general questions :
what be thy name?
email? (will not be posted)
where do you currently reside?
have you read "the lord of the rings" novels? if so, which is your favourite book and why?
have you seen the films? how many times? why?
is pippin your favourite character? if so, why? if not, who is?
book questions :
describe how you imagine pippin.
what was your initial response to pippin's character?
what in his character do you like?
what do you dislike?
what do you consider pippin's strongest suit?
what are his weaknesses?
to what degree did pippin's tookish nature play into his leaving the shire? was pippin searching for something when he left, or was it purely to help frodo?
what purpose did pippin have with the fellowship? what did he bring?
what would have happened if he had been left behind? how would he be different? how would the others be different?
how does the grand adventure change pippin?
was pippin unsure of himself at the beginning of the tale? how so or not?
does pippin have a hero? who and why?
describe how you see pippin's relationship with merry.
do you think merry was ever disappointed in his cousin (ie during the palantír incident)?
what do you think gandalf felt towards the young took? what was their relationship?
do you think gandalf was particularly hard on pippin? why?
when the fellowship first meets galadriel it is said, "each had felt he was offered a choice between a shadow of fear that lay ahead, and something he greatly desired: clear before his mind it lay, and to get it he had only to turn aside from the road and leave the quest and the war against sauron and the others." what do you think pippin was offered?
what do you think boromir represented to pippin?
how did the death of boromir affect pippin?
why do you think faramir so moved pippin?
what do you think motivated pippin to swear fidelity to gondor?
was it appropriate pippin ended up serving denethor, not théoden? why?
when pippin was confronted with death during the battle before the black gates, how do you feel he reacted?
why do you think pippin later named his son after faramir, not boromir?
how do you imagine pippin as a father?
in the end, what do you feel pippin lost and what did he gain from his journey?
favourite scene or quote?
film questions
how do you think pippin was protrayed in the movie?
many felt pippin in the film came off as "stupid," do you agree?
did you enjoy the performance of billy boyd as pippin? how so or not?
did you think pippin's character was slighted in the two towers film?
how did you feel about pippin's enlarged role in rotk?
favourite scene or quote?
if you've seen the movie and read the books:
which scene from the books which didn't make it into the film do you miss most?
was the pippin of the films accurate to the pippin you imagined?
how did you feel about pippin not having his troll felling moment? did he prove himself otherwise?
dude, was that diamond at the end?
if you magically had the chance to change one thing concerning film pippin (be it action, line or trait) what would it be?
extra textra
anything to say or ask about this site? suggestions?
who's another favourite character (from anywhere, not just lotr) of yours, and why?
from other guests to this survey
do you think pippin was tolkien's favorite character? why or why not?
if you could say anything to billy about his performance, what would you say?
how do you feel about most of the songs (ex: "the bath song") not making it into the whole of the theatrical release and only part of the extended edition?
how do you feel that 'the conspiracy' never made it to the film?
what kind of relationship did pippin have
with frodo?
how would you imagine pippin felt about the marriage of his son faramir to sam's daughter goldilocks?
do you consider pippin a hero? why?