LOTR

They discuss giving the ring to Tom at the council of Elrond, you'll get there soon enough if you keep reading.
You'll soon encounter another character that was not included in the movie, Glorfindel and you won't even know who he is if you don't read the Silmarillion. Once you find out though it'll blow your mind.

He wasn't in the hobbit films? Are you thinking of Beorn?

Glorfindel was retconned AFTER the Silmarillion

let's get down to brass tax,
was Tom Bombadil Eru iluvatar in disguise?

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I took great pains to miss those dogshit movies, but I think I heard Radagast was in them? So maybe he's thinking of him.

No. Tom is father time and his wife is mother nature.

what the fuck is this faggot anyway

Unless Tolkien said something about it your statement doesn't make sense.

No. Dunno what he is but he's not Eru.

He literally wrote an entire chapter about it

they made radagast into a stoner, and he had a dogsled. pulled by big rabbits. no, I'm not joking.

Can't find it, link?

Maybe this?
>He then became again a living incarnate person, but was permitted to dwell in the Blessed Realm; for he had regained the primitive innocence and grace of the Eldar. For long years he remained in Valinor, in reunion with the Eldar who had not rebelled, and in the companionship of the Maiar. To these he had now become almost an equal, for though he was an incarnate (to whom a bodily form not made or chosen by himself was necessary) his spiritual power had been greatly enhanced by his self-sacrifice.
—The History of Middle-earth, The Last Writings, Glorfindel

>look up Glorfindel on lotr wiki
>his big deal is he fought a balrog, which grabbed him before falling down into a chasm
>and then the lotr-gods brought back to life stronger than before
Wow, it's like poetry, it rhymes.

Its in one of the last HoME, but the chronology is this:

Glorfindel is a major character in tolkiens earliest mythologys about elves and the Fall of Gondolin
Tolkien starts work on a different, wider mythology, that makes up what we now know as the 1st age
Tolkien goes away and writes LOTR with a different elf lord named Glorfindel
Tolkien starts again on his extended universe trying to fit it all together.
Tolkien dies before he finishes it leaving lots of notes and rewrites
Christopher edits a number of stories/poems/drafts together with a bit of his guesses to form the Silmarillion
Amongst other musings, Tolkien (and Christopher) doesn't like that there were 2 elflords named Glorfindel and rationalises them into the one character
Christopher releases HoME, which cover extensively the drafts his father wrote and adds his own notes to explain it of which there is an entire section about him

>that LOTR strategy game where you can summon him
>he does fucking pirouettes while dancing, and punches orcs in the dick and sends them flying
Tom Bombadil is such a chad

This is my second fav fan theory. My first favorite is that Gollum is a figment of gimlis imagination.

What

Think about it.

Also this plot hole has always bothered me: since Sauron can only win if he gets his ring back, why does Frodo risk bringing it so close to the dark lord on the way to destroying it at Doom Mountain? Why not keep it out of his possession long enough for Aragorn to conquer Mordor with his ghost army? Just off the top of my head here, but if they hid it in a random cave or even tossed it to the bottom of a lake, or perhaps even a river, the likelihood of anyone finding it is unlikely.

lotr should be read at least three times. one as a kid, one as an adult, and one as an elder

>elder
Seriously kys

only his chapter? why?

>reading

it should be read once a year every year by order of christopher lee.

These are all short-term options, mostly discussed and rejected at the Council of Elrond. The only viable long-term solution was to destroy the ring where it was made.

>since Sauron can only win if he gets his ring back
that's bullshit, middle earth was doomed regardless of him getting back the ring. the fellowship needed to destroy it before sauron destroyed them. this is stated clearly at the council
I know this is bait so I will leave it to someone else to keep the thread going. I'm a bit tired today

You don’t have a fever or cough do you? :( :(

what did I say wrong? isn't that he word for old man in english?

>not that user
It is the correct word, but it’s kinda faggy

english sure is a difficult language if you have to be careful not to sound homosexual on top of learing it

No one should read retarded ancient folk tales
>m-muh culture!! This book about elves and wizards going pew pew pew is so important!

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

*dances up to Sauron and falcon punches him in the fucking dick and sends him across the map*

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fuck off gatekeeper

See, there you go doing it again :(

>has no power outside his own lands
>gets mogged
rip in peace tom lad

>ancient
it was written in the 50s. and I can't think of anything as noteworthy part of the western canon that's been written ever since

fuck

>lotr thread
>full of redditors
like cockwork

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what is this headcanon nonsense?

look, the edgelords are coming!

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Because it adds nothing to the story, how retarded are you? Wait until you realize what happens to Saruman

You should hate on people who think the books are boring and like the movies

I like him but I can see how he would fuck up the pacing of a movie adaptation considereably

Chill and smoke some Old Toby bruh

based retard

Yea just say boomer

Also he a bird's nest in his hair that was caked with shit. The fucking angelic being just walked around covered in feces.

I'm sure kids found that hilarious

>adds nothing to the story
ya know...except the entire fucking point that he who doesn't desire power is the most powerful of them all. do you even Zen you absolute brainlet ?

The fact that they never discussed using the eagles to fly to Mordor is a plot error, there is no way around it. It's literally impossible to defend the hack Tolkien from this.

>Because it adds nothing to the story
Tom Bombadil IS the fucking story

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I'd also point out that he is pivotal to the hobbits getting the weapon that defeats the witch king, aside for saving their lives in two separate occasions

how come we do that in every single lotr thread then?

old man would be better to use my English
second language friend, in the context you used it "elder" sounds a bit neckbeard pretentious, like calling a girl you like m'lady

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling!
Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling.
Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight,
Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight,
There my pretty lady is, River-woman's daughter,
Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water.
Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing
Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing?
Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! and merry-o,
Goldberry, Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o!
Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away!
Tom's in a hurry now. Evening will follow day.
Tom's going home home again water-lilies bringing.
Hey! come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?

Hop along, my little friends, up the Withywindle!
Tom's going on ahead candles for to kindle.
Down west sinks the Sun: soon you will be groping.
When the night-shadows fall, then the door will open,
Out of the window-panes light will twinkle yellow.
Fear no alder black! Heed no hoary willow!
Fear neither root nor bough! Tom goes on before you.
Hey now! merry dol! We'll be waiting for you!

Hey! Come derry dol! Hop along, my hearties!
Hobbits! Ponies all! We are fond of parties.
Now let the fun begin! Let us sing together

That's what I'm saying, the eagles is the first thing anyone thinks about because the implication of these powerful eagles existing is obviously that you just fly into Mordor and throw the ring in. It's a plot error that this is never even brought up at the council.

eagles posters deserve the chink flu.