Beren.
For half a second I thought you had written Beorn.
I was more than a little worried.
Faramir, most definitely! Intelligent, ethical, sensitive but manly, patient, stable, generous… and with just the faintest hint of vulnerable Daddy Issues, but not enough to mess him up… what’s not to love?
Strider is not too bad, honestly, but King Aragorn Elessar Telcontar etc. etc. is a bit of a stuffed shirt (as – I think it was LeGuin-- put it), and Boromir “I am God’s Gift to Everyone,” are you kidding?
Eomer is a sweetie, but not for me, thanks. He’s got this great line in RotK (book, not movie) that goes something like, “Dude, this strategy thing is, like, way too hard. You smart prof types figure it out and I’ll go along with it,” only in Tolkien-speak, which I think is just awesome. Come to think of it, I actually do know girls (though not many) who’d prefer that to Faramir… the sort who think it’s weird that mr. hunter and I talk about books all the time.
I don’t particularly want to have sex with any of them.
I can’t see why I would want to be Boromir. He may have had a rich, full “off screen” life but his part in the tale consists basically of (1) get corrupted by the Ring and (2) get killed by Orcs.
Poor Faramir is always playing second fiddle to someone, first his brother, than Aragorn. Yeah, I’d get a hot shield maiden, but I’d always know I wasn’t her first choice.
Eomer? I have to admit I didn’t form much of an impression of him from the book, but he’s a pretty cool dude in the films. He’d be the obvious choice if it weren’t for…
Aragorn. Duh. Everybody loves him (eventually - except Orcs and other Orcish individuals). He never loses a fight. He rules a big chunk of the known world. He has a hot wife who’ll always love him. He enjoys a long life, with good health right up until the end.
As a girl type person, do I need to say who I’d like to be?
I’d probably pick Faramir. I’m a better lieutenant than a captain.
AS a girl type person, it’s Aragorn, hands down, except that Faramir (and Boromir) has his appeal.
Eomer? I never saw him as anything like potential–bad dye job, exiled within his own kingdom and he’s not there to protect his baby sister when she needs him most…*
Next thread, let’s rate all the dwarves from The Hobbit! 
*I kid, I kid!
I’m rethinking my choice here. Film Boromir is, after all, SEAN BEAN, and Sean Bean is pushing the top of the hot-o-meter.
Okay, textual support for my choices, at least the negative ones!
Here’s Boromir:
*It did not seem possible to Faramir that any one in Gondor could rival Boromir, heir of Denethor, Captain of the White Tower; and of like mind was Boromir. *
And Eomer (who doesn’t, I must admit, come off quite as badly as I remembered him doing):
“As for myself,” said Eomer, “I have little knowledge of these deep matters; but I need it not. This I know, and it is enough, that as my friend Aragorn succoured me and my people, so I will aid him when he calls. I will go.”
And as a bonus, this reminded me that I actually also love Prince Imrahil, even though he has a total bit part! Because he is intelligent and actually thinks about things!
“As for me,” said Imrahil, “…I will go also. Yet for a while I stand in the place of the Steward of Gondor, and it is mine to think first of its people. To prudence some heed must still be given. For we must prepare against all chances, good as well as evil.”
Also, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Eomer’s reaction to seeing Eowyn was to go on a suicidal charge, whereas Imrahil’s reaction was to say, “…Is she really dead? Maybe we should, like, check that!”
I had you pegged for wanting Denethor. <blink>
I wanna be a Care Bear
Oh it’ll be so great when I’m a Care Bear
Oh I can hardly wait to be a Care Bear
And do the things that Care Bears do
Oh I wanna be a Care Bear like you (you do?)
From the books and the film, Legolas.
Faramir would probably be second… And Sam would be third. Cute hobbits! Frodo would be next if he weren’t sooo broody…
I never liked Aragorn, in the book or the movies… Too much of everything… And in the movie, it was worse!!! At least the book showed others (like human Faramir!!!) who were able to resist the ring’s temptation.
What, Tom Bombadil not a choice?
I’d pick Faramir. He’s an intellectual yet can defend himself and has an air of Numenor about him but not so much that he’s intimidating. And he gets a pretty snazzy title later on. From the elves I would pick Legolas, he seems pretty down to earth for an elf. Plus he’s probably only several hundreds as opposed to several thousands of years older than me.
Other races while I’m thinking about it:
Hobbits - Merry. He’s a sensible chap with a good sense of humor. More mature than Pippin, more intellectual than Sam, and less tortured than Frodo. Plus he’s tall for a Hobbit. Kind of dense for not noticing that Dernhelm was Eowyn, however.
Dwarves - Uh, Gimli by default. He’d keep comparing me unfavorably with Galadriel, though, which would get old really quickly.
Maiar - I suppose with my username, I should pick Tilion, the Maia of the Moon, but I’d rather go with Osse, the Maia of the oceans, since he seems less boring than the others. For those of you who are less geeky than me, he briefly rebelled due to his delight of storms but repented, and he also befriended Cirdan’s Elves and the Numenoreans.
Valar - I always liked Ulmo, the Vala of the Ocean, since he took an active interest in Middle Earth even after the Noldor rebelled. He gave great advice which wasn’t always listened to. If he decided to send me a dream with the winning numbers to the Middle Earth lottery, I wouldn’t ignore it.
Ents - Quickbeam, the hasty Ent. Maybe we could even finish a conversation before I died of old age.
Trolls, Orcs, etc. - Ok, I am not going there.
Ehh, most chicks always go for the old dignified leadery guy with property no matter what he looks like, particularly if he has lost his wife. I think Treebeard would get the most action. Hell you could tell him him everything that happened in the week, 24-7 word by word, and he would actually listen.
What about Radagast the Brown? Everyone always forgets Radagast the Brown. Not a flashy wizard, I grant you, but modest, steady and has a way with the beasties…
:eek:
Aragorn.
I have never understood the hobbit love, at all. I mean, I like them OK, and I really have nothing against short guys…but these guys are three feet tall! With bellies! And hairy feet! Nothing about them appeals to me at all, not even Frodo’s dreamy blue eyes. Lovely, yes, but the body - no good for me.
If I can’t have Legolas, I’ll take Faramir, please!
So who’s winning?
What, no one wants to jump good old Gandalf’s bones?? Wow, no one with the hornies for an intellectual grandfather?
Personally, my choice is Goodgulf Greyteeth. He, at least, has the sense to bug out when the bugging out is good.
From the books: Faramir Faramir Faramir!
From the films: Boromir, hands down. You can’t beat a bit of the Bean. Faramir was a more than adequate replacement after FotR, though.
Shadowfax (whinny!)
Oh, neither do I. I only put a choice down because if I absolutely had to choose a hobbit, it would be Merry. Maybe I could feed him more Entdraught and make him shave the feet.
But, but, Faramir’s alter ego is you know who. Can’t be going there. Can’t even type it out.