Boromir Appreciation!

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)

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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!

Peregrin "Pippin" Took

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Oh Yes! Another pretty hobbit!

But, he is way more complicated than his looks. He is...accident prone. A little silly. Down right lovable. 

And yes, 

he is one of my favorite hobbits. 

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I mean, how can you not love him and his pretty face and his pretty voice. Yes, you are correct to assume he sings like an angel. 

Hence the video below which shows has majestic singing skills.

(Warning: Spoiler Alert. Just saying...)

In the beginning of the movies, he is the comic relief. But he becomes so much more, and I know I wont be able to do him justice, trying to explain how deep he is, SO YOU ARE JUST GOING TO GO AND HAVE TO WATCH THE MOVIES. 

AGAIN.

ok. gosh.

We seriously need more Pippin appreciation. 

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Meriadoc Brandybuck

Merry.

Just Merry.

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He fought in battle with the Riders of Rohan when no one would let him, when no one thought he could fight because he was small. He fought. He proved them wrong.
“All my friends have gone to battle, I would be ashamed to be left behind”- Merry

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...This is short... but there is a reason. (And that reason has nothing to do with favoritism.)
So stay tuned! There will be more!
Pinky promise.

Frodo Baggins

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Frodo Baggins, the main character. He is so pretty. Seriously. LOOK AT HOW PRETTY HE IS!

           

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Could he get any prettier? Why yes,yes he can. The actor is a beautiful beautiful beautiful man as well.
LOOK AT HIS PRETTINESS!!!

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Alright, well now that I have gotten his beauty out of the way (I admit i couldn't think of anything else to say until i had written about his beauty. Because he is so gorgeous.)
But Lord Of The Ring.
Frodo Baggins.
So
He was the chosen one, kinda. See Bilbo (his uncle) "left" him the ring and so then it was Frodo's to have and do as he wished too. SO you could say that was fate. destiny. But once Gandalf explained how dangerous the ring was he didn't want it, he tried to give it to Gandalf. Even in Rivendell he was willing to give up the ring, but he saw how the ring affected everyone, some wanted to try to use the ring's power (stupid.) and others fought over who should destroy it: Elves and Dwarves don't trust each other and no one trusts men because they are too easily corrupted. So Frodo was so courageous, he sacrificed himself to be the ring barer. The ring will destroy him. It is inevitable. But he is able to resist it, for so long, but towards the end the ring just ruins him. And you can see that, and that is why I get so upset when people hate on Frodo. People forget that the ring is taking him over, people forget that and they just hate on Frodo.
Frodo is so brave.
Frodo sacrificed himself for everyone.
So many people wont understand his burden.

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And just to add to everything, to remind you that he is human and adorable and such, here is this video :)

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Go now and watch the Lord of The Ring, go now and read the books.
Believe in Frodo.
Believe
In
Frodo.

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I MISSED JRR TOLKIEN DAY

I am so sorry,

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seriously though,
I am seriously ashamed I forgot to make a post about this. I had been so excited,
I didn't forget the day though.
I celebrated by watching The Lord Of The Ring and re-blogging The Hobbit all over tumblr.

But I forgot.

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So i am going to try to make this awesome.

by the way, JRR Tolkien day was January 3, just in case you were wondering.

Well, to belatedly celebrate I thought we could nostalgically go over the members of the Fellowship of the Ring. Nostalgically because, and i think i can speak for everyone who as seen the movies and/or read the book, that these characters are apart of us.

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SO, over the next few Lord Of The Ring themed posts I hope you enjoy these characters as much as I do and maybe you will even cry over them and love them as much as I do.