&quot; - and he&apos;d conveniently not mention that. But when he seduced the Elves to make the Rings of Power with him, he was so convincing to Celebrimbor and the rest because his offer was in large part genuine: &quot;if we work together we can not only rebuild Middle-earth from Morgoth&apos;s destruction but make it as powerful and glorious as Valinor&quot;. &nbsp;He really wanted that. Just that his definition was different. <br><br>Yes it&apos;s said he &quot;indeed repented at first, if only out of fear&quot; -- but it&apos;s an interesting take that even he somewhat regretted backing Morgoth after his fall; he joined Morgoth because he was so powerful it would make it easier for Sauron to implement &quot;Order&quot;, but over time it would have become increasingly obvious that Morgoth&apos;s goal was more like &quot;total chaos and destruction of the world&quot; out of spite for not being able to truly wield the Creator&apos;s power. &nbsp;Morgoth ultiimately just wanted to destroy the world in order to prove he was the most powerful being in it. <i>(As Robert says, they were never truly &quot;ideologically aligned&quot;).</i> &nbsp;His wrath and power were greater than Sauron&apos;s but not his cunning. So it&apos;s a bit of a headcanon but it&apos;s an interesting take: could Sauron, after Morgoth&apos;s defeat, regretfully realize that Morgoth could never have implemented the Order that Sauron desired? Sauron is a craftsman. He doesn&apos;t like wanton destruction. Though of course, this isn&apos;t exactly &quot;Remorse&quot; for what he did in Morgoth&apos;s service, just regret that it didn&apos;t ultimately &quot;work&quot; to fulfill his goals.

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  @JacktheRah · 3 years ago

  Honestly I love how Sauron essentially became the dark lord by having the intention of &quot;bringing order&quot; to the world by being the ruler. It perfectly reflects the problems with power and rule. Given Tolkien&apos;s aversion towards power and rulers it just fits perfectly. Intentionally or not the story of Sauron and his One Ring is the perfect analogy for power and how even those with the best intentions fail and become oppressors.

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  @willajer · 3 years ago

  Sounds like my manager

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  @beaker_guy · 3 years ago

  I have raised children. At some point, you need to let them grow up and rule themselves. Sauron never understood that. ✅

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  @Mrwhoisdreks · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_31LSFK8f0&amp;t=280">4:40</a> personally I like to think that if Souron went to Valinor he would have gotten a sentence of eternity being a mayor of a small elf town and not being able to leave it! He would be allowed to do anything in it(craft, build, rule ect) as long as he isn’t doing anything evil. He would get to create his perfect world of dominion and control in a small little city, it would go on to become the greatest elf city and he would make valinor a better place. Or maybe not, no one really knows, but I like to think the Valar would put his abnormal skills in ruling and efficiency to use!

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  @timber72 · 3 years ago

  &quot;It&apos;s for your own good&quot; is the most terrifying sentence in any language that exists.

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  @MLeoDaalder · 3 years ago

  Sauron: &quot;I regret my actions&quot; (that led me to being caught, also a bit for following Melkor, now ban me from Aman so that I can properly implement Order here.)<br>Eonwe: &quot;Thank you for turning yourself in and coming quietly, Manwe is waiting for you in Aman.&quot;<br>Sauron: (Bugger.) &quot;Wait, is that Gotmoth the Balrog trying to escape in the guise of an Orc?&quot; (Points somewhere behind Eonwe)<br>Eonwe: (Being pure good doesn&apos;t mistrust) &quot;Where?&quot;<br>Sauron: (Buh bye!)

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  @MordiganE6 · 2 years ago

  I always remember the movie quote &quot;Sauron does not share in power&quot;. and now I watch this video that explains in detail why.

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