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Great thread @Jungibaaz
And here I am dragging LOTR into other threads lol. A wizard should know better!
I think old man willow is a bit more complicated than a straight huorn, given he cannot uproot and move...or maybe he just chooses not to. I guess a bit of Bombadil wore off on him (as far as not fitting into any real clear category).....would love to see what their entire backstory is between them.
Yeah Bombadil is a real funny character for sure. A pity they left him out of the movie (though my biggest complaint for the movie will always be the faramir portrayal). That huorn scene (that treebeard rescues them from) is also in the extra long extended scene version I believe.
I have read all of tolkiens works multiple times each....some as many as 20 times. It is only the silmarillion that I read much fewer: 3 times in all (though many times I go back to refer to smaller sections of it).
Just the other day I was talking to a friend of mine about how dragons come in many different sizes. What some may not have in size and strength, they make up with cunning and deception....like in the Turin Turambar story.
And here I am dragging LOTR into other threads lol. A wizard should know better!
The Entwives question is one that is widely discussed with little to no explanation from the books, the answer is elusive to say the least. I discussed a lot of similar things at length in this thread.
Old Man Willow was indeed a Huorn, no idea of his history though, interesting thing, Bombadil's line to Old Man Willow, was given to Treebeard in the films as he commanded an angry Huorn to release Merry and Pippin. Bombadil and Treebeard are two natural comedians, everytime I read their parts of the story, it's usually with a massive smile on my face and an occasional chuckle. And all three are masters of the woodland domain, so it would be an interesting meet no doubt.
I think old man willow is a bit more complicated than a straight huorn, given he cannot uproot and move...or maybe he just chooses not to. I guess a bit of Bombadil wore off on him (as far as not fitting into any real clear category).....would love to see what their entire backstory is between them.
Yeah Bombadil is a real funny character for sure. A pity they left him out of the movie (though my biggest complaint for the movie will always be the faramir portrayal). That huorn scene (that treebeard rescues them from) is also in the extra long extended scene version I believe.
I have read all of tolkiens works multiple times each....some as many as 20 times. It is only the silmarillion that I read much fewer: 3 times in all (though many times I go back to refer to smaller sections of it).
Just the other day I was talking to a friend of mine about how dragons come in many different sizes. What some may not have in size and strength, they make up with cunning and deception....like in the Turin Turambar story.