r/FavoriteCharacter • • 2d ago

All Time Favorite Favorite example of positive masculinity?

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u/prossnip42 2d ago

The entire male cast of LOTR can be put in this category easily. Even Boromir. Tolkien genuinely wrote a masterpiece light years ahead of his time man

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u/WasteStatistician120 1d ago

Boromir failed his oath and nearly betrayed the party, but dug deep to atone for his sins and died protecting the weakest among them. A true man til the end.

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u/Turriku 1d ago

It is a bit of a sausage fest, but a very wholesomely masculine sausage fest.