Tom Bombadil vs. The Ring - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 03-21-2002, 09:40 AM

Depends on if you believe if Tom is the "spirit" of Middle Earth, or all of Arda. Also, is Tom unaffected by evil because he is so "good", or because he is beyond such definitions as Good or Evil?

I'm beginning to wish Tolkien had never attempted to put the freakin' character in the book at all!

You have what Tolkien implies to be some kind of omnipotent manifestation of Nature, but who can only save the Hobbits in the beginning because he was stumbling by gathering water lilies! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Then later he needs the ponies to clue him in on what's going one at the Barrow Downs, but once there he can control those spirits like he was shooing chickens.

So what, Tom's all powerful, as long as you point him in the right direction?

03-21-2002, 09:40 AM	#1
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Depends on if you believe if Tom is the "spirit" of Middle Earth, or all of Arda. Also, is Tom unaffected by evil because he is so "good", or because he is beyond such definitions as Good or Evil? I'm beginning to wish Tolkien had never attempted to put the freakin' character in the book at all! You have what Tolkien implies to be some kind of omnipotent manifestation of Nature, but who can only save the Hobbits in the beginning because he was stumbling by gathering water lilies! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Then later he needs the ponies to clue him in on what's going one at the Barrow Downs, but once there he can control those spirits like he was shooing chickens. So what, Tom's all powerful, as long as you point him in the right direction?