It seems I'm a bit behind . . . ^^
On Endings: I tend to like to have a definite end to my stories. A sort of "and they all settled down and lived happily ever after", as Bilbo said. Even when my stories have a more tragic ending--the main characters die/what have you--I still have an ending, a sense that what the rest of the world did was to get on with their lives.
On Borrowing Characters: For me, it's always been a toss-up between Sam, Merry and Eowyn. Sam, I'm agreeing with the people above: he has the most overt character development in the story. Merry, I've always had a sense of kinship with (Merry being the short form of my real name . . .^~) and Eowyn because her motives and feelings always made sense to me.
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