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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Maybe he had become so enamoured of the 'natural' elements of Arda he was content to idly sit and watch time pass. I don't see it as absolution so much as Gandalf looking for someone to whom he could finally lay all his thoughts bare, leaving him at peace with himself and his finished task.
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Haunting Spirit
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First think about a possibility to talk with Tom... about any- and everything you want to know...
Now let us concentrate on the exact words: Quote:
I always thought the conversation was kind of award for Gandalf, to learn everythig he always wanted to know from Tom, without having to keep the clock in eye.
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Jan 2003
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I have no issues with the words Gandalf uses, simply the content of the conversation. I honestly believe Tolkien had something else in mind other than the current events of the day (age), though I do not doubt they would have been discussed. Somehow I feel the depth of the conversation would be broader in scope than might be understood by men, dwarves or elves. Tom and Gandalf are behemoths of the ancient world clad in raiment suited to their respective roles in this age. Tom will remain, Gandalf will not as his work is complete and, as he always understood he would return to the west and finally, home. Tom I suspect is home and one wonders whether Gandalf has knowledge or foresight to impart on him prior to his departure. Tom it seems, should he be maiar as some may contend, would be alone in the world as all contact with the west would cease. This is his last conversation with a kindred spirit (excluding Goldberry) methinks.
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