The Middle Earth Popularity Cup - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tuor in Gondolin · 11-21-2008, 03:31 PM

A thought, if later someone (less lazy then me)
runs an "interesting and not totally unlikeable
bad guy" contest it could be interesting.
For example, in TH the three stone trolls, the old
fat spider, and The Master. And earlier ME Mim redux, Eol
and Son, Feanor?, Ar-Pharazon, Curufin, etc.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-21-2008, 03:36 PM

This is not quite an easy question for me. I do not like these two in particularly that much, neither of them, to be sure rightaway. Though, after some thinking: Thorin has lots of positive (and negative, but interesting) character traits, while Glaurung has of course nice persuading personality and everything... but well, let's face it: he is a worm. He is not a dragon. I would have voted Smaug immediately. I would have voted Glaurung too, I think, had he had wings. But he is a worm! Come on, people. Crawling on the ground? How inappropriate for the Father of Dragons! Such a disgrace! A big, fat dust-eating worm? Down with him!

++Thorin

11-21-2008, 03:31 PM	#1
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	A thought, if later someone (less lazy then me) runs an "interesting and not totally unlikeable bad guy" contest it could be interesting. For example, in TH the three stone trolls, the old fat spider, and The Master. And earlier ME Mim redux, Eol and Son, Feanor?, Ar-Pharazon, Curufin, etc. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.' Last edited by Tuor in Gondolin; 11-21-2008 at 03:34 PM.

11-21-2008, 03:36 PM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	This is not quite an easy question for me. I do not like these two in particularly that much, neither of them, to be sure rightaway. Though, after some thinking: Thorin has lots of positive (and negative, but interesting) character traits, while Glaurung has of course nice persuading personality and everything... but well, let's face it: he is a worm. He is not a dragon. I would have voted Smaug immediately. I would have voted Glaurung too, I think, had he had wings. But he is a worm! Come on, people. Crawling on the ground? How inappropriate for the Father of Dragons! Such a disgrace! A big, fat dust-eating worm? Down with him! ++Thorin __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories