[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

The enchantment of it all, the complexity and unexplained parts that keep you curious. I love the escapism and the realism in it. Pippin, Gimli, the 13 dwarves, Gollum, Strider/Aragorn, Gandalf, Boromir, Faramir, and all the other characters I love so much, and for that case, the characters you all love too. The ring; it reminds me of drugs. Middle-earth. I like way it is; swords, armor,sheilds, towers, wars...all that medival stuff. Wizards, dragons, elves, dwarves, hobbits...all the paople that never existed but seem so real. The history; it feels like it somehow existed. The barrow downs, the old forest, tom bombadil...untouchable; no movie, animated or real, ever attempted them. They are ours to keep, untainted by others visions. The drama of it all; the way it makes you feel. It gets you excited, stunned, sad, happy, and many more feelings. The way it takes war; as sad and horrible, yet beautiful and glorious at the some time. The themes it portrays. The characters you can relate to. And the fact that it was created by one man, J.R.R. Tolkien. And much much much more that I cannot recall at the moment I'm sure and much much much more that I don't even know or realize.