Lets see. . .

All time favorite: Frodo

man: Faramir (book)

woman: Eowyn

Elf: Galadriel

Hobbit: Pippin

Dwarf: Gimli

Wizard: Saruman

Bad Guy: The Witch King

Other: Gollum


-Aridia

All time favourite: Sam

Man: Túrin (or in LOTR book, Faramir)

Woman: Éowyn

Female Elf: Lúthien

Male Elf: Legolas :p (also Finrod)

Hobbit: Frodo (having already said Sam, or it would be tied)

Dwarf: Gimli

Wizard: Gandalf

Baddie: Umm...tricky one, this...Morgoth, perhaps, for what he did to Húrin

Other: Tom Bombadil

Favourites
 

All time favorite:

man: Beren

woman: Eowyn

Elf: Luthien

Hobbit: Hamfast Gamgee

Dwarf: Thorin Oakenshield

Wizard: Radagast

Bad Guy: Shelob (eek)

Other: Gollum

All Time Favorite: Bilbo Baggins (he's awesome!)
Man: Aragorn
Woman: Eowyn
Elf: Beleg or Finrod
Dwarf: Dori maybe, or Gimli
Hobbit: other than Bilbo, Sam
Bad guy: Witchking
Other: Quickbeam or Huan

ooops... forgot wizard. Sorry.:rolleyes: Gandalf all the way!

All time favourite: Celeborn

Man:Boromir

Woman: Gilraen

Elf: Elrond

Hobbit: Merry

Dwarf: Gimli i suppose, i dont really like them that much.

Wizard: Gandalf the White/grey... or as i would say. "Gandalf the overcast"

Bad Guy: Grima..... "ewwww"

Other: Thats pretty much it.... ohno, i like Elladan and Elrohir as well. Go twinnies!

Gee, I am BACK! And I feel somewhat disappointed that some of my posts got deleted after the site shift...:confused: But that would never stop me from airing my views whenever given the chance :D

So these are everybody's favorite characters, huh? Lemme add to the lists...

All time favorite: Bill the pony (For kicking Bill Ferny from Buckland)

Favorite fox: That fox which spied the three hobbits (Frodo, Sam and Pippin) leaving Hobbiton.

Favorite Hound: Huan (He can talk)

Favorite Cat: The cat with a fiddle in Frodo's song at Bree Prancing Pony.

Favorite Cow: The cow which leapt over the Moon in Frodo's song at Bree Prancing Pony.

Favorite Horse: Shadowfax (Why not, if he is as fast as they said...?)

Favorite Wolf: Carcharoth (He ATE a Silmaril!)

Favorite Spider: One of those that nearly ate Bilbo and Co.

Favorite Balrog: The one Gandalf killed

Favorite Talking Sword: Gurthang (It gutted enough people to be able to talk)

Favorite Dragon: The one that can defeat a Balrog! (Pun intended) Actually, Glaurung.

Favorite Bird: One of those Eagles, don't really mind which one

Favorite Man: Faramir (For being most romantic just when the world is on the brink of destruction)

Favorite Woman: Eowyn (For being soft just when the world is on the brink of destruction)

Favorite Male Hobbit: Pippin (For being most comical)

Favorite Female Hobbit: Lobelia (Old lady with sufficient iron to beat one of those ruffians in the Shire)

Favorite Wizard: Hmm tough choice... Saruman (for not needing to use any magical/spiritual/psychic power to control people)

Favorite Male Elf: Celebrimbor (He made the three rings and died painfully for not revealing them to Sauron)

Favorite Female Elf: Luthien (For throwing one over Morgoth!)

Favorite Male Dwarf: Thorin Oakenshield (Hey, he hired Bilbo)

Favorite Female Dwarf: Huh? The one with the silkiest beard (Pun intended! :D )

Favorite Male Orc: Grishnakh (Now, this is SOME orc! He has enough brains to try to cheat BOTH Sauron and Saruman!)

Favorite Female Orc: One that is really named.

Favorite Trolls: Either of those happy threesome Gandalf tricked into becoming stone

Favorite Maia: Sauron, for being able to transform into one big eyeball with two hands but only nine fingers (Pun intended)

Favorite Dark Lord: Morgoth (Who don't love Satan?)

Favorite Valar: Tulkas (He wrestled with slimy Morgoth and actually got him)

Favorite Tree: Old Man Willow (Old tree with an attitude)

Favorite Ent: Treebeard (Yet another old tree with an attitude)

Favorite Entwife: One that would show up to continue the race of Ents

Favorite Overlived Hobbit: Gollum

Favorite Worm: Grima (Pun intended)

Favorite enigma: Tom Bombadil! ("I will sing his roots off!")

