Which LotR character reminds you most of yourself - and why? - Page 5 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

THE Ka · 10-16-2004, 10:13 PM

Oh, how i have thought about this topic... well, i see myself as a mixture of characters, my favorite character Boromir (*Praise the Disco-King!*

) though, not being anything like myself. Honestly, i see myself as a Radagast, or i can realate to him the most. Though little is said about him, i feel very much alike. Tolkien for me, explained and presented him as being sort of detacted from the human world, introverted, mysterious but ideal. I relate to him in two ways, maybe even more. I love animals, i do not know or want to know my life without their influence, another is that i find myself always giving advice to friends and family when they ask it but, i always hide myself or dissappear when someone expresses their thankfulness by telling others about me or thanking me. Also i love rural areas, even though i can agree some cities are wonderful (the closest to me being Seattle for comparison), I can't cope with how crampt and lifeless they are. In other words, give me a deserted island or costal forest and i'm estatic.

Well, that's all i have to say. Wish i had more but, that's it.

- KA

Galadriel55 · 03-20-2011, 07:39 AM

I'm probably most alike with Thorin. I have his temper and inconsistency.

I don't trust the personality tests. For one thing, each one gives me different results. I can't be Sam, Pippin, Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli, and Arwen all at once! *Or can I?

* Secondly, the multiple choice doesn't satisfy me, because I'd do neither, or a mixture of them.

Almesiva Moonshadow · 03-20-2011, 01:25 PM

Hmmm...This is kind of a hard question for me, and I'm not quite sure what the answer would be...so lets see...

I'm a loner by nature.
I can be very proud sometimes.
I'm not really THAT brave, if you know what I mean...
and I tend to lie a lot

So what do we get?
A mix of Boromir,Aragorn,Gollum

and some other guy, who's a coward???
(I'm not sure if there are any cowards in Tolkiens works...)

I'm really confused now...

Galadriel55 · 03-20-2011, 01:31 PM

Saruman, perhaps?

Almesiva Moonshadow · 03-20-2011, 01:51 PM

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Saruman, perhaps?

A mixture of Aragorn,Boromir, Gollum and Saruman!?

Good god!!! What kind of freak am I?

Galadriel55 · 03-20-2011, 02:06 PM

Or you could just say Saruman of many, *cough*, personalities...

If that was said about me, I'd understand it as stubborn, bad-tempered, concieted, inconsistent, lazy, off my rocker, exasporating, over-enthusiastic when it isn't needed, offering help at exactly the wrong moment, and so many more...

But to make things easier, I'm most like Thorin.

Oh, and add show-off to that list.

Galadriel · 03-21-2011, 08:28 AM

Wow, that's a hard question! As much as I'd like to say, "Galadriel! Tuor! Maglor! Finrod!" I can only say...Merry. Why, you ask? Let's not even go there...it's not flattering. At all.

Anguirel · 03-21-2011, 08:38 AM

Maeglin, if anyone needed to know that for sure

Mithalwen · 03-21-2011, 02:28 PM

Really? I thought it would be Maglor or at least a Feanorion....

Formendacil · 03-21-2011, 04:47 PM

Bilbo.

The propensity for writing things about subjects that he knows a lot on, but is no expert (e.g. Elves) feels very familiar, as does the stay-at-home routine mixed with a dash of moving somewhere foreign. And the pipe.

But, I suppose, the most "human" character in The Hobbit is meant to be identified with...

EDIT: Meanwhile, Gandalf is the character I would *like* to be: a crotchety old know-it-all with plenty of cause to be snarky.

Anguirel · 03-21-2011, 06:15 PM

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Really? I thought it would be Maglor or at least a Feanorion....

I like the seven best, but would never quite aspire to be that cool...

Daeron also deserves a mention actually

EDIT: ha, have just seen this thread says LOTR. OK sure, beside the Silmarillion they're all a bit shabby, but I suppose I go with the usual bespectacled option, Faramir...

