Who is Your Favorite Hobbit?

[Urwen]

Mine and Pervinca's are one and the same.

[Galadriel55]

It's hard to pick a favourite! I like all of them at different times for different reasons. I think of the whole my one favourite is probably Merry. He has a good balance of silliness and seriousness, he's rational and responsible but can also take things lightly, he's both philosophical and carefree, he does acts of leadership and bravery in a very unassuming way. He's well-balanced, and he combines the traits of Frodo, Sam, and Pippin in moderation. I feel that I would also probably like him best if I were to meet the quartet in person

[Pitchwife]

I'm going to cheat and name Peregrin Boffin, aka Trotter - Bilbo's cousin who ran away to join the Rangers, survived more than one close encounter with the Nazgûl (even if he had to wear wooden shoes thereafter) and even made it through Moria once before escorting cousin Fr - er, Bingo to Rivendell and further. For a hobbit, that's about as badass as they come. I kind of almost wish Tolkien had kept him instead of changing him into a Big Man called Strider.

If we're limited to hobbits who actually made it into the finished book, well I'm afraid I'll have to be boring and say Sam, but I also have a soft spot for Lobelia.

[R.R.J Tolkien]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

I'm going to cheat and name Peregrin Boffin, aka Trotter - Bilbo's cousin who ran away to join the Rangers, survived more than one close encounter with the Nazgûl (even if he had to wear wooden shoes thereafter) and even made it through Moria once before escorting cousin Fr - er, Bingo to Rivendell and further. For a hobbit, that's about as badass as they come. I kind of almost wish Tolkien had kept him instead of changing him into a Big Man called Strider.

If we're limited to hobbits who actually made it into the finished book, well I'm afraid I'll have to be boring and say Sam, but I also have a soft spot for Lobelia.

I hated Lobelia, until the scourging of the shire.

[Huinesoron]

Rosie Cotton. She's a marvellous example of Tolkien sketching an entire personality in a handful of lines:

Originally Posted by RotK

‘Well, be off with you!’ said Rosie. ‘If you’ve been looking after Mr. Frodo all this while, what d’you want to leave him for, as soon as things look dangerous?’

And she's also a Seer!

Originally Posted by RotK

‘Hullo, Sam!’ said Rosie. ‘Where’ve you been? They said you were dead; but I’ve been expecting you since the Spring. You haven’t hurried have you?’

Originally Posted by The Epilogue

Sam stood at the door and looked away eastward. He drew Mistress Rose to him and held her close to his side. 'March 18th’, he said. 'This time seventeen years ago, Rose wife, I did not think I should ever see thee again. But I kept on hoping.’

'And I never hoped at all, Sam,’ she said, 'until that very day; and then suddenly I did. In the middle of the morning I began singing, and father said “Quiet, lass, or the Ruffians will come,” and I said “Let them come. Their time will soon be over. My Sam’s coming back.” And he came.’

hS

[Inziladun]

I can relate most to Bilbo.

I am a non-confrontational "don't bother me, and I won't bother you" type. I like routines and deplore things that interfere with them. Very boring, in other words.

Yet, like Bilbo, I am curious about the World, and at times familiar places and faces get a little tiring.
So, a brief cruise or vacation, then back home again.

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Pippin. So clever, so much potential, if he would ever just grow up.

[Morthoron]

Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger. The first celebrity to release a bestselling health book, "The Lockholes Diet".

[R.R.J Tolkien]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

It's hard to pick a favourite! I like all of them at different times for different reasons. I think of the whole my one favourite is probably Merry. He has a good balance of silliness and seriousness, he's rational and responsible but can also take things lightly, he's both philosophical and carefree, he does acts of leadership and bravery in a very unassuming way. He's well-balanced, and he combines the traits of Frodo, Sam, and Pippin in moderation. I feel that I would also probably like him best if I were to meet the quartet in person

Interesting take. I think I like Bilbo [since he is so much like me] because I feel more like I am going on the adventure as well since I see so much of him in me. Of course it applies to all the hobbits to a lesser extent.