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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I agree 100%. They just escaped the old forest and haven't encountered the Barrow Wights. It's a nice interlude in between. I often go back just to read that section.
People argue that Bombadil isn't well explained and comes out of nowhere, but I think if you put LOTR against the myths it was emulating it makes sense. The fact nobody knows who he is, including Gandalf, who was around for Arda's creation, adds depth to the worldbuilding.
I think he's more anchored in the story than people think, too. They explicitly mention him at the council of Elrond, and explain why he'd be a bad ring bearer despite the ring not affecting him.
One of my English classes in college focused on remakes and retellings, and I wrote an essay comparing the books to the films. HOnestly can't remember what I wrote but when I told the professor what I was writing about the first thing she said was "You're going to say why they cut Tom Bombadil?"
Tom's incongruity is entirely deliberate. Tolkien worked out Middle Earth in meticulous detail, but thought that a truly believable mythology needed to have a few mysteries, hence Tom.