Er just before the admin deletes this pile of nonsense, I would like to express that almost every character that has been manufactured by Prof T is exceptional and well-wrought. So, please! Take it all in as a joke!

Well, I suppose I can add my picks to this thread now, as I've been enjoying everyone else's for a while now!

All Time Favourite: Frodo

Man: Aragorn

Woman: Eowyn

Elf: This is a tough question, having so many great ones to choose from! Galadriel, I must finally say, although I'm sore tempted by Feanor and Finrod (and sneaking up from the rear--Celebrimbor!) Gotta love those Noldor!

Hobbit: Pippin! :D

Dwarf: Gimli, but Mim is also quite amusing (don't like him as well as Gimli, though!)

Wizard: Gandalf the Grey

Bad Guy: Another tough one! If you could call Gollum bad, he'd go here, but also Glaurung (OK, he's a dragon, not a 'guy' but he's REALLY BAD!)

Others: Bilbo, Bombadillo, Yavanna, Gwaihir, Huan, Luthien and Arwen her Third Age reflection, the comically drunken Elves in Thranduil's hall (*snicker*), ah, I can't think of anything else right now! I might fill it in a little differently if I try this again later! ;) For now, I take my leave.

Cheers,
Lyta

All time favourite: Don't make me choose :(

Man:Faramir

Woman: Eowyn

Elf: I love all the elves :D my three favorites are Legolas, Haldir, and Galadriel

Hobbit: Samwise

Dwarf: Gimli

Wizard: Gandalf of course!

Bad Guy: Morgoth (gotta love the first Dark Lord)

Other: Treebeard

Yup that's it... bye! ;)

favorite charecters
 

Well they are all well constructed charecters favorites:
Men Aragon
Dwarf Gimli
Elve Logolas
Hobbit all of them
non human Treebeard
oddest Gollum
bravest Sam
funniest Merry & Pippin
and in catergory of worst charecter Mrs. Sackville-Baggins. she is really greedy
:)

All Time Favourite: Turin

Man: Faramir

Woman: Arwen.

Elf: Earendil/Feanor/Fingolfin- damn, so many!

Hobbit: Frodo

Dwarf: Gimli.

Wizard: Gandalf

Bad Guy: Morgoth

Other: Treebeard

List topics are rather boring to read if there is no explanation for the choices. Please tell us why those characters are your favorites!

Why would someone like Haldir? He hardly does anything...

Oh goody!!!! I get to tell everyone who is my favs and why!!!

All Time Favourite: Strider

Why: He's mysterious, dark, a Ranger of the North who could someday become king... He knows how to fight...

Man: Faramir

Why: Because he marries Eowyn, and in the books he helps Frodo and Sam along their way... plus he's mean to Gollum...

Woman: Eowyn

Why: She can fight, she's cool, she marries Faramir, plus she killed the Nazgul without the help of a lightsaber... she did that with a sword and a hobbit!

Elf: Elrond

Why: Hmm... because he's a wise and noble half-elf who chose the elven way, and not the human side. Plus he has a ring of power...

Hobbit: Pippin

Why: Any hobbit who can act like such a fool, and survive the quest of the ring, rocks. Sorry, Merry...

Dwarf: Gimli

Why: ...he beat Legolas in a counting fight. And Legolas didn't kill him for it!

Wizard: Gandalf

Why: Well... mainly because he killed a balrog and then came back to life after falling down a bottomless pit...

Bad Guy: Saruman

Why: Because if I didn't, he'd lock me up for not joining with him... plus he wears multi-colored robes... that's cooler than white... a white page can be wrote on... white cloth can be died...

Other: Tom Bombadil

Why: He is the eldest, and rhymes everything... plus he can talk to Old Man Willow, and make him obey!!!

Well... that about covers it.
-Eowyn Skywalker

solid
 

Well this thread is going really well, still got about another thousand members to add their favourites. Great idea Estelyn about making favourite characters and WHY? Aslong as people don't right a book on why he/she/it/s their favourite, it should be interesting. Special mention to the hottest crispiest hobbit around for his/her extremely in depth character analysis.

All Time Favourite: Treebeard

Man: Theoden or Aragorn.... :( don't know

Woman: well since I can't list twice :rolleyes: look at next name :p

Elf: Arwen

Hobbit: Sam

Dwarf: Gimli

Wizard: Gandalf the White.

