#i miss boromir

[mikubinders]

I looooove ignoring a character's death in the media I like, like what do you mean they're dead no they aren't they are alive and I'm having a cup of tea with them right now :] no I'm not in denial shut up shut up shutupshutupshut

[chevs-and-spiders]

dont talk to him or his sons ever again

[frodo-with-glasses]

Since you want some drawing ideas...

How about Pippin and Merry giving Borormir a Hobbit makeover?

They got Strider to help cut Boromir’s hair. After all, his cuts, short or long, don’t go wrong >:-D

SEND IN YOUR SUGGESTIONS!

[greenlaut]

🌙☆ﾟ°˖* estel

//sindarin (n.) hope

[alixx0608]

My first exposition to Lord of the Rings

Buckle up kiddos, because this is a wild ride.

It's the summer of 2009, I'm 7 and a half, and I go to the Montreal Children's Hospital for surgery, to get a tumour removed in my stomach. After a few hours, everything goes well and I can return home.

For the specification, I am high as fuck on morphine and just wanted to eat cherry popsicles. And then, a genius idea comes into my half-empty mind. I go grab our extended edition of The Lord of the Rings. Now, I'm 7, and I had never watched LotR before, the first movie came out when I was 2 months old. My mother and step-father at the time had never watched it while I was there, as I was aware of, so my eyes were totally new to this. I was intrigued by the green, red and blue "books" in our DVD library.

You may think that I had made my "discovery of a lifetime", and that it changed me. Not at all, I'm high, freshly stitched up and eating cherry popsicles like there's no tomorrow. I blacked out for the majority of the runtime. The hobbits? Thought there was only one. It wasn't Frodo, Sam, Merry or Pippin, there was one hobbit and it was none of them. Remembered Gollum. Boromir was non-existant and so was Gandalf. May have forgotten Gimli, had a few glimpses of Aragorn. But the main attraction (pun may or may not be intended) was Legolas. This man This elf. Oh boy. I don't know how I would have reacted at that time, if it was during The Hobbit era, with the Elf trio™ as Legolas, Tauriel and Thranduil, but I may would have lost my mind. Cried when Haldir died because I thought it was Legolas and got confused when I figured that he was alive and well. I couldn't recognize faces as a kid, still struggle with it today.

What's the moral of the story? Cherry popsicles rock.

[anghraine]

I was talking the other day about how strongly Faramir is associated with Númenor in the book, and thought I’d actually look up his scenes/references to him to see how persistent the association really is. So here are the occasions I found where he either refers to Númenor stuff or is associated with it:

“We of my house are not of the line of Elendil, though the blood of Númenor is in us.”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

“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”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

Before they ate, Faramir and all his men turned and faced west in a moment of silence. Faramir signed to Frodo and Sam that they should do likewise.

“So we always do,” he said, as they sat down: “we look towards Númenor that was, and beyond to Elvenhome that is, and to that which is beyond Elvenhome and will ever be.”

—“Window on the West”

-

“We are a failing people, a springless autumn. The Men of Númenor were settled far and wide on the shores and seaward regions of the Great Lands, but for the most part they fell into evils and follies ... It is not said that evil arts were ever practised in Gondor, or that the Nameless One was ever named in honour there; and the old wisdom and beauty brought out of the West remained long in the realm of the sons of Elendil the Fair, and they linger there still.”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

“Death was ever present [in Gondor], because the Númenoreans still, as they had in their old kingdom, and so lost it, hungered after endless life unchanging.”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

“For so we reckon Men in our lore, calling them the High, or Men of the West, which were Númenoreans ... we too have become more like to them [the Rohirrim], and can scarce claim any longer the title High. We are become Middle Men, of the Twilight, but with memory of other things.”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

“But there you touch upon another point in which we have changed, declining from Númenor to Middle-earth ... For as you may know, if Mithrandir was your companion and you have spoken with Elrond, the Edain, the Fathers of the Númenoreans, fought beside the Elves in the first wars, and were rewarded by the gift of the kingdom in the midst of the Sea, within sight of Elvenhome.”

