tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post6214025986522142106..comments2024-03-26T18:18:41.766-04:00Comments on Hamlette's Soliloquy: MEMM Day 02 - Favorite characters from each raceHamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-36897422635104895232015-02-06T18:21:40.739-05:002015-02-06T18:21:40.739-05:00In real life, I like nice people. In fiction, I l...In real life, I like nice people. In fiction, I like angry ones. But I have to be able to trust them, even though they're angry.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-50738252149381788512015-02-06T16:40:42.112-05:002015-02-06T16:40:42.112-05:00I'm the opposite.
In real life, I like nice p...I'm the opposite.<br /><br />In real life, I like nice people.<br /><br />In fiction, I like dangerous ones. :DCharityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928012771461206094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-53928694667960833392015-02-06T13:46:41.299-05:002015-02-06T13:46:41.299-05:00The movies did such a magnificent job with Bard. ...The movies did such a magnificent job with Bard. End of story <3Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-68173727412280033772015-02-06T13:46:15.984-05:002015-02-06T13:46:15.984-05:00Eeeeeee, nope, I can't love or even like a per...Eeeeeee, nope, I can't love or even like a person much if I can't trust them. In Real Life or in fiction.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-40589840565531261802015-02-06T12:54:24.022-05:002015-02-06T12:54:24.022-05:00Bard and Boromir. Yes.
I love how the movies e...Bard and Boromir. Yes. <br /><br />I love how the movies explored Bard's character. He's my second favorite TH character:DOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-91915824513595819002015-02-06T11:00:03.283-05:002015-02-06T11:00:03.283-05:00Oh, I don't trust Thranduil either. That's...Oh, I don't trust Thranduil either. That's why I like him. ;)Charityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928012771461206094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-78524433852144348362015-02-05T18:32:39.287-05:002015-02-05T18:32:39.287-05:00You're reminding me of Ma Ingalls in the Littl...You're reminding me of Ma Ingalls in the Little House books. "The only good orc is a dead orc." I almost didn't put Azog in there, but... he's awfully cool.<br /><br />Thranduil is complex and cool, but ultimately... his mind is a bag full of cats, and I don't trust him.<br /><br />Eowyn is very cool, but I don't feel nearly as much affection for her as I do for Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-5262126571748501542015-02-05T18:29:37.603-05:002015-02-05T18:29:37.603-05:00Isn't Tauriel great? A worthy addition, I tho...Isn't Tauriel great? A worthy addition, I thought.<br /><br />I will not sneer if you go back and redo your posts, either of you. Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-63809482971527707302015-02-05T18:28:38.139-05:002015-02-05T18:28:38.139-05:00Yeah, for like his whole first chapter in The Hobb...Yeah, for like his whole first chapter in <i>The Hobbit</i>, Bard doesn't even get a name. He's just "the grim-faced man." I almost captioned that first picture of him with that, because it's so perfectly grim. I went back and read through the last few chapters of TH after my first viewing of TBOTFA to see what kind of Bardly goodness was in there, and was dismayed to Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-10133372099739788262015-02-05T18:24:39.805-05:002015-02-05T18:24:39.805-05:00(Yes, that's a total pattern of yours. I had ...(Yes, that's a total pattern of yours. I had a hard time finding a non-GIF version of that picture of Elrond, but I resisted using one of my screencaps from LOTR because I knew you'd sniff about the hair.)<br /><br />I think I have this feeling like I'm <i>supposed</i> to like Aragorn and Frodo, like Tolkien is sort of nudging me toward them, going, "Like them! Like them!"Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-25384940614472401082015-02-05T16:47:00.591-05:002015-02-05T16:47:00.591-05:00You have excellent taste.
My favorite orc is a de...You have excellent taste.<br /><br />My favorite orc is a dead orc, because dead orcs do not slow down the plot with long fight scenes. ;)<br /><br />Elrond is my favorite Elf as well, although like you I was surprised how much I came to like Legolas in TH. And ... I like Thranduil a lot, probably because he's NOT an ideal elf. He's twisted, and fallen, and selfish, and very un-noble, butCharityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928012771461206094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-91425562498591989092015-02-05T16:33:43.505-05:002015-02-05T16:33:43.505-05:00You know, I also actually missed the "s"...You know, I also actually missed the "s" at the end. I thought I had to narrow it down! I may go back and re-do mine...DKorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819702518388146971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-6619349020409262312015-02-05T16:25:28.318-05:002015-02-05T16:25:28.318-05:00Ahh, I entirely missed the "s" on the en...Ahh, I entirely missed the "s" on the end of "Characters" XD I could have talked about lot of other favorites. And I'm glad to find that someone else is a fan of Tauriel. She is a strong character, and I think she deserves to be liked, even though she's not in the books. Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402269932600706940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-16806872221053971972015-02-05T13:50:53.660-05:002015-02-05T13:50:53.660-05:00I think my favorites of Men and Hobbit are the sam...I think my favorites of Men and Hobbit are the same as yours. :) I've always loved Bard, even from the books for some reason, even though he's not developed like, at all in it. I guess I just like how noble he seemed, and Tolkien's description of him being "grim." But oh my goodness, they did such a great job with him in the movies!! Especially in the last one, when he Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901639281043602191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881774.post-60693073500187546032015-02-05T13:39:53.211-05:002015-02-05T13:39:53.211-05:00Mmmm, lots of great characters and pictures. Elro...Mmmm, lots of great characters and pictures. Elrond very nearly made my top elf, based simply on how awesome he is in AUJ and TBOTFA. He is so cool in The Hobbit movies. But I have little love of him in LotR (except in the flashbacks), so I had to make him second favorite instead. (Gee, I detect a pattern... I appear to like fighting/active Elrond,as opposed to DKorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819702518388146971noreply@blogger.com