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Lady Snickerdoodle · 11-26-2003, 03:00 PM

Tolkien can be somewhat inconsistent in his writing, like with that whole Winged/Unwinged balrog thing. So, with Treebeard and Tom Bombadil, who is older? Both claim to be the oldest creatures on earth, and that they were there before everything else was. I very much doubt that they were born, or created, at the very same moment. so is there any evidence that tips it to one side or the other?

11-26-2003, 03:00 PM	#1
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	Who's older? Tolkien can be somewhat inconsistent in his writing, like with that whole Winged/Unwinged balrog thing. So, with Treebeard and Tom Bombadil, who is older? Both claim to be the oldest creatures on earth, and that they were there before everything else was. I very much doubt that they were born, or created, at the very same moment. so is there any evidence that tips it to one side or the other? __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide