How Would The Story Have Changed If Faramir Had Gone To Rivendell

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How would the story have changed if Faramir had gone to Rivendell

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Aiwendil: [color=447799]Hmm, yes indeed it is a very good question.I think that is Faramir had attended at Imladris in the place of Boromir then the Fellowship would have had a little harder starting their quest. I fee that Faramir would have tried to pursuade the peoples that Gondor was in dier need for The Ring and that if they did not recieve it then the whole of Middle-earth would fall. (Or something like that anyway.)I also feel that Faramir may have tried to trick Frodo into giving him The Ring of he may have stolen The Ring from Frodo.Although I do feel that if Faramir would have been able to refrain himself from his actions then he would have had the same attitude towards Frodo in the Two Towers when he let Frodo and Sam escape![/color]

Unebriwen: woah! This is a brain-teaser, EG :P Of course there are many different possibilites and theories as to what may have happened and my theory would be:if Faramir went to Rivendell instead of Boromir, his father would still hate him, and still go berserk when Boromir dies (he would die anyway) from an Orc attack at Osgiliath :P Of course Faramir would join the fellowship, once again to try and please Denethor; which still wouldn't be any good.. I'm sure that he wouldn't be the first to fall against the Ring, though, he's not as weak as Boromir, that I'm certain. But it's hard to predict. I mean for one thing, Denethor probably wouldn't go as mad, though I'm sure that he'd go mad anyway, lol. It's hard to say, really, and much too complicated a question for me to answer properly without getting my head in a knot :P

K8 Fairy Princess: I believe that if Faramir had joined the company, he would not have been tempted by the ring. I mean, in Ithilin, the ring was easily within his grasp, and he did not take it despite the fact that he had not been lectued (as Boromir had) about how taking the ring would not help anything.Sooo.....let's say Faramir goes with the company, and as the Breaking of the Fellowship, Frodo and Sam still choose to go off to Mordor by themselves - I know that Boromir's actions were what had provoked this, but I believe that even without this provocation, Frodo would still have gone on alone. Soooo......Frodo and Sam have gone off....and the company is attacked by orcs, so Faramir is killed (as Boromir is in LotR). This means that it is Boromir that remains at Denethor's side, and carrying out raids in Ithilin, and it is him that captures Frodo.In this situation, would he be able to resist the temptation of the ring? It is easily in his grasp, and he has not been warned by Elrond of the consequences. Sooooo......he would probably taken the ring from Frodo (in my opinion), taken it to Gondor (or just put it on), Sauron discovers it and blah....world ends!So, in conclusion, I reckon that it's overall a good thing that it was Boromir that went to Rivendell.

Glorfindel: Sam and Frodo wouldn't meet anyone in Ithilien because Boromir is not a ranger, is he?

Shieldmaiden of Rohan: I think that if Faramir had been sent to Rivendell in Boromir's place then he would have also been tempted by the ring since the hearts of men are easily corrupted and Faramir is desperate to please his father and so may have given into the temptation.

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