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The Bombadil Episode in Fellowship of the Rings
Pat says, guys, thanks for giving me a chance to visit a peeve. On this episode you repeated the oft held notion that the bombadil episode in the fellowship of the ring does not advance the plot and is understandably left out of other productions. One cannot deny that tulkin placed great importance in the religion and mythos of his world. The knives given to the hobbets in the barrow downs are imbued with animism. A great moment of irony is lost when mery helps defeat the witch king using a sword that is wound with the curses of hisan ished. You know, like pat says clearly, this is the kind of meat that tolkan
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