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He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?

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[–] wolandark 3 points 1 year ago

I always thought tom is the embodiment of nature itself. Basically if nature was a man.

[–] CeruleanRuin 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's a character in the best story ever written...

My Immortal!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My opinion: mostly obnoxious and good he was left out of the movie.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

When I read about him, the first thing that came to mind is the concept of the "original man" from Manichaeism. However, the Lord of the Rings, being a trilogy that owes itself to Catholicism, would rule anything relating to Manichaeism out as a correct interpretation.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The most boring part of the book…in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not Tom. That's the forest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s fair.

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