The mystery of Sauron's lost finger

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Originally Posted by Bombadil

Then over time she developed the stockholm syndrome and fell in love with Tom.

So it should have been named "Old Forest" syndrome...hmmm...

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I presume then, that Tom Bombadil was destroyed when the One Ring went into the fire.

I think otherwise. Sauron was not truly destroyed when the Ring was destroyed. He was reduced to a powerless spirit. Bombadil, perhaps, received the pardon of the Valar - maybe Gandalf himself delivered the message - and was permitted to stay in Middle-earth while the rest of Sauron was deported to the Void.

Sauron, of course, complained of a mssing finger while playing "Rock, Paper, Scissor" with Morgoth.

Or perhaps, with the One Ring undone, he returned to his original form and startled Goldberry, who threw him into some river. Gandalf came and saw Goldberry single again, and they lived happily ever after.

No, wait Gandalf returned to Valinor. Middle-earth is full of such sadness.