Who is your favortie character in Tolkiens work? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Envinyatar 7 · 11-16-2000, 10:57 AM

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Re: Fav character

Well, Lothwen, I'll try to explain my point of view. It's obvious you admire him, but it's also very clear I don't like him very much (let's be polite).
About Finrod's death I continue thinking Beren is to blame. Sauron wanted to keep the elf alive, but to protect Beren he died!! That time Beren 'the Lucky' was saved thanks to his father, that helped Finrod during a battle (don' t remember which of them) after what Barahir was given the ring and Finrod's gratitude(? I hope this is correct) forever, and of course Luthien and Huan, who defeated Sauron while the great Beren was crying Finrod's death instead of having helped him. I do admit Beren could cross Nan Dungortheb and that was a big deal, but the battle against Morgoth... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/ emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> ; he did nothing but hinding and waiting for Morgoth's defeat against Luthien to steal him the Silmarils and I continue saying he was just about to wake him up but luckily he didn't.
I think you like Beren because he did everything he could to fight for his love and I take your point and won't discuss it, but I don' t think he's a great hero for that because of his big, big luck.

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11-16-2000, 10:57 AM	#11
Envinyatar 7 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 51	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 29</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Fav character Well, Lothwen, I'll try to explain my point of view. It's obvious you admire him, but it's also very clear I don't like him very much (let's be polite). About Finrod's death I continue thinking Beren is to blame. Sauron wanted to keep the elf alive, but to protect Beren he died!! That time Beren 'the Lucky' was saved thanks to his father, that helped Finrod during a battle (don' t remember which of them) after what Barahir was given the ring and Finrod's gratitude(? I hope this is correct) forever, and of course Luthien and Huan, who defeated Sauron while the great Beren was crying Finrod's death instead of having helped him. I do admit Beren could cross Nan Dungortheb and that was a big deal, but the battle against Morgoth... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/ emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> ; he did nothing but hinding and waiting for Morgoth's defeat against Luthien to steal him the Silmarils and I continue saying he was just about to wake him up but luckily he didn't. I think you like Beren because he did everything he could to fight for his love and I take your point and won't discuss it, but I don' t think he's a great hero for that because of his big, big luck. </p>