Bad Guy: Morgoth

Other: Smaug

All Time Favourite: Aragorn ( who else! )

Man: Boromir
why: he´s really nice, kind, brave and proud, and I like how much he loves Minas Tirith, and how proud he is of it

Woman: Arwen
why: mostly because of her love for aragorn

Elf: Haldir and Elrond (cannot choose )
why: I love the way Haldir speaks in Lothlorien, all the things he says, his love for his land, and all. Elrond, on the other hand is more distant, wise... he´s another sort of elf


Hobbit: Frodo
why: there´s more to him that meets the eye

Dwarf: Gimli
he´s nice, funny, and well, I like his love for Galadriel, and his friendship with Legolas

Wizard: Gandalf ( closely followed by the Ithryn Luin and Radagast )
I love Gandalf, he´s with Aragorn my favourite character. And I have always been really curious about the Ithryn Luin . And Radagast just seems so devoted to Middle Earth!

Bad Guy: the Nazgul
I find them fascinating, with those black horses and winged creatures

Other: Treebeard
why: well, I love him being so slow and patient, and the words he chooses...

I would also place between my favourites: Turin, Fëanor ( it´s really funny how rude and proud he can be, even to Morgoth and the Valar ), Celebrimbor, Celeborn, Galadriel, Smeagol, Thingol, Huan, Beleg... there are so many...

LOSTREGIEL

This is so hard but.........
 

all time favourite: Galadriel
man: Aragorn
woman: Arwen
elf: Celeborn
hobbit: Bilbo Baggins or Pippin
dwarf: from lotr Gimli and from the hobbit Bombur!
wizard: Radagast or Gandalf the grey
bad guy: Necromancer(and wargs if I'm aloud to have animals aswell as peoples)
other: Smeagol

all time favourite: Galadriel
Man: Aragorn
Woman: Eowyn
Elf: Glorfindel
Hobbit: All of them especially Pippin
Dwarf: Gimli
Wizard: Gandalf
Bad Guy: Saruman
Other: Gollum/Smeagol

Righty-o, here's my listage

All time Favorite: Grima Wormtongue, because he pulled a Theoden on me and spoke nice words and made me love him more than any other character. But really, I think he's a very complex character. He's skeevy but always makes us wonder... did he *really* love Eowyn? Anyhow, he's my fanfiction muse because he never shuts up in my head.

Man: Hmmm... lemme go with Faramir. Because of that excellent quote: "War must be... but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend..."

Woman: Eowyn

Hobbit: Sam, for his loyalty and overall adorable-ness.

Male Elf: Maglor... Feanor's emo kid ;)

Female Elf: Luthien, because in a surprising show of role-reversal, she goes to save her man from mortal peril.

Dwarf: Thorin Oakenshield, for his spiffy name

Wizard: Saruman, since he just gets so full of himself. And his voice is nice, if nothing else.

Bad guy: Morgoth, the original baddie! He's so much more hardcore than Sauron ;)

Couples: Faramir/Eowyn, and lets not leave out the Couple that Never Was, Grima/Eowyn. Because Faramir/Eowyn is just a match made in heaven, but I pity Wormy as well. He deserves some love too, ya know.

Hurrah! I like listing...

All time favorite: Merry
Man: Aragorn
Woman: Eowyn
Hobbit: Sam, followed by Frodo
Male elf: Haldir
Female elf: Galadriel
Wizard: Gandalf
Bad guy: Morgoth
Couple: Beren and Luthien
Other: Tom Bombadil, Gollum

All time favs
 

All my answers will come from the books.

Alltime Favorite: Boromir
Man: Theoden
Woman: Finduilas
Hobbit: Farmer Maggot
Male Elf: Ecthelion (If you want someone from LOTR, Glorfindel)
Female Elf: Galadriel
Wizard: Radagast (I hate being like everyone else) lol.
Bad Guy: Witch King
Couple: Elrond and Celebrian
Other: Uhhh I'm not a big fan of Bombadil, I'll have to go with... Treebeard

All time favourite: Frodo
Man: Aragon
Woman: Eowyn
Hobbit: Bilbo,Sam
Male elf: Haldir
Female elf: Galadriel
Dwarf: Bombur
Wizard: Gandalf
Bad guy: Gollum
Other: Tom Bombadil

all time favourite: sam
man: turin
woman: eowyn
hobbit: the gaffer
elf: earendil or finrod
dwarf: balin
wizard: gandalf
valar: tulkas
bad guy: the witchking
others: ungoliant

All time favorite: SamWise Gamgee

Man: Tie between Boromir & Aragorn

Woman: Eowyn

Hobbit: Merry & Pippin

Elf: Haldir

Dwarf: Gimli

Wizard: Gandalf

Bad Guy: Gollum I suppose

Other: Treebeard and Rosie Cotton

All Time Favourite: Gandalf

Man: Elendil

Woman: Assuming than "Woman" just means anybody female, elf or human, I'd say Galadriel.