—Faramir, “Window on the West”

-

“Ah well, sir,” said Sam, “you said my master had an elvish air; and that was good and true. But I can say this: you have an air too, sir, that reminds me of, of—well, Gandalf, of wizards.”

“Maybe,” said Faramir. “Maybe you discern from far away the air of Númenor.”

—“Window on the West”

-

“It is said [of the conquerors of Minas Ithil] that their lords were men of Númenor who had fallen into dark wickedness”

—Faramir, “The Forbidden Pool”

-

“Until that time, or some other time beyond the vision of the Seeing-stones of Númenor, farewell!”

—Faramir, “The Forbidden Pool”

-

“He [Denethor] is not as other men of this time, Pippin, and whatever be his descent from father to son, by some chance the blood of Westernesse runs nearly true in him; as it does in his other son, Faramir”

—Gandalf, “Minas Tirith”

(Sidenote: in Letter 230, Tolkien paraphrases this as a reference to “the curious fact that even in the much less well preserved house of the stewards Denethor had come out as almost purely Númenórean”; i.e., the meaning of the original ROTK passage is not that Denethor and Faramir are almost Númenórean, but that by a quirk of genetics, they’re almost entirely Númenórean)

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Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, but yet also less incalculable and remote: one of the Kings of Men born into a later time

—“The Siege of Gondor”

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“It reminds me of Númenor,” said Faramir, and wondered to hear himself speak.

“Of Númenor?” said Éowyn.

“Yes,” said Faramir, “of the land of Westernesse that foundered, and of the great dark wave climbing over the green lands and above the hills, and coming on, dakrness unescapable. I often dream of it.”

—“The Steward and the King”

[terracyte]

boromir calling the merry and pippin “the little ones”

[erebites]

au where boromir lives and he and aragorn kiss

[melhekhelmurkun]

So here’s how it is in my mind;

Faramir is a trans bisexual (they/he) in a relationship with Eomer (he/him)

Eowyn is a trans ace lesbian (she/her) and hella gay for Arwen, also a lesbian (she/they)

Then there’s Aragorn (he/they) in a relationship with Boromir (he/him) and both of them are ace (Boromir is sex repulsed, Aragorn has no interest)

Legolas (she/they/xe) is with Gimli (any pronoun is fine unless they tell you not to use it)

Was Merry (they/them) ever married? Idk, doesn’t matter, they’re aro/ace now, but Pippin (he/she) is married and I don’t have any ideas for her aside from his pronouns but whatever

Sam (she/her) is in a poly relationship with Frodo (they/them) and Rosie (she/her) and all their children aaaahhh (holy shit there are so many?? I really love how their daughter Goldilocks married Pippin’s son Faramir, and also how Pippin’s son is named Faramir)

Gandalf is... Gandalf. I think we all know what that means. Gayer than the rainbow of Saruman’s robes.

[wilderat]

boromir you will always be famous.........

[shadeswift99]

Hey Shade, would you like a horrific retelling of Ren's pov of the final minutes of Last Life? Bc if you're game for a bit of gore then I wrote something a little bit ago that you'll enjoy

I mean you had me at

But now that I've read the whole thing - EVEN MORE YES

[agirlunderarock]

Dunno if i'm late for the character ask game, but maybe Boromir?

My dude if you're late in asking for this, I'm EVEN LATER in answering this. Not gonna lie I logged into the desktop version just for this I haven't logged on here in ages lol

SO NOW ON TO TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE SIR

BOROMIR

First impression: So Honeslty I was probably introduced to Lord of the Rings via the movies when I was like 7 or 8 maybe even younger. So like I hated Boromir then. He was big, he was mean, and he was picking on a small person with dark hair. I held onto that 8 year old's opinion for a long time, but I sprinkled in power hungry in there when I was like 12 or 13. I didn't like him. He was the bad guy for the first movie I did not care about him. Like sure watching the other characters react to him dying was sad, but I was pretty unphased. I only cared about Legolas then.

