Opinions on Boromir

Well, I happened by here today just by chance. I had a request in my Inbox of someone wanting to use a piece of my art as a forum icon, so naturally I came to check the forum out. And what do I find but a topic on one of my favorite characters, Boromir!

Frankly, I think Boromir is the most misunderstood, unappreciated character from LotR. I've always loved him. He is, in every sense of the word, only human. His mistakes are mistakes any of us could have made. I drew an Oekaki of him (took over seven hours; I used a transparent one-pixel brush) and I posted this along with the picture:

"Of all in the Fellowship, Boromir was the first to crack under the Ring's pressure, but it was not merely some greed of his own that drove him to 't. No, it was far more an act of desperation than greed. Whose lands were being attacked, whose people were dying on the battlefield protecting the lands of all others? For whom was the danger of war most ominous? I tell you it was Boromir. His desire for the Ring was borne more from these circumstances than any ambition for power on his part. I will not deny that he had ambition, and that he would crave such power, but I present to you merely the picture of a great man brought to low deeds by the dangers facing his people."

I think it's true. He was a great man who deserves to be honored. And I registered on this forum just so I could say that. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]