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there really is nothing like seeing Lord of the Rings on the big screen again 💕
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Bay-beeeeee~~~~
Spoiler alert: I wept when Boromir died because that scene hits hard Every. Single. Time.
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sirgnomethegiant · 8 months
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Watching people go from disliking Boromir to crying over him by the end of the movie
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ancientbread · 2 years
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Nonono the thing is. Boromir doesn’t WANT power. He doesn’t hate Aragorn because he wants to be king of Gondor; he resents Aragorn because for his entire life Boromir has borne the weight of keeping Gondor safe against increasingly hopeless odds. And he loves Gondor so even though he can see no hope he continues to fight to protect it. And all the while somewhere there is a “rightful king” who, from Boromir’s perspective, has shirked this duty in favor of his own interests even as Gondor is suffering. It isn’t that Boromir thinks he deserves the crown, it’s that he does not want to entrust the city and the people that are everything to him to a man who has never prioritized them.
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isildur-apologist · 1 year
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“Boromir”
Acrylic on canvas board, 2022
Pose referenced from @gay-pippin
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frodolives · 1 year
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Boromir was actually spitting facts at the Council of Elrond not gonna lie
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Inktober day 29 “Shoes” - “Merry! I’m from Gondor now!”
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lotrfics · 4 years
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I won’t lie and say that I have never disliked Boromir, because I actually once have, but then I started to like him and now any one shots/imagines/stories that clearly make Boromir the bad guy infuriates me to no end and I end up abandoning said story afterwards
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Boromir is such a good and caring brother to his EXTREMELY AMAZING AND WORTHY little brother Faramir and im not crying you are
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teamhawkeye · 3 years
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List of characters I will defend until I die: 1. Boromir of Gondor. That’s it. That’s the list
and you are the most valid person alive for it
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Boromir for the character ask?
Yessssss my man! Boromir my love!
First impression
First, first impression when I was like 11 and in theatres seeing LOTR for the first time? I couldn't tell him apart from Aragorn lol - it was two white dudes with the same hair cut and facial hair!
More serious note, like most, when I was young, I found him a bit unnerving and even frightening. Then it shifted to no strong opinion either way and now, obviously, that's vastly different.
Impression now
Love him so much. The older I get the more I sympathise with him and what he was going through. All he had on his shoulders and the stresses of his position and the expectations his people had of him to be their stalwart defender against Sauron. Let alone the whole Family Dynamic.
He is a complex, wholly imperfect person and I really appreciate that about him.
Favorite moment
In the movies I'm torn between the bit where he's teaching Merry and Pippin how to sword fight and every Fraught Conversation He Ever Had With Aragorn (there were so many).
In the books I love his response to the Balrog being: I'm Gonna Fight it.
Gandalf: We're not fighting it.
Aragorn: No, he's right, we should fight it.
Boromir: drawing my sword! it's gonna happen!
Idea for a story
Not sure I have one off hand - obviously every iteration of Boromir Lives is a godsend to us poor mortals.
ahufflepuffhobbit will know where this came from lol - but I am enamoured with a story idea of Boromir and Aragorn and Eowyn being a power couple.
Boromir lives, somehow. Schematics aren't important. Comes to Rohan, so Eowyn is like: Oh Wow Yes. Both of these men are A+
And obviously Boromir would be like "yeah girl you kill that orc. I'll hold your mead." Aragorn would be like, "the two people I love are MANIACS who enable each other."
Anyway, let Eowyn be queen of Gondor!! She deserves it and two hot husbands!!
Unpopular opinion
Not an evil or bad man? He has nothing to atone for?
idk - I'm not sure I have one when it comes to Boromir. There are people who don't like him, but my general opinions and read of the man aren't super out of the ballpark.
Is my opinion that Tolkien undermined his own narrative purpose about love etc. by killing Boromir unpopular?
(My one like, "yeah I get it and think it's important to the story," is that Boromir's death shows the reality of the great danger they are all in and that no one is coming out of this unscathed and he represents those who went to war and didn't come home. All those sons and brothers for whom people buried empty coffins. It's an important role that is needed in the story. But Tolkien, stop killing off only people who have "done wrong".)
Favorite relationship
Merry and Pippin, obviously. The three of them have a fantastic dynamic and clearly they need to hang out together more often.
I also love the complexity and manifold layers of his relationship with Aragorn and we were robbed by Tolkien in not having a chance to see how that would have unfolded over the course of the books.
Because there is Boromir before some of the dire, insane shit the Fellowship went through together and Boromir after - and I wish we got to see that and how it impacted/informed/changed his relationships with people.
