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deanohgorman:

“Then the boat turned towards me, and stayed its pace, and floated slowly by within my hand’s reach, yet I durst not handle it. It waded deep, as if it were heavily burdened, and it seemed to me as it passed under my gaze that it was almost filled with clear water, from which came the light; and lapped in the water a warrior lay asleep.”


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 ’I have failed.’

’No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ’You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace. Minas Tirith shall not fall!’

     Boromir smiled.

’Which way did they go? Was Frodo there?’ said Aragorn.

     But Boromir did not speak again. 


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mirkwoodling:

lotr 30 day challenge → day 9 → favourite member of the fellowship


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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth ; Fëdor Dostoevskij


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I’ll spread these wings and try to fly And if I fail at least you know I triedI hope that I make you proudEven if I fall

I’ll spread these wings and try to fly 
And if I fail at least you know I tried
I hope that I make you proud
Even if I fall


posted 3 months ago on 6/3/2013 - 907 notes
The problem with Boromir was that he was too empathetic and too kind. He wasn’t an isolationist like the hobbits. He wasn’t the person who was able to push forward for the good of the quest like the others. His only concern was for the safety of other people, and that is why he fell weak to the ring so fast. His heart was too gentle and his mind was trapped in a perpetual state of worry for his people. He was the one on the journey to constantly embrace and protect those who were hurt and sad. He wasn’t able to put the quest first above somebody in distress. He played with Merry and Pippin and brought a sense of warmth and love to the fellowship that died the day he did. He was able to express love and sympathy in a way that the rest of the group was not, because they knew that they HAD to shut it out if they wanted to get the ring to Mordor. Boromir is fucking amazing and does not get enough credit for being the heart of the Fellowship. The tragedy of a cynical mind coupled with a soft heart


The problem with Boromir was that he was too empathetic and too kind. He wasn’t an isolationist like the hobbits. He wasn’t the person who was able to push forward for the good of the quest like the others. His only concern was for the safety of other people, and that is why he fell weak to the ring so fast. His heart was too gentle and his mind was trapped in a perpetual state of worry for his people. He was the one on the journey to constantly embrace and protect those who were hurt and sad. He wasn’t able to put the quest first above somebody in distress. He played with Merry and Pippin and brought a sense of warmth and love to the fellowship that died the day he did. He was able to express love and sympathy in a way that the rest of the group was not, because they knew that they HAD to shut it out if they wanted to get the ring to Mordor. Boromir is fucking amazing and does not get enough credit for being the heart of the Fellowship.

The tragedy of a cynical mind coupled with a soft heart


posted 3 months ago on 28/2/2013 - 4,957 notes

lordofthefeels:

Though at this point Boromir’s upcoming betrayal is beginning to shade everything he does or says, I believe that in this moment he is being nothing but deeply sincere. He is a Captain of Gondor, remember: a leader who cared about the men under him. His approach to Frodo feels abrupt, but how many men has he seen with that blank look in the quiet after death and horror? This feels like something he’d say to one of his soldiers - a quiet word to bring them out from the darkness behind their eyes.

He knows what it means to lose someone you love and having to carry on; he knows what duty feels like across the shoulders and he knows what it is to cling to hope.

Actually, following that, I’ll take it a step further: I think he’s speaking as much to himself as he is to Frodo. Boromir has carried a heavy load for a long, long time: he is a Captain of Gondor, the Steward’s eldest son, the foremost warrior in the long grinding war with Mordor. How many men that he looked up to have died during his life? How hard must it be not to shoulder their deaths along with all of the lives of those still relying on him? How easy would it be to give up on hope in the face of so much wasted-feeling death?

How must the Ring have called to that, as it broke him?


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