All Serious Tolkien Fans Read - The Lord of the Rings Favorite Character Study

[The Barrow-Wight]

You’re not asking for much, are you?

Since the Barrow-Downs already exists as a compendium of what people think of various Middle-earth topics, I would hope that any Downs member ambitious enough to write a minimum of three properly spaced and referenced pages would feel they already have a place to share their thoughts with the world – The Barrow-Downs.

Of course, everyone is free to participate in whatever endeavors they please, and I wish you luck, but I don’t see what would motivate anyone to write a lengthy essay for you under such strict guidelines. After all, we study Middle-earth every day here in the barrow, and there are already thousands of pages of material available for your study.

We had an essay contest on the Downs once, but we had prizes! Your request seems too much like homework to me.

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by The Barrow-Wight

You’re not asking for much, are you?

We had an essay contest on the Downs once, but we had prizes! Your request seems too much like homework to me.

I will have to concur with the esteemed Barrow-Wight in this instance; a three page essay regarding a character or characters we have already written about ad nauseum here or on other Middle-earth websites is...well...rather nauseating. This is particularly true in my case as I've gotten rather lazy over the years, and have neglected my own self-inflicted writing assignments in lieu of languid web-surfing, staring slack-jawed at the TV, or merely reading what interests me but is not too taxing on my diminishing mental capacity.

Now, what were we talking about? Ummm....hmmm...it'll come to me, just a moment. Nope, I seems my train of thought has once again derailed. Good luck on whatever it was we were discussing!

[Peregrin Took]

Alrighty, perhaps I'll lower the limit...one must have guidelines in order to conduct an organized study. I want this to be a current, post-movie study, therefore past writings on this would be not keeping with the point of the whole thing. Three pages isn't really a lot when it is double-spaced, and when you consider how much people post on message boards. Oh well. But thanks for the luck!

[Peregrin Took]

And by the way, if you don't want to go through with the study that is fine - but you can at least vote on the poll! Surely that is not asking too much!

[Inziladun]

And by the way, if you don't want to go through with the study that is fine - but you can at least vote on the poll! Surely that is not asking too much!

I really wouldn't mind doing the whole thing, but I always have trouble determining who my favourite character is for certain. I can generally narrow it down to two, but beyond that I run into trouble. If I can get it worked out, I'll be happy to help.

[Peregrin Took]

Thanks!

[Boromir88]

Prizes? Reward? What...? Must you receive a gift to do something?

Pick your favorite character and put together 3 or so pages on him/her and why...If it suits your fancy take what you've already painstackingly written over the months and years here.

Yeesh you're acting like Peregrin just asked you to take The One onion ring of Heartburn and embark on a laborious, painful, quest to destroy it in the Mountain of Pepto Bismol.