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Actually I agree with that. I think I find Frodo much more interesting, and in other circumstances would probably like him very much. Whereas I'd find Sam dull and slightly annoying (but annoying in a way where, you are friends with them - usually through mutual contacts - and of course over time you just like them, but they make you palm/forehead A LOT!). But yes, throw in actions, and it's like OMG FRODO YOU IDIOT! And then it's go Sam go! You save the friggin day! Mostly by default because OMG FRODO PUT THAT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xd

Legolas and Pippin are my favorites, followed by Arogorn and to a lesser extent Merry. I also rather like Elrond and Faramir.

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I KNOW! Like had they had the normal hobbit life they were supposed to Frodo probably woulda been an intriguing and fun guy, and Sam would have been a stick in the mud. Damn ring, rings always ruin everything! Girls are so crazy, struggling to get these stupid things!

Woot! Haha, they are some pretty awesome characters. I really do like Gimli too, I just don't love him. I'm also biased against dwarfs (as in the mythical versions, not the medical versions), which is part of the problem. I've just never liked them. They just get depicted as short - generally unattractive, treasure hungry, malevolent beings (even Snow White's were pretty surly). So I like Gimli as much as I possibly could being COMPLETELY biased against his race. xd

*shifty eyes*...noooooooo, never! Haha, ok I know I totally have my racist qualities, but I don't feel so bad admitting my prejudices against the imaginary races.

bursts into Avenue Q's Everyone's A Little Bit Racist

See, the problem with dwarfs for me, is they always end up in competition with elves. And then elves totally own. Like Gimli and dwarfs in a world where there was no Legolas or Elrond or fantastic elven amazingness might have been full of awesome. But there are elves, and I compare them, and the elves just win. Elves are pretty and talented and magical and wise. They are impish and conniving and full of wonderful trickery. I've just never had a dwarf stand out for me. Gimli is great, but then why would I look at him when I can look at Legolas? Nope, I'm sorry, I'll just have to keep the RACISM going. xd

Oh it SO is. As are most of the songs in that musical.

I like rivalries too, but when things are just TOO contrasted it takes the interest out of it for me. Legolas and Gimli were adorable the way they played off each other, but it was just no contest. And while the friendship they developed sparked fuzzies, it also left the final avenue I could have clung to, bitter enmity. They eventually become unequal friends - so yes while elves and dwarfs still had interesting conflicts, the two of them lost any major appeal for me. I will agree that Gimli does help make me like Legolas more, haha, so he serves a purpose!

Hahaha, yea, that's not gunna do it for me. Haha. I mean with characters like Kaiba and Jou (or Yuki and Kyo are another favorite for me in this type), yes there is one who always wins. But the other is close. Competition makes sense. I do like that the one character ALWAYS manages to edge out in the end, because I like watching the other character being further frustrated. I'm shallow, in reality I approve of all those nice, loyal, dog like qualities to an extent. Living with someone who didn't have them would be irritating. But the qualities that I of course usually swoon for before going for that whole rounded out personality is talent, intelligence, strength, etc. Yea you should totally judge a person by what's on the inside, and I do...eventually. It's just eventually is usually longer than 3 movies, so in the fictional verse, I just don't have the time to give Gimli the fair shot he probably deserves.

Of course maybe one day I'll read the books...then we'll see.

Whereas I like traits that are powerful, talented, twisted and/or all of the above. xd

Yea, I don't know if I'd get into those, but we (my family) somehow managed to lose Fellowship. We had them all, but we lost that one. And because we "have" it (maybe - it's possible it got lost amongst books that suffered water damage because someone *cough*dad*cough* did not store them intelligently) we don't want to buy it again. But thus, I can't read the rest of the books, because you know, order and all. Even in things where it doesn't matter (and I think in this it does) I'm quite OCD. I read all of Pern in chronological order even though you can really read those books in any order, and they weren't even written chronologically. xd

I read The Hobbit though...so that's good enough right?

And damn proud ^_~

Yea maybe, but again there are several things ahead of it on the fail list... razz

I kept meaning to ask you about that. That's exactly how I felt, I was so bored during Brr's stuff, but it soon became evident that this wasn't the last book. So it was easier to get through in the hopes that the 4th book will be more interesting. And yes I did enjoy the Yackle stuff, I wish she'd talk more and allow Brr to shut up. I don't see a lot of Brr's back story becoming relevant to the plot. At least most of what I disliked from the other two books I do understand how it connects and is important, so that's my main issue. But yea, the end of Son of a Witch SO made that whole book worth it for me, it was substantially better. Whereas A Lion Among Men was only slightly better so I probably won't ever make it through that book again. There are few cats I dislike, but invisible cat is one of them! EVIL b*****d!! I also dislike my friend Tricia's cat, but that's entirely unrelated.

Yea, perhaps. I mean in theory it's my kind of thing, but in execution I have several issues with LOTR the films, I'm not sure if that would be exacerbated or improved upon by the books. Hopefully I'll find out one day. I know what you mean though. I full on HATED Pride and Prejudice back in HS when I read it (Freshmen year, and it was of my own volition, so it wasn't even the awful essay or whatnot making it unbearable to me). When I had to reread it junior year for a British Lit class - and I almost skipped it, especially after passionately hating Robinson Crusoe. I was pretty sure I could fake my way through the test and just choose a different book for the essay. But I started it - the plan was to skim, and ended up totally in love, unable to put it down. Didn't finish Gulliver's Travels because of it (which was ok, could totally do the test based on reading everything else - including evil boring as frick Robinson - and having watched most of the movie in class), but it was worth it. I absolutely adore that book now. So sometimes it's good to give things a second chance.