Filmerna konstaterar att Denethor inte gillar Faramir utan att ge någon motivation.
Får vi verkligen någon anledning i böckerna för varför Denethor tycktes alltid gynna Boromir över Faramir?
Detta diskuteras i bilaga A (betonar min):
Det är inte riktigt att Denethor ogillade Faramir, det var att han misslyckades med att uppfylla Denethors normer för manlighet, särskilt i jämförelse med Boromir, så han var alltid snäll och besviken. Boromirs död gropade Denethor mycket, och han svarade genom att lashing ut på den besvikelse som han hade lämnat.Faramir the younger was like [Denethor] in looks but otherwise in mind. He read the hearts of men as shrewdly as his father, but what he read moved him sooner to pity than to scorn. He was gentle in bearing, and a lover of lore and of music, and therefore by many in those days his courage was judged less than his brother's. But it was not so, except that he did not seek glory in danger without a purpose. He welcomed Gandalf at such times as he came to the City, and he learned what he could from his wisdom; and in this as in many other matters he displeased his father.
Return of the King Appendix A: "Annals of the Kings and Rulers" I "The Númenórean Kings" (iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion The Stewards
I rättvisans skull ingår en del av detta i den utökade upplagan av Return of the King :
Denethor: Ever you [Faramir] desire to appear lordly and gracious as a King of old. Boromir would have remembered his father's need.
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Denethor: Boromir was loyal to me! Not some wizard's pupil.
Return of the King (2003)
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