[doug*platypus]

I'm glad that this thread has been started, Iarwain, because it is making me think about and appreciate the many different characters that Tolkien created for the side of evil, and also the many varying positions they occupy. Although to a cursory reader of the book, heroes and villains are easily identified and labelled, when you think about the entire works of Tolkien we really have a sliding scale of nastiness. Your list, Iarwain, encompasses many different personality types, and people of several different motives trying to achieve several very different aims.

When I think of the word bully, I think of someone who is using their advantage in physical size to achieve domination over someone else, whether this be physical, verbal or emotional. You have expanded this definition of physical size, to include in fact any resource at the bully's disposal, whether this be magic, brute strength, or the command of an army.

I would personally remove Saeros and Celegorm from this list. If you would not, perhaps you can illustrate exactly how these two used bullying as a tactic. Ted Sandyman also walks a fine line in my opinion. Does he really achieve, or even seek, the domination of others? He seems to derive pleasure from the misery of others, like the blacksmith in Farmer Giles of Ham. He may be a sadist, but I'm not convinced he is a bully.

Aragorn as you point out, uses his superior physical abilities to bully Gollum, holding him captive against his will. I think this is the only instance where Aragorn bullies, though. Gandalf always seems to be reasoning with people rather than daunting them as Saruman would, but remember he is supposedly using the power of Narya, given to him by Círdan to kindle the spirits of others. Not quite the same as an old Jedi mind trick, but possibly not too far off. Galadriel, more obviously than any other character uses her power to daunt others. Her case is different however, as her objective is to search the minds of her 'victims', but not to dominate them.