LOTR Rants | Mostly Aralas

legolas x boromir?!? (an aralas oneshotish + cursed lotr ships)

~ alright i have absolutely no idea how to write this so bear with me here ~

SO IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION

VIA THE WONDERFUL AUTHOURS HERE ON WATTPAD AND OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE ON AO3

that SOME PEOPLE ship legolas x boromir

and legolas x boromir x aragorn

and aragorn x faramir

and aragorn x faramir x legolas

and faramir x legolas 

and ofc the classic aragorn x boromir

I THINK Y'ALL GET THE POINT AND THATS NOT EVEN IT

so ofc as the resident fantroll who hoards far-fetched headcannon ships like mf smaug i need to do a rant on these

and immuna start with boragorn (boromir x aragorn) bc thats the only one i have THOUGHTS on and the others..... well keep reading you'll see ig

(oh my god i sound like a 2010s youtuber: "i gUeSs yOuLl hAvE tO mAkE iT tO tHe eNd oF tHe vIdEo tO fInD oUt")

anyways lets go

-- Boragorn, aka basically just sexual tension and bros being dudes

Gonna be honest.... when i first read the books i hardcore shipped boragorn. y??? bc its 1) enemies to lover 2) isildur's heir and prince (basically) of gondor so its just the LOTR version of RWRB and 3) bc of boromir's death scene

buttttt i've had some time to think it over and now i have theories, headcannons, potential multships (??) and a justification for why ultimately aralas is in fact superior to this ship

...obviously.

okay so this is the bottom line of my theory: Aragorn never loved Boromir, BUT Boromir DID love Aragorn.

AND I HAVE PROOF

(kinda)

BECAUSE of course we have this ultimate question: did boromir and aragorn have chemistry in the fotr movie?

and as an aralas shipper you probably expect me to say nooooo he only had chemistry with legolas, theyre perfect for each other blah blah blah

AND WHILE ARALAS IS THE PERFECT SHIP AND I WILL DEFEND IT TO THE END OF MY DAYS

I cannot deny the boragorn ✨moments✨ in fotr

i would simply be lying to myself

its like stony and ironstrange in the mcu y'all (and idk how many of my readers are in the marvel fandom so imma try not to dwell on this) bc I SHIP ironstrange, tony x stephen, but i CANNOT DENY that tony and steve, which is the more popular ship out of the two, have a shitton of chemistry and a lot of moments in the movies where im like mmmm yeah thats smth

But do i still ship ironstrange???? absolutely. same thing with aralas and boragorn - i will stan aralas to the end of my days, but do I still take a noisy sip of figurative tea out of my "bros being dudes" mug during that one scene in lothlorien in fotr where boromir says mY fAtHeR wAs a nObLe mAn to aragorn and theyre staring into each others eyes very unstraightly???

yes. ofc i do.

or boromir's death scene: "i will follow you, my brother my captain my king", are you freaking joking me?????? sirs?????

I CANT DENY ANY OF THESE MOMENTS EVEN THO I DONT SHIP IT BC THEYRE JUST THERE YKYK

another one is when (in the books, this was only referenced in the movies) they're clearing out the snow blocking their path in the misty mountains and aragorn and boromir have this very very strong like ✨M E N✨ dynamic where they kinda lean toward each other in any sitaution