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Jun. 21st, 2025 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
between_time_and_42uhhhhhhh it's been a while and I swear, I haven't just been fixating on LOTR all this time after I read the books earlier this year, but I do think this is a good place to share any thoughts I have on that series, rather than on my tumblr blog, because I've already done so much blogging about it on here. So here's a thought I just had:
If you're a fan who can accept that Boromir did nothing wrong and that it wasn't his fault he was overcome with temptation by the Ring, and if you can have empathy with him for that, then you MUST be willing to accept that characters like Faramir and Sam, the first of whom claimed that he would never be tempted by the Ring and the second of whom gave it up willingly when he had to carry it in Frodo's place, are just as susceptible to its influence as Boromir was, despite what they say and how they think. And you HAVE to be okay with that. I don't care if you think they're these great, noble figures who can do no wrong. They're not. I truly believe that while some may hold out longer than others, NO ONE can withstand the Ring's influence, and it doesn't make you a bad or worse person if you fall under its spell. Okay. That's all I have to say.
If you're a fan who can accept that Boromir did nothing wrong and that it wasn't his fault he was overcome with temptation by the Ring, and if you can have empathy with him for that, then you MUST be willing to accept that characters like Faramir and Sam, the first of whom claimed that he would never be tempted by the Ring and the second of whom gave it up willingly when he had to carry it in Frodo's place, are just as susceptible to its influence as Boromir was, despite what they say and how they think. And you HAVE to be okay with that. I don't care if you think they're these great, noble figures who can do no wrong. They're not. I truly believe that while some may hold out longer than others, NO ONE can withstand the Ring's influence, and it doesn't make you a bad or worse person if you fall under its spell. Okay. That's all I have to say.
