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Originally Posted by narfforc
Of course I am talking over a long period of time since the books were first published, Tom does get more attention than Goldberry and her mother. There is a fascination with people trying to figure out who or what he is, and completely forgetting the other two.
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Well, it appears such people are in good company, for, after all, Gandalf appears to forget about Goldberry when he says at the end:
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Originally Posted by Gandalf
But if you would know, I am turning aside soon. I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time. He is a moss-gatherer, and I have been a stone doomed to rolling. But my rolling days are ending, and now we shall have much to say to one another.
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Of course, this could simply be Tolkien's attempt to try to integrate Bombadil a little more into the story. After all, he and Goldberry did get their own book, so to speak.
hmm. Maybe I should go back to my fey avatar which resembles the images on the cover of
Tales from the Perilous Realm. hmm.