What character from the My Little Pony franchise is strong enough to resist the mental corruption of this item and toss it into the fiery, chasm from whence it came?
Snails
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>>42513421Derpy or teen Applejack
>>42513500Derpy becoming a ringbearer would make for an amazing fanfic
>>42513421give her the ring
Who would use this one?
>>42513766What's the difference between blue script ring and orange script ring?
Applejack
>>42514140It looks prettier>>42514149Applejack would be a Boromir type, though
>>42514140Sauron's reads:'One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them'The blue one is Celebrimbor's from the middle-earth games, its inscription reads:'I renounce the Blessed Realm. To redeem the Land of Shadow. And bind the walls of Arda, In place of the Dark Lord, You shall have light undiminished, All shall fear me and rejoice.'
>>42514204I can see it, but I think she makes a better Samwise. She'd be the one to carry the ringbearer on her back the entire time while reminiscing about simple country comforts back home.
>>42513421>What character from the My Little Pony franchise is strong enough to resist the mental corruption of this item and toss it into the fiery, chasm from whence it came?fluttershyalso she could just fly it to mordor
>>42513421Pinkie Pie, it's obvious.
You wanna hand a bunch of silly, emotional creatures with the minds of children, a magical artifact that even a godlike angel rejected, not to mention that he personally took part in the creation of the entire universe (yes there are also aliens in LOTR who reside on other planets). Even something like Celestia would fall to it in a day. G1 ponies, G3 ponies, G4 all have little desires or flaws that they would not be able to resist from the One Rings influence. None of them make it Moria.
>>42513421None of them can. The entire point of the ring is that it inevitably corrupts whoever carries it. It doesn't matter who it is, they WILL fall to it eventually, especially if they're at Mt Doom. Now if you want to know who would last the longest with it, probably Applejack. She's a lot like Samewise in that she already has most of what she wants, and so the ring wouldn't have much to tempt her with. But none of them would be able to resist the influence of the ring forever, no one can.
>>42513421I dunno about you guys, but I would instantly cave if I found the ring
>>42515038Applejack wants more as evident by the third episode in S1. She wouldnt last 10 seconds with the thing.
>>42514532Sauron did not help create the universe. What the hell are you talking about?
>>42515098Using my schizoid powers of not carring about the world, I could carry it to Mt. Doom and drop it in no problem. I would take Applejack and Pinkie Pie as companions though. They're the most dependable.
>>42513739I'll throw her in instead
>>42515801None of them would. We saw how Fluttershy was at the Gala, Pinkie in Party of One, Rainbow in every episode. None of them can withstand it, Applejack just lasts the longest as her wishes are the simplest.
>>42515818>mentally ill man thinks he's best suited for bearing the ringYou'd lose your shit in ten minutes.
>>42515814All the Valar and Maiar along with Eru sang what you know as the LOTR universe into existence.
>>42515861The Maiar weren't involved in that song, just Eru and the Valar. The Maiar were later creations. What, do you think Gandalf is as old as creation? He's not even older than the Ents.
There is no poni in the void, Baggins..Only boop
>>42514504Ironically, I feel like Pinkie's relatives would do better.More specifically, Limestone and Marble as a duo. Marble playing the part of Frodo, and Limestone Samwise. Their contentedness with living on a rock farm and little ambition to go elsewhere gives them the same resilience that the hobbits have. While their polar personalities may cause them trouble at certain parts of the journey, as long as they're together they can reign each other in.
>>42513421Wasn't the point that the one ring was too powerful to resist destroying? Virtuous characters like Gandalf, Galadriel, Frodo, etc. could resist and reject using it for a time but it would always wear you down and find something dark to latch onto. The only reason it could be destroyed was its evil lust caused Frodo and Gollum to fight over it and it fall into mount doom.Honestly, it would play out the same way. Ponies would show mercy to one of the ring's previous victims and the ring bearer will fight over it and cause it to fall into the lava
>>42516102That was exactly the point of it. No one can resist the ring, it's loyal only to Sauron.
>>42513421What was the point of this ring anyway? So it corrupts its carrier. Okay, so that's it? So if nobody pays attention to it it'll just lie there collecting dust?
>>42516102>>42516159Even someone of incredible internal power and composure would fall eventually. Just the idea of possessing it made Galadriel envision a world where she ruled supreme. It doesn't matter that she's older than Sauron and probably hold greater magic individually, everyone falls eventually. The whole reason Sauron made the ring was to make sure his individual person couldn't come up short of his true potential evil.Celestia would probably get a similar idea to Galadriel's and have a similar resistance. Luna would avoid it altogether; it wasn't long ago that she had to deal with her own true potential evil. But any single pony would not be a good fit for it. That's why it would take a fellowship. And Snails would absolutely be the ring-bearer.
>>42516183It basically turned Sauron into a lich. As long as it still existed, he couldn't really 'die' as his body would just eventually reconstitute itself. Even being stricken down by Eru didn't kill him because of the ring. Other than that, it also enhances the power of anyone wielding it, which is why so many people in the story want it. The corrupting it's carrier thing is basically just a defense mechanism Sauron built into it so that he wouldn't have to worry as much about it getting destroyed if he lost it.>So if nobody pays attention to it it'll just lie there collecting dust?No, because the ring itself actually does have a limited will, and can draw people towards it, or 'conveniently' slip into someones ownership like it did with Bilbo.
