He is never described as having red hair. More dei. This is a joke.

He didn't defy it, it merely didn't affect him. See Council of Elrond, FotR. Bombadil is merely a genus locii, his power is nigh supreme where he resides but that is all. If Sauron had his ring and attacked, Bombadil dies.

I wish amazon loved Tolkien’s lore as much as this channel does. It is so rich and vast, why change a single word. Excellent video.

Elron may have been the saddest character in all Tolkiens works. Lost his brother and daughter to time, wife to orcs, sons to ??? “Maybe they will follow me”. Sad dude.

Bombadil represents several groups of people. The hippie, the non-violent, the objectors, the pacifist…to put it short, Switzerland. Tolkien was a man of war and poetry. Here is a character that is powerful and charming, but in the battle of good versus evil, he will not choose a side. How many families were hurt because Tom chose NOT to take the ring and flop it into the volcano? His indifference caused pain and misery and torture. He is no hero. He is implicit in his lack of actions. He doesn’t care and that is his failing. Bomba is a warning to us all NOT to put up our walls and make a “sanctuary” and then forget about the world outside. The world needs good men and women to help fight the darkness. Sorry so long, but this is a deep subject.

Now that all of Beleriand is at the bottom of the ocean it wouldn't surprise me is some of the Nameless Things are hanging out there.

Bombadil frustrates me. And the fact that Tolkein did it deliberately is maddening. The idea that makes the most sense to me is that he is a manifestation of Eru Illuvatar. The fact that Gandalf goes to have a long tak with Bombadil instead of going to the Shire with the hobbits seems significant. After all, Eru Illuvatar was the one who sent Gandalf back after he died as a result of the battle with the balrog. And by sending him back he allowed Gandalf to use more of the power he couldn't use as Gandalf the Gray. If Eru was Tom then he and Gandalf coud have face to face discussions in a way that couldn't happen if Eru stayed as this amorphis being who is so far above everything and everyone else that he can't be felt as someone that any being could have a conersation with ever.

A fate similar to a Nephilim.

If he is nothing but a shadow why can't he take possesion of a man? Like Demon possession. There were still men who were evil and might have welcomed Sauron's spirit into their body.Did Tolkein ever write about the possibility?

Good summary and analysis. Thanks.

If Aragorn had refused to let the dead go after they had fulfilled their oath he would've shown himself to be a liar. It would've diminished him.

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That's not Sauron. That's Morgoth's armor. Peter Jackson is a talentless hack.

This video was made to cater for those who would like to know what would have happened to the Elves who were present in the Peter Jackson adaptation after the battle of the Hornburg. At the beginning of the video I state the line: "In Peter Jackson's movie adaptation, Elves and Men stood side by side..." I also make references to the films and the cinematic aspects of the shots so I thought this was very clear.

Haldir did not go to Helm's Deep. It was actually a company of Dunedain that reinforced Aragorn, but Peter Jackson changed it for the movie. This entire episode is mostly pointless.

The Jackson movies are overrated Hollywood cr*p....explain to me how anybody could take a movie where legolas literally surfs down stairs on a shield at Helm's Deep seriously? Or how about the "meats back on the menu" scene where there are literally intestines flying through the air like it's a three stooges scene? If anybody has seen Jackson's other movies like Dead Alive, you know where it comes from, and the truth is....slapstick comedic elements have NO PLACE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Christopher Tolkien said it best when he told Monde Magazine that, and I quote, "Jackson took my father's story and made an action film for teenage boys" and that sums it up PERFECTLY! They should have been dialogue driven dramas for adults, but instead the studio wanted to make as much money as possible and catered to the lowest intelligence audience with more "action". And what is Jackson's obsession with wet stringy hair like on denathor?

AI voice over. dont support this shite

They moved to the land of Keebler and rebranded their lembas to a wider market.

They became Dementors at Azkhaban.

Great story telling happy to be subscribed early 👍🏻

In the silmarillion he's mentioned in the escape

Ok but he's in the fall of gondolion

Interesting questions - thank you for a good video looking at different viewpoints.