Impression now: I love Boromir so damn much. Like okay, I don't think he's a character i'd get along with too well if we had to have a conversation, but I also wouldn't go out of my way to talk so a giant of man like that because I am still short and get intimidated by tall people. Think chihuahua complex. BUT THIS CHARACTER HAS SO MUCH GOING ON!! He's complex and interesting and a flawed person and I feel for this man. Aside from maybe Sam, like Boromir is my favorite. I had so much fun writing that research paper like- *chef's kiss*

Favorite moment: So in the movie when he's working with Merry and Pippin, teaching them to use swords and stuff? Yeah 3000% makes my heart melt every time. In the Book? When he's carrying Hobbits down the mountain. LIke this man just bulldozes his way throught snow, and then comes back to carry the hobbits and I'm soft every time.

Idea for a story: Might be an unpopular one but I would LOVE to see the consequences of him surviving the war, and returning with Aragorn. I just think Boromir and Faramir are really the key to Gondor having a smooth transition of power from the Stewards to Kings again, and I don't think it would have gone nearly as smoothly as we're led to believe. I also just like the idea of Boromir exploring Minas Tirith now that the wars over and not knowing exactly what to do with himself.

Unpopular opinion: I'm not sure if any of my opinions on him are unpopular. I'm not a super fan of shipping him with anyone but like thats just my preference for this character? It has more to do with something I'll get to below

Favorite relationship: So Boromir is a character that hurts me, because yes he is "friends" with the Fellowship, and has friends, but through all the time we see him on screen and in the book its clear he's not as close to others in the fellowship as other members get to be. He actually bonds more with Merry and Pippin and I love that friendship, and what they bring out in each other and the positive things that come out of it for them in the long run.

Favorite headcanon: Boromir is aro/ace and I'll die on that hill. Like I'm sorry this man has so much love in his heart for his friends and his people and his brother. But he's also a little distanced from things. Like He's a giant man with a sword, who better to champion asexuals and aromantics?

[e-louise-bates]

Listening to my husband read aloud Return of the King to our 11yo, and as he goes through the siege of Gondor I once again want to punch Denethor, and then rant at Peter Jackson for portraying Faramir as exactly the weak-spined, pathetic individual Denethor treats him as, and then punch Denethor again for good measure.

Faramir's quiet nobility, his humility, his love for the people of Gondor spilling out onto the rest of Middle Earth, his humor, his kindness, his compassion, his responsibility toward the men under his command, his strength of character and of will ... nope. Nobody cares about those traits! Not Denethor, Steward of Gondor, at least, and apparently not Peter Jackson either.

[iridescentoracle]

so tonight the sibs met the riders of rohan and genuinely i don’t know which is the funniest bit of the conversation

gimli threatening eomer with his axe for insulting galadriel and eomer just being completely [john mulaney voice] “sure, why not, this year is already so goddamn weird”

aragorn adding another entry to his list of “times i heard my fiancee’s grandmother described as an evil witch” which he definitely keeps specifically for the purpose of sharing with either said fiancee or said grandmother

the list isn’t textual i just know in my heart it exists

sauron steals horses from the rohirrim but like, exclusively the ones that fit his color scheme

[chuplayswithfire]

I don't understand why people act like Boromir is hard to understand, he's only hard to understand when you consider his motivation (protecting his entire city and people and family) to be a lesser motivation than that of everyone else. I guess you can consider the importance of protecting an individual city lesser when considering that the destruction of the ring could save the world.

But it's easy to think about saving something as abstract as the whole world when you come from a safe place like the Shire, or when you don't have an attachment to a place, like the Rangers, or when you aren't on the front lines anymore like the elves and dwarves, but Boromir's people are on the front lines. He sees the mortal cost of the war every day. He's spent his entire life in a war zone and preparing for war and believing whole heatedly that any children he had would surely live and likely die with their lives having been spent in a war zone.

Boromir isn't greedy or selfish. Boromir is hyper aware of the danger and hyper aware that they are running out of time, and while the moral of the story is to have hope and always do the hard thing no matter how hard, I think there's a reason it's Frodo, from a land of safety and a background of security, who's the one to do that, and I think it's foolish to believe that Boromir is weak or foolish for living his entire life under the pressure of extreme desperation.

[nautixa]

EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS

it's sad boromir hours