Strange reasons to like certain characters.

[My Cat Sasha]

I just thought I'd start this topic because my mom's favorite characters are Aragorn, Legolas, Awren, and Sarumon because they all have good hair. It's kind of weird. What are some other reasons to like certain characters?

[ December 27, 2002: Message edited by: My Cat Sasha ]

[Diamond18]

Aragorn has good hair? That is weird. smilies/tongue.gif

[doug*platypus]

Aw, cool!

Anborn, cause he can say "squirrel" five times in one paragraph. The man's obsessed. Squirrel this, squirrel that! Makes you appreciate what a funny word "squirrel" is!

Squirrel! Squirrel! Squirrel! PLATYPUS!

[Aragorn_Protector]

I like Sam becaus he dosn't like Gollum umung other reasons

[Ar-Gilien]

Fav Character: The Witch-King of Angband aka The Leader of the Nazgul, Black Captain of the Ring-Wraiths.

Why: He's tenacious, single-minded of purpose, deadly when he sees what he wants, and he's just so dern evil. I mean, doesn't everyone want a Nazgul chasing them all over Middle Earth for a Ring of Power? smilies/wink.gif

[ December 28, 2002: Message edited by: Ar-Gilien ]

[Galadrie1]

I like Sam becaus he dosn't like Gollum I like Gollum because he doesn't like Sam!
Hey, don't you think Gollum is like an extremely creepy version of Elmo (from Seasame Street)? Erm, yeah... just a thought....

[My Cat Sasha]

Hey, don't you think Gollum is like an extremely creepy version of Elmo (from Seasame Street)? Erm, yeah... just a thought....

LOL! I can just see that!

[i]The Ring came to the creature Elmo who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him.

Elmo: My precioussssssss![i]

[Ar-Gilien]

Does that mean the new toy out for next christmas is going to be "Tickle Me Gollum"?

"Yessss, my preciousss..that tickleses usss!" <Insert creepy laughter>

[My Cat Sasha]

Does that mean the new toy out for next christmas is going to be "Tickle Me Gollum"?

Yes! Of course. He's a wonderful role modle for small children! Oooooo! You could also make a "Tickly Me Smeagol!" It would be pretty much the same as the Gollum version, only the box would say "Smeagol."

[dragoneyes]

don't you think Gollum is like an extremely creepy version of Elmo?

maybe that's why I can't stand Gollum so much. Sam's the only sane one out of those three, that's why I like him.

[Gorwingel]

Love the Tickle me Gollum idea, LOL smilies/biggrin.gif

I also do like Legolas and Galadriel, because they have good hair, and she has great clothing.

And people may think this is crazy, but I really like the hobbits hair smilies/cool.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Gollum - Elmo? Somehow I just don't see that. Tickle me Gollum? That would scare me! Think about it, most kids who would have that would have maybe read the Hobbit, but probebly not LOTR. Think about it.

[Ar-Gilien]

All silliness aside, I have always been fascinated by Earendil, the Mariner, who sailed to the Western Lands of Valinor seeking help against Sauron. What a voyage that must have been! smilies/smile.gif

[Galadrie1]

Gollum - Elmo? Somehow I just don't see that. Well, they both have big round heads and talk in more or less the same way ("Gollum hatesss nasssty hobbitses" "Elmo loves you!"). Think about it.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Meela]

anyone else love Grima Wormtongue? And not just his character personality, great as it is. i seem to be the only person who sees a picture of Brad Dourif playing him in the movie and melts into a puddle of drool. and i think it might be because of his lack of eyebrows... althugh i absolutely love his hair... him in general... smilies/biggrin.gif

[VanimaEdhel]

*Blushes* I started liking Haldir after The Two Towers for obvious reasons.

Why is it that the death of a character always makes them better to me? I mean, I suddenly started thinking of him as...sexy. Do you ever feel that way? Now, whenever I read about him or see him (even in Fellowship...) I start crying...even though it's not the same in the movie as the books...when I read about him in the end of the books, I still cry...it's weird...

Oh, but Legolas is still my favorite character. And that is because when I was nine, I thought all attractive, mystical races were cool, and ergo Legolas was cool and I decided I was going to marry him and become Queen of Mirkwood. Now, six years later, I still like him because you do not get rid of an obsession like the one I had with him that easily!

