[Wordsmith]

Agreed. My current reading, though, is aloud to my kids and wife. My kids love Bombadil because he's funny, and my wife gets the warm fuzzies over Tom and Goldmoon. So I'm feeling a new appreciation for the guy!

Who's Old Man Willow? Is he a bad ent, or something else?

[Overtaxed]

As nearly as I can tell, Old Man Willow is a tree spirit.

Tom's words laid bare the hearts of trees and their thoughts, which were often dark and strange, and filled with a hatred of things that go free upon the earth....But none were more dangerous than the Great Willow...

It seems that Old Man Willow doesn't walk around like Ents do.