{"id":24467,"date":"2011-12-12T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T18:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/tom-bombadil-not-such-a-merry-old-fellow.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:02:06","slug":"tom-bombadil-not-such-a-merry-old-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/tom-bombadil-not-such-a-merry-old-fellow.html","title":{"rendered":"Tom Bombadil: Not such a merry old fellow?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is lovely. In a horrific kind of way. (via +<\/span>Neil Gaiman<\/a><\/span>) #ddtb<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(This is another of my speculative pieces and nothing to do with Star Wars. This one is for an older trilogy.) Old Tom Bombadil. Possibly the least liked character in The Lord of the Rings. A childish…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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This is lovely. In a horrific kind of way. (via +Neil Gaiman) #ddtb Embedded Link Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (This is another of my speculative pieces and nothing to do with Star Wars. This one is for an older trilogy.) Old Tom Bombadil. 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