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Originally Posted by alatar
The dream has no sender. It's possible that Númenórean blood imparts a sensitivity to the Music. Persons can 'hear' bits and bars of the history of Arda being (re)played out. But, you may say, this dream of Faramir's includes a 'do this' phrase that wouldn't come from just passively receiving the Music (like in Frodo's dreams). However, if the Steward's sons are hearing the Music, and seeing what is to come, they would see that one of the two of them will be 'seeking' Imladris, and so interpret (maybe fuzzily) what they hear as a command.
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If this is the case, I still wonder why the two of them had the word "halfling" in their dream. Just as the word wouldn't seem likely to be in the Gondorian psyche, I have doubts Hobbits were in the Music as known to the Valar (and by proxy, the Eldar and the Númenóreans). It is said in the
Ainulindalë that Eru did not reveal all to the Valar, and I feel Hobbits were one of those "secret" things, mainly because none of the source "authors" of Bilbo's Books of Lore made reference to them.
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Originally Posted by alatar
- The dream has a sender. I believe that Eru or one of the Valar have sent the dream, and earlier posters have made my argument. That said, if there is a sender, do you think that the sender hit his/her/its target? Did the 'intended' brother go north? If so, then why was Faramir so inundated with it? If not, then what does that say about the dream-sending mechanism?
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I think the Sender knew what would happen in advance; that Boromir would insist on going and would get his way. Faramir was naturally more touched by it than his brother because he was more receptive to the idea that Gondor needed help, and the idea of Elendil's sword returning was attuned to his reverence for the past, and hope for the return of the King.
Boromir, on the other hand, wanted only to destroy the immediate threat, Sauron, and wasn't really all that interested in the King coming back. I think he only went to Rivendell because Faramir was set on doing so.