| Boromir Returns |
Spoiler Alert! |
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Back
in 2001, like
millions of
others I went
to the cinema
to watch Peter
Jackson's The
Lord of the
Rings. The
Fellowship of
the Ring.
I had read the
books in the
mid-1980s but
had forgotten
virtually the
entire plot. I
remembered
that some guy
with a broken
sword appeared
in it, there
was the ring,
and little
else. I was
enthralled by
the film and
even more so
when Sean Bean
suddenly
appeared. A
pleasant
surprise for
me.
Immediately,
Boromir became
my favourite
character and
the events
that followed
confirmed my
preference.
But no! He
dies! - I went
to the cinema
five times to
see that film
and watched
the DVD
countless
times. What I
call the
‘Boromir
Edition’, i.e.
starting only
when Boromir
arrives in
Rivendell. And
I reread the
books.
I did not
want Boromir to be
dead, so I did what
fanfiction writers do,
I brought him back
from the dead. - As
did a very good friend
of mine in her story Boromir’s Return.
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| I stopped writing at this point.
Too long! Was Sarelas just a Mary Sue? But I
wrote scenes that happen later in the story,
both before and after I stopped writing the
story chronologically. Including a piece that
would fit more in a sequel than in ‘Boromir
Returns’. Here they are: text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text. Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Denethor Speaks his Mind |
| Siriawen, daughter of Sarelas and
Boromir - a Fragment |
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