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Except that he was always running off with his buddies to that d*mn Forbidden Pool.
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We all think Faramir is perfect, because, in the books, he has the wit to let Frodo go, instead of claiming the Ring for himself.
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01-29-2003, 03:11 AM | #43 |
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And he was described as wise in lore, and though a strong and valiant fighter he did not love war for its own sake. Frodo noticed his nobility, an inheritance from Numenor. Through the chapters from Minas Tirith it is clear that he is highly praised and beloved by all people.
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Yeah, it seems that everybody loves Faramir.
I can only remember one exception: his own father Denethor
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I think Denethor loved both his sons dearly, but his mind was crooked by Sauron's power and he was devastated by the loss of Boromir.
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Somewhere I've read that the names Faramir and Boromir can be translated and they have a special meaning. I don't know the exact meaning but it was something like
Boromir - beloved son Faramir - not beloved son (it were not these words, but something like that).
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This is what I found in the Encyclopedia of Arda:
The -mir ending of Faramir's name is almost certainly 'jewel' or 'precious thing', but Fara- is much more difficult to translate. The Elvish root far- means 'sufficient' or 'adequate', so it may be that the brothers Boromir and Faramir have names related to their father's attitude toward them. As Denethor's favourite son, Boromir was perhaps the 'faithful jewel', while the less favoured Faramir was merely the 'sufficient jewel'. These speculations, of course, belong to the realm of guesswork, since Tolkien makes no definitive statement about the names' origins. I wonder, would Pippin had named his son Faramir if he knew the exact etymoligical meaning of the name? Quote:
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That's what I was talking of. Is the name of Pippins son Faramir? I didn't remember that.
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Éowyn had seldom been happy all her life, after all, what with her parents dying young and having to watch Théoden's decline and then that nasty GrÃ*ma's eying her all the time. Yech. Also, she'd "gotten it out of her system" in a powerful way, with the assistance of Merry slaying the Witch-King of Angmar himself. I think she was delighted to have peace, a home, a family, a beautiful and secure and peaceful land and yet with access to Rohan, where she was sister of the King, any time. Nice! She probably ended up as the gardening editor for Southern Living. And Faramir, the loving son of harsh Denethor and adoring younger brother of big Boromir, was pliable, too, I'll bet. There's this one section where they're talking, and Éowyn gets a little imperious (forget the exact words, something along the lines of "let's not play games here!"). Reading that, I thought, Faramir's going to love her. She would have gotten her way all the time in Ithilien. Yet Faramir would also have worked around her as gently and persistently as he did with Frodo. Now there's another good book waiting to be written!
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A book about Faramir and Eowyn?
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Every day I'm thinking of the fact what great stories Tolkien could have wrote if he only lived longer. Everything would be clearer now and there would maybe even more stories. Wow. That would have been great, but now, that he's dead, we can only dream of have more books.
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I should think they will die at the same time do to the fact they are now of the same race
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But there may be another part of the Trail or even of the Moot devoted to works of the Mooters -- seems I saw something about that at the home page once. If so, maybe you would feel more comfortable posting it there? (If so, let us know, so we can check it out!)
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I'll see where I post it and then I'll announce it. Hahaha.
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I have just come to the conclusion that Denethor had issues. Huge, massive issues. That is all.
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