Your opinion on Aragorn

[Evisse the Blue]

I never personally had a problem with Aragorn.

Me neither! He's been a pal for as long as I've known him, since kindergarten that is! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Seriously though, I believe lots of people didn't quite like him before they learnt that he was king and all -take Butterbur, for instance - but they were judging only by appearances. He himself once said that he desired spontaneous trust, and longed for a friend (don't know the exact quote).

I for one - for reasons I cannot explain, always considered Aragorn to be less of a hero than Frodo, or Gandalf,(or the elves for that matter - for whom the completion of their quest led to sorrow, though of a different kind) mostly because in my mind his reasons for his deeds are more selfish: it all comes down to one thing: being a king and marrying Arwen. I know my view is not exactly correct and the others had as much to lose if the quest failed, but it's just my own little idiosincracy. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]