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[fajrdrako]

Yo msilverstar:






Wishing you a wonderful day and a marvellous year of good books, good friends, good stories and good friends.

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[msilverstar]

:-D Thank you sweetie!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, Birthday Queen!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Any friend of Boromir's is a friend of mine!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Friend of Boromir's - ah, if only I could make such a claim! Hanging out in the plazas of Minas Tirith having a good time with the Gondorians... I fear I am hardly worthy to shine Boromir's horse-harness. But. My admiration is great.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Pretty picture! Much as I imagine my boy...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ooh, definitely a pretty picture. You can imagine how I really enjoyed doing the research for this particular birthday greeting.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Indeed!
This is my favourite of him:

It's just so... well, I regard it as my definitive "played by" image!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Definitely a good one! But seriously... are there bad pictures of Boromir? There might be, but I don't think I found any.

(Searching for pictures of Richard Sharpe is kind of fun, too.)

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

But seriously... are there bad pictures of Boromir?

Some of the pictures of him wounded are rather distressing. But my h/c complex kicks in, and I want to rescue him!

(Searching for pictures of Richard Sharpe is kind of fun, too.)

Sharpe? - Not for me. Blonds have to be mediæval-esque... ;-D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Too bad we can't rescue all the wounded, heroic souls. Even if Boromir was a fallen hero who redeemed himself by dying for his friends.

I love Sharpe's era and Sharpe too; but it's a shame the stories aren't better.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Too bad we can't rescue all the wounded, heroic souls. Even if Boromir was a fallen hero who redeemed himself by dying for his friends.

Yes! I still wanted to rescue and care for him!
(My imagination has a first-rate virtual hospital in it...)

I love Sharpe's era and Sharpe too; but it's a shame the stories aren't better.

I found it got very formulaic - a problem when a writer churns out so many books in a series, and Cornwell's hang-ups about class. I gave up watching after Sharpe's first wife Teresa was killed off: I fancied her far more than him.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

(My imagination has a first-rate virtual hospital in it...)

I thought the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith were very cool and would have liked to have seen Boromir lying there, to be revived by the healing kingly touch of Aragorn the King. But that fate was reserved for Faramir. Lucky for Faramir.

Yes, the formulaic nature of the Sharpe stories was their downfall. Very predictable, after a while, and stuck in certain grooves that were to the detriment of the saga - the classism (or reverse classism) being part of it. Teresa was indeed very fanciable, one of the best characters in the show, and nicely beyond the stereotyping that other characters received.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I thought the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith were very cool and would have liked to have seen Boromir lying there, to be revived by the healing kingly touch of Aragorn the King.

I'd have liked him to get taken back to Lothlorien. Why did Galadriel give him a valuable gold belt if she knew, as she must have done...? (I'd like to think she had designs on him...!)

Yes, the formulaic nature of the Sharpe stories was their downfall. Very predictable, after a while, and stuck in certain grooves that were to the detriment of the saga - the classism (or reverse classism) being part of it.

The inverted snobbery was tiresome and anachronistic. syntinen_laulu has done Peninsular War re-enactment, and she's very astute on the subject of Sharpe. It wasn't above denigrating real-life characters, too.

Teresa was indeed very fanciable, one of the best characters in the show, and nicely beyond the stereotyping that other characters received.

Yes. Without her, I lost interest in it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Why did Galadriel give him a valuable gold belt if she knew, as she must have done...?

I think the Elves' knowledge of the future was incomplete, though greater than any Man's.

(I'd like to think she had designs on him...!)

I like that theory. Celeborn was not exactly impressive.

The inverted snobbery was tiresome and anachronistic.

Not to mention, stupid and annoying!

It wasn't above denigrating real-life characters, too.

Though I did like Wellington.

Without her, I lost interest in it.

I'm not sure I've seen all the episodes even yet. I didn't see them in order.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I like that theory. Celeborn was not exactly impressive.

And while human-Elf relationships are rare, her son-in-law had human blood, and her grand-daughter ends up with Aragorn.

Movie-Celeborn is the same actor who played Guy in Kingdom of Heaven!

I like the idea of Boromir having been whisked off by the Elves for nursing...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Movie-Celeborn is the same actor who played Guy in Kingdom of Heaven!

Two unfortunate roles.

I like the idea of Boromir having been whisked off by the Elves for nursing...

So do I.