tookish results

general questions

what be thy name?
jen.

where do you currently reside?
huntsville, al.

have you read "the lord of the rings" novels? if so, which is your favourite book and why?
yes; fellowship of the ring; i love the fellowship.

have you seen the film versions? how many times? why?
yes; more times then i've counted; i love the quality of the movies and the actors and of course the stories.

is pippin your favourite character?
yes.

book questions

describe how you imagine pippin.
i read them after i saw the first movie so i see billy boyd.

what was your initial response to pippin's character?
sweet and young.

what in his character do you like?
he's charming and easy.

what do you dislike?
he is young and that does cause some hardships.

what do you consider pippin's strongest suit?
loyalty and friendship.

what are his weaknesses?
his youth.

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?
he was curious, its hard to stay in one place your whole life without wanting to see what else there is.

what purpose did pippin have with the fellowship?
he was the light.

what would have happened if he had been left behind? how would he be different? how would the others be different?
it wouldn't have worked, they were all needed.

how does the grand adventure change pippin?
he grows up, maybe too fast.

was pippin unsure of himself at the beginning of the tale?
he was sure of himself, but he had to prove his worth so that others would be sure of him.

does pippin have a hero? who and why?
merry; sometimes you just grow up knowing someone special and then they go and prove it.

describe how you see pippin's relationship with merry.
close from the beginning i think, because they love each other and need each other, knowing the other survived helped each of them survive.

do you think merry was ever disappointed in his cousin (ie during the palantír incident)?
more scared for him and saddened by the fact his younger cousin had to be involved in the quest.

what do you think gandalf felt towards the young took? what was their relationship?
he worried for him but knew that if pippin just tried he could be an asset.

do you think gandalf was particularly hard on pippin? why?
yes, but only because so much was at stake and like everyone else gandalf was scared.

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?
the chance to be back in the shire with merry.

what do you think boromir represented to pippin?
strength, friendship and someone who cared for him and took care of him.

how did the death of boromir affect pippin?
it could have crushed him but instead it gave him a goal to fight for.

why do you think faramir so moved pippin?
he fought with love and didn't give up; he was like his brother but not as hardened.

what do you think motivated pippin to swear fidelity to gondor?
his loyalty and sadness for boromir.

was it appropriate pippin ended up serving denethor, not théoden? why?
yes, it gave he and merry a chance to prove themselves separately.

when pippin was confronted with death during the battle before the black gates, how do you feel he reacted?
he was strong.

why do you think pippin later named his son after faramir, not boromir?
boromir loved faramir and so honoring the one person boromir loved honored them both.

how do you imagine pippin as a father?
loving.

in the end, what do you feel pippin lost and what did he gain from his journey?
he lost his youth and innocence but gained a sense of self.

film questions

how do you think pippin was portrayed in the movie?
quite well.

many felt pippin in the film came off as "stupid," do you agree?
no, he was comedic relief, but it was done well.

did you enjoy the performance of billy boyd as pippin? how so?
yes; he is a wonderful actor.

did you think pippin's character was slighted in the two towers film?
yes, he and merry were both left out a bit too much.

how did you feel about pippin's enlarged role in rotk?
very happy, he was my favorite part.

favourite scene or quote?
when pippin sings for denethor.

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?
his fight with the troll.

was the pippin of the films accurate to the pippin you imagined?
the film version is older.

how did you feel about pippin not having his troll felling moment? did he prove himself otherwise?
i would have liked it to have been in the movie to show that he could in fact do this.

dude, was that diamond at the end?
no.

if you magically had the chance to change one thing concerning film pippin (be it action, line or trait) what would it be?
i'd give him more scene time (and marry him off to merry).

extra

who's another favourite character (from anywhere, not just lotr) of yours, and why?
boromir, obi-wan kenobi; they both have that tragic hero thing going and they are slightly tarnished.

guest questions

do you think pippin was tolkien's favorite character? why or why not?
he could be, tolkien did give him a very important part of the story

if you could say anything to billy about his performance, what would you say?
i'd tell him he was wonderful.

do you consider pippin a hero?
yes.

lse says!

hmm. i don't know if i have anything to say in response to your survey here. you were so cut and dry and basically everything said i agreed with, i have nothing to add!
oh wait, no, here's a good story.
so i was moved by all your merry loving.
me: aw... a merry fan.
then as i read on and on about merry and pippin (ie merry is pippin's hero etc) i bemused myself with thoughts, "i wonder if this person is a slash person?"
then i saw you wrote "no" to the diamond question, which is the only "no" the question has ever received (usually people write "lol" or something similar) and i thought, "whoa, that was a bit emphatic."
then the mystery was solved with the very next answer for in it you wrote you would marry off merry and pippin.
har har!
said i.
she is a slash person.
and that is my most amazing story. thank you for your survey! keep the hobbit cousin love goin'.

... x