early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agoIt's funny the only adaptation or derivative of LOTR that I'm aware of that keeps Tom Bombadil is the outrageous parody Bored of the Rings where he's a drug-tripping hippie named Tim Benzedrinemessage-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIt's funny the only adaptation or derivative of LOTR that I'm aware of that keeps Tom Bombadil is the outrageous parody Bored of the Rings where he's a drug-tripping hippie named Tim Benzedrineearly_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoTom’s incongruity is entirely deliberate. Tolkien worked out Middle Earth in meticulous detail, but thought that a truly believable mythology needed to have a few mysteries, hence Tom.
Tom’s incongruity is entirely deliberate. Tolkien worked out Middle Earth in meticulous detail, but thought that a truly believable mythology needed to have a few mysteries, hence Tom.