“Everything would have worked out better for Sean Bean’s GOT and LOTR characters if they had switched places. Ned would have been too honorable to be corrupted by the ring and Boromir would have been dishonorable enough not to be pawned.”
I think this is doing Boromir a disservice. The ring didn’t corrupt him because he was dishonorable, but because it’s an evil entity that finds the minds of men relatively easy to corrupt. It played on his desire to help his people, not for personal gain.
O_O This is actually an excellent point.
This is actually quite plausible.