Discussion Prompt

[artificialent]

Alright. Let's get talking.

I've never been great at starting conversations, but I do know it helps to have something to talk about. So for all those who want to chat, feel free to jump in! I may even end up posting something like this regularly, who knows.

What do you folks think about Tom Bombadil?
(What the elf-mongering fuck is Tom Bombadil?)

Comments

[bramblepatch]

I kind of feel like the moment I realized I was no longer disappointed that the movies left him out was the moment I truly became an adult.

I do like the idea that he's connected to hobbits/in some way involved in the creation of hobbits, just because no one seems to know where either come from.

[artificialent]

Right? It does make sense he's not in the movies, though. I admit, it would be very... confusing. Tom Bombadil is already confusing, of course, but in this case he would just kinda stick out like a sore thumb more than he always does.

[bramblepatch]

He's such a tonal departure from the rest of the story that I almost have to think he's doing it on purpose.

Given his association with old, active woodlands, I'd be very interested in what the ents' take on him is. Are they even aware of him, or does he fall into the same blindspot as the hobbits? Does he know what's become of the entwives?