*blocks your path*

I don't understand the people who say Tom Bombadil makes no sense. The more you think about him, and the more you learn about what Tolkien was getting at, the more sense he makes. He's kind of the "tell" of the story, the idea that there are forces in the world even more powerful than the big, bad dark lord, and they're not evil at all.

Originally Tom Bombadil and farmer Maggot were going to be related. And farmer maggot would have been just some god hiding his power level in the shire not doing anything just because.

>>9735958
Tom is strong but i dont think hes stronger than sauron.

>>9736472
But the whole point is that he exists, and he's so powerful and so outside the current order of things that the Ring has no effect on him. It's kind of a primer for the actions of Iluvatar, who destroys the Ring when none of the story's characters can.

This is my jam
https://youtu.be/RRVIVJjuaHE

>>9736488
I think the ring would only have no affect on him while hes inside the forest.