Mordor: Gone but not forgotten (a tongue-in-cheek poll)

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Deep down inside, I'm...

Frodo, reluctant hero
0
No votes
Sam, faithful companion
1
7%
Gandalf, wise mage
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No votes
Aragorn, a man who would be king
1
7%
Gimli, gruff but good with an axe
1
7%
A mixture of Merry and Pippin, always playful
2
13%
Arwen, daughter of the Elf King
4
27%
Gollum, a torn creature
2
13%
Boromir, the brother who tried
1
7%
Eowyn, the hidden huntress
1
7%
Galadriel, Queen of Lothlorien
2
13%
Legolas, Elf Prince, archer
0
No votes
Celeborn, Lord of Lothlorien
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No votes
Theoden, King of Rohan
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No votes
Faramir, Brother of Boromir
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No votes
 
Total votes: 15
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Hi all,

Interesting replies. Thanks for participating. I took the test Donna provided a link to and I came out being Galadriel, one of the choices I wanted to include in the poll but didn't have room for.

When I was still in university, taking a degree in Religious Studies, we spent an entire term in one of my courses (Understanding Religion) looking at myth and spirituality as they can be found in popular American films coming out of Hollywood. It was a fascinating course. We took apart the mythic structure of such films as Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz, in which the "quests" of the main heroes (Luke, for harmony with the Force; Dorothy, for home) had spiritual overtones and played a pivotal role in how the stories turned out. I think that much of what we discussed back then can be applied to Frodo's journey as well (and to other characters in the LOTR films, many of whom gain wisdom and spiritual depth because of their ordeals and trials in freeing Middle-Earth from the grip of Sauron--an obvious stand-in for the Christian conception of shaitan, "the Adversary" of Hebrew myth, if there ever was one).

Going back to the poll (and online test), although I most see myself in Boromir, I certainly wouldn't mind being even just a bit like Arwen... her poise, her tenderness... and her lips. Those lips are to die for! :P

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I think I would be a mixture of Merry and Pippin, the test said I would be Frodo :)
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The first test said I am Celeborn and the second said Arwen.
I'm not sure what that means.
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Both tests said I was Theoden. I can go with that. :)

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If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Wormtongue, Man of Rohan, the chief counselor of Theoden. In the movie, I am played by Brad Dourif.
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If I were a character in The Return of the King, I would be Shelob, a Spider and the ancient daughter of Ungoliant.

Must be 'cause I kept saying I would use the One Ring to gain power.... :twisted:
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Both quizzes mentioned actually gave me Merry. :? All well and good, I suppose, but not very TG. :-k Eowyn of Rohan traded feminine garb for battle gear, adopted the masculine persona Dernhelm, and rode into combat. =D> Now that's what I'm talkin' about. :mrgreen:

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"Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!"

A cold voice answered: "Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."

A sword rang as it was drawn. "Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may."

"Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!"

Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."

The Return of the King: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p. 116
Galadriel and Arwen may have been beautiful, mysterious, and powerful . . . but they didn't slay the Witch King of Angmar. :) Eowyn gets the glory. 8)
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