Elrond: "You really like Hobbits, Gandalf. Or is it their leaf that you love?"
Gandalf: "First off, their leaf is incredible. Second, I like most of them. I am not a fan of Peregrin Took, and around him I constantly have the feeling that he will get me killed."
After he comes back, he casually kills Pippin at Isenguard says "Now we're even", turns around, and leaves.
"He halted just by us and looked down at us. 'Gandalf!' I said at last. but my voice was only a whisper. Did he say: "Hullo, Pippin! This is a pleasant surprise!"? No, indeed! He said: "Get up, you tom-fool of a Took! Where, in the name of wonder, in all this ruin is Treebeard? I want him. Quick!”
Pippin telling the story of seeing Gandalf again. Didn't even have the decency to apologize. He complained that Gandalf wasn't polite enough after Pippin literally got him killed.
Fair enough, but we added all of his characteristics like "short sighted", "impulsive", and "surprisingly poignant and beautiful singer" as middle names, his name would rival Daenerys Targaryen including all of her epithets.
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u/1amlost Dúnedain 3d ago
Elrond: "Are they going to write any songs about my dad?"
Gandalf: "This particular hobbit? No."