Important Lord of the Rings Theory
Fact 1. In the books, Boromir is the one who awakens the Watcher in the Water outside the gates of Moria. He throws a stone at the lake in frustration, waking the monster.
But in the Peter Jackson films, Merry and Pippin are the one who wake the Watcher, by skipping stones on the lake in boredom.
Fact 2. Because of this, you could argue that waking the Watcher is Boromir’s fault in the books, but isn’t his fault at all in the films. I DISAGREE because–
Fact 3. In the films, Aragorn and Boromir divided up the Hobbit Responsibilities™—- Aragorn always looks after Frodo and Sam, while Boromir always looks after Merry and Pippin.
Fact 4: One of the few exceptions is when, outside of the Gates of Moria, Aragorn is the one who has to stop Merry and Pippin from skipping stones on the lake. (”Do not disturb the water.”)
Fact 3. But we see Boromir right next to them a moment later– implying that Boromir WAS watching Merry and Pippin, and saw what they were doing. He just didn’t bother to stop them.
In the wide shots you could even see him sitting on the shore with Gimli, watching Merry and Pippin.
Fact 4: Earlier, when Merry and Pippin tackled Boromir to the ground for fun, Aragorn tried to stop them (’”gentlemen, that’s enough!”) But Boromir was totally fine with letting them play.
Film!Boromir is partially responsible for waking the Watcher in the Water because he saw Merry and Pippin skipping stones…… and probably understood that they were on a stealth mission and letting the hobbits loudly skip stones was a bad idea…..
But he didn’t stop them because “aww the cute little hobbits are playing. Well I’m not going to ruin their fun!!!!! :)))”
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