What I mean by that is that in the Silmarillion, the Elven rings were created by the Elves as their own idea in order to counter Sauron’s rings. In the show, they were created first under Sauron’s inspiration and at his suggestion but without his literal involvement. Anjohan decided to experiment with keeping the book’s approach but still have the Elven rings come first; in his most recent version, the Elven rings basically inspire Sauron to make the other rings.

My edit keeps the show’s order of events, but changes the order of scenes to synch things up in ways that I think feel more natural. We both trim what we consider unnecessary filler and awkwardness, but not always the same things. Anjohan trims more Harfoot stuff; I trim more of the Southlands. We both trim a lot of the Numenor preparations in season 1. We also both use similar micro-trims to make Galadriel less argumentative. Anjohan keeps the use of tunnels to channel water into Mount Doom; I cut that out and imply that the sword-key acts magically to erupt it.

I should also note that Anjohan’s edit currently is one movie that ends at the eruption, while also having the creation of the three rings and the opening conversations about Dwarven rings. My edit is two movies that cover all of season 1, as well as the Numenor, Southlands, and Harfoot stories of season 2. I have a partial edit of a third movie that is waiting on season 3 Harfoot/Stranger content to get filled out.