whats wrong with plain average? Merry is not as comical as Pippin but cracks a joke now and then and also reads a book now and then. Who took lead in Fangorn cause he actually used his time in Rivandell well. Who leaded the scouring of the shire? Who organised the whole move in Hobbition? Who was on the right track on the door of Moria (okay, exaggerating a bit here
). What would we do without a character who's just plain enough to do all the little but important tasks which don't fit all that well in some distinct character's code of action.
And to hear that Merry is useless without Pippin makes me want to strangle PJ. And Im sorry to see such nice folk as yourselves apparantly feeling the influence of the movie.
So Im going ahead with the yet-to-happen slaughter of minor characters
+ + Princess Pam