Who do you feel sorry for? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Isowen · 08-12-2004, 08:26 AM

oh good point elvenstar, and all of you. I guess most of the people we feel sorry for are in the third age, with all the bad times etc, but obviously not all of 'em are.

Laitoste · 08-12-2004, 08:32 PM

I can't really decide...I felt sorry for different characters at different time, like I felt sorry for Grima in The Scouring of the Shire, and for Gollum in the quote that Tuor so kindly provided. I guess I feel sorry for Turin, but since he tends to anger me, not much. I'm not sure...

The Perky Ent · 08-25-2004, 05:47 PM

Here's someone I really feel sorry for: Aredhel! She was foced to marry Eol, who she didn't love, let alone know! Then, she gives her life to save Maeglin, and how does he repay her? He destorys the city she knew, loved, and protected!

Isowen · 08-26-2004, 02:01 PM

good good good......keep it coming people! I personally feel sorry for Denethor. I mean, he lost Boromir and his wife, he thought he'd lost Faramir. He cannot be king of the city which he loves so much, only the steward and Minas Tirith is under seige and there is nothing he can really do about it! Poor old Denethor and to top it off he goes and burns himself alive, but that's msotly stupidity

Mad Baggins · 08-26-2004, 07:48 PM

I would probably say Grima as well. He had to have had a good heart at one point, but was corrupted. The woman he loved did not love him back; she loathed him. His master (Saruman) treated him cruelly with no respect whatsoever. He was offered a chance at a new life but was so intimidated by Saruman that he feared his wrath and therefore did not take the offer. At the end of the book he got his revenge by murdering Saruman, but even then he was not free because the hobbits shot him down with their arrows the minute he began running.

Encaitare · 08-26-2004, 08:51 PM

::shakes Mad Baggins' Hand::

I pity Grima also. He was offered two chances of a new life: the first by Gandalf, who said that if he wanted to leave Saruman then he should just do it, and then again by Frodo who offered him shelter for awhile. Unfortunately for him, he either refused or was denied these offers, and lost his life because of Saruman's intimidation.

Vanwatholiel · 08-28-2004, 04:40 PM

I would say Aragorn. Everybody talks about him being dirty and not taking baths and being afraid of water. I think that that is seriously wrong. Aragorn has neither the luxury or the time to take a bath. He does when he can, but noticing his occupation, as a Ranger of the North, soap isn't really readily available. So I just wanted to say that people really need to stop talking about Aragorn and his appearance in the movies. It is really not his fault. I'm not as serious as I sound. I'm a really fun loving person!!!!

08-12-2004, 08:26 AM	#1
Isowen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The blackened depths Posts: 86	oh good point elvenstar, and all of you. I guess most of the people we feel sorry for are in the third age, with all the bad times etc, but obviously not all of 'em are. __________________ I hope Butterbur sends this promptly. A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber -room: Thing wanted always burried, If he forgets, I shall roast him.

08-12-2004, 08:32 PM	#2
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	I can't really decide...I felt sorry for different characters at different time, like I felt sorry for Grima in The Scouring of the Shire, and for Gollum in the quote that Tuor so kindly provided. I guess I feel sorry for Turin, but since he tends to anger me, not much. I'm not sure... __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

08-25-2004, 05:47 PM	#3
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Here's someone I really feel sorry for: Aredhel! She was foced to marry Eol, who she didn't love, let alone know! Then, she gives her life to save Maeglin, and how does he repay her? He destorys the city she knew, loved, and protected! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

08-26-2004, 02:01 PM	#4
Isowen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The blackened depths Posts: 86	good good good......keep it coming people! I personally feel sorry for Denethor. I mean, he lost Boromir and his wife, he thought he'd lost Faramir. He cannot be king of the city which he loves so much, only the steward and Minas Tirith is under seige and there is nothing he can really do about it! Poor old Denethor and to top it off he goes and burns himself alive, but that's msotly stupidity __________________ I hope Butterbur sends this promptly. A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber -room: Thing wanted always burried, If he forgets, I shall roast him.

08-26-2004, 07:48 PM	#5
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	I would probably say Grima as well. He had to have had a good heart at one point, but was corrupted. The woman he loved did not love him back; she loathed him. His master (Saruman) treated him cruelly with no respect whatsoever. He was offered a chance at a new life but was so intimidated by Saruman that he feared his wrath and therefore did not take the offer. At the end of the book he got his revenge by murdering Saruman, but even then he was not free because the hobbits shot him down with their arrows the minute he began running. __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

08-26-2004, 08:51 PM	#6
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	::shakes Mad Baggins' Hand:: I pity Grima also. He was offered two chances of a new life: the first by Gandalf, who said that if he wanted to leave Saruman then he should just do it, and then again by Frodo who offered him shelter for awhile. Unfortunately for him, he either refused or was denied these offers, and lost his life because of Saruman's intimidation.

08-28-2004, 04:40 PM	#7
Vanwatholiel Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In a dark corner of my mind. Don't look at me like that! I never liked you anyway. Stop staring! Posts: 40	I would say Aragorn. Everybody talks about him being dirty and not taking baths and being afraid of water. I think that that is seriously wrong. Aragorn has neither the luxury or the time to take a bath. He does when he can, but noticing his occupation, as a Ranger of the North, soap isn't really readily available. So I just wanted to say that people really need to stop talking about Aragorn and his appearance in the movies. It is really not his fault. I'm not as serious as I sound. I'm a really fun loving person!!!!

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