Rings of Power to feature/mutilate Tom Bombadil

looks like Rory Kinnear is playing him. Nothing from the article shows he will be mutilated. In fact we might get the story before he became insane

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In fact we might get the story before he became insane

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It doesn’t exist though, right?

Why would you expect the hack writers in Hollywood to do him justice?

Why do you need the backstory anyway?

This show is 100% pure arse.

Shut up

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In fact we might get the story before he became insane

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What? He didn't go insane.

If there is a single character in all of Tolkiens writings that shouldn't be touched, it's Tom Bombadil.

I don't know if that's what they are doing, but it would be pretty ridiculous if they give him a background. He's purposefully left mysterious by Tolkien (I have my own thoughts of who I think he is) and if they try and give him a definitive backstory, that imo, would be the most disrespectful thing they will have done to the source.

I read the article, and it doesn't seem bad at all. I don't see the fuss, unless it's just to complain for the sake of complaining.

Bombadil has always been an enigma, but he's always also been there in the book.

There are many theories floating around about him.

One I haven't seen specifically, but I think would fit- when Aule makes the Dwarves, this upsets Yavanna, who fears for her creations. The Dwarves would have axes and could cut her trees down. She petitions Manwe about this, who confers to Eru, and thus gets guardian spirits for her stuff.
It's widely assumed the Ents are those spirits, but honestly there's nothing preventing Tom Bombadil from also being one. He is more active and sentient like the Ainur, and seemingly more powerful too. If the Istari are Maiar in lesser form and power, Bombadil could be a Ainur unleashed.

Now, the entire purpose of Arda is the be the home of the Children of Illuvatar (Men and Elves), so they would be granted rule over everything; including Yavanna's creations. Meaning- Bombadil could protect the forests from everything, INCLUDING Morgoth/Sauron, AND the Dwarves, but NOT Men or Elves. He would not have been sent specifically to contest Morgoth/Sauron, but who knows, maybe Eru knew and allowed him the power to contest even them. But he'd have been banned from interfering with the affairs of Elves and Men, as that goes against Eru's greater agenda.

As I recall, the whole making of the Dwarves goes back to before the Lamps, but after the very early conflicts of the Valar with Morgoth; it's written that Morgoth fled into the Void for a period after Tulkas came. That's what calmed things down, and allowed Arda to be made. Everything was 'prepared' but not yet awoken, Yavanna had made plants etc.
If that's when Bombadil entered, he would be the first sentient non-Valar in Middle Earth, thus making him 'first'. He would stay in the forests when the Valar went to Ilmaren and built the Lamps, and know the period when night wasn't fearful. Nothing else was awake then.
When Morgoth re-entered Arda and destroyed the Lamps, that's when night became fearful; and it was long after that when the first Elves awoken (the Valar had already relocated to Valinor).

It's written that both Orome (the Hunter) and Yavanna travelled to Middle Earth many times prior to the Firstborn. Orome was going after Morgoth's monsters, never stated what Yavanna was doing. She could have been meeting with Bombadil, prepping things.

IF you take the angle that Bombadil is a powerful Ainur in line with Yavanna only, that could explain why he never gets involved with Elves or Men. That's not his mission. The Elves could have petitioned him to help fight Sauron, but he'd decline, it's not why he is there. Which would be why in the Council of Elrond later, they do discuss him and ultimately decline to even seek to invite his council= they would already know his answer.

lol Tom Bombadil they will definitely butcher. Goldberry will probably be a fat black woman

It may be fun to speculate about Bombadil because he is an enjoyable...but bizarre addition to LOTR. I do think Tolkien left Bombadil purposely ambiguous. I wonder if Tolkien was going for a Hobbit like tone at first and shifted to something darker as he moved the story...but just decided to leave Bombadil in.

If I really had to guess id say Bombadil is a manifestation of Iluvatar(Tolkien)

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I do think Tolkien left Bombadil purposely ambiguous. I wonder if Tolkien was going for a Hobbit like tone at first and shifted to something darker as he moved the story...but just decided to leave Bombadil in.

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Bombadil was created 20 or so years prior to The Lord of the Rings publication. He was first introduced in a poem called "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil".

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If I really had to guess id say Bombadil is a manifestation of Iluvatar(Tolkien)

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Tolkien said Bombadil was just an invention and not an important person to the narrative and he included Bombadil in Lord of the Rings because he had already created him and just wanted an adventure along the way.

He also said Bombadil represented Botany, Zoology, and Poetry.