Thinlómien · 03-22-2011, 10:24 AM

I actually have to agree with Galadriel: Merry is the most like me - generally happy and friendly, a bit of an organisator and leader, feels kind of deeply but is still very down-to-earth and also of the scholarly type. Plus, he and Pippin always reminded me of myself and my little sister.

I actually also started thinking that Gimli is also someone slightly like me - I can see myself in the ubiquitous pessimism and the courage that exists side by side with it and in the loyalty to friends, the impatience and the love and awe of beautiful things. Plus, Gimli's jokes generally make me chuckle the most when I'm reading LotR even though they are sometimes really stupid.

And if I was an old man, I'd undoubtedly be a lot like Gandalf.

skip spence · 03-22-2011, 11:08 AM

Hm. Good question.

Tom Bombadil I suppose...

Not because I'm First, or the Master of anything in particular - and, honestly, I never make up and recite silly poetry in public nor strut around in bright yellow boots - but rather because I'm quite satisfied as long as I've got a good woman, good food and drink and some music and hiking for entertainment, much like Tom

Absinthe · 03-22-2011, 12:10 PM

Miruvor. Even if it is the wrong colour.

Galadriel · 03-24-2011, 07:46 AM

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Miruvor. Even if it is the wrong colour.

Meaning?

Galadriel55 · 03-24-2011, 03:43 PM

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Miruvor. Even if it is the wrong colour.

Meaning?

Energetic, makes you feel better...

Morthoron · 03-24-2011, 04:23 PM

Hmmm...I would say Eol, but that Elf simply has no sense of humor. Although spearing my ex-wife doesn't sound like such a bad idea...

*daydreams*

Errr...I'm joking, merely joking. Ummm...Saruman is cranky enough but I don't care to wear white. Gandalf? Cranky as well, but I don't tend to meddle in other people's affairs.

Okay, I will say Smaug. A nice dry wit and a mean streak..

Galadriel55 · 03-24-2011, 04:58 PM

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Okay, I will say Smaug. A nice dry wit and a mean streak..

Hehe...

And speaking of dragons, I probably have a bit of Glaurung in me. All my friends say that I stare at them...

Formendacil · 03-24-2011, 06:39 PM

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Ummm...Saruman is cranky enough but I don't care to wear white.

Of course, though, there are really many colours Saruman could wear.

Morthoron · 03-25-2011, 06:44 AM

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Of course, though, there are really many colours Saruman could wear.

Hmmm...I still think I'd prefer my belly encrusted with diamonds and precious jewels. What a fashion statement at the beach!

Galadriel · 03-25-2011, 07:30 AM

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Hmmm...I would say Eol, but that Elf simply has no sense of humor. Although spearing my ex-wife doesn't sound like such a bad idea...

*daydreams*

Errr...I'm joking, merely joking. Ummm...Saruman is cranky enough but I don't care to wear white. Gandalf? Cranky as well, but I don't tend to meddle in other people's affairs.

Okay, I will say Smaug. A nice dry wit and a mean streak..

You scare me. Quite a bit. Is that bad?

Morthoron · 03-25-2011, 08:16 AM

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You scare me. Quite a bit. Is that bad?

No, not at all. Actually, I've mellowed over the last few days.

Absinthe · 03-25-2011, 08:56 AM

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Meaning?

Not sure what you are implying but Miruvor is a clear spirit and I am a green one.

Galadriel55 · 03-25-2011, 02:23 PM

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Not sure what you are implying but Miruvor is a clear spirit and I am a green one.

This is a thread about characters. Which person/creature/entity/whatever from LOTR reminds you most of yourself?

I just realised that my character doesn't fit the criteria either, since Thorin does not appear much in LOTR... If it's only LOTR, then... erm...

Well, I'd prefer to be Gilraen, but I'm not that kind of person. My personality is pretty close to Gimli's too. Nice and pesimistic, he is.

Absinthe · 03-25-2011, 02:55 PM

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This is a thread about characters. Which person/creature/entity/whatever from LOTR reminds you most of yourself?

I was actually aware of that. I thought my answer was rather apt given my screen name

I'll get my coat.

