Sauron crying in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been the topic of heavy debate, but this isn’t a problem with Tolkien canon unless it continues to happen much later in the story. The Prime Video series has shown the Dark Lord of Middle-earth in a different light than screen audiences are used to, and Sauron seems to have rather human qualities throughout the series’ first two seasons. This is a significant difference from his purely evil presence in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, but there seems to be disagreement regarding whether this does or does not fit with Tolkien’s version of the character.