Lord of the Rings fans know that Elrond goes on to marry Galadriel’s daughter, Celebrian, in the books. Elrond and Galadriel are also distant cousins. The Episode 7 kiss, with its framing and emotional swell of a score, may make you think that this kiss was romantic. Aramayo says it is quite emotional, but not in a romantic sense.

All of those shippers, with all of their feelings, and in the end, the people who kissed are two characters who have almost no shippers at all. (Although, I would never say never.) But the fact remains that it was Elrond and Galadriel who kissed on The Rings of Power.

This review contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 episode 7. This is it. The big battle episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is upon us, in the now-traditional position of penultimate episode (thanks to Game of Thrones ).