#lotr boromir

[speerfisch]

I would've followed you my brother.

[velvet4510]

NEW VERSION. :)

[mickies-musical-madness]

Everytime that I remember Boromir's horn of Gondor made even the Balrog pause, I get so sad. Boromir was brave and valiant. His downfall was his care. He wanted the power to protect his people. That and pressures from his father made him fall to the ring's powers, despite his best efforts. He haunts the narrative and it hurts my soul.

[greenlaut]

the four hunters 🗡🌿

extras + rambles below cut

yipeee i finally finished this illustration 🎉🎉

this is my personal take on the hunters gang (we will ignore that boromir died). honestly, i had a lot of fun thinking of the designs.

had to bring back my aragorn with his silly braid and blue hair ribbon. he's a ranger for most of his life, so he'd definitely go for practicality and what he's already familiar with—so no armour nor gambeson. he probably had a small fight with elrond before they left for the quest; where elrond tried to make him swap his gear for better, newer ones and aragorn just adamantly refusing because he's a lot more familiar (and more comfortable) with his own. which is why he's wearing tattered and worn rags. his red tunic is the only new thing he allowed elrond to swap to a new one. boromir definitely got exhasperated and somewhere down the line, he loaned aragorn his pair of arm bracers.

boromir (and faramir's (not featured here)) design changed a lot since the past years. it's a mash-up of both movie!boromir and lore accurate book!boromir. his hair is a lot darker and he has more of a storm blue-grey eyes as a nod towards his elendil ancestry. his clothing is heavily based off the movie. as for his cloak; since he's The son of gondor and denethor's favourite, i think he'd definitely get the fortune of wearing a fur cloak. the clasp has the white tree engraved on it.

gimli is by far my favourite. i always wanted to draw my take of gimli in his regalia. as a dwarven royalty, i think he'd groom his hair and beard really well, and he would've put on a lot of accessories to show his status. but since he's on a quest, he's not fully decked out in jewelries—wearing very practical clothing: gambeson with chainmail underneath. also, i like the dwarven fighting style they did in the hobbit movie where they go around and knock people off with melee. so gimli got hefty arm bracers and knuckle weights to really punch the shit out of some orcs.

for legolas; i think despite being an elf, he has the factors of being (1) mirkwood elf and (2) lowkey autistic coded. so he doesn't dress "like an elf"—not that the company would've known, with how limited their interactions with elves in general already. this meant that he dressed too casually despite going on a life-or-death quest. very light leather armour to support his speed and agility. he's not even wearing boots; just a pair of tree-climbing canvas shoes that he wrapped tightly. god knows how he survived this far. he's mostly a right handed archer—but since he lived for quite a long while, he taught himself to shoot with left hand too for emergencies. since his left hand isn't as stable as his right hand, he has a left-shoulder-pad.

THEY ALL HAVE SCARS because who doesn't get scars when you're literal warriors be fr. legolas' are more faded out though, because he's old as fuck.

close-ups:

fin.

[winwin17]

Are you afraid of Scary Bilbo?

Maybe, but ...

Does it change your view of Bilbo's entire character? Does it make you decide Bilbo is evil and corrupt at heart? Does it cause you to deride Bilbo for greed and selfishness in spite of all his heroic deeds?

No?

Then why do you do that to Boromir?

When Boromir tried to take the Ring from Frodo, it was his equivalent to the "HRRAAGHH!!" Bilbo moment.

Think back to the moment when Bilbo at Rivendell asked Frodo just to see the Ring, and in one fleeting instant Frodo saw, not the Bilbo he knew, but "a little wrinkled creature with a hungry face and bony groping hands." The flash of vision scared Frodo so bad he felt a desire to strike Bilbo. Frodo was terrified.

And then the next moment, Bilbo was himself again. The book itself describes the moment thus: "Bilbo looked quickly at Frodo 's face and passed his hand across his eyes. 'I understand now,' he said. 'Put it away! I am sorry: sorry you have come in for this burden; sorry about everything.'"

My friends, this is not that different from what happened with Boromir. He pressed Frodo to show him the Ring, and then became so intense about it that Frodo was terrified Boromir would take the Ring by force. Just like he'd been terrified of Scary Bilbo. Because, just as that was frighteningly not like the true Bilbo, this action was also not like the true Boromir.

Sadly, Frodo did not get the chance to hear Boromir's repentant apology and weeping once the moment of madness had passed. He got to hear Bilbo say, "I am sorry; sorry about everything!" But he did not get to hear Boromir say, "What have I said? What have I done?" nor his confession to Aragorn, "I tried to take the Ring from Frodo. I am sorry."

