With which LOTR character do you most identify?

[Togakure]

Had this discussion with some friends over MSN and found it interesting, so I thought I'd pose the question here. Now that a movie has been made about it, many more people are in a position to comment. If you vote, drop a line or two or three about why you identify with or just like the character you picked.

And wouldn't you know, I've 21 options and the limit is 20 so ... I'll exclude "Other." If your pick is something other than those listed, please post it.

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My choice was Smeagol/Gollum. He epitomized the compulsive addict, hopelessly caught by the object of his desire to the point where it changed him drastically and utterly.

My favorite character is and ever will be Gandalf, seemingly a Christ parallel (shepherd, resurrection, etc.)--the kind of father/grandfather figure I've always wished I had.