User blog comment:TheKingofWhitheredHeath/What is Tom Bombadil?/@comment-74.111.51.199-20150811174056

Who old man Bombadil is, has always troubled me. As i am sure it has many other fans. I personlly doubt that he is Orome, just doesn't fit. I do believe his charachter was intentionally left open and vauge, to allow the readers to add thier own imagination to the story. As for me, i have narrowed it to two possible characters to fit his description. One being Eru himself. Like a fly on the wall, just observing and enjoying his creation. And Second, being the more likley, a character similar to father time. A human represenative of all the time that has passed.

~Fellow Tolkienologist