#( not me collecting all the lotr characters into my lil arms and holding them close to my heart )

[shirecryptid]

@headgehug :  #oh man but this implies faramir resisted because he had lost faith in his city.

hi hello again i saw this tag under my post and i’m growing,,,,, allergic to implications actually maybe so. to not add to the other post’s notes have my comment here. first of all, faramir explicitly states that he loves and values his city and wants to see it propser, so jot that down:

“for myself,” said faramir, “i would see the white tree in flower again in the courts of the kings, and the silver crown return, and minas tirith in peace: minas anor again as of old, full of light, high and fair, beautiful as a queen amongst other queens: not a mistress of many slaves, nay, not even a kind mistress of willing slaves. war must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but i do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. i love only that which they defend: the city of the men of númenor; and i would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise. [...]” (the two towers: the window on the west)

faramir is less ambitious and more realistic than boromir (which makes sense given the absolute fuckery denethor calls parenting). he also wants to succeed against evil, but he doesn’t want to win at any cost. where boromir is ambitious to the point of self-destruction, faramir weighs the situation very differently. he recognizes that some things are not meant for him (like kingship, which both denethor and initially boromir thought to be the stewards’ right at some point). similarly, given the little frodo tells him about the quest, he recognizes the magnitude of what is at work there, i’d wager. second of all, the discussion about the ring between frodo and faramir is started through and thus framed by their conversation about boromir’s fate, and faramir’s love and regard for his brother. even though what actually happened in detail isn’t revealed (and couldn’t be, because frodo and sam weren’t present for boromir’s death), faramir accurately guesses at what caused the break in the fellowship and witnessed the outcome: the death of his brother. boromir’s fate outlined where that path leads, and faramir knows his brother well enough to guess that a) boromir must have regretted what he did, because he says he thought boromir’s face looked proud in death, like he died for something worth the cause (that is not related to the ring, per se) and b) boromir wouldn’t want him to go the same way. (also, comparatively, he’s in the presence of the ring only very briefly, and while it does call out to him, which he acknowledges, the pull is a lot weaker than it would be on people travelling with it for months.) more than anything, i think, faramir makes his decision in memory of his brother. he sees the ring leads to ruin - and for this brother, for his city, for his people, he simply comes to the opposite conclusion based on his difference in character. (also a case could be made that faramir is the most hobbitish non-hobbit character in the series which would. lend credence to some other theories but that’s also. neither here nor there.) thank u for ur attention and good night