Characters you love?

[Lyta_Underhill]

Is their any character in Tolkien's books that anyone genuinely loves or cares about?

Well, I always feel strongly for the hobbits, but I am most protective of and identify in many ways with Frodo, while I am most fond of Pippin. I can really relate to the journey that Pippin takes, from unsure of himself and a bit airheaded (read unobservant or careless) to VERY aware and directed, and a Bada$$ at the Gate of Morannon and the Scouring of the Shire! He is a carefree creature awakened with terrible acuity but who still retains the innocent optimism that made him so lovable to begin with! If I had the choice of all creatures in Middle Earth, I would marry Pippin (if he asked! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] --well, maybe even if he didn't! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )

However, the most present spirit in my everyday existence would have to be Frodo. I should have a bumper sticker that reads "What would Frodo do?" I feel his spirit is most sublime and transformed, and he is a window into the other world, a place I contemplate all too frequently. He is rarefied in many ways, but I feel in close company with him all along, as if I were Samwise as reader, sort of! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I may or may not be famous now for my Fëanor fetish [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ; however, I wouldn't come near the crazy exploding elf! I feel for him, but I am in awe of him in a way that defies description...however, I really feel more of a kinship with Maedhros and Maglor, the two of his sons who realized the futility of the fulfilling of Fëanor's Oath. They were good despite overwhelming odds, doomed but repentant, or, as I would call it, reflective. I have not read the HoME volumes, so I do not know all the stories...

Cheers,
Lyta