re: Merry or Pippin

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Pippin killed the great troll chieftain. Saved Farmir. Lit the great flame. Saved Gandalf’s life. Tricked Treebeard to take down Isengard.

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Pippin followed Merry's lead for the first part of the story. Was chaperoned/pushed by Gandalf afterwards. Yes, he developed by the end, but Merry was already there.

They were both great characters, and underrated by their size. Like I said, Merry was the brains, and the grown man of the group. Pippin was the wild kid who looked up to Merry like a brother, and sought to emulate him.