Favorite LotR Character?

Which, of these, is your favorite?

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Well done! Had you never read it before? It is maybe the best of the LOTR books ... because it is so happy in the end. Well, happy for everyone but Frodo, I suppose. I love ROTK movie best of the series, too.
 
After all those years I realize I am a ringer for life. LOTR is my most dearest love and I enjoy it everytime. I must admit I don't read the books often or watch the movies often because I own them and can read or see them everytime I want.
 
*is also guilty of the one them all so i shouldnt have to read them syndrom*
when i do, its usually only to read certan excerpts. :rolleyes:
 
It was cool when PJ was bringing out one movie every December for three years, because in the fall I would read all three LOTR books in order to prepare for the new movie. But since whenever ROTK came out, I don't think I have read all three books again, or maybe I read them one time. I love them.
 
In the beginning there were people saying they were watching the movies again every single day. I don't think I have seen the movies that much after the last EE was released. I have seen them in total 3 times I guess and the last time was already a while back. During the time the movies were released it was such a great moment. Everybody was looking forward to it. I have read the books before and I have finished the Silmarillion about two years ago and I must say I hardly open the books. Only if I need an answer for a trivia question ;)
 
Right, I think I saw each movie twice in cinema, and watched each one once when the EE's came out. But the books, I can dive into them and read them all three straight through every once in a while. The movies are good, too. Maybe I will watch them again soon ...
 
I remember when my older sister first discovered the books in some old box under somebody's bed in our house. I was 12. She wouldn't even let me read them for a while because she thought I would destroy them...:mad: Of course, I did end up destroying them when I read them. :p She bought me a new combined copy when I turned thirteen and I destroyed that one too! Altogether I've read them... Well gosh, I haven't counted, maybe ten, fifteen times? I'd guess something like that. And you know what, every time I read them I discover something I haven't noticed before.
 
Totally agree with you there. I have read the LOTR/Hobbit ones over and over, since I was a kid. And each time, it is more amazing what Tolkien accomplished: a complete fantasy world, even with the background, history, language. You can sink into it and feel you know the characters.
 
yup same here. i would be reading them now, cept there are so many other books that i want to read that i havent even read once.
 
Definitely Master Samwise. I do love him, with his complete loyalty and humour. He makes me cry at least once every time I read LOTR (pathetic, eh?). Frodo is nice enough, but Sam's character really develops as the story progresses and he comes into his own as much more than just a naive, simple servant. It probably has something to do with Frodo's mind being occupied with other things. ;)

After that, it's a three-way tie between Gandalf, Aragorn, and Faramir (Book Faramir, not Movie Faramir). They switch positions in the hierarchy depending on my mood (now I have a mental image of them jostling for better spots in line at a supermarket, and then Aragon whips out Anduril...).
 
Loyal as a Badger said:
Definitely Master Samwise. I do love him, with his complete loyalty and humour. He makes me cry at least once every time I read LOTR (pathetic, eh?). Frodo is nice enough, but Sam's character really develops as the story progresses and he comes into his own as much more than just a naive, simple servant. It probably has something to do with Frodo's mind being occupied with other things. ;)

After that, it's a three-way tie between Gandalf, Aragorn, and Faramir (Book Faramir, not Movie Faramir). They switch positions in the hierarchy depending on my mood (now I have a mental image of them jostling for better spots in line at a supermarket, and then Aragon whips out Anduril...).
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I agree with you, LAAB :D. Sam is the ultimate example of the small impacting the councils of the great. He has no other reason to go on the quest other than love for Frodo and the Shire, and that's enough. When they return and Frodo leaves for the Havens, Sam has the unenviable task of staying behind.

I have to say, however, that I've always been partial to elves. I don't know that I could have made the choice Arwen did, but I've always admired her for it. In fact, Arwen was my college nickname (my two friends were Galadriel I and Galadriel II :D).
 
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