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Vote for your favorite LotR character

Plato to MacDonald to Chesterton, Tolkien and the Boys in the Pub.
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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby Adam Linton » January 4th, 2006, 2:06 am

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Postby Zies » January 4th, 2006, 2:09 am

"You know not of what lurks in the shadows."-Zies

"Hold your ground,hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan may brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that may take the heart from me. The day may come when the courage of men falls, but today is not this day. The day when the age of men comes crashing down in an hour of wolves and shields, but today is not this day. This day we fight!. For all you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand men of west!"-Aragorn
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Postby Pine_Tree » January 4th, 2006, 3:23 am

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Postby A#minor » January 4th, 2006, 3:32 am

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Postby *~Diamond in the Rough~* » January 4th, 2006, 9:22 pm

Today I went to IKEA and hid in the wardrobes, and every time someone opened the doors I welcomed them to Narnia!!
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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby calliope_queene » January 8th, 2006, 8:43 pm

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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby Marcus_P_Hagen » January 9th, 2006, 11:14 pm

I voted for Gollum/Smeagol, because I was drawn in by the way that Tolkien took him from being a purely evil villain in "The Hobbit", to being _almost_ redeemed by the agape love which Frodo shows him, and then, heartbreakingly, falls back into the pit.

Tolkien's comment about how the interaction of Sam & Gollum shows the way that the "good" can make it difficult for the "bad" to repent has haunted me since reading it. I look at people I meet, some of whom are VERY scary, and reflect that their lives may have brought them to this pass, but that they are still people for whom Jesus died. In bringing the character of Gollum to my memory, Tolkien has helped me immeasurably.

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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby Marcus_P_Hagen » January 9th, 2006, 11:16 pm

PS: "favorite character", at least for me, doesn't mean "the one I'd most like to be with". That, for me, would be Faramir. One of the reasons I dislike the Jackson movies is the way he trashed Faramir's noble character for the sake of turning him into a modern, "conflicted" character.

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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby Gabriel Syme » January 10th, 2006, 12:22 am

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In our school, on a wall, there is a big writing, saying «I care». It is the untranslatable motto of the best among young Americans. It means: «I AM interested in it; it is dear to me». That's the exact opposite of the fascist motto, «I don't care». (Lorenzo Milani, priest. Lettera ai giudici; 1965)
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Postby Gabriel Syme » January 10th, 2006, 12:22 am

In our school, on a wall, there is a big writing, saying «I care». It is the untranslatable motto of the best among young Americans. It means: «I AM interested in it; it is dear to me». That's the exact opposite of the fascist motto, «I don't care». (Lorenzo Milani, priest. Lettera ai giudici; 1965)
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Postby lostentwife » January 10th, 2006, 8:38 am

I saw or dreamed of such,-but let them go- They came like truth, and disappeared like dreams;
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Postby A#minor » January 10th, 2006, 4:16 pm

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Postby Gabriel Syme » January 10th, 2006, 6:49 pm

In our school, on a wall, there is a big writing, saying «I care». It is the untranslatable motto of the best among young Americans. It means: «I AM interested in it; it is dear to me». That's the exact opposite of the fascist motto, «I don't care». (Lorenzo Milani, priest. Lettera ai giudici; 1965)
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Postby calliope_queene » January 10th, 2006, 7:34 pm

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re: Vote for your favorite character

Postby Jill Pole » January 11th, 2006, 2:51 am

I voted for Faramir. I love how he learns of the Ring and still allows Frodo to go and finish his journey. Even though he is tempted by the ring, he over comes it and does the right thing. (Sounds rather like a fairytale, doesn't it ;) )

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