who/what is Tom Bombadil |
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thellama73
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Posted: August 02 2013 at 22:28 | ||
Too late. |
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Chris S
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 00:02 | ||
maiar......it is written older than fangorn, the oldest of trees
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Barbu
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 13:54 | ||
@Epignosis : Why don't write your own Lord of the Rings Book. All the comments I read from you about it seems to be negative.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 16:53 | ||
Does he have to like the book?
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Epignosis
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:12 | ||
I adore The Lord of the Rings. And I am writing a fantasy series, but it won't have linguistic tangents that take 30+ pages to get through. Edited by Epignosis - August 03 2013 at 17:13 |
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thellama73
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:16 | ||
But like most politicians, he promised more than he could deliver. |
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Epignosis
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:19 | ||
Me or Tolkien?
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thellama73
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:21 | ||
You! |
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Epignosis
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:22 | ||
Ha! My chapters for this series average 1500 words. |
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:23 | ||
http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tombombadil.html
http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html Edited by Tuzvihar - August 03 2013 at 17:24 |
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thellama73
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 17:28 | ||
The chapters in my latest novel are all about 2000 words. I think it is a good chapter length. Unfortunately, there are sixty of them, so it is taking a while. |
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Barbu
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Posted: August 03 2013 at 18:23 | ||
Tough love, I guess. |
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Earendil
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 00:51 | ||
I agree with what the OP said. Or if he's not an embodiment of Arda that he's the main "piece" of it as an organism. Like the heart of Arda that has been there as long as it's existed and will die when it dies.
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Earendil
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 00:52 | ||
I agree. Along with their whole culture. |
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dr wu23
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 08:28 | ||
Haven't read LOTR in many many years......but from what I read on the wiki link it sounds like Tolkien crossed the Green Man with Tom O' Bedlam and came up with his Tom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bombadil
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Dean
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 10:52 | ||
Personally, I think it is possible that Bombadil is a bit of a writer's cock-up and the Ents (specifically Treeebeard) are the (plot) remedy - both can be seen as versions of The Green Man to some extent. In fantasy fiction you cannot have the good guys more powerful than the bad guys they have to overcome (or there is no threat of peril in the endeavour) - Saruman would have been no match for Bombadil so the Ents were created for the attack on Isengard and in the story Bombadil is sidelined.
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What?
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CPicard
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 11:19 | ||
My bet is that Tom Bombaldil is a Timelord.
Nope, I don't spend nights on TVTropes. |
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