Galadriel is Ssuron, the only thing that makes sense

The silence here means that everyone nods in agreement and it's unanimous that since it's obvious this hasn't been the real Galadriel since early in episode 1, that Galadriel is a prisoner and Sauron is the one pretending to be Galadriel.

Why doesn't Sauron kill Galadriel? He's a sicko. He's Dr. Evil and every Bond villain, making that mousetrap death for Austin Powers, I mean 007, I mean Galadriel. 

And we see a big hint there when the one posing as Galadriel does the exact same thing with Adar. What's this wild insane rant about making him watch her kill all the little orcs, as if we are stupid enough to actually believe she will eventually kill Adar. She (well, he, Sauron) even has Halbrand sufficently trained to stop her (him) from killing Adar. Sauron is already training his witch king, who is likely a sorcerer already, since Adar didn't recognize him.

If this fake Galadriel isn't Sauron, then I won't apologize, because then it's just kindergarten writing.

I went back to watch episode 1.

Clues against Galadriel being Sauron in disguise:

A theme here is "evil never sleeps", but Galadriel is seen sleeping (but could be pretending)

That's about it.

Clues for Galadriel being Sauron in disguise:
1. We don't know when she comes back from that mountain where she found Sauron's HQ. The other elves said they were going to leave her to do the work herself, Did she come back with them or after them? If she came back alone after they left, she would surely have been caught and Sauron would have taken her place if he is a "shape shifter". Well, Elrond is told that his friend has returned, and there is no mention of the others, and he does say that the rest of the elves with her have already been in contact with the king, and he knows about the conflict between her and the elves who said they were finished looking for Sauron, so they already returned before she did, according to the dialog. 
2. She makes demands from the king instead of requests. 
3. She doesn't go into automatic song with the other elves on the boat, a song that looks like it is instinctive for elves, not rehearsed, because they all do it in sync without any precedent. If Galadriel was really Galadriel the elf, she would also go into automatic "trill" by instinct, but she doesn't
4. She continually looks for an excuse to leave the boat and feels a bond with the sword instead of with the elves. If she's an imposter, she'll be revealed as soon as she enters the Paradise of the gods, and thus that explains her motivation for leaving the boat prematurely, in the middle of the sea.
5. How does that raft with Halbrand and others appear in a vast sea? We find from others on the boat that they left another boat, but the boat is still afloat. The "worm" also finds them. The best explanation is that someone conjured the worm, and that would be Sauron most likely, and since she is off the raft, she is the likely one to have done that. It could be Halbrand, but all the evidence points to Galadriel. Halbrand is too mortal minded. If Sauron is one of the two, Sauron would save the one most likely to be used. I sure don't buy that Galadriel, hundreds of years of life experience, would be "used" the way others think. That would be "zero credibility in character motivation". Halbrand, however, is so selfish that he is a perfect tool for Sauron, especially if Sauron thinks he can persuade him to be a king and his right hand.
6. She is ungrateful to the captain who saves her from the sea, instead making demands again.
7. She is ungrateful to the queen who offers her hospitality and treats her as a guest, again making demands. 
8. For some reason, the make up crew has "uglied" her. I'm sure the actress isn't this homely. Something is wrong with her. And the idea that after hundreds or thousands of years, she suddenly becomes corrupt, when she's already witnessed plenty of tragedy, is ridiculous.
9. She considers Halbrand unworthy when he tries diplomacy, but when Halbrand breaks a man's arm, she thinks he is a king. 
10. On that note, she has to be told to bow to the queen. Galadriel is not a queen. She knows protocol. Sauron, however, wouldn't bow to anyone but Melkor. The distaste that Galadriel has towards those who helped her has no motivation for an elf.
11. We know the real Galadriel appears in LOTR, so if she's caught by Sauron, for some insane reason he doesn't kill her, giving him the personality of Dr. Evil or a Bond villain if that is the case, willing to kill the less dangerous opponents, but fabricating reasons to save the most dangerous opponents, exactly what Galadriel does when she captures Adar. Her insane rant can't be explained by revenge. If revenge was her motivation, she'd lop off the head of Adar with zero hesitation. This is as stupid as Harmonica wanting revenge on Frank, but killing the men who were trying to kill Frank. Just like that stupid movie, we have the same unmotivated situation here that cannot be explained. Still, there are crack heads and meth heads out there who buy into this as motivation. Well, it isn't motivation. 
12. She stands upright and lets volcanic ash hit her, a lava flow of fire that kills even people who take cover.
13. She comes up with an abrupt change of character into some philosophical being when everything goes the way of Sauron after the volcano. She's finally satisfied and no longer an insant, hateful, ugly, spiteful, ungrateful monster that she had been up to that point. Anyone who ever knew such people knows that those people do not change. And there surely wasn't any motivation for that change.
14. Orcs and Uruk Hair who are the "smellers" of their group can smell "man flesh" from a distance only elf eyes can see in LOTR, but a professional "smeller" stands over Galadriel and the boy and sniffs in fairly clear air, and claims he only smells smoke. Yeah, right!



The people thinking it's Halbrand bring up no evidence and no clues. They only bring up "symbols". Symbols are not "clues". There is a symbol for anything you want in any scene. It's just a case of people "contriving" whatever they want to suit them. The 14 clues above are not contrived symbols, but solid evidence to an objective mind. I didn't look for these things. They were thrust upon me in a WTF scenario that only makes sense if Galadriel is really somewhere else, and Sauron or someone else is impersonating her.

In fact, clues number 1, 6, 7, 9, and 10 are enough to lock her up. And any single one of clues number 3, 11, 12, and 14 would be enough for an objective juror to convict her of being an imposter and not the real Galadriel. They're banging us over the head with real evidence that can't be explained as red herrings with those four clues (3, 11, 12, and 14). If they aren't doing this because Galadriel is actually Sauron in disguise, they are horrible writers, and that is quite possible.  Most writer guild members are not right in the head, and think that symbolism is evidence and that palpable evidence is not evidence.