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I haven’t watched Rings of Power, but LOTR, Bear McCreary and Rufus Wainwright? Instant listen for me. Also this song is lovely.
Yes indeed 😂
Beleg be like:
Me and my mom trying to think of the name of Tom Bombadil from Lord of the Rings
Me: It’s like Old Man Thimble or something
My Mom: Maybe something like Flowerwart??
(We had to look it up)
oh and hey great job to the powers that be on bringing Tom Bombadil onto screen! he feels so steady and wise while also being twinkly and friendly. I feel like a hug from him would fix me 😭
Tom was there before the river and the trees. Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless.
THE RINGS OF POWER 2.04 “Eldest”
"Tom Bombadil in a Nutshell"
2021
Silly ol' Tom demonstrating the only possible way he could ever outmatch Sauron: by exasperating him to death.
I love that part in the Silmarillion where, like in the main trilogy, Tom Bombadil shows up for no reason, does a few things that don't really affect the plot. Except unlike in the lotr trilogy, Tom eats one of the feetnor stones and shits out the Arkenstone. That was really wild wasn't it.
Is eldritch joy a thing? Because Tom Bombadil thinks it is.
While talking with the Hobbits, Tom Bombadil puts on the One Ring. For a moment, all of the Nazgul burst into merry song. It is never discussed among them again.
*cue James Bond music*
I am watching the show and putting together my thoughts and I'm sorry, but I burst out laughing SO HARD at this part. This moment pulled me so far out of the story that I had to pause it so I could compose myself and then rewatch it to make sure I followed what led up to it.
I love season 5. I watched it in less than 4 hours. I love that Viren x Aaravos canonically have a child named Sir Sparklepuff.
The Mushroom Mage gave me all Tom Bombadil vibes.
shoutout to the og wife guy j.r.r. tolkien for making all of his male characters wife guys:
tom bombadil
aragorn
faramir
thranduil (okay the gem thing was a movie thing but still!!)
elrond
celeborn (i had to double check his name that’s how wife guy he is)
legolas gets honorary wife guy privileges (he snuck his “very good friend” into elf heaven i mean c’mon)
"My child is completely fine"
Ma'am, your child has been listening to 'The House of Tom Bombadil' on loop for the last half hour. I think this is a cry for help.
I don't know how many people will understand this parallel, but what Buttons is in OFMD is what Tom Bombadil is in LotR.
I mean, two funny little guys who handle magic unlike their world? Who seem insignificant until shown bizarre power (transforming into bird/rejecting the One Ring)? Who are able to talk to the nature (Karl/Old Man Willow)? Who are in a relationship with some kind of water element (the f*cking Sea/Goldberry)? And who are also respected by the elders of their world (Auntie/Lord Elrond)? And who are just as big of an enigma to them as to us?
Honestly I don't know what conclusion to make of this, but it was fun to notice.