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The possibilities widen here because there would be a good chance that Faramir wouldn't of tried to take the Ring from Frodo.
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I wouldn't necessarily say that, this is my view. Faramir was able to refuse the ring for a lot of reasons in my mind, he was wiser, he learned from Boromir's mistake...etc. But, we have Faramir who tells Frodo "I don't want to see it, I don't want to hear about it, if it was lying on the road I wouldn't stop to pick it up." I believe if Faramir was thrown into the Council, instead of Boromir, he would have succumbed to it, just like Boromir. Boromir had to live for months, travelling with this little hobbit, who he thinks shouldn't have the ring, and it eats away at him, he has full knowledge about the ring, and he have to live with it for months, finally he breaks. Faramir, only a matter of days he is with the ring, plus he doesn't get to see it the way Boromir does, Boromir saw the ring at the Council, and it just consumed his mind, Faramir never saw it, he said he doesn't wish to see it, and never wants to see it. So, I think if he was stuck in Boromir's situation he too would have fallen to the ring, but that's just my opinion.
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I think Frodo would have met Boromir in Ithilien, Boromir would have taken the Ring to Denethor, and the War would have been lost.
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You could argue that if it wasn't for Boromir trying to take the ring back at Amon Hen, the War would have been lost. If Boromir hadn't of flipped out on Frodo, Frodo would have never realized how the ring was effecting the Fellowship. Boromir was only the first of the Fellowship to succumb to the ring, and if Frodo stayed with the Fellowship, others would have fallen next. Eventually, everyone would have fallen. Boromir made Frodo realize the ring was tearing the Fellowship apart, and he had to leave before other members became a "Boromir."