#captain of gondor

[whiteladyofithilien]

Boromir the mansplaining Chad

Now I'm no Boromir hater, I often defend him from accusations of being a "bad guy". But he's weirdly the most commonplace in our world kind of man in Tolkien's work. He has a good heart but boy does his attitude reek of entitlement in many places. He lacks the humility to truly listen even when the wisest in Middle Earth are speaking. He seeks to push his will and if he can't reason his way into making people do what he'd like he attempts manipulation by pouting a bit "if that hasn't earned some payment then I'll go back to Minas Tirith alone." The whole trip he pushes for the ring to go to Minas Tirith no matter how much others caution him. He misses the cues to drop the topic and keeps trying to force his will upon the company. It smacks of a man trying to convince a woman to go out with him and he just ignores the cringes, the polite answers, the her removing herself from proximity, the gentle nos and when he's given a resounding no he loses his temper and gets borderline violent.

I don't think it's any coincidence that the real time seduction of the Ring on a member of the Race of Man is happening with a man who is in every way so commonplace to the men of reality. Tolkien had served in war, he'd seen the varieties of masculinity in all their shapes sizes and personalities. Who can say how many "noble fighting men" like Boromir he'd seen lose their lives some plausibly due to hubris as much as enemy missiles. Boromir is a good man but more accurately he is the perfect representation of a privileged man of our times trying to perform masculinity versus the Aragorns and Faramirs who possess the quiet confidence that they don't require thanks, submission, repayment, or accolades. The "blood of the men of Westernesse" feels like Tolkien's code for "less likely to be an entitled dick" when it comes to the trilogy.

But Boromir in spite of his flaws is still a good man, he's just a mega Chad and that needs to be acknowledged too.

[theworldsoftolkein]

What Makes Boromir So Special? | Lord of the Rings Lore | The Broken Sword

Boromir, Son of Denethor, is 1 of the Fellowships legendary Members. But what made him so special? We look at this today!

[where-our-stories-start]

[crushermyheart]

This just came up on my feed and I just had to share it. It's honestly one of the most beautiful pieces of fan editing I have ever seen in my life, and I'm now sitting here covered in goosebumps and in floods of tears (good tears!). As a life-long Lord of the Rings fan, this edit is everything.

[exercise-of-trust]

*pops up from an irregularly scheduled lotr reread with blood in my teeth* your honor i simply care so much about him

(lagoon nebula photo by judy schmidt, whose astrophotography is, just, so incredibly cool, and you should check out the rest of her work if you like this kind of thing)

[gandalf-the-fool]

[tomcat-tapes]

“What a waste, Army Dreamers”

-Kate Bush

Progress pics

[taxusbaccata6]

[hjbirthdaywishes]

April 17, 2024

Happy 65 Birthday to Sean Bean.

[chevaliermalfets]

The Hunt for Red October (1990) // The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

[whiteladyofithilien]

Faramir and Eowyn Things that give me feels

Faramir teaching her how to read

Eowyn teaching him the speech of the Rohirrim

Their bilingual babies

Eowyn teaching their children riding before they can walk

Faramir reading to them in the womb

Bedtime stories split between tales of Gondor and songs of the Mark

Faramir making sure they know about their brave uncle Boromir

Eowyn taking them to the tomb of Theoden on a trip to see their uncle in Rohan and telling them of their brave grandfather and of his son Theodred who fell before the war

Eowyn and Faramir making sure their children never feel neglected like they had to

The restoration of Ithilien and cleansing of the Morgul Vale

The chance that maybe by the end of their lives a new fair work had replaced Minas Ithil perhaps a garden since no longer was a tower of guard needed

Faramir outliving Eowyn because he is of almost pure Numenorean descent

Naming works started in her life and finished after her death in her honor

Just all the things that they would achieve together and how beautiful they would make the world and how good of parents they would be.

Also Beregond being the most loyal bodyguard ever and probably part time baby sitter and his wife likely becoming the lady in waiting to Eowyn

[theworldsoftolkein]

Boromir The Underrated | Video Insights

[bilbo-babe]

[so-very-small]

i cannot possibly convey the intricacies of my emotions towards that man and whatever neurochemical reaction his presence causes in my brain that makes me need him to be 150 feet tall. im sorry ur gonna have to trust me on this one

[fictionadventurer]

The main thing that the Jackson LotR movies are good for is providing a mental database of detailed visuals, so I don't have to imagine absolutely everything, which frees up my brain to fill in all the details of all the amazing scenes that they didn't bother to include in the movies.

[borom1r]

in a perhaps entirely unsurprising turn of events I acquired new Boromir objects

anyways hello fellow Boromir enjoyers I feel it’s my sworn duty to inform you the Weta mini epics Boromir is currently on sale for $12. instead of $40