Galadriel · 03-26-2011, 07:29 AM

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No, not at all. Actually, I've mellowed over the last few days.

Well, that's good. Are you a different character now, then?

Morthoron · 03-26-2011, 05:41 PM

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Well, that's good. Are you a different character now, then?

No, not really. I just cut down on my coffee intake. And my facetiousness.

Bêthberry · 04-01-2011, 09:41 PM

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This is a thread about characters. Which person/creature/entity/whatever from LOTR reminds you most of yourself?

None of them, actually. I like the dwarves, but I don't have a beard.

And I like the Ents, but there's no entwives and I don't like the attitude towards them anyway. (And I do like bumping spammers off the page.)

Aganzir · 01-18-2013, 07:54 PM

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But to make things easier, I'm most like Thorin.

Marry me.

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I like the dwarves, but I don't have a beard.

That is easily solved, my love.

I just took the Barrow-Downs personality test again after several years, and even though I feel I've changed a lot, I'm still Boromir (with a strong resemblance to Aragorn). This is awesome because I've always related to him - he's proud and does what he considers right and his duty. And if his notion of doing things right is different from the rest of the Fellowship's, he speaks out even if he's in the minority.

On my last reread of LOTR, I realised I'm also very much like Merry. I'm bossy just the same way.

And my last reread of The Hobbit proved me it's not very difficult at all to relate to Thorin either. I would be on edge (and mean) exactly like him if I was the leader of a company of 12 dwarves and a stupid hobbit, plus I see myself when his principles and haughtiness start bordering on ridiculous stubbornness.

Also, I am sure you all will be thrilled to know I just took another personality test on Selectsmart and scored 100% as Sauron. I don't really know how I did it, but I am extremely amused.

Andsigil · 01-18-2013, 09:25 PM

I consistently score as Gimli/generic dwarf on the tests I take.

I'm rather fond of, well, nearly everything dwarven, from architecture to hospitality.

Inziladun · 01-18-2013, 09:40 PM

I think I would have to say Gandalf.

I tend be overly concerned about myriad things and may come off as being somewhat grim at face value, though I do have a (rather odd) sense of humor as well.
Plus, I have a difficult time sitting still for long periods.

Lalwendë · 01-19-2013, 01:37 PM

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Also, I am sure you all will be thrilled to know I just took another personality test on Selectsmart and scored 100% as Sauron. I don't really know how I did it, but I am extremely amused.

Apparently I am 100% King Theoden. Which makes me laugh because I'm more or less a textbook definition of a Hobbit, sitting around pondering genealogy and maps while eating cake. And being easily persuaded by Wizards.

Aganzir · 01-19-2013, 05:04 PM

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I'm rather fond of, well, nearly everything dwarven, from architecture to hospitality.

High five, bro!

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I tend be overly concerned about myriad things and may come off as being somewhat grim at face value

Yeah, Gandalf is more or less annoyed about half the times he opens his mouth!

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Apparently I am 100% King Theoden.

It seems like the test is inclined to give at least one 100% result to everyone. In addition to Sauron, I was also 92% Isildur. I don't really know how I managed to do it because all my answers were honest and at least I find myself a decent person!

THE Ka · 01-20-2013, 01:09 AM

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It seems like the test is inclined to give at least one 100% result to everyone. In addition to Sauron, I was also 92% Isildur. I don't really know how I managed to do it because all my answers were honest and at least I find myself a decent person!

Must be all the 'Yes to the No' questions.

I can confirm that at least you are a rather lovely person. I only know this, because the quiz believes I'm the test-tube baby of Bilbo and Aragorn. So you know I'm made of pure good intentions, adorable eccentricity and wisdom.

Nerwen · 01-20-2013, 02:23 AM

Now, now, Agan. Who are you to question a test that is "newer, better, much more accurate"? Why, it even says so in the title!

Clearly, you are simply in denial about your inner Dark Lord-ness.

Mithalwen · 01-20-2013, 06:31 AM

A hundred percent Elrond. However I couldn't adjust the sliders...

