The Middle Earth Popularity Cup

[Durelin]

People took me seriously about the pipeweed addiction? When it was paired with a 'candy addiction'? Hmm.

Originally Posted by Lal

...vanilla 'hero' dreamt up by a focus group to be perfect and conform to the agenda of the modern world. So he smokes and probably drinks, and he's sarcastic?

Yes, that certainly makes him sound interesting, but he's not to me. I also have no idea what a 'vanilla' hero is in the modern world. I actually think the modern obsession is with the sort of anti-hero. Unfortunately what that normally means is that they make a anti-hero just a piece of trash and expect people to like them because they're, uh, interesting. True, smoking and drinking is suddenly evil, but having no respect for any person or thing around you (or yourself) isn't. Thus we have reality shows.

But then, I don't even think of Gandalf as a 'hero'. Gandalf is more an entity than a character to me. He just manipulates and does. Maybe it's that he's...plot driven, himself like a plot device. Boromir's personality and motives are among the most interesting and well-defined, in my opinion, even though he only makes it through FotR. I guess any character whose purpose is to be there so all the other characters do what they need to just kinda annoys me.

And iconic Gandalf may be, but I'm not into the type of character/legendary figure he represents.

I think I would like him better if he had stayed dead.

[satansaloser2005]

++Boromir


For our lovely Agan's birthday.

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The Cup is over and Gandalf is the champion winning 11 votes to 10.

Boromir came within a whisker of overtaking the old wizard but that matters not anymore, he must now return to the White Tower with scorn and nothing to show for the trip.

The glory is all Gandalf's, but alas, in time for the price ceremony the old wizard could not be found. He was seen partying and drinking with his posse for some time, but then went missing, suddenly and mysteriously. Had other business to attend too, it is assumed.


This is the last known photo of the champion, taken by a fan shortly before his disappearance:



Thanks to all of you for participating, It's been fun!

[Morthoron]

Hmmm...Gandalf has gained some weight in his retirement. I've heard that is only natural, seeing as the workload decreases and folks become more sedentary. I've heard he still hangs out with Elves though.

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

Originally Posted by Durelin

People took me seriously about the pipeweed addiction? When it was paired with a 'candy addiction'?

By Peter Jackson, in (IMHO) a rather lame attempt to get rid of the pipe as a bad influence on kiddies, which obviously did not make it into his final script.

Although the "when last seen picture" above might explain something of it.