>>42516183Tolkien's ring magic is kinda vibey. If you have The One Ring then, during the honeymoon phase, things will just work out well for you, and whatever you are, at the essence of your soul, becomes greater. Leaders become great leaders, warriors become great warriors. If dwarven kings have rings they'll just end up striking shitloads of gold and making massive successful societies. Stuff like that. Small people become excellent, and excellent and legendary people become transcendent.All of those successes will be corrupted, in the sense that some element of them will bear the seed of its own destruction. They will be made imperfectly. Thus after the honeymoon phase, the ring's betrayal manifests in the sundering of what it once gave. Great empires overextend and crumble, designs conspire against their masters, warriors run into poor luck or self-sabotage from pride in battle, and all the while the bearer becomes increasingly obsessive and lowered due to the additional factor of the ring's direct corruption.Finally, while all of what the ring does is to a large extent in proportion to its bearer, the ring also is a willful thing whose manifestations of fortune and destruction are have an ultimate calculated end of bringing it back to Sauron.So the ring is tempting because of the promise of the honeymoon phase, and also it literally distorts reality around it in order to be found and whispers temptation directly into the hearts of the weak and ambitious.A lot of this is thematically allegorical to stuff like how pride most insidiously effects those who are closest to perfection, and in politics how an enemy's ultimate weapon (that is, the tactic most emblematic of their unique nature) cannot be turned against them by those not native to its power.
>>42516216Ah, I see. Thanks for the explanation.
>>42516214Gladirel isn't older than Sauron is she? Sauron is a Maiar, and they all predate the elves I thought. The real show of the ring's power is that Gandalf and Saruman are capable of falling victim to it, since they're both Maiar as well.
>>42516231Gandalf and Saruman are also Maiar, if younger than most. Galadriel was born in the First Age. She's older than Sauron by a bit and Gandalf by literal ages.
>>42516183Because Sauron is winning from the moment Bilbos party starts to before the ring is destroyed. He will eventually find it. Without it he commands an unparalled army of monsters and corrupted men. The hundreds of thousands you see in Minas Tirith are a fraction of his present forces. He has slaves and conquered kingdoms to support his war effort, industry and will just keep conquering and corrupting whats left. The only chance of beating him was a stealth mission to destroy the ring as no present army can do it, not with so many factions being shells of themselves or dying or leaving ME.
>>42516055Well I'm convinced. This makes a lot of sense.
>>42516055Marble as Frodo works really well and Limestone the Conqueror fits for the few minutes she has to hold on to the ring. Does that mean Pinkie and Maud would be Merry and Pippin? I can't imagine them carrying out the scouring of the Shire.
.>>42513728that would be great. I guess that would make Carrot Top Samwise
>>42515861no the Maiar like Sauron, then Mairon, didn't help with the song of Eru that created the universe, it was Melkor, who later became Morgoth, that was the Dark Lord that sang with Eru, Sauron just became his apprentice and later tried to take up the mantle of Dark Lord after Morgoth's siblings got tired of his shit and kicked him out the door of the universe
>>42516214the only one we know who is completely unaffected by the ring is Tom Bombadil but I don't think Equestria has an equivalent to himwhile there would be some ponies that could resist it long enough to get it to Mount Doom, like Frodo, also like Frodo, there wouldn't be any able to actually throw it into the lavaso, similar to how it's implied that Gollum falling into the lava is essentially Eru giving the tiniest nudge to finally get rid of the nudge, a similar force, like Faust, giving the final nudge is what would destroy the ring
>>42513766>>42514219Anon, this is the exact same inscription as on the One Ring. You can clearly see "Ash nazg durbatuluuk" (One ring to rule them all) on the front here.Also, what's up with that curl on quesse? It's supposed to be double u (written with right curls, as it is Black Speech).
>>42516742Actually there's a great candidate for Bombadil or at least there was and he's not any better of a choice to carry the ring, either.
>>42516754>"have you tried asking Meegan for help?"
>>42517326>the plot of LOTR is translated neatly into G1>Meegan is just there for no reason>the story progresses, it's all very dramatic>the last scene of the ring takes place, whatever pony refuses to throw it>Meegan picks up both ponies and throws them in>Anon says nothing since he wanted to be in G4 this whole time anywayHappy ending.
>>42516751I dont know anon, the inscription is likely the same due to them recycling the one ring's model for the game, its supposed to have its own inscription but yknow how it isKellogsblueberry is a glowing fag
Ponies in all honesty remind me of Hobbits. From their lifestyles to mannerisms.
>>42518357Earth ponies make for an ideal bearer for the same reasons Hobbits do.
>>42514499She would be corrupted easily, she corrupts herself with her split personality episode. She would see the ring as way to get everyone to like her and do what she wants.
>>42518357>So when is the party?>We just had a party.>We had the first party, yes. What about second party?
>>42518382Oh I can also see them eating these kinds of meals. I mean it fits the ponies are always seen eating food.
>>42518389Applejack canonically has a big appetite, so I could imagine her family eating like this, especially with all the manual labor they do.
>>42518398>tfw this is Apple Familys typical elevensies meal
>>42519410What if that's every >>42518389 meal pre-made for the day because the Apples are just that productive?
>>42517862>Meegan picks up both ponies and throws them inkek2 down, 2 dozen to go
>>42519683>picrelHow LOTR should have ended.
