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I’m sure the Tolkien nerds can convince Amazon to make an entire series about Tom.
I mean it can’t be much worse than Rings of fucking Power…
Wasn’t his purpose to give the readers a break and to give Gandalf enough time to do a misadventure?
No, his purpose was to show there was a wider world and a deeper history to Middle-Earth than we got to see in the books. Tolkien was dropping hints like that all over the story; Tom was just the biggest one.
It also was the way Merry got his special wraith-killing sword, and it gave a bit of a glimpse into the limitations of the powers of the ring, foreshadowing Sam’s ability to give it up freely.
I read the books twice. I will never get those hours slogging through Toms chapters back and he was entirely irrelevant to the plot.
It was like a fever dream that could have been written off as a mass hallucination of the hobbits after Merry and Pippin share some weed they stole from Gandalf.
Me reading all of Bran’s chapters in ASOIAF. On rereads I literally just skip his chapters it’s so liberating. I just pretend he died when Jamie pushed him out of the tower and the story plays put exactly the same. (Also I haven’t watched the show yet no spoilers pls)
Bullshit. Tom is just an obnoxious character.
Okay old man willow
I fucking hated the Tom Bombadil character, he’s an insufferable annoying twat with all his bullshit singing, I’m so happy he wasn’t in the movies.
Even worse… they put him in the SHIT television series
LOL they put him in the show? Now I have a reason to watch more of that horrible garbage.
Don’t… it’s horrible
I forgot how dour this show is. If feels like there is never any levity but when there is it is so poorly contrived. What a slog. I haven’t even got to Bombadil yet. I don’t know if I can go on. I need Sam.
I skip all his songs. Page ahead. And I will continue to do so.
Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling!
Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling.
Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight,
Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight,
There my pretty lady is, River-woman’s daughter,
Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water.
Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing
Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing?
Hey! Come merry dol! Derry dol! and merry-o,
Goldberry, Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o!
Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away!
Tom’s in a hurry now. Evening will follow day.
Tom’s going home again water-lilies bringing.
Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?Tom’s in a hurry now.
This is proof that Tom is a filthy fucking liar, everything he does takes forever for no reason at all.
