[HPFGU-OTChatter] What gives with Thanksgiving?/silly charact ers

[Meredith Wilson]

Tabouli said:

**I've always liked the first book of LOTR best, perhaps 
**because it feels less grim and heavy than the rest.  The 
**hobbits are still fresh and innocent, the Old Forest is 
**deliciously creepy, and Tom is wonderfully whimsical, with 
**his silly outfits and silly songs and ponies with silly 
**names.  I can see how he might irritate those whose sense of 
**humour is less developed than mine (ha!  A cut to the kidneys 
**with the dagger), but hey, humour is rare in Tolkien - we 
**need to appreciate it where we find it.

I have to agree.  I love Tom Bombadil for the same reasons you mention
above.  *she draws her sword to help defend the Bombadil name* :)

Meredith