did Merry have a son? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 05-23-2003, 11:05 PM

Merry had a son. Tolkien says so. The fact that he didn't give said son a name is pure Tolkien, since the Good Professor does have a tendency to overlook or ignore certain aspects of his history, for reasons we will never know.

A prime example of this is the lack of a name for Legolas' dear ol' mum. And the naming of Aragorn's son, but none of his daughters. For some reason he just never devoted any energy to these aspects (Despite that fact that I'm sure he got letters inquiring about these points.)

Perhaps some day Christopher will find a little scrap of paper in the back of an old drawer... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

05-23-2003, 11:05 PM	#12
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Merry had a son. Tolkien says so. The fact that he didn't give said son a name is pure Tolkien, since the Good Professor does have a tendency to overlook or ignore certain aspects of his history, for reasons we will never know. A prime example of this is the lack of a name for Legolas' dear ol' mum. And the naming of Aragorn's son, but none of his daughters. For some reason he just never devoted any energy to these aspects (Despite that fact that I'm sure he got letters inquiring about these points.) Perhaps some day Christopher will find a little scrap of paper in the back of an old drawer... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]