What happened to the elves that stayed? Like the Dwarves they suffered from a diminishing birth rate. Sure some probably intermarried with humans but as the generations went on that elvishness (is that a word???) was watered down. Like Aragorn who was fractionally elvish himself and distantly related to his wife Arwin in that he is a descendent of Elros, Arwin's uncle. For the actual Elfs that stayed Cirdan is proof they do age, just very slowly. It still isnt, to my mind, proven elfs are immortal as opposed to extremely long lived. Either way they do definitively age. Imagine aging and aging. Getting feeble and even dementia but never actually dying. That sounds like a fate as bad as death..... maybe worse. No wonder they wanted to go to the undying lands.

Great video, I had to sub!

Good production quality for such a small channel. More on topic: Sauron was Morgoth's chief lieutenant, in the hierarchy that would technically make Sauron higher up than all the Balrogs and Dragons. But With Morgoth gone i suppose there were none that could impose this order of things.

What conversation between the Balrog and Sauron would boil down to… Sauron: “Hey old friend, remember me?” Balrog: *confused* "Mairon, is that you?” Sauron: “Yep. Long time no see. You look great, how are you?” Balrog: “I’m fine old friend. I should be the one asking that." Sauron: *confused* “Come again?” Balrog: “What, are you not using mirrors anymore? You look terrible, your aura is smaller, and you feel weak in power.” *genuine concern* “What happened to you? Your face, your hair, your hand?” Sauron: “It’s a long story, but to summarize; I made ring to enhance my power and even bound my soul to it but lost it and “died” about 3,000 years ago but I’m better now.” Balrog: “You bound yourself to a ring? Gothmog and Boldog were right, you truly are an idiot.” Sauron: *desperately trying to get to the point out of impatience* “Whatever, I started up the old empire in Mordor. You in or out?” Balrog: “Are Lord Melkor, Cpt. Gothmog, Kosmot, or even the pale Balrog around?” Sauron: ”…N…no.” Balrog: “Then get lost, ya ember haired pretty boy. And leave me in peace.” Sauron: *utterly done* “You dare speak to me in such a manner? Dare disobey me!? Listen well, you oversized…” Balrog ascends to true high, form and power: *cuts him off* “No YOU listen to ME, you deformed usurping weasel!” “I DON’T take orders from YOU! I *only* obey Melkor, Gothmog, or my Balrog kin! And they are all gone. Get off my lawn, and don’t come back. Sauron powering up: *stern yet raspy voice* “You DON’T want to do this.” Balrog: “Don’t bother, Mairon. We both know what happened the last time you fought a Balrog in single combat. And you were much stronger back then. Go home and leave me be *In* my home.”

So basically Durin's Bane was just a big strong Nerd that wanted to be left alone in His basement!😮. 🤓😎✌🏼

Another lotr channel well i love lotr so fine

I can’t say I’ve ever given it a great deal of through. But I’ve always thought one answer for the nameless things, Bombadil, and Ungollian, is that they are remnant of the early song that Melkor kept messing with.

Not too shabby, for an AI generated fan-fic. It could've used a sex scene between Legolas and Aragorn, however. In particular, "The Cost is Victory," is an interesting line in its dichotomy. The secondary meaning, that it was the price they paid for turning their enemies into allies and there was no true victory left to be had now they've gone down this path, is a nice subtle layer of subtext to add.

For anyone watching. 10:55 is where he stops narrating the book and starts explaining the why Sauron didn't recruit or say could not recruit the Balrogs. There, saved you the time

They lost their job and became streetwraiths. Doing jumpscares for money mostly.

They started a Black Metal band in Poland. It's called Mgla.

3:00 minute mark, "Gandalf himself recognized the danger immediately." Um. :) No, he didn't. When he tried to hold the exit door to the chamber of Mazarbul (where they'd just fled), he wasn't sure what he had faced, just that it nearly opened the door, and the struggle had collapsed the ceiling. When Gimli asked, Gandalf replied, "I do not know. ... What it was I cannot guess." If yer gonna put up something so deep in nerd territory, have a buddy or five do some fact checking. :)

Those rings can give power according to the innate power or wisdom of the wearer. The only problem is that using Sauron’s ring making technique, even the three that was secretly made by Celebrimbor was still tied to one ring’s control.

They kill good stories.

Very well done. Good job!

The hand at the beginning has 6 fingers lol