This week's TTT topic from The Broke and the Bookish is "Ten Characters Who Would Make Great Leaders." I'm tweaking that a little to list off my top ten characters who lead so well, I would follow them. So here we go!
I've put them in order by first name because... I have to have some sort of order. Also, I spent like twenty minutes trying to decide if I should put Bard or Boromir first, and failing to come to any satisfactory conclusion.
+Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
+Bard the Bowman from The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
+Boromir from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
+Faramir from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
+Captain Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion by Jane Austen
+Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
+Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling
+Robin Hood, especially from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
+Roran Stronghammer from the Eragon books by Christopher Paolini
Um, yeah, there's a lot of Tolkien here. Probably because I'm re-reading LOTR right now! I just started another LOTR read-along, so if you're interested in joining that, you're hereby invited to do so!
Did you do a TTT list? What leaders did you talk about? Leave me a link to your list if you want to!
Hermione made my list, too. She’s on so many lists today.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
AJ, as well Hermione should be! She's got a lot of leadership talent.
DeleteROBIN HOOD!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMC, I know, right? I'd follow him anywhere.
DeleteHermione is extremely popular this week!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/top-ten-tuesday-132/
Heartland, she certainly seems to be! Thanks for sharing your list :-)
DeleteWhy Wentworth?
ReplyDeleteCharity, because any naval captain who worked his way up the chain of command that fast must be one darn good leader.
DeleteOh, yes, I certainly agree with all the LotR characters you mentioned. Such born leaders among the people of Middle-Earth. (Especially Bard and Aragorn.) I agree with Hermione, too.
ReplyDeleteNice list, Hamlette! 👍🏼
Elanor, full confession time: I almost did a list of just ten LOTR characters who are great leaders. I really could've done it, I think. Theoden, Eomer, Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth, Elrond, and Frodo -- it would've been a great list of 10.
DeleteI actually thought of Eomer when I read through the list! Definitely Elrond.
DeleteI would add Faramir because he's my personal favorite. :)
I'm kind of wishing I'd put Theoden on there, but then who would I leave off? And Eomer. Shoulda just done the LOTR version, lol.
DeleteFaramir's already on my original list, so I can't add him ;-)
Oh oops! Somehow I missed Faramir when I read it...hm, how did that happen? Lol
DeleteI love that half your list are Tolkien characters! :)
ReplyDeleteLauren @ Always Me
Thanks, Lauren! I was tempted to do a full top ten of just Tolkien!
DeleteOh, yes, Captain Wentworth. ; )
ReplyDeleteRuth, I know, right?
DeleteI thought you almost were going to have all LotR! I didn't even think of LotR, I think I need to consider doing this list . . . it is just I often dislike the stereotypical "good leader" types and perhaps think that maybe they aren't great leaders.
ReplyDeleteLivia, to be honest, I *almost* did it alllll LOTR. That could have been fun!
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