#tom-bombadil — Public Fediverse posts
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Long ago I overheard somebody mention "John Barleycorn Must Die" but I misheard it as "Tom Bombadil Must Die" and I was like OH GOD YES FUCK YES TOM BOMBADIL MUST DIE
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I just saw in a #bookshop a new paperback edition of #Tolkien 's Adventures of #TomBombadil , published this year (2024, 320 pages). The hardback was published 10 years ago (2014, 304 pages).
Does anyone know if the content of the two editions is the same? Why the differerence in page count?
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The Ring cannot effect Tom Bombadil because he is outside the whole issue of Power and Domination; Tolkien uses Tom as an allegory that even this intense struggle between “good and evil” is only part of the whole picture of existence.
...he is an abstract concept; possibly the embodiment of Arda itself, a veritable "Father Nature", or some kind of 'spirit' which, unlike the Maiar, was of a non-divine nature. Not only does the Ring have no effect on him, but Tom himself seems unable to affect the Ring in return. This shows that Tom was outside the divine plan and struggle and had no position in it.
As a being that does not know hunger for power or any other form of personal corruption, the One Ring can hold no power over him and would be no more than a meaningless bauble.
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Why am I in such a Tolkien phase right now? It’s probably due to the second season of Rings of Power, but I read The Silmarillion and I am rereading Lord of the Rings and I am watching Rings of Power and I am (finally) watching the Peter Jackson Hobbit movies. I’m about 15 minutes away from finishing the second movie. It is requiring more suspending of disbelief than I am really willing to give. I’m in a weirdly completist mode now and have to get through all three movies (even though it is laughable that Jackson took a 400 page book and adapted it into a nine hour movie).
What’s the point of this post though? The point of this post is a spoiler free comment on Rings of Power season two episode four. I saw the first two Lord of the Rings movies before I read the books. When I was done with everything I was able to look back and consider if the books were better or worse than the movies. I think they are pretty even. There are a couple of things about the movies that I prefer to the books though. First, there is a whole lot less singing in the movies. In Fellowship, especially, people are singing all over the place and it just gets tedious.
The other thing that I like better about the movies eventually became my absolute favorite thing about the movies. Literally the thing I like best. Simply, they left Tom Bombadil out. I mean… The Hobbit was a kids book. Lord of the Rings was not. Somehow it seems that Tolkien must have tried to make Fellowship a little more kid-friendly by throwing this insufferably boring, painful character named Tom Bombadil into the story. In my current re-read of the books I am in the middle of the Tom Bombadil arc right now and I cannot get out of it fast enough. It’s just awful. Jackson left him out of the movies and it makes me love the movies that much more.
I just finished this week’s new episode of Rings of Power. Season two, episode four. Without giving out any spoilers, mostly because the news has been out since we saw a trailer months ago, Tom Bombadil is in the episode.
Why? Why, Amazon Prime Video? Why are you torturing me like this? I will say that he’s nowhere near as awful in the episode as he was in the books, but all the same… why would you do this to me?
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/07/movies-vs-books/
#amazonPrimeVideo #books #jrrTolkien #Movies #PeterJackson #Television #theHobbit #theLordOfTheRings #theRingsOfPower #tolkien #TomBombadil
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Tänä vuonna en yritä edetä Tarussa Sormusten herrasta tapahtumien aikataulussa, vaan olen jo yöpynyt #TomBombadil'in talossa, vaikka ollaan vasta #syyskuu'n alussa. Nyt, noin seitsemännelläkymmenennellä lukukerrallani tjsp., olen yhä vakuuttuneempi #VanhaMetsä-jakson keskeisestä tärkeydestä, vaikka se aina jätetään pois elokuvista ja näytelmistä. #TSH #LR #lordoftherings #Tolkien #kotijuttuja
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YouTube Tipp ▶️
#RufusWainwright Sings #TomBombadil's #Song | #LOTR
#TheLord ofTheRings: #TheRingsofPower #primeVideo
#soundtrack #spoiler #music #jrrtolkien
https://youtu.be/umFk7Q9piK8?si=wGvl1ULx7xIIO6Y6 -
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Rory Kinnear to Play Tom Bombadil in The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power. Details here https://bit.ly/4c0idps
#TheLordoftheRings #RoryKinnear #TV #TomBombadil #TheRingsofPower
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I realize not everyone’s a fan of the #TomBombadil portion of #LordOfTheRings, but I always liked it (and was kind of glad that it wasn’t in the movies; much as I enjoyed them I don’t think they would’ve gotten that part right.)
I’m listening to Andy Serkis reading the audiobook now and accordingly, I admire his full-voiced commitment to this bit. It’s really very well done, though unsurprising that it would be.
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Honestly I'd watch a Bombadil movie with those two.
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I just learned that not only there is a subreddit dedicated to #TomBombadil, but it is one of the top 5 % subreddits.
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When that weird little guy who rescues you in the woods (and in the barrowdowns) will only talk to you in song, mainly humblebrags about the colour of his jacket and his boots and how awesome his wife is.
#TomBombadil
#TomBombadillo
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This week, for this #NewMoon, PLUS the upcoming Venus retrograde, PLUS the Sun's ingress into #Leo... as well as some other complex #astrology, we naturally aren't messing around with anything but the Triumphs of the Tarot!
Stop by for insights regarding this visit from the magical helper and guide that shines his beacon for us at this time.
#tarot #Cardoftheweek #astrologylovestarot #VenusRetro
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“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the Master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster.”
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I didn't get far in the snorefest that is #LordOfTheRings but I did like Tom Bombadil because he was weird and could touch the ring and be like, yeah, so what? And he was like older than everything else or something.
I suppose he's a bit like Q from #NextGeneration . He kinda doesn't care about normal people's piddly-ass problems like an evil warlord dominating Middle Earth.
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This is how it might look framed now.
#Tolkien #TomBombadil #TolkienIllustration #TraditionalArt #ink #prints
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Tom's jacket color corrected (thx a lot @bjauy, I'm still blushing I did this mistake).
These are two slightly different versions. Is one of them better?
#Tolkien #TomBombadil #TolkienIllustration #TraditionalArt #ink #prints #MastoArt
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@deerbard love the picture and also love your style! I'd love to see your other works.
Also only man who can play #TomBombadil is Matt Berry. Just noting.
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Here's the colored version I promised and a closeup. Whole picture is A3 size. For now there's no prints but I can order it and send to you if anyone is interested.
#Tolkien #TomBombadil #TolkienIllustration #TraditionalArt #ink #prints #MastoArt
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Back to #12SymbolicCharacters I finally framed Tom but I have a question. Which version do you like better?
Colored version coming later.
#Tolkien #TomBombadil #TolkienIllustration #TraditionalArt #ink