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

[mark12_30]

I'm fond of Anborn myself. Imrahil is intriguing. And Beregond seems like a pretty regular guy.

[Lindril Arvilya]

anyone else love Grima Wormtongue?

YES!!! Finally! Someone else! A kindred spirit..... No one seems to understand, do they Meela?

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: Lindril Arvilya ]

[Manardariel]

I like Merry because we never hear of him marrying. There´s still hope. smilies/wink.gif
And I like Lobelia for being all creepy and nasty to Frodo. My soulmate!! I´d have done it. 24/7 if you want me to. There´s no need to pay me.... smilies/evil.gif
I like Eowyn for loving Aragorn&Faramir. Another soulmate.


*blushes*And I like Aragorn.... in the movie, especially.... why? What do you think?? smilies/wink.gif Sorry.

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[Marsyas]

I really like Gollum myself. You know in TTT where Gollum and Smeagol are arguing amongst themselves? Well at the spot where Smeagol says "no" (just no nothing else) he reminds me of this guy I've been friends with for 5 years. Crazy right? smilies/rolleyes.gif

*~Marsyas~*

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Hey, don't you think Gollum is like an extremely creepy version of Elmo (from Seasame Street)? oh my gosh, yes! now that i think about it. Anyway, for some reason I like Frodo because of the way he screams. like when he got stabbed by the Ringwraith King and came out of the "shadow world" by taking off the ring? i really like that scream there....i dont know why.
aragorn has good hair?????

[Meela]

Uh... Merry got married... to Estella Bolger...

[Artanis]

Aragorn has GREAT hair! It's just that all you people are prejuduced against dirt and blood and sweat!

[dragoneyes]

see the sig.

[Helkahothion]

I like all elf's in particulair. And I don't just like them if you know what I mean. It's not only because of Orlando and Liv and the other Elf character's, (altough it improves it a lot) it's just the mystery all around them. Give just one elf and he/she is mine.

Greetings,

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[Silmarien]

Eowyn definitely. I just love her smilies/biggrin.gif Probably because I'm a bit of a feminist. And then (book)Faramir for obvious reasons and 'cos if you're going to play Eowyn who else are you going to fall (eternally) in love with. smilies/smile.gif (I'm a bit of a romantic too)

[ February 19, 2003: Message edited by: Silmarien ]

[Eressië Ailin]

Aragorn is HOT HOT HOT HOTT HOT!!!!!!!

[VanimaEdhel]

I like Emeldir because she...well: was the mother of Beren, and I love that story...but also because she was a strong character (well, she seemed to be: she was a very small character as well). I also liked Huan, Beren, and Luthien.

A strange dislike is mine of Turin. I mean Beren had horrible misfortune too, but he wasn't so depressing as Turin was. I think that, had there been Prozac, it would have done wonders for Turin...

[Helkahothion]

Speaking about Beren, I have something that bug's me. Was he or wassn't he married to Luthien. Is Luthien a woman anyway?

Greetings,

Anuion

P.S. This is probably a newbie question, but I only read Lotr.
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[Duncariel]

LOL smilies/biggrin.gif *falls over laughing hysterically, then recovers and brushes off* Tickle me Gollum..... I like it. Although I Kinda like Celeborn, 'cause he's got an attitude, and nobody else likes 'im. But not even THAT reason warrants liking Wormtongue. I feel sorry for the guy.

Beren was a human, Luthien was an elf. She gave up immortality for him. I could write for Reader's Digest!

[ February 20, 2003: Message edited by: Duncariel ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

I'm about...oh, a 1/3 through the Silm, and yes Huan is awesome! Hee hee hee he kicked Sauron's arse!! Go doggy!
Never knew Celeborn was named after a tree...
I also like Luthien because she had the bravery to do what nobody else did: she went to Tol Sirion and faced Sauron, all because of her love for Beren.
I absolutely disliked (hate is too strong a word) Feanor. He left his kin and burned the ships! Grr!

[Meela]

celeborn was named after a tree??

*jumps up and down waving her hands*

i love celebooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrnnnnnn!!!!

[Faenaduial]

Glorfindel was my favorite character for years. I just loved his description and the whole scene with him. I was always sorry that he was not the elf chosen to be a member of the fellowship.

