For those that haven't read Tolkien's work, it's easy to see why many audiences suspect Gandalf and Galadriel are in love. After all, many of their interactions in The Hobbit trilogy practically scream romance. However, their relationship remains purely platonic in Tolkien's source material.
Around FA 52 (FA as in First Age), Galadriel came to Doriath. Galadriel was one of the Ñoldor who came to Middle-earth wishing to see the lands and rule a realm of her own. She came with the second host of Elves from Aman with Fingolfin and Finrod. In Doriath, she and Celeborn fell in love and married.
For most of his manifestation as a wizard, Gandalf's cloak is grey, hence the names Gandalf the Grey and Greyhame, from Old English hame, "cover, skin". Mithrandir is a name in Sindarin meaning "the Grey Pilgrim" or "the Grey Wanderer".
Gandalf was an Istari, who was an angel sent to Middle-Earth, He took the form of an old wizard. Gandalf never had a girlfriend, he never married anyone, and he never fathered any children, Not a single one.
Being an angelic entity, it's likely that Gandalf would not have the need for sexual attraction or reproduction. So, it's not outside the realm of possibility that romance was simply never on the table for Gandalf and his kind.
What is the history between Gandalf and Galadriel?
Galadriel had no romantic love for Gandalf, and the great love she did bear for him was because of his status as a Maia, one of the creator spirits who made the world under the direction of Eru Illúvatar. Gandalf and Galadriel were friends and natural allies in the war against Sauron.
Vickers' comments imply that Sauron's intentions with Galadriel were primarily political in his dealings with the elves and that he was using her to elevate his power as a ruler over middle earth.
Thus, Galadriel's dark form in Jackson's The Lord of the Rings personified what would have occurred had the Lady of Lothlorien given in to temptation and taken the One Ring for herself. She would have succumbed to evil because the Ring was indomitable, even with her power.
Sauron wants Galadriel to become his queen because she's useful, says Vickers. As he's already shown, Sauron can accomplish his objectives much more quickly when he has a highly regarded Elf warrior to get him into places like Numenor and Eregion (where Celebrimbor lives). “He feels a connection to her.
Yes, they do. During the Second Age, Galadriel and Celeborn have a daughter, Celebrían. She joins them in Imaldris after they leave Eregion. There, Elrond falls in love with her, and during the Third Age, the two of them marry, making Galadriel Elrond's mother-in-law.
Despite feeling some possible temptation from Sauron's offer to become his Dark Queen, Galadriel's denial of the Dark Lord shows she can't be so easily swayed. However, that doesn't mean Sauron still won't try to trick her into helping him gain the power he's destined to obtain in Middle-earth's Second Age.
Plus, he makes the compelling argument that while he lusts for power, she has a good heart and would help him remain good rather than turning to evil. But when it becomes clear to Galadriel that Halbrand/Sauron cannot tell the difference between “saving” and “ruling” Middle-earth, she rejects his proposal.
Gimli remains a steadfast defender of Galadriel's beauty throughout the trilogy, and his love for her is one of the reasons he is later named Elf-friend.
Yet, since Tolkien does give family trees for other important Elves in the book, such as Galadriel and Elrond, it's clear that Galadriel is not Legolas's mother. (Besides, she is one of the Noldor, not a Silvan or Sindar Elf.)
Although this relationship may have happened with Galadriel's meeting or not, it's clear Gimli's love for her expedited his ease in befriending Legolas.
She also resisted being offered the ring of power by Frodo following his vision in the mirror of Galadriel, an immense test given the ring's seductive powers. Yet Gandalf's power level exceeds even that of Galadriel, as shown by his rebirth in the Two Towers.
She tells Gil-galad that, "Evil does not sleep; it waits." In The Rings of Power, Galadriel's conviction came across as arrogance and anger. In Lord of the Rings, Galadriel was not shown as a warrior, which makes the comparison with the character depicted in The Rings of Power jarring and difficult to reconcile.
Through her great-grandmother, Idril, Arwen was a descendant of King Turgon of the Noldor. Through her mother, she was the granddaughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel of Lothlórien. Through both of her parents, Arwen was a direct descendant of the ancient Elven House of Finwë.
In an interview with Screen Rant, Vickers shared why he believes Sauron offered to make Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) his Queen in the Season 1 finale. "I think [Sauron] thinks that if [Galadriel] with him, he can affect his designs faster," Vickers said. "That's why he loved Morgoth.
Sauron's only interest was an order or to work upon the world in an orderly state, even in the beginning, Mairon really had no love interest. Despite his deceptive attributes, he was a trickster and a seducer, he had little care for attempting to love someone.
The Rings of Power is clearly setting Galadriel and Halbrand up for a love story. It's early days, and their attraction may yet be quashed before it even begins, but merely cajoling these two characters down a romantic path at this moment in time causes problems for The Rings of Power.
What is the age difference between Galadriel and Gandalf?
According to the Annals of Aman, at the time Frodo and the Fellowship first encountered Galadriel: Gandalf is 54,960 years old. Galadriel is 8,372 years old.
She calls him Mithrandir. It's his name in elvish. The root word is mith which has to do with silver. Mithril, for example, is that silver armor shirt that Bill has that is later given to Frodo.
When you realize that Galadriel is about 8.000 years old and Gandalf at least 55.000 years, and has looked like an old wizard for the last 2.000 of them. It really changes the scene, its a joke between old friends.
