I am going to vote for:
+ + Elrond
Why? Well, my reasoning from yesterday still stands. Is his control over an adult (and therefore perfectly capable of making her own decisions) Arwen the most damning thing to ever mar a character? No. However, it is still enough to vote against him, and so vote against him I shall. Had he simply counseled Aragorn and Arwen in the way he thought wisest, I would not be quite so harsh. But no edicts, thank you. In addition, one can look back at my argument for Amandil and compare him to Elrond. If Elrond had been in Amandil's place, probably he would have Elendil on the suicide mission to Valinor. Shameful.
I have other, more personal reasons that have been well documented, of course, but as none of them are strictly based in things Tolkien wrote, this will be my official stance.
Also, I find SpM's convoluted and imaginative (albeit somewhat unfair
) descriptions of Elrond more entertaining than the less imaginative stance of Elrond's supporters. I have already belabored the point about the difference between Mirth and The Books or Novices and Newcomers -- so as long as Form will accept things that have their root in Tolkien I enjoy the unorthodox interpretations.
Also, I've voted for Elrond twice in a row and see no reason to break the habit.
As soon as Elrond goes I will join
Ang in voting for Sauron, since he was a bad guy and a fairly inept one at that. He's like Grima Wormtongue to Morgoth's Sauron. But first things first.