favorite main Hobbit character

[Nazgûl-king]

Whom do you guys like better, Bilbo (main character of The Hobbit), or Frodo (main character of Lord of the Rings)? I thought it would be interesting to see which main hobbit character was more popular. I would set this as a poll, but I'm not really sure how to make polls.

[MatthewM]

Frodo.

[Tuor in Gondolin]

Since not everyone seems to have internet access
at the moment, this response is forwarded.


"We hates Thief Baggins!. We hates him forever!
Nice Smeagol likes the good hobbit (Master Frodo), gollum... gollum..."

[R.]

I was never crazy about Frodo. That said i always thought Bilbo was great my favorite character.

[Maedhros_the_Tall]

Definitely Bilbo, for me. I always liked how unprepared and unwilling he was for his 'adventure' before gradually settling into it and eventually becoming quite good at it, whereas, to me, Frodo always seemed to accept it from the beginning as soon as Gandalf told him, and I just didn't find that as entertaining.

[Nazgûl-king]

My favorite out of the two Hobbits is Bilbo, so that currently makes it:

Bilbo: 3
Frodo: 2

[Eönwë]

My opinion is: *dum dum dum* Bilbo!

A much better hero in my opinion.

[Groin Redbeard]

What makes both of these hobbits amazing is that they were both chosen for something that did not concern them and came out of their adventures victorious!

Bilbo's adventure is an amazing tale of self sacrifice and loyalty. However, Frodo's adventure is one on an even greater epic scale! Frodo actually was wounded and had troubles far greater than being eaten by Gollum (that was one of his problems too). Frodo in my opinion is the ultimate hobbit, sacrificing himself for something he loved, and ends up leaving it all in the end.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Bilbo does well, but he never experiences the suffering Frodo has to go through. Frodo for me.

[Rikae]

Bilbo gave up the ring of his own free will - something even Frodo could not do, But, to be fair, Frodo's test was much harder (I take it the ring's power grew with proximity to Sauron) and so there can't really be any comparison. They are both similarly endearing and unexpectedly strong - Frodo, as Groin says, on a greater scale.

That said, the movies kind of ruined Frodo for me, sadly. That wide-eyed teenager was not Frodo, and now my original Frodo seems to have vanished from my mind.

[Eönwë]

But Bilbo didn't have the pressure of all the free peopels of ME on him, and he did it voluntarily (Well, not exactly). Also, he almost managed to stop a battle. Frodo, if anything, didn't do that (In fact, I'm pretty sure he started at least one, or at least, it was beause of him).

[MatthewM]

Frodo is a much better character in my opinion. Bilbo doesn't suffer like Frodo does. Frodo's story is so much more interesting than Bilbo's - although they are both part of a whole - they can be treated seperately.

Once Bilbo jumped into his adventure after his initial sluggish ways he jumped right in, right? Frodo was reluctant all along, but performed his duty nonetheless. I think Frodo is a deeper character.