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Mänwe · 12-07-2006, 08:55 PM

I personally would say that the entrance, rather the inclusion of Tom Bombadil was the most tragic event. Tolkien introduced us to a character that immediately 'stuck out'. A character you knew was something special, but whose involvement was cruelly cut short and confined to a mere few pages, never being fully developed or explained.

Perhaps something that made him one of the better characters. Alas, I sigh and can only dream.

12-07-2006, 08:55 PM	#54
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	My opinion. I personally would say that the entrance, rather the inclusion of Tom Bombadil was the most tragic event. Tolkien introduced us to a character that immediately 'stuck out'. A character you knew was something special, but whose involvement was cruelly cut short and confined to a mere few pages, never being fully developed or explained. Perhaps something that made him one of the better characters. Alas, I sigh and can only dream. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)