Favorite headcanon
He and Gimli are Bros! The only reason I didn't have this as "favourite relationship" (because it is), is because it's not strictly speaking canon.
But yeah, I headcanon that they bonded super quickly during the Fellowship and are just absolute besties. Boromir is best man at Gimli's wedding to Legolas. It's all great for everyone
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lady-of-the-spirit · 5 years
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*when someone blames a character for something they were manipulated into doing and/or shouldn't be blamed for*
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*when someone someone blames a character for something they were manipulated into doing and/or shouldn't be blamed for while also NOT blaming the character who was manipulating them*
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ode-to-fury · 3 years
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I Have Some Merch Ideas!!!
So I was going through etsy the pther day cause I was bored and I was discouraged by the amount of merch there was for harry potter and lack of merch for my other fantasy fandoms so I came up with these, and I hope this reaches the niche group of people it needs to.
Cosmere Merch:
A shirt showing your favourite Shard: “Team Honor” “Team Ruin” “Team Autonomy”
In the same vein: “Straight Outta Elendel” “Straight Outta Kholinar” “Straight Offa Nalthis”
Various metal symbols/allomancy symbols
A bowler hat + 2 crossed sterrions beneath
Highprincedom colour + glyphs
Nightblood... just Nightblood
Tiny glyph of a Radiant order on the left shoulder
OR all ten glyphs running down the left sleeve
All of Vasher’s different names but in the style of those band shirts where its all the members’ first names with “and” in between, you know the ones?
Pathian earring
Survivorist merch but like in the christian youth group style
“Kelsier’s plan:
Step 1: Cheat Death
Step 2: Punch God
Kelsier vs Hoid but like in the style of wrestling mach merch
A little figure of Adolin holding Maya in Shardblade form on the left breast like really tiny
“I simp for Kaladin Stormblessed”
A little figure of Vin holding a Koloss sword in the same style as the Adolin one
Any of the chapter header images in Stormlight Archive
“There’s always another secret” but really tiny
“Where’s Hoid?” And every shirt has a different planetary system on it
Anything in Spooks dialect
Single? Taken? Enough emotional trauma to bond a spren✔️
Tourist shirt for Shadesmar, the Honorspren stronghold, the Reacher boats
Actually just tourist shirts for all locations, Kholinar, Thaylen City, Hearthstone, Urithiru, Elendel, The Roughs, Nalthis honestly I just need more tourist shirts for fictional places
“Swordy Fellow” “Spearish Chap” “Axalascious Bloke”
A little stormcloud + rain + “Kaladin Stormblessed” underneath on the left breast
OR a little sun in the same place with Adolin Kholin under it
Little straw man/Squirrel with “my Life to yours, my Breath become yours”
“Wit is an Asshole”
“Whitespine Uncaged” like a movie shirt or wrestling match shirt
“Brandon Sanderson recovery group member”
“Steris Harms fanclub president”
The Gentlemen Bastards
A shirt with a little bird on the left breast and “Nice bird asshole” under it
Christian youth group style shirts for the order of Perellandro
“I only steal [insert absurd reason here]” and then “LIAR!” or “BASTARD!” on the back
“The Wicked Sisters” with two hatchetts tiny or big
“Teeth Show” commemorative merch
“Straight Outta Camorr”
“Gentleman Bastard” and then underneath “Richer and cleverer than everyone else”
“The lies of Locke Lamoron”
Kings of the Wyld
“Clay ‘slowhand’ Cooper” with a shield
“Golden Gabe” with a sword
“Arcandius Moog” with a crystal ball
“Matrick Skulldrummer” with two knives and a crown
“Ganelon” with an axe
Clay+Gabe+Moog+Matrick+Ganelon you know those shirts?
“Saga” but like a band shirt
Owlbear... just an owlbear
Terry Pratchett/Discworld merch
A little Luggage embroidery on the chest
A turtle on the chest with “The Turtle moves” underneath
“Sodomy non Sapiens”
A tiny Granny Weatherwax hat
A tiny Watch badge, with or without Lilac
A dragon sanctuary shirt
Unseen University hoodies
A juggling Vetenari
“Corporal Nobbs defense squad”
“Reg Shoe support squad”
Any Bernie/Trump shirt but with Vetenari
A little turtle +any of Ohm’s curses
Pterry’s hat (:()
A wanted poster of Greebo
“Republic of Treacle Mine Rd”
CMOT Dibbler’s pies shirt
“The mortifying Ordeal of being Rincewind” with a little running Rincewind
Lotr
“Boromir defense squad captain/support squad captain”
JR^2T
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colordrifter · 6 years
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yOU GOT SOME SHIT TO SAY, SAY IT TO MY FACE!!!!!!!!!! /I/ HAVENT READ THE SILM, SO YES, YOU ARE THE BIGGER TOLKIEN NERD
Yes but /I/ don’t fight people with knives over Aragorn/Boromir. I just fight people with knives over Boromir.
