Tom Bombadil was a weird, psychotic fellow, and I liked him immensely.
Eowyn did exactly what I was hoping she would do, so I remember what she did when I come to an uncertain fork in the road and it helps.
Gandalf is my involuntary role model, but I don't care for him much.
Pippin and Merry are hilarious, but maybe a little shallow-minded until the end.
Frodo is overlooked because he did the hugest and most desperately self-sacrificial act of all. I believe that he's the "best" because of his true depth and beauty of character and because of what he suffered even after the trial had passed.
[ June 17, 2002: Message edited by: The Silver-shod Muse ]
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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