[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Haven't said hello yet, welcome to our Hobbit Hole. I am one of the more political types here, get involved in electoral politics, political philosophy, and especially foreign and national security policy. Don't usually get into it much here, except when licking wounds and defeating Orcs.

Don't run into many Beornings around these parts, I tend to think of him as a lot like Tom Bombadil, and since I can't figure them out, I don't involve myself too much. Maybe we will now get an Ent or two, wouldn't want to rile them up.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Haven't said hello yet, welcome to our Hobbit Hole.

Hello! And thank you!

Don't run into many Beornings around these parts, I tend to think of him as a lot like Tom Bombadil

I actually haven't read The Hobbit in 15 years or more. The only copy I had was softcover, and my softcover books stayed behind when I moved to Texas 12+ years ago. Luckily, I had hardcover copies of LOTR and The Silmarillion, and I brought my hardcovers with me. Anyway, I think Tolkien wrote The Hobbit at a time when he conceived of Middle Earth as a much more "magical" place than it became later. At least, to me, the idea of a man who can shape-change into a bear seems out of place in LOTR.

As for Bombadil, well... he's a Maiar, isn't he?