2026-09-20 00:04 UTC
Replies (5)
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@corbden@defcon.social 2026-09-20 05:27
Tolkien's most divisive character. A real Rorschach test of a man, that ol' Tom Bombadil.
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@ChristinWhite@hachyderm.io 2026-09-20 00:15
@corbden@defcon.social never.
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@Jason844@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 00:17
@corbden@defcon.social Transfers to the 'Bored of The Rings' "Tim, Tim Benzedrine! Hash! Boo! Valvoline! Clean! Clean! Clean for Gene! First, second, neutral, park, Hie thee hence, you leafy narc!"
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 03:55
@corbden@defcon.social it would have been really hard to put bombadil in the movies. i love bombadil in the books but i don't mind his exclusion from the movies. it was such a tonal shift and side quest type situation i always viewed bombadil as a self-insert by tolkien as if the hobbits had suddenly broken the fourth wall (wait... that's with the audience, what's the "fourth wall" with the author?) and had a nice diversion sitting around with the guy who wrote them
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@melivia@tech.lgbt 2026-09-20 21:00
@corbden@defcon.social See also ‘The scouring of the Shire’ and why it’s my favourite chapter.