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Boromir got what he deserved (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Boromir was the only member of the Fellowship who tried to take the ring. He was vain and entitled, believing that he alone, of the Fellowship, was worthy of the ring. He was a thief and a traitor.

Boromir was a Lord of Gondor, and he wanted everyone to know it. "His garments were rich, his cloak was lined with fur, and he had a collar of silver in which a single white stone was set."

Boromir did not redeem himself. He failed to protect Merry and Pippin from the orcs, who wouldn’t have found the hobbits wandering alone if it weren’t for Boromir’s actions in the first place.

Boromir would not have felt remorse or apologised if he had succeeded in taking the ring; he only did because he was caught. His image was so important to him that his “heroic” death was staged to create sympathy and goodwill so that he would not be remembered through the ages as a thief and a traitor.

Boromir got what he deserved.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I mean, that was essentially the point of Boromir's death: the allure of the Ring corrupted him and he became an example for the Fellowship (and the reader) for the insidious power of the One Ring.

The movies gave him a much more pronounced Forlorn Hope scene but Boromir is really meant to embody why it had to be one the most unlikely creatures to succeed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Ring to human: "You will rule all of Middle Earth!"

Ring to hobbit: "You will have...the best gardens covering all Middle Earth? What the fuck is wrong with you??"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The fact the hobbits became invisible and unnoticed when using it is probably no coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It made Isildur invisible too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

embarks in hours long LOTR lore research

Well then. Yes.

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