Faramir or Boromir? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dark Shadow · 02-17-2003, 01:40 PM

I think Faramir would make a better leader. He seems to have more wisdom and better judgement than his brother. And you can really see how much the people of Gondor love him. Take Beregond for example. He sees Faramir returning from Osgiliath, followed by the witch king, and he races out to help. Then later on, when Denethor is going to burn himself along with Faramir, Beregond slays Denethor's servants to save Faramir, losing his place on the guard. However, Boromir was the more heroic of the two, so I suppose if you look for heroism in a ruler then he would have made a better one. Actually, I think perhaps Boromir would have made the perfect, heroic leader, and Faramir would have made a good conseler, but then again, the people of GOndor might have prefered Faramir as a ruler. I don't know actually. Both have good qualities.

02-17-2003, 01:40 PM	#1
Dark Shadow Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Someplace in Middle Earth Posts: 130	I think Faramir would make a better leader. He seems to have more wisdom and better judgement than his brother. And you can really see how much the people of Gondor love him. Take Beregond for example. He sees Faramir returning from Osgiliath, followed by the witch king, and he races out to help. Then later on, when Denethor is going to burn himself along with Faramir, Beregond slays Denethor's servants to save Faramir, losing his place on the guard. However, Boromir was the more heroic of the two, so I suppose if you look for heroism in a ruler then he would have made a better one. Actually, I think perhaps Boromir would have made the perfect, heroic leader, and Faramir would have made a good conseler, but then again, the people of GOndor might have prefered Faramir as a ruler. I don't know actually. Both have good qualities.