AshNazg
Hithlum
Jun 8 2024, 3:06pm
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Tom's feather should not be blue...
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Just reading The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and, up until the Third Age, Tom wore a swan wing feather in his hat. (The Rings of Power looks like it could be a black swan feather, so maybe they've got this right!)
In the second poem Tom makes references to Hobbits living at Hays- end before meeting a kingfisher. He discards his swan feather and replaces it with the kingfisher's blue one!
Hobbits weren't around until the Third Age, so this makes me wonder if we could see these adventures play out in The Rings of Power! We could see him meet the River-woman, meeting the Badger folk, Old Man Willow and talking to birds.
I'd actually like to see him have his own arc - He could be like Middle-earth's caretaker - wandering around, trying to help and look after the world, before becoming disillusioned with the darkness creeping in, and eventually settling down with Goldberry, becoming a hermit, and handing over his responsibilities to the wizards.
It would explain why Gandalf wants to talk to Tom at the end of Return of the King. Perhaps he was visiting to inform Tom that the task is done, and Men are now responsible for the world.
(This post was edited by AshNazg on Jun 8 2024, 3:12pm)
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