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Nerindel · 05-03-2003, 05:52 AM

As much as I love the character Faramir and feel he should have had more of an important role in the final battle. I fear that if Faramir went with the fellowship he would have suffered the same fate as Boromir after all the first book makes it clear that the hearts of men were weak (even Aragorn feared the ring would corrupt him). we are told in the Silmarillion that the ring had little or no effect on the dwarves and in both the hobbit and Lotrs we see that the hobbits are resilant to the effects of the ring so that leaves Faramir, Aragorn, Gandalf and Legolas for the ring to corrupt. And we know that Aragorn and Gandalf are pivotal figures so they could not be corrupted, legolas was an elf and knew the dangers of the ring so that leaves only Faramir so with long exposure to the ring he too would fall. Fate is a bummer! I know [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

05-03-2003, 05:52 AM	#9
Nerindel Spirited Weaver of Fates Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In an endless sea of dreams! Posts: 827	As much as I love the character Faramir and feel he should have had more of an important role in the final battle. I fear that if Faramir went with the fellowship he would have suffered the same fate as Boromir after all the first book makes it clear that the hearts of men were weak (even Aragorn feared the ring would corrupt him). we are told in the Silmarillion that the ring had little or no effect on the dwarves and in both the hobbit and Lotrs we see that the hobbits are resilant to the effects of the ring so that leaves Faramir, Aragorn, Gandalf and Legolas for the ring to corrupt. And we know that Aragorn and Gandalf are pivotal figures so they could not be corrupted, legolas was an elf and knew the dangers of the ring so that leaves only Faramir so with long exposure to the ring he too would fall. Fate is a bummer! I know [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" ~ Mark Twain.