Oh and this may be obvious, but I think my heroic ideals are Frodo, Sam, and Aragorn. I think it shows that I admire people who would 'leave their comfort zones" to fight to defend what they love because they know how important it is and who would do anything to both defend what they love and fulfil their personal ambitions.. probably because I'm not sure if I would do the same in a similar situation. I probably would, when push comes to shove... and like Frodo it would probably stick in my brain for a long time
sorry, there isn't really a 'contemplative, thoughtful' smiley.