And what did Bilbo want the Ring for at that point in his life anyway? What would he do with its power? Get revenge on his petty relatives? Acquire riches and pipe-weed to last a lifetime? On the other hand, Boromir wanted the Ring as a final desperate hope to save his city, his home, his family, and his people. Being of a noble heart, he viewed the Ring as the only possible way to protect and defend others. It could be said that he was somewhat selfish and desired glory of his own through his efforts, but then again, wouldn't it be called selfishness for Bilbo to get revenge on the Sackville-Baggins, or store up wealth and riches for himself, or hoard all the pipe-weed he could want? Perhaps he would have had loftier thoughts and intentions to use it against Sauron - but then that would simply be a twin vision to Boromir's.

The point is, no one loses confidence in the character of Bilbo or his true-heartedness because of that one scary moment when he is almost overcome by lust for the Ring. And yet Boromir gets villainized for the same thing.

Say it with me, folks: "Boromir was no more of a villain in his temporary madness for the Ring than Scary Bilbo was!"

[ashandthebees]

They took the little ones...

If only you could see all the things your little ones would do, son of Gondor, you'd be proud

[wooyoungbf]

pls rb after voting !!

[wormothythejester]

frodo when boromir tries to take the ring vs boromir wondering why tf frodo is scared of him:

[autistook]

ON THIS DAY, JULY 4th

Boromir sets out from Minas Tirith to Rivendell

'Therefore my brother, seeing how desperate was our need, was eager to heed the dream and seek for Imladris; but since the way was full of doubt and danger, I took the journey upon myself. Loth was my father to give me leave, and long have I wandered by roads forgotten, seeking the house of Elrond, of which many had heard, but few knew where it lay.'

[nzmpo]

son of gondor ⚔️

[tired--fangirl]

Everyday I think about how Boromir accepted his death, until he saw Merry and Pippin look scared. He didn't want to die without making sure they were safe. What fucks me up the most is he never got to learn they ended up okay.

[velvet4510]

I just love how Tolkien averted the “jealous brother/brotherly rivals” stereotype with Boromir and Faramir.

Denethor has major “parental preference” issues - he has never made any effort to hide the fact that Boromir is his favorite and he thinks Faramir is mediocre by comparison.

But Faramir never resents Boromir for this, nor does Boromir ever look down on Faramir because of his dad’s views. They unconditionally love and support each other, and know each other’s true worth. Faramir is very aware of Boromir’s shortcomings and is quick to understand his struggle with the Ring, but it doesn’t make him love Boromir any less. And for all his worship of his father, Boromir never agrees with his viewpoint on Faramir and instead sees Faramir’s real value and makes sure to always let him know it.

It’s really beautiful.

[mickies-musical-madness]

Something that stands out to me about Boromir is that he's the only one in the Fellowship, and among the only ones in the rest of the movies, to fight with a shield.

And to me, that distinct fighting style says something about him as a person. He, at his core, wants to protect others.

He always fights to protect! He fights to protect Gondor from Mordor, he fights to protect everyone in Moria, he fights to protect the hobbits. He fights to protect until his final breath, and it's tragic and valiant and haunting.

He is so aware of his mistake only after he made it. He really had just wanted the Ring to protect Gondor. He did want to use it for good. That, as well as his father's pressures and the ring's powers to tempt people, are what caused his fall.

[shire-lady-rozie]

Orc : I have one of your sons!

Aragorn : Which one? We have four.

Orc : Uh— The annoying one, constantly talking and asking about food?

Boromir : …

Aragorn : …

Boromir : Which one? We have four.

[winwin17]

Boromir.

That's it.

I love the man.

If he has zero fans, then I am dead.

[chickentenderx]

the fellowship as things my sister has said:

Aragorn: “What’s an emo hashtag i can use?”

Legolas: “I keep it on video cuz I like looking at myself”

Boromir: *holding one end of a string while someone else holds the other* “it’s like holding hands but without the commitment”

Gimli: “fight me tofu lady!”

Sam: “no bc i AM the best mac and cheese maker”

Frodo: “now i’m properly medicated and accessorized”

Merry: “I may not know what Alaska is, but I know where the gas tanks are”

Pippin: “Wait are humans mammals?”

Gandalf: “Stop being racist they’re obviously all gay”

bonus: the ring: “i’m not just a burrito, i’m a late night taco bell burrito”