There are a few patches and seams in this theory that "Snow White" takes place in Middle-Earth, well into the Age of Humans — but, to be honest, no more than in Tolkien's own oft-revised histories. This works, in fact, all too well …
[h/t +Doyce Testerman]
Snow White Is A LOTR Sequel: A Mind-Blowing Theory
Disney’s story ends what Tolkien started.
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The article had me until the prince became Gandolf. Why couldn't he just be another Maia? And Sauron as a mirror? Give me a break.
Dammit. I just spent an hour or so on this dammed site…
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This just blew my fuckin mind
+Nick McIntosh The Gandalf part is the most speculative, certainly. And, for that matter, there is certainly plenty of room in the Tolkien narrative for the Mysterious Stranger to show up (usually to be backstoried at length in the next Tale).
Or, heck, wasn't there a Blue Wizard or two that went off to the East and were never heard from again? Maybe one of them (in a bright blue tunic, no less) is passing through on his way to the Grey Havens.
The Sauron piece actually made more sense to me. Or consider it, instead, the polished fragment of a Palantir, forever "imprinted" wit Sauron's spirit. (Or perhaps Saruman's, in keeping with Tolkien's theme of successor evils — and I can certainly imagine Christopher Lee's voice behind the mirror.)
Gandalf certainly testified as to the whereabouts of the Seven Rings and/or their bearers, but Gandalf is an unreliable narrator about Ringlore, shading truth to match his mission. That the bearers of the Seven survived, nigh-immortal (not even counting the normally longer dwarvish lifespans), twisted and brainburned and eternally mining nearby barrows for polished gems is … well, hell, you could write a great horror novel out of those roots.
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