Faramir is probably my number one favorite. But Boromir is also undoubtedly badass, and Merry and Pippin were cool little dudes.
Poll: Your favorite character in Lord of the rings.
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As almost 70 percent of the previous posters have said...WERE THE FUCK IS BOROMIR?!?
I am a sucker for those last stand fighting to the death alone scenes.
I am a sucker for those last stand fighting to the death alone scenes.
I would have to say Sam. He's probably the most normal character in the series and is the true hero of the story. He stays with Frodo through thick and thin, he defeats Shelob, he keeps the Ring from the Orcs (Though I found the fact that he wears it stupid) and saves Frodo.
I did like that scene in the movie of ROTK when Sam saves Frodo and refrains from giving Frodo the Ring. Am I the only one who thinks that Sam doubted Frodo's ability to finish the quest rather then him wanting to take the Ring for himself?
I did like that scene in the movie of ROTK when Sam saves Frodo and refrains from giving Frodo the Ring. Am I the only one who thinks that Sam doubted Frodo's ability to finish the quest rather then him wanting to take the Ring for himself?
Such a shame that his story is so damn depressing. If we're going into Middle Earth completely instead of just LOTR, than I need to add Glaurrung, Anchalagon the Black, Ungoliant, Morgoth, the twins Elladan and Elrohir, the first Glorfindel, Radaghast the Brown, and Huin the Wolfhound.Vandenberg1 said:
Mine are: Frodo, Gandalf, Sam (for being so damn loyal), Eowwyn (serious bad ass), Gollum (for being so sympathetic) and Legolas (for well... yeah.)
Gandalf, when he was still Gandalf the Grey.
He just screams "classis wizard", but he's a total badass at the same time.
He just screams "classis wizard", but he's a total badass at the same time.
I'm going to have to say Frodo. Can't say I really like him as a person but I think his personality does really add a lot to the story. His doubts, his struggles, his occasional pessimism and fatalism while still being able to trust Gollum and believe in him.
He's unique I think. Even though he has Sam with him at all times he ultimately is alone in a way, with a struggle that's uniquely his own.
And while you often see bad reflections of the other characters in other stories, I don't think I've ever really seen anything that could be described by "like Frodo".
He's unique I think. Even though he has Sam with him at all times he ultimately is alone in a way, with a struggle that's uniquely his own.
And while you often see bad reflections of the other characters in other stories, I don't think I've ever really seen anything that could be described by "like Frodo".
I thought about this for a second, and I have no idea. It may be a classic, and deservingly so, but the characters themselves in The Lord of the Rings aren't actually that interesting or developed. Not that I don't like, but regarding characterisation of individuals the work doesn't perform that well. It's much more of a 'big picture' narrative. Few of them, besides possibly the hobbits, are very nuanced or deep. Aragorn is just a noble warrior, as are Faramir and Boromir (the latter slightly less so), Gimli and Legolas are perfect walking stereotypes (not that they were cliches back at the time of writing because they laid the foundations for the stereotype, but they do just seem to be the sum of their respecive racial qualities distilled into single bodies), and Gandalf is a mysterious wizard.
No he wasn't, he was barely even a character. He was effectively just a 'dark force', an 'evil' lurking over there somewhere. That said, he did have a certain aura of menace which many of his contemporaries lack. He might be a standard Dark Lord, but he does it well.Flailing Escapist said:
This is, however, very true. Rowling's flailing attempts at justification and character development still fall hopelessly short of Sauron's timeless malice.
Huin is awesome. I want one! And yea I agree that I was depressed...His sister's fate was awful. First Glorfindel is the one who killed the first Balrog yea?
"no man can slay me"xXxJessicaxXx said:
"I am no man"
Sauron then takes a sword to the face and shrivels up like a mars bar wrapper in a fire. Which was kinda weird, but oh well.
Personally, it's gotta be gimli. Because there's badass, and then there's comic relief.
Then there's badass comic relief.