Elf: Elrond

Hobbit: Bilbo

Dwarf: Durin I

Wizard: Saruman...not much choice, is there?

Bad Guy: Sauron

Other: Eru. If he's not acceptable, since he's not part of Arda, then Manwe.

Man: Aragorn

Woman: Éowyn

Female Elf: Arwen

Male Elf: Elrond

Hobbit: Frodo totally

Dwarf: Bombur

Wizard: Gandalf

Baddie: Sauron

Other: Billy the Pony :)

Here's mine...
All time favourite:Boromir
Man:Aragorn
Woman:Arwen
Elf:Legolas
Wizard:Saruman
Hobbit:Bilbo
Dwarf:Gimli
Bad Guy:The Mouth of Sauron
Other:Gollum :D

And Mine...

All time favourite: Elessar Telcontar

Man:Eomer

Woman: Eowyn

Elf: Legolas, Glorfindel

Hobbit: Samwise

Dwarf: Thorin Oakenshield

Wizard: Gandalf of course

Bad Guy: The Dark Lord

Other: Treebeard

All Time Favorite: Haldir!!!

Man: Boromir

Women: Eowyn

Elf: Glorfindel

Hobbit: Bilbo

Dwarf: Gloin

Wizard: Gandalf

Bad Guy: Grima

Remember what Esty said? Let's not forget to say why we like these characters; it makes it more interesting.

Ireth Sirfalas -- Nice to see someone else around here who appreciates Grima. ;)

HERE'S mine:







all time fave: FEANOR!!!!
man-Faramir
woman-Eowyn(do I have any other choice?)
elf-galadriel!!!!!!
WIZARD: Gandalf the white
dwarf: Narvi?
bad guy: Morgy :rolleyes:

it took me several minutes to think about my fave dwarf.

Is Narvi a dwarf or what? :confused:

Yup.

All time favorite: Faramir. Such a great guy.....drool.........in the books I mean of course......happy smile..........

Fav man: Théoden has some awesome lines. Aragorn of course is up there.

Fav woman: Tar-Míriel, really I would've said Éowyn like most everyone else, but to be different: she was one of the Faithful when the head of the Anti-Faithful was her husband. That's gotta take courage.

Fav dwarf: Dwalin, because I love the sound 'dw' makes.

Fav male elf: Glorfindel, the Balrog-Slayer!

Fav female elf: Lúthien. Haven't actually read the tale yet but from what I hear: she almost defeated Sauron on her own. That's great! (Much better than sitting at home and making your boyfriend a flag, if I may say so.)

Fav Hobbit: Sam, sorry I can't be original, but he's the real hero. "For over shadows rides the Sun and stars forever dwell, / I will not say the day is done, nor bid the stars farewell."

Fav Wizard: Gandalf, not much of a choice is there? (Haven't others said that about Saruman?)

Fav Bad Guy: GRIMA! He's my kind of bad guy (yes I have a kind of bad guy!). He's so calm and collected, so calculating. Not "I'm going to destroy the world!", which is just pointless. And a pitiable character I think...I worry about myself somtimes....

Fav Couple: Aldarion and Erendis! j/k Sam and Roise! Sam and Rosie definitely!

Nim's faves
 

Okay guys, it was some hard choises, but some were easy answers.

All Time Favourite: Legolas! What can I say? I'll never let go of a childhood hero :) I've just loved that elf ever since my mother read LotR to me the first time... (That'll be about 11-12 years ago now)

Man: Aragorn. He's just cool, do I need to say more? Though Faramir came in as a close second.

Woman: That has got to be Eowyn. For being amazingly cool, showing real woman-power and still marry and be happy in the end. You go girl!

Hobbit: Frodo and Samwise (sorry, but it's impossible for me to picture one without the other!). Because they have the greatest friendship ever, and none of them would have made it alone, but together they accomplished the impossible.

