You Should Have Died Instead: Difference between revisions

*** His wording in the book is "Yes, I wish that indeed, for Boromir was loyal to me and no wizard's pupil... He would have brought me a mighty gift.". At least in the film, he hesitates to say this to Faramir, and his voice trembles. In the book he has no such hesitation. The full line is in the deleted scenes.

*** Note that, buried in the Council of Elrond scene in the book, Boromir explains that it was Faramir who had the [[Dreaming of Things to Come|dream]], and that Boromir followed the vision because Faramir was... not so ruggedly heroic as his brother. Leading to Denethor being actually rather justified in saying that Faramir "should've" been the one to die as he was the one being called. But on the flip side, Faramir shows exceptional resistance to the ring's temptations. How far would the Fellowship have gotten, if it had been Faramir and not Boromir who went along?

** The others would have chosen death over betrayal, so yes, Sirius' attitude is very much justified. (All the more seeing how he's had to carry the guilt of suggesting Wormtail be the Secret-Keeper needed for the Fidelius charm to work.)

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Catelyn Stark's greatest moment of bitchiness in ''A Game of Thrones'' has her throwing this at Jon. Though the character at question wasn't dead just yet.