The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) S2 E7
Euringer 5 points 1 month ago.

Happy to be proven wrong, but afaik they are sentient AND sapient. In the Silmarillion they’re Elves corrupted by Morgoth, though in private letters that would be published and analyzed by Christopher Tolkien they’re all sorts of things from Elves to men even to Maia. Either way, in the published text they simply choose to be bad and side with Morgoth because they just straight up hate Elves and to a lesser degree humans - later Sauron’s corrupting effect is much, much stronger on Orcs and Goblins though so you’d probably be unlikely to come across a chill Orc in LOTR times.

dampyiel2200 2 points 1 month ago.

I should of used the word sapient. I actually didn’t realize the huge difference between the two until I looked it up. And thanks for the explanation.