#but his whole story makes me want to cry it’s just devestating man. I’d shove him into alectos tomb while bawling my eyes out bc as we know

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Ok so to summarize my thoughts

Tolkien is a veteran who saw first hand what men in power do to secure it. He wrote Lord of the Rings as a cautionary tale to how power can so easily be corrupted; and to think “well I wouldn’t do that” is a flaw of human nature to think of ourselves as morally superior to our kin.

For example: Aragorn and Boromir. For the latter, Boromir thought he could use the ring of power to save Gondor. He believed the gods chose his city as the end-all-be all to save the world from evil (sound familiar?). He is easily swayed by the temptation of the ring, despite his good intentions and love for his people.

As for Aragorn, yes, he becomes king, but not one with power. He functions as a figurehead; a man who gives those who come to him sage advice for he knows if he steps beyond the boundaries he placed for himself he could be influenced by the desire for power. Again, who does this remind you of?

I think John is the tragic combination of Boromir and Aragorn. He is Boromir if he took the ring to save Gondor (Earth), but he destroyed his world instead. Wracked by guilt and coping by psychology convincing himself he did nothing wrong, he tries to become Aragorn. A wise sage who protects his Houses from a distance. But as we all know, he is just a man, and he can’t run from his sins forever. He may want to be Aragorn but he cannot escape the fact that the Boromir part of him is what dominates his psyche. And he hates himself for it.

John lives in a prison of his own invention.

Something something LOTR literally describes the fallacy of power that John Gaius experiences and that no one, not even the best intentioned people, can use it for good something something I am beating this Boromir ass bitch within an inch of his life.