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Re:Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil by anp on Friday July 31, 2015 @01:59PM (#9983230)
I get the impression that this is a purposeful misunderstanding, mostly for kicks and giggles. Maybe I'm wrong? But it certainly seemed tongue in cheek to me, aimed at bringing a fresh perspective to a work that's already been picked over a billion times by fans.
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Re:Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil by johnchristopher on Friday July 31, 2015 @02:01PM (#9983245)
That might because the author wrote that:

> Do I think that Tolkien planned things in this way? Not at all, but I find it an interesting speculation.

> To speculate further and more wildly:

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