Also I shoulda amended that tag to “lotr nerd” instead. Shush about me tracing back Aragorn’s bloodline in sixth grade because I wanted revel in his ~right~ to inherit Gondor’s throne.
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lotrfics · 4 years
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I can't see Boromir as a bad guy...he's human and every human can make mistakes! He just wants to help his land, but don't know exactly how to do it. Galadriel messed up with his had (not in purpose, but...). And I totally agree with you when it comes to Kili and Tauriel, it can be physical attraction, but not love, because love takes time and they barely got a proper conversation.
Boromir is more human than Book!Faramir, HIS OWN BROTHER, and Book!Aragorn.
Book!Faramir is apparently the ultimate “can do never wrong” character. I heard he was completely resilient to the Ring to the point it seemed like he was immune to it, which destroys the point of the Ring.
Book!Aragorn, on the other hand, is apparently excited and eager to become king. Let’s be honest, nobody in real life wants a king/queen who knows they want power and wants to rule, and take their chance once they get it.
The point of the Ring is to corrupt anyone that gets its hand nearby the Ring. Faramir showing to be resilient like it was nothing contradicts its purpose. Even Sam, the most beloved character in the fandom, who you all call underrated but clearly isn’t, was hesitating when Frodo demanded him to return the ring to him. Y’all just love to make Sam a god.
Gandalf is shown to be easily guilt tripped by Frodo, he could’ve been had Frodo nagged him one more time. Frodo did not beg him to take the ring twice, BUT THREE TIMES. He is lucky that Frodo did not nag him the fourth time, and he as a wizard has the ability to easily resist it at the moment, and knew to not desire the ring.
Galadriel was lucky she had her powers to scare off the powers of the Ring at that moment when Frodo offered it to her. She admitted her heart always desired it. Something had her back to not take it.
I will go as far as to say if Legolas desired the Ring the way Galadriel did, he would’ve done more harm to Frodo than Boromir did. Defend your pretty elf prince all you want by saying he would resist it well if he wanted it, but the only thing he has is his bow and arrows. That won’t save him, what the fuck is he gonna do, shoot at the Ring? Don’t be silly.
This is where Boromir comes in. As you stated, he is human. Just like us. Fantasize all you want and be an elf or whatever in your imagination, I get it, but in the end, you’re a human. You are like Boromir, Faramir, Eomer and Eowyn, but NOT Legolas, Frodo, Kili.
As humans, we all fuck up. One way or another. Even if we mess up badly, we still make mistakes and it is inevitable, no matter how much you try to be a little more perfect. Guess what, you won’t ever be. I’m not perfect, I’m not the most likeable writer in Tumblr, I can be incredibly snarky towards some characters.
Boromir messed up by not taking the advice of others. Everyone clearly said during the council that the One Ring answers to Sauron alone. I’d like to think Faramir even told his brother he can’t take the Ring to Gondor which was his plan.
He was very prideful, that was a flaw of his. He thought he was always right, as shown by not listening to anyone else. He thought bringing the Ring to Gondor would save his people. Clearly it wouldn’t, but because he desired the Ring, it corrupted his mind and lead him to believe it would. Remember the Ring corrupts.
HE EVEN CARED FOR FRODO. HE MAY HAVE MADE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE DURING THE JOURNEY, BUT DID YOU SEE HOW EMOTIONAL HE WAS WHEN HE FINALLY SNAPPED OUT WHILE FRODO WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM???
He genuinely cared for his people. It’s what drove him to desire the Ring. It’s what led him to join the Fellowship. You don’t have to like him. I respect your opinion if you don’t. What I want everyone to do is respect Boromir as a person and character as a whole.
About the Kili and Tauriel thing, there is nothing wrong for either of them to have a crush on the other. We should not shit on them for finding each other attractive. However falling in love after a conversation with Kili in the cell is ridiculous.
“What you feel for that dwarf... is not real.”
I wished it wasn’t real. It wouldn’t be in real life. No such thing as love at first sight. But whoever was in charge of the storyline for the movie adaptation of The Hobbit was clearly on drugs. They want people to think you can fall in love after one conversation.
Romeo and Juliet is a good story, I liked it when I first read it, but it should not be taken seriously.
Thank you for sending this in. This is also long, so whoever read this entire thing, good for you.
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