Architect of the Rings

Wow, this Architect of the Rings show has really stepped up its game in the last few weeks. Today was the season finale and I honestly can’t quite believe it is over already. It seems like only two months ago that I was writing negative reviews about how horrible the show was, due to it not following the sacred lore of the original creator of this world. Those elves with pixie cuts really ticked me off! James Taken never said anything about elves with pixie cuts!

As I already alluded to, however, I may have jumped the gun a bit when I went on Old Tomatoes and said that it was “The worst thing ever conceptualised – everyone involved in this dumpster fire should be put on a spaceship and sent straight into the sun for crimes against humanity.”

It turns out that perhaps they had an architect behind this show after all. And speaking of architects, the season finale finally showed us the grand architect of the powerful rings – the great house builder, Calen Brimbor – at his absolute best. When the warrior elf maiden, Gabriella, began travelling in search of the best Bayside-based architects, believing that they would be able to help her wounded friend, I knew that something great was going to happen. Finally, I could see it. This wasn’t some piece of art created by a toddler throwing paint onto a canvas at random. No, it was all by design, put together deliberately, piece by piece like something you assemble over time. A desk from a Swedish furniture store, perhaps?

Anyway, my point is that Gabriella’s search for professional residential architects based in Melbourne meant that the story was set up for the most epic of finishes. Because if there’s one thing architects do well, other than making luxury houses, it’s crafting magical rings. We were about to see one of the biggest moments in this fictional world’s history. And although I do disagree with the choice to rename some of the locations after well-known Melbourne suburbs, I can look past that if it means an epic ending. And that is absolutely what we got.