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Originally Posted by alatar
Question1: Was Tom aware of Aragorn? (2) If Aragorn saw Tom guiding the hobbits, why does he later mistrust them (he considers that the hobbits may be a trap)?
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Answer 1: With Tom, it is well possible, I guess that even if he knew about him, he would have easily ignored him. Answer 2: I would say he simply did not trust anything easily. If you look at what he says and how he acts, actually, I find it likely that he
did basically trust the Hobbits, something like 90%. He only, probably out of personal carefulness, did not yet totally dismiss the chance that they might be a trap after all. Simply this sort of "what if". Like, if Saruman can betray, why not Bombadil? Theoretically. (Of course Aragorn didn't know about Saruman back then, but I guess similar things just happened from time to time, so "constant vigilance!") But he acts pretty straightforward towards them, so I think he was more or less going for them with the assumption that they are not a fake.
12-16-2010, 04:02 AM
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