[peonydeepdelver]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Dom especially made me look at Merry's character closer, because usually people think of them as MerryandPippin and one personality (a bit like Samneric) Merry can sometimes be overshadowed. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Half the people I know forget poor ol' Merry! They all like Pippin better just because he's a tad bit off in the head ocassionally. <BR>Anyway, I saw FOTR before I read the books, and Merry and Pippin were my movie faves (I just thought hobbits were neat and they seemed more interesting to me than Frodo and Sam). So then I read The Hobbit, FOTR and TTT, then saw TTT, and they were still my faves by the time I had finished reading ROTK! In fact, I probably liked them all the more once I saw the movies again because Billy and Dom are perfect as Pippin and Merry. The thing is that I can't say whom I like better of the two, since it always switches.<P>Man, do I ramble or what! Oh well.