Oh how wonderful! I love stories with Goldberry and Tom.
It's funny. The first time I read FotR, I didn't like Tom; in fact I was suspicious of him until he rescued the hobbits from the barrow-wight, and even then I thought him silly; but I always liked Goldberry. Over the years, Tom's grown on me--now he is one of my favorite characters.
I often ponder over what origin Tolkien actually had in mind for them--he always refused to be specific, but used some vague metaphysical meanderings about Tom's purpose in the story, or literal when he spoke of his son's doll. But I am certain that somewhere in his mind he did know exactly who and what Tom and Goldberry were, though he never said. Perhaps this was why--maybe Tom was one of those places left deliberately for other hands and minds. I like to think so.
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Date: 2015-03-14 02:16 am (UTC)It's funny. The first time I read FotR, I didn't like Tom; in fact I was suspicious of him until he rescued the hobbits from the barrow-wight, and even then I thought him silly; but I always liked Goldberry. Over the years, Tom's grown on me--now he is one of my favorite characters.
I often ponder over what origin Tolkien actually had in mind for them--he always refused to be specific, but used some vague metaphysical meanderings about Tom's purpose in the story, or literal when he spoke of his son's doll. But I am certain that somewhere in his mind he did know exactly who and what Tom and Goldberry were, though he never said. Perhaps this was why--maybe Tom was one of those places left deliberately for other hands and minds. I like to think so.