However, now that I've seen Legolas in the movie I couldn't care less about Glorfindel.

Sorry I must be fickle. smilies/wink.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

A strange dislike is mine of Turin. I mean Beren had horrible misfortune too, but he wasn't so depressing as Turin was. I think that, had there been Prozac, it would have done wonders for Turin...
I thoroughly agree; Turin *was* very depressing. He was the one that killed Glaurung, too, I believe. (just finished Silmarillion for the first time, and am still confused as to some events)

I, personally, like Sauron, in both Silm, and LotR. He so......sneaky. He's not the kind of bad guy that just uses force to achieve what he wants, he thinks everything out. More of a psychological villan, which I admire. If I was a villan, that's the kind I'd want to be. smilies/evil.gif smilies/biggrin.gif Plus, in LotR (the movies) that Eye is just way too cool. C'mon, who wouldn't want a fiery, all-seeing Eyeball sitting on top of their house?!

[VanimaEdhel]

Beren and Luthien are also the great grandparents of Elrond and Elros (and also, in turn the many, many "greats"-grandparents of Aragorn). That is why Arwen could choose immortality: she was considered half-Elven. She just had to decide before her father sailed over to the Grey Havens.

Glorfindel is a great character that I like, mainly because of how great he was and, although his character was noble enough so as to be reincarnated, they still leave him out of every adaptation of Lord of the Rings...

[ February 20, 2003: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

[Lindril Arvilya]

I like Saruman, Gandalf, Frodo, and Sam (in the books) because they have staffs. Sticks. They are the easiest prop/weapon to recreate when playing "Fellowship" outside in the woods, so I usually end up playing one of those characters, simply because there's a lot of sticks lying around the woods. Man, what's up with all these sticks? You'd think they grew on trees or something.

[Lady Alasse]

Earendil is one of my favorites - I think it's so neat how he brought the simaril to the valar and then took it with him when he went sailing through the heavens.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Man, what's up with all these sticks? You'd think they grew on trees or something.
Um.....okay. lol smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Why is it that the death of a character always makes them better to me? Now, whenever I read about him or see him (even in Fellowship...) I start crying

why does everyone find haldirs death so sad and ignore poor old Hama? I thought that was horrible, it made me cry.

Anyway, I love Faramir for being so wonderful and then Peter jackson had to just wreck it! i was spitting flames about that...........

[grace]

i am gettin a huge liking 2 BOROMIR! i think its cos we both grew up near eachother, and hes just so nice! i love him because of even though he tires to take the ring, he still captures our hearts in his fabulas death sene!

[Goldberry]

Faramir is one of my favourite characters. I love him in the books, but I didn't like what they did with him in the movie. Anyway . . . you know, in TTT, I think it's right when they get to Henneth Annun, when Faramir takes out the map and says something like, "Sauron attacks from Mordor; Saruman from Isengard," or something like that. And as he says each one, he points to Mordor and Isengard. For some reason, I love how he taps on the map!!!! and from then on, I actually liked him in the movie despite his mediocre acting job and the way they changed him into this evil character! lol. . . i know i'm strange haha smilies/biggrin.gif

[Meela]

the tapping thing was so cool smilies/biggrin.gif i always do that either if i have a map, or if im just bored and in front of a surface! its contagious... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Goldberry]

lol, finally, somebody who shares the joy of Faramir's tapping! It really is contagious, isn't it Meela! I do it all the time too, and then if i start tapping i cant stop lol smilies/biggrin.gif

[Meela]

after the second time i saw the movie i spent about an hour tapping everything smilies/biggrin.gif

[Mordor_Queen]

I love all the hobbits cos their curly hair and hairy feet makes them look so cute! smilies/evil.gif

[Quirkette]

I laughed so hard. "Yes, my precious, that tickles us." I can't remember Gollum ever laughing, though, books or film. Has Gollum ever laughed?

I like him a lot because he is so psychologically tragic. That sort of thing just fascinates me. I like Billy Boyd as Pippin because he just has such a can't-do-no-wrong expression! It's really sweet.

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Quirkette ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Ah, yes, Billy.

