Bilbo~! I um, read The Hobbit first, so I did kind of come in already loving Bilbo and Gandalf, but he is pretty wonderful in the first chapters anyway, so I think it counts.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
Frodo, probably. I didn't get especially invested in him until my second read through. Actually, I couldn't get invested in him at all the first time I tried – that being the attempt where I only made it to Gandalf's death and then gave up in distress.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t
Hmmmmmm. I am not sure of the fannish consensus here, frankly. ...Although I don't care about Aragorn that much. I sometimes really enjoy him in his Snarky Backwoods Ranger aspect, but the further in we get and the more Destined Hero stuff comes up, the less interested I am.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
I don't think there is a character everyone else hates. Although many people do not care for Lobelia and I think she's incomparably badass. - Oh, right! Tom and Goldberry. I love me some Tom and Goldberry.
5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer
Um. I cannot think of anybody.
6. The character I would totally smooch (or possibly just snuggle)
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Bilbo~! I um, read The Hobbit first, so I did kind of come in already loving Bilbo and Gandalf, but he is pretty wonderful in the first chapters anyway, so I think it counts.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
Frodo, probably. I didn't get especially invested in him until my second read through. Actually, I couldn't get invested in him at all the first time I tried – that being the attempt where I only made it to Gandalf's death and then gave up in distress.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t
Hmmmmmm. I am not sure of the fannish consensus here, frankly. ...Although I don't care about Aragorn that much. I sometimes really enjoy him in his Snarky Backwoods Ranger aspect, but the further in we get and the more Destined Hero stuff comes up, the less interested I am.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
I don't think there is a character everyone else hates. Although many people do not care for Lobelia and I think she's incomparably badass. - Oh, right! Tom and Goldberry. I love me some Tom and Goldberry.
5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer
Um. I cannot think of anybody.
6. The character I would totally smooch (or possibly just snuggle)
Eowyn! Sam! Arwen! Frodo! Merry! Pippin! Goldberry! Gimli!
7. The character I’d want to be like
… … ...Um. Hee. Well, I. I would give a lot to be as unflappable as Tom Bombadil.
8. The character I’d
slaptake by the shoulders and shakeOh God, Boromir, I love you, must you? Really? Must you? Also, no, Saruman, bad. Put down the creepy crystal ball and back away.
9. A pairing that I love
Frodo/Goldberry! Yay!
10. A pairing that I despise
Um. Um. Um. I'm not really a big fan of Aragorn/Eowyn in anything other than a fairly strict booksense. Iiiiiiiick.