The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)
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The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)
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#2Really?
No.
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#3Saved you a click: Tom Bombadil is who they're referring to
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#4I have no idea if this is AI or not.
I tried reading it, and was doubting every sentence.
Damn.
At this point I am not sure it matters.
Few years ago I would've read it with joy.
I love Tom Bombadil, Tolkien's ghost.
Re: The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)
#5> overlooked by a huge swathe of readers
I think there is no one who read LoTR and ignored Tom Bombadil. If anything, they give him too much importance.
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#6> overlooked by a huge swathe of readers I think there is no one who read LoTR and ignored Tom Bombadil. If anything, they give him too much importance.
I don't recall him having any impact on the story. The movie didn't lose anything by omitting the detour. To me it's like hedonistic gods in Buddhism--all powerful but not practically consequential to humans.
I thought it was going say Samwise.
Re: The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)
#7He may be the unsung hero, but I reread it a few years ago and found the whole scene unbearably twee.
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#8see also (which is a much better writing): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32263535
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#10> overlooked by a huge swathe of readers I think there is no one who read LoTR and ignored Tom Bombadil. If anything, they give him too much importance.
I mean, he's really not part of the story. There's a reason he's not in the film trilogy. Nothing wrong with that but he really is a side quest or whatever you want to call it.