Am I the only one who thinks this, but isn't Gollum cute? Yeah, I know...aww, Gollum... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Meela]

He is totally cute! You're not alone smilies/biggrin.gif

[bragolheledion]

Gollum all the way lol.
i like the way you pppl think coz gollum is my fave character too. i even talk like him when im bored.
apart from gollum i also think pippin is hella cool
and morgoth/melkor he is powerful evil and a god what else is evil.....
and arwen and eowyn coz they are hot.

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

after the second time i saw the movie i spent about an hour tapping everything

smilies/eek.gif You are both pathetic... and I'm not far behind! *taptap*

Hmm... strange reason to like a character? Aside from Faramir and his tapping (*brushes aside images of Faramir tapdancing*), I also like Celeborn for the way he says "Gandalf". It's highly amusing and I have to grin every time I see him say it.

[Galadriel9]

Hee hee! Gollum...Elmo Ha, thats funny...or maybe I'm just easily amused...
anyway, in the film, I like Eowyn coz (in the Two Towers) she doesn't just sit around looking soulful and weepy unlike certain elvish ladies I could name, I also share her taste in men ... I also like Merry coz he's just so cool (in the book mainly)

[Ainaserkewen]

These are funny.
I like Christerpher Lee because of his creepy voice, Orlando because of that cool look he gets in his eye right before he's about to do something cool,Gollum because of his voice(I love you Andy Serkis) Sean Austin because he actually went to the oscars, and Elijah cause I love him(It's not really a strang reason)

[Salix]

I really like Gollum myself. You know in TTT where Gollum and Smeagol are arguing amongst themselves? Well at the spot where Smeagol says "no" (just no nothing else) he reminds me of this guy I've been friends with for 5 years.
Strange, this is like a part in FOTR where Boromir says "They have a cave troll" and it sounds EXACTLY like a friend of my dad's.

I don't like anybody because they are *hot* but because they are good characters. I like Faramir as a character cause he said no to the Ring. (random thought)

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Hobbits are good because they look like "Wah, we can't do anything! We're stupid hobbits that are defenseless and need big people to take care of us!" but they're really like "Grr! Bring it on, *****! Get ready to bite the dust! Nobody hurts OUR friends and gets away with it!"
Also they're a helluva lot cute. smilies/rolleyes.gif

Then I like Legolas because of that triple-flipple-somersault thing he does onto the horse in TT.

Yay! EVERYONE thinks Gollum is cute!

And I also like the wargs because they're very cute. Aw! Just look at my avatar!

[ElenCala Isil]

and Elijah cause I love him(It's not really a strang reason)

lol I love him cuz he can't get a role his own age cuz he looks so young and yet he went on to play a fifty year old smilies/biggrin.gif

[ March 30, 2003: Message edited by: ElenCala Isil ]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Anborn, cause he can say "squirrel" five times in one paragraph. The man's obsessed. Squirrel this, squirrel that! Makes you appreciate what a funny word "squirrel" is!
That is probably much funnier to me than to anyone else, because my nickname is Squirrel.... smilies/tongue.gif smilies/cool.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I really like Faramir in the movie...because he's that mean. Don't ask. smilies/evil.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Goldberry- mediocre acting job and the way they changed him into this evil character! smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif Evil is good! And his acting was amazing- just for the wrong character. I am coming to get you.... smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/wink.gif
Also- I love your sig!

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[Lindril Arvilya]

Okay, when the Fellowship comes to see Galadriel and Celeborn, it reminds me of a couple of hippies. Maybe they just got married. Hippie wedding. But the thing is....
Celeborn talks like he's high.
"Where is Gandaaalf? For I much... desired... to SPEAK! with... him...."

I like that. I laughed. I like it when characters say things that would look fine on paper but just sound absolutely stupid the way they say it.

[Meela]

Celeborn talks like he's high.
"Where is Gandaaalf? For I much... desired... to SPEAK! with... him...."

lol! does he sound welsh to you? he sounds welsh to me.

"eyyyyght theyre arre heyre, yet neyne theyre weyre sett ouuut frooom rivendeyyll. teyll me wheyre is gandayylf, foor aye mooch desayre tooo spayk with hiiim"

(okay, so its kinda bad, but you get the idea... no offence to any welsh people, btw!)

