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View Poll Results: Which Male Valar is your favorite? | |||
Manwë | 7 | 14.29% | |
Melkor | 5 | 10.20% | |
Ulmo | 16 | 32.65% | |
Aulë | 5 | 10.20% | |
Mandos | 5 | 10.20% | |
Lórien | 2 | 4.08% | |
Tulkas | 4 | 8.16% | |
Oromë | 5 | 10.20% | |
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-20-2007, 07:06 PM | #1 |
Itinerant Songster
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Which Male Valar is your favorite?
Since there are so many Valar, it is necessary to separate them out in some way, so I have chosen to do so by gender and primacy. Please see the "sister thread" to this one for primary Female Valar. Perhaps I will do a poll thread on the Ainur soon.
Feel free to describe what it is that you like about your favorite Vala, and if possible, what characteristics you feel you share with him. Sorry, you must pick one Vala for the poll. But feel free to name close seconds and thirds, etc. |
11-20-2007, 08:44 PM | #2 |
La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Easy choice. For the same reason I like reading Paradise Lost.
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11-20-2007, 10:19 PM | #3 |
Wisest of the Noldor
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You chose... Melkor???
Aulë for me. I make things. Edit: Ulmo would be my second choice. I love the sea. Last edited by Nerwen; 11-21-2007 at 10:24 AM. Reason: adding a comment |
11-20-2007, 10:46 PM | #4 |
Cryptic Aura
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Orome, because of his love of trees and Middle-earth and because he had a thing for creatures that go bump in the night.
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11-21-2007, 03:15 AM | #5 |
A Voice That Gainsayeth
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For me, it's obvious at first sight. Ulmo. He is the most wonderful of all the Valar, I liked him waaay back. It may be something to do with how I loved water, sea in particular, I could always identify myself with "many of the Children of Ilúvatar who hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen", not speaking of the feeling of mystery when you have the chance to take a peek into the world underwater... But even then Ulmo is just fantastic as a character, the "secret voice that gainsayeth" and how he helps the Eldar even in exile, not speaking about Men (Tuor and Elwing and Eärendil and all this stuff).
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11-21-2007, 04:34 AM | #6 |
Fading Fëanorion
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Aulë
Well, I picked the name of a Noldo as my screen name, so this choice is probably not all that surprising.
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11-21-2007, 11:57 AM | #7 |
La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Without the dark of night we cannot see the stars.
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11-21-2007, 12:28 PM | #8 |
Shade with a Blade
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Orome, the Huntsman of the Valar! He rides through the night on a white horse destroying monsters of all shapes, sizes, sexual orientations, and ethnic backgrounds. No compromise! Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out. What's not to like?
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11-21-2007, 01:31 PM | #9 |
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sugar, i went and voted for Ulmo without realising they'd put Melkor in the list
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11-22-2007, 11:58 AM | #10 |
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11-22-2007, 12:23 PM | #11 | |
La Belle Dame sans Merci
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On Melkor:
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I can't say it better than Ulmo and Illuvatar.
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01-11-2009, 09:14 PM | #12 |
Shade with a Blade
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And yet the stars remain regardless.
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01-11-2009, 10:04 PM | #13 | |
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Without question, Ulmo.
Though second in power among the Valar, he has an unswerving humility and never deviates from the part given him by Eru. I have to admire such devotion to duty. Quote:
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11-22-2007, 12:02 PM | #14 |
Itinerant Songster
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At first I considered voting for Oromë, but realized that Huntsman is not really what draws me most. Then I considered Ulmo because of his character and how much I love the sea and the rivers and streams and waterfalls. But Mandos I find the most intriguing and interesting. He says just mysterious things, has such fascinating foreknowledge. He's just the most intriguing to me.
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01-03-2011, 07:13 AM | #15 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Wow! Tough decision. In chronological order:
1. Manwë and Mandos. Can't choose between the two. 2. Oromë. Just because. 3. Irmo. Because he loves nature. I love nature. Nature is cool. Have I freaked you out yet?
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01-03-2011, 05:26 PM | #16 |
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01-05-2011, 06:48 AM | #17 |
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Voted Ulmo. Water is my choice and always shall be. His character I consider best among Valar. Strongwilled, independent, helping eventhough he was told not to.
Orome would be second, followed by Mandos. I find that doom-spokesman person intriguing.
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01-10-2011, 05:45 AM | #18 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Ohhh yay! I can freak you out more! But, er...ok. Now I have no idea what to freak you out with. Next time, perhaps
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