[queenoftheshire]

[chickloveslotr]

omg i have read them and i LOVED them! Radagast was pretty awesome!

[Vulgarweed]

I love those stories by Jodancingtree too-- her Radagast is fantastic, and I love her Orc OCs.

Tom Bombadil! Funny you should mention: I was just about to put him down on my "Most Underappreciated Character" list on that other thread. I find him fascinating, 'cause what IS he? Silly little man with the annoying rhymes, sure--but what power he has! Able to command the Willow and the Barrow-wights, able to protect the hobbits from the Nazgul, able to be completely unaffected by the Ring....yikes! There's something very itchy and disturbing about that, but I like it a great deal. I think, in his connection to his little realm, I see him as a sort of spiritus loci, a kind of Green-Man-ish forest sage type.

Tolkien wrote something of him somewhere, I don't have it handy so I have to paraphrase, that he was a spirit of love of understanding of things around him, of the natural world completely for its own sake--to do nothing with that knowledge whatsoever, just amass it for sheer love of it. Which is, you know, truly awesome. All the Valar combined aren't powerful or holy enough to resist the urge to mess with stuff.

That said, my favorite races really are probably the Ainur and the Ents. Damn, I'd love to get inside an Ent's mind for a century or two.

[Mitasova]

Add me to the list of people who adore Men of Gondor and don't care much about the Elves. Well, I like the Silmarillion Elves, because they actually have stuff to do - they are tortured, violent and often screwed-up. That I like. LotR Elves? They basically deliver pep-talk and look pretty.

Btw, that is, imo, the root of the Evil!Thranduil fanfic clishe, that has been discussed in another thread. Legolas, either in the books or in the movies, has no angst, so in order to make him more interesting writers invent it for him. I cannot say that I blame them, but this all-consuming fascination with an utterly bland character is something I could never understand.

Oh, and I agree with whoever said that the Dwarves are uber-cool, too.
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Tanya

[queenoftheshire]

I feel so much better now that I know this site hasn't been invaded with Pervy Elf Fanciers!!

EDIT: I'm not against anyone who is! Sorry for the confusion!

[BellaDonna]

Don't worry! I'm not one! I love the hobbits because they're loyal and caring, sweet and so damn cute! But I love the Humans! Good looking men! lol Especially Aragorn! I won't go there! lol

[Roisin]

Sorry to disappoint, but I love Elves. They are tall and beautiful and immortal and a little melancholy.

Hobbits are nice, but only if you are a female Hobbit.

Roisin

[Andreth]

I have to raise a hand for Elves, too. Though the Ainur are the race I find overall most interesting, there are those Elves and half-Elves who run a close second for me. But then there are also Mortals on my most favored list, and even a few Dwarves and a Hobbit. Oh, and an Eagle, too.

Now that I think on it, I believe I'd be better served to say I have a group of favorite characters as opposed to an overall favorite race. Especially the characters whose differences set themselves apart from the norm of their respective races. Even the Hobbits we got to know are said to be unusual Hobbits and quite different from the others of their kind.

Sorry, just random thoughts as a result of boredom and writer's block. Dangerous combination.

[queenoftheshire]

Yes, hehehe. Merry, Pip, and Frodo are quite different than other hobbits. I happen to think Sam is the most normal of them all, save the fact of his facination with elves.

Tooks and Brandybucks are my favorite hobbit families. Actually, you can say that Merry, Pippin and Frodo are different than other hobbits around them for that reason.

Tooks are mischievous and adventurous, a charactistic unique to their family. Brandybucks are the only hobbits who enjoy water and who can swim. All three have Took and Brandybuck blood in them and have spent time with those families as well.
Sam really has been raised a normal hobbit lad though. Of course he did spend alot of time with Bilbo, learning to read, write, etc.

There we go! It's all Bilbo's fault!

[sindohte]

I have to cast my vote for being an unabashed Elf lover. Sure I can freely admit that they make great eye candy, but what fascinates me about Elves is the breadth and depth of their history. It is both a gift and a curse that Elves have such long lifespans. After a time the strain of the years has to become a tremendous burden for an Elf. Yet when they compare themselves against the race of Men, it has to provoke some level of envy or even longing. At least mortals can count themselves fortunate in that they have a finite lifespan, while Elves have to live on with their memories.

[DragonEyes]

ummm....
I like being human...part of liking fiery nature and fighting nad passion....well you get the point....but I also like all other races...each one of them is nice in their own way....except elves I seem to be both repulsed and attracted by them...I keep picturing them as aloof and somewhat condescending but smthg attracts me to them and it certainly is not the extreme beauty...

[Eyborg]

My favourite races in LOTR are the hobbits and the Rohirrim.

Hobbits because, like somebody said, they're cute and loyal, and can be brave when it's needed. Although I guess I like the Took/Brandybuck hobbits best (that is, Merry, Pip & Frodo).

I guess because I'm Icelandic, I can identify a lot with the Rohirrim. I've always been interested in viking stories & culture...

[Vilwarin]

Definitely Northern Dúnedain.
*Dreams of the Rangers fighting the evil evil orcses and guarding poor simple folks.*

If all the nature boys managed to look so dawned sexy like Aragorn does...

They are loyal, noble, and heroic and hold to their oath while facing certain death *looks in Halbarad's direction*.

They would NEVER talk you to death and always be very polite.
Oh yes, but certainly too selfless
That would be it.