[ March 30, 2003: Message edited by: Meela ]

[Morgul Queen]

Denethor.
One word...Pyro...
Also Hirgon, after all he does carry the black arrow around...and gets killed!
Gil-Galad (book) cause he just does some major butt-kicking before he bites the dust.
And...ummm...*grins sheepishly* Manwe cause hes like the king of Eagles and I love Eagles...

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

I like Faramir as a character cause he said no to the Ring.

Terribly off-topic, but that sounds like a banner or something. "Just say NO to the Ring!" I think there should be T-shirts made! smilies/biggrin.gif

[The Evenstar]

I know this seems EVER so typical, but Legolas is my favorite, because he doesn't talk much but focuses on his movement and battle plans and acute senses. Weird, but that's why I like him! Samwise comes next.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

At least you didn't say "I like Lgolas because he's soooo hot." If you did I would have had to kill you.

I also like Faramir because of his hair. It looks so soft in some parts!

I like Sam as well, because he's a good cook, he'll do anything for his friends, he is extremely loyal...and everything else that is good about him!

Happy 700th post to me!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Hehe- Elmo/Gollum! That's perfect! I've got wierd reasons for almost all of the characters that I like. Almost all, mind you. Some I like for obvious reasons (I just won't even bother listing them!)

Arwen: I love the description of her at the feast when Frodo first sees her.

Boromir: The depiction of him in LOTR (the cartoon movie). Boromir the Viking!

Butterbur: "He's one of those Rangers..." Says it like it's a bad thing!

Dernhelm: It's such a goofy name!

Eomer: That look on his face when he noticed Wormtongue's sidelong glances at Eowyn. Badly timed, those glances were.

Faramir: In both the book and movie, he perfected the good-cop/bad-cop thing. I don't think he was "wonderful" in either, he was a jerk, but he's still my favorite character. Or at least tied with Eomer.

Gimli: I had a wierd dream where he was actually female. "so alike in form and appearance". Very wierd dream.

Glorfindel: He's always left out. This guy rocks, and he's still brushed aside.

Gollum: in the movie, he looks like a mix between a puppy and a little old guy. I cracked up during that schizo episode of his.
"We told him to go away.. and away he went!"

Mouth of Sauron: proved Aragorn wrong in one sentence, strongly reminds me of The Metatron from Dogma. I would die if Alan Rickman was cast as him. "Behold, the Mouth of Sauron. Herald of the All-Mighty, and Voice of the One True Demigod."

Saruman: just imagine him in many colors.

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Halbarad: So underestimated! My favorite character, and nobody even knows who he is by his name... smilies/frown.gif

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

Halbarad was a Ranger that died in the Battle of Pelennor, wasn't he? Or am I confusing him with someone else?

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

No! You are not! Thank you! *hugs for remembering who my favorite character is* and he also was the one who brought Arwen's banner to Aragorn.

[Mirabella]

My fav caracter: Sam, coz he carys salt in his back-pack.
closely fallowed by: Eowyn, coz she's suicidle.
then: Faramir, coz he marries a suicidle chick.
and bringing up the rear: Aragorn, coz he seems to have no sence of humer.
P.S. No, I am not suicdle.Yet. smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Wormtongue: those crazy side-long glances.

Ghan-buri-Ghan: the description reminds me of a little Buddha statue I have.

Eowyn: she puts up with all of those crazy side-long glances!

What is it with me and those glances? They amuse me.

[Daewen]

I like Aragorn because of his "manly stubble" and I like Eomer because of his helmet.

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

I like Farmer Maggot because he wasn't afraid of the Black Rider & told him to get off his land, and he was willing to help Frodo and his friends.

I also like Elijah Wood & Orlando Bloom's hands. I'm not sure why, but I'm fascinated by the way their fingers/hands look. (Yes, I know...weird)

And I just like EVERYTHING about Sam (both book Sam & movie Sam).

[Senseless Skwerl]

heh heh! yeah, me with that aragorn and manly stubble thing as well, also though, i LOVE that thing that he does with the uruk's before going into battle when he kind of does that sword thing, i can't explain it, but it's like if he did that, then everything would be okaaay!
i'm not a legolas fan, like stalker or anything, but i do like that elf. i'm not sure why, i just like his attitude towards everything, and that he loves nature, but that's pretty much a given when it comes to elves!
and of course, denethor, because, as my math/gym teacher would say *while rubbing hands madly together*, "I like fire!" (really, she DID do that!)