[Mitasova]

I joined a while back, lurked a little, read stories, but now that I come at last to posting my own fic, I think it's time to introduce myself.

So, my name is Tanya, I'm 28, russian and, obviously, a great LoTR fan. I love books, love movies and enjoy fanfic enormously. My fav character is Boromir whom I fell in love with upon my first reading of the Fellowship in a tender age of fourteen and since then it's become somethign of a habit. But I read fanfic about other characters too, mostly Men. So, I'm looking forward to more good stories to read and good people to meet.

Hello!
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Tanya

[BittenBuggy]

Hi Tanya! And welcome! Nice to see people come out of the shadows

[sindohte]

Hello Tanya,

Very nice to meet you. Feel free to jump into the discussion on the forums and if you are ever stuck as to what to read, the Shameless Self-Promotion thread is always good.

[Moralanqua]

Hi Tanya!

Welcome to OSA!

[NancyBrooke]

I'm so glad you're here. Your wit, incisiveness, and love of Boromir will be great additions!

[sindohte]

Your love of Boromir is certainly shared by a number of OSA members. And we are always eager for new stories about this particular son of Gondor.

[BittenBuggy]

Boromir? Blah... *ducks the flying potatos and sheep*

Tolkien had so many other intresting characters.. Somebody please explain the facination with Boromir...

[NancyBrooke]

[BittenBuggy]

*Sigh* I suppose I will never get it then

Same with Reeves, GLT...

[NancyBrooke]

Okay ... Okay ... I tried to stop myself and I just can't!

First of all, Boromir is a classic tragic figure, a noble stalwart warrior destroyed only by his desire to help the people and realm he loves at any cost. Second, in the end, he is nobly redeemed by his apology to Aragorn and defense of Merry and Pippin. Thirdly, if men are your bent, next to Aragorn he is positively studly - I always found book Aragorn a bit prissy.

He is tragic and therefore engendering of compassion. He is the only major character to really die in the series because he cannot live in the fourth age. He is a man inextricably made for the third - a time of war and conflict, before the age of the King. He couldn't have lived with a King in Gondor; he must have lived all his life with the knowledge that he will one day rule over all he sees, but only when his father's life has failed; then all that's taken away by a man he learns to respect and to trust. All that makes me care about him. Like Tanya, from the first he was my favorite book character.

Then comes Sean Bean, the icing on the cake. Handsome, studly, a little rough around the edges, replete with five o'clock shadow, jutting jaw (and nose), broad shoulders, and Yorkshire accent (!). That's aces in my book. Give 'em to me with a little excess testosterone, please, and thank you!

[sindohte]

Wow, Nancy. You really summed up Boromir quite nicely. He was truly a man of the 3rd age and he died a warrior's death.

[Mitasova]

Thanks for the welcome, guys!

Nancy, very eloquently put! And I have to add that Boromir's really the Everyman character, and that makes me relate to him. He's not an Elf, nor wizard, nor mythical would-be King, nor idyllic innocent creature, not even a Dunadan with "undimmed" blood, whatever that means. He's just some guy with f*cked-up family life and responsibility too huge for anyone to bear. And he did his darnedest with the circumstances he's been put in, and in the end, he won. His reactions throughout are the closest to what I'd do in similar position (with the exception of the "heroic death" part - I'm too wussy for that).

[BittenBuggy]

Aragorn? Prissy?

Draw your sword and prepare for battle Nancy!