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Old 02-06-2003, 04:39 PM   #31
Diamond18
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After reading through the 3 pages of this thread it seems that Pippin is the character most people identify themselves with. There must be a deep psychologically telling meaning behind it. Is it because we tend to put ourselves down, saying we're foolish and screw-ups and all that? Would other people who know us well agree with our self assessment? I wonder... *ponders*

Well, I'm another Pippin; I'm a little of both Pippin and Merry. I'm a Took: being very hobbity in that I'm a terrible homebody, but I have a spark of that Tookishness that keep me from being a total adventure-phobe. I know Pippin's foolishness backwards and forewards. But what I identify with most, is all the times Merry and Pippin feel small and lonely and out of their league. Frodo and Sam have a strong purpose, but Merry and Pip often feel like they came along for nothing. Though in the book they planned the whole thing out and conspired with Sam to go along, they still felt like "what am I doing here?" quite a bit. Especially Merry on the way to Gondor with the Rohirrim, and Pippin feeling bad after dropping the stone and stealing the Palantķr. But then they can also be jolly and carefree better than anyone else, and provide welcome levity to the dark and foreboding storyline! Those two are far more complex characters than they get credit for. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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