Elf: Hmm, Glorfindel, when not allowed to name Legolas again. Because he was my hero till Legolas turned up. You can't imagine how disappointed I was when Glorfindel was not the one selected to accompany Frodo (the first time only, of course!).

Dwarf: That'll be Gimli. Because he's (almost) the only Dwarf in LotR, because he's cool, because he's able to see beyond prejudice and befriend Legolas, because he's part of a friendship second to none but that of Frodo and Sam, and because he's the only Dwarf to travel to the undying lands in the west.

Wizard: Gandalf the Grey. Good old Gandalf is just THE wizard, no question about that.

Bad Guy: That'll be Gollum/Smeagol. He's got all the characteristics of a good villain, yet there's a hint of good in him as well and though he doesn't mean to he is the one who manages to destroy the Ring.

Other: Tie between The Nazgûl, Bombadil and Fangorn, they're all cool, and very well-written...

I guess that's it really :)

Ah, this is a hard one. But, I'll give it a try.... :D

All time favorite: Faramir (book), he is strong, and he just... just reminds me a lot of myself. I find myself mostly like him.

man: Faramir (book), please read above :P

woman: Eowyn, very independent. You should not underestimate her :D

Elf: Galadriel, mystic, but so cool. I also like Lórien else in general when it comes to elves.

Hobbit: Pippin, aaww, foolsih Pippin :D

Dwarf: Gimli, not much to say.

Wizard: Gandalf, wise and mystic

Bad Guy: Uglúk

Other: Gollum, cool creature

All Time Favourite: Feanor - Skilled and passionate beyond measure. The most skilled of all the elves.

Man: Theoden - Inspiring speeches, inspiring patriotism and pretty nifty in battle for someone his age.

Woman: Arwen - This choice is made on the movie, purely because of Liv Tyler. ;)

Elf: I'd like to say Cirdan, but I don't know much about him, so Elrond it is. He's a serious, wise and very respectful figure.

Hobbit: Bilbo - Humorously eccentric and a great adventurer.

Dwarf: Thorin - Good fighter, full of pride for his background and desire for riches.

Wizard: Gandalf - Again like Elrond, very respectful, wise and powerful and has some of the greatest lines in both the books and the films.

Bad Guy: Smaug - Has a wonderful way with words and is extremely destructive.

Other: Treebeard - Tremendous strength and wisdom and I love some of his attitudes to the world that is outside Fangorn.

This is too hard!

All Time Favorite: There`s too many. Either Fëanor, Elessar, Merry, Faramir, Pippin, Balin, or Beren, for different reasons. ;)

Man: Beren- I love his part of the story. He has the qualities of an ideal hero (or man, you choose.) And Faramir because he has an awesome personality, and in the movie, hot. ;)

Woman: Èowyn- She symbolizes (sp?) women. I think it`s great that Tolkien tried to show that woman can be just as heroic as men. I also liked Haleth for the same reasons.

She-Elf: Luthien Tinuviel- I loved her part of the story.

He-Elf: Fëanor- I like how he stands up for what he believes in.

Hobbit: Merry- He seems very smart (for a hobbit) and brave, (not to mention, he`s very good looking in the movie) ;)

Dwarf: Balin- He was always caring toward Bilbo, no matter what.

Wizard: Gandalf the Grey- I love his pointy hat!

Bad Guy: The Witch King and the other Nazgûl- They have the traits of a wonderful enemy. Dark, mysterious, terrifying, sneaky, and unforgiving.

Ent: Bregalad (Quickbeam)- Since he is the fastest of the Ents, he is unique. So cool!

Nimrodel

All time favorite: Legolas, because of his great hair.
Man: I can't decide between Faramir and Boromir. They both had such good hearts.
Woman: Galadriel, just because she was so wise and kind of creepy.
Dwarf: Thorin
Wizard:Gandalf
Hobbit: Definatly Sam, without him Frodo would have gave way under the power of the ring and the world would be doomed.
Elf: Thranduil, anyone that fathered Legolas has to be a pretty good guy. Even though he wasn't to nice to the Dwarves in The Hobbit.
Bad guy: The Witch King
Other: Gollum

All Time Favourite: toss up between Galadriel and Gandalf

Man: Aragorn

Woman: Eowyn

Elf: Legolas and Galdriel

Hobbit: Pippin. (always getting into trouble. Scots accent in the films )

Dwarf: Gimli.

Wizard: Gandalf

Bad Guy: Gollum

Other: Tom Bombadil....and darn I wish he were in the movies, he's one of the best characters in the books!