Tolkien's Cameo

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by narfforc

If it was a cameo then I think maybe Gaffer Gamgee would be the best. Tolkien classed himself as a hobbit, and I think something down to earth would suit him best.

You took the words from my mouth!

But it might be quite believable to see the prof in the role of Bilbo too. At least that is the person I think he actually related to; the teller of tales, the one who dared to break free from the tradition around him which he himself in the end didn't do or had no chance to. I mean a romantic mind always longs for a situation where s/he would have a place to make a decision and besides WWI, Tolkien had no such choises (and going to the war was not openly his choise either if I recollect the facts right).

But surely this is obvious.

Maybe he would have been a good Ent? You know the picture of him sitting between the roots of a giant tree. A good Ent he would have made!