This is all just as Tolkien envisioned it, right? Wrong. Just to clear up one thing right out of the gate: Elrond and Galadriel never kiss in the books, and they don't have a single shred of ...
For Elrond, this kiss was more than a strategic move. It was loaded with emotions—he genuinely thought this could be his last moment with Galadriel, and he was saying goodbye to someone who was ...