I bow down to you my friend! To read the Silmarilion is truly an achievement, but to read it seven times is something else!Aetera said:I've re-read The Silmarillion seven times, and it's the least-read of Tolkien's works to me. I know a bit of Black Speech, Quenya, and Sindarin. Three of my pets are named after Valar.
So, uh... yeah. I've read it. Y'know, once or twice. xD
EDIT: Oh, I forgot. My copy of The Silmarillion? First edition. It makes me happy. <3
Gotcha. Beating the bullshitters at their own game. Cool. I've done that before, too.DasUberCow said:Sorry, i was just following the trend. Obviously i was kidding, but i saw people earlier in the thread sincerely say they read it when they were 5 and 8.JDKJ said:You made a typographical error. Unless you are really trying to claim that you read a Tolkien book as a three-year old. Which, even if you were raised on the Hooked on Phonics and Your Baby Can Read tutorials, would still cause me to call "bullshit" on that claim.DasUberCow said:Yeah, read it when i was 3. Was ok but Donaldson is way better.
But yeah. Hooked on Monkeyphonics was a big part of my childhood.
That's what makes him a great character, that he doesn't seem to care too much, it's a nice little aside before the "go save the world" stuff starts to get too heavy. Bombadil's all about the fun of everyday things and he's one of my favourite characters for that reason (so I may be a little bit biased), but yeah he could have resolved the problem a hell of a lot faster if he decided to help out a little more, but then again why the hell did they just not fly to Mordor of the giant eagles? That would have resolved things a hell of a lot faster.Mimsofthedawg said:Tom Bombadil is on one hand awesome and on another a total douche. He seems like some sort of god, or at least a "Spirit" left over from the creation of the world (or did he create the world?) that could have beat Sarumon's ass with a gay dance (literally, gay... like the old definition), yet he struck me as some sort of mystical version of Tinkle from Zelda... just coward in his little shack of gayness (this time, you pick the definition) and let a handful of midgets do his dirty work.Limie said:I have and I urge anyone who likes the films to read the books. I found that understood the characters more after reading the books, not to mention Tom Bombadil!
Douche.