Galadriel and the Fellowship

[Keeper of Dol Guldur]

Don't know if I've read the books? That's a very, very, very, very preposterous notion. But you bring a good argument to the bench. Things couldn't have worked out haden't she done what she did. Of course the gifts from Lorien, and the stay, and looking into the mirror all helped vastly, but I only refer to the little mental tricks. She put some of the less knowledgable members of the party on edge. I know a lot of other stuff essential to the defeat of Sauron happened afterwards, only because the Fellowship split, but I was really trying to emphasize her role in Boromir's rash choices. Had he he not questioned himself, he may not have even left the group (neither may Frodo have) and therefore, with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, or even Merry, Pippin or Sam, he may not have even dared to attempt to take it. Maybe those were his intentions, but they started only as ideas, and not long before.

As for Galadriel saying "HE will try to take the ring," it slipped my mind not being in the books, but she implied things to all of the Fellowship.