What other stories have a comparable character to Tom Bombadil?
>>8218940
tu puta madre
>>8218956
jajaja eso
>>8218940
Why are there so many Tom types in LOTR?
>tom
>that elf guy that helped the hobbits right after tom
>ghan-buri-ghan
>dernhelm
I'm sure I'm missing a couple but what's the point of having a character show up, help then disappear never to be mentioned again? It's bad writing
>>8218940
I read this book and it had some dude in it in the second part.
>Came around
>yelled at the people in charge
>did some magic stuff
>was really wise
>people in charge killed him
>came back anyways
>did some more magic stuff
>peace'd out
Just offered advice to the other characters, didn't really help overthrow the empire.
>pic related
>>8218940
Gregory Berrycone
>>8218940
Is this the one thing from LOTR that generic fantasy did not copy?
>>8220779
Being written in a mythological way that makes sense for the subject matter.
>>8219056
You know who Dernhelm is, don't you?
>>8221421
The deathly afraid guy that gives meriadoc a silent ride to gondor then disappear for no reason
>>8219056
>bad writing to show there are more than just the handful of consistently useful characters