Inziladun · 01-20-2013, 06:39 AM

Unbelievably, I just took the test and got 100% Gandalf. Arwen was a close second at 88%.

Mithalwen · 01-20-2013, 07:06 AM

I got zero for Arwen

Thinlómien · 01-20-2013, 07:12 AM

I am 100% Bilbo. Would never have occured to me, but really why not?

Apparently I'm also like Pippin (funny, because I'm currently rereading LotR and for the first time I'm actually identifying with him), Gollum (thanks), Éowyn (cool, but I hope I'm not that angsty!) and Elrond (Agan may laugh now). And 0% Tom Bombadil. (Greenie comments: "Well, good. I don't think you could stand a person like that. He's just the type that he would listen to reggae and you'd be stomping your feet!")

The Barrow-Downs personality test, however, tells me I'm the most like Legolas, and that I also resemble Boromir.

As for answering the question in general, I currently feel like a mixture of Gimli, Gandalf and Frodo.

Lalwendë · 01-20-2013, 08:11 AM

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I got zero for Arwen

And me. I guess I'm not cut out for staying at home sewing banners.

I also got 0% Legolas.

10-16-2004, 10:13 PM	#161
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	An Introvert alike... Oh, how i have thought about this topic... well, i see myself as a mixture of characters, my favorite character Boromir (Praise the Disco-King! ) though, not being anything like myself. Honestly, i see myself as a Radagast, or i can realate to him the most. Though little is said about him, i feel very much alike. Tolkien for me, explained and presented him as being sort of detacted from the human world, introverted, mysterious but ideal. I relate to him in two ways, maybe even more. I love animals, i do not know or want to know my life without their influence, another is that i find myself always giving advice to friends and family when they ask it but, i always hide myself or dissappear when someone expresses their thankfulness by telling others about me or thanking me. Also i love rural areas, even though i can agree some cities are wonderful (the closest to me being Seattle for comparison), I can't cope with how crampt and lifeless they are. In other words, give me a deserted island or costal forest and i'm estatic. Well, that's all i have to say. Wish i had more but, that's it. - KA __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

03-20-2011, 07:39 AM	#162
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,513	I'm probably most alike with Thorin. I have his temper and inconsistency. I don't trust the personality tests. For one thing, each one gives me different results. I can't be Sam, Pippin, Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli, and Arwen all at once! Or can I? Secondly, the multiple choice doesn't satisfy me, because I'd do neither, or a mixture of them. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-20-2011, 01:25 PM	#163
Almesiva Moonshadow Animated Skeleton Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Serbia Posts: 34	Hmmm...This is kind of a hard question for me, and I'm not quite sure what the answer would be...so lets see... I'm a loner by nature. I can be very proud sometimes. I'm not really THAT brave, if you know what I mean... and I tend to lie a lot So what do we get? A mix of Boromir,Aragorn,Gollumand some other guy, who's a coward??? (I'm not sure if there are any cowards in Tolkiens works...) I'm really confused now... __________________ "...Aim for the moon,if you miss,you may hit a star..." -W.Clement Stone-

03-20-2011, 01:31 PM	#164
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,513	Saruman, perhaps? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-20-2011, 02:06 PM	#166
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,513	Or you could just say Saruman of many, cough, personalities... If that was said about me, I'd understand it as stubborn, bad-tempered, concieted, inconsistent, lazy, off my rocker, exasporating, over-enthusiastic when it isn't needed, offering help at exactly the wrong moment, and so many more... But to make things easier, I'm most like Thorin. Oh, and add show-off to that list. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera Last edited by Galadriel55; 03-20-2011 at 02:16 PM.

03-21-2011, 08:28 AM	#167
Galadriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion Posts: 551	Wow, that's a hard question! As much as I'd like to say, "Galadriel! Tuor! Maglor! Finrod!" I can only say...Merry. Why, you ask? Let's not even go there...it's not flattering. At all. __________________ "Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?" – Tom Bombadil

03-21-2011, 08:38 AM	#168
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Maeglin, if anyone needed to know that for sure __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

03-21-2011, 02:28 PM	#169
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Really? I thought it would be Maglor or at least a Feanorion.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-21-2011, 04:47 PM	#170
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Bilbo. The propensity for writing things about subjects that he knows a lot on, but is no expert (e.g. Elves) feels very familiar, as does the stay-at-home routine mixed with a dash of moving somewhere foreign. And the pipe. But, I suppose, the most "human" character in The Hobbit is meant to be identified with... EDIT: Meanwhile, Gandalf is the character I would like to be: a crotchety old know-it-all with plenty of cause to be snarky. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned. Last edited by Formendacil; 03-21-2011 at 04:53 PM.

03-22-2011, 10:24 AM	#172
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I actually have to agree with Galadriel: Merry is the most like me - generally happy and friendly, a bit of an organisator and leader, feels kind of deeply but is still very down-to-earth and also of the scholarly type. Plus, he and Pippin always reminded me of myself and my little sister. I actually also started thinking that Gimli is also someone slightly like me - I can see myself in the ubiquitous pessimism and the courage that exists side by side with it and in the loyalty to friends, the impatience and the love and awe of beautiful things. Plus, Gimli's jokes generally make me chuckle the most when I'm reading LotR even though they are sometimes really stupid. And if I was an old man, I'd undoubtedly be a lot like Gandalf. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-22-2011, 11:08 AM	#173
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Hm. Good question. Tom Bombadil I suppose... Not because I'm First, or the Master of anything in particular - and, honestly, I never make up and recite silly poetry in public nor strut around in bright yellow boots - but rather because I'm quite satisfied as long as I've got a good woman, good food and drink and some music and hiking for entertainment, much like Tom __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

03-22-2011, 12:10 PM	#174
Absinthe Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: in a bottle Posts: 45	Miruvor. Even if it is the wrong colour. __________________ After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world

03-24-2011, 04:23 PM	#177
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Hmmm...I would say Eol, but that Elf simply has no sense of humor. Although spearing my ex-wife doesn't sound like such a bad idea... daydreams Errr...I'm joking, merely joking. Ummm...Saruman is cranky enough but I don't care to wear white. Gandalf? Cranky as well, but I don't tend to meddle in other people's affairs. Okay, I will say Smaug. A nice dry wit and a mean streak.. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

01-18-2013, 09:25 PM	#190
Andsigil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin Posts: 733	I consistently score as Gimli/generic dwarf on the tests I take. I'm rather fond of, well, nearly everything dwarven, from architecture to hospitality. __________________ Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.

01-18-2013, 09:40 PM	#191
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	I think I would have to say Gandalf. I tend be overly concerned about myriad things and may come off as being somewhat grim at face value, though I do have a (rather odd) sense of humor as well. Plus, I have a difficult time sitting still for long periods. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-20-2013, 02:23 AM	#195
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Now, now, Agan. Who are you to question a test that is "newer, better, much more accurate"? Why, it even says so in the title! Clearly, you are simply in denial about your inner Dark Lord-ness. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

01-20-2013, 06:31 AM	#196
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	A hundred percent Elrond. However I couldn't adjust the sliders... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-20-2013, 06:39 AM	#197
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Unbelievably, I just took the test and got 100% Gandalf. Arwen was a close second at 88%. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-20-2013, 07:06 AM	#198
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I got zero for Arwen __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-20-2013, 07:12 AM	#199
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I am 100% Bilbo. Would never have occured to me, but really why not? Apparently I'm also like Pippin (funny, because I'm currently rereading LotR and for the first time I'm actually identifying with him), Gollum (thanks), Éowyn (cool, but I hope I'm not that angsty!) and Elrond (Agan may laugh now). And 0% Tom Bombadil. (Greenie comments: "Well, good. I don't think you could stand a person like that. He's just the type that he would listen to reggae and you'd be stomping your feet!") The Barrow-Downs personality test, however, tells me I'm the most like Legolas, and that I also resemble Boromir. As for answering the question in general, I currently feel like a mixture of Gimli, Gandalf and Frodo. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris