boromir

living-in-pemberley:

“ Boromir in the White Mountains ” by Donato Giancola

From the artist’s website: “It is easy to characterize Boromir as simple and headstrong, but here he is depicted as a proud man divided by his duties as son, royal protector and royal emissary. Possessing great courage, he lacked the inherent wisdom of Westernesse which ran truer in his brother Faramir. Boromir was never a villain, but was in some ways the most human of Tolkien’s characters, constantly at battle between duty and morality, a figure of Shakespearean tragedy.”

shannibal-cannibal:

dumbkili:

boromir asking gimli about erebor and being genuinely interested in the ensuing two hour conversation

boromir answering legolas when he has questions about mortal life, describing the process of aging, and assuring legolas that it’s not as bad as it seems

boromir letting merry and pip lecture him about pipe weed and tea kettles

boromir being more than just the man who succumbed to the ring

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maggieblueberry:

lecterings:

But you will not see that.

#sobbing #because though aragorn was the divinely-chosen king descendent from the line of kings #boromir was the one who had grown to manhood among his people; grown up defending and loving them #to him they were not just a faceless mass waiting to be led #or helpless children in the face of the power of the east #they were the warriors that fought beside him and the women that sold their goods in the market and his brother and his father #the houses of healing and the white tree #everything boromir was or ever hoped to be was inextricably bound to gondor; to minas tirith #and here was this elf-raised numenorean who not only was rightful heir to the throne boromir thought defunct #but did not even have the decency to respect and care for the people he would be ruling from it #of course boromir is angry #of course he tries to make aragorn see #boromir you are my favorite until the end of time #the fleeting voice of falliable humanity amid a narrative of gods and heroes#humanity that loves and humanity that falls #ack (via notbecauseofvictories)

littlefindsforgot:

ladyhistory:

hobbitbutt:

CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT AND IMAGINE WHAT AN AWESOME DAD BOROMIR WOULD HAVE MADE

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???

He would have made an awesome uncle to Faramir and Eowyn’s kids too.