Interesting, because I remember when I first read Fellowship aged 11 or 12 I was absolutely sure that Bombadil would turn out to be a bad one, beguiling and lea

Interesting, because I remember when I first read Fellowship aged 11 or 12 I was absolutely sure that Bombadil would turn out to be a bad one, beguiling and leading the Hobbits to their doom, for much the reasons outlined by the author. I was pretty sure when they went to be in his conttage that night, they wouldn't be waking up to a happy morning. I didn;t really trust him until they got to Bree.