Woah, so I know that it has been a long time, but when I make a promise I keep it. So this is the continuation of The Fellowship of the Ring Posts! We are bringing it back with Boromir, and I am not writing his appreciation post, my friend Choisser is! I asked Choisser to be a guest on my blog, he is a fellow geek and an out spoken Lord of the Rings junkie. So if you like his style, his fancy grammar, and what he has to say: leave a comment!
Alright, lets do this!
(Oh and I added the gifs)
He is Boromir… the meme, the man, the legend. I’m sure everyone who’s anyone knows at least who Boromir is. The first son of Denethor II, Steward and ruler of Gondor, he is heir to the greatest kingdom of men. To his comrades he is known as the Captain of the White Tower and a hero among mortal men. It must be said that there is nothing that Boromir would not do for the good of his realm. I daresay though, his understanding of the great powers of Middle Earth is hindered by his naivety. However, his greatest downfall is his intractable honour.
Some might
argue that it was his ignorance of the Ring’s power that doomed him. But in
reality, the Ring has a luring desire to all beings; there is no way Boromir
would not have been tantalized by the Ring. For god’s sake Gandalf was! No… the
Ring finds your greatest weakness (or strength) and uses it against you. For
that reason, Boromir was incapable of seeing anything more noble than using the
Ring to defeat the Dark Lord and the forces of Mordor. It truly was his
singular desire to do the honourable thing that allowed it to take hold of him.
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Only the very greatest of the human, elven, dwarven and other races can withstand the Rings grasp. Although it is true that Boromir was redoubtable as a foe, and he made the long journey to the Council of Elrond (the second half on foot), he was not supreme in his heart. Like his father, and unlike his brother Faramir, he was destined to succumb to the Rings evil lust.
In reality,
the Ring draws out the darkest qualities in any beholder. That’s why we only
saw Boromir act as a greedy thief in the end of “The Fellowship of the Ring”.
He was a dutiful man with very few shortcomings, but in a quest of such grave
peril, “almost” is not enough. The greatest redemption for Boromir is his
honest repentance that we see when he ‘weeps for what he has done’. And no more
honourable a death could have suited Boromir as he battled to save Merry and
Pippin from the Orcs.
I may not
have loved what Boromir did near the end of his life, but his uncompromising
support for his younger brother in the face of distain from their father truly
makes him a great man. His honour and common sense prove him to be invaluable
to the Fellowship, and I believe that his best qualities outweigh any of his
shortcomings.
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So, again, just reminding you, that if you liked having Choisser as a